Display Patriot - P-258325 - Joseph KELLEY

Joseph KELLEY

SAR Patriot #: P-258325

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
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State of Service: NH      Qualifying Service: Lieutenant

Birth: 03 Aug 1740 Methuen / / MA
Death: 1828 Rumney / / NH

Qualifying Service Description:

Served under Captain Samuel Greeley in a company of Minutemen from the NH Militia.


Additional References:
  1. SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2004
  2. History of Hudson, NH, Kimball Webster, Granite State Publishing Co, 1913, pg 253

Spouse: Sarah Lovewell
Children: Wyseman;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1958-01-22 NH Unassigned Mahlon George Kelly Jr (80995) Wyseman   
2016-08-09 VA 70039 Gregory Ormand Bodge (177162) Wyseman   
2016-08-09 VA 70040 Isaac Gregory Bodge (186077) Wyseman   
Burial:
Pleasant View (aka West Rumney) Cemetery (C-0063847)
Location:
Rumney / Grafton / NH / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
103058
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
43.819480 / -71.881462
Find A Grave Memorial #:
158432081
Marker Type:

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

Photo used with permission of Gregory Bodge, GW Chapter, VASSAR



Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:


Author: Gregory Bodge
Joseph Kelley was born 3 Aug 1740 in Methuen, MA. He married Sarah Lovewell in 1761 in Hudson, NH. Joseph ran a ferry and a tavern in Hudson, and served as a lieutenant in the local militia. He answered the alarm for Lexington with his company, but later was the only Hudson resident to refuse to sign the association test, and was referred to as "a man of bad repute and feared by the inhabitants." He moved from Hudson to Wentworth, NH, and then to Rumney, where he died.
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