Person:Jeremiah O'Killey (5)

Jeremiah O'Killey, son of David and Jane, was born in Yarmouth, Plymouth Colony, about 1670.

In 1688 Jeremiah married Sarah Chase, daughter of John Chase and Elizabeth Baker.

Will of Jeremiah Ockilley of Yarmouth, dated 8 Nov 1727, proved 23 Oct 1728, mentions "my four sons Joseph, John, Eleaser & Seth", "son, Amos Ockelley", "My two grand daughters Elisabeth and Jerusha Ockilley daughers of my son Jeremiah Ockelley deceased", "my three daughters, Sarah Carpenter, Hannah Eldridge & Deliverance Baker". Executors Eleazer OKilley & Seth Okilley. [Source: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, p. 151::140.

Jeremiah died on 30 August 1728.

from David O'Killia the Immigrant, p. 23: "Not much is known of Jeremiah, who was probably the eldest son of the immigrant. He was however a large property owner, having acquired nearly all of the village of West Dennis between Bass and West Pond Rivers. His property bordering on both rivers afforded him ample boating and fishing advantages. He was engaged in farming, fishing, building of wind mills, but found time to participate in town affairs, as did his father, and was a prominent and responsible citizen. In the Division of Common Lands in 1712, he received his allotment.

"For a man of those days he managed to amass considerable property. His estate inventoried 1447 pounds, 5 shillings, and 10 pence, a sizable sum for those early days. He survived his wife."

1. ↑ Kelley, R. Dudley. "David OKillea of Yarmouth, Massachusetts and Some of HIs Descendants", in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
   151:137, Apr, 1997.

   Jeremiah OKilley, s/o David, b. prob. Yarmouth, MA abt. 1664, d. there 30 Aug 1728, m. abt. 1688 Sarah ---.

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} 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)
   23, 1962.

   Jeremiah O'Killey, son of David, born Yarmouth about 1670, died 30 Aug 1728, m. 1688 Sarah Chase, who died in 1727. She was a daughter of John Chase and Elizabeth Baker.
   "Not much is known of Jeremiah, who was probably the eldest son of the immigrant. He was however a large property owner, having acquired nearly all of the village of West Dennis between Bass and West Pond Rivers. His property bordering on both rivers afforded him ample boating and fishing advantages. He was engaged in farming, fishing, building of wind mills, but found time to participate in town affairs, as did his father, and was a prominent and responsible citizen. In the Division of Common Lands in 1712, he received his allotment.
   "For a man of those days he managed to amass considerable property. His estate inventoried 1447 pounds, 5 shillings and 10 pence, a sizable sum for those early days. He survived his wife. Jeremiah's will appears in Barnstable Probate records volume 4 pages 466-67."