| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Third Generation6. Hendrick KELLS was born on 12 June 1765 in Claverack, Columbia Co., NY. He died on 1 April 1833 at the age of 67 in Ghent, Columbia County, NY. He was buried in Christ's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ghent, NY. Also referred to as Heinrich, Hendryk, and Hendrick Kels. In the 1800 Census for Claverack, he is called Hendrick Kells and is listed next to John, Peter, and Elizabeth Kells. He had one boy under 10, one girl under 10, 2 males 25-44, and 1 female 25-44. In the 1810 Census for Claverack, he is called Henry Kelse and has a family of 8: 1 boy to 10, 1 boy 10-16, 1 male 15-26, 1 male 26-44, 1 female to10, 1 girl 10-16, 1 16-24, 1 25-46. Listed next to Abraham Kelse, Philip Kelse, and Peter Kelse. The image for the 1830 Census is so bad as to be unreadable. He joined Claverack Reformed church May 14, 1785. His brothers John and Jacob were members, as was his sister Maria. Hendrick KELLS and Margaret Margaretha Potts or BATZ were married on 5 February 1797 in Claverack Reformed Church, Claverack, NY.8 Margaret Margaretha Potts or BATZ9, daughter of Johann William BATZ and Veronica LAESCHER, was born on 3 April 1779 in Livingston, Columbia Co., NY?. She died on 5 June 1855 at the age of 76. Fred Potts m. Catherine Hagedorn at Germantown Reformed Church in 1752. George Potts (aka George Batz) m. Veronica Lasher/Lescher/Loesher in 1758 and had a daughter Margaret (this Margaret?). A Capt. Charles V. Potts b. 1790 buried in Hudson, NY. Potts was a reasonably popular family name in NY at the time. The Dutch spelling comes out Potz or Batz. She was also known as Critje Patz (e.g., baptism of son Johannes/John in 1797). The 1800 Census has a Hendrick Potts in Claverack, 16-25 and wife same, brother? There was a Hendrick Potts listed in nearby Livingston, Columbia Co., with 1 male under 10, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 26-44, 1 female under 10, 2 females under 10, 1 female 26-44, and 1 female 45+. But there were also George Potts, William Potts, Jacob Potts, Lodewic Potts, and William F. Potts in Livingston, all with age ranges that would encompass Hendrick and his sisters. In the 1790 Census, Jacob, John, and William F. Potts were all listed in Livingston. Neither John nor William had families large enough to be the parents of Hendrick and his sisters. They must have moved to Churchtown and later to Ghent, according to churchbook records. Her sponsors were Dederick Schultheis and Margaret. Hendrick KELLS and Margaret Margaretha Potts or BATZ had the following children:
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