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Sarah Jane <I>Freeman</I> Kelsey

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Sarah Jane Freeman Kelsey

Birth
New York, New York County, New York, USA
Death
28 May 1898 (aged 78)
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Burial
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 170, Joined lots 12952-12953.
Memorial ID
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Daughter of William Freeman and Sarah Henry, wife of Walter Kelsey, whom she married on May 29, 1842 at Flatlands, N.Y. by the Rev. A. Baldwin, and mother of William, Frederick A., Emma Josephine (married Clarence Kenyon), Walter H., Nathaniel P., Laura Spear (married Charles W. Weede, from whom she was later divorced), Myron G., and Henrietta R. Kelsey.

In 1855, Sarah Kelsey, aged 35, born in New York, was living in Gravesend, Kings, NY, with her husband, Walter Kelsey, aged 35, born in Dutchess County, and children, William H. Kelsey, aged 12, Frederic A. Kelsey, aged 19, Emma J. Kelsey, aged 8, Walter Kelsey, aged 6, Nathaniel P. Kelsey, aged 4, Lora S. Kelsey, aged 2, and Myron G. Kelsey, aged 7 months, all born in Brooklyn. Also living in the household was servant, Anna Butterley, aged 13, born in Ireland. Her husband was shown to be a merchant.
In 1865, Sarah Jane Kelsey, aged 46, born in New York, was living in Brooklyn, NY, with her children, Frederick A. Kelsey, aged 20, a clerk, Emma J. Kelsey, aged 18, Walter Kelsey, aged 16, Laura S. Kelsey, aged 12, and Merin C. Kelsey, aged 10, all born in Brooklyn.

Death Record - Sarah Jane Kelsey, aged 79, widowed, born 1819 in New York City, the daughter of Samuel Freeman and Sarah Henry, died on May 28, 1898 and was buried at Greenwood Cemetery on May 30, 1898.

"Walter Kelsey (James, Jonas, Timothy, Daniel, Stephen, William), fifth son and fifth child of James Kelsey and Rachel Ellen DuBois was born January 9, 1820 at Poughkeepsie, N.Y.; died February 13, 1863 at Gravesend, (L.I.), N.Y. He married, May 29, 1843 at Flatlands, N.Y. by Rev. A. Baldwin, Sarah Jane Freeman, born October 30, 1819, at New York City; died May 28, 1898 at Brooklyn, N.Y.; daughter of William Freeman (born Morristown, N.J., died at Gravesend, N.Y.) and Sarah Henry (born December 26, 1796 at New York City, died January 18, 1888 at Setauket, N.Y."

(Note: Also shown the daughter of Samuel Freeman and Sarah Henry)

(New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949, Reference ID cn 8340, GS Film Number 1324006; A genealogy of the descendants of William Kelsey who settled at Cambridge, Mass., in 1632, at Hartford, Conn., in 1636, and at Killingworth, Conn., in 1663, page 2550)
Daughter of William Freeman and Sarah Henry, wife of Walter Kelsey, whom she married on May 29, 1842 at Flatlands, N.Y. by the Rev. A. Baldwin, and mother of William, Frederick A., Emma Josephine (married Clarence Kenyon), Walter H., Nathaniel P., Laura Spear (married Charles W. Weede, from whom she was later divorced), Myron G., and Henrietta R. Kelsey.

In 1855, Sarah Kelsey, aged 35, born in New York, was living in Gravesend, Kings, NY, with her husband, Walter Kelsey, aged 35, born in Dutchess County, and children, William H. Kelsey, aged 12, Frederic A. Kelsey, aged 19, Emma J. Kelsey, aged 8, Walter Kelsey, aged 6, Nathaniel P. Kelsey, aged 4, Lora S. Kelsey, aged 2, and Myron G. Kelsey, aged 7 months, all born in Brooklyn. Also living in the household was servant, Anna Butterley, aged 13, born in Ireland. Her husband was shown to be a merchant.
In 1865, Sarah Jane Kelsey, aged 46, born in New York, was living in Brooklyn, NY, with her children, Frederick A. Kelsey, aged 20, a clerk, Emma J. Kelsey, aged 18, Walter Kelsey, aged 16, Laura S. Kelsey, aged 12, and Merin C. Kelsey, aged 10, all born in Brooklyn.

Death Record - Sarah Jane Kelsey, aged 79, widowed, born 1819 in New York City, the daughter of Samuel Freeman and Sarah Henry, died on May 28, 1898 and was buried at Greenwood Cemetery on May 30, 1898.

"Walter Kelsey (James, Jonas, Timothy, Daniel, Stephen, William), fifth son and fifth child of James Kelsey and Rachel Ellen DuBois was born January 9, 1820 at Poughkeepsie, N.Y.; died February 13, 1863 at Gravesend, (L.I.), N.Y. He married, May 29, 1843 at Flatlands, N.Y. by Rev. A. Baldwin, Sarah Jane Freeman, born October 30, 1819, at New York City; died May 28, 1898 at Brooklyn, N.Y.; daughter of William Freeman (born Morristown, N.J., died at Gravesend, N.Y.) and Sarah Henry (born December 26, 1796 at New York City, died January 18, 1888 at Setauket, N.Y."

(Note: Also shown the daughter of Samuel Freeman and Sarah Henry)

(New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949, Reference ID cn 8340, GS Film Number 1324006; A genealogy of the descendants of William Kelsey who settled at Cambridge, Mass., in 1632, at Hartford, Conn., in 1636, and at Killingworth, Conn., in 1663, page 2550)


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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/178687392/sarah_jane-kelsey: accessed ), memorial page for Sarah Jane Freeman Kelsey (30 Oct 1819–28 May 1898), Find a Grave Memorial ID 178687392, citing Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA; Maintained by Aislin (contributor 46535342).