(a period of twenty-five years), and annually appointed as
one of the Managers and Treasurer of the School Fund cre-
ated by the sale of the Connecticut Western Reserve lands
in Ohio,* till said May, 181 8, and as accountant and book-
keeper in the office of the Commissioners of said Fund till
October 31, 1827."! He also held the office of Treasurer
to the Connecticut Missionary Society, from May, 1799 ;
that of Treasurer to the Hartford Grammar School from
May, [SoCi ; and that of Treasurer to the Minister-' Annuity
Society from May, 1811, until his death. He held main-
other offices of trust, and was often called upon to serve the
Town and City of Hartford, on committees, and in other



•The claim of Connecticut to the territoi ■ ■ 1 by thi

was cons lei from Col - in tliat

part of the Northwest rerritoi own aa " The Connecticut

Western Reservi " I thousand acres In the western part

of the Reserve were devoted to the relit d burned out

and plundered by the English raids on the Connecticut shi ml.

1 â–  â–  was sold under t the procc

were devoted to the school fund of the commonwealth, other lands beloi
the S^ate, within its bordi In Berks

same purpose. Mr. K nd on th< \ In many

state and in Bei '.. »hire I ■• lands.

' Prom Mr. Kingsbury's manuscript account.



288 THE KINGSBURY FAMILY.

ways, and he was considered one of the ablest financiers
of his day. He died in Hartford, October 6, 1837. His
widow died in Hartford, April 14, 1848. He and his wife
became members of the First Church in February, 181 5, and
the Rev. Dr. Hawes, his pastor, describing men of the old
Puritan stamp, said: "That impersonation of honesty, old
Andrew Kingsbury, of strong nerve, of lofty character, of
stern mould."

He was much interested in horticulture and floriculture,
and the large and beautiful garden of his residence on the
corner of Temple and Market streets displayed his favor-
ite tastes. Rare seeds and grafts were sent to him,
and he was one of the promoters of the Hartford County
Agricultural Society, and its annual fairs. He was also
more interested in genealogy than most people of that time
were, and his great granddaughter, Miss Talcott, has in her
possession a chart which he made out, going back to his an-
cestor, Joseph Kingsbury, who came from Haverhill to
Norwich, giving the descendants as far as he knew them.

CHILDREN.

1060 Elizabeth, born Oct. 18, 1783, in Coventry. s->-

106 1 Oliver, born April 4, 1785, in Hartford. :,;:: >

1062 Maria, born July 5, 1789, in Hartford. :;;: >

1063 Harriet, born Dec. 23, 1792, in Hartford. sb->

1064 Laura, born Sept. 7, 1795, in Hartford ; after along and useful life

in Hartford, she died single, June 17, 1861, at the house of
her nephew, Russell G. Talcott, in whose family she had lived
for many years.

847 William" Kingsbury {Ephraini', Ephrainf, Joseph*,
Joseph*, Henry 1 ), married, in 1788, Abigail Richardson, of
Coventry, born March 11, 1770, daughter of Stephen and
Mabel (Marsh) Richardson ; died March 1, 1826, aged
56. He removed in 1830 to Homer, N Y., where he died,
March 10, 1849. He was a tanner and shoemaker.

CHILDREN.

1065 Eleazer, born Nov. 25, 1788.

1066 William, born Aug. 27, 1790. ss->-

1067 Erastus, born Dec. 23, 1792; died Sept. 22, 18 10.

1068 Augustus, born Oct. 12, 1796. r: >

1069 Charles, born March 20, 1802. m-*~




HON. ANDREW KINGSBURY,





Miss LAURA KINGSBURY.



Mrs. HARRIET KINGSBURY



JOSEPH KINGSBURY OF NORWICH. 289

848 Phoebe 6 Kingsbury {Ephraim*, Ephraim*, Joseph*,

Joseph*, Henry'), married, January 1, 17X4, William Porter,
of Lyme, N. H., son of William and Esther (Carpenter) Por-
ter, of Coventry. She died July 18, 1800, in Lyme. He
died in 1847.

CHILDREN.

