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KELLY FAMILY

1. Mary Kelly, born say 1700, servant of Moses Maccubbins, confessed to the Anne Arundel County, Maryland court in June 1719 that she had a "Mallato" child by her master's "Negroe Harry." In August 1721 she confessed to having another child by Harry. She was ordered to serve seven years for each offense. Her children were bound to her master until the age of thirty-one [Judgment Record 1717-9, 380; 1720-1, 411]. She may have been the ancestor of

2 i. John1, born say 1750.

3 ii. Milley, born say 1754.

iii. Jesse, born say 1760, a soldier in the Revolution from King William County, Virginia, who served as an apprentice to Lewis Lee [Jackson, Virginia Negro Soldiers, 39]. John Crittendon and Luke Cannon, officers of the 15th Virginia Regiment, recruited Jesse Kelly to serve in the army. Kelly's master, Lewis Lee won a suit against them for 35 pounds for the loss of his servant. Their King William County petition to the General Assembly of Virginia for reimbursement was rejected [http://history.uncg.edu/slaverypetitions/documentary.html, PAR# 11679201]. Jesse was taxable in Surry County, Virginia, from 1784 to 1801: taxable on a slave named Charlotte in 1788; listed as James Kee's tithable in 1794 [Personal Property Tax List, 1782-90, frames 379, 477; 1791-1816, frames 112, 164, 298, 455]. He registered in Surry County as a free Negro on 11 April 1799: a free born - mulatto man of a bright complexion ... has a bushy head of hair [Hudgins, Register of Free Negroes, 6].

4 iv. Joseph1, born say 1768.

v. Henry, born about 1770, a seventeen-year-old "mulatto" who ran away from someone in Hanover County, Virginia, according to the 22 March 1787 issue of the Virginia Gazette [Headley, 18th Century Newspapers, 191].

2. John1 Kelly, born say 1750, may have been the member of the Kelly family who married the daughter of Ann Weaver. Ann Weaver was married to Thomas Nickens on 22 April 1778 when he mentioned his wife's granddaughter Ann Weaver Kelly in his Northumberland County will [RB 10:375]. John Kelly died before 1778 when Elijah Weaver was granted administration of his Northumberland County estate [RB 10:375; Orders 1773-83, 362, 371, 374]. John Kelly may have been the father of

i. Ann Weaver Kelly, born say 1773, mentioned in the 22 April 1778 Northumberland County will of her grandfather Thomas Nickens [RB 10:375], perhaps identical to Ann Kelly Weaver who married Aaron Pinn, 3 March 1794 Lancaster County bond.

3. Milly Kelly, born say 1754, was living in Brunswick County, Virginia, on 27 May 1776 when the court ordered the churchwardens of St. Andrew's Parish to bind out her "Mulattoe" child John Kelly as an apprentice. She was probably the mother of a "Mulatto girl" named Judith Kelly who the court ordered the churchwardens of St. Andrew's Parish to bind out on 28 March 1774 [Orders 1774-82, 115; 1772-4, 512]. She was head of a Dinwiddie County household of 4 "other free" in 1810 [VA:152], perhaps identical to the Milly Kelly who was head of a Petersburg Town household of 5 "other free" in 1810 [VA:126a]. She was the mother of

i. ?Judith, a "Mulatto" girl ordered bound out by the churchwardens of St. Andrew's Parish, Brunswick County, on 28 March 1774. Her complaint against (her master?) Moses Quarles was dismissed by the same court [Orders 1772-4, 512, 513].

ii. John2, born before 27 May 1776, perhaps identical to John Kelly who purchased 100 acres, tools, furniture, cattle and hogs in Halifax County, North Carolina, jointly with John Lantern and Moses Matthews on 30 October 1795 from John Harmon [DB 17:920].

iii. ?Edward, head of a Halifax County, North Carolina household of 2 "other free" in 1810 [NC:31].

4. Joseph1 Kelly, was head of a Craven County, North Carolina household of 2 "other free" in 1790 [NC:130]. He may have been the father of

i. Sarah, married Makey Driggers, 24 December 1809 Craven County bond, Joshua Lindsey bondsman, perhaps the same Sarah Kelly who married George2 Carter, 8 September 1818 Craven County bond, Peter George bondsman.

Other members of the family in Virginia were

i. Elisa, head of a Westmoreland County household of 4 "other free" in 1810.

ii. James, head of a Stafford County household of 2 "other free" and 2 slaves in 1810 [VA:126].

iii. ?Joseph2, married Nancy Day, 18 December 1812 Northumberland County bond, Stephen Day security.

iv. Mary Ann, married Willis Banks (persons of colour) 28 May 1821 Norfolk County bond.