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Henry Kingsbury (abt. 1588 - aft. 1636)

Henry Kingsbury
Born about in Boxford, Suffolk, Englandmap
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Brother of , , , , , and
Husband of — married 5 Dec 1613 in Nayland, Suffolk, Englandmap
Husband of — married 18 May 1621 in Assington, Suffolk, Englandmap
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Died after after about age 48 [location unknown]
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Henry Kingsbury migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See Great Migration Begins, by R. C. Anderson, Vol. 2, p. 1131)
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Update as to Origins

Until recently, the association of Henry Kingsbury of Assington and Boston, as Henry, the son of James of Boxford, Suffolk, England has been elusive. In 2005, Robert Charles Anderson believed the immigrant was related to the Kingsburys from that area, but he could not further define that relationship.[1] A Spring 2021 article[2] by Melinde Lutz Byrne and John Edward Hardy in New England Historical and Genealogical Register shows they are indeed the same man. See Research Notes and Kingsbury 2021 Update.

Biography

Henry Kingsbury[3] was probably born Boxford, Suffolk, England, say 1588[4] (listed second in his father's will), herein son of James and Anne (Francis) Kingsbury who married at Boxford, 1584.

Henry married (1) in Stoke by Nayland, Suffolk,[5] 5 December 1613, Jane Warren ("Jane Waryn").[6] Her ancestry is unknown, but she may have been somehow related to Susan Warren, the mother of Thomas French, Sr.[7] Henry and Jane are, or are most likely, the parents of Henry Kingsbury, born about 1615,[8] whose wife Susanna was otherwise Susan French, a granddaughter of Jacob[9] and Susan (Warren) French of Assington, Suffolk.

The 1616 will of John Coe of Little Cornard, Suffolk, mentions James and Anne Kingsbury as "of Assington" and their children; Coe separately called out his "Godchild, the sonne of Henry Kingsbury."[10]

The 3 May 1622 will of James Kingsbury of Boxford, proved 9 April 1622 mentions son Henry Kingsbury and, immediately following, a grandson of the same name,[11]

To Henrie Kingsberie, my sonne, one bullock of a year old, one mare and colt of five years of age and eight bushels of barely, bing now in his hands. To Henrie Kingsberie, my grandchild, a one year old Bullock.

"Henerie Kingsberie," the elder, married (2) Assington, 18 May 1621[12] Margaret Alabaster. She is presumed the Margaret Blyth who married earlier, at Assington, 8 July 1618, Thomas Alabaster; he was buried 18 September 1620.[13] Thomas Alabaster was the son of Bridget (Winthrop) Alabaster of Hadleigh, an aunt to Governor John Winthrop.[14]

Their immigration had apparently been planned for some time. On 5 May 1629, from "his house in Asington," Henry Jacie (presumably otherwise Henry Jessey, a dissenter and Jacobite)[15] wrote to John Winthrop regarding an assault on "our honest Neighbor goodman Kingsbury" leaving the man unable to travel with Winthrop. Jacie wrote, in part,[16]

Mr. Gurdon[17] riding toward Dedham this morning ... cald at the house of our honest Neighbor goodman Kingsbury: and there preceiving how ill he was being in bed then, he wished them there to send or me to come thither to see, and here how it was with him, that I might write .. to certify you thereof ... according to his wives Relation to me ... he is in great weakness ... he is not able to go about his ordinary work ...
Now he fearing things should not be rightly carried, (being not able to go thither ...) desires your Worships direction what course might be thought best ...
As for himself he is nowayes able to go to London for My Lords assistance to take his oath etc. But if need be his Brother would be willing to go for him ...

In November 1629, Margaret Winthrop wrote to her husband in London that "Kingesbery will go for New England, his wife and two children."[18]

Immigration

Henry and Margaret, with their two children, baptized Assington, September 1622 and August 1624,[19] immigrated in 1630 aboard the Talbot, as part of Winthrop's fleet.