1 Clarissa, born 17S5 ; married Otis Converse and had 7 ch.

2 William, born 1787 ; married Keziah Washburn and had 4 ch.

3 Oliver Kingsbury, born 1789; married Elizabeth Franklin and had

S ch.

4 Mary, born 1791 ; married Theron Converse and had 4 ch.

5 Eleazer, born 1794 ; married Anna Mann ; died before 1835.

6 Ephraim, born 1796 ; married Converse ; died before 1S35.

7 Phcebe, born 1798 ; married Joshua Turner and had 4 ch.

849 Jabez* Kingsbury {Ephraim*, Ephraim*, Joseph*, Jo-
seph 11 , Henry'), of Coventry, married (1) December 10, 1789,
Freelove Utley, of Mansfield; she died May 20, 1S23, aged
52; (2) February 4, 1824, Chloe, daughter of John and Sarah
(Stimson) Talcott, of Bolton. He lived all his life in the
house built by his father.

The Rev. Marvin Root, in his Reminiscences, gives a list
of Revolutionary soldiers from Coventry, prepared by Jabez
Kingsbury, Esq., " who was one of the most exact and cor-
rect men in the town of Coventry," and he also calls him an
"exact antiquarian." He gives the names of four Kings-
burys who served : Joseph, Ephraim, Andrew, and Oliver.

He died in Coventry, October 15, 1S54; his widow died
May 24, 1857.

CHI] DR] X OF FIRST WIFE.

1070 Anna, born in Coventry, July 12, \~u

1071 ELISHA, born in Coventry, < >ct. 12, 1793. ' ■—*-

1072 Amariah, born in Coventry, March 10, 1796. «-»-

1073 Ephraim, born in Coventry, Julv

1074 Alvin, born in Coventry, March 9, 1803

1075 Backus, born in Coventry, Sept. 2;. 1805 . died in Coventry, June

5, 1831; killed by an explosion in the Bolton quari

1076 Nelson, born in Coventry, April 3, 1S08. 1 -

1077 Phcebe, born in Coventry, June 9, 1S10. — -

1078 Erasti'S, born in Coventry, April 20, i8u.

I mi DR] N "I 51 CONS win.

1079 Harriki Newell, born in Coventry, May 2 1 ,

1080 Jabez Hyde, born in Coventry, Nov. a,

19



290 THE KINGSBURY FAMILY.

850 Ephraim 6 Kingsbury (Ephraim b , Ephraim*, Joseph*,
Joseph 2 , Henry 1 ), was graduated from Dartmouth College,
1797 ; settled in Hanover, afterwards in Haverhill, N. H.
Ephraim Kingsbury, of Haverhill, N. H., was appointed
agent for the Hartford Fire Insurance Co., in June, 1814, "to
insure houses, furniture, stores, merchandise, and barns
only," in the infancy of the company. He removed to New
York City about 1835 ; a lawyer ; assistant clerk, U. S. Dis-
trict Court in New York City; died March 28, 1855, * n New
York.

He married Margaret Pratt, of Salem, Mass., at Orford,
N. H., August 28, 1807 ; she died in New York, October 12,
1859.

[Ephraim Kingsbury, called "Squire Kingsbury," was a
man of importance in the town. He held numerous public
positions, being town clerk and treasurer for a number of
years, and was also selectman. He was a member of the
board of trustees of Haverhill Academy, and at one time
principal of the school. He graduated from Dartmouth
College in 1797, and afterwards read law, but it does not ap-
pear that he was in active practice while living in Haver-
hill. He moved from town about 1834, and went to Con-
necticut, and thence to New York, where he died in 1855.
He was a man of much ability, but somewhat eccentric, and
was noted for extravagant speech and conduct. Once while
the Methodists were holding tent-meetings in the park,, and
were more than usually demonstrative, Kingsbury went to
the tent door and read to the meeting the riot act. At an-
other time, when a piece of road on the Oliverian, which had
some stone wall in its construction, was to be accepted by
the town authorities, he said, in describing the character of
the stone used in the wall : " I can put any three stone in
it in my eye and wink with perfect ease." — History of Ha-
verhill, by Rev. J. Q. Bit finger, nj.

CHILDREN.

