north side Moosup river to loving son, Ebenezer Kingsbury.
* It is twice recorded in Plainfield Town Records, once as Nov. 14, and again Nov.
17, 1712.
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THE KINGSBURY FAMILY.
Letter of adm on granted on the estate of M r . Samuel Kings-
bury, late of Plainfield, dec d , unto Cap 1 . James How,* April
*6, 1777. June 3, 1777, a distribution was ordered to Han-
nah, Widow of the dec d ā to James, the Eldest son ā to
Ebenezer, Second son ā to the Heirs of David Dec d , the
third Son ā to the Heirs of Oliver, the fourth Son ā to Mary,
eldest Dau r ā to Abigail, second Dau r ā to Heirs of Sarah,
now Dec d ā to Patience."
Widow Kingsbury, Relict of Sam 1 Kingsbury, died Oct.
24, 1779. [C/i. Reci\
CHILDREN.
128 James, b. April 27, 1716. iz: >
129 Ebenezer, b. Feb. 28, 1717/18 (Feb. 25, 1717/18). 7 ^->-
130 Mary, b. Feb. 29, 1719/20; m. James Welch, son of James and
Mary (Sabin) Welch, of Plainfield; living in Bolton in 1768.
She died in North Bolton, May 21, 1794, aged 74.
131 Abigail, b. March 3, 1721/22; m. Daniel Hulet, of Killingly.^ Ā©->-
132 Nehemiah, b. June 2, 1724; died Jan. (June, T. R.) 3, 1725.
133 Sarah, b. Aug. 5, 1726 ; married .
134 Nathaniel, b. Feb. 1, 172S; died Oct. 26, 1758; unmarried (?) ; let-
ters of administration granted on his estate to Mr. James
Kingsbury, of Plainfield, Jan. 9, 1759.
135 David, b. May 29, 1731; died Oct. 22, 1753, in Plainfield. Supposed
to have married, from the above reference in his father's will.
136 Oliver, b. Sept. 2, 1732 (1733, T. R.). 3 ;->-
137 Patience, b. Aug. 25, 1736 (1737, T. R.) ; m. John Robison or
Robeson, of Killingly, afterwards of Dutchess Co., N. Y.f
John, son to John Robison, was bapt. Oct. 20, 1760. [South
Killingly Ch. Rec.~\
On the Plainfield books is recorded the birth of Frederick,
son of. Samuel and Hannah Kingsbury, b. May 17, 17 16.
124 Ephraim 4 Kingsbury (Ejihratm*, James'', Henry 1 ), of
Plainfield, Conn. ; married Lydia \.
His father conveyed to him land "on y e north side of
Moosup River," Aug. 11, 1724. He was Selectman in 1749.
He died in Plainfield, April 14, 175 1. Letters of adminis-
* Jonathan How and Kezia, his wife, convey to Ebenezer Kingsbury land in
Plainfield, which is a lot that Mr. Samuel Kingsbury died seized of, Feb. 28, 1778.
tjohn Robeson and Patience, his wife, as heirs to some part of the estate of
Nathaniel Kingsbury of Plainfield, Dec 4 , give a quitclaim deed to Ebenezer Kings-
bury, Feb. 22, 1768. Plainfield Land Records.
t Perhaps Peirce; see No. 138.
JAMES KINGSBURY OF PLAINFIELD. n 5
tration granted unto Mrs. Lydia Kingsbury, April 23, 1751,
on his estate. Mrs. Lydia Kingsbury was appointed guar-
dian of Jeduthan, Dec. 11, 1752.
CHILDREN.
138 Asa, b. March 29, 1722. 5 :ā >-
139 Ruth, b. Jan. 15, 1723/24. ^ :-^
140 Jeremiah, b. Feb. 4, 1729. .
141 Phcebe, ) m., Dec. 28, 1750, D. Parkhurst. i ā ->-
n fb. March 29, 1731; ^ T ā T , ~ ,
142 Rachel, ) /J ' m., Nov. 28, 1752, John Delop.
143 Lydia, b. April 7, 1736; m., March 8, 175S, Josiah Russel. 3 :->-
144 Jeduthan, b. , 1743. s->-
125 Phoebe 4 Kingsbury (Ephraim*, James 1 , Henry 1 ),
married William Cady, Nov. 11, 1729, of Plainfield; he died
before 1747.
CHILDREN.
