Jackson A Kelsey
about 1816–before about 1829 (Age 13)
Florida, Montgomery, New York, United States
The Life of Jackson A
When Jackson A Kelsey was born about 1816, in Florida, Montgomery, New York, United States, his father, Nathaniel Kelsey, was 26 and his mother, Catherine Pettingell, was 21. He died before about 1829, at the age of 12.
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Family Time Line
Nathaniel Kelsey
1790–
Catherine Pettingell
1795–
Clarissa Ann Kelsey
1814–1898
Jackson A Kelsey
1816–1829
John W Kelsey
1816–1876
David J Kelsey
1818–
Maria Kelsey
1819–1882
Nathaniel Kelsey
1824–1886
Porter Peter Kelsey
1825–1864
Sgt George W. Skerrett
1827–1909
Jackson Andrew Kelsey
1829–1867
Margaret Janetta Kelsey
1832–1894
Parents and Siblings
Nathaniel Kelsey
1790–Male
Catherine Pettingell
1795–Female
siblings
(10)
Clarissa Ann Kelsey
1814–1898Female
1816–1829Male
1816–1876Male
1818–Male
Maria Kelsey
1819–1882Female
+5 More Children
World Events (3)
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 3
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1820 · Making States Equal
Age 4
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State
Age 11
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
Name Meaning
1 English: habitational name from North or South Kelsey in Lincolnshire, so named from Cēol, an Old English personal name, or alternatively from an unattested Old Scandinavian word, kæl ‘wedge-shaped piece of land’, + ēg ‘island’, ‘area of dry land in a marsh’.2 Possibly also an Americanized form of German Gelzer.
LOAD TEST -- Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Jackson A Kelsey - Published information: birth-name: Jackson A Kelsey
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