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References
- ↑ Inscriptions at Shirley Centre.
page 201.
In memory of | Mr John Kelsey, | who
died Nov | 1, 1780 | at 83 | years.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Edward A. Claypool and Azalea Clizbee. A Genealogy of the Descendants of William Kelsey Vol I. (The Ttuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company,1928
R929.2 K31 v.1)
pages 121-122, 1928.
JOHN KELSEY ((???)14, Mark2, William1), probably a grandson of Mark Kelsey and Rebecca Hoskins, by a son whose name is not known, was born in 1694 or 1695, possibly at Windsor; was at Harvard, Mass., from before 1740 to about 1770, removed to Shirley, Mass., about 1770; died there Nov. 1, 1780, "aged 85 years," according to gravestone record at that place. He married, about 1740, MARTHA MCFARLAND, born about 1717; died Jan. 22, 1774, "aged 57 years," at Shirley, Mass., and is buried there.
Children: 3 (KELSEY), one son and two daughters, born at Harvard, Mass.
*301 i JOHN, born June 3, 1743; died Nov. 3, 1822. 302 ii MARTHA, born (???); married Nov. 24, 1770, at Shirley, Mass., GEORGE CONN, of Harvard, Mass. 303 iii BETSY, born (???); died Mar. 21, 1839; married (1) Apr. 4, 1778, PELEG CROCKER, of Harvard, Mass.; (2) Dec. 16, 1790, JAMES HILL, of Stoneham, Mass.
John81 Kelsey of Shirley, Mass., is said to have been a son of Mark2 Kelsey and his second wife, Abigail ((???)) Atwood, but there are no proofs to substantiate this, and as Abigail (Atwood) Kelsey must have been over 45 years of age at the time John81 was born, it seems more reasonable to presume that he was a grandson of Mark2 and his first wife by a son whose name is not known.
He was in Harvard, Mass., before 1740, where he was probably married, and where his children were born, although we find date of birth of his son, John301, only, recorded. He removed to Shirley, Mass., "sometime before the outbreak of the Revolution," no doubt, about 1770, as his son John and eldest daughter Martha were both married there in that year.
The statement is made that he was one of the petitioners that the town of Shirley, Mass., might be separated from Groton, Mass., in 1747, but whether he was then a resident of Shirley, or still living at Harvard, Mass., which was closely connected with Shirley, does not appear.
He and his wife are both buried in the Shirley, Mass., Cemetery, their gravestones being in the most conspicuous corner of
the yard, fronting on the public square. The records of their deaths, with ages, are taken from the gravestones. We have no record of the settlement of estates of either John Kelsey or his wife, Martha. AUTHORITIES: Adams' Middletown Upper Houses. Chandler's History of Shirley, Mass. Judge Charles E. Kelsey. Harold Kelsey Estabrook.
- Ethel Stanwood Bolton. Immigrants to New England, 1770-1775
page 102.
Kelsey, John of Harvard and Shirley, Mass.; from Ireland, before 1791; m. Martha McFarland, of Lunenburg, Jan. 10, 1740, d. 1774; Children: John, Martha, Betsy; d. March 1, 1780, aet. 85 - Chandler's Shirley, p. 487; E. S. Bolton Mss. History of the Kelsey Family; Lunenburg Records, p. 253; Shirley Vital Records, pp. 56, 196.
- Gravestone at Shirley Centre, MA.
on gravestone for Martha and John at Shirley Centre:
Our hearts are fastened to this world
By strong and endless ties
But every sorrow cuts a string
And urges us to rise
- Chandler, Seth, 1806-1889. History of the town of Shirley, Massachusetts : from its early settlement to A.D. 1882. (Shirley, Mass.: The author, 1883, 782 pgs.
Shirley, Mass.: The author, 1883, 782 pgs.)
pages 18,19,188-189,227,269,487-490,517,606, 1883.
- Cunningham, George Alfred. Genealogies of the town of Lunenberg, Massachusetts, 1640 to 1918.
JOHN KELSEY of Groton, m. 10 January 1740 (D.S.) MARTHA MC FARLEN. (81 M.) They lived in Groton, out I know no more.
-- Chil --
John Jr. b. m. Molly He died in Shirely. -- Chil --
1. John Jr. b. in Harvard, 16 Oct. 1770.
2. Sarah, b. in Shirley, 17 Feb. 1772.
3. Daniel, b. 16 Feb. 1774.
4. Milly, b. 14 April 1776, m. Jonas Livermore. (See 81 L.)
5. Lydia, b. 5 March 1778.
6. Lucy (twin) b. 5 March 1778.
7. Lucinda, b. 21 Aug. 1780, m. David Livermore. (See 82 L.)
8. Joseph, b. 25 July 1782.
9. Europe, b. 3 Jan. 1785.
10. Betsey, b. 27 Oct. 1787, d. unmi. in Shirley, June 1874. 86-S.
11. Joel, b. 15 Nov. 1789.
- Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850.
Year Family Name Record Orig. Rec. Record Type Town
1774 KELSEY Martha w. John Jan. 22 1774. [Martha (McFarland) Kelsey B.R. a. 57 G.R.1.]more Death Shirley
Bolton Record, from a compilation by Mrs. Charles Knowles Bolton of Brookline, now in her possession. It contains material some of which is not now obtainable elsewhere, and includes church records, doctors records,diaries, and Bible records
gravestone record, Shirley Centre Cemetery
- NEHGR
Volume 69, Page 215.
Diary of James Parker
page 121
[January]
24 I went to the funeral of Mrs. Kalley.*
* Martha McFarland, wife of John Kelsey.
- NEHGR
Volume 69, Page 217, 1915.
Diary of James Parker
page 217
[1780, March]
6 March meeting --- the Town Chose a Committee to Estimate ye Credits of Past Service Due in ye War Viz Coll Haskell Capt Smith Ed Longley John Kalley & myself
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