John Kingsley (1694 - aft. 1754)

Born 26 Feb 1694 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Bass) Kingsley — married 25 Dec 1717 in Windham, Windham County, Connecticut

Descendants

Died after 9 Feb 1754 after age 59 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut Colony [uncertain]

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Biography

John Kingsley, son of John Kingsley and Sarah (Sabin) Kingsley, was born on 26 February 1694 at Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.^[1][2][3] John is descended from Mayflower passenger John Billington, through his son Francis Billington, granddaughter Mary Billington and John Kingsley's mother Sarah Sabin.^[4]

He married Elizabeth Bass, daughter of John Bass and Elizabeth (Neale) Bass, on 25 Dec. 1717 at Windham, Connecticut.^[5][6][2][3] She was born at Braintree, Massachusetts 5 Sep 1696 and died probably at Windham between 8 Nov 1753 and 9 Feb 1754 (father's estate). Named in her father's will, she signed for her share on 8 Nov 1753, but by 9 Feb 1754, John Kingsley, referred to Elizabeth "my former wife" when he signed for the remainder of the legacy of John Bass ^[4][7]

17 Jan 1749/50, John sold 33 acres at the Second Society at Windham to Benjamin Bidlack.^[4]

John died after 9 Feb 1754, after signing for part of his wife's legacy.^[7] No probate records have been found for John or his wife Elizabeth.^[4]

Children of John and Elizabeth born Windham, Connecticut:

1. Jonathan, b. 24 Dec. 1718;^[6][5] m. (1) Experience Sabin; m. (2) Hannah Cook.^[4]
2. Ebenezer, 17 Oct. 1720;^[6][8] m. Margaret Parrish.^[4]
3. Jerusha, 17 Sep. 1723;^[6][8] m. Simeon Robinson.^[4]
4. Abigail, b. 14 Oct. 1725;^[6] m. Simeon Robinson.^[2][8] n.f.r.
5. Sarah, b. 6 Sep. 1727;^[6][8] m. James Oulds.^[4]
6. Joanna, b. 3 Sep. 1729.^[6][8] m. David Stoddard.^[9] and m. (2) Nathaniel French.^[4]
7. Enock, b. 10 Oct. 1730.^[6][8] Note Mayflower Families lists this birth as 10 Oct 1736. Enoch m. Sarah (Noyes) Maynard.^[4]
8. Ann, b. 9 Nov. 1731. Windham, Connecticut.^[6][8] m. Samuel Chamberlain Jr.^[4]
9. Ireniah, b. 20 May, 1734.^[8] m. Abijah Fling^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Arnold, James N., Vital record of Rehoboth, 1642-1896 (Providence, R.I. : Narragansett Historical Publishing Co., 1897), page 661.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Emma Lee Walton and Charissa Taylor Bass., Descendants of Deacon Samuel and Ann Bass. Published: Freeport, Ill. Wagner Print., 1940 Available at Hathi Trust. Bass & Walton
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} James B. Lamb, Kingsley Family of Massachusetts (c. 1980) Available at FamilySearch.org.
4. ↑ ^{4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11} Arthaud, John Bradley. Mayflower Families Through Five Generations. Volume Twenty-one. Family of John Billington. Harriet W. Hodge (original compiler), Robert S. Wakefield (Revised 2001). (Boston: General Society of Mayflower Descendants 2014.) p 158, 159 Link at AmericanAncestors ($)
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Connecticut Marriages, 1640-1939," database with images, FamilySearch (11 April 2017), > image 1 of 1; Connecticut State Library, Hartford. Windham Town Records, Volume A, page 46. (Original record.)
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8} Barbour Windham Kingsley. Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records. Windham.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Connecticut State Library (Hartford, Connecticut); Probate Place: Hartford, Connecticut. Probate Packets, Bass, Ebenezer-Blackman, E, 1719-1880. John Bass, Windham, 1753 #270, Windham probate. [ry.com/imageviewer/collections/9049/images/007629107_00027 Accessed at Ancestry ($)]
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7} Connecticut Marriages, 1640-1939," database with images, FamilySearch (11 April 2017), > image 1 of 1; Connecticut State Library, Hartford. Windham Town Records, Volume A, page 62. (Original family record of birth.)
9. ↑ Abby Maria Hemenway, editor, Vermont Historical Gazetteer Vol. 5. The Towns of Windham County (Brandon, Vermont: Mrs. Carrie E. H. Page, 1891) p. 186, 7. A Google E-Book Windham Co.

See also:

• Kingsley geneology: with a brief history of Joseph Kingsley and family, with records and sketches of his ancestry and descendants by Brown, Leroy 1907. pg. 8
• History of ancient Windham, Ct. Genealogy : Containing a genealogical record of all the early families of ancient Windham, embracing the present towns of Windham, Mansfield, Hampton, Chaplin and Scotland : Part I. A-Bil. by Weaver, William L., pg. 91

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