On 28 April 1630, John Winthrop wrote that "Henry Kingsbury hath a child or two in the Talbot sick of the measles, but like to do well."[20]

At Massachusetts Bay

They settled Boston; Henry served the Governor's family through at least 1636 in different capacities, frequently involving livestock.[21]

In New England, Henry and Margaret Kingsbury were admitted as members #25 and #26 of the Boston Church. Margaret's admission is marked "dead since" suggesting she died within a few years of immigration.[22]

On 9 December 1630, John Winthrop, Jr., mentioned "goodman Kingsbury of Assington" in a letter to his father, [23] and in [1634],[24] Ephraim Child referred to Henry Kingsbury as a servant of John Winthrop in a letter,[25]

The last night late, goodman pease sent your seruant henry Kingsbury for a payre of bullocks. I went this morning with him to looke them, but could not find them, so he went without them.

"Hen: Jacie" [Henry Jacie][26] wrote to John Winthrop, Jr., in about February, 1634/5[27] in part,

Now Sir since your going to york, I have found H. Kingsburies letter (which I could not light on) the bookes he desired me to procure him were these 3. 1 A Treatise of Faith ... 2 Perkins Principles. 3. The sweet Posie for Gods Saints ... He writ that he would pay for them.

A tailor's invoice, "ca 1636" billed John Winthrop for a long list of items including "for Henry Kinsbury, a sute ... 4s 6d."[28] On 15 January 1635[/36], John Winthrop's daughter, then Mary (Winthrop) Dudley, asked her mother for yard-goods and accessories, "you send by Henry Kinsbury or any other Convenient messenger."[29]

Anderson reported the last notice[30] of Henry Kingsbury is found in a 3 July 1636 letter from Adam Winthrop to John Winthrop, Jr., his brother,[31]

I did ask henry kinkgesbery whether he had bout any gotes for mr. jase. he told me he had boute non becas that there was som com from ingland for him: and those he would haue boute but that they ware both dere and apt to dye fudor word the tould me he wold send you thare of.

Henry either died or returned to England some time after July 1636. Brief notice in the September 1636 Dedham town records may offer clues.[32] The record refers to both John Kingsbury (for Dedham) and Henry Kingsbury (subject of correspondence). Kingsbury's time in service to Winthrop is coming to an end; Winthrop asks that he be permitted to reside at Dedham through the end of that service. Parts of the record were damage or otherwise unreadable.[33]

Dedham [_____] month Called September [1636]
Assembled whose names are vnderwritten viz
Edward Alleyn, Abraham Shawe, Samuell Morse, Philemon Dalton, John Kingsbery, Lambert Genere, Richard Eurard, John Coolidge, Thomas Hastings, John Gaye, John Haward, Thomas Bartlet, John Rogers, Daniell Morse
...
4. A note Received from ye Worpll John Winthrop deputy Go [____] in Recomendacon of his servant Henry Kingsbery ye [____] to sit [_____] wth vs: was Reade, And his Request condecended vnto only Respited vntill expiracon of ye tyme of his s[_____] wch is ______ next not to violate our order formerly [_____] in that behalfe.

Family

Henry Kingsbury is presumed the man who married 5 December 1613, Stoke by Nayland, Suffolk, England, Jane Warren, whose ancestry is not known. He married (2) 18 May 1621, Assington, Suffolk, the widow Margaret (Blyth) Alabaster.

Henry and Jane (Warren) Kingsbury are as well presumed the parents of one child:

1. Henry Kingsbury, born about 1615; immigrated New England, resided Ispwich and Haverhill.

Henry and Margaret (Byth) Kingsbury were the parents of two children,[34][35]

2. James Kingsbury, baptized Assington, Suffolk, 1 September 1622; immigrated to New England with parents in 1630; no further record
3. Sarah Kingsbury, baptized Assington Suffolk, 1 August 1624; immigrated to New England with parents in 1630; no further record

Anderson suggests that these two children may actually have died as there is no further record of them.

