Person:John Kelsay (9)

Information on John Kelsay/Kelso

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Re: William and Jane (Bailey) Kelsay Posted by: Brad Cottrell (ID *****3402) Date: February 15, 2007 at 18:29:09 In Reply to: William and Jane (Bailey) Kelsay by Michael Wieneman of 230

I have a lot of info on William and Jane. They are listed below under generation 4 number 21. Brad

Descendants of John Kelsay

Generation No. 1

1. JOHN1 KELSAY was born 1708 in Northern Ireland, and died Abt. 1771 in Botetourt Co. Virginia. He married MARGARET CAMPBELL 1730 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. She was born Abt. 1717, and died Abt. 1773 in Botetourt Co. Virginia.

Notes for JOHN KELSAY: John was a farmer and resided by 1729 in Chester County, Pennsylvania, at which time he signed a petition as John Kellsey for the formation of a new county. As a result Lancaster County was formed that year and John became a resident of this new county. John married a woman named Margaret (maiden name possibly Campbell), but as another John Kelsey living at this time in the same county married Margaret Wilson it is possible to confuse these two men in the early records. This other John Kelsey later moved with his family to South Carolina. It is believed that it is our ancestor who is listed as John Kelso who warranted 200 acres of land in Lancaster County on September 4, 1744. On August 19, 1749, Lancaster County was divided and John's land became a portion of York County, Pennsylvania. In 1762, John and his two eldest sons (William and Moses)were listed on a tax list as residents of Manallen Township, York County. In the latter 1750's, John and his family moved to Botetourt County, Virginia (which portion became Rockbridge County in 1778) and both John and Margaret are presumed to have died there. In 1771 a John Kelso is listed there on a tax list, but it is not known if this was the father or his 25 year old son. John and Margaret had eight children, As both he and his brother Robert named their eldest son William, it is thought their father may be of that name as it was a custom in those days; to name their first son after the paternal grandfather.

Children of JOHN KELSAY and MARGARET CAMPBELL are:

2. i. MOSES2 KELSAY, b. October 29, 1740, Lancaster Co. Pennsylvania; d. December 30, 1812, Barren Co. Kentucky.

3. ii. WILLIAM KELSAY, b. 1739, Allenwood, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; d. July 08, 1805, Washington County, Tennessee.

4. iii. JOHN A. KELSAY, b. January 25, 1744/45, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; d. October 29, 1830, Versailles, Missouri.

      iv.       SAMUEL KELSAY, b. Abt. 1743, Pennsylvania; d. November 06, 1804, Washington County, Tennessee.

Notes for SAMUEL KELSAY: Samuel Kelsay , presumably born in York or Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. By 1778 he is listed on a tax rol1 in Rockbridge County, Virginia, and in 1784 purchased land in Washington County, Northwest Territory of North Carolina (Tennessee). His name appears often on various lists and records of Washington County. He dated his Last Will and Testament on February 23, 1795 and died later that year in Washington County. It appears as though Samuel was not married as he mentions no wife or Children in his will, but proves that the other children of John and Margaret named here are his brothers and sisters as he names all of them in his Will except sister Mary who resided a long distance away.

5. v. MARGARET KELSAY, b. Abt. 1747, Pennsylvania.

6. vi. MARY KELSAY, b. Abt. 1750, York County, Pennsylvania; d. May 14, 1808, Danville, Kentucky.

7. vii. DAVID KELSAY, b. 1754, York County, Pennsylvania; d. Rives, Missouri.

8. viii. ANN KELSAY, b. Abt. 1752.