108 1 Harriet, born April 15, 1813 ; d. unra,

1082 Henry, born July 16, 1814 ; died in Haverhill in Oct., r8is.

1083 Oliver, born Dec. 15, 181 5 ; died unmarried, in New York, Oct.

4. 1845-






JOSFPH KINGSBURY OF NORWICH. 291

852 Alfred (or Olfred") Kingsbury [Ebenezer", Joseph',
Joseph*, Joseph' 1 , Henry'), of Pomfret, Conn., married (i),
April 6, 1790, Anna Holbrook, daughter of Deacon John and
Rebecca (Choate) Holbrook ; she died September 20, 1807;
(2) April 17, 1816, Nancy Field, daughter of Jeremiah and
Lydia(Colwell) Field of Pomfret, born October 8, 1776, mar-
ried April 17, 1816, in Cranston, R. I. (See Field Genealogy.)
She died May, 1S39, aged 66. He died December 12, 1834.

CHILDREN.

1084 Polly, b. Jan. 9, 1791; m. Ralph James, of Pomfret, son of Free-

man and Joanna (Williams) James, born in Pomfret, July 28,
1790; d. Oct. 1, 1837; she died in 1870 ; one son, (1) Free-
man, and two daughters; (2) Harriet Lippitt, m. Dr. Palmer,
of Ashford, Conn.; no ch. (3) Abigail Williams, all bapt.
July 2, 1824, in Pomfret, m. ; living in Pomfret Landing,
1890; no ch.

1085 Mary Ann, b. Feb. 28, 1794 ; m. April 25, 1823, Danforth Newell,

of Killingly ; no ch.

1086 Reuekah C, b. in Pomfret, Oct. 22, 1800; d. unmarried, in Kil-

lingly, Dec. 24, 1S67, aged 66 years, 2 mos., 2 days. [T. A'.]

1087 Lucy, b. ; m. Jan. 23, 1822, William Newell of Pomfret; 6

ch., two sons and four daughters: (1) Lucy; (2) Abby; (3) Har-
riet ; (4) Elizabeth; (5) Daniel; (6) William.

1088 Ebenezer Field, b. July 20, 1S17. A blacksmith in Thompson,

Conn.; m. (1) Martha Pearson ; she d. in 1856 ; (2) Isabella
Marion Hislop, of Alburgh, Vt., daughter of William and
Margaret Hislop; 2 sons, both dead, no ch. living ; he died
Feb. 8, 1899; buried in Pomfret.

853 Eunice" Kingsbury [Ebenezei , Joseph', Joseph',
Joseph 1 , I femy'), married February 21, 1788, Nehemiah Wil-
liams, born January 15, 1766, in Pomfret, Conn., son of
•Colonel Ebenezer and J erusha (Porter) Williams, and grand-
son of Rev. Ebenezer and Penelope (Chester) Williams,
of Pomfret. They removed to Richmond, Mass.. where he
died in 1S02. The widow, Eunice, was appointed adminis-
tratrix Aug. 30, 1S02. June 7, 1803, Eunice Williams was
appointed guardian to her children, all under age. The
administratrix's account in i money received from
Ebenezer Kingsbury for a debt due the deceased. Mrs.
Eunice Williams died in 1841; will dated August 20, 18
proved October 5, 1841. — Berkshire County, Registry of //'.•



292 THE KINGSBURY FAMILY.

CHILDREN.

i Margaret, born Dec. i, 1788, in Pomfret.

2 Ebenezer Kingsbury, born April 26, 1791, in Pomfret; lived in

Richmond.

3 Chester, born Feb. 8, 1793, in Pomfret; d. in Richmond, May 26,

1835, leaving widow, Fanny, and ch. : Eunice Ann, over 14,
Mary Eliza, Caroline W., Harriet, William Henry, Sarah
Adaline, Elisha, and Eleazer Chester.

4 Eleazer, born in Richmond; m. in Pomfret, Feb. 7, 1838, Rebecca

Holbrook, born Nov. 27, 1795, in Pomfret; lived in Richmond.

