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THE ANCESTORS AND DESCENDENTS OF ORVILLE MERRITT KELLY OF SHELBYVILLE, ILLINOIS

TWENTY - SIX GENERATIONS OF MY FAMILY

By Susan Welch Bates

FIRST GENERATION
Sir William Espileman, Knight, Lord Of Brokenhurst Castle, Hampshire, England. He was a young man during the Crusades of 1147 - 1149.

SECOND GENERATION
Sir William Espileman, Lord of Brokenhurst Castle. He lived during the reigns of Kings Henry II, John and Henry III.

THIRD GENERATION
Henry Spileman - He lived in Christ Church and died in 1270.

FOURTH GENERATION
Robert Spileman

FIFTH GENERATION
Stephen Spileman

SIXTH GENERATION
Robert Spileman who was born in Stow, County Norfolk circa 1320.

SEVENTH GENERATION
Sir Anthony Spilman, Knight

EIGHTH GENERATION
William Spilman

NINTH GENERATION
Thomas Spilman

TENTH GENERATION
John Spilman

ELEVENTH GENERATION
John Spilman of Great Baddow

TWELFTH GENERATION
John Spilman of Great Baddow, who was a pannyer.

THIRTEENTH GENERATION
Richard Spilman

FOURTEENTH GENERATION
Richard Spilman who was born in 1590

FIFTEENTH GENERATION
Richard Spelman who was a Blacksmith at Eve's Corners in Danbury, County Essex, England.

SIXTEENTH GENERATION
Richard Spellman who emigrated to America in 1700.

SEVENTEENTH GENERATION
Thomas Spellman who was born in Middleton, Connecticut in 1712.

EIGHTEENTH GENERATION
Timothy Spellman who was born in East Granville, Massachusettes in 1756.

NINTEENTH GENERATION
Sarah Spellman was born in East Granville, Massachusettes, in 1784 and married Hugh Kelley in 1803.

TWENTIETH GENERATION
Samuel Sylvestor Kelley, was born March 1, 1820, in East Granville, Ohio, a town his parents pioneered.

TWENTY - FIRST GENERATION
Orville Merritt Kelley (Kelly) Born November 24, 1851, in Effingham County, Illinois.

TWENTY - SECOND GENERATION
Marie Kelly who was born September 24, 1899. She married Harold STEINKAMP in Shelbyville, Illinois.

TWENTY - THIRD GENERATION
Vera Louise Steinkamp, born August 3, 1921. She married Walter Welch on June 22, 1946.

TWENTY - FOURTH GENERATION
Susan Lynne Welch, born January 12, 1947. She married Danny Lee Bates on November 30, 1974.

TWENTY - FIFTH GENERATION
Dana Lyn Bates was born July 5, 1975 in Shelbyville, Illinois. She married Allen Stephenson on May 4, 1995, in Springfield, Missouri.

TWENTY - SIXTH GENERATION
Joshua Allen Emmanuel Stephenson, born April 20, 1997.


I have compiled all this information and lots more in a book which contains hundreds of names, 14 photographs and some original artwork. I have a few copies left which can be ordered for $10.00 plus $1.50 S/H from Susan Bates, RR 3 Box 3966, Thayer, MO 65791

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THE ANCESTORS AND DESCENDENTS OF ORVILLE MERRIT KELLY CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING SURNAMES

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