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John Peter Kelly

Birth	:	26 Dec 1774 New Jersey, USA
Death	:	19 Jun 1839 Ancaster, Hamilton Municipality, Ontario, Canada
Burial	:	Bowman United Church Cemetery, Ancaster, Hamilton Municipality, Canada
Coordinate	:	43.2080994, -79.9425278
Description	:	John Peter Kelly was only 4 years old when his mother Christine took him and his two brothers, 11 year old Enoch and 8 year old Jonathan P. to their uncle John Bessey Kelly. John and his wife were packing up to leave for Canada and Christine wanted her boys to be safe from the revolution. They began their trek in 1778. All went well on the treck to Canada until they reached the area south of present day Rochester, the counties of Ontario and nearby Livingston. John Bessey's wife took sick. The caravan finally stopped at... Read More	John Peter Kelly was only 4 years old when his mother Christine took him and his two brothers, 11 year old Enoch and 8 year old Jonathan P. to their uncle John Bessey Kelly. John and his wife were packing up to leave for Canada and Christine wanted her boys to be safe from the revolution. They began their trek in 1778. All went well on the treck to Canada until they reached the area south of present day Rochester, the counties of Ontario and nearby Livingston. John Bessey's wife took sick. The caravan finally stopped at a place called Groveland and it was near there that John found a fruit farm with a house and there he cared for his sick wife whom we are told died a few weeks later. The rest of the caravan led by Silas Smith went on to Canada. John Bessey Kelly remained at Groveland for 10 years. In 1788, John Kelly's boyhood friend John Smith leading a second Caravan from Woodbridge N.J. towards Canada, asked the families if it would be alright to stop so he could visit John. John Bessey by this time had a new wife Ann Ollie. John Smith persuaded John Bessey Kelly to come along to Canada with them and he helped them pack. When they stopped for the night the men looked after the horses and the children gathered good dry limbs and twigs for the fire so the women could cook the evening meal. While the food was cooding the children would play games. It was noticed that whenever a game involved choosing up sides, the young John Peter Kelly always made sure that pretty, bright eyed Mary Smith, the only daughter of John and Anna Smith would be on his team. Later in 1796 John Peter Kelly and little Mary Smith married at Ancaster. John Bessey Kelly and his 2nd wife Ann Olly and John's three nephews stopped off in Thorold Twp., and were granted lots 48 nd 49 at the east end of Beaverdams. His friend John Smith and Anna (Roy) and family travelled on west until they reached Grimsby and settled there. They went on later to Ancaster twp. in 1794, to Lot 46, con.4. In 1795 John Peter Kelly was granted 200 acres Lot 34 Con 5. Ancaster Twp.. In 1823 he sold that property and purchased Lot 46 Con 5. He married 3 times and fathered 8 children.

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John Peter Kelly's memorial is located at: Bowman United Church Cemetery, Ancaster, Hamilton Municipality, Canada.
When did John Peter Kelly death?
John Peter Kelly death on 19 Jun 1839 in Ancaster, Hamilton Municipality, Ontario, Canada
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Latitude: 43.2080994
Longitude: -79.9425278

Family Members:

Spouse

Mary Smith Kelly

(1781 - 1812)

Catharine Emery Kelly

(1790 - 1826)

Children

Robert Kelly

(1798 - 1835)

Hannah Kelly Freeman

(1800 - 1878)

Isaac Kelly

(1806 - 1884)

Samantha Kelley Sickle

(1824 - 1901)

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Coordinate: 43.2080994, -79.9425278

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