Lois Blinn Kelsey

Brief Life History of Lois Blinn

When Lois Blinn Kelsey was born on 5 January 1796, in Marlboro, Windham, Vermont, United States, her father, Seymour Kelsey, was 44 and her mother, Sarah Augur, was 31. She married Antepas Winchester on 2 January 1822, in Marlboro, Windham, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 8 daughters. She died on 10 July 1885, at the age of 89, and was buried in Clark Warren Cemetery, Marlboro, Windham, Vermont, United States.

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Family Time Line

Antepas Winchester
1771–1871
Lois Blinn Kelsey
1796–1885
Marriage: 2 January 1822
Williston Winchester
1822–1902
Eunice Winchester
1823–1916
Reuben Winchester
1825–1906
Polly A Adams
1825–1887
Lois Winchester
1826–1899
Betsey Winchester
1827–1900
Asa Winchester
1829–1902
Winchester
1830–1830
Anthony Seymour Winchester
1831–1850
Clark Samuel Winchester
1833–1835
Polly A. Winchester
1835–1897
Winchester
1836–1836
Winchester
1836–
Sarah Alice Winchester
1838–1911

Sources (50)

  • Louis Winchester in household of Antipast Winchester, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Lois Blinn Kelsey Winchester, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Lois Kelsey, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954"

World Events (8)

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

1818

Oldest grave seen in the memorials list.

1820 · Making States Equal

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.

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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