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Benjamin (Kimzey) Kimsey I (1732 - 1806)

Benjamin Kimsey I formerly Kimzey
Born in Scotland or Englandmap
Son of and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married [date unknown] in Henry, Virginia, United Statesmap [uncertain]
Descendants descendants
Father of , , and
Died at about age 74 in Buncombe, North Carolina, United Statesmap [uncertain]
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Biography

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Benjamin (Kimzey) Kimsey I was a Maryland colonist.

Benjamin was born about 1725. He MAY have originally been named McKimzey or MAcKimzey...immigrated to America through Ireland after the Scottish loss of independence. Settled in Lord Baltimore Colony, Maryland. Eventually he migrated south and settled in Henry County, Virginia, about the time of the Amercan Revolution (c.1785). Benjamin and family moved to Buncombe County, North Carolina. [1]

Benjamin was born about 1732 in Scotland or England.[2]

He may have married Margaret Gragg.[2]

Benjamin died in 1806 in Buncombe County, North Carolina. The place of his burial is not known but he has an extensive virtual memorial with links to those of family members.[2]


Benjamin was a farmer and Baptist Minister who lived made his home in Buncombe Co., NC

The place of Benjamin's burial is not known but he has a virtual memorial at FInd A Grave with extensive family detail and links to those of family members.[3]

Children of Benjamin

  1. Benjamin Kimzey (1752 - 1808) m. Agnes Lane.
  2. James Kimzey (1753 - 1799) m. Mary Crowley
  3. David Kimzey (1755 - 1828) m. Elizabeth.
  4. Hannah Kimsey Posey (1759 - 1834) m. William Posey.
  5. Mary Kimzey Posey (1768 - ____) m. Farncis Posey.
  6. Thomas Kimzey/Kimsey (1770 - 1852) m. Anna Nancy McClure

Sources

  1. ↑ Entered by Terrence Neal, Oct 17, 2011
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Find A Grave Memorial# 40176098 Benjamin Kimsey Kimzey
  3. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 40176098 Benjamin Kimsey Kimzey


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Mel Kimsey II
This information is a paraphrase of the Herbert Kimzey genealogy book on the Kimsey family. Herbert Kimzey cited family lore and stories, and that's where the Scottish connection came from. It's much more likely the stories related to the McClure family, not the Kimseys at all. Researching the Kimsey name, it comes from England, and goes back at least to the 1500's. The "z" in the name came from county clerks, census takers misspelling the name at the Buncombe County seat in Ashville, NC where the family patriarch lived and died. I've personally viewed the misspelling, even of Kimsey siblings names when taken at the same sitting, likely due to their own inability to read and write. Different clerks wrote down the names as they phonetically sounded--this from the county clerk in Asheville, when I visited the court archives there in the mid-1970's. There were no 'Kimzey's' until the misspelling in Asheville. Kimsey is not a derivative of McKenzie or anything close. Benjamin Kimsey I was listed as Kimsey in the Revolutionary War, and has relatives from 200 years earlier somewhere in England. That is the task, find the link in England to Benjamin Kimsey 1.
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