William Connelly (1769 - 1835)

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia (Merrihew) Connelly — married 24 Dec 1789 in Bangall, Dutchess County, New York

Descendants

Died 16 Oct 1835 at age 66 in Saugerties, Ulster County, New York

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Biography

Extracts from Baptist Church Records Regarding Elder William Connelly.

By Eric Winchell

(A Work in Progress - 4/12/2001)

Minutes of the Warwick Baptist Association Held at Brookfield, Orange County, NY, May 31, and June 1 and 2, 1803.

• Minister and messengers from the Church at Tongore (Olive) -- WM. CORNELLEY[sic], Asa Bishop

Minutes of the Warwick Baptist Association Held at Warwick, Orange County, NY, May 29 and 30, 1804.

• Minister and messengers from the Church at Tongore (Olive) -- WM. CORNELLEY[sic], Josiah Hollister
• Minister and messengers from the Church at Marbletown (Olive) -- WM. CORNELLY[sic]

Minutes of the Warwick Baptist Association Held at Warwick, Orange County, NY, May 31 and June 1, 1808.

• Minister and messengers from the Church at Marbletown (Olive) -- WILLIAM CONNELLY
• Eld. CONNELLY appointed messenger to the Renesselaerville Association with Eld. LEVI HALL

Minutes of the Warwick Baptist Association Held at Bedford, Westchester County, NY, June 7 and 8, 1809 and 29.

• Minister and messengers from the Church at Marbletown (Olive) -- WILLIAM CONNELL[sic] - not present

Minutes of the Warwick Baptist Association Held at Lattin-town, (Marlborough) Ulster County, NY, June 6 and 7, 1810

• Minister and messengers from the Church at Marbletown (Olive) -- WILLIAM CONNELLY, Isaac Hollister, jr., Henry Brown

Minutes of the Warwick Baptist Association Held at Clinton town, Dutchess County, NY, June 5 and 6, 1811

• Minister and messengers from the Church at Marbletown (Olive) -- James Winchel, Asa Bishop, Mathias Montross, Josiah Hollister, jr, Fred Haver
• "The committee appointed to examine the petition of the church at Woodstock, and Marbletown Report, 1st. That the said church is, in their opinion, a gospel church. 2nd, But they find them und-- circumstances with First Baptist church in Marbletown, that would render it imprudent at present to receive them.. 3rd. Would recommend it to the Association, to entreat them, (both churches) to call impartial persons to judge and determine between them, as we consider them both as acting imprudently..."

Minutes of the Warwick Baptist Association Held at Deer Park, NY, June 4 and 5, 1817

• "...In reply to a query from the Clinton Town and Marble Town churches, relative to the propriety of encouraging an excommunicated member, to exhort or to preach in public- We recommend that no such person be encouraged in out churches. - And as William Connerly[sic], formerly Pastor of the Marbletown church, comes under the above character, we therefore think it not expedient that our churches should encourage him as a public teacher

1822

June 12 - 13, 1822, Attended Baptist Association Held at First Wantage Baptist Church in, Sussex, New Jersey

• Minister and messengers from the Church at Latintown: William Conerly[sic]. Dea. W. Conklin, Dea. John Waters, David Woolsey
• (William Connelly is listed as "Licensed" to preach rather than an "ordained" minister)

• William Connelly appointed messenger to the Renesselaerville Association with Elder William Warren (pastor of Connelly's former church)^[1]

August 6, 1822 - At ordination service for Rev. Charles Mais, as pastor of the Baptist Church of Christ in Newburgh, "Rev. William Connelly, an itinerant, made the concluding prayer."^[2]

In both the 1824 and 1825 minutes William Connelly is once again listed as an ordained minister representing the Latintown church

Sources

• "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2Z-51V : accessed 11 March 2021), William Coneley, Hurley, Ulster, New York, United States; citing p. 824, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 37; FHL microfilm 181,391.
• "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGW-LLS : accessed 11 March 2021), Williams Connelly, Hurley, Ulster, New York, United States; citing p. , NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 76; FHL microfilm 193,731.
• "United States, New York Land Records, 1630-1975", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CRT5-MNZM : 3 March 2021), William Connelly, 1824.

William Connelly to Philip Buckhout, 1824, Ulster, New York, United States

• "New York Probate Records, 1629-1971," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9CQ-ZD3?cc=1920234&wc=Q7YW-C62%3A213302401%2C215144301 : 28 May 2014), Ulster > Probate packets 1707-1921 box 7 > image 743 of 1654; county courthouses, New York.

A petition by William Connelly, son of William Connelly, deceased. Names all his children.

"That the said deceased has left as his heirs Wm Connely Your Petitioner of Esopus aforesaid, Stephen Connely (residence unknown left home 8 years ago supposed to be dead left two children named Jane and Hiram Connely) Amos Connelly resides in Hunter Green County and Lydia wife of Joseph Smith Lexington Green County Elisabeth wife of Andrus Lane of Olive in Ulster county and Richard Conolly of Syracuse Onandago County all of New York and Peter W. Connelly of the Town of Damascus in Pensylvania as near as this Petitioner can ascertain and as he believes..."

• "New York Probate Records, 1629-1971," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9H1-V96H-G?cc=1920234&wc=Q7TX-T3D%3A213305701%2C224175101 : 28 May 2014), Dutchess > Probates 1793-1868 packets 3949-3991 > image 930 of 1373; county courthouses, New York.

Probate Packet #3974, Michael Connelly, naming his sons. Original will with signature.

• "New York Probate Records, 1629-1971," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G99R-X9WX-Y : 28 May 2014), Dutchess > Wills 1806-1815 vol C-D > image 22 of 737; county courthouses, New York.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 11 March 2021), memorial page for Dr William Connelly (unknown–16 Oct 1835), Find a Grave Memorial no. 62490650, citing Mountain View Cemetery, Saugerties, Ulster County, New York, USA ; Maintained by Ruth M (contributor 46849846) . [In memory of Doct. Eld. William Connelly who died Oct 16, 1835 AE 66 yrs and his wife Lydia Merrihew.]

Footnotes

1. ↑ Minutes of the Warwick Baptist Association Held at First Wantage, Sussex, June 12 and 13, 1822
2. ↑ American Baptist Magazine, and Missionary Intelligencer, Volume 3

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Eric Winchell for creating Connelly-296 on 26 Aug 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Eric and others.