Person:Mary Kelsay (6)

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Mary Kelsay
d.14 May 1808 Danville, Kentucky
m. Abt 1738
  1. William Kelsay1739 - 1805
  2. Moses Kelsay1740 - 1812
  3. Samuel KelsayAbt 1743 - 1804
  4. John A. Kelsay1744/45 - 1830
  5. Margaret KelsayAbt 1747 -
  6. Mary KelsayAbt 1750 - 1808
  7. Ann KelsayAbt 1752 -
  8. David Kelsay1754 -
m. 11 Oct 1770
  1. Col. John Allen1771 - 1813
  2. Sarah 'Sallie' AllenAbt 1772 -
  3. Capt. Joseph AllenAbt 1773 -
  4. Margaret AllenAbt 1774 -
  5. James Allen, Jr.1779 - 1814
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Name Mary Kelsay
Gender Female
Birth? Abt 1750 York County, Pennsylvania
Marriage 11 Oct 1770 Rockbridge County, Virginiato James Allen, Sr.
Death? 14 May 1808 Danville, Kentucky

Information on Mary Kelsay

From Genforum.com post:

6. MARY2 KELSAY (JOHN1) was born Abt. 1750 in York County, Pennsylvania, and died May 14, 1808 in Danville, Kentucky. She married JAMES ALLEN October 11, 1770 in Rockbrdge County, Virginia, son of JAMES ALLEN. He was born 1746 in Ireland, and died January 04, 1811 in Danville, Kentucky.

Notes for MARY KELSAY: Mary Kelsay, born York County, Pennsylvania, and moved with her parents to Botetourt County, Virginia, where she married on October 11, 1770 to James Allen, son of another James Allen. As a child he had come to America from Ireland with his widowed mother, and arrived in Pennsylvania. Here she lost all of her money in a fraudulent land scheme. So, penniless, they moved to Botetourt County, Virginia. After they had secured a home and were thriving, young James went to the West Indies in search of his fame and fortune, and there he spent the early manhood and had great success. He returned to Botetourt County, and was -as above stated-married Mary Kelsay. In 1779 they left Virginia and went by Wagon over trails used by hunters into Kentucky, where they settled in the wilderness away from other settlements for three years in the midst of constant danger and Indian warfare. He and friend built the first cabins outside of a fort (near present day Danville, Kentucky). In 1784, James bought a large section of land (in what was to become Nelson County) and built upon it a comfortable home. He returned for his family, and upon bringing them to their new home they found it in ashes as well as the nearby fort, burned to the ground by Indians. He then proceeded to build a new home on the same site, where they lived for the remainder or their days. Mary dies there on May 14, 1808 and James died there January 4,1811. It was written of James that "he lived to an extreme old age, in the midst of broad acres his rifle had helped to redeem from the Indians, in which had been converted by his labor from a "wild canebake into a blooming fruitful garden." Of their six children, three sons and a son-in-law placed themselves forever in the history of Kentucky. Allen County was named in honor of their son, Colonel John Allen. Descendants were to be governors, lawyers, soldiers and duelists.


Children of MARY KELSAY and JAMES ALLEN are:

      i.       JOHN3 ALLEN, b. Abt. 1781.
      ii.       SARAH ALLEN.
      iii.       JOSEPH ALLEN.
      iv.       MARGARET ALLEN.
      v.       JAMES ALLEN.
      vi.       HUGH ALLEN.