Research Notes

In the 1630s, three Kingsbury immigrants arrived at Massachusetts Bay Colony--Henry Kingsbury, who was known of Assington, England, and Boston, Massachusetts, and two brothers, John and Joseph Kingsbury, who settled at Dedham. A younger Henry Kingsbury (b. about 1615), nephew of John and Joseph, arrived also, settling at Ipswich and Haverhill.

The 1622 English will by James Kingsbury of Boxford, Suffolk, England, calls out eight children, including sons Henry, John, and Joseph. Of this will, the 1905 authors Kingsbury and Talcott wrote, "Here we have the names of the three brothers who came to New England, Henry, John and Joseph ...";[36] a Kingsbury descendancy chart is included, reporting all as sons of James of Boxford, deceased 1622.[37] In the will, James also makes a bequest to his grandson Henry. In the context of the document, it is apparent this particular grandson is the child of James' son, Henry.
As late as 2005, writing about the origins of immigrant John Kingsbury and his brother Joseph, Anderson did not follow the 1905 findings by Kingsbury and Talcott, writing that "'Frederick John Kingsbury and Mary Kingsbury Talcott's proposed English origin [for the brothers, John and Joseph] may well be correct," adding,[38]
All of these men [brothers John and Joseph Kingsbury, and "kinsman" Henry of Ipswich] were almost certainly closely related to Henry Kingsbury {1630, Boston} ... who is known to be from Assington, Suffolk ... However the names John, James and Henry are so common in this Kingsbury family that further evidence should be sought in support of this identification. In any case, these Kingsbury immigrants must have come from this small cluster of west Suffolk parishes.
In 2021 authors Melinde Lutz Byrne and John Edward Hardy published a related account, "Three French Daughters ..." in which they did subscribe to the 1905 conclusions and considered three of the immigrants--Henry (of Assington and Boston), John and Joseph Kingsbury, both of Dedham--to have been brothers.[39]
Of the younger immigrant, Henry Kingsbury, the authors wrote, "[he] had two uncles who came to New England and settled at Dedham," This Henry Kingsbury, born about 1615, is recognized by the authors as a son of Henry of Assington and Boston--the "grandson" by that name mentioned in James Kingsbury's 1622 will,[40] thus by association, the three brothers are all sons mentioned in the will of James Kingsbury of Boxford.
Key to the analysis by Byrnes and Hardy was their argument that Henry of Assington and Boston had an earlier marriage to Jane Warren, identifying them as the parents of younger immigrant, Henry of Ipswich and Haverhill. Anderson had assumed the elder Henry first married in 1621, and further reporting his birth as "about 1596," based on that marriage date. Thus Anderson pictured the man of Assington as probably too young and certainly not married early enough to have been the father of Henry, born about 1615.

Better identifying Jane Warren or Waryn, the first wife of Henry of Assington, might further aid in the proof of the Boxford Kingsbury family. Of this Jane, the 2021 authors wrote, "she may have been somehow related to Susan Warren, the mother of Thomas French, Sr.[41]

Better identifying Joseph Kingsbury's brother-in-law, James French (married say 1617, Sarah Kingsbury of Boxford), might further aid in the proof of the Boxford Kingsbury family. This is especially true in light of the 2021 authors record that Joseph's nephew, Henry of Ipswich had wife, Susan French (not Susannah Gage, as she was previously named)--the daughter of Thomas French and his wife, Susan Riddlesdale, also immigrants.