William, b. June 8, 1729 {sic, Plainfield records).
Jeremiah, b. Oct. 17, 1731; m., Jan. 8, 1755, Abigail Lawrence, dau.
of Thomas.
Phebe, b. Sept. 30, 1733; ni., March 3, 1757, David Shepard.
' William Cady, a minor, son to William Cady of Plainfield,
dec' 1 , made choice of Abijah Cady of Plainfield to be his
guardian, May 9, 1747. He was executor of the will of his
grandfather, Ephraim Kingsbury, in 1756.
126 Rachel 4 Kingsbury (Ephraim*, fames', Henry 1 ),
married in Plainfield, May 31, 1725, Daniel Lawrence, Jr., of
Plainfield. Daniel Lawrence was born in Groton, Mass.,
April 22, 1702, son of Capt. Daniel and Sarah Lawrence,
of Groton, afterwards of Plainfield. He removed to Canaan,
Conn., in 1738. Daniel Lawrence died Jan. 27, 1790, in Shef-
field, Mass. Mrs. Rachel Lawrence died March 3, 1767, in
Canaan.
CHILDREN.
1 Rachel, b. in Plainfield, April 6, 1726; d. Sept. S, 1729.
2 Sibel, b. in Plainfield, Sept. 6, 1729.
3 Gideon, b. in Plainfield, Nov. 21, 1727; m., Oct. 12, 1749, Jerusha
Richards of Norfolk.
4 Sarah, b. in Plainfield, April 15, 1731; m., May 3, 1750, Thomas
Fellows, of Canaan.
Il6 THE KINGSBURY FAMILY.
5 Nathaniel, b. in Plainfield, June 21, 1733.
6 Rufus, b. in Plainfield, Aug. 3, 1735.
7 Esther, b. about 1738 or 1739; m., May 6, 1756, Capt. Samuel
Ransom of Canaan, afterwards of Norfolk, removed to Wyom-
ing. Samuel Love conveyed to Samuel Ransom, "late of Nor-
folk, now being of Susquehanna," Nov. 5, 1773, land in the south
part of the present town of Plymouth, Pennsylvania. March 2,
1774, he was chosen a Selectman of Westmoreland, and Sur-
veyor of Highways. Aug. 26, 1776, Congress commissioned
Samuel Ransom to be Captain of a company raised for the
defense of Westmoreland. This was known as the Second
Independent Company for the Revolutionary service, and was
attached to the Connecticut line. They joined the Continental
army at Morristown, N. J., in January, 1777, and were engaged
in the battles of Millstone, Brandy wine, Germantown, Bound
Brook, and Mud Fort, and in other lesser engagements. In
June, 1778, Captain Ransom resigned to go to his home and de-
fend it against the British and Indians under Col. John Butler.
He reached Forty Fort on the morning of the massacre, July 3,
1778, and reported to Col. Zebulon Butler, the American com-
mander, as a volunteer aide. He fully sustained his reputation
as a cool and fearless soldier, and was killed in the heat of the
fight. His house was burned, and his family fled down the
valley with the other refugees. After the advance of Sullivan's
army the family returned and occupied their land, only to be-
come involved in the troubles growing out of the struggle for
the ownership of the valley between the Connecticut and Penn-
sylvania authorities. In Nov. 1783, Mrs. Ransom and her
daughters were, in the most inhuman manner, turned out of
their house in a cold and bitter storm to seek shelter as best
they might, by the Pennsylvanians. Mrs. Esther Ransom m.
(2) Captain James Bidlack, Sen r , who moved from Windham
County to Wyoming in 1777. They returned to Norfolk, Conn.,
where she died in Aug., 1794. A Genealogical Record of
Captain Samuel Ransom of the Continental Army. By
Captain Clinton B. Sears.
8 Stephen, b. in Canaan, February y e 2i 8t , 1740/41.
9 Lois, b. in Canaan, April 12, 1743; m., April 10, 1760, Oliver Strong,
of Canaan.
10 Daniel, b. in Canaan, Aug. 30, 1748.
127 John 4 Kingsbury (Ephraim*, James 1 , Henry 1 ), of
Plainfield; married Esther, daughter of David and Elizabeth
(Warren) Whitney, b. in Plainfield, May 1, 17 14.*
* Esther, dau. of David and Elizabeth (Warren) Whitney, m d Kingsbury,
and died before 1769, leaving heirs who were mentioned in her father's will. Whit-
ney Genealogy, 36.
