Notes for John KELSEY

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Notes for John KELSEY

Resided at Newton, Sussex Co., New Jersey. Left a Will, which s/b checked.
A genealogy of the descendants of William Kelsey who settled at Cambridge,
Mass. in 1632, at Hartford, Conn. in 1636, and at Killingworth, Conn. in 1663
Volume II, p. 21 for mention of his descendants.
Genealogical and personal memorial of Mercer County, New Jersey, Volume 1
edited by Francis Bazley Lee, p. 172 also mentions John Kelsey of Sparta, NJ.
KELSEY, John of Newton. 1202S - W. ?; Cod. 7 Jan 1809; Filed 18 Mar 1809. Wife: Martha. Sons: Henry Cooper, Thomas, Charles, John William and Daniel. Daughters: Hannah, Mary, Sarah and Eupheme. (Some of the children are minors.) Executors: Wife, Martha
KELSEY, son, Henry Cooper KELSEY and friend, Hezekiah PHILLIPS. Witnesses: David HUNT, John SMITH and Peter SMITH.
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http://www.mcdonaldfamily.info/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I2106&tree=mcdonald [needs to be proven]:
Family Martha COOPER, b. 21 Apr 1756, Newton, Sussex, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location, d. Yes, date unknown
Married 12 Jan 1775 Newton, Sussex, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
Sealed S (LDS) 1 Oct 1963 SLAKE - Salt Lake Find all individuals with events at this location
Children
1. Daniel KELSEY, b. 14 Jul 1776, Newton, Sussex, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 1 Dec 1812
2. Hannah KELSEY, b. 15 Jul 1778, Sussex, New Jersey, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location, d. Yes, date unknown
3. Mary (Polly) KELSEY, b. 11 Jul 1780, Newton, Sussex, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location, d. Yes, date unknown
> 4. John KELSEY, b. 25 May 1783, Sussex, Sussex, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location, d. Yes, date unknown
5. Sarah KELSEY, b. 1 Mar 1785, Newton, Sussex, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 21 Sep 1869
6. Henry Cooper KELSEY, b. 15 Oct 1786, Sussex, New Jersey, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 27 Nov 1827, Sparta, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
7. William KELSEY, b. 6 Jun 1789, Newton, Sussex, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
8. Thomas KELSEY, b. 17 May 1791, Newton, Sussex, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location, d. Yes, date unknown
9. Charles Pemberton KELSEY, b. 17 Apr 1793, Newton, Sussex, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 5 Oct 1870
10. Euphemia Ruth KELSEY, b. 18 Feb 1795, Newton, Sussex, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location, d. Yes, date unknown
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128 GENERAL AARON HANKINSON.
Hannali, b. — ; d. — ; m. Cooper Kelsey, May 14, 1808,
related to Hon. Henry C. Kelsey, probably.
Aaron, b. April 22, 1782; d. Feb. 23, 1850; m. Sarah
Kelsey, April 12, 1804; b. March i, 1785.
Nancy, b. — ; d. — ; m. Aaron Southard.
Rachel, b. — ; d. — ^; m. Sidney Herriott.
Daniel Thatcher, b. — ; d. — .
A fruitful vine, clearly; but am unable to complete his
' 'Family Record," and am not sure of their order of
births, even.
His grave is on the southeasterly side of the old
"Yellow Frame Church," and near to it (our forbears
liked to be buried as near to the church as possible, and
many inside of it!), in the midst of a group of Hankin-
son graves, and bears the following quaint inscription :
"A. H.
In memory of
B. General
Aaron Hankinson,
who departed this life
Oct. IX, 1806.
Aged 71 years, 8 months, 2 days.
Let all his children in a word.
Unite and praise the Eternal God,
For the sweet hope that he has gone
To rest with Christ God's only Son."
Evidently he was a God-fearing man, of soldierly tastes
and character, a typical Jerseyman of his time, a good
citizen, and a man of parts and substance.
The Hankinson family were English unquestionably,
and settled first in Monmouth County, N. J. Two of
GENERAL AARON HANKINSON. \2g
them removed to Hunterdon and settled near Rowland's
Mills, 4 miles northeast of Flemington, about 1700 prob-
ably. These were Joseph (father of General Aaron) and
William Hankinson. As early as 1688, Thomas and
Richard Hankinson received a patent for 120 acres of
land in Monmouth County from proprietors of West
Jersey. In 1700 Thomas Hankinson, of Freehold,
bought 610 acres from Benjamin Allen. In 1776 Ken-
neth Hankinson was taxed in Freehold Township for 594
acres of land and 64 horses and cattle. This Kenneth
Hankinson was a man of parts, and June 16, 1776,
became a captain in Col. Forman's battalion, Heard's
Brigade, N. J. Line; also in ist Reg't Monmouth
Militia 1777, and participated in the battle of Monmouth,
June, 1778 (probably). The Hunterdon and Sussex
Hankinsons all claim relationship to this Kenneth Han-
kinson, and Ex-Gov. William A. Newell, of N. J., was a
descendant of his.
If the Hankinsons emigrated from England, they likely
came from Middlesex County there, where they have the
following coat-of-arms : *'Ar. a fesse gu. fretty or. betw.
three ducks sa. Crest a demi-phoenix, wings elevated or.
issuant from flames. Motto vi et animo." Burke's Gen.
Armory, 452.
Trenton, N. J., Jan. 22, 1907.

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