From Kingsbury and Talcott's extracted parish register published 1905, one "Henricus Kingsbury" and "Margareta Warren" married Great Cornard, Suffolk England, 21 ("Vicessimo pimo die") November [1597].[42] This marriage does not appear in the authors' Kingsbury descendancy chart.[43] Research is necessary to confirm whether or not this marriage record refers to the son of Roger Kingsbury and his wife Cicely, "Hen: Kingsburye," baptized Boxford. 19 August 1576.[44]

Sources

  1. ↑ Robert Charles Anderson,The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume IV, I-L (2005), pp. 183-88 (John Kingsbury article), in particular, p. 186; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
  2. ↑ Melinde Lutz Byrne and John Edward Hardy, "Three French Daughters and Their Husbands ... Amy (French) Gage, Susan (French) Kingsbury, and Anne (French) Hardy," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 175 (2021):105-119; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
  3. ↑ Anderson presumed Henry's 1621 marriage to have been his first, and thus reported his birth as "Before 1696," Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 1995, 3 vols., 2:1131-1133, in particular, p. 1132; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
  4. ↑ Byrne and Hardy estimated his birth as "early 1580s, based on his first marriage in 1613, Melinde Lutz Byrne and John Edward Hardy, "Three French Daughters and Their Husbands ... Amy (French) Gage, Susan (French) Kingsbury, and Anne (French) Hardy," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 175 (2021):112; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
  5. ↑ Melinde Lutz Byrne and John Edward Hardy, "Three French Daughters and Their Husbands ... Amy (French) Gage, Susan (French) Kingsbury, and Anne (French) Hardy," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 175 (2021):112; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
  6. ↑ Frederick John Kingsbury and Mary Kingsbury Talcott, The Genealogy of the Descendants of Henry Kingsbury of Ipswich and Haverhill, Mass. (Hartford: Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1905), p. 38 for select transcribed Stoke by Neyland parish marriage records; digital images, Hathi Trust; he is recorded as "Henery Kingsberry."
  7. ↑ Citing "Threlfall, 'Thomas French of Assington' [note 1] Register 142:250-252," Melinde Lutz Byrne and John Edward Hardy, "Three French Daughters and Their Husbands ... Amy (French) Gage, Susan (French) Kingsbury, and Anne (French) Hardy," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 175 (2021):112; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors. Authors note: "Threlfall was unable to reliably sort the Warrens in surviving records."
  8. ↑ George Francis Dow, Records and files of quarterly courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, 9 vols. (1911-1975), 4:117, for deposition of "Henry Kingsbery" of 27: 1: 1668 in "Mr. Symon Bradstreet v. John Gage"; digital images Hathi Trust.
  9. ↑ Melinde Lutz Byrne and John Edward Hardy, "Three French Daughters and Their Husbands ... Amy (French) Gage, Susan (French) Kingsbury, and Anne (French) Hardy," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 175 (2021):112, 117-18; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
  10. ↑ Citing "Cope 49" for the will of "John Coe of Little Cornd," Frederick John Kingsbury and Mary Kingsbury Talcott, The Genealogy of the Descendants of Henry Kingsbury of Ipswich and Haverhill, Mass. (Hartford: Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1905), p. 53-54; digital images, Hathi Trust.
  11. ↑ Citing "Harrold 30," Frederick John Kingsbury and Mary Kingsbury Talcott, The Genealogy of the Descendants of Henry Kingsbury of Ipswich and Haverhill, Mass. (Hartford: Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1905), p. 52-53; digital images, Hathi Trust.
  12. ↑ Frederick John Kingsbury and Mary Kingsbury Talcott, The Genealogy of the Descendants of Henry Kingsbury of Ipswich and Haverhill, Mass. (Hartford: Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1905), p. 31 for select transcribed Assington parish marriage records; digital images, Hathi Trust.
