Jonathan Kelly of Epping was a soldier in Captain Moore’s company, Poore’s regiment, in 1775, and served in an expedition to Canada in 1776. He re-enlisted in 1777 in the First New Hampshire of the Continental line for three years, or during the war. This man had a splendid record, serving from Bunker Hill to Yorktown. He is recorded as re-enlisting in 1781 for three more years. His grave, wherever it may be, should be decorated Memorial Day. A Jonathan Kelly appears in the list of soldiers living in Northfield, N. H., in 1785. Abial Kelly, by the establishment of the boundary line, in 1745, was transferred to Methuen, Mass. His name often appears in the Province deeds. Josiah Kelly served in Colonel Gilman’s regiment in 1776. Dr. Benjamin Kelly, a veteran of the Revolutionary War, was a resident of Gilmanton in 1801. Stephen Kelly was a ratepayer in Cocheco parish in 1741. Ebenezer Kelly was a petitioner for a classification of towns for representatives in 1798. He lived in Bridgewater. Ephraim Kelly was a soldier in Stark’s regiment at Bunker Hill, where he was wounded. Holbridge Kelly was on the roll of Colonel Walton’s men for scouting duty, in 1710. This name occurs eight times in the Province deeds, as of Stratham, Nottingham and Bow. Timothy Kelly was one of Captain McConnell’s company, Colonel Hazen’s regiment, in 1778. As the most of the soldiers in this regiment were of Irish or French-Canadian parentage, and recruited in Canada, this Timothy Kelly may have been of Irish birth. Another Timothy Kelly was in Candia in 1770, and still another was in Boscawen in 1812. His daughter, who was the wife of Nicholas M. Noyes of the same town, is the authority for stating that her father was a native of the County Waterford, Ireland. His parents were well-to-do. He was involved in the movement for Irish independence in 1798, which resulted in the murder by the British of Lord Edward Fitzgerald and the execution of Robert Emmet. For his safety, his parents sent him to this country. He landed in Newbury, Mass., and from thence he moved to Boscawen, marrying his wife as stated, and he remained there until the time of his death. Through him his daughter, Mrs. Noyes, was well acquainted with the history of Ireland, as well as with the events that resulted in the sad tragedy of the execution of young Emmet. He had three sons, John M., Roland B., and Andrew J. Kelly. The latter was a soldier with an exceptionally fine record. He enlisted for three years in the New Hampshire battalion of Berdan’s sharpshooters on Aug. 8, 1861. He re-enlisted for three years more on Jan. 2, 1864, remaining until he was mustered out at the close of the war, June 28, 1865. At this date, June, 1905, he resides in Hopkinton, N. H., a living type of one of the trio of “Kelly and Burke and Shea.”