Kelly, John (1786-1860)

Name:

Kelly, John (1786-1860)

Title:

Member, New Hampshire House of Representatives, 1826, 1827
Clerk, New Hampshire House of Representatives, 1828
Register of Probate, County of Rockingham, 1831-1842
Treasurer, Phillips Exeter Academy, 1842-1855
Member, New Hampshire General Court, 1845
Member, New Hampshire Executive Council, 1846, 1847
Agent, United States Pension Office, Portsmouth, 1849
Delegate, New Hampshire Constitutional Convention, 1850
Founding Member, New Hampshire Historical Society
Editor, News Letter, Exeter

Born:

03/07/1786

Birthplace:

Warner, NH

Died:

11/03/1860

Death Location:

Exeter, NH

Residence:

Warner, NH
Meredith Bridge, NH
Rochester, NH
Henniker, NH 1808
Northwood, NH 1808-1831
Exeter, NH 1831-1860

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Lawyer
Antiquarian
Author

Father:

Kelly, William

Mother:

Bailey, Lavinia

Spouse:

Married Susan Hilton (1792-1855), August 18, 1817

Children:

Lavinia Bailey, born April 30, 1818, Northwood, NH
John Proctor Prentiss, born June 3, 1820, Northwood, NH
Susan Hilton, born September 16, 1821, Northwood, NH
Charlotte Maria, born August 29, 1823
Caroline Emma, born March 29, 1831

Notes:

Giles M. Kelly, A Genealogical Account of the Descendants of John Kelly of Newbury, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (1886), 48-49, 80-81.

Charles H. Bell, The Bench and Bar of New Hampshire, Including Biographical Notices of Deceased Judges of the Highest Court, and Lawyers of the Province and State and a List of Names of Those Now Living. (Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1894), 464-465.

Vital Records, New Hampshire State Archives

Exeter Cemetery, Exeter, New Hampshire