Fifth Generation

106. Jacob Andrew KELLS²² was born on 14 February 1828 in Churchtown, Columbia Co., NY. Sponsors were Jacob and Margaret Morris (wife's parents?). Was his middle name Andrew or "H."?

Was he the Jacob Kells, 35, of persons liable for military duty, 1864, Livingston?

It appears he was a farmer in Livingston most of his life and moved to Claverack late in life (unless that was another Jacob). In the 1900 Census, he and his wife and their son Jonas were living in Claverack.

Jacob Andrew KELLS and Elizabeth "Betsey" were married in 1850. Elizabeth "Betsey" was born in October 1823 in NY.

Jacob Andrew KELLS and Elizabeth "Betsey" had the following children:

+209	i.	John H. KELLS.
+210	ii.	Charles KELLS.
211	iii.	Jane KELLS was born about 1853 in Livingston, Columbia Co., NY. Was she the Jane Raymond, grandmother, who was living with Frank A. Leonard in the 1910 Census?
+212	iv.	Rufus KELLS.
+213	v.	Peter KELLS.
+214	vi.	Robert KELLS.
215	vii.	Henry Suydam KELLS was born about 1865 in Columbia Co, NY. In the 1912 Claverack City Directory, he was living with Marshall, Charles, and Robert Kells in Claverack.
+216	viii.	Wilson KELLS.
217	ix.	Jonas KELLS was born on 23 October 1876 in Columbia Co, NY. In the 1900 Census, he was a farm laborer living with his parents in Claverack. Jonas does not appear to have married. In the 1912 Claverack City Directory, he was living with Nathaniel and Chester Kells, laborers, in Claverack. At the time of the 1917 draft registration, he was living with his brother, Henry S., who also appears to have been single. In the 1920 Census, he was a boarder with Minnie Fournier. In 1936-39, he was living at 12 N. 4th St., Hudson, NY.