Thomas Kinne Jr.
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Thomas Kinne Jr. (1678 - 1756)

Dea. Thomas Kinne Jr.
Born in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 10 Nov 1701 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, Bay Colonymap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 78 in Old Kinne Burying Ground, Preston, New London, British Colony of Connecticutmap
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Last name at birth Kinne

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Biography

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]

Slaves

  1. Mingo Moody [10][11][12]

Sources

  1. Vital Records of Salem Massachusetts to the end of the Year 1849, Volume 1 - Births, (Salem, Mass., The Essex Institute, 1916) pg. 485.
  2. Headstone Image
  3. Connecticut Headstone Inscriptions Vol 18, (The Charles R. Hale Collection, Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions, Hartford, Connecticut, Connecticut State Library.) pg. 92.
  4. 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.
  5. Robertson, Florance. 1947. The Genealogy of Henry and Ann Kinne. http://persi.heritagequestonline.com
  6. Connecticut Vital Records to 1870, Barbour, Preston, www.americanancestors.org
  7. Connecticut Probate Court, Norwich District, Vol. 1, pages 530-531, Film No. 7627366, Images 288-289, https://familysearch.org
  8. Probate records v. 1-2 1748-1761, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92K-17LB : 16 September 2022), FHL microfilm 007627366, image 288-289, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, Vol 1, Pages 529-532.
  9. Probate records v. 1-2 1748-1761, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92K-1WMT : 11 September 2022), FHL microfilm 007627366, image 34, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, Vol 1, Pages 33.
  10. James M. Rose, Tapestry: A Living History of the Black Family in Southeastern Connecticut, database
    (Internet Archive : accessed 21 January 2024)
    citing 1979.
  11. Probate of Thomas Kinne, Norwich District, File 6357.
  12. "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.
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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As a member of the US Black Heritage Project, I have added the name of a slave owned by Thomas Kinne Jr. on this profile with categories using the standards of the US Black Heritage Exchange Program. This helps us connect enslaved ancestors to their descendants. See the Heritage Exchange Portal for more information.
posted by Kristen Stiefel
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.
posted by Todd Gross
Thanks for following up. The baptismal record is in the "Griswold First Congregational Church Records, Vol. 1: 1720–1810":

"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."

posted by Kristen Stiefel
He would have been in his early teens at the time of the witch trials. Can we confirm that he was living in Salem at the time?
posted by K Clark

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