Lois Griffin and Stephen Kelsey

Samuel and Marah Griffin’s daughter Lois married Stephen Kelsey in Killingworth. The couple made their home across the river in Madison. Their children lived in both Killingworth and North Madison. Lois and Stephen are buried in the Stone House Cemetery in Killingworth next to her sister Azuba's family. The Stone House cemetery was named after Azuba and Henry Davis' stone house and was probably started by them as a private family cemetery. Their cemetery inscriptions read “Kelsey Lois, wife of Stephan, died Mar 22, 1844, age 83 yrs”. “Kelsey Stephan, Rev. War. Baldwin’s Co., died Mar 22, 1833, age 76 yrs. Veteran.” They had four children together. Julius born September 8, 1783. Julius married Sylvia Hill they together had nine children. Polly, named after Lois’s sister Polly, married Peter Davis and they had 5 children. Stephen born January 3, 1789 married Malinda Davis and they had 6 children one of whom they named Samuel Griffin Kelsey. Cynthia born June 7, 1793 did not marry. She is buried next to her parents having died at age 37. We have added a few documents concerning Lois and Stephen. One is a record of their marriage dated March 29, 1783 found in the Killingworth town records. Her sister Azuba's marriage to Henry Davis is on the same page. It is part of a list compiled in the pages of the land deeds. The second document comes from the genealogical collection of Alvan Talcott a collection we have made reference to many times. This document is Doctor Talcott's notes for the children of Lois and Stephen. We have selected potions of Stephen's will. It references his widow and notes the transfer of a portion of his property to Julius. Stephen’s will also has a provision for the heirs of his daughter Polly Davis who herself had died earlier that year. Stephen out lived three of his children which accounts for the fact that his son Stephen and daughter Cynthia are not mentioned. We have also included Lois's baptismal and marriage records that are found in the Killingworth Congregational Second Society ledgers. We have a record of her death found in the records of the Congregational First Society in Madison. The last item is a record of their family that is written on a page in the ledger that records the land deeds._________ Lois / Samuel-Marah / Samuel Griffin.