854 Joseph" Kingsbury {Ebenezer', Joseph*, Joseph*,
Joseph*, Henry 1 ), of Pomfret; married May 7, 1795, Hannah
Scarborough. She died March 23, 1806. He sold his
dwelling house and eighty-nine acres of land to Olfred
Kingsbury March 28, 181 1, removed to Ashford, and was
living there in 1833.

He died February 19, 1847, aged 79.

CHILDREN.

1089 Maria, b. Dec. 11, 1797.

1090 Betsey, b. July 5, 1799.

1091 George, b. April 12, 1802, in Pomfret; m. Jan. 1, 1830, Hannah

Maria, daughter of Jeremiah Field, of Pomfret ; he d. in Kil-
lingly, April 12, 1S77, aged 75 years, 12 days ; widow, daugh-
ter Mrs. C. Frank Marsh, and granddaughter, Grace K.
Marsh, living in Norwich, Conn. (1890).

1092 Ebenezer, b. Dec. 25, 1805, in Pomfret; lived in Danielson ; d.

there Nov. 23, 1881, aged 76; left 2 or 3 sons.

855 Lucy 6 Kingsbury {Ebenezer*, Joseph", Joseph*, Jo-
seph*, Henry 1 ), married in Pomfret September 15, 1799,
John Holbrook, of Pomfret, born in Pomfret, March 10,
1768 {Pomfret T. R.), son of John and Rebecca (Choate)
Holbrook {Choate Genealogy). She died April 24, 1862.

CHILDREN.

1 Margaret, b. Dec. 16, 1799, in Pomfret; m. Davison.

2 John Kingsbury, b. March 21, 1S04, in Pomfret; m. (1) in Pomfret,

Sept. 27, 1830, Mary M. Adams, of Woodstock; (2) Jan. 31,
i860, Caroline Field, of Killingly; b. in 1815.

3 Lucy Kingsbury, b. Sept. 9, 1809, in Pomfret; m. Feb. 7, 1838,

Charles Osgood, of Pomfret.

4 Rebecca Choate, b. July 4, 1811, in Pomfret ; m. Eleazar Williams,

of Richmond, Mass., her cousin.









JOS I I'll KINGSBURY OF NORWICH. 293

856 Alice" Kingsbury (Sanf or d\ Joseph*, Joseph*, Joseph 9 ,

Henry'), married, October 7, 1787, Major Moody Dustin, of
Claremont, N. H. an officer in the Revolutionary War, serv-
ing three years in the First New Hampshire Regiment ;
she died in Claremont, April 16, 1S22, aged 55. Moody Dustin,
Esq., died August 11, 1810, aged 68, in Claremont.

CHILDREN.

1 Nancv Mi.ii.nua, b. in Claremont, Dec. 15, 17SS ; m. June 16. 1806,

William Grannis of Claremont, and removed to Stanstead,
Canada. Ch.: 1. Sarah Melinda, b. March 2, 1808; m. Feb.

3, 1S24, Dr. Rotus Parmelee of Waterloo, Eastern Township,
Canada ; she died February 3, 1834, of consumption, and left
one son, William (irannis Parmelee of Ottawa, present Min-
ister of Trade and Commerce in the Canadian Cabinet ; 2.
Alice Jane, b. Jan. 21, 1S11, died Nov. 12, 1S31 ; 3, Harriet
Dustin, b. Dec. 28, 1813 ; m. Sept. 29, 1833, Sidney P. Red-
field, a druggist at Montpelier, Yt. ; ch.: (1) Sarah Jane; (2)
William Perrin ; (3) Helen Fletcher; 4. Helen W., b. Feb. 6,
1818; m. Hon. Timothy P. Redfield of Montpelier, Judge of
the Supreme Court of Vermont; she is now living in Mont-
pelier; ch : (1) Frederick H.; (2) Alice Melinda, m. Prof.
Phillips, has one son in the Harvard Law School ; (3) Charles
Dustin ; (4) Sidney Grannis (twins) who died September 3,
1S58, aged 4 months ; 5. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 19, 1S22, m. Jan.

