950.* i. WILLIAM Connely2, b. July 22, 1777, in Phila 951. ii. delphia; m. Elizabeth Allender, (No.-1184). SUSAN Connely2, m. John Hunter, of Steubenville, Ohio, and had: 952. i. 953. ii. 954. iii. 955. iv. 956.* v. JANE Hunter, m. John C. Sterling. REBECCA Hunter3, m. Mr. Gladden. REBECCA Connely, b. March 23, 1779; m. James Allender, (No.-1185). No issue. A child who died in infancy un-named. HANNAH Connely2, b. February 22, 1784; d. Thomas Dawson, (No.-1095). Children by 2nd marriage: 956a. vi. JAMES Connely2, father of Judge James L. Children by 3d marriage: 957. vii. ELIZA Connely2, m. Parkhurst Copeland. 958. viii. GEORGE Connely2, (Dr. George Connely, of Franklin) m. 959. ix. 960.* x. 961. xi. 962. xii. Margaret Lourie, (They were grandparents of L. MARY Connely2, d. never married. SARAH Connely2 b. August 21, 1808; d. 1883; m. 1st, William Aldrich; m. 2d, George McAuley. ROBERT Connely2, m. Miss Cottingwood. JANE Connely2, d. un-married at Pleasantville 963. xiii. NANCY Connely2, m. William Haight. The above record omits Isaac Connely, who married Sarah Siggins, makes Rebecca Robinson his first wife and gives his second wife as Margaret Robinson; that Judge Isaac Connely who married Sarah Siggins, was not a son of Isaac Connely is shown by the following from the manuscript of Rev. David Kinnear. "WILLIAM CONNELY, came to America long before the Revolutionary War, he lived in Berks County, Pennsylvania; he had two sons; Robert and Isaac; he died in peace in Venango County in 1823; in the seventy-seventh years of his age. This Isaac Connely, married Sarah Siggins, daughter of John and Sarah Siggins and sister of George Siggins; they lived in Warren County." From Manuscript of Rev. David Kinnear. The following news paper clipping, which is without date, was probably printed about 1864, at which time Judge Isaac Connely died, seems to confirm the above statement: "Rev. William Connely, father of Judge Isaac Connely, was a Methodist minister and preached the first sermon in Franklin, on the "Diamond" under the shade of an old chestnut tree, his congregation consisted of seven Indians and five white men, this tree was long a land-mark and was blown down only a few years ago". Rev. Kinnear's manuscript also contains the following: "William Connely, was a son of Isaac and Rebecca Connely, "he was born in Philadelphia County, Pa., July 22, 1777". The Kinnear manuscript above referred to, is a history of the Kinnear-Siggins-Young-and kindred families who lived in Center, Venango, Warren and adjacent counties in Pennsylvania, this material was gathered by him during the years of 1830 to 1847, when most of the older members of these families were alive and he knew them personally, and visited with them for the purpose of securing names, dates and facts concerning all who were in any way related, many of the dates of birth, marriage and death of Siggins-Young-Dawson-Allender-Connely and other families contained in this genealogy are taken from this manuscript and when compared with family records have been found to be correct in every way. (Ed.) William Connely 1746-1823, may have been and probably was, a brother of Isaac Connely 1747-1823. (Ed.) William Connely, No.-950). "Died in Franklin, Pennsylvania, May 23, 1871; in the ninety fourth year of his age. He was born in Philadelphia, Pa., July 22, 1777; at the close of the Revolutionary War he was living in Philadelphia and had frequent opportunities of eeing and hearing the distinguished men of that day; mong others George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. In 1795 Mr. Connely with his uncle Rees came with a party to survey the triangle at Erie, the incidents of that trip were always fresh in his recollection. During his long life he was wonderfully exempt from sickness, last autumn his bodily powers began to fail as the result of an accident in which he injured his hip joint, but, he retained to a remarkable degree the faculties of his mind and good humor, he was very happy in spirit and apparently saw but few, if any gloomy moments, he sank slowly to his rest. For over sixty years Mr. Connely had been a respected and useful citizen of this city." (From a Franklin Pa. Newspaper.) In Vol. VIII. p 53, Pennsylvania Archives, 2nd Series. I find the following marriage record, which probably refers to the uncle Rees mentioned above. (Ed). 1762, October 14, Connely, Sarah and Daniel Rees. (950. WILLIAM CONNELY2, b. July 22, 1777, in Philadelphia, Pa.; d. May 23, 1871, in Franklin, Pa.; m.: Elizabeth Allender, (No.-1184), b. February 27, 1784. Their children were: 964. i. 965.* ii. 966.* iii. 967. iv. 968.* v. 969. vi. 970. vii. MARY Connely3, m. in Greenville, Pa.: Arthur Robinson, he died in Franklin, Pa. No issue. ELIZABETH Connely, m. Alexander McCalmont. WILLIAM Connely, went to Africa and died there. ISAAC Connely, never married. RACHEL Hemphill Connely3, m. REBECCA Connely3. JAMES Findley Connely3, b. September 7, Elizabeth Cottingwood, b. February 21, 1816; d. By first marriage he had one son: 971. AUSTIN Monroe Connely, of Ashville, N. Jessie Winona Cummings, b. September 7, 1861. 972. i. 973. MARTIN Harrison Connely, b. March 8, 1883; m. Sept. 22, 1904: Minnie E. Morley. Their children are: i. KENNETH Austin Connely", b. December 15, 1906. 974. ii. LESLIE Herbert Connely", b. March 29, 1908. |