Joseph, son of Joseph Kinne and Keziah Peabody, was born at Preston, Connecticut, baptized there May 4, 1718, died in Vermont. He married (first) at Preston, now Griswold, Sarah Blunt, who died in 1754. He married (second) 1755, at Norwich, Jemima (Newcomb) Lamb, born in 1730. at Lebanon, Connecticut, died in Vermont, daughter of Hezekiah and Jerusha (Bradford) Newcomb, and widow of Jonathan Lamb, of Norwich. She was a descendant of Governor William Bradford, who came in the "Mayflower."[1]
On May 30, 1756, he and his second wife were admitted to Preston Church, coming from East Norwich Church; the family was dismissed later when they removed to Vermont. He was Captain of the Preston Training Band.
In 1761 he was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel of the 1st Company, Eighth Regiment Connecticut Militia in the French and Indian War. In 1763, he represented Preston in the General Assembly.
In 1781, Joseph deeded land at Cardigan, Vermont (now Orange, Grafton County, New Hampshire).
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