William Kelsey married by 1634 _____ _____, who was "born about 1613 and living at Hartford in December 1666." (Several false leads regarding the identity of the wife of William Kelsey have been carefully examined and discarded by George E. McCracken and Gale Ion Harris.Based on onomastic evidence Harris suggests that her given name was Hester.)
They had 8 children: Mark, Hester Eggleston Eno Williams, John, Priscilla Gillett, Mary Gillett, Abigail Hull, Stephen, & Daniel.
Source: Anderson's Great Migration Study Project
The Kelsey Kindred, an Association of Descendants of WILLIAM KELSEY, a Puritan Ancestor.
'There is no mention of William Kelsey's wife in any known records. It was originally thought that a 'Bethia Hopkin(s)' had married William probably about 1626-1628 in England, that this wife had died possibly about 1636, and William may have married a second wife shortly thereafter. The second wife quite possibly was the mother of the four younger children and possibly John (02G50001). Further research has disproved this original assumption. It was originally published that:
"Bethia Kelsey, wife of David Phillips, was a daughter of William (01G00001) seemed beyond contradiction. Hinman said that it was Bethia Kelsey, widow of William (01G00001) who became the wife of David Phillips of Milford; but, the Hartford Town Records disprove this by the record of Sept. 1665, when it was voted that: "the town will give tenn pounds to David Phillips, of Milford provided he remove from Hartford with Bethia Kelsy (wrongly copied as Kelly) his wife, at such a time as the townsmen appoynt him." As William (01G00001) was living for at least ten years after this meeting, it could not have been his "widow" who was here named, so it must have been a "daughter". Nothing further is known of Bethia and her husband, David Phillips."
However, research done by Gale Ion Harris, PH D. (TAG), it has been proven that the name 'Bethia Kelsey' was misread and was actually 'Bethia Kelly'.
Anderson records: 'Several false leads regarding the identity of the wife of William Kelsey have been carefully examined and discarded by George E. McCracken and Gale Ion Harris [TAG 37:31-42, 68:211-14]. Based on onomastic evidence Harris suggests that her given name was Hester'.
They had 8 children: Mark, Hester Eggleston Eno Williams, John, Priscilla Gillett, Mary Gillett, Abigail Hull, Stephen, & Daniel.
Source: Anderson's Great Migration Study Project
The Kelsey Kindred, an Association of Descendants of WILLIAM KELSEY, a Puritan Ancestor.
'There is no mention of William Kelsey's wife in any known records. It was originally thought that a 'Bethia Hopkin(s)' had married William probably about 1626-1628 in England, that this wife had died possibly about 1636, and William may have married a second wife shortly thereafter. The second wife quite possibly was the mother of the four younger children and possibly John (02G50001). Further research has disproved this original assumption. It was originally published that:
"Bethia Kelsey, wife of David Phillips, was a daughter of William (01G00001) seemed beyond contradiction. Hinman said that it was Bethia Kelsey, widow of William (01G00001) who became the wife of David Phillips of Milford; but, the Hartford Town Records disprove this by the record of Sept. 1665, when it was voted that: "the town will give tenn pounds to David Phillips, of Milford provided he remove from Hartford with Bethia Kelsy (wrongly copied as Kelly) his wife, at such a time as the townsmen appoynt him." As William (01G00001) was living for at least ten years after this meeting, it could not have been his "widow" who was here named, so it must have been a "daughter". Nothing further is known of Bethia and her husband, David Phillips."
However, research done by Gale Ion Harris, PH D. (TAG), it has been proven that the name 'Bethia Kelsey' was misread and was actually 'Bethia Kelly'.
Anderson records: 'Several false leads regarding the identity of the wife of William Kelsey have been carefully examined and discarded by George E. McCracken and Gale Ion Harris [TAG 37:31-42, 68:211-14]. Based on onomastic evidence Harris suggests that her given name was Hester'.
