Brief Life History of Abraham
When Abraham Kelsey was born on 14 October 1739, in Ansley, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Jeremiah Kelsey, was 46 and his mother, Elizabeth Robson, was 38. He married Mary Jefcot on 27 October 1761, in Ansley, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He died on 29 April 1804, in his hometown, at the age of 64, and was buried in Ansley, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom.
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- Abraham Kelsey, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Abraham Kelsy, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
- Abraham Kelsey in entry for John Kelsey, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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1801 · The Act of Union
The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.
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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