Kessiah was born in 1829. She was the daughter of Isaac Welday and Polly Smith. She passed away in 1876.
Sources
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDP5-LY6 : 10 December 2017), John W. Gray and Hesiah S. Weldy, 19 Mar 1846; citing Jefferson, Ohio, United States, reference V5 cn 355 p119; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 900,073.
"Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDJQ-J8C : 10 February 2018), John W. Gray and Kesiah S. Weldy, 19 Mar 1846; citing Jefferson,Ohio, reference ; FHL microfilm 0900073 V. 5-7.
"Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XD7Y-LJJ : 10 February 2018), John W. Gray and Hesiah S. Weldy, 19 Mar 1846; citing Jefferson County, Ohio, reference V5 cn 355 p119; FHL microfilm 900,073.
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6VY-QDV : 12 April 2016), Kesiah S Gray in household of John W Gray, Ohio, United States; citing p. 36, family 278, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,727.
"Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X858-YMW : 9 March 2018), Welday in entry for I Welday Gray, 03 May 1922; citing Steubenville, Jefferson, Ohio, reference fn 28957; FHL microfilm 1,992,024.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Kessiah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Kessiah: