1 1
2 22 THE KINGSBURY FAMILY.
was above the low arts of dissimulation; he was steady in
his principles; upright in his dealings; a feeling, a decided,
and a generous friend to the needy, the helpless, and the
afflicted. These qualities, united with a large share of
sprightliness and humor, rendered him beloved as a com-
panion and highly esteemed as a member of society. He
was the youngest son and child of Deacon Joseph Kings-
bury, whose grandfather came out of England, and was one
of the first settlers of the Town of Ipswich. He removed
with his family from Haverhill, in the Province (now Com-
monwealth) of Massachusetts, near the beginning of the
present century, and settled in the west part of Norwich,
lately incorporated into a town, by the name of Franklin.
Haverhill was at that time a frontier town and was fre-
quently harrassed by incursions of the Eastern and Northern
tribes of Indians, which occasioned Deacon Kingsbury's re-
moval. He had a large family, six sons and five daughters,
who lived to marry and have children.
" Mr. Kingsbury and his wife, with five of their Children,
died of a Consumption. More than forty of his relatives
died of the same disorder, within thirty-eight years from the
last date. The curious will find it difficult to investigate
the causes, in a family remarkable for their attachment to
the agricultural life, from their first settlement in America,
and who have lived in the common temperate style of New
England farmers." — Remarks by the Rev. Charles Backus, D.D.,
in a note to the Funeral Sermon for Bethiah Kingsbury.*
CHILDREN.
756 Jacob, born in Franklin, July 6, 1756. i — >-
757 Sarah, born in Franklin, Aug. 12, 1758. «->â–
75S Nathaniel, born in Franklin, April 17, 1760; died unmarried, Dec.
8, 1784, in Franklin. He is probably the Nathaniel Kingsbury
of Norwich, who served in Colonel Canfield's Militia Regi-
ment at West Point in September, 1781.— Connecticut Men
in the Revolution, 580.
•Rev. Lavius Hyde states that the famous Rev. Dr. Charles Backus, of Somers,
was brought up in this family. Rev. Dr. Backus himself says in the same sermon:
" Related to him as nephew, and educated in the same house in which he lived, I
should be unnatural not to take part in the mourning caused by his death. But
there were much stronger ties than these circumstances afford, to engage my
affections to him. Being left an orphan in my childhood, I was taken under his
guardianship, and by his generous exertions received a public education. His
paternal care was continued to me during his life."
JOSEPH KINGSBURY OF NORWICH. 223
759 John, born in Franklin, Dec. 30, 1761. n->
760 Joseph, born in Franklin, Jan. 5, 1764 ; died Dee. 24, 1783.
71 i Charles, born in Franklin, Feb. 7, 1767 ; died Jan. 22, 17S9 (T. S.,
June 22, 17S71 ; " member of Junior Class in Vale College."
762 Tabitha Hill, born in Franklin, April 2, 1770; died Feb. 1, 1787.
763 Bethiah Hill, born in Franklin, March 8, 1772 ; died at the house of
Dr. Charles Backus, in Somers, Feb. 24, 1790; he preached a
sermon on her death, which was published. Discourse |
Delivered at Somers | Lord's Day, February 28, 1790. | Oc-
casioned by the Late Death of | Miss Bethiah Kingsbury, | of
Franklin, in Connecticut, | Who with three Brothers and a
Sister, all in their Youth, to | gether with her Parents were
removed from the World in a few | Years | Printed at Spring-
field, Massachusetts, | by James R. Hutchins, | MDCCXCIII.
764 William Howe, born in Franklin, Feb. 16, 1775; died Feb. 26, 1777,
in Franklin.
702 John' Kingsbury {Nathaniel*, Joseph' 1 , Henry 1 ), re-
moved from Hampton to that part of Coventry now An-
dover; married (1) October 21, 1730, Deborah Spaulding;
she died in Coventry March 12, 1744/5, a £ e d 38 years,
1 month, 29 (23) days;* he married (2) August 13, 1746,
Abigail, daughter of Joseph and Abigail (Bissell) Phelps,
born in Windsor, November 18, 1709. He was one of
the signers of a petition to the General Assembly in
May, 1736, from the inhabitants of that part of Coventry.
now Andover, that they might belong to the Bolton Society.