  13. ↑ Referring to the "Register at Assington," Frederick John Kingsbury and Mary Kingsbury Talcott, The Genealogy of the Descendants of Henry Kingsbury of Ipswich and Haverhill, Mass. (Hartford: Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1905), p. 79; digital images, Hathi Trust; calling her "the widow Margaret (Blyth) Alabaster, Byrne and Hardy cite "Anderson, Winthrop Fleet [note 26], 427-428 (Henry Kingsbury)," Melinde Lutz Byrne and John Edward Hardy, "Three French Daughters and Their Husbands ... Amy (French) Gage, Susan (French) Kingsbury, and Anne (French) Hardy," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 175 (2021):112; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
  14. ↑ Frederick John Kingsbury and Mary Kingsbury Talcott, The Genealogy of the Descendants of Henry Kingsbury of Ipswich and Haverhill, Mass. (Hartford: Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1905), p. 79; digital images, Hathi Trust.
  15. ↑ "Henry Jessey [or Jacie])"' Wikipedia.
  16. ↑ Winthrop Papers: Volume II (1623-1630) ([Boston]: The Massachusetts Historical Society, 1931), p. 87-89; digital images, Hathi Trust
  17. ↑ Citing "Muskett, 286, 287, 288," editor notes, "Brampton Gurdon of Assington, high sheriff of Suffolk in 1628 ... associated with Winthrop as county magistrate ... Jacie was chaplain in his family at the time this letter was written," Winthrop Papers: Volume II (1623-1630) ([Boston]: The Massachusetts Historical Society, 1931), p. 88n; digital images, Hathi Trust; see also, "Henry Jessey," Wikipedia, citing "Gospel Magazine November 1963 biography (PDF)" for "He was vicar of Assington, or simply resident in the family of Brampton Gurdon." [This source is otherwise, "Spiritual Biography: Henry Jessey ... 1601-1662," The Gospel Magazine No. 1334 (New Series):488-492; digital images, Wayback Machine.
  18. ↑ Citing "WP 2:169," Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 1995, 3 vols., 2:1131-1133, in particular, p. 1132; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
  19. ↑ Frederick John Kingsbury and Mary Kingsbury Talcott, The Genealogy of the Descendants of Henry Kingsbury of Ipswich and Haverhill, Mass. (Hartford: Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1905), p. 30; digital images, Hathi Trust.
  20. ↑ Citing "WP 2:225," Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 1995, 3 vols., 2:1131-1133, in particular, p. 1132; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
  21. ↑ Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 1995, 3 vols., 2:1131-1133, in particular, p. 1132; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
  22. ↑ Citing "BChR." "Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 1995, 3 vols., 2:1131-1133, in particular, p. 1132; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
  23. ↑ Citing "WP 2:326,"Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 1995, 3 vols., 2:1131-1133, in particular, p. 1132; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
  24. ↑ The letter is undated, but published among those dated 1634, Winthrop Papers: Volume III (1631-1637) ([Boston]: The Massachusetts Historical Society, 1943), p. 143-144; digital images, Hathi Trust.
  25. ↑ Citing "WP 3:144," "Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 1995, 3 vols., 2:1131-1133, in particular, p. 1132; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
  26. ↑ Citing "WP 3:188," "Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 1995, 3 vols., 2:1131-1133, in particular, p. 1131; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
  27. ↑ Winthrop Papers: Volume III (1631-1637) ([Boston]: The Massachusetts Historical Society, 1943), p. 188; digital images, Hathi Trust
  28. ↑ Winthrop Papers: Volume III (1631-1637) ([Boston]: The Massachusetts Historical Society, 1943), p. 219-220; digital images, Hathi Trust; reference to this invoice as "WP 3:220" in "Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 1995, 3 vols., 2:1131-1133, in particular, p. 1132; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
  29. ↑ Winthrop Papers: Volume III (1631-1637) ([Boston]: The Massachusetts Historical Society, 1943), p. 219-220; digital images, Hathi Trust; reference to letter as"WP 3:223" in Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 1995, 3 vols., 2:1131-1133, in particular, p. 1132; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
