Abraham Kelsey

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
1739–1804
Mary Mills
1745–1811
Marriage: 7 November 1769
John Kelsey
1770–1841
Jeremiah Kelsey
1772–1844
Thomas Kelsey
1773–1854
William Kelsey
1776–1824
Ann Kelsey
1776–1777
Elizabeth Kelsey
1781–
Abraham Kelsey
1782–
Ann Kelsey
1782–
Benjamin Kelsey
1784–
Martha Kelsey
1788–
Mary Rebecca Kelsey
1792–1792
Alice Kelsey
1794–
Hannah Kelsey
1800–

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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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