He is called "of Enfield " in a deed in the Windsor Land
Records, dated June 13, 1758, given by him and his wife to
"our Brothers," Daniel Phelps and Jerijah Phelps, of Wind-
sor, quitclaiming their right to the estate of "our brother
Jonathan Phelps." He died October 20, 1780, drowned in
the Connecticut River \ while attempting to cross in a boat.
In Memorj â– â– In Memory of
M* John King M • Abigail
ry he was drown- Wife of M'
ed (Vt 20 1-—. |olm Kingsbury
in \ ear Who .lied
of his a June 27. 1
{Enfield Burying Ground.) in the of her ..
■•</.)
* i'i obably 1 1
in Plain fii i , |.m. >-.
tW( MSS
2 2 4 THE KINGSBURY FAMILY.
In Memory of M' 8
Deborah Kingsbury
Wife of M r John Kingsbe r y
who died March y e 12 1744/5
being 38 years one month and 23 Days old.
{Bolton Burying Ground)
CHILDREN OF FIRST WIFE.
765 Ikkna, born in Hampton, July 24, 1731 ; bap. July 24, in Hamp-
ton. B->-
766 Eunice, born Feb. 17, 1733/4; bap. in Bolton, Feb. 24, 1734. s-^>-
767 Lydia, born Oct. 10, 1737; bap. in Bolton, Oct. 16, 1737. s->-
768 John, born Sept. 28, 1740; bap. in Bolton, Oct. 12, 1740. s^>-
769 Uriah, born Aug. 7, 1743, in Bolton ; bap. in Bolton, Aug. 7, 1743 ;
d. June 1, 1744.
CHILDREN OF* SECOND WIFE. .
770 Joseph, born May 26, bap. June 7, 1747, in Bolton ; d. Jan. 11, 1749.
771 Daniel, born Sept. 20, 1749, in Bolton; bap. Sept. 24. e->-
772 Abigail, born Jan. 19, 1752, in Bolton ; bap. Jan. 26. e-*-
703 Nathaniel 4 Kingsbury (Nathaniel*, Joseph*, Henry 1 ),
married, March 16, 1737, Sarah, daughter of Captain Sam-
uel and Hannah (Strong) Chapman of Tolland, born in 1721.
He settled in Tolland on land given him by his wife's father,
on which his posterity still reside ; * he was Deacon of the
Church in Tolland many years. He died June 23, 1796.
Sarah, the wife of Deacon Nathaniel Kingsbury, died July
14, 1794. — Tolland Town Rec.
Sacred to the In Memory of
Memory of De " Mrs Sarah, wife D u
Nathaniel Kingsbery Nath" Kingsbery, who
who departed this Departed this life
life June 3 r '' 1796 July 14" 1 , 1794. in <- n e
in the 85 th year of 73" 1 Year of her Age
his Age in hopes of
a blessed Immortality
Life is uncertain death
is sure Sin is the bane
Christ the cure —Tolland, North Burying Ground.
* Kphraim Grant of Tollon, conveyed to Nathaniel Kingsbury of Tollon, 20 acres
of land in Tolland, and one of the bounds was land owned by said Kingsbury,
March 27, 1736. Tolland Records, J/J, 72.
Nath 11 Kingsberry of Tolland, in consideration of one hundred and thirty-two
acres and three-quarters of land in Tolland, conveyed unto him by his Hun" 1 Father,
Cap< Sam" Chapman, of Tolland, conveys unto the s d Sam 11 one Certain Messuage
or farm of Land in Tolland containing one hundred & Ninety Acres, &c. June 30
1737.— Ibid., Ill, 108.
JOSEPH KINGSBURY OF NORWICH. 2 2$
CHILDREN.
