Betty Kelsey 1747-1789
 

This week, we are focussing on your mother's mother's father's father's father's mother.

Name - "official" name and what they were known as
Date and place of birth n/a
Names of parents n/a
Date and place of baptism - if applicable 2 Dec 1747
Details of each of his or her marriages - if any to William Cook 3 Sep 1763, don't know where
Occupation(s) - if any
Addresses where they lived (including county if in UK) - and please list which censuses you have or haven't found him/her on (if s/he lived in census times!). Later families were in and around Sheet & Petersfield, Hampshire
Date, place and cause of death 13 Sep 1789
Date and place of burial.
Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable
Memorial inscription - if any

Census 1911 Seth Cook 47 Railway gateman, Sheet Hants (son of Daniel, son of Thomas, son of William
Eliza Wife 47 Liss, Hants
William son 17 Bricklayers Labourer, Twickenham, Middlesex
Eliza Dau 10 Twickenham Middlesex
Florence 7 " "

Census of 1891 Daniel Cook 75 General Labourer, domestic, Sheet Hants (son of Thomas, son of William
Sally wife 74, Harting, Sussex
Allan Kelsey 69 General labourer, domestic Steep, Hants
Jane Kelsey 67 Buriton? Hants (not sure who this couple are, must be Bettys grandkids.


Have 1861 Daniel, 1851 Daniel, 1841 Daniel.

Sorry, I don't understand this one! Who died on 13 Aug 1853? Presumably not Betty if she was born in 1747, and you have put that she died in 1789 in the thread title, so she can't be on any of those censuses?

Okay, the marriage is at Petersfield, Hampshire, 3 Sep 1763, William Cook / Betty Kelsey. (or Elizabeth according to this transcription: Petersfield Marriages C
Both of Petersfield; witnesses James Brown and Betty Collingburn.

And there is a burial at Petersfield Betty Cook 13 Sep 1789, no age stated.
Petersfield Burial Index

Sorry to confuse you Kate, I picked up the wrong death date - she died 13 Sep 1789.

I will alter my first message to save confusion.

The 1881 Census showing Thomas was slightly incorrect as the Thomas's age does not fit in. I've deleted it.

Thank you for the other information you sent.

Kate do you have the address of the births for C, also is there any similar information for Sheet, Hants?

It looks as though Sheet was in the parish of Petersfield in those days.

This is the link to the Petersfield baptism transcriptions but it may not go back as far as you need:

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb....ldBapIndex.htm

Thanks Kate

Kate is there a bdm for Portsea Hampshire - and is the abbreviation for Hampshire - Hants or Hamps? If it is Hants - how do they work that out?

The abbreviation is Hants and my dictionary says it is short for Hantsharing which was the original name of the county.

There is some Portsea stuff on here:
Knightroots Portsea etc

Thanks so much for that Kate - I often wondered why it was Hants - I appreciate you looking it up or me. Also thanks for the Portsmouth stuff.

I'm confirming a lot of Cooks Births (tho I didnt know where they were born) - so I'm getting somewhere.