Hannah Kelly

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth		possibly Ireland
Marriage		Tobogne Twp., Cumberland Co. PA	To John Hockenberry
Death	1803 or soon after	Butler Co., PA

Ancestry chart segment

 Generation 7           Generation 8         
  
                                         
                                           
                    +-- John Hockenberry --+
                    |   (1741-1839)        
 Jane Hockenberry --+                     
 (????-1850/60)     |                          
                    +-- Hannah Kelly
                         (????-~1803)

Sources:

Children

(all children with John Hockenberry)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
John Hockenberry, Jr.	M	1765	Cumberland Co. [now Perry Co.], PA	1) [unknown] 2) Nancy A. [unknown]
Casper Hockenberry	M	14 May 1785	Cumberland Co. [now Perry Co.], PA	Margaret Shaffer
Joseph Hockenberry	M	1787		Elizabeth Unknown
Elisabeth Hockenberry	F			James Buchanan
Jane Hockenberry	F	1798		Moses McCandless	Direct line
Annie Hockenberry	F			[unknown] Woolum
Ellen Hockenberry	F			William Graham
Jonathan Hockenberry	M	1795		Sarah Freeman

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
possibly born Ireland
Fannett Twp.,Cumberland Co. PA, possibly Horse or Burns Valley, (became Franklin Co. in 1784)	at time of marriage (in ~ 1764?)
Tobogne Twp. Cumberland Co., PA (became Perry Co. in 1830)	soon after marriage (by 1765) - 1803
"A few miles S of Slippery Rock", Slippery Rock Twp, (now Brady Twp.) Butler Co. PA	1803 or 1804
possibly Cherry Twp., Butler Co.	possibly soon after 1803; died soon after 1803

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1800 United States Federal Census, Tyboyne Twp, Cumberland Co, PA, page 10. Family headed by Jno. Hougenberry: 3 males <10, 1 male >44, 4 females 10-15, 1 female >44. This family fits for the females but is a little unsure with respect to the male children. A Samuel Kelly lives next door.
2	Manuscript: Peter Hockenberry and Descendants of his Son, John Hockenberry by Edith and Horace Renick, gives a detailed genealogical record of John Hockenberry and his father, Peter Hockenberry. John Hockenberry is listed as having been born around 1741, probably in Germany. He died around 1839, aged in his late 90's, and was probably buried near Coaltown, northwest of West Sunbury, Butler Co. PA. "Old tombstones are too smooth to read." He was married to Hannah Kelly. At the time of their marriage they moved to Tobogne Twp. in Cumberland Co., PA (became Perry Co. in 1830), and probably operated his father's stave mill in Tobogne Twp. He was one of the signers of a petition, signed 18 May, 1778, requesting arms to defend themselves against Tories and Indians. He obtained 400 acres of land in Cumberland Co. on 3 Feb 1796.(PA Archives, 3rd Series, Vol. 25) In 1803, the John Hockenberry family (excluding his married son John, Jr.) moved to a spot a few miles south of Slippery Rock, Butler Co., PA. He moved again to Cherry Twp., Butler Co., just after 1830 and died there before 1840. His wife, Hannah Kelly, died soon after the 1803 move to Butler Co. Their children are listed as: John Hockenberry, Jr.; Casper Hockenberry, born 1785 and married to Margaret Shaffer; Joseph Hockenberry, born 1786 and married to Elizabeth unknown; Elizabeth Hockenberry, married James Buchanan; Jane Hockenberry, married Moses McCandless; Annie Hockenberry, married and died in Ohio; Ellen Hockenberry, married William Graham; and Jonathon Hockenberry, born 1795 and married Sarah Freeman. The Renicks note that Jonathon is listed as being older than his four sisters in the 1800 census, which conflicts with the order given above.	transcript
3	History of Butler County Pennsylvania 1895, p. 61, in the section entitled "Taxables of 1803 for Slippery Rock Twp.," indicates that John Hockenberry owned 150 acres of land, five cows, and one horse or ox, for a total value of $58 and paid tax on that property of $52. p. 1246 John Hockenberry, a native of Perry County, PA, arrived Butler Co. about 1803; settled in Brady Twp.; after several years moved to Cherry Twp. where he died. He married Hannah Kelly; eight children: John; Casper; Jonathan; Elizabeth, married James Buchanan; Jane, married Moses McCandless; Annie, married & died in Ohio; Ellen, married William Graham; Joseph; "all of whom are dead".	transcript
4	McCandless and Related Families, Pioneers of Butler County Pennsylvania , 1977, researched & compiled by Joseph A. Ferree, Sr.; ed. & publ. by Joseph A. Ferree, Jr., Natrona Heights. PA. Pg.55: Moses McCandless married Jane Hockenberry, daughter of John and Hannah (Kelly) Hockenberry.	(complete text Moses McCandless, The McCandless and Related Families)
5	Souvenir History of Slippery Rock, PA, 1825-1925 , 3d. Rev.George S. Bowden, PhD., p.23 Re. first settlers of Brady Twp., once part of Slippery Rock Twp. - John Hockenberry arrived in 1803. p. 24 In 1810 Robert Hockenberry settled near West Liberty, but in a few years moved to the site of Coaltown.
7	1883 History of Butler County by Waterman, Watkins, & Co. Chicago. p. 365, re. Brady Township: "John Hockenberry came from Eastern Pennsylvania with his family about the year 1804. He died in the neighborhood where he first settled, in the ninety-ninth year of his age. Names of his children: John, Caspar, Joseph, Jonathan, Betsey (Buchanan), Jane (McCandless), Anna (Woolum), and Ellen Graham. Caspar married Margaret Shaffer. He died in Worth Township. Six of his children are living in this county." p.360, re. Worth Township: " Joseph P. Hockenberry was born in this township in 1852, and when about twenty years of age, or in 1872, his father presented him with the fine farm he now owns and cultivates. His father, Joseph, was quite an early settler."
8	Personal correspondence from Elizabeth Wilson Williams.	N/A
9	Elsie Segura research, manuscript "Descendants of Reinhard Hachenburger", possibly derived from research of Horace & Edith Renick; personal correspondence 1998. Says Hannah Kelly born in Ireland, gives source as "personal correspondence, San Mateo, CA 1998".
10	Pennsylvania Archives 5th Series Vol. 6pp. 408-409, and American Revolutionary Soldiers of Franklin Co. PA by Virginia S. Fendrick. Peter and John Hockenberry, also Casper, James, Henry, & Henry Jr., served at various times in the Cumberland Co. Militia under Capt. Thomas Askey, from 1777-1782. Residences are ascribed in all cases to Fannett Twp., Cumberland Co. PA, in the Horse and Burns Valleys as indicated by old maps & wills. Fannett Twp., originally in Cumberland Co., is now in Franklin Co. since 1784. This source as cited in The Hockenberry-Hillsberry Family by Ardath Hillberry Yehle.
11	Pennsylvania Archives 3rd Series Vol. 25. John Hockenberry obtained 400 acres of land in Cumberland Co. PA 3 Feb 1796. This source as cited in Descendants of Peter Hockenberry & His Son John by Horace & Edith Renick.

