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Jesse Kersey



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Other Names: Jessee Kersey

Assumed Gender: Male

Birth Date: 1768

Birth Place: York

Death Date: 1845

Death Place: Unknown

Affiliations: Birmingham Friends meeting , Bradford Friends meeting , Fallowfield Friends meeting , Kennett Friends meeting , Philadelphia Friends meeting, Western District , Society of Friends , Uwchlan Friends meeting , York Friends meeting

Notes: Quaker minister. Born in York County, son of WIlliam and Hannah. Married Elizabeth Coates in 1795. Traveled widely in the ministry. Antislavery stance. Published "A treatise on the fundamental doctrines of the Christian religion" (1815). Died in 1845 and was buried in West Chester. Member of Bradford, Uwchlan, York, Fallowfield, Birmingham, Kennett, and Philadelphia Western District meetings.

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