Henry Kitchen Jr.
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Henry Kitchen Jr. (abt. 1782 - 1850)

Henry Kitchen Jr.
Born about in Amwell Township, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
Brother of , , and
Husband of — married 3 Aug 1800 in Sunbury, New Brunswickmap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , , and
Died at about age 68 in Douglas, York, New Brunswickmap
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Biography

Henry Kitchen, son of Henry Kitchen and Elizabeth Jewell, was born about 1782 at Amwell Township, Hunterdon, New Jersey. He moved to New Brunswick with his father, a Loyalist, mother and siblings around 1783. Henry married Polly Hearsey on 3 Aug 1800 in Sunbury County, New Brunswick, Canada [1].[2]

Possible 1809 land grant where a Henry Kitchen received 195 acres at Wickham, Queens: [3]

Volume D
Page 439
Grant number 510
Place Wickham
County Queens
Date 1809-10-02
Accompanying plan No
Acres 195
Microfilm F16303
Comment 16 Others

Henry Kitchen is an executor and beneficiary of his father’s Last Will and Testament in 1810:

New Canaan, Queens County, Millwright. Will dated 15 May 1809, proved 18 July 1810. Wife Jane what the Law allows her. Daughter Mary WELPLE (WHELPLEY?) £5. Sons Henry KITCHEN and William KITCHEN residue of estate. Sons Henry and William KITCHEN executors. Witnesses: Seth BRYANT, Donald McDONALD, Alexander McDONALD. Inventory, dated 4 August 1810, valued at £154 by Silvanus BROWN, Elias CLARK Junr. and Donald McDONALD.[4]

Henry Kitchen received a grant of 1200 acres of land at Sheffield, Sunbury on 20 Feb 1812. There were three other names on the grant: HARSEY, Ephraim 1200 acres; ODELL, William 1200 acres; WILDS, Solomon 1200 acres.[5]

Children

  1. William
  2. James M.
  3. Samuel
  4. John
  5. Henry
  6. Elizabeth; m. Nevers
  7. Moses

Henry Kitchen of Douglas, York County, New Brunswick died in February 1850:[6]

Daniel F. Johnson : Volume 12 Number 2885
Date February 12 1850
County Carleton
Place Woodstock
Newspaper Carleton Sentinel
One day last week Henry KITCHEN of Douglas (York Co.) came to his death by a sled running over him, after which accident he survived but a few hours. About twelve months ago his brother, Capt. KITCHEN, while driving the same cattle, yoked to the same sled and within a short distance of the same spot, met his death in precisely the same manner - Fredericton Reporter.

Sources

  1. ↑ Source:Source: Anglican Church Records, New Brunswick Genealogical Society.Marriage
  2. ↑ New Brunswick Genealogical Society : Sunbury County, New Brunswick Marriage Records, Volume 1, 1766-1888. Kitchen, Henry & Hearsey, Polly; 03 Aug 1800 : accessed 1 Mar 2022
  3. ↑ Provincial Archives of New Brunswick : Index to New Brunswick Land Grants, 1784 - 1997 (RS686) KITCHEN, Henry
  4. ↑ Provincial Archives of New Brunswick : Wallace Hale's Early New Brunswick Probate, 1785-1835 Kitchen, Henry
  5. ↑ Provincial Archives of New Brunswick : Index to New Brunswick Land Grants, 1784 - 1997 (RS686) KITCHEN, Henry
  6. ↑ Provincial Archives of New Brunswick : Daniel F Johnson's New Brunswick Newspaper Vital Statistics Henry Kitchen
  • An Historical Sketch Of The Early Settlement Of New Canaan ( Rev. J. W. Brown, Abt 1905) Henry Kitchen, pp. 6-7 : probable reference to his father, Henry Kitchen

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