John Kelsall

Notes:

John Kelsall said that he was born on the 8th of the 7th month [September] 1683, but the quaker records for the Lancaster Monthy Meeting records the birth as being on the 7th of the 7th month 1683. John had a bad foot, and he was slightly lame all his life. After the death of his grandmother in August 1699, John went to live with his uncle Timothy Cragg at Chapel House, Wyersdale. He was the first schoolmaster at Dolobran in North Wales but later he went to work at Coalbrookdale in Shropshire, Then he moved to Dolgellau first as a manager of Forges and Furnaces of the famous Quaker Ironmaster Abraham Darby, and later he was employed by Charles Lloyd. He was a zealous member of the society of Friends, travelling widely on their behalf, he was also a noted diarist, the originals of which are held at the Library of the soviety of Friend at 173 Euston Road, London.

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• Baptism: 3 Aug 1650, Cheshire

John married Elizabeth Cragg on 2 Nov 1682 in Christ Church, Over Wyersdale, Lancashire, England. Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas Cragg and Jennet Townson) was born in 1661 in Over Wyersdale, Lancashire, England; died on 28 Nov 1685 in London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: 21 Feb 1661, Chapel House, Wyersdale, Lancashire, England

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• Baptism: 16 Mar 1636, St Mary, Lancaster, Lancashire,

Thomas married Jennet Townson on 11 Mar 1655 in Christ Church, Wyersdale, Lancashire, England. Jennet (daughter of John Townson and Isabell Cowper) was born on 16 Apr 1633 in Moorhead, Wyersdale, Lancashire, England; died on 22 Aug 1699 in Wyersdale, Lancashire, England; was buried on 23 Aug 1699 in Over Wyersdale, Lancashire.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Jennet came from Moor Head, Wyresdale. In an artical entitled "Jennet Cragg - A Quaker Heroine" George Adamson writes This is a tale of True Grit as known among the North Lancashire branch of the Kelsall family. The Kelsall's were among the first of the quaker families of the area, and for more that 300 years have maintained close ties with the Society of Friends. All it's members stem from a single ancester who arrived at Rowton Brook farm in Quernmore, Nr Lancaster one day in March 1687. His name was Joseph and he was 2 years old. He was accompanied by his elder brother John who was three. Both had been carried there from London in Panniers sling either side of a horse ridden by their grandmother Jennet Cragg. Thier long and arduous journey had been occasioned by the untimely deaths of their Quaker parents John & Elizabeth Kelsall.

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• Baptism: 20 Feb 1604, St Mary, Lancaster, Lancashire, England

Henry married Isabell in 1630 in Christ Church, Over Wyersdale, Lancashire, England. Isabell was born about 1605 in (of) Abbeystead, Lancashire, England; died in 1668 in Over Wyersdale, Lancashire, England; was buried on 15 May 1668 in Over Wyersdale, Lancashire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: 3 May 1601, Caton, Lancashire, England

John married Isabell Cowper on 3 Nov 1621 in St Mary, Lancaster, Lancashire. Isabell was born about 1600 in (of) Lancaster, Lancashire, England; died in 1668 in Wyersdale, Lancashire; was buried on 15 May 1668 in Christ Church, Wyersdale, Lancashire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]