773 Hannah, born in Tolland, Jan. 25, 1738.^3-^-
774 Sarah, born in Tolland, Feb. 15, 1739; m. Dr. Obadiah Kings-
bury.- ->
775 Nathaniel, born in Tolland, Aug. 28, 1742; d. Dec. 2, 1749.
776 Jabez, born in Tolland, Feb. 23, 1745; d. Nov. 22, 1749.
777 Ruth, born in Tolland, Aug. 18, 1748; d. Dec. 2, 1749.
778 Ruth, born in Tolland, Oct. 7, 1750. s->-
779 Nathaniel, born in Tolland, May 5, 1753. s->-
780 Jabez, born in Tolland, March 10, 1756. s->-
781 Samuel, born in Tolland, Feb. 2, 1763. s->-
704 Mary 4 Kingsbury {Nathaniel*, Joseph' 1 , Henry 1 ),
married Elijah Hammond of Coventry, in Bolton, October 12,
1732; he was born October 7, 171 1, son of Isaac and Ann (Ken-
drick) Hammond of Newton, Mass. " He was a man of
more than ordinary powers of mind which guided by stern
integrity gave him an influence largely felt wherever he
went. He was a joiner and left a monument of his skill
in the old meeting house in Bolton, that my readers will re-
member as the last in the galaxy of stars of the church
architecture of three quarters of a century ago." — Rev.
Marvin Root's Reminiscences, written in 1844. She joined the
Church in Hampton, February 18, 1728, and the Church in
Bolton, April 30, 1732. Mr. Hammond removed to Bolton
about 1752. Mrs. Hammond died in Bolton, December 15,
1776, aged 64, of apoplexy. He died May 3 (5, T. S.), 1800,
aged 89. He married a 2d wife in Eastbury, Conn., Janu-
ary 1, 1778, Abigail Terry, who died March 19, 1796, aged 65.
In Memory of
M" Mary Wife
to M r Elijah
Hammond, She
Departed this Life
Decem br 15 th 1776
in y e 64" 1 year
of her Age — Bolton Burying Ground.
CHILDREN.
1 Nathaniel, bapt. Sept. 16, 1733, in Bolton ; m. (1) Dorothy, daughter
of Ephraim and Jane Tucker; bapt. in Bolton, Oct. 4. 1740;
lived in Bolton; shed. Dec. 21, [775, in the 35th year of her age;
he m. (2) Mrs. Eleanor (Olmsted) Burr, about 1777, born June
26, 1748, daughter of Nathaniel and Sarah (Pitkin) ( Hmsted of
* See page 238.
15
226 THE KINGSBURY FAMILY.
East Hartford, who d. June 8, 1822, aged 74. He d. in Bolton,
Dec. 10, 1817.
2 Hannah, bapt. Apr. 11, 1736, in Bolton; m. Sept. 13 {Rev. L. Hyde);
(30, Bolton Town Records), 1762, Joseph Tucker of Bolton,
son of Ephraim and Jane Tucker, b. Oct. 18, 1735.
3 Priscilla, bapt. August 9, 1741, in Bolton; m. , March 24, 1763, Capt.
Jonathan Birge of Bolton, son of Cornelius and Sarah (Loomis)
Birge, born Aug. 10, 1734. He was killed in the battle of
White Plains, at the head of his company, Oct. 28, 1776; she
had six children by him ; m. (2) Feb. 6, 1783, Deacon Amasa
Loomis of Windsor, son of Sergeant Gershom and Mary
(Grant) Loomis, b. Feb. 19, 1737. She d. Feb. 28, 1816. He
d. July 1, 1793.
4 Elijah, bapt. Aug. 19, 1753; m. in Bolton, Oct. 4, 1787, Martha,
daughter of Judah and Martha (Alvord) Strong, b. Oct. 4,
1767; she d. Nov. 26, 1835; he d. Oct. 4, 1836; 7 ch.
705 Simon 4 Kingsbury {Nathaniel*, Joseph*, Henry'), of
Bolton, Tolland,* and later of Ellington; removed to the lat-
ter place in 1756; called "of Windsor," in a deed dated May
17, 1756.. He married Deliverance Cady of Tolland, in Bol-
ton, March 4, 1739/40. She was the daughter of John and
Elizabeth Cady, of Groton, Mass., Canterbury, Tolland, Wil-
lington, Coventry, and East Windsor. He died in Ellington,
April 18, 1799.
In memory of In memory of
Mr Simon Mrs Deliverance
Kingfbery who wife of M r Simon
died April 18 th Kingfbery, who
AD 1799 in y" died Nov r 27 th
84 th year of his AD 1779 in y e 58 th
Age. Year of her Age
— Ellington Burying Ground.
CHILDREN.
