A 1779 Mecklenburg Co Virginia militia
roster, land, and tax records place my 4th great grandfather
Charles O'Kelley living in Mecklenburg Co
Virginia and it is in those Mecklenburg Records where a
mysterious record appears showing the marriage of John Kelley to
a Francis Crowder and she was the youngest sister of Mary
Crowder
who
was the wife of Charles O'Kelley and Charles appears as the
second on this 1804 record. John Kelley is not of my line,
he does not appear in any of the known records for my family but
Giles Kelly had descendants living in next door Brunswick Co and
some were named John so I think it is likely that the Brunswick
Kelleys are cousins to 4th great grandfather Charles O'Kelley
and they all were descendants of Giles Kelly who came from
Waterford Ireland and landed in Maryland in 1677.
Delilah Crowder is also a sister of Mary Crowder and Frances
Crowder. Delilah Crowder married Francis O'Kelley the
younger brother to Charles O'Kelley. George Crowder who
appears on the marriage record of Francis Kelley and Delilah
Crowder was the father of Mary, Delilah, and Francis Crowder and
his birth appears in the Bristol Parish Vestry Records in Prince
George Co Virginia dated Oct 3 1727. His son-in-laws were
Charles Kelley, Francis Kelley, and John Kelley.
Also appearing in the Mecklenburg Co VA records is the 1793
marriage of Henry Kelley of Brunswick Co VA to a William Nanney.
It is likely that the Abner Kelley who married Polley Lanier was
also a descendant of Giles Kelley as the name
Abner H Kelley appears in a later generation of this Giles
Kelly's descendants. |