In my search for KELL information I have found other KELL families and in order for us to

converse on this in a organized manner the following is the "system" I am using.  I have 

identified each major family group and given them a number and a name. For our purposes 

I do not need to go into each of them in a lot of detail but basically they are all based 
on who was in the census of 1790.  A few of the lines predate that time frame and few others

start after that.  But as a rule the ROOT ANCESTOR's were in the 1790 Census as head of 

households.   These  listings are  temporary categories until I can combine or add these 

families together.  I already know that some are related but I keep them separate at the 

moment to aid in my record keeping. 



1)  James KELL b 1760 of Pendleton, SC , Revolutionary Veteran, Scotch-Irish ? descent,

settled in GA, definitely related to # 2 below, listed in each others pension files,  probably

related to  3,4,5,6,7,8 and maybe 11,12.  I call this  James of Georgia, part of the Georgia 

KELL's even though he is  originally part of the North Carolina KELL's but  to keep track of

him I list him separately.

2) Robert KELL b 1754 of Burke Co., NC, Revolutionary Veteran, Scotch-Irish ? descent,

settled in GA, definitely related to # 1 above, listed in each others pension files, probably

related to 3,4,5,6,7,8 and maybe 11,12 . I  call this line Robert of Georgia , part of the

Georgia KELL's even though he is also part of the North Carolina KELL's like # 1 above.


3) John KELL b ? of Surry Co., NC, Scotch-Irish ? descent, settled in NC ?, definitely

related to 4 and probably 1,2,5,6,7,8,and maybe 11, and 12.  I call this line John of Surry,

part of the North Carolina KELL's


4) John KELL Jr. b ? of  Surry Co., NC, Scotch-Irish ? descent , settled in NC ?, definitely

related to 3 and probably 1,2,5,6,7,8,and maybe 11, and 12. I  call this line John Junior of 

Surry,  part of the North Carolina KELL's.


5)  Thomas KELL b ? of Burke Co., NC, Scotch-Irish ? descent,  settled  in NC ?  then TN ?,

definitely related to 2,6,7 and probably 1,3,4,7,8,and maybe 11, and 12.  I call this line 

Thomas of Burke, part of the  Tennessee KELL's. Even though both # 5 and # 6 below  are 

actually part of the North Carolina KELL's I list them as Tennessee KELL's as one of them 

was the progenitor of the large group of KELL's that settled in Tennessee. The other KELL's 

seemed to stay in North Carolina namely the Johns of Surry and the William of Burke.


6) Thomas KELL Jr. b ? of Burke Co., NC, Scotch-Irish ? descent, settled in NC ? then TN ?, 

definitely related to 2,5,7 and probably 1,3,4,6,8 and maybe 11, and 12. I  call this line

Thomas  Junior of Burke, part of the Tennessee KELL's. 


7) William KELL b ? of Burke Co., NC, Scotch-Irish ? descent, settled in NC ? then TN ?, 

definitely related to 2,5,6 and probably 1,3,4,7,8,and maybe 11, and 12.  I  call this line

William of Burke, part of the North Carolina KELL's.
 

8)  John KELL b ? of  Pendleton, SC. Scotch-Irish ? descent ,settled in SC ?, definitely 

related to 1 and probably related to 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,and  maybe 11, and 12. I call this line

John of Pendleton.


9) John KELL b ? of Chester, SC, Scotch descent, settled in SC and then  IL,  possibly

related  to 10,13 maybe 11, and 12. I call this line GASTON - KELL's as their traditions,

history, travels, and religion is so intimately intertwined with the GASTON line.  Wherever
you find GASTON's your will find KELL's in this line. The majority of  the KELL's in South

Carolina, Illinois, Indiana, Alabama, Texas, and Kentucky are all GASTON - KELL's. This line

is so family  oriented that it is not uncommon to find the descendants of three distinct 

immigrants who came over 25 or 50 years apart living next to each other on a family farm. 

This line traveled heavily as I have records of them traveling from Chester, SC, to 

Gaston, AL, by way of TN  in the 1830s and they amazingly did this twice a year. 

(see John, James, Matthew,...... the "Gaston Kell's" -- line of jmkell)


10)  John KELL b ? of  Savannah, GA, Scotch descent, settled in GA. possibly related to 9,13 

maybe 11, and 12. I call  this line MAC - KELL's as they were heavily intermarried with the 

Mackintosh of General George Oglethorpe's original colonists of Georgia.  This families most

famous son was even named after him ( Mackintosh ). He was John Mackintosh Kell who made a 

name for himself as an officer on the Confederate Raider C.S.S. Alabama.


11) John KELL b ? of  York Co, PA, Scotch-Irish  ? descent, settled in PA, probably  related 

to 12 and possibly related to 1,2,5,6,7,and 8. I call  this line John of York, part of the

Pennsylvania  KELL's.


12) Samuel KELL b ? of Chester Co.,PA, Revolutionary Veteran, Scotch-Irish descent, settled 

in PA, probably  related  to 11 and possibly 1,2,5,6,7,8,and maybe 11, and 12. I call this 

line Samuel of Chester, part of the Pennsylvania KELL's.


13) Thomas KELL b ? of  MD, Revolutionary Veteran, Welsh ? descent, settled in MD, possibly 

related to 1,2,5,6,7,8,and maybe 11, and 12. I call this line Thomas the Sailor or the 

Maryland KELL's. (See Capt Thomas Kell)


14) Jacob KELLS b ? of Columbia Co., NY, German ? descent, settled in NY, probably related

 to  15, and possibly 17. I call this line Jacob of  New York, part of the New York KELL's.


15) Johannis KELLS b ? of Columbia Co., NY, German ? descent settled in NY, probably

related to 14 and possibly 17. I also call  this line  Johannis of New York, part of 

the New York KELL's.


16) KELLS, of  Stuebenville, OH, probably English ?, came into to the US

in the 1850s. I call these the Ohio KELLS. They are found in the area of OHIO and the

Great Lakes.


17) GERMAN KELL's of Philadelphia, PA, definitely German, seem to parallel Scotch-Irish

KELL's. I call them the  German KELL's.


18) CANADA KELLS of Ontario, possibly French or English or maybe even German. They

seem to be rather common. The name could be KELLS or KELL , might be related to 16 but

the Canada KELLS came over at different times. I call these the Canadian KELLS.


19) Other KELLs added as we go! These will grow as they are found.  I may be adding a

GERMAN line to this soon as they are not related to any of the others listed above. There

are also French, Irish, Prussian, and English KELLs that do not fit any of the categories

listed above which will eventually be added when enough data is collected.
 



                
         Mark P. Kedzierski