Freelove Kelsey

Brief Life History of Freelove

When Freelove Kelsey was born on 30 August 1758, in Killingworth, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Jonah Kelsey, was 33 and her mother, Martha Nettleton, was 32. She married Samuel Hull on 20 June 1781, in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 19 February 1841, in Candor, Candor, Tioga, New York, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Candor, Tioga, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Hull
1755–1840
Freelove Kelsey
1758–1841
Marriage: 20 June 1781
Jonas Hull
1782–1840
Hull
1787–1787
James Hull
1783–1880
Samuel Hull Jr
1785–1868
Lebbeus HULL
1789–1858
Russell Hull
1789–1863
Electa Ann Hull
1790–1877
Hubbard Hull
1792–1857
Phebe Temperance Hull
1794–1860
Joel Curtis Hull
1796–1860
Alanson Hull
1797–1883
Catharine Hull
1800–1875
Hannah Hull
1804–1831

Sources (21)

  • Freelove Hull, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Freelove in entry for Joel Curtis Hull, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
  • Freelove in entry for Lebbeus Hull, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"

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World Events (8)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776

New York is the 11th state.

1781 · The First Constitution

Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.

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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