Jeremiah O'Killey (1727 - 1793)

Born 4 Oct 1727 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca (Sampson) Kelley — married 3 Jul 1753 in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

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Biography

Jeremiah was born on October 4, 1727, in Yarmouth, Massachusetts. He was the son of Seth O'Killey and Mehitable Wing.^[1]

He married Rebecca Sampson on July 3, 1753, in Plympton, Massachusetts.^[2][3] Their children were:^[4]

1. George, b. 23 Dec 1754
2. Luke, b. 24 Oct 1757; d. 14 Dec 1823
3. Abigail, b. 26 Oct 1759
4. Amos, b. 16 Mar 1766 in Bellingham;^[5] d. 15 Mar 1848
5. Sylvia, b. 22 Apr 1768 in Bellingham^[5]
6. Wing, b. 3 Jul 1772 in Wareham;^[6] d. 14 Dec 1823

He died on October 6, 1793.^[4]

Research Notes

Randall gives Jeremiah's wife's maiden name as Braley, and gives her date of birth as October 27, 1735.

The entirety of the FamilySearch collection "Births, marriages, deaths 1657-1823" for Yarmouth, Massachusetts has been manually searched; there is no mention of the family of Jeremiah. His name also does not appear in the index for the Yarmouth FamilySearch collection "Births, deaths 1678-1860".

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L979-9F97?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DW-7MD%3A353349701%2C353437801%2C353437802 : 20 May 2014), Barnstable > Yarmouth > Births, marriages, deaths 1657-1823 > image 57 of 538; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28L-MNQJ : 22 July 2021), Jeremiah Thille and Rebecca Samson, 3 Jul 1753; citing Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 906,748.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28L-9VCB : 22 July 2021), Jerimah Rille and Rebaikah Samson, 3 Jul 1753; citing Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 910,372.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Randall, p. 45
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Vital records of Bellingham, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. Boston, The New-England Historic Genealogical Society, 1904. p. 47
6. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4L7-NNB : 10 November 2020), Jeremiah Killey in entry for Wing Killey, 3 Jul 1772; citing Birth, Wareham, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009295.

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCHP-BX2 : 10 February 2018), Jeremiah Okiley, 04 Oct 1727; citing YARMOUTH,BARNSTABLE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 1589030 IT 1-2.
• Kelley, R. Dudley. David Okillea of Yarmouth, Massachusetts and Some of His Descendants, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1997) Vol. 151, Page 314.
• Randall, Eunice Kelley. David O'Killia : the immigrant, of Old Yarmouth, Massachusetts, with his descendants and allied families, 1652-1962. New Bedford, Mass. : Reynolds-DeWalt Printing, 1975. p. 45