JAMES KINGSBURY OF PLAINFIELD. 117
She d. April 5, 1752, in Plainfield. He d. in Plainfield,
April 18, 1753. [Church Record^ Will exhibited in Court,
May 8, 1753, Benjamin Wheeler, executor, dated April 13,
1753-
Stephen, Lemuel, Willard, and Andrew Kingsbury, convey
to John Pierce, land in Plainfield, "known by y e name of
Dumplin Hill," "being one Half of the land that fell to us
and our sister, Elizabeth, by the Death of our Brother,
Jacob Kingsbury," Jan. 14, 1769.
CHILDREN.
145 Stephen, b. Dec. 7, i735.i,.^->-
146 Elizabeth, b. May 15, 1737. . :->-
147 Jacob, b. Feb. 26, 1740; d. in the army, at Lake George, July 16,
1759-
148 Lemuel, b. April 14, i743.v^-3>-
149 Andrew, b. Jan. 12, 1745. ';; >
150 Willard, b. Aug. 26, 1747.77-^
151 Lois, b. Jan. 15, 1749; d. Jan. 14, 1751.
152 Infant, d. March 30, 1752.
128 James 4 Kingsbury {SamueP, James\ Henry 1 ), of
Plainfield, married Dorcas, widow of his second cousin,
Samuel Kingsbury of Plainfield, and daughter of Eleazar
and Abigail (Kingsbury) Spalding of Plainfield.
James Kingsbury and Darkhurst Kingsbury, his wife,
both of Plainfield, give a quit-claim deed to Thomas Kings-
bury, of all the right, title, and interest s d Darkhurst
Kingsbury had in the estate of her first husband, Sam 11
Kingsbury, dec d , March 6, 1753.
A child of James Kingsbury died Sept. 6, 1754^.
Robert Willson conveys to James Kingsbury of Plainfield,
land in Plainfield "joining land that Samuel Kingsbury
now lives on," Feb. 9, 1762.
He appears as one of the petitioners to form a new
Ecclesiastical Society in 1760. These memorialists state
that they have soberly differed from the articles of discipline
of the established church in said town, and have gathered
into church state agreeable to Cambridge Platform, built a
meetine-house and settled a minister accordingly, and that
the memorialists have mutually and unanimously agreed to
118 THE KINGSBURY FAMILY.
to be two distinct societies, and they ask that one third part
of their rateable estate be exempted from being rated for
the support of the said established church, and that the
brethren differing as aforesaid have the benefit of the said
one third part of their rateable estate for the support of the
worship of God among them annually. \Colonial Records,
XI. 461.]
James Kingsbury and Dorcas, his wife, of Plainfield, con-
vey to Benjamin Fuller "in consideration for our mainten-
ance during life," land in Plainfield, Feb. 28, 1794.
"Rachel, wife of Benjamin Fuller, died June 1, 1796, in
the 39th year of her age." Tombstone in Moosup burying
ground.
129 Ebenezer 4 Kingsbury (Samuel 3 , fames' 2 , Henry"), of
Plainfield, married, in Plainfield, Feb. 23, 1743-44, Ex-
perience Hulet, baptized in Killingly, May 18, 1721, daugh-
ter of Michael Hulet, or Hewlett.
He also was one of the petitioners to form a new ecclesi-
astical society in 1760.
Oliver Kingsbury, Dec d , owned certain land in Plainfield
under encumbrance of Samuel Kingsbury, and his wife
bought out by Ebenezer Kingsbury, April 12, 1761.
Oliver Hulet and Seth Hulet, as heirs to some part of the
estate of Nathaniel Kingsbury of Plainfield, dec d , give a quit-
claim deed to Ebenezer Kingsbury, of Plainfield, May 11,
1767. Daniel Hewlet and Abigail, his wife, give a similar
deed of land joining south on James Kingsbury's land, "M r .
Sam 11 Kingsbury now lives on," May 25, 1767. Ebenezer's
will is dated January 13, 1796 ; exh. in Court March 1, 1796;
mentions Wife Experience ā Sam 1 Kingsbury, " son to my
Brother, Oliver Kingsbury" ā "friend Marcy Bassett, of
Killingly" ā Jonathan Hammett, of Plainfield, Executor.