  30. ↑ Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III (1995}, 3 vols., 2:1131-1133, in particular, p. 1133; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
  31. ↑ Winthrop Papers: Volume III (1631-1637) ([Boston]: The Massachusetts Historical Society, 1943), p. 283; digital images, Hathi Trust.
  32. ↑ According to Byrne and Hardy, both Henry Kingsbury (d. after 1636) and Henry Kingsbury, b. 1615, served Governor Winthrop and/or his family, and it is not clear which of the two Henrys this record is about, Melinde Lutz Byrne and John Edward Hardy, "Three French Daughters and Their Husbands ... Amy (French) Gage, Susan (French) Kingsbury, and Anne (French) Hardy," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 175 (2021):112; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
  33. ↑ Don Gleason Hill, ed., Early Records of the Town of Dedham, Massachusetts: 1636-1659 Dedham Town Records (Dedham: Dedham Transcript, prt., 1892), multiple vols., 3:22-23; digital images, Hathi Trust.
  34. ↑ Kingsbury, Frederick John. The Genealogy of the Descendants of Henry Kingsbury, of Ipswich and Haverhill, Mass. (Hartford: The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1905), Page 30.
  35. ↑ Citing "Kingsbury 30," Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III (1995}, 3 vols., 2:1131-1133, in particular, p. 1133; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors; of these two children, Anderson further writes, "... there is no further record of the children, who may in fact have succumbed to measles in 1630."
  36. ↑ Frederick John Kingsbury and Mary Kingsbury Talcott, The Genealogy of the Descendants of Henry Kingsbury of Ipswich and Haverhill, Mass. (Hartford: Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1905), p. 22; digital images, Hathi Trust;
  37. ↑ As a pull out, this chart is viewable in the InternetArchive edition, see Kingsbury and Talcott, The Genealogy of the Descendants of Henry Kingsbury of Ipswich and Haverhill, Mass. (Hartford: Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1905), p. n74 (between pages 44 and 45); digital images, InternetArchive.
  38. ↑ Robert Charles Anderson,The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume IV, I-L (2005), pp. 183-88 (John Kingsbury article), in particular, p. 187; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
  39. ↑ Melinde Lutz Byrne and John Edward Hardy, "Three French Daughters and Their Husbands ... Amy (French) Gage, Susan (French) Kingsbury, and Anne (French) Hardy," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 175 (2021):105-119, in particular, p. 114; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
  40. ↑ Melinde Lutz Byrne and John Edward Hardy, "Three French Daughters and Their Husbands ... Amy (French) Gage, Susan (French) Kingsbury, and Anne (French) Hardy," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 175 (2021):105-119, in particular, 113 and 113n; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
  41. ↑ Citing "Threlfall, 'Thomas French of Assington' [note 1] Register 142:250-252," Melinde Lutz Byrne and John Edward Hardy, "Three French Daughters and Their Husbands ... Amy (French) Gage, Susan (French) Kingsbury, and Anne (French) Hardy," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 175 (2021):112; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors. Authors note: "Threlfall was unable to reliably sort the Warrens in surviving records."
  42. ↑ Kingsbury-Warren 1597 marriage, Referring to this registers "Great Cornard, or Cornard Magna." Frederick John Kingsbury and Mary Kingsbury Talcott, The Genealogy of the Descendants of Henry Kingsbury of Ipswich and Haverhill, Mass. (Hartford: Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1905), p. 36; digital images, Hathi Trust;
  43. ↑ As a pull out, this chart is viewable in the InternetArchive edition, see Kingsbury and Talcott, The Genealogy of the Descendants of Henry Kingsbury of Ipswich and Haverhill, Mass. (Hartford: Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1905), p. n74 (between pages 44 and 45); digital images, InternetArchive.
  44. ↑ Hen: Kingsburye 1576 baptism, Frederick John Kingsbury and Mary Kingsbury Talcott, The Genealogy of the Descendants of Henry Kingsbury of Ipswich and Haverhill, Mass. (Hartford: Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1905), p. 32; digital images, Hathi Trust;