782 Elizabeth, born Nov. 14, 1740, in Bolton. ;,;:: â– â– >
783 Deliverance, born in Coventry, Nov. 18, 1742; (birth recorded on
Bolton Town Records,) bapt. in Bolton, Nov. 21, 1742; m.
Thomas Tyrril, of Andover. Their dau. Betsey was bapt. in
Bolton, Dec. 22, 1782. She was admitted to the church in
Bolton from Andover, Oct. 5, 1783. Tyrril served as First
Lieutenant, 10th company, 8th Regiment, July, 1775, and as
Ensign in Captain Eleazer Hutchinson's company, Colonel
Hosford's Regiment, State Militia, in 1776.
784 Simon, born April 4, 1745, in Bolton ;m. Mehitabel Cross of Ellington,
Nov. 19, 1767, in Stafford. He served in the Lexington Alarm
in the company raised in East Windsor. He died in Ellington,
* Daniel Brown of Tolland, conveyed to Simon Kingsbury, of Bolton 80 acres of
land in T., May 15, 1747. Tolland Land Rec, IV, 152.
JOSEPH KINGSBURY OF NORWICH. 227
April 27, 1776, without issue. The distribution of his estate, re-
corded in the Stafford Probate Records, mentions widow
Mehitabel, and the brothers and sisters of the dec 1 — Elijah
Hammond Kingsbury, Joseph Kingsbury, Elizabeth Dewey,
Deliverance Tyrril, Lucy Kingsbury, Hannah Cady, Esther
Lomis, and Sarah Kingsbury.
Here Lies the Body of
M r Simon Kingsbery
Jn r Who Departed this
Life April y° 27"'
AD 1776 in y a 33' 1
year of his Age.
— Ellington Burying Ground.
7S5 Hannah, born March 21, in Tolland; bapt. March 22, 1747, in Bol-
ton ; d. Nov. 10, 1749.
786 Lucy, born Oct. 17, 1749, in Tolland; d. unm. in Ellington in 1S36.
787 Hannah, born April 5, 1752, in Tolland. - >
788 Josefh, born Nov. 30, 1756, in Ellington. ~~>-
789 Elijah Hammond, born in Tolland, March 10, 1754. living in 1777,
but not mentioned in his father's will. He is probably the
Elijah Kingsbury who was a private in Capt. James Fitch's
company in the Nineteenth Regiment which served in the
New York campaign August, 1776, and he was probably the
Corporal in Capt. Roswell Grant's company in Col. Roger
Enos' regiment which served on the Hudson in 1778. Con-
necticut Men in the devolution, 340.
790 Louisa, m. Deacon Collins of Ellington ; d. before 1798; one daugh-
ter, Esther.*
791 Esther. =— >-
792 Sarah, born 1766. s->
706 Jabez' Kingsbury {Nathaniel 9 , Joseph\ Henry 1 ), of
that part of Coventry, now Andover; married September 13,
1749, Mary, daughter of Joseph and Abigail (Bisscll) Phelps,
born in Windsor, March 19, 1719, sister of his brother John's
wife. Jabez Kingsbury was chosen Deacon in the Columbia
Church, 1768. He died October 18, 1769; his widow died April
10, (April 19, Tombstone,) 1 S09, in her 90th year, in Coventry.
Here Lies Inte . In Memory of Mrs Mary
ye Body of I )eco" Relict oi 1 >â– a< . fabez
Jabez Kingsbe Kingsbury who departed
ry Consort to this life April to" r{
Mr" Mary Kin in the 9o ,b war of her
gsbery who age.
Died October y
18 th 1769 in v
53 r,i year of his age. —Old Andover Burying Ground.
• Letter of Mrs. John i .. Baird.
228 THE KINGSBURY FAMILY.
CHILDREN.
793 Nathaniel, born Oct. 4, 1751. ss->-
794 Ruth, born May 27, 1753; m. David Patten from Billerica, Mass.;
he lived in Coventry near the Bolton line, " made cider brandy
and merchandised "; son Pliny, who went to Virginia.