The will of his widow, Experience, is dated June 7, 1797;
exh. in Court, Dec. 6, 1803; mentions eldest Brother, Josiah
Hulet, of Killingly, second brother, Oliver Hulet, of Kil-
lingly ā also several friends.
131 Abigail 4 Kingsbury (Samuel 3 , James' 1 , Ile/irf), mar-
ried Daniel Hulet, of Killingly,* son of Michael Hulet, bap-
* See No. 129.
JAMES KINGSBURY OF PLAINFIELD. 119
tized June 12, 1715, in Killingly. He died in 1789; will
presented in court, July 7, 1789, dated June 9, 1782; he men-
tions daughter Saborah Basset, nephew David Hulet; to his
grand-daughter, Mercy Basset, he gave " one chest and one
table, that was my honored father-in-laws, Sam 11 Kings-
bury's." The distribution was made to Saborah Basset, the
only child and daughter of the said deceased.* [Plainfield
Probate Records.]
CHILD.
Saborah or Sabarah; m. Basset.
136 Oliver 4 Kingsbury (SamueP, James*, Henry 1 ), of
Plainfield, married Sept. 17, 1754, Hannah Cory, born Jan.
29, 1736, daughter of Joseph and Jerusha Cory, of Plainfield.
He was a soldier in the last French and Indian war, and
died in the West Division, Hartford, Conn., buried Nov. 28,
1760, on his way home from the army. [West Hartford
Church Record.] f
" Oliver Kingsbury Departed this Life November y e 27 th
Day, A. D. 1760, Returning Home from y e Campaign in
1760." [Plainfield Town Records.]
CHILDREN.
153 Oliver, b. Aug. 28, 1755; made choice of Mr. James Fairmon,
of Killingly, . to be his "Gardien," Nov. 7, 1769. He is
called "of Killingly," Mch. 5, 1778, when he conveyed land
in Plainfield to James How, Jr. ā " y e Old Field formerly be-
longing to Samuel Kingsbury, late of Plainfield, Dee 1 ." ->-
154 Samuel, b. May 10 (30, T. R.), 1758; made choice of Benajah
Spaulding, of Killingly, to be his guardian, Sept. 20, 1773. '..; ā >
155 Josef-h, b. Aug. 5, 1760. s->-
138 Asa 6 Kingsbury (Ephraim*, Ephraim*, fames' 1 ,
Henry 1 ), of Plainfield, married, Sept. 5, 174S, Elizabeth
Pierce. J
Edward Spaulding, jr., conveyed to Asa Kingsbury land
in Plainfield, "lying on y e north side of Moosup river."
Mch. 15, 1751.
* See No. 129.
t " Oliver Kingsbury, a soldier of Plainfield ā malignant fever ā 30."
^Thomas Pierce, of Plainfield, who died in 1762, left "to each of my cousin Asa
Kingsbury's children one Ewe and lamb out of those sheep that is now in s d Asa's
custody." Pierce Genealogy, 50 : P. B. l'ierce, Worcester, 1882.
120 THE KINGSBURY FAMILY.
Asa Kingsbury was one of the Sectaries, or Separates.
He was living in Killingly at the time of his death; will
dated January 16, 1795; exh. in Court, July 7, 1795; mentions
his wife ā Tilly, Eldest Son ā Charles, second son ā eldest
dau r , Betty Parkhurst ā the heirs of Zipporah Grover, our
eldest Dau r Dec d ā third dau r , Lydia Boid." [Plainfield
Probate Records^
CHILDREN.
156 Zipporah, b. May 6, 1749; m. Stephen Grover. :->-
157 Jeremiah, b. June 18, 1751. Perhaps this Jeremiah Kingsbury was
the one who was a private in Capt. David Down's Co., Col.
Burrall's Regt., Conn, troops, taken prisoners at the Cedars,
Canada, May 19, 1776. This regiment was raised in Canaan,
Salisbury, and Norfolk. [Conn. Men in the Revolution, 112.']
158 Nathan, b. May 15, 1753.*
159 Rosel, ; died March 14, 1754. A child of Asa Kings-
bury died Mch. 18, 1754. [Ch. Rec.]
