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Birth: abt 1773 Ireland
Death: 24 Dec 1828 Jackson Twp., Champaign, OH
Sampson
KELLEY (abt 1773 - 24 Dec 1828) & Margaret BROWN (abt 1775 - 1814)
Elizabeth KELLEY
(16 Nov 1799 - 28 Sep 1881) & Ambrose GRAFTON (9 Dec 1792 - 8 Jan 1866)
Margaret Brown
GRAFTON (2 Aug 1818 - 13 Aug 1854) & John ARNEY (26 May 1816 - 22 Oct 1881)
Jacob
Sylvester ARNEY* (23 Mar 1839 - 13 Feb 1927) & Linia Ann BARNES (6 Mar 1840
- 5 Apr 1880)
Mary
Ellen ARNEY (24 Apr 1861 - 9 Sep 1935) & Joshua Newton MACHLAN (1859 -
1936)
Linnie Ellen MACHLAN* (30 Sep 1884 - 7 May 1974) & Everett Elmer
WALKER (1882 - 1948)
Elsie Maureen WALKER
(20 Nov 1903 - 12 Mar 1983) & Leo Newton COFFEY (1901 - 1998)
Misc. Notes
1811 POLL
TAX, CHAMPAIGN CO., OH
Sampson
Kelley is listed as paying the Poll Tax.
WAR OF 1812:
Sampson
Kelley is found in the "Roster of Ohio Soldiers in the War of 1812".
He served in Capt. Phillip Kiser's Company. In the same company were his future
son-in-law Ambrose Grafton (also our ancestor), and Ambrose'a brother James.
They served in a regiment organized in Champaign County (Urbana).
1820 CENSUS,
OHIO, CHAMPAIGN CO., JACKSON TWP:
Sampson
Kelly (sic) is found living near Ambrose Grafton (who married his daughter). He
and his wife have 4 other males and 4 other females living in the house (seems
like too many).
FOLLOWING
FROM “HISTORY OF CHAMPAIGN COUNTY: JACKSON TOWNSHIP”
found at:
http://www.heritagepursuit.com/Champaign/ChampaignJackson.htm
“Sampson
Kelley was born in Ireland in about 1773; he came to this country in 1791, aged
eighteen years, and settled in Virginia. In 1806, he came to this township and
settled on Chapman's Creek, entering the southwest quarter of Section 3, where
William Merritt now lives. He brought his family, consisting of a wife and four
daughters, His three sons, Joseph, William and Robert, were all born here.
Joseph, the first named, was the first white child ever born in the township.
His father cleared his farm and built a small cabin on it, but lived only a
short time after his youngest child was born. After his death, his land was
sold at administrator's sale, and only brought between $5 and $6 an acre.”
SECOND
MARRIAGE:
Sampson was
married a second time, after Margaret's death, on 1 Sep 1818, to Rebecca
(DAVIS) PENCE, the widow of Jacob PENCE who was killed in the war of 1812. She
was the daughter of Andrew Davis. Sampson and Rebecca had two additional
children, Sarah Jane (1821) and Rebecca Ann (1826).
Marriage: 2 Aug 1799 Shepardstown, Berkeley, VA
Spouse: Margaret
BROWN
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Birth: abt 1775 Ireland
Death: 1814 Jackson Twp., Champaign, OH
Sampson KELLEY (abt 1773 - 24 Dec 1828) & Margaret BROWN
(abt 1775 - 1814)
Elizabeth
KELLEY (16 Nov 1799 - 28 Sep 1881) & Ambrose GRAFTON (9 Dec 1792 - 8 Jan
1866)
Mary KELLEY (abt
1802 - aft 1822)
Margaret KELLEY (3
Feb 1803 - 23 Aug 1831)
Nancy KELLEY (18
Jun 1806 - 29 Aug 1885)
Joseph KELLEY (14
Dec 1808 - aft May 1830)
William Downey
KELLEY (18 Apr 1810 - 27 May 1889)
Robert KELLEY (1811 - 2 Feb 1884)
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