Ref. S71
Mary Kellot married Thomas Bolam (See Ref. S7) 28.9.1793 at Houghton le Spring, County Durham. We meet various spellings of the family name. As Mary survived to be noted in both the 1841 and 1851 Censuses, we knew that she was born around 1772 at Old Lambton, County Durham. This led us to a baptism at Chester le Street 7.7.1771 of Mary Kellott, daughter of George and Mary. This in turn took us to a marriage there 27.12.1767 between George Kellett and Mary Cockson*. We also noticed an older sister Jane, baptised 11.12.1768.
*As all the other references we found used the Coxon spelling, that is our preference. See Ref. S711 for the family story.
Less than a year after Mary’s marriage, the family, who lived in Harraton, would have been shocked by the father George, at the age of 63, being one of the 38 miners who were killed in an explosion at the mine there. He was buried at Chester le Street 14.6.1794. The widow Mary was likewise buried 25.2.1814, aged 84, although the register says 81. We are indebted to the cousin of Sheena who drew our attention to the information available from the Coal Mining History Resource Centre.
Kellot Elliott Family
Taking things further back, we have seen an 11.4.1731 baptism of George Kellett, son of Robert, again at Chester le Street, together with five siblings, the children of Robert Kellot and Ann Elliott, who married at Chester le Street 15.11.1718. Details are given in Appendix 1. The mother Ann could have been the “Ann Ellett” baptised at Chester le Street 8.6.1690 were it not that there was a similarly named burial there 1.3.1710.
Robert Kellot “of Lambton” was buried at Chester le Street 24.7.1736, aged 43, and his widow likewise 28.1.1765, age not known.
Kellot Gardner Family
Reviewing Kellot etc births across the turn of the 17the Century we saw a baptism at Chester le Street 27.11.1692 for Robert Kellett son of William Kellett. There was no likely marriage for the latter in Durham but there was one 3.7.1687 at Dalton in Furness, Lancashire, where the bride was Elizabeth Gardner, which appeared to result in no children being baptised thereabouts in the years following. On the other hand, a William Kellett was credited with the baptism of six children starting from the year after the marriage, so we are inclined to believe that this is our line of descent, per Appendix 2.
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Appendix 1 to Ref. S71
Robert Kellot and Ann Elliott Family
Robert Kellot and Ann Elliott married at Chester le Street 15.11.1718 and had children as follows, all baptised at Chester le Street:
Michael born Lambton and baptised 25.10.1719. He married 12.11.1747 at Chester le Street Ann Gallon. They had children baptised at Chester le Street as follow:
4.2.1750 Margaret
22.9.1751 Robert who married 2.9.1781 at Chester le Street Eleanor Dawson (1760-1816). He died in 1832.
21.10.1753 John
11.6.1758 Michael
Ralph born Lambton and baptised 5.1.1721
William born Lambton and baptised 20.10.1723
Robert baptised 6.4.1729
George baptised 11.4.1731. See main text.
Jane baptised 2.9.1733.
Robert Kellot “of Lambton” was buried at Chester le Street 24.7.1736, aged 43, and his widow likewise 28.1.1765, age not known.
Appendix 2 to Ref. S71
William Kellett and Elizabeth Gardner Family
William Kellett and Elizabeth Gardner married 3.7.1687 at Dalton in Furness, Lancashire and had children baptised at Chester le Street as follows (with various spellings!):
Anne baptised 30.9.1688
Robert baptised 27.11.1692. See main text and Appendix 1.
Jane baptised 7.4.1695
William baptised 5.12.1697
Thomas baptised 28.7.1700
John baptised 4.9.1704.
There was also a baptism at Houghton le Spring, County Durham, 16.11.1690 of Margaret, daughter of William Kellet, which deserves to be included here.
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