795 Joseph, born Feb. 23, 1755. r; >
796 Jeremiah, born March 5, 1757; d. Dec. 10, 1761.
797 Jabez, born May 20, 1758; he is probably the Jabez Kingsbury who
served in Captain Jonathan Parker's company. Col. Sage's
Regiment, in Wadsworth's Brigade, which served in the cam-
paign around New York in 1776; d. at the South. [Probably
in North Carolina, 17S8 or '89.]
798 Mary, born Oct. 20, 1760. g - >
799 Amelia, born Jan. 16, 1764; m. Silas Crowell of Andover; died
Feb. 20, 1850, in Norwich. He died May 22, 1835, aged 74.
800 Anna, born April 20, 1766; m. (1) Daniel Roberts of Granville,
Washington Co., N. Y.; removed to Middlebury, Vt. ; he was
one of the founders of Middlebury College; (2) Ethan Andrus
of Middlebury, Vt. ; had a dau r , Delia Roberts, who m. Wil-
cox, of Farmington, Conn.
707 Hannah 4 Kingsbury (Nathaniel*, Joseph*, Henry^),
married, October 10, 1738, in Bolton, John Chapman of North
Bolton, born September 9, 17 14, son of John and Sarah
(Brown) Chapman, of North Stonington, Conn.; they were
original members of the Church in North Bolton, now Ver-
non, recommended from the Church in Bolton, October, 1762.
He was the first Deacon of the Church in North Bolton. He
died February 14, 1774, aged 59. She died August 28, 1795.
Here lies the Remains
of Mrs. Hannah Relict
©f Deacon John Chap
man, who departed
this life, August 2S ,h
1795, In y
77 th Year
of her Age. — Vernon Burying Ground.
CHILDREN.
i Lemuel, born March 20, bapt. March 29, 1741.
2 John, born June 15, 1742.
3 Jeremiah, born Aug. 21, 1743, in Bolton; bap. Sept. 11 (1); m. Azubah
Martin, who joined the Church in North Bolton, Sept. 17, 1775;
he is said to have died in 1S09, and his nephews said (1849 or
'50), that he lived in Sandisfield or Tyringham, Mass., or
Sharon, Conn.
JOSEPH KINGSBURY OF NORWICH.
229
4 Piiineas, born Aug. 13, 1747, in Bolton, bapt. Sept. 20; m. Oct. [6,
1783 (April 30, 1780 — Chapman Gen.), Elizabeth Johns of
Bolton; he d. in Vernon, Oct. 26, 1823; she d. Apr. i, 1812,
aged 59; 6 ch.
5 Mary, born July 10, 1750 {Bolton Town Rec), bap. July 19, 1750;
m. Dec. 28, 1775, Gurdon Fowler, as his 2d wife. He d. Nov.
11, 1S09, aged 70, at Towanda, Pa.; she d. July 26, 1S32, at
Monroe, Pa.
6 Hannah, born April 2, 1753 {Bolton Town Rec.)\ bapt. April 1, (?)
1753; m. April 21, 1774, Abel West, of North Bolton; re-
moved to Washington, Mass., ab. 1792; joined Church in Mid-
dlefield, Mass., from Church in North Bolton, in 1793; she
died in Washington, Mass., April 28, 1814 ; he died in Pitts-
field, Mass., Jan. 12, 1S36, aged 88.
7 Lois, born Jan. 28, 1756 ; m. July 14, 1774, Ephraim Ladd of North
Bolton; removed to Williamstown, Mass., 1784, but returned
to North Bolton, 1794; later removed to Pennsylvania; she
died, May 2, 1836, at Beaver Meadow, Northampton Co., Pa.
He died, May 4, 1839, aged 89: n: 18, at Beaver Meadow.
