The early dates of settlement show that your ancestors were some of the first pioneers in that area. People were known to test the perimeters of what was then the Western Frontier. Large land companies bought and sold millions of acres that they never saw. They would move people they called squatters. I have seen this in many early settlements in Ohio. Some of the people in PA. were known to settle on unclaimed lands in those times. Many Scotch/Irish came over with William Penn. I know a few Kelly/Kelley lines that came that way. One was Luke Kelley who was the first settler in Ironton Ohio. Your male ancestor was drafted in the militia during the war of 1812 if he was living. All men were drafted from that county. You might check the federal archives of casualties. Know that the regular federal troops and militias were separate. You need to check all Kelly/Kelley's from that county that took part in the war. Also note than many were sharpshooters on ships. My own ancestor was killed up there on Lake Erie in 1812. He came out of Kentucky however. It was a major war area and is very likely that your own relatives suffered from it also. I hope this might give you a new insight. Warm Regards, Jerome Kelly -----Original Message----- From: Susan Spies Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2008 11:33 AM To: kelley@rootsweb.com, pelton@rootsweb.com Subject: [KELLEY] Mathilda Kelley I am hoping someone on this list can help me break thru a brickwall. I am the 3rd generation of family genealogists looking for Mathilda Kelley. This is what I know: Mathilda Kelley lived in Gustavus, Trumbull, OH in and around 1827 when she married Samuel G. PELTON. She was probably born about 1812. She had a sister, Esther who was born in about 1810 who married a Stephen Linsley, Jr. also in Gustavus. I believe these folks later moved to MA but that's all I know. She also had a brother, Walter, who married Eliza Simmons in NY in1828. He was a ship owner/captain and died in New Orleans, LA in 11 Oct 1844. He died of smallpox, I believe, since there was an epidemic of that in LA at that time. The only Kell(e)y I find in the 1820 census is a Cyrel living next door to Samuel's stepmother, Chloe Pelton. I find no other info on these folks and he's not in subsequent census records. Mathilda died in Byron, Fond du Lac WI and is buried with her husband and some of her son! s in Byron Cemetery. SHe is my 3rd great grandmother. If you can help or have suggestions on what else I can do, please let me know. I have no idea who her parents were and am only guessing that she was from CT since many of the people who founded the county were from CT. Thanks for anything you can do. Susan K. Spies _________________________________________________________________ Going green? See the top 12 foods to eat organic. http://green.msn.com/galleries/photos/photos.aspx?gid=164&ocid=T003MSN51N1653A ************************************* KELLEY/KELLY/O'KELLY Surname DNA Study http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kellydnaproject/index.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to KELLEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message