4, 1843, L> r - John Meigs of Stanstead, P. Q.; d. May iS. 1900 ;
left two children, Alice Lydia, and Elizabeth Sumner, wi
Robert James Meekren, of Stanstead, Canada ; 6. William
Charles Dustin, b. Mch. 30, 1S26 ; lived in Chicago ; m. June
8, 1850, (1) Lucia L. Baldwin, (2) Feb. 19, 1S68, Clara J.
Brown. II'' d. Aug. 3, 1898; left two daughters, Mrs. Hollis
and Mrs. Howland, and one son, a senior at Princeton (1

2 Harriet, b. June 24, 1791, m. Henry Thomdike, Esquire, a lawyer

in Maine; removed to Ohio, where she died Dec. 2-\ 1824,
aged 32, s. />.

3 Ciiaki.es Moody, b. July 4, 1793 ; studied law, and practiced in

Gardiner, Maine; died there, unmarried. May 20, 1824, a
29.

858 Charles' 1 Kingsbury (San Joseph*, J . Jo-

seph'-, Henry'), of Derby, Vt. He was one of the pioneer
settlers of Derby, and during the first year or two lie
worked on his "clearing," living in a bark shanty through
the summer months, and returning to Claremont in the
winter, although the journey was long and tedious. The
monotony of his labors was somewhat enlivened by frequent
visits from the bears and wolves, who took much interest in
the small crop of turnips raised by the settlers for summer



294



THE KINGSBURY FAMILY.



consumption, and also in the few sheep and cattle imported
into the country. His only solace in his exile was his violin,
probably the only article of luxury he took from the pa-
ternal home. He would play the old tunes of his boyhood
to a small and select audience frequently consisting of him-
self and "old Ide Indian," who often visited him while his
wigwam was on the shore of " Salem Pond." Mr. Kings-
bury became early identified with the growing interests
of his chosen home. About 1797 his first deed of land
is dated ; it was situated about half way between the
center of the town and the Canada line, and about
eighty yards east of the present traveled road. Here he
had the first apple orchard in the town, and made the first
cider. The Kingsbury orchard is still yielding fruit. He
married, September 17, 1800, Persis Stewart, daughter of
General Stewart, of Brattleboro, Vt, born October 26, 1777.
In 181 2 he moved to a place about half a mile out
of the village of Derby Center, and in 1820 removed
again to the house opposite the Congregational Church,
known as "the Kingsbury Place." He was the first Rep-
resentative sent from the town to the General Assem-
bly, holding the office four years, and again in 1828,
'29, '38, '39. He was Town Treasurer from 1812 to 1833;
Justice of the Peace for thirty years ; Lister from 1816
to 1826, and Overseer of the Poor for three years.
" It was said (by the Rev. Charles Backus, of Somers)
that the Kingsbury family were remarkable for their
attachment to agricultural pursuits from their first settle-
ment in America ; that they lived in the common, temper-
ate style of the New England farmer ; that they were a
noble-hearted, intelligent, industrious race of the strictest
integrity, disdaining the low arts of dissimulation, shunning
the ways of vice, and walking in the paths of virtue and
piety, and Esq r . Kingsbury never brought shame or dis-
credit upon the good name of his ancestry. From his clear
perception of right and wrong, his services were often
solicited in behalf of the widow and fatherless, in set-
tling estates, and carrying out the wishes and provisions
of the departed. Although he served the town faithfully
and well in almost every capacity, yet he could not be
called a public man. It was in his private circle that his



JOSEPH KINGSBURY OF NORWICH. 295

character shone the brightest ; in home loves and friend-
ships the innate goodness of his nature was displayed
undinrmed and untarnished."

He died in Derby May 5, 1843, aged 69 years, 5 months,
and 13 days, and his wife died January 28, 1843.

CHILDREN.

1093 Mary Ann, born Sept. 11, 1801. = >

1094 George, born Jan. 5, 1804

1095 Sanford, born June 24, 1805. n - > -

1096 Lucius, born March 24, 1S07 ; m. Sept. 16, 1S33, Jane Elizabeth,

dau. of William and Anne (Hinman) Drakeley, b. June 21,
1813; died May 10, 1S75. He lived in Derby and died there
April 6, 1S92. s. />.

1097 Eliza, born May 19, 1S09 ; m. May 20, 1S47, Samuel Wilson, who

lived near Carrollton, Georgia ; 2 ch., one, a daughter, Eliza-
beth, m. Johnson.

1098 Charles, born March 12, 1812. — >

1099 Persis, born Oct. 8, 1813 ; m. March 30, 1836, Lewis Patch, of

Derby, Vt; died April 17, 1902; s, p.

1100 Emera, born April 25, 1815. 53-i >-

1101 Henry, born Aug 24, 1816. -»■

860 Betsy' 1 Kingsbury {Sanford 5 ', Joseph' \ Joseph', Joseph*,
Henry 1 ), married, February 26, 1797, Joseph Scarboro Sterne,
son of Dr. Thomas and Sarah .Sterne, of Watertown, Ma
born December 23, 177 1. They removed to Windsor, Vt.,
where she died May 10, 181 8, aged 39.

CHILDREN.

1 George, died at Claremont, Oct. 18, 1801, aged 14 months.

2 George F., died at Windsor, Vt., May 1, 1S17, aged 16.

3 Helen, died at Claremont, Dec. 22, 1S03, aged 10 days.

861 Sanford 8 Kingsbury (Sanford*, Joseph*, Joseph*,
Joseph" 1 , Henry 1 ), graduated from Dartmouth College, 1801 ;
read law at Litchfield, Conn.; he settled in Gardiner, Me.;
married Hannah, dau. of Thomas and Hannah (Nye) Agry,
of Pittston, now Gardiner, born September 26, 1784; he
practiced law, and was Judge of the Court <>t" Common Pie
in Maine ; afterwards became a banker ; he was one of the
incorporators of the Maine Historical Society in 1822; he
founded a town in Maine called Kingsbury; died suddenly
March 1, 1849, aged 69, in Gardiner. lie was buried from
the church in Gardiner, where he had long been a commu-
nicant, Bishop Bl idling the funeral a, and



296 THE KINGSBURY FAMILY.

he was followed to the grave by hundreds who seemed to
feel that each had lost a personal friend.

CHILDREN.

1102 Sanford A., born Jan. 19, 1809, in Gardiner. s - >

1103 Caroline H., born Dec. 31, 1811 ; d. Jan. 12, 1813.

1104 George H., born Oct. 6, 1817, in Gardiner. ss->-

863 Oliver 8 Kingsbury {Joseph*, Ebenezer*, Joseph 3 , Jo-
seph" 2 , Henry 1 ), married, April 28, 1803 (April 29, 1805, accord-
ing to Stiles' History of Windsor), Cynthia, daughter of Moses
and Hannah (Denslow) Wing, of Windsor, who was born
November 22, 1782. He settled in Worcester, Mass., where
he was a schoolmaster, and highly esteemed as a man, a
Christian, and a teacher of youth. He died in Worcester, of
hemorrhage of the lungs, November 12, 1809. His widow
married (2) Shubael Brewster, of Coventry; died March 21,
[27, T. S.] 1856. Mr. Brewster died January 17, 1892, aged 92.

Administration granted on the estate of Oliver Kingsbury,
late of Worcester, Dec d , in the County of Worcester, and
State of Massachusetts, to Cynthia Kingsbury, of s d Cov-
entry, s d Oliver having at the time of his death goods, chat-
tels, and estate in this District, March 5, 181 1. The Court
appoints Ephraim Kingsbury, Esq r , Titus Baker, and Noah
Porter, to set out and distribute to Cynthia Kingsbury,
widow and relict of s d Oliver, her dower. Same date — Cyn-
thia Kingsbury appointed guardian to Maria Kingsbury and
Oliver R. Kingsbury, minors, of Coventry. — Andover Pro-
bate Records.

Shubael Brewster, of Coventry, appointed guardian to the
persons and estates of Maria and Oliver R. Kingsbury, both
minors, in the room of Cynthia Brewster, late Cynthia Kings-
bury, June 28, 1823. — Andover Prob. Records.

CHILDREN.