8 Eunice, born Nov. 5, 1758.
9 James, perhaps ; he m. Susan Tucker; lived in Bolton; 9 ch.
709 Deacon Joseph 4 Kingsbury {Nathaniel*, Joseph",
Henry 1 ), of Tolland* and Enfield, Conn.; married, March 5,
1745, Mary, daughter of Sergeant Thomas and Sarah Loomis,
of Bolton ; they removed from Tolland to Enfield, April 7,
1757. He purchased five hundred acres on the east side of
the main road, extending from Fresh Water Brook to the
Longmeadow line.f His house was on the main road, north
of Fresh Water, and very near it. He was a Deacon in the
church (chosen January 4, 1798), rigid in his religious princi-
ples, and of utter Calvinistic belief. He was a delegate from
Enfield to the convention held to ratify the Constitution of
the United States, 178S. He died in Enfield, June S, 1806,
(June 6, ace. to B. F. Ellis.) His wife died December 1,
* Simon Kingsbury, of Tolland, convcvnl to Joseph Kingsbury,
Sawmill with a convenimt logway — "the said Joseph t way open bj or
through the s d Sawmill t<> pass corn bags I m Gristmill Lying near
Sawmill upon the same Stream anil bi sfl Kingsbury." Dec. ; •,
Tolland T. R. t IV, 522. The same day Simon K. ind K.
1 Mr. 11. P. Ellis says "This tract comprisi primith
inding with wild game, I' imounts, 1 little saline
springs flowing into the brook made it a 1 :â– ! it had been the hunting
ground t"r the Indians, as numerous stone spikes with which thi ted their
arrows were found in the soil."
230 THE KINGSBURY FAMILY.
1800, aged 75. The following- inscription, from his tomb-
stone, is given in Barber's Connecticut Historical Collections: â–
Sacred to the memory of
Dea. Joseph Kingsbury
who died June 8, 1806, aged 85 years and 2 months.
Here lies a man, no one prized Religion more,
The same our fathers brought from Europe's Shore.
A strict supporter of the good old ways
Of Puritans in their most early days.
CHILDREN.
801 Prudence, born Jan. n.bapt. 12, 1745/6, in Bolton, s=->-
802 Lemuel, born Nov. 13,* 1752, in Bolton ; bapt. Nov. 19, 1752. ss >
710 Denison 4 Kingsbury {Nathaniel'', Joseph' 1 , Henry''),
of Hebron, Conn. Denison Kingsbury admitted to the
Church in Bolton, November 16, 1740. Caleb Swetland and
Mary Swetland, of Hebron, convey to Denison Kingsbury,
of Coventry, land in Hebron in the Society or Parish of
Andover, June 25, 1747. Hebron Land Records. Married,
February 7, 1751 [Gilead Church Records], in Hebron, Lydia
Jones, daughter of Isaac and Hannah (Wells) Jones, of Bol-
ton, born November 13, 1725; died November 14, 1807. He
died in 1793.
His will is dated February 15, 1793, exhibited in Court,
December 1, 1795, by his son, Lemuel, Executor.
He makes this provision with regard to his daughter,
Lydia : " She is to have thirty-three pounds to be paid by
my Executor at such time and in such pay as she shall
want for her subsistence to be on interest from my decease,
and if the whole is not expended before her death, it is to
belong to Lemuel." His widow Lydia's will is dated Sep-
tember 5, 1807, exhibited in Court, May 2, 1809, by Nathan-
iel Hubbard, Executor. She gave all her estate to her
loving daughter, Lydia, " what part she may die possessed
of to be her brother Lemuel's."
Sacred to the Memory of
Mr Denilbn Kingf bury
who died November 28, 1795,
in the 73 rd year of his age.
Thy force alone, religion, death disarms,
Breaks all his darts and every viper charms ;
Softly by the grisly forms appear
No more the horrid objects of our fear.
* Sept. 14, 1752, according to B. F. Ellis ; in Tolland, Terry Genealogy.
JOSEPH KINGSBURY OF NORWICH 23 1
We undismayed his awful power obey,
That guides us through the safe tho'
Gloomy way which leads to life.
In Memory of
Mrs. Lydia, wife
of Mr. Denison Kingsbury,
who departed this life
December the 2 1 , 1S08, in the 84"' year
of her age.
(Old Graveyard in the south part of Andover. ~)
803 Sibyl, born March 19,* 1752, in Andover Society. ss->- (See pp.
245-6.)
S04 Lydia, born Oct. 4, 1753 ; died unm.
805 Eunice, born April 30, 1755. s->-
806 Hannah, born Dec. 11, 1756. â„¢ >
807 Jerusha, born Feb. 7, 1759; d. Jan. 11, 1S49; m. Capt. Stephen
Payne, son of the Rev. Stephen and Jerusha Payne, born in
Stafford, Conn., June 30, 1745; buried in old graveyard in
the south part of Andover.
