Family:Richard O'Killey and Hannah Dunster (1)

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Marriage[1]
Children
BirthDeath
1.
 
10 Aug 1816
2.
 
8 Nov 1856
Questionable Information Found
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References
  1. Randall, Eunice Kelley Gidley. David O'Killia the immigrant of Old Yarmouth, Massachusetts with his descendants and allied families, 1652-1962. (Dartmouth, Massachusetts: E.K.G. Randall, 1962)
    p. 46.

    Richard O'Killey ... married second Hannah Dunster who died December 20, 1818.

  2.   There is no record of this marriage. There is no record of the birth or the deaths of any child attributed to this marriage. This conflicts with information in NEHGR, p. 151:314-5 which does have documentary support. Is the Hannah Dunster given here the same as the Hannah Swinerton named in the marriage record they rely on? We can't tell as there no information about Hannah. The only record supporting any of the facts presented here is that Richard had a widow named Hannah, and a Hannah Kelley died 20 Dec 1818 in Oakham, pretty far from Barnstable, where the widow Hannah received one third of her husband's property as her dower, so not likely the same person. The Jeremiah Kelley's that died in 1856 (a time period when nearly every death in Massachusetts is recorded) are on different dates and have different parents. No Jeremiah Kelley is found in the 1850 census that appears to match (born before 1797 and not identifiable as belonging to other parents).