When Richard Kessell was born on 13 November 1796, in St Austell, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, his father, Richard Kessell, was 27 and his mother, Mary Best, was 26. He married Elizabeth Gilbert on 6 October 1817, in St Austell, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 20 November 1865, in St Austell, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 69, and was buried in St Austell, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
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Cornish (Cornwall and Devon): habitational name from one or more of several places in Cornwall whose names derive from Middle Cornish castell, kestell ‘castle, village, tor’, such as Kestle in Saint Columb Minor, Kestle in Egloshayle, and Kestal in Saint Hilary.
Altered form of German or Dutch Kessel .
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