William Kelsey married by 1634 _____ _____, who was "born about 1613 and living at Hartford in December 1666." (Several false leads regarding the identity of the wife of William Kelsey have been carefully examined and discarded by George E. McCracken and Gale Ion Harris.Based on onomastic evidence Harris suggests that her given name was Hester.)
They had 8 children: Mark, Hester Eggleston Eno Williams, John, Priscilla Gillett, Mary Gillett, Abigail Hull, Stephen, & Daniel.
Source: Anderson's Great Migration Study Project
The Kelsey Kindred, an Association of Descendants of WILLIAM KELSEY, a Puritan Ancestor.
'There is no mention of William Kelsey's wife in any known records. It was originally thought that a 'Bethia Hopkin(s)' had married William probably about 1626-1628 in England, that this wife had died possibly about 1636, and William may have married a second wife shortly thereafter. The second wife quite possibly was the mother of the four younger children and possibly John (02G50001). Further research has disproved this original assumption. It was originally published that:
"Bethia Kelsey, wife of David Phillips, was a daughter of William (01G00001) seemed beyond contradiction. Hinman said that it was Bethia Kelsey, widow of William (01G00001) who became the wife of David Phillips of Milford; but, the Hartford Town Records disprove this by the record of Sept. 1665, when it was voted that: "the town will give tenn pounds to David Phillips, of Milford provided he remove from Hartford with Bethia Kelsy (wrongly copied as Kelly) his wife, at such a time as the townsmen appoynt him." As William (01G00001) was living for at least ten years after this meeting, it could not have been his "widow" who was here named, so it must have been a "daughter". Nothing further is known of Bethia and her husband, David Phillips."
However, research done by Gale Ion Harris, PH D. (TAG), it has been proven that the name 'Bethia Kelsey' was misread and was actually 'Bethia Kelly'.
Anderson records: 'Several false leads regarding the identity of the wife of William Kelsey have been carefully examined and discarded by George E. McCracken and Gale Ion Harris [TAG 37:31-42, 68:211-14]. Based on onomastic evidence Harris suggests that her given name was Hester'.
They had 8 children: Mark, Hester Eggleston Eno Williams, John, Priscilla Gillett, Mary Gillett, Abigail Hull, Stephen, & Daniel.
Source: Anderson's Great Migration Study Project
The Kelsey Kindred, an Association of Descendants of WILLIAM KELSEY, a Puritan Ancestor.
'There is no mention of William Kelsey's wife in any known records. It was originally thought that a 'Bethia Hopkin(s)' had married William probably about 1626-1628 in England, that this wife had died possibly about 1636, and William may have married a second wife shortly thereafter. The second wife quite possibly was the mother of the four younger children and possibly John (02G50001). Further research has disproved this original assumption. It was originally published that:
"Bethia Kelsey, wife of David Phillips, was a daughter of William (01G00001) seemed beyond contradiction. Hinman said that it was Bethia Kelsey, widow of William (01G00001) who became the wife of David Phillips of Milford; but, the Hartford Town Records disprove this by the record of Sept. 1665, when it was voted that: "the town will give tenn pounds to David Phillips, of Milford provided he remove from Hartford with Bethia Kelsy (wrongly copied as Kelly) his wife, at such a time as the townsmen appoynt him." As William (01G00001) was living for at least ten years after this meeting, it could not have been his "widow" who was here named, so it must have been a "daughter". Nothing further is known of Bethia and her husband, David Phillips."
However, research done by Gale Ion Harris, PH D. (TAG), it has been proven that the name 'Bethia Kelsey' was misread and was actually 'Bethia Kelly'.
Anderson records: 'Several false leads regarding the identity of the wife of William Kelsey have been carefully examined and discarded by George E. McCracken and Gale Ion Harris [TAG 37:31-42, 68:211-14]. Based on onomastic evidence Harris suggests that her given name was Hester'.
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