John Kelsall

1683 - 1743  (59 years)

• Name	John Kelsall
  Born	8 Sep 1683	London, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	1743	Cheshire, England   [1]
  Person ID	I27263	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	15 Aug 2022

  
  

  Father	John Kelsall,   b. 1650, Chamber of the Forest of Delamere, Kelsall, Cheshire, England ,   d. 5 Oct 1684, London England  (Age 34 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Cragg,   b. 1661, Over Wyersdale, Lancashire, England ,   d. 28 Nov 1685, London, England  (Age 24 years)
  Married	2 Nov 1682	Christ Church, Over Wyersdale, Lancashire, England   [1]
  Family ID	F7160	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S625] Family Search.org, Family Search.org.