Thomas Kelsey (1799 - 1884)

Born 20 May 1799 in New Jersey, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Clara (Hamilton) Kelsey — married 12 Jan 1828 in Tompkins County, New York, United States

Descendants

Died Apr 1884 at age 84 in Tompkins County, New York, United States

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Biography

Thomas Kelsey was born on 20 May 1799 near Chester, New Jersey, the son of Jabez Kelsey and his wife Sarah Corwin.^[1]

Clara Hamilton and Thomas Kelsey were married in Tompkins County, New York, on 12 Jan 1828. They had 7 children, all born in Tompkins County, New York:^[2]

• Charles Torrey, b. 19 Oct 1828; d. 8 Oct 1893
• Sara Elizabeth, b. 12 May 1831; d. 5 Nov 1890
• Dana E., b. 27 Jan 1835; m. Unknown 25 Nov 1885 at Carthage, Missouri; d. 30 Aug 1890. He was a doctor and served in the Civil War.
• John Benham, b. 14 Feb 1838; d. 12 Sept 1940
• William, b. 16 March 1841; d. 3 Oct 1931
• Susan Jane, b. 12 Feb 1845; d. 1 Feb 1900
• Mary C., b. 16 April 1850

Thomas Kelsey died on 14 March 1885 in Tompkins County, New York.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Claypool, Edward A.; Clizbee, Azalea; Kelsey, Earl Leland, A genealogy of the descendants of William Kelsey who settled at Cambridge, Mass. in 1632, at Hartford, Conn. in 1636, and at Killingworth, Conn. in 1663 The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, New Haven, Connecticut, 1929, Vol. 2, Page 151. Accessed at HathiTrust on 15 June 2017. Vol. 2, Page 151
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Kelsey, Harry Norman, edited by Elias Isbell Kelsey. A genealogy of the descendants of William Kelsey who settled at Cambridge, Mass. in 1632, at Hartford, Conn. in 1636, and at Killingworth, Conn. in 1663 pvt. prtng, Jack Patten Printers, Tampa, FL. Vol. 4, Page 29. Accessed at HathiTrust on 15 June 2017. Vol. 4, Page 29