Elizabeth (Mero) Kalloch

Born [date unknown] in Union, Knox County, Maine

Descendants

Died 3 Sep 1847 in Warren, Knox County, Maine

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Biography

Birth - 1771 or 1775 in Union, Knox, Maine Birth (Alternate)

Marriage -13 Apr 1794 to Alexander Matthews Kalloch III (1770–1853)

Birth of Daughter Rosanna Kalloch July 27, 1796, in Warren, Maine. She lived to 1873.

Rosanna Kalloch

Birth of Son Rev. George Kalloch January 1, 1799, in Warren, Maine. His son passed away on November 16, 1831, in Roxbury, Massachusetts, at the age of only 32.

Birth of Son Deacon Mero Kalloch February 8, 1801, in Warren, Maine. He lived till 1870.

Deacon Mero Kalloch

Birth of Daughter Jane Kalloch (my line) March 11, 1803, in Warren, Maine. She lived to 1884 and married Samuel Southworth. This is my proven line to John Alden of the Mayflower and Mayflower Compact/Donna Cator

Birth of Son Silas Kalloch August 23, 1805, in Warren, Maine. He lived 80 years to 1885.

Birth of Son Rev. Amariah L. Kalloch June 26, 1808, in Warren, Maine. His son Amariah L. passed away on June 16, 1850, in Placerville, California, at the age of 41. He was a Baptist minister and served as the Chaplain for the State of Maine House of Representatives. [1]

"The Baptist Enclyclopaedia:" Kalloch, Rev. Amariah He was one of the foremost ministers in his native State from 1830 to 1849, when he sailed for California during the Gold Rush. There having contracted a fever, and unwilling to remain quiet until fully restored, he set out upon a mission from Sacramento to Placerville, where he died. He belonged to a family of preachers well known in New England. He had great natural talents, and was distinguished for his piety, enthusiam, and marked success in revival preaching and pastoral work. In 1832 he was ordained at Thomaston (Maine), where he organized a church at a small hamlet four miles distant, at Rockland. The church increased 400 members under his oversight. In 1847 he was settled at Augusta, from which he removed to California. He was universally beloved. Many hundreds were baptized as the fruit of his labors.

Rev Amariah Kalloch

His son was Amariah III (not sure why III instead of II). Bio of this son is located at http://kalloch.org/life_of_amariah_kalloch_iii.htm

Birth of Daughter Elizabeth Kalloch April 26, 1811, in Warren, Maine. She lived till almost the turn of the century, 1897.

Birth of Twin Daughter Nancy L. Kalloch May 1, 1814, in Warren, Maine. She lived past the turn of the century, passing away on 1906.[2]

Mrs. Nancy Kalloch/Wall, sister of Rev. Joseph Kalloch

Birth of Twin Son Rev. Joseph Kalloch was born on May 1, 1814, in Warren, Maine. He lived till 1885.[3]

Twin Rev. Joseph Kalloch who with sister Nancy formed first Kalloch reunion

Death of Father-in-Law - Lt. Alexander passed away on February 14, 1826, in Warren, Maine, at the age of 86. Lt. Alexander Kalloch II 1740–1826

Death of Mother-in-law - Eleanora was supposedly born in 1740 and she passed away on September 3, 1847, in Warren, Maine. If these dates are rock solid, then she died at the age of 107!!!

Death of Elizabeth Mero Kalloch on 3 Sep 1847 in Warren, Maine. at the age of 72. They had been married 53 years. Elizabeth "Betsy" Mero 1775–1847

Death of widower Alexander Kalloch III who died in May 1853 in Rockland, Maine, when he was 82 years old.

Their graves are on http://kalloch.org/alexander_kalloch_iii.htm

Graves of Alexander and Betsy Kalloch

Sources

http://archive.boston.com/yourtown/news/salem/2011/07/history_time_salems_sunless_sc.html

http://kalloch.org/

https://www.facebook.com/KallochFamily/

https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/19614910/recent (Kalloch Family Reunion page on Ancestry.com

Descendants of Finley Kelloch (Killough) & Mary Young who settled in in Warren, Maine in 1735. -- The Kalloch Family Reunion Association, Knox Co., Maine, founded 1867. Website: kalloch.org.

Ancestry Family Trees

U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970