Eighth Generation

128. William Kelley was born abt 1730 in County Galway, Connaught, Ireland. He appears as the Head of Household in the 1782 Virginia Census and because Charles, Mary and their son William and daughter Elizabeth Dean do not appear in the Mecklenburg census it is likely they are living with William and Elizabeth as was the custom of the Irish.

Elizabeth Dean and William Kelley were married about 1753.

129. Elizabeth Dean^2,3,13 was born about 1730 and likely in Ireland*.

Children were:

	i.	William Dennis O'Kelley2,3 was born in 1754. He served in the military American Revolutionary War in 1776–1778 in 4th Virginia Reg.  Some clam he died in 1791 but I have found no documents to prove such a claim.
	ii.	Charles O'Kelley.  Charles appears as Kelley Mecklenburg and O'Kelley in Oglethorpe GA.
	iii.	Thomas O'Kelly2,3,206 was born about 1758 in Virginia.154 He lived in Georgia, USA in 1784–1838.207 He lived in Georgia; North Carolina, USA in 1800–1926.208 Thomas died on 18 July 1818 in Madison Co, GA. He signed a will on 18 July 1818 in Madison Co, GA.209,210 He appeared in the census in 1820 in Madison County, Georgia, USA. Thomas.211
64	iv.	Francis O'Kelly2,3 was born on 31 August 1760 in VA.154 He served in the military American Revolution in 1776–1782.213 He lived in Georgia, USA in 1784–1838.207 Francis owned in 1805 in Oglethorpe Co, GA.214 He appeared in the census in 1830.215 He died on 16 April 1838 in Oglethorpe Co, GA. Soldier ~ Georgia DAR Patriot Index: Born 31 Aug 1761 in VA Died 16 Apr 1838 in GA Married Delilah Crowder source http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gaogleth/patriots.htm
	v.	Benjamin Kelly3, was born in 1761 in King and Queen Parish.154 He was born in 1761 in King and Queen County, Virginia, USA. He died in 1850 in Buncombe Co, NC. Benjamin appeared in the census in 1850 in Buncombe, North Carolina.212
	vi.	George O'Kelley2,3 was born in 1763.154 He died in Franklin Co, GA. He was buried in Franklin Co, GA. The descendents of George O'Kelley have not been confirmed.

* Many believe that William Kelley met Elizabeth Dean and married her after he arrived in America but I find that unlikely.  The Irish, even the tiny number of protestant Irish were not well received in America.  Most were white slaves and white woman were in short supply in early America so it isn't likely a white English woman would be wasted on an Irish man and at that time woman were still bartered as property of their fathers or older brothers so it is very unlikely that in the 1740s that our ancestor and Elizabeth Dean met and married. It is far more likely that Elizabeth Dean was of the Galway Deans and their marriage was an arranged marriage.  They could have married in Ireland and came to America as a couple or she may have been selected while she was still in Ireland and sent to America to marry our ancestor.  There was too much understandable hate between the Irish and the English in that time period for an Irish man to marry an English woman, but the old English Deanes of Galway would have been acceptable marriage of an Irish born man to an Irish born woman.