Person:Patrick O'Killey (1)

"The first of the Killey Family to leave Old Yarmouth was Patrick. In the near-by town of Harwich he located on the east side of the Herring River. There he built a water mill below his house, and as its miller operated for many years.

"In North Harwich, Massachusetts, high on a hill overlooking the property of, or in close proximity to the former Killey estate, there is a small well-kept cemetery with a number of graves all marked with Killey inscriptions or their allies." [from Randall, p. 43]

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 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. 29, 43.

   p. 29: "Patrick [son of Eleazer O'Killey] born February 20, 1723."
   p. 43: "Patrick{4} O'Killey (Eleazer{3}, Jeremiah{2}, David{1}) born February 20, 1723, died --; married September 1, 1748 Bethiah Baker ... He married second April 30, 1782 widow Betsey Nickerson.
   "The first of the Killey Family to leave Old Yarmouth was Patrick. In the near-by town of Harwich he located on the east side of the Herring River. There he built a water mill below his house, and as its miller operated for many years.
   "In North Harwich, Massachusetts, high on a hill overlooking the property of, or in close proximity to the former Killey estate, there is a small wekk-kept cemetery with a number of graves all marked with Killey inscriptions or their allies."

2. ↑ Sherman, Robert M. (Robert Moody), and Ruth Wilder Sherman. Vital Records of Yarmouth, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Warwick, Rhode Island: Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, 1975)
   p. 53.

   Patrach Okilley the son of Elieser and Sarah Okilley of Yarmouth he was born on the 20th day of February in the year 1722/3.