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GeneJ X
May we temporarily lift the PPP on both Henry Kingsbury (abt.1588-aft.1636) and Henry Kingsbury (abt.1596-aft.1636) so that the merge can be completed? Thank you --Gene

Edited to add -- oops, there is no PPP on Henry Kingsbury (abt.1596-aft.1636).

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Hill-11959 S (Hill) Willson
Lock removed. Thank you…………………
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Hill-11959 S (Hill) Willson
Now that they have been merged, is the lock still needed? If so, I will add it back.
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GeneJ X
I do not think the lock needed!
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GeneJ X
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Stevens-17832 Jen (Stevens) Hutton
Duh. Of course….try it now…………
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Willard-2583 Mary Jo (Willard) Freeman
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Brad Stauf
Mary Jo, the work that you and I did 5 months ago (splitting the English from the American Kingsbury because the link wasn't yet proven) was superseded by the Spring 2021 NEHGR publication Gene referenced, thus the merges. I reviewed the information and Gene's work and I support the merging process at this time, your thoughts are definitely welcome.
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GeneJ X
As part of the proposed update to his origins, have drafted an expanded biography for this immigrant, Henry Kingsbury.

The draft is posted at Henry Kingsbury 2021 Update, as a temporary free space page.

Thoughts? Do folks think I've inserted a few too many qualifiers (perhaps, presumed, probably ...)?

Edited to add: Several months have passed; the temporary free space page has been deleted.

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Smith-32867 Jillaine Smith
Nice work, Gene. Thank you!


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GeneJ X
The brief record that follows refers to both John Kingsbury (for Dedham) and Henry Kingsbury (subject of correspondence). Kingsbury's time in service to Winthrop is coming to an end; Winthrop asks that he be permitted to reside at Dedham through the end of that service. Parts of the record were damage or otherwise unreadable.

According to Byrne and Hardy, authors of a Spring 2021 article in NEHG Register, both Henry Kingsbury (d. after 1636) and Henry Kingsbury, b. 1615, served Governor Winthrop and/or his family, and it is not clear which of the two Henrys this record is about. If it was the elder Henry, then this would be the last known notice of him. (Anderson's "last notice" was dated 3 July 1636.)

Don Gleason Hill, ed., Early Records of the Town of Dedham, Massachusetts: 1636-1659 Dedham Town Records (Dedham: Dedham Transcript, prt., 1892), multiple vols., 3:22-23; digital images, Hathi Trust.

Dedham [_____] month Called September [1636]
Assembled whose names are vnderwritten viz
Edward Alleyn, Abraham Shawe, Samuell Morse, Philemon Dalton, John Kingsbery, Lambert Genere, Richard Eurard, John Coolidge, Thomas Hastings, John Gaye, John Haward, Thomas Bartlet, John Rogers, Daniell Morse
...
4. A note Received from ye Worpll John Winthrop deputy Go [____] in Recomendacon of his servant Henry Kingsbery ye [____] to sit [_____] wth vs: was Reade, And his Request condecended vnto only Respited vntill expiracon of ye tyme of his s[_____] wch is ______ next not to violate our order formerly [_____] in that behalfe.
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Brad Stauf
Kingsbury-35 and Kingsbury-3171 do not represent the same person because: 3 different Henry Kingsburys all possibly from Suffolk, all possibly related. Henry of Boxford, Henry of Ipswich & Haverhill (kinsman of John & Joseph of Dedham) and Henry of Assington (England) & Boston (New England) who married Margaret Alabaster Blyth and was well known by the Winthrops.
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Smith-32867 Jillaine Smith
They should all be ppp so they are not accidentally merged in the future.
posted on Kingsbury-3171 (merged) by Jillaine Smith
Thornton-1836 Jeanie (Thornton) Roberts
Kingsbury-3171 and Kingsbury-35 appear to represent the same person because: this is a duplicate profile and needs to be merged.
posted by Jeanie (Thornton) Roberts
Madison-125 Bobbie (Madison) Hall
Per the info on Kingsbury-35, the parents will need to be detatched as they are unproven.
posted by Bobbie (Madison) Hall
M Cole
Since James Kingsbury had a son Henry named in his will, maybe the profiles shouldn't be merged? But the profile attached as his son shouldn't make any claims to any certainty of being the immigrant.
posted by M Cole
Madison-125 Bobbie (Madison) Hall
Good point. The biography on -3171 will need to be clarified as it currently looks like he was the emigrant, and only possibly the son of the testator.
posted by Bobbie (Madison) Hall
Brad Stauf
Bobbie et al., I've edited the profiles of James, Thomas & Joseph to reflect that the first two are sons of James of Boxford who did not emigrate (Thomas did a head-fake which confused a lot of people) and Joseph the immigrant "might" be a son of of James of Boxford but it is not proven. Also that Joseph the immigrant "is" the brother of John the immigrant, since that we know with certainty.

