Hannah (Bird) Kingsbury (1692 - 1748)

Born 2 Aug 1692 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of John Humphrey — married 27 May 1712 in Boston, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Wife of Josiah Kingsbury — married 11 Apr 1734 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 29 Jan 1748 at age 55 in Needham, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Biography

Hannah Bird was born on 2 August 1692 to Joseph and Miriam Bird in Dorchester, Massachusetts.^[1]

Hannah married John Humphrey on 27 May 1712 in Boston.^[2]

Children of John and Hannah (Bird) Humphrey:^[3]

• Hannah Humphrey, b. 18 January 1712/13, d. in 2 hours
• Hannah Humphrey, bp. 4 April 1714
• John Humphrey, b. 10 April 1715
• Thankful Humphrey, b. 18 November 1717
• Sarah Humphrey, bp. 24 January 1724/5
• Thomas Humphrey, bp. 6 August 1727

John died intestate in 1732. Letters of administration on the estate of John Humphrey, husbandman, late of Dorchester, were granted to widow Hannah Humphrey, securities Aaron Bird (her brother) and Desire Haws, husbandmen of Dorchester on 15 May 1732.^[4]

Hannah married, second, widower Josiah Kingsbury on 11 April 1734.^[5]

They lived in Needham.

Child of Josiah and Hannah (Bird) Kingsbury:

• Jonas Kingsbury, b. 1 March 1734/5, d. 29 January 1746^[6][7]

Josiah Kingsbury died 20 April 1739.^[8]

By his last will dated 14 April 1739, he left to Hannah for the term of her natural life the south east end of his dwelling house, half the chimneys & cellar, and the orchard adjoining the house on the south side with one acre of plow land adjoining to the orchard and also one acre of woodland, and a quarter of the indoor moveables and one cow.^[9]

Hannah died 29 January 1748.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth of Hana Bird, 29 April 1692. Dorchester Births, Marriages and Deaths to the End of 1825, p. 36.
2. ↑ Marriage of John Humphryes and Hannah Bird, 27 May 1712. Boston Marriages from 1700 to 1751, p. 52.
3. ↑ See John Humphrey's profile or the child's for citations supporting the children.
4. ↑ Letters of administration, 15 May 1732. Estate of John Humphries, p. 2.
5. ↑ Marriage of Josiah Kingsbury and Hannah Humphrey.Dorchester Births, Marriages and Deaths to the End of 1825, p. 116.
6. ↑ Jonas Kingsbery ye son of Josiah Kingsbery & Hannah Kingsbery his second wife was born March ye 1:1734/5. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (20 May 2014), Norfolk > Needham > Births, marriages, deaths 1711-1801 > image 143 of 202; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Jonas Kingbery ye son of the wido. Hannah Kingsbery deceased January 29, 1746. Hannah Kingsbery deceased January 29, 1748. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (20 May 2014), Norfolk > Needham > Births, marriages, deaths 1711-1801 > image 184 of 202; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.
8. ↑ Mr. Josiah Kingsbery deceased April ye 20th 1739. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (20 May 2014), Norfolk > Needham > Births, marriages, deaths 1711-1801 > image 181 of 202; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.
9. ↑ Last will and testament, 14 April 1739. Estate of Josiah Kingsbury, pp. 6-8.

• Estate of John Humphrey, 5 May 1732. Suffolk County Probate Case No. 6246. Suffolk County, MA: Probate File Papers. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017; Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org.
• Estate of Josiah Kingsbury, 18 May 1739. Suffolk County Probate Case No. 7315. Suffolk County, MA: Probate File Papers. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017; Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org.
• A Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston: Containing Boston Marriages from 1700 to 1751. Boston, Mass: Municipal Printing Office, 1898.
• A Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston: Containing Dorchester Births, Marriages and Deaths to the End of 1825. Boston: Rockwell & Churchill, City Printers, 1891.