Brief Life History of Marjory
When Marjory Kelsey was born on 21 June 1781, in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States, her father, Aaron Kelsey, was 47 and her mother, Lydia Nettleton, was 43. She married Martin Lord Jr. on 16 May 1805, in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 2 May 1868, at the age of 86, and was buried in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States.
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- Margery Lord in household of Benjamin Lord, "United States Census, 1860"
- Margary Kelcey, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Marjory Kelsey Lord, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1785
DLESEX COUNTY was incorporated by an act of the Legislature passed at the May session, 1785, and at that time consisted of six towns. Of these, Mifldletown, Chatham, Haddam, and East Haddam were taken from the county of Hartford, and Saybrook and Killingworth from New London coun
1804
Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, MO to explore the West.
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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