Brief Life History of John
When John Kelsey was born about 1783, in Newport, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States, his father, Roswell Kelsey, was 41 and his mother, Hepzibah Bellows, was 35. He married Salona Brown about 1808, in Newport, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States. He died in 1850, at the age of 68.
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- Legacy NFS Source: John Kelsey - Published information: birth: about 1821; Jay, Franklin, Maine, United States
- John Kelsey, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
- War of 1812 Pension File for John Kelsey
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1783 · A Free America
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
1788 · New Hampshire Helps Ratify the US Constitution
On June 21, 1788, New Hampshire became the ninth and final state needed to ratify the US Constitution and make it the official law of the land
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from North or South Kelsey in Lincolnshire, so named from an uncertain initial element (perhaps an Old English personal name with genitive -es) + Old English ēg ‘island’.
Possibly also an Americanized form of German Gelzer.
History: William Kelsey was one of the founders of Hartford, CT, in 1635 (coming from Cambridge, MA with Thomas Hooker).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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