1 105 Maria, born in Worcester, May 12, 1806. s: >

1 106 Oliver Richmond, born in Worcester, March 15, 1809. r»

864 Eunice" Backus Kingsbury {JosepJf, Ebenezer", Jo-
seph 3 , Joseph 1 , Henry*), married, November 24, 1802, Ebenezer
Porter, of Coventry, son of Noah and Submit (Cook) Porter,
born April 9, 1780. He died July 3, 1831 ; she died January
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JOSEPH KIW.SBURY OF NORWICH. 297

CHILDREN.

i Sophronia, born in Coventry, September 26, 1803 ; m., in Troy, May
1, 1S33, Daniel Wight, born June 14, 1793, who died suddenly
in New York City, October 13, 1864 (see page 300); she died
in Somerville, N. J., Nov. 10, 1S92 ; 2 eh.: i, Edwin Mather,
b. Oct. 31, 1836, Troy, N. Y. ; Williams College, 1857; m.
Feb. 9, 1869, Mary Virginia Ball, dau. of John William and
Anna Maria (Gilchrist) Ball, of Baltimore; a lawyer in New
York City; his wife d. Nov. 2, 1890, in Somerville, N. J.; ch.
Mary Ball, b. Dec. iS, 1883 ; 2, Alice Aloa, b. March 21, 1S49,
Troy, N. Y. ; m., June 17, 1S74, Robert Crossley Trenbath of
Somerville, N. J., born Oct. 18, 1850, son of Robert Wright
and Emily (Crossley) Trenbath, of Bowden, Manchester,
England.

2 Roxanna, born April 12, 1806 ; died, 1828.

3 Monroe H., born August, 1812 ; died September 5, 1818.

4 Aloa, born April 28, 18 14; m. in 1837, Hon. John Cotton Mather, of

Troy and New York, son of Dr. Thaddeus and Sarah (Par-
ker) Mather, b. in Deposit, N. Y., Nov. 30, 1S13 ; she died in
Troy, January 31, 1S46; ch.: 1. Emma Aloa, bapt. Aug. 21,
1839; m. April 20, 1864, Edward Beebe; 2, Sarah A., b. Sept.
22, 1840; m., 1S64, Gen. H. C. Rogers; d. 1S67; 3. Sophronia,
t b. Oct. 1, 1842; m., Dec. 1, 1S64, John Willis Sanderson.

865 Ward" Kingsbury {Joseph*, Ebenezer\ Joseph*, Jo-
seph 11 , Henry'), settled in Pittsfield, Ohio ; he married, Feb-
ruary 3, 1808, Irene Avery, born February 22, 17S7, daughter
of Amos and Abigail (Loomis) Avery, ami granddaughter
of Amos and Irene (Kingsbury) Avery. He was killed by a
log rolling over him, February 6, 1844. II is widow died
February 10, 1856.

CHILDREN.

1107 Louisa, born in Coventry, July 24, 1811; m. January to, (833,

enezer Parsons ; died January 1, 1S52.

1108 Diana, born January 22, 1813.

1109 Ebenezer, born July 6, 1821. - — >-

866 Persis" Kingsbury {Joseph*, Ebenezer', Joseph*, <
seph*, Henry 1 ), married, May 2, 1813, Era Lillie, whose first

wife was her sister Lois (No. 862). lie was horn fune, 17S
son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Terry) Lillie, of Coventry.
He died November 30, 1823, in Coventry. Mis. Persis Lillie
died October 31, 1854, age

* July 1, 1781, according to Coventry Town Records.



298 THE KINGSBURY FAMILY.

CHILDREN.

i Marcus, born March 3, 1814 ; m. (1) May 24, 1836, Eunice Porter; she
died March 28, 1857; (2) April 8, 186S, Ruth, daughter of Alvin
and Emeline (Kingsbury) Kingsbury; she now resides in Baltic,
Conn. The following sketch is taken from the History of Tol-
land County : "The common school and a brief period at a
select school afforded all the opportunities for education he en-
joyed, after which for several winters he engaged in teaching.
The farm, however, absorbed most of his time, and its cultiva-
tion has been the labor of his life, though the property did not
come into his possession until the death of his grandfather.
He also devoted time to public interests, and served in the
House of Representatives for two years and in the State
Senate for one year, being a Republican. He was for six
months State Prison Director, and held various local offices.
Since 1849 a director in the Tolland Co. Insurance Co. In
all these public trusts Mr. Lillie united sound judgment with