Jeremiah O'Kelley

Jeremiah married Charity Pees in 1716. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• History: birth to death, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts

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History:
He was a large land owner doing farming, fishing, and the construction of windmills.

On 8 (11) 1727 [8 January 1728], he made his will.

On 23 (10) 1728 [23 December 1728], his will was proved. His estate was valued at £1,447.

Jeremiah married Sarah Chase in 1688. Sarah (daughter of John Chase and Elizabeth Baker) was born in 1673 in Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts; died in 1727 in Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts; was buried in Quaker Cemetery, Dennis, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Immigration: 1655; After the war with Cromwell's England, English slave traders seized and shipped some 6400 Irish men, women, and children to English plantations in the West Indies and New England during a four year period ending in early 1655. In October 1655, another group of 2000 boys and girls were shipped from Galway. David was probably one of these children, as he first appears in Plymouth Colony in October 1655.
• History: 1656 to death, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts

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History:
He was a farmer and a Quaker.

On 4 October 1655, he was recorded in Plymouth County as David O'Gillior the Irishman, servant to Edward Sturges. Prior to this, he had been the indentured servant to John Darby of Yarmouth. It appears that the indenture was transferred from Mr. Darby to Mr. Sturges.

In 1657, he was admitted as an inhabitant and took the Oath of Fidelity.

In 1676, he was taxed £2 6/9.

On 10 (2) 1692 [10 April 1692], he made his will. He calls himself David O'Kelia.

In 1697, his will was proved.

Died:
He died in the Spring.

David married Jane Powell. Jane was born in Wales; died on 17 Oct 1711 in Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts; was buried in Quaker Cemetery, Dennis, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• History: say 1655 to death, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts

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History:
She was indentured to the Swift family of Sandwich, Massachusetts.

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• Legal: Oct 1674
• Military: 1675

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Legal:
He was fined in the Plymouth Colony Court.

Military:
He served in King Philip's War.

John married Elizabeth Baker. Elizabeth (daughter of Francis Baker and Isabel Twining) was born about 1648 in Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• History: birth to death, Gallagh (now Castleblakeney), Galway, Ireland

John married Anne Daly. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• History: birth to death, Gallagh (now Castleblakeney), Galway, Ireland

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• Immigration: 1635; He came over in the Planter of London, Nicholas Trerice, Master. She sailed about 10 April and arrived in Boston 7 June 1635. He was listed as 24 years of age from Great St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England. He was a tailor.
• Moved To: About 1642, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts; About 1642 he moved to Yarmouth, Massachusetts.
• Occupation: say 1645, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts; He was a cooper (barrel maker).
• Offices Held: 1653, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts; In 1653 he was appointed the Surveyor of Highway for the Town of Yarmouth.
• Legal: say 1654, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts; He was presented by the Grand Jury "for retailing wine contrary to order of Court". In 1655, likewise, for abusing a servant.
• Oath: 1657, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts; In 1657 he took the Oath of Fidelity.
• Residence: 1659, Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts; In 1659 he was on 10 acres "lying upon Poche," by the land of his wife's father Wm. Sr. These acres were soon sold to William Twining Jr., and he returned to Yarmouth.
• Legal: 1665, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts; In 1665 he was fined for breach of the peace in Yarmouth, Massachusetts.
• Legal: 1680, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts; He sued Abraham Hedge for £12, for tar barrels in 1680.
• Will: 4 Mar 1693, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts; On 4 March 1693 in Yarmouth, he wrote his will.
• Last Full Review: 29 Jun 2020

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Conflict: Anderson (1999) does not believe that the Francis Baker that sailed on board the Planter, is the same that settled in Yarmouth, Plymouth Colony.

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Francis married Isabel Twining on 17 Jun 1651 in Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Isabel (daughter of William Twining and Ann Doane) died on 16 May 1706 in Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Last Full Review: 29 Jun 2020