160 One record has William, also, b. Mch. 16, 1752. " William Kings-
bury, son to Asa Kingsbury, Departed this Life May y e 15 th ,
1755." [Plainfield Tozvn Records.}
161 Tilly, or Tilley. s->-
162 Charles. Charles K, of Plainfield, millwright, and Anna, his
wife, convey land in Plainfield to Samuel Pierce, of Provi-
dence, March 12, 1796. [Plainfield Records, ,]
163 Elizabeth, b. 1764; m. Jonathan Parkhurst, son of David and
Phebe (Kingsbury) Parkhurst. (See No. 141.)
164 Lydia, ; m. Robert Boyd.
165 " A child of Asa Kingsbury died Nov. S, 1754." [C/i. Rec]
"Asa Kingsbury's son was killed at Fort Mifflin, nigh
Philadelphia, 1777." Old Church Record, Plainfield. [Nathan
or Jeremiah (?) ]
139 Ruth 6 Kingsbury {Ephraim\ Ephraivf, James\
Henry 1 ), married, July 9, 1744, Edward Spalding, born in
Plainfield, Aug. 18, 1722, son of Isaac and Elizabeth
(Haynes) Spalding; died Aug. 23, 1750, in Plainfield.
CHILDREN.
1 Ezarah, son to Edward Spalding, b. April 17 (25, T. R.), 1745.
2 Sarah, b. April 7, 1748.
* Nathan Kingsbury killed at Wyoming, Nov. 2, 1778. Kulp's Wyoming, Vol.
III. Perhaps this Nathan.
JAMES KINGSBURY OF PLAINFIELD. 121
141 Phebe 5 Kingsbury {Ephraim\ Ephrainf, James 1 ,
Henry'), married in Plainfield, Dec. 28, 1750, David Park-
hurst. He was bapt. in Killingly, March 31, 1728, son of
Timothy Parkhurst and Elizabeth Cady, his wife. He was
one of the signers of the memorial for a separate ecclesiasti-
cal society in Plainfield, where he lived.
He died, Oct. 29, 1794, in the 67 th year of his age; buried
in the Moosup burying-ground. Mrs. Phebe, wife of Mr.
David Parkhurst, died Nov. 23, 1797, in the 68 th year of her
age; buried beside her husband. Agreement between Da-
vid Parkhurst's heirs, viz.: sons Jonathan, Jeduthan, James
Miller and Lois, his wife, dau r to the s d Dec d ā Phebe Park-
hurst, widow to M r David Parkhurst, Nov. 5, 1794. Plain-
field P rob. Pec.
CHILDREN.
i Lois, born in Plainfield, June 14, 1753; married James Miller.
2 Jonathan, born in Plainfield, March 13, i?57; married Elizabeth,
daughter of Asa and Elizabeth (Pierce) Kingsbury, of Plain-
field; he died in Moosup, Dec. 27, 1812; she died March 30,
1857, *i n th e 93 d Y ear Ā°^ ^ er a & e -
3 Jeduthan.
143 Lydia 5 Kingsbury {Ephraim\ Ephraim 3 , James 1 ,
Henry 1 ), married in Plainfield, March 8, 1758, Josiah Russel,
of Plainfield. He removed to Plainfield, N. H.; Captain of
a company of Rangers in the Revolutionary War.
CHILD.
1 Josiah, born in Plainfield, March 19, 1759-
144 Jeduthan 5 Kingsbury {Ephraim\ Ephraim\ James\
Henry 1 ), of Plainfield and Coventry, married, Nov. 14, 1764,
Susanna Woodward, born in Plainfield, April 17, 1740,
daughter of Jonathan and Margaret Woodward. They re-
moved to Sharon, N. Y.,f and then to Plainfield, N. H.,
where he had relatives living. Afterwards, about 1790, they
*See No. 163.
t Nathaniel Adams, of Westbury, in the County of Worcester, Province oi
Mass. Bay, conveys to Duthan Kingsbury, of Sharon, in the Province of New
York, land in Plainfield in the Province of New Hampshire, Sept. 24, 177Ā°- Cheshire
Registry of Deeds. . . ,. .
Abel Gates, of Plainfield, conveys to Duthan Kingsbury, of Plainfield, in the
County of Cheshire, N. II., land in Plainfield, Feb. 15, 1772. Cheshire Registry of
Deeds.
I22 THE KINGSBURY FAMILY.
returned to Connecticut, and settled in Coventry, where
they spent the remainder of their lives. She died June 2,
1812, aged 72.* He m. (2.) Mary Curtis, b. 1757; d. Sept.
