'Kelly03'
Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Kelly of Kelly (Devon), Kelly of Redcliffe
| This family provides a good example of how, so it appears, additional research over the years has led to restatement of the early generations of a pedigree. We have used 3 main sources for this page: Commoners (published in 1836), Vivian (1895) & BLG1952 (1952). Where the sources disagree, we follow BLG1952 because we presume that it has been based on a consideration of both the earlier sources and fresh evidence/interpretation. | |||||||||||||||
| Martin of Kelly, Devon (a 1100) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Nicholas de Kelly (a 1166) the first mentioned by Vivian | ||||||||||||||
| A. | (Sir) William de Kelly (a 1220) | ||||||||||||||
| i. | Warren de Kelly | ||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir William Kelly of Kelly (a 1252) | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | Richard Kelly of Kelly | ||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir John Kelly of Kelly (a 1272) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dyonisia de Siccavilla (dau/heir of Warin de Siccavilla) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sir John Kelly of Kelly (a 1288) this generation omitted by Vivian | ||||||||||||||
| We are concerned that BLG1952 may be showing too many generations of Johns. | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Sir John Kelly of Kelly (d c1350) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Sir John Kelly of Kelly (a 1371) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elinor Crewes (dau/coheir of John Crewes of Bradstone) | |||||||||||||||
| Whilst BLG1952 shows Sir John & Margaret as parents of the following Thomas, Vivian inserts another 3 generations: John, Matthew and John. | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Thomas Kelly of Kelly (d 14.09.1404) | ||||||||||||||
| Commoners shows this Thomas as son of Sir John son of John son of William son of Sir William (a 1252). | |||||||||||||||
| m1/2. Mary Penhallow (dau of Richard Penhallow of Cornwall) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Edith Kelly | ||||||||||||||
| m. Humphrey Caldwoodleigh | |||||||||||||||
| m2/1. Elizabeth Talbot (dau/(co)heir (by Margaret) of William Talbot of Spreyton son of Sir Richard of Wyke) | |||||||||||||||
| ((ii)) | Nicholas Kelly (dsp, priest) | ||||||||||||||
| ((iii)) | Richard Kelly of Kelly - continued below | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Bratton (dau of Thomas Bratton of Minehead) | |||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | Margaret Kelly | ||||||||||||||
| Vivian (Devon) shows a Margaret, m. Richard Doyngell, as daughter of Matthew, sister of John, aunt of Thomas. Given the confusion with the additional generations, the approximate dates of the descendants of that Margaret & Richard, and the fact that Vivian cross-refers to his work on Cornwall where she is shown as dau of John Kelly (not Matthew), we show that Margaret below. | |||||||||||||||
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| Richard Kelly of Kelly - continued above | |||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Bratton (dau of Thomas Bratton of Minehead) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | John Kelly of Kelly, Mayor of Exeter (d 11/21.05.1481) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joane Fortescue (dau of Henry Fortescue of Preston) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Oliver Kelly of Kelly (b c1464/1470, d 28.06.1511) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Johanna Tremayne (dau of Thomas Tremayne of Collacombe) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | John Kelley of Kelley (Kelly of Kelly) (d 15.09.1558, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothea Wood (dau of Richard Wood of North Tawton) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Oliver Kelley of Kelley (Kelly of Kelly) (b 1524) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Dennys (dau of Henry Dennys of Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Thomas Kelley of Kelley (Kelly of Kelly) (d 29.05.1605) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Blanch Harris (dau of William Harris of Hayne, m2. Henry Northleigh) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Elizabeth Kelley | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Hore of Chagford | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Alice Kelley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Yeo | |||||||||||||||
| (4)+ | other issue - Roger (a 1605), Richard (a 1605), Oliver (dsp 31.10.1594), Anne, Mary | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Henry Kelly | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth White | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Anthony Kelly of Kyfton, Devon (bur 12.1628) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alice (widow of James Denham) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Thomasin Kelly (b c1601, a 1620) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Judith Kelly | ||||||||||||||
| m. Arthur Helman | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Katherine Kelly | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Bower of Barnswood | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Ann Kelly | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Whitlock of Northtawton | |||||||||||||||
| e.+ | other issue - Anthony, James | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Elizabeth Kelly | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Pine | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Jane (Joan) Kelly | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Moore of Moore | |||||||||||||||
| iv.+ | other issue - Oliver (dsp), Thomas, Anthony, Stephen, George, Joan | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Margaret Kelly possibly fits here?, see note above | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Doyngell | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Henry Kelly | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Kimbere (dau/heir of Richard Kimbere son of John son of Elias by Johanna, dau/heir of Henry Trevalnard by Margaret) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Michael Kelly of Redcliffe, Devon | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alice Kelly (dau/coheir of William Kelly of Southwick) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | William Kelly of Redcliffe (d 28.08.1534) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Trecarroll (d 07.03.1558, dau/heir of Henry Trecarroll) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Henry Kelly (b c1521, dsp(m)) | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | Alice Kelly | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Richard Weekes | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Richard Copleston of Woodland | |||||||||||||||
| b. | William Kelly of Trecarrell (b c1523, a 1558) ancestor of Kelly of Peters Marland | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joane Mellor (dau of William Mellor) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Katherine Kelly (a 1558) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Henry (probably not John) Clobery of Bradston | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Anne Kelly (a 1558) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Henry Dillon | |||||||||||||||
| e.+ | other issue - Jane (d young), Margaret (a 1558) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Oliver Kelly | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Elizabeth Kelly | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Harris (Serjeant-at-law) | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BLG1952 (Kelly of Kelly), Visitation (J.L. Vivian (1895), Devon, 1531+1564+1620+additions, Kelly of Kelly), Commoners (vol 2, Kelly of Kelly) with some support from Visitation (J.L. Vivian (1887), Cornwall, 1530+1573+1620+additions, 'Kelley', p257)
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