Kelsey Index

Kelsey

Index to Kelseys investigated in the course of my researches.

Daniel Butler (1775-1828) married Sarah Kelsey, a daughter of William Kelsey (1746-1830), a farmer at Gatwick, Charlwood, Surrey, the current site of Gatwick Airport.

Their son Daniel Butler (1800-1853) married Jane Dives, whose sister Louisa married Edward Kelsey, Sarah's cousin, second son of William's brother Henry Kelsey (1742 - 1827) of Burstow Park, Surrey, just two miles west of Gatwick. Edward Kelsey farmed Court Lodge - just north of the current site of Gatwick Airport.

Kelsey country!

Origins

The name is generally accepted to have originated in (North and South) Kelsey in Lincolnshire and is certainly well established in Lincolnshire by the sixteenth century (though not in the parishes of North Kelsey and South Kelsey themselves).

North American interest focuses on the descendants of William Kelsey of Braintree (Essex) who emigrated to America in 1632. He was son of George Kelsey Jr. and Elizabeth Hammond and had 2 brothers: John and Henry. http://www.thekelseykindred.org It is suggested in www.onebigfamilytree.com/getperson.php?personID=I8665&tree. that George Kelsey was born in 1572 in Thorpe, Surrey (2m west of Staines).

http://thomas-family.org/familytree/kelsey/references.html has some thoughts on spurious and real origins of Kelsey.

Certainly the Keleseye family were well established in London in the early fourteenth century (Robert Kelsey) and Kelseys persist in London (along with every other English surname) from the 16th century onwards.

At the same period they can be found as far apart as Devon and Roxburgh in the Scottish borders.

The branch of the Kelseys in which I am interested starts (probably!) with Thomas Kelsey (c1530-c1595) in Shere, Surrey via a fork off to Cuckfield in Sussex (John Kelsey c1690-1761) and then to the Lingfield and Crowhurst area in south-eastern Surrey. They were successful yeoman farmers with younger sons often becoming millers or brewers.

Obviously not all were successful, for example Richard Kelsey (1661-1740) - a 'very poor man' according to the parish registers.

Miscellaneous references

1348 Devon Adam de Kelleseye

1348 Roxburgh Edward de Kelleseye

William de Kelleseye 1 Edward III Clerk of Works at the Palace and Tower

Giles de Kelleseye 1365.


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Index Anne Kellsey 1581-1593 Ann Kelsay 1610-? Ann Kelsye 1618-? Anne Kelsey 1644 -? Anne Kelsey 1763-? Ann Kelsey 1776-1851 Edmund Kelsey 1620-1620 Edward Kelsey 1605-? Edward Kelsey c1739-1823 Edward Kelsey 1799-1800 Edward Kelsey 1803-1849 Edward Kelsey 1805-1899 Edward Kelsey 1827-1901 Edward Kelsey 1828 - 1903 Eleanor Kelsey 1823-1861 Elizabeth Kellsey 1561-? Elizabeth (Kelseye) - 1625 Elizabeth Kellsey 1603-? Elizabeth Kelsy 1618-? Elizabeth Kelsey 1781-? Ellen Maria Kelsey 1832-1884 Fanny Kelsey 1836-1888 Francis Kelsey 1621-? George Kelsey 1593-1627 Henry Kelsy 1615-? Henry Kelsey 1742-1827 Henry Kelsey 1825-1897 Henry Kelsey 1830-1912 Henry Kelsey 1832-1916 James Kelsey 1600-1677 James Kelsey 1643-1652 James Kelsey 1652-? James Kelsey 1654-? James Kelsey married 1672 Jeane Kelsey 1646-? John Kelsey cc1560-1623 John Kelsey 1592-? John Kelsay 1612-? John Kelsey 1630-1696 John Kelsey 1649-? John Kelse 1684-? John Kelsey c1690-1761 John Kelsey 1705-c1762 John Kelsey 1711-1711 John Kelsey m1735-c1762 John Kelsey 1728-1779 John Kelsey 1783-1877 John Turner Kelsey c1790-1864 Katherine Kelsy 1616-1618 Katherine Kelsey 1624-? Katherine Kellsey died 1655 Magdalene Kellsey 1558-? Margaret Kellsey 1584-1584 Margaret Kellsey 1587-? Margaret Kellsay 1609-? Margaret Kelsey 1623-? Mary Kelsay 1608-? Mary Kelsey 1627-? Mary Kelsey 1764-? Mary Kelsey 1787-? Maudelyn Kellsey 1590-1636 Richard Kelsey 1597-1623 Richard Kelsey 1661-1740 Robert Kelseye 1280-c1336 Robert Kelsey c1786-1862 Robinson Kelsey 1732-1821 Robinson Kelsey 1819-1881 Sarah Kelsey 1727-? Sarah Kelsey c1780 - 1838 Sarah Kelsey 1778-? Sarah Kelsey 1801-1810 Sarah Kelsey 1818-(1843?) Sophia Kelsey 1789-? Thomas Kelsey cc1530-c1595 Thomas Kellsey 1562-1623 Thomas Kellsey 1617-? Thomas Kelsey 1620-1656? Thomas Kelsey 1643-1652 Thomas Kelsey ?-1690 Thomas Kelsey 1730-? William Kelsey 1590-1667 William Kelsey 1615-1706 William Kelsey 1621-1676 William Kelsey 1650-? William Kelsey 1746-1830 William Kelsey 1775-1861	Kelsey Index to Kelseys investigated in the course of my researches. Daniel Butler (1775-1828) married Sarah Kelsey, a daughter of William Kelsey (1746-1830), a farmer at Gatwick, Charlwood, Surrey, the current site of Gatwick Airport. Their son Daniel Butler (1800-1853) married Jane Dives, whose sister Louisa married Edward Kelsey, Sarah's cousin, second son of William's brother Henry Kelsey (1742 - 1827) of Burstow Park, Surrey, just two miles west of Gatwick. Edward Kelsey farmed Court Lodge - just north of the current site of Gatwick Airport. Kelsey country! Origins The name is generally accepted to have originated in (North and South) Kelsey in Lincolnshire and is certainly well established in Lincolnshire by the sixteenth century (though not in the parishes of North Kelsey and South Kelsey themselves). North American interest focuses on the descendants of William Kelsey of Braintree (Essex) who emigrated to America in 1632. He was son of George Kelsey Jr. and Elizabeth Hammond and had 2 brothers: John and Henry. http://www.thekelseykindred.org It is suggested in www.onebigfamilytree.com/getperson.php?personID=I8665&tree. that George Kelsey was born in 1572 in Thorpe, Surrey (2m west of Staines). http://thomas-family.org/familytree/kelsey/references.html has some thoughts on spurious and real origins of Kelsey. Certainly the Keleseye family were well established in London in the early fourteenth century (Robert Kelsey) and Kelseys persist in London (along with every other English surname) from the 16th century onwards. At the same period they can be found as far apart as Devon and Roxburgh in the Scottish borders. The branch of the Kelseys in which I am interested starts (probably!) with Thomas Kelsey (c1530-c1595) in Shere, Surrey via a fork off to Cuckfield in Sussex (John Kelsey c1690-1761) and then to the Lingfield and Crowhurst area in south-eastern Surrey. They were successful yeoman farmers with younger sons often becoming millers or brewers. Obviously not all were successful, for example Richard Kelsey (1661-1740) - a 'very poor man' according to the parish registers. Miscellaneous references 1348 Devon Adam de Kelleseye 1348 Roxburgh Edward de Kelleseye William de Kelleseye 1 Edward III Clerk of Works at the Palace and Tower Giles de Kelleseye 1365.