28, 1816. (3.) January 20, 1818, Anna Greenleaf, born in
Lancaster, Mass., June 12, 1771, daughter of David and
Mary (Johnson) Greenleaf. He died in Coventry, July 9,
1822, aged 79. He served in the Revolutionary war, in
Capt. Russell's company, of Plainfield, N. H., from May 3
to June 13, 1777. AT. H. State Papers, XIII, 200. He enlisted,
June 16, 1777, as a private in Col. Chase's Regiment, New
Hampshire troops, which reinforced the Northern Conti-
nental Army at Ticonderoga. Ibid., XV, 15.
Duthan's will mentions wife Anna, dau rs Ruth Stafford
and Susannah Cady, son John ; dated May 13, 181 8. Distri-
bution to John Kingsbury, to Duthan Kingsbury, to Asa
Kingsbury, to Ruth Stafford, to Susannah Cady, January
6, 1824.
CHILDREN.
166 Ruth, b. July 8, 1766, in Plainfield; m. Stafford, of Vermont.
167 John, b. Feb. 13, 1767/8. (Feb. n, 1767, Plainfield T. R.) ae->-
16S Ezra, b. Feb. 18, 1770; d. June 23, 1790.
169 Asa, b. Feb. 25, 1772. h^->~
170 Duthan f or Jeduthan, b. May 20, 1775.
171 Susannah, b. May 22, 1777; m. Cady, in Rhode Island (?).
172 Lydia, b. Jan. 9, 1779; d. Aug. 5, 1783.
145 Stephen 5 Kingsbury {John*, Ephraim\ James*,
Henry 1 ), married Dec. 10, 1755, Sarah Spalding, daughter
of Nathaniel Spalding, of Plainfield; lived in Plainfield;
appointed on the school committee there in 1766; selectman,
1 77 1. (Miss Lamed 's Hist. Windham Co., Vol. II, p. 75.)
Elisha Baker and Elizabeth Baker, of Canaan, convey to
Stephen Kingsbury, of Plainfield ā " they being proper
heirs to Jacob Kingsbury, Late of Plainfield, now De cd ā
the one-fifth part of the farm s d Stephen now lives on,"
Feb. 2, 1763. He removed to Norfolk, Conn., in 1783, and
died there in 1799. Rev. Thomas Robbins mentions in his
* Her grave is in the burying-ground at South Coventry, "in her 7 ^ year."
t Duthan Kingsbury of Plainfield, and Miranda Knights, married in Claremont,
N. H., July 10, 1794. (Probably this Duthan.)
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diary, under date of Feb. 22, 1798: "At evening saw S.
Kingsbury from Norfolk."* He was then at Torringford.
Stephen Kingsbury and Sarah, his wife, convey to Joseph
Kinne, land in Plainfield, " Set out to y e s d Sarah in y e Distri-
bution of y e Estate of Nathan 1 Spalding, Dec d , bounded by
land set out to Merriam, dau r of s d Nathan 1 ," Jan. 23, 1772.
He bought of Jonathan and Miriam Smith, of Bolton,
land in the settlement part of Plainfield, nigh y e dwelling-
house of s d Kingsbury, "part of the tract known as the
Whitney lot," Oct. 25, 1774.
Stephen Kingsbury bought land in Norfolk of Eleazar
and Elizabeth Aspinwall, Dec. 25, 1783.
Feb. 15, 1786, Stephen Kingsbury, with four others from
Norfolk, met at Ezekiel Willcock's, in New Marlborough,
Mass., to organize an Episcopal "Society". In 1792 he de-
clared his preference for what he called the " Separate
method," under the Rev. Mr. Jos. Marshall, of Canaan, in a
certificate entered upon the town book.
It is said that there is a tract of land in Norfolk, in the
north part of the town, not far from the State line, still
called the "Kingsbury Lot." His widow died in 1802, in
Orwell, Vt.
CHILDREN.