My suggestion is that I continue with the profile of John as I did with Joseph but I agree that Henry should be two separate profiles. Gene in the G2G "severing" discussion fairly well proved that they could not be the same people (of Boxford and of Massachusetts) because of the large age discrepancy. Your thoughts are welcome...

posted by Brad Stauf
Willard-2583 Mary Jo (Willard) Freeman
I created Henry Kingsbury-3171 to the be son of James Kingsbury and Anne Francis, and not a part of PGM. I tried to mention on his page that there is no proof that he was an American immigrant or the brothers of John & Joseph. If anyone feels it needs to be wording differently, feel free to make changes. I won't merge him with Henry Kingsbury-35 because 35 IS the American immigrant, as I understand it.
posted by Mary Jo (Willard) Freeman
Brad Stauf
That sounds like a good plan Mary Jo, I will make the changes as part of some overall Kingsbury cleanup including similar changes to John & Joseph, other sons of James of Boxford.
posted by Brad Stauf
Smith-32867 Jillaine Smith
What is the proof that Henry who m. Margaret Blyth Alabaster was the son of James Kingsbury and Anne Francis? Anderson (GMB, p 1132) does not identify parents.
posted by Jillaine Smith
Willard-2583 Mary Jo (Willard) Freeman
My thoughts are this: James Kingsbury had a son named Henry (named in his will), and Henry came to America on the same ship with Thomas who maybe also a son of James. John & Joseph were also sons of James. John's will mentioned his kinsman "Henry Kingsbury of Ipswich" (England), which could be this man. He mentioned also "Henry Kingsbury of Haverhill, his kinsman" (which could be a nephew). It's all circumstantial though.
posted by Mary Jo (Willard) Freeman
edited by Mary Jo (Willard) Freeman
Aldrich-908 Cheryl (Aldrich) Skordahl
Hi Mary Jo,

In answer to your question about following Aderson's work: this link will give you the information about the Puritan Great Migration project profiles and Anderson's works.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:Puritan_Great_Migration#Approved_sources

posted by Cheryl (Aldrich) Skordahl
M Cole
Anderson does address this theory in a sketch, not in the sketch on Henry, but in the one on John Kinsgsbury:

"This proposed English origin for John Kingsbury is plausible and may well be correct. However, the names John, James and Henry are so common in the Kingsbury family that further evidence should be sought in support of this identification. In any case, all of these Kingsbury immigrants must have come from this small cluster of west Suffolk parishes." Great Migration vol IV, p 187.

Also, I don't see any mention of a Thomas Kingsbury. I see that Banks had him on a list for the Winthrop Fleet, but Banks is known to be sometimes creative in his lists. If Thomas is not mentioned in the Great Migration Begins that means that Anderson found no actual record of him.

posted by M Cole
edited by M Cole
Brad Stauf
Mary Jo, I agree with you that the specific relationships of the Kingsbury men of Massachusetts to those of Boxford and Assington in England are circumstantial although the Frederick Kingsbury "Genealogy" book does make an interesting case for it. However, he says specifically on page 78 that Thomas did NOT come on the ship, he had agreed to come but did not which contradicts Banks but perhaps correctly.

I think this boils down to it is likely, but not proven, that the known Kingsburys of New England were sons of James & Anne Francis of Boxford and to be responsible we should note that in the respective profiles. What are your thoughts?

posted by Brad Stauf

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