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A GENEALOGICAL HISTORY OF THE KELLEY FAMILY DESCENDED FROM JOSEPH KELLE.Y OF NORWICH, CONNECTICUT. WITH MUCH BIOGRAPHICAL MATTER CONCERNING THE FIRST FOUR GENERATIONS, AND NOTES OF INFLOWING FEMALE LINES. COMPILED BY HERMON ALFRED KELLEY. PRIVATELY PRINTED AT CLEVELAND, OHIO, 1897. PREFACE. The labor of collecting materials for these pages has been distrib uted over a series of years, during which the compiler has been more or less interested in matters genealogical. Much concerning the early his tory of the family, especiaily in the third generation and the collateral branches, which came in with the Stows, had been gathered by the late Mrs. James L. Bates, daughter of the late Alfred Kelley, of Columbus, Ohio. Her collection of old family letters, beginning with one from the compiler's great, great, great grandmother Phoebe Paine, written in 1765, and ending with the latest Jetter of great grandfather Daniel Kelley in 1831. throws a flood of light upon the migrations of the Kelleys from Middletown to Lowville, New York, and from Lowville to Ohio, as well as upon their circumstances, character and daily life in those pioneer days. So interesting are these time-worn documents that the tempta tion has been well-nigh irresistible to incorporate many of them bodily in the text, but the scope of this work has permitted only occasional references to and extracts from them, Caulkins' Histories of New London and Norwich, Conn., have furnished much of the data con cerning the Caulkins, Bliss, Reynolds, Backus, Edgerton, Lord, Hyde and Lee families, as well as some information about Joseph Kelley. Salis bury's ''Family Histories and Genealogies" contains extensive articles on the Lord and Lee families. Genealogical journals, colonial records, town histories, and many other sources of information, to the extent of a hundred or more volumes, have been ransacked either in search of new information or for the purpose of confirming that already at hand. Hough's History of Lewis County, New York, gives much that is valua ble concerning the sojourn of the family at Lowville. In the fourth generation the biographical sketch of Oatus Kelley was written by the compiler, partly from an account by his daughter, Mrs. E. K. Hunting ton, to be found in the manuscript volumes of "The Islander" in the library at Kelley's Island, Ohio, partly from information received from Alfred Stow Kelley, his son; the Dean genealog!Y was extracted from numerous journals and genealogical works, by the compiler. and is be lieved to be the first successful attempt to trace this branch of that fam ily back of Faxon Dean; the sketch of Alfred Kelley was largely taken from a History of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, compiled by Crisfield John son, and from the "Life and Work of Alfred Kelley", by Judge James L. Bates, his son-in-law, from which latte·r work extracts have been freely made without even the acknowledment of quotation marks; the sketch of lrad Kelley, with genealogical note on Harriet Pease, was written by his grandson, Norman E. Hills; the account of Thomas Moore Kelley is copied mostly from the above mentioned History of Cuyahoga County, but is supplemented by information furnished by his daughter, Mrs. Alice K. Cole. The later genealogical information is derived partly from family records copied at various times by the compiler, but mostly from the letters of relatives who have almost invariably answered numerous somewhat troublesome inquiries into their family histories with prompt ness and courtesy. To all these sources I desire to express my obligations. Having thus accumulated a large mass of materials for a family his tory, it seemed unfair to retain it all in manuscript, inaccessible to the many relatives who might find interest both in its perusal and preserva tion. My determination to throw the information at hand into the pres ent form for publication, has been confirmed by the active interest and co-operation of Mary S. Bates, daughter of Judge James L, Bates, above referred to. For her kindn~ss in permitting me to have transcribed the old family records and letters collected by her mother, as well as for her many helpful suggestions, l .. desire here to express my sincere thanks. An especial acknowledgment is also due to Norman E. Hills, for valuable assistance in the collection and verification of materials. Of the plan of the work little need be said. The generation to which each person belongs is indicated by a small number in brackets following the name. The numerical order of seniority in descent and birth of each person who bore the name of Kelley at birth is shown by the number preceding the name. With one exception, no one of the seventh generation, bearing the name of Kelley, has yet married. It