173 John, b. July 3, 1757; enlisted at the age of 18 in the Revolutionary-
war; taken prisoner at the battle of Long Island; kept on
the prison ship at New York, and died in 1777.! "John
Kingsbury's clothes were sent home to his friends, and in
one of his pockets was found a description of his food and
sufferings, written in poetry. I have heard my father repeat
some of the lines." Letter of George D. Kingsbury, of
Stockholm, N. Ā„., Feb. j, ri
174 Tarbel, b. Feb. 10, 1759; d. Feb. 29, 1760, in Plainfield.
175 Jacob, b. Jan. 21, 1761, in Plainfield.
176 Stephen, b. March 25, 1763, in Plainfield. 5 :ā >-
177 Molly, b. Nov. 5, 1765, in Plainfield. ā¢ :ā >-
178 Joseph, b. March 20, 176S, in Plainfield.
ā¢ Vol. I, p. si-
t "Ace 1 of men Killed and Died in the army and navy alter April, 17
ing to Plainfield.
"John Kingsbury, New Yorkward, a prisoner early in 1777.
"Sam 11 Cole, New Yorkward, 1776.
"Asa Kingsbury's Son Killed at Fort Mi ill in, nigh Philadelphia." Church A
124 THE KINGSBURY FAMILY.
179 Almira, b. ; m. Samuel Cravath, of Norfolk, who joined
the church in 1784, and was dismissed to Homer, N. Y. ; she
joined the church, 1797, and was also dismissed to Homer.
She had a daughter, Mrs. Blodgett.
180 Sarah, b. Dec, 1770; m. (1.) 1792, Morris Holt, of Norfolk and
Canaan; he was born in East Haven, April 13, 1763; died in
Norfolk, Mch. 19, 1815. (2.) a man from Green River, N. Y.
Said to have had 9 children by Holt, viz.: Horace, Isaac,
Sally, Stephen, lived in Canaan; Betsey, m. Marcene How-
land ; Mary, Ann, and perhaps two others. She died in
Austerlitz, N. Y., April 9, 1835.
181 Willard, born 1778. Sn->-
146 Elizabeth 6 Kingsbury (John\ Ephrainf, fames' 1 ,
Henry), m. before 1761, Dr. Elisha Baker of Canaan, Conn.
He was admitted to the First church in Canaan from North-
ampton; was one of the members dismissed to form the
Second Society in Canaan (now East Canaan), Dec 5, 1769.
Mrs. Elizabeth Baker d. Sept. 5, 1769. He married again,
and died in East Canaan, July 24, 1807, aged 80.
CHILDREN.
1 Sereno, b. April 4, 1761, in Canaan.
2 Esther,, b. in Canaan, Nov. 28, 1763 ; bap. Jan. 5, 1764.
3 Rebeckah, b. July 14 ; bap. in Canaan, July 23, 1765.
4 Elisha, b. in Canaan, March 13, 1767 ; bap. May 6, 1767.
5 William, b. in Canaan, Dec. 5, 1768 ; bap. Dec. 18, 1768.
148 Captain Lemuel 6 Kingsbury (John\ Ephraim\
James 1 , Henry 1 ), of Canaan, Conn, (now East Canaan), after-
wards of Poultney, Vt; m. in Canaan, May 7, 1767, Mary,
dau. of Joshua and Ann (Blodgett) Whitney, of Canaan, b.
January 7, 1743. Joshua Whitney was a lawyer, a prominent
man in Canaan, and one of the first settlers there, like
the Kingsburys, and many other Plainfield people. Lemuel
Kingsbury was a Cornet in Sheldon's Light Dragoons, a
dashing troop of cavalry, in 1776, and later.* April 13,
1780, he liberated his negro servant, Cuff. Although he
removed to Poultney, he appeared to have returned to East
Canaan, for he died there on Nov. 24, 1804. Is called "of
Poltney " in a deed to William Kingsbury, of land in Nor-
ā¢ Connecticut Men in the Revolution, 444.
JAMES KINGSBURY OF PLAINFIELD. l2 $
folk, Feb. 23, 1803. His widow, Mary, d. Nov. 22, 1817, in
East Canaan.
Captain Lemuel Kingsbury was representative from Ca-
naan, in the General Assembly, 1784.
CHILDREN.
182 Joshua, b. Feb. 13, 1768. s->-
183 George, b. Jan. 23, 1770. s 'ā >-
184 Abigail, b. Feb. 24, 1772 ; d. Aug. 12, 1776.
185 William, b. Jan. 16, 1774. s >
186 Amy, b. Aug. 4, 1776 ; d. 1787.
187 Lucy, b. Dec. 4, 1778 ; d. Jan. 23, 1786.
188 Esther, b. Feb. 2, 1784 ; d. June 16, 1786.