West Virginia Pioneers

George (Jonathan?) Kessel

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  • Name George (Jonathan?) Kessel 
    Gender Male 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I22499  WVPioneers
    Last Modified 24 May 2005 

    Family Catherine Boyer,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 9 Jun 1773  Shenandoah County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 

    • U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
      Name: George Kessel
      Arrival Year: 1767
      Arrival Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
      Source Publication Code: 9041
      Primary Immigrant: Kessel, George
      Annotation: Contains 29,800 names, with annotations written by Krebs (see no. 4203). Various references to the names in Strassburger will be found in other listings, mostly where authors have attempted to line up their information with that in Strassburger. This work
      Source Bibliography: STRASSBURGER, RALPH BEAVER. Pennsylvania German Pioneers: A Publication of the Original Lists of Arrivals in the Port of Philadelphia from 1727 to 1808. Edited by William John Hinke. Norristown [PA]: Pennsylvania German Society, 1934. 3 vols. Vols. 1 and 3 reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1964. Repr. 1983. Vol. 1. 1727-1775. 776p.
      Page: 718

      Virginia, Marriages, 1660-1800
      Name: George Kissell
      Spouse: Cathrine Boyers
      Marriage Date: 9 Jun 1773
      Marriage Location: Shenandoah County, Virginia

      Virginia Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850
      Name: George Keesil
      Date: 21 May 1782
      Location: Augusta Co., VA
      Notes: This probate record was originally published in "Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County" by Lyman Chalkley.
      Remarks: Recorded. Archibald Huston's appraisement by John Young, James Laird, Robert Hill -- Due from James James, Geo. Keesil, John Logan.
      Description: Debtor
      Book: WB6-237

      Sims index to land grants in West Virginia
      Kessel, George et al 200 acres Big Mill Creek 1819 book 1 page 355
      Kessel, Jonathan W 30 acres Mill Creek 1828 book 1 page 478
    Children 
     1. Sudna 'Sidney' Kessel,   b. 1798 OR 1796, Hampshire County, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1883  (Age 87 years)
     2. George Kessel,   b. 22 Jan 1804, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1884  (Age 79 years)
    Family ID F7117  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
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  • Sources 
    1. [S34] Jackson County: Past and Present 1990.