Bethia Kelsey

7th great-grandparent – 1 of 512 504 in this generation

(1701-1779)

Bethia was born on 22 May 1701 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut, to John Kelsey, 29, and Phebe Crane, 28. She was the sister of our ancestor, Daniel Kelsey.

At the age of 23, she married, as his 2nd wife, her 1st cousin, Nathaniel Parmelee, in Killingworth on 17 March 1725.

Bethia and Nathaniel had 12 children, in addition to a child born during Nathaniel’s first marriage. Their 12 children were:

1. Sybil Parmelee, b.1725-1815
2. Barry Parmelee, b.1727
3. Phebe Parmelee, b.1728/29-1774
4. Eliab Parmelee, b.1730/31
5. Jemima Parmelee, b.1732-1742
6. Dinah Parmelee, b.1734
7. Mabel Parmelee, b.26 Mar 1736 in Killingworth
8. Nathaniel Parmelee, b.1738, d.1742
9. Bethiah Parmelee, b.1738, d.1738
10. Elihu Parmelee, d.1740/41
11. Ozias Parmelee, b.1741/42
12. Nathaniel Parmelee, b.1744

When Bethia was 27, her mother, Phebe, died in Hartford, Connecticut at the age of 55.

She was 49 when her father passed away on 19 September 1750 at the age of 78.

When she was 51, Bethia lost her husband, Nathaniel. He was 55 years old and they had been married for 27 years.

Bethia died on 25 July 1779 in Killingworth at the age of 78.