has therefore been thought unnecessary to carry the chapter headings be yond the sixth generation. Members of divergent branches not bearing the name of Kelley, are not given a regular place and number in the lists of following genera tions. The reason for this is obvious from the title of the work, but in order to make the record of the greatest possible value to alI, such branches are fully traced under the head of the ancestor who last bore that name. Thus, for example, the children of Emeline Kelley Hunting- ton are not carried forward ~ .. to the chapter en tit Jed "Sixth Generation", but are given, together with all ot their descendants under 21. Emeline Kelley<s> who is the last of their ancestors to bear the family name. It is believed that no direct descendant of Joseph Kelley, through his son Daniel and grandson, Daniel, is omitted from the work. The genealo gies of collateral inflowing female lines have been traced in foot notes, in order that the continuity of the principal subject might not be inter rupted. In only the first four generations, whose histories are of general interest to all living members of the family, has any attempt at bio graphical detail been made. In the later generations, with a few ex ceptions, such as the brief notice of 4 7. Horace Kelley< 5> and of certain coHege graduations or business callings, only names, dates and other purely genealogical information are given. Into such a book, occasional errors, particularly in dates, must nec essarily creep, despite the utmost care; this is especially apt to be so when, as in the present case, the work is undertaken and carried for ward in the midst of pressing business engagements; but great pains have been taken to secure correctness, and it is believed that the few inaccuracies which may be found will not seriously affect the general reliability and value of the work. · If relatives take a small part of the interest in reading and preserv ing these records that I have in collecting and arranging them, I shall feel amply rewarded for the task. HERMON A. KELLEY. Cleveland, Ohio, August 24, 1897. NUMERICAL SUMMARY OF DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH KELLEY. SECOND GENERATION ________________________ --------------------- 5 THIRD .GENERATION--------------------------------------------- 8 FOURTH GENERATION _____________________________________________ t6 FIFTH GENERATION _____________________________________________ 41 SIXTH GENERATION. ____________________________ J _______________ 72 SEVENTH GENERATIQN _____________________________________________ 99 EIGHTH GENERATION---------------------------------------------22 TOTAL ____________________________________________ 263 OF THESE THERE BORE THE NAME Of KELLEY ____ --------------- ____ 99 LIST OF PORTRAITS AND ILLUSTRATIONS. Page t. HON. ALFRED KELLEY ----------------------- ________ Frontispiece 2. JOSHUA STOW _______________________________________________ 27 3. HOMESTE~D OF JUDGE DANIEL KELLEY, AT LOWVILLE\ N. 8UIL T ABOUT 1800 _______________________________________________Y., 32 4. HOMESTEAD OF ALFRED KELLEY, CLEVELAND, 0., BUILT 1815-18 ____ 40 S. CLEVELAND IN 1833-CORNl!R OF BANK AND ST. CLAIR. STREETS, LOOKING EAST _____________________________________________ 42 6. CLEVELANDHOUSE ____________________________________________________ IN 1833-VIEW FROM BUFFA.LO RoAD, EAST Of COURT 44 7. DATUS KELLEY ______________________________________________ 56 8. HOMESTEAD OF DATUS KELLEY ON KELLEY'S ISLAND, WITH LATER THREE STORY ADDITION FOR HOTEL------------------------ __ 56 9. THEIN ISLAND1865 _________ HOUSE, . STORE__________________________________________ AND TOWN HALL, AT KELLEY'S ISLAND 56 10. HOMESTEAD OF ALFRED KELLEY, COLUMBUS, 0., BUILT 1832-36 ____ 64 11. IRAD KELLEY _______________________________________________ so 12. HOMESTEAD OF IRAD KELLEY, CLEVELAND, Q., BUILT 1833, TAKEN DOWN 1865 ___________________________ ~ ____________________ 80 13. HOMESTEAD OF JOSEPH REYNOLDS KELLEY, CLEVELAND, 0., BIRTH- PLACE OF HORACE KELLEY ___________________________________ go 14. THOMAS MOORE KELLEY--------------------- _________________ 88 15. HOMESTEAD OF THOMAS MOORE KELLEY, CLEVELAND, Q., BUILT 1836 ______________________________________________________ 88 16. ADDISON KELLEY ___________ ,. ________________________________ 96 17. ANN MARILLA (MILi.ARD) KELLEY ______________________________ 96 18. HOMESTEAD OF ADDISON KELLEY. KELLEY'S ISLAND, Q ____________ 96 19. JULIUS KELLEY ______________________________________________ 96 20. EMELINE KELLEY HUNTINGTON _________________________________ 96 21. CAROLINE KELLEY CARPENTER _________________________________ 96 22. ALFRED STOW KELLEY ________________________________________ 96 23. HANNAH (FARR) KELLEY _______________________________________ 96 24. WILLIAM DEAN