Conjecture

At present nothing definite is known of the parents of Hannah Kelly. The Kelly name suggests Irish ancestry. The church records of the Cumberland Co. PA area now in Franklin & Perry counties have not been searched. If her family co-migrated to Butler County with the Hockenberrys, some of the following Kelly sources may be relevant. Of particular interest are brothers Joseph & Jonathan Kelly "& their parents", who came to Butler Co. in 1796-98 from the Perry Co. Pa area, apparently by way of New Jersey, (as did Hannah's husband, John Hockenberry.) Joseph Kelly's wife was from New Jersey.
Michael Kelly arrived in 1798, relationship to the others unknown. Archibald Kelly arrived in 1798, from Ireland by way of Westmoreland Co., and therefore may not be related to the family of James & Jonathan.
SOURCES:
* Souvenir History of Slippery Rock, PA, 1925, p. 24 re. the part of Slippery Rock Twp. that is now Worth Twp.: "...about 1796 (several names) arrived in this locality, as did..Jonathan Kelly with his father and mother. In 1798 Archibald Kelly, Michael and Joseph Kelly arrived...". Pg. 56 mentions a George Kelly who died in Nov. 1888 in a portable sawmill explosion, "on the George Hartzel farm".
* 1895 History of Butler Co. PA, p. 610 re. Worth Twp. "The pioneers of 1796, were Jonathan Kelly, the blacksmith, with his father and mother. The names of Archibald, Michael and Joseph Kelly, who came in 1798, appear on the records of original Slippery Rock township, in 1803..."
* 1895 History of Butler Co. PA, p. 61 Taxables of Slippery Rock Twp. in 1803 include Michael Kelly, Archibald Kelly, Jonathan Kelly (blacksmith), and Joseph Kelly; Michael with 400 acres, the others each with 200 acres.
* 1883 History of Butler Co. PA, p. 358, a biography of Joseph Kelly who emigrated from Perry County in 1798, with his brother Jonathan, a blacksmith. Joseph's wife was Else Lacey of New Jersey; of 10 children, 4 sons named as living in Butler Co. Joseph Kelly died in 1828. Homestead passed to his son Thomas, (who died in 1863, aged 76 yrs.), and thence to grandson Thomas L Kelly. Thomas L. Kelly married Sarah Hogue. (See complete text)
* 1895 History of Butler County, p. 1324-25, biographies of Archibald Kelly and his son Thomas Kelly, grandson James Kelly, further descendants David Kelly, David Porter Kelly, and Thomas W. Kelly. (See complete text)

Research Wishlist

• Church records re. birth, marriage of Hannah Kelly; expect Perry or Franklin Co. PA area of (then) Cumberland Co.
• If Hannah Kelly not found directly, trace records of Joseph, Jonathan, Archibald Kelly et. al. in Perry Co. area.
• Relationship of Archibald & Michael Kelly to Joseph & Jonathan; same generation?