Elizabeth Kelsey

Not the same as Elizabeth Livermore

Elizabeth Hammond was born 1581 in Suffolk, England to William Hammond. Her christening was on March 28, 1581 in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England.. She married George Kelsey. Elizabeth passed away June 1632 in Essex, England. She was buried in St Michael Cornhill Churchyard, London, London, England.[1]

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Kelsey-82

George Kelsey was born in 1572 in Thorpe le Soken, Esssex, England to George Kelsey and Johanne Binley. He married Elizabeth Hammond, daughter of William Hammond.

Disputed descendant

<Great Migration Begins > William Kelsey, of Killingworth, origins unknown.

< The Kelsey Kindred Genealogy and How it All Began> last updated 2010

An Association of Descendants of WILLIAM KELSEY, a Puritan Ancestor

The Kindred was organized September 13, 1928, it has published 7 genealogy volumes containing family histories of the descendants of William Kelsey. The genealogy volumes were financed by dues, donations, large gifts and loans from Kindred members. Our association has over 58,000 descendants, all serial numbered and indexed on computer; and, more data arrives each week. Unfortunately, there are many, many lines of descent that are incomplete or still unknown. The Kindred, presently, has well over 600 active members and receiving new applications weekly.

The Ancestor - WILLIAM KELSEY, the first of the Kelsey name in America, was born in 1600, Chelmsford, Essex County, England. He was the son of George Kelsey Jr. and Elizabeth Hammond and had 2 brothers: John and Henry. (Williams’ wife or wives have not been verified);

William Kelsey was one of the original "Braintree Company" followers of the Reverend Thomas Hooker, who came to America and they were the first settlers of "New Towne" (now Cambridge) Massachusetts in 1632. Reverend Hooker joined them the following year.

Sources

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hammond-9569
• 1. Find A Grave Index: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136191978