Thomas Kelly

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR Thomas Kelly is not in my direct ancestry. He is related by marriage in the following ways: Husband of Rebecca Wimer Son-in-law of Christophel Wimer and Mary Sophia Snyder

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	1786
Marriage			To Rebecca Wimer
Death	1862/1863	Worth Twp., Butler Co. PA

Sources:

(all children with Rebecca Wimer)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Mary S. Kelly	F	1822-????	PA, expect Butler Co.	Archibald Hoge
Samuel Kelly	M	1823-????	PA, expect Butler Co.	Jane Hogue
Else E. Kelly	F	????-????	PA, expect Butler Co.	Unknown Martin
Thomas Kelly	M	1827-????	PA, expect Butler Co.
Rebecca Kelly	F	1831-????	PA, expect Butler Co.	Unknown Price
Hannah Kelly	F	1834-????	PA, expect Butler Co.	Unknown Douglass
Isaac Eli Kelly	M	1836-????	PA, expect Butler Co.

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
PA	b. 1786
Worth Twp. Butler Co. PA	by ~ 1820 - 1862

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1850 United States Federal Census Slippery Rock Twp, Butler Co, PA page 25. Census dated 8 Aug 1850. Lines 10-13: Thomas Kelly, 63, farmer $3000 real property; Thomas, 22; Rebecca, 19, Hannah, 16. All b. PA. On lines 14-15: Samuel Kelly, 27, farmer; Jane, 28.
2	1860 United States Federal Census Worth Twp, Butler Co, PA page 8. Census dated 3 July 1860. Lines 23-24: Thomas Kelly, 73, farmer $1800 real $667 personal property; Thomas, 31. All b. PA. On lines 25-32: Samuel Kelly, 37, farmer; Jane, 38 and their family.
3	History of Butler County Pennsylvania 1895, page 610, indicates that Thomas Humphrey, Andrew, Edward, and James Douglass, Christopher Wimer, and, it is said, Charles Coulter, arrived [in Worth Twp., Butler Co., PA] in 1798, all except one being natives of norther Ireland. Then, on page 1240, it indicates that Christopher Wimer came from Adams Co., PA, to Butler Co., PA in 1798 and settled in Worth Twp. He married Miss Snyder of Adams Co., and together they had seven children named Samuel, John, Peter, Jonathan, William, Isaac, and Rebecca. Rebecca married Thomas Kelly.	transcript
4	The Wimer Family, by Paul W. Myers, self-published manuscript, undated(printed before 1985. Eight generations of the Wimer family charted, with biographical information on Christopher Wimer and his children, derived from interviews of descendants and extensive research of property deeds, military records, and wills. "Rebecca Wimer married Thomas Kelly, a pioneer settler of Worth Township, and they established their home on the Kelly Homestead, located on present-day Kelly Road, a mile south of Moore's Corners....Mr. Kelly, who was born in 1786, died at his home in Worth township in 1862. The Kelly's were members of Wolf Creek Seceder Church, and upon their deaths, interment was made in the adjoining cemetery." The children were as follows: Mary S. b. 1822; Samuel b. 1823; Else E.; Thomas b. 1827; Rebecca b. 1831; Hannah b. 1834; Isaac Eli b. 1836.
5	History of Butler County PA 1883 by Waterman, Watkins, & Co. Chicago., p. 358 biography of Christopher Wimer. Christopher Wimer arrived present Worth Twp. in 1798. Seven children: Samuel, John, Peter, Jonathan, William, Isaac, & Rebecca wife of Thomas Kelly. John married Nancy Coulter, res. Worth Twp; seven children of John & Nancy listed. (Complete text)
6	Butler County Cemetery Inventory,Vo. 2 North Central Townships, Wolf Creek Cemetery p.4 Kelly, Rebecca died 10-08-1836, aged 37yr, 5 mos, 15 da. Kelley, Thomas died 02-24-1863, aged 75 yr, 5 mos, 14 da. Kelly, Thomas L. born 03-14-1827; died 07-19-1895
7	Will of Thomas Kelly, transcribed in "The Wimer Family" by Paul W. Myers. Will was signed 29 June 1861 by Thomas Kelly of Worth Twp., Butler Co. PA. To son Samuel Kelly, sixty acres 9 perches off east end of my current residence land, according to survey of J. I. Hoge on 28 May 1858. Also a lot of 6 acres west of J. O. McNees known as the Early Meadow. To son Thomas Kelly, all remainder of current residence land., about 59 acres 79 perches, plus land owned by purchase of the Pisor Tract and the Amaziah Kelly Tract. Also "to my son" all personal property, and Thomas is to pay all debts. To three grandchildren, the daughters of my daughter Mary S. Hoge dec., $100 to be divided among them. To grandchildren, the children of my daughter Else Martin dec., $100 to be divided among them. To daughter Hannah Douglas $100; to daughter Rebecca Price $100. To son Isaac E. Kelly $100. Son Thomas Kelly to be sole executor.	(See complete text)
8	Gravestone tramscriptions, Wolf Creek Cemetery, Slippery Rock Twp, Butler Co. PA, transcribed June 2006 & June 2007 by Elizabeth Wilson Williams. Thomas Kelly died Feb 24, 186(3), aged 75 years 5 mos 14d. In memory of Rebecca Kelly who departed this life October 8 AD 11836, aged (35) years 5 months and 15 days. "Mourn not for me,I am at rest. My soul is with my Savior blest. I am from my grief and sorrow free. Prepare for death and follow me." Thomas L. Kelly born Mar.. 14, 1827, died July 19, 1895. (This is a son of Thomas & Rebecca Wimer Kelly.)
9	Personal correspondence from Elizabeth Wilson Williams]	N/A

Conjecture

• The ancestors of Thomas Kelly are not yet known to us. His will mentions his purchase of the Amaziah Kelly tract.
  Paul W. Myers, in "The Wimer Family", says that Thomas Kelly was a pioneer of Worth Twp., Butler Co. PA. In the 1895 History of Butler County, the discussion of the Worth Township Pioneers, starting on pg. 609, names blacksmith Jonathan Kelly, arrived with his parents in 1796 (parents are not named); Archibald, Michael and Joseph Kelly arrived in 1798, as did Christopher Wimer, (our Thomas Kelly's father-in-law).