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This FlipBook magazine is intended to give you a sense of what life was like here in 1777, and what other historic events happened around the world in that year. 158 Upper Country Road was built in 1777 . David Kelley, believed to be a Captain in the Revolutionary Army, was probably the original owner. This David 5 Kelley was born into the fifth of eleven generations of the David Kelley family. There was at least one David Kelley in each generation. The first David Kelley (aka O'Kelley, O'Killea) was born about 1636 in County Galway, Ireland. His parents died aboard ship on the voyage to America, and the sea captain dropped him off at Cape Cod. He became an indentured servant to John Darby, and later to Edward Sturges. The earliest official record of David appears in 1655 when David was implicated in charges of fornication with his future wife Jane Powell, a Welsh servant of one William Swift. She was 17 and he was 19. He married Jane in 1670 and they lived in Yarmouth. Their children were: Jeremiah, David, John, Benjamin, Elizabeth, Sarah, and Joseph. David died in 1697; Jane died in 1711 . Jeremiah was the great grandfather of David 5 Kelley.