Robert KELLY^[1]

1786 - 1853  (67 years)

• Name	Robert KELLY
  Birth	11 Mar 1786	Augusta County, Virginia. United States   [1]
  	"Robert Kelly was born in Augusta County, Virginia, March 11th 1786." "Robert, son of Henry and Catherine Kelly was born in Augusta County, Virginia, March 11, 1786, died in Nicholas County, Virginia, June 20, 1853. He was a prosperous farmer in Nicholas and Braxton Counties, and was one of the early settlers. He married Margaret Hamilton of Nicholas County, Virginia, daughter of John Hamilton, formerly of Rockbridge County, Virginia, December 16, 1817. To this union were born three sons, David Oliver, John Mckee Hamilton, Charles William and six daughters all of whom are now deceased." Source: West Virginia and Its People, Volume 3, Thomas Condit Miller and Hug Maxwell, Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1913, West Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Death	20 Jun 1853	Nicholas County, Virginia, United States   [2]
  Notes	"He was a prosperous farmer in Nicholas and Braxton counties, and was one of the early settlers. He married Margaret Hamilton of Nicholas County, Virginia, daughter of John Hamilton, formerly of Rockbridge County, Virginia, December 16, 1817" Originally from West Virginia and Its People, Vol. 3 by Thomas Condit Miller, Hu Maxwell.
  Person ID	I16111	Watkins
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2023

  
  

  Father	Henry KELLY,   b. 21 Feb 1763, Bergen County, New Jersey, British America d. 14 Mar 1832, Monroe County, Virginia, United States (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Catherine J. KELLY,   b. 20 Aug 1763, Bergen County, New Jersey, British America d. 20 May 1826, Monroe County, Virginia, United States (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1781	Virginia, United States
  	Estimated from the birth of their son, Peter.
  Residence	7 Aug 1820	Peterstown, Monroe, Virginia, United States   [3]
  	This census gives only numbers by age, but I was able to map these numbers to Henry and Catherine and five of their children.
  Family ID	F4330	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret HAMILTON
  Marriage	16 Dec 1817	Rockbridge County, Virginia, United States   [2]
  Children	1. John McKee Hamilton KELLY,   b. 14 Feb 1824, Nicholas County, Virginia, United States d. 25 Nov 1872, Sutton, Braxton, West Virginia, United States (Age 48 years)   2. David Oliver KELLY,   b. 1829, Virginia, United States d. 1891, Cabell County, West Virginia, United States (Age 62 years)   3. Charles William KELLY
  Family ID	F4372	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Oct 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 16 Dec 1817 - Rockbridge County, Virginia, United States Death - 20 Jun 1853 - Nicholas County, Virginia, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Earliest Kelly Ancestors

  
  

• Sources

  [S470] Henry Kelly and his Descendants. "This was a subscription Bible with the names of all subscribers printed on two pages bound into the front of the Bible. Both Thomas and Peter Kelly are listed." "Immediately before the family record pages is an inserted printed page entitled, "The Births and Deaths of the Family of Henry Kelly." [S24] Miscellaneous, "West Virginia and Its People, Volume 3, Page 857. [S128] 1820 United States Federal Census, Peterstown, Monroe, Virginia, Page 17.