Jerusha Payne
Wife of
Stephen Payne
Daughter of
Denison & Lydia Kingsbury
Died Jan. 11, 1849,
Aged 90.
808 Deliverance, born Feb. 14, 1761; m. Daniel Burnap; died Jan.
8, 1822, Andover, Conn.; no ch. (See page 326 )
809 John Denison, born April 23, 1763, in Andover. ->-
810 Sarah, born Aug. 20, 1765. s - >
811 Lemuel, born Dec. 4, 1768. — >-
711 Lemuel 4 Kingsbury {Nathaniel*, Joseph*, Hen
of Tolland,! afterwards of East Hartford. Lemuel Kings-
bury was admitted to the Church in Bolton, March 15, 1741.
Elemuel Kingsbury & Elizabeth Loomis married May
19, 1749";.]; she died October n, 1751 ; (2) June 30, 17
Dorothy, daughter of Benjamin and Dorothy (Pitkin) Rob-
• Men. 9, Hebron Town Records. All these, except Sarali and Lemuel, 1
at Hebron. '
t Christopher West, of Tolland, conveyed to Lemuel Kingsbury, of Coventry,
a farm of land in Tolland, 1 -, March _•;, 175.'. Tolland Land Records, /I .
John West, of Tolland, conveyed land in T . Lemuel K
on, Dec. 18, 1753. Tolland I. .in.: 'â– ,
Lemuel Kingsbury, "Late of Tolland, now Resident in Hartford," â–
Jabez Kingsbury, of Coventry, land in l ., May .•., (?) 1758. — Tolland I
% Coventry Town Records.
232
THE KINGSBURY FAMILY.
erts, of East Hartford. Dorothy Kingsbury was admitted
to the Church in East Hartford, July 3, 1759. Lemuel's
tombstone in the old Andover burying ground, gives the
date of his death, May 6, 1758.
The will of Lemuel Kingsbury, in the Hartford Probate
Records, is dated March 14, 1759; exhibited in court May 28,
1759 ; executor, Joseph Kingsbury of Enfield, witnesses,
Nathaniel, Jeber ( Jabez ?), and Simon Kingsbury. He men-
tions wife Dorothy ; two dau r3 , Dorothy and Elizabeth.
His widow Dorothy's will is dated May 28, 1763; appoints
her sister, Susannah Roberts, executor, bequeaths her estate
equally to Dorothy and Elizabeth, when they are 18. Octo-
ber 13, 1770, Dorothy, aged 13 years, and Elizabeth, aged 12
years, chose Joseph Kingsbury, of Enfield, guardian, and
they were brought up in his family.
In Memory of Mr.
Lemuel Kingsbury
son of Cap 1 Nath"
Kingsbury & M ra Han
nan his Wife & Confort
of M" Dorothy Kings
bery who Died May 6
1758 in y e 41
year of his Age.
— Andover Burying Ground.
CHILD OF FIRST WIFE.
812 Lemuel, born in Tolland, Sept. 20, 1750; d. Oct. 23, 1751.
In Memory of
Lemuel y e
son of M r Le
muel & Mr 8
Elizabeth King 9
bery he Died
Oct r 23' 1 1751
in y 6 2 Year
of his Age. •
— Bolton Burying Ground.
CHILDREN OF SECOND WIFE.
813 Dorothy, born in Tolland, March 28, 1757. ::::, >
814 Elizabeth, baptized in East Hartford, Oct. 12, 1758. s->-
JOSEPH KINGSBURY OF NORWICH.
233
713 Sarah 4 Kingsbury (Nathaniel 3 , Joseph 1 , Henry'),
married, January 18, 1745/6, Theophilus Baldwin, of Coven-
try, son of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Longbottom) Baldwin,
born April 10, 1725, baptized in Newent Society, Norwich.
"In memory of M r Theophilus Baldwin, son of M r Ben-
jamin, died with y e fall of a limb of a tree January y e 3 d Day,
A.D. 1 750/1, aged 26." [T. S.] Andover Burying Ground.
She married (2) May 30, 1751, Doctor John Crocker, of
that part of Coventry now Andover. August 15, 1774, he
was chosen one of a committee " to receive the subscriptions
that shall be made by the inhabitants of Coventry for the