Thomas, born June 27, 1678 in Salem Massachusetts[1] and died October 1, 1756 in Preston, New London, Connecticut. In 1715, at the age of 37, he sold his property and moved to Preston, CT, (now Griswold) where he purchased a farm of nearly 150 acres, adjoining his brother Joseph who had previously settled there. He was one of the founders and the first Deacon of the Second Church of Christ in Preston. He and his wife are buried on his own land inn the Old Kinne Burying Ground on the banks of the Pachang River in South East Griswold. (stones were still standing there in 1931). He was a weaver and yeoman. In 1708 he owned the John Martin House of Salem, MA.[2][3][4]
Children
Thomas and Martha had 17 children:[5][6][7] Jeremiah, James, Stephen, Aaron, Aaron, Amos, Moses, Martha, Lois, Keziah, Thomas, Huldah, Phoebe, Timothy, Jerusha, Gideon, and Nathan.
Probate
His will is dated 3 July 1753 and proved on 9 October 1756 in Norwich. He mentions his sons, Jeremiah, James, Stephen, Aaron, Amos, Moses, Gideon, Nathan, and Thomas, and his daughters, Lois, Huldah, and Pheby. His inventory was completed on 14 October 1756.[8]
On 14 October 1756, the seven sons signed a receipt that they had received their share of their father, Thomas' estate from their brother Thomas.[9]
↑Connecticut Headstone Inscriptions Vol 18, (The Charles R. Hale Collection, Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions, Hartford, Connecticut, Connecticut State Library.) pg. 92.
↑ Ancestry.com, New London County, Connecticut, Cemetery Records, Volume I and II, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001.) Original data - Ellsberry, Elizabeth Prather, comp.. Cemetery Records of New London County, Connecticut. Chillicothe, MO, USA: Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry, 1968.
↑ Probate of Thomas Kinne, Norwich District, File 6357.
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"Church records," database with images
(FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSK9-K3JC-5 : accessed 22 January 2024)
citing Catalog: Church records Another filming, 1976.
Film number: 008138514 > image 35 of 476.
"Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCMX-S35 : 4 December 2014), Thomas Kenny and Martha Cox, 10 Nov 1702; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 877,447.
Name Thomas Kenny
Spouse's Name Martha Cox
Event: 10 Nov 1702 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
Connecticut Headstone Inscriptions Vol 18
Find A Grave: Memorial #13062672: Old Kinne Burying Ground, Griswold, New London, Connecticut
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Where does the book "Tapestry: A Living History of the Black Family in Southeastern Connecticut" get the information that Thomas Kinne enslaved Mingo Moody? It mentions a baptism. Is there a baptismal record that shows this connection? I looked at the reference and it is a single paragraph without a reference.
"June 23 [1745] Mingo servant of Thos Kinni."
I added a citation with a link to the digital image on FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSK9-K3JC-5?i=34). My apologies—I should have linked to the primary source when I first added the reference to "Tapestry."