Fourth Generation

43. James Martin KELLS^56,57 was born on 23 December 1815 in Claverack, Columbia Co., NY.² He died on 11 July 1857 at the age of 41 in Claverack, Columbia Co., NY. He was buried in St. Thomas Lutheran Cemetery, Churchtown, NY. He worked as a machinist in Hudson, NY. He was 41 years, 7 months, 19 days old when he died 11 July 1857, according to his gravestone.

James Martin KELLS and Charlotte Jane Ann SHELDON were married on 12 December 1835 in Claverack Reformed Church, Claverack, NY.⁵⁸ Charlotte Jane Ann SHELDON, daughter of Job SHELDON and Maria BRISEL, was born in 1812 in Taconic, Columbia Co., NY.

James Martin KELLS and Charlotte Jane Ann SHELDON had the following children:

+133	i.	Job KELLS.
134	ii.	David KELLS was born about 1838. He died on 15 June 1841 at the age of 3 in Churchtown, Columbia Co, NY.⁵⁹
135	iii.	Charlotte KELLS was born about 1840.
+136	iv.	James Martin KELLS.
137	v.	Alicia KELLS was born about 1847.