William Kinney (1783 - 1856)

Born 20 Aug 1783 in New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Anna (Smith) Kinny — married 1813 in Connecticut, United States

Descendants

Died 25 Jun 1856 at age 72 in Seymour, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Biography

William KINNY ^[1][2] was born ^[3][4][5] 20 Aug 1783 in New Haven, Connecticut, United States.

He died ^[6][7] 25 Jun 1856 and was buried ^[8][9] in Congregational Cemetery, Seymour, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.

William married Anna SMITH.

Sources

1. ↑ 1850 Seymour Census. "Farmer."
2. ↑ Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 504. " ... resided on Hill street, Seymour ..."
3. ↑ George T. Davis, Genealogy of the Davis Descendants of Colonel John Davis of Oxford, Conn. (New Rochelle, N. Y., 1910), p. 26.
4. ↑ Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 743.
5. ↑ Sharpe, Seymour Past and Present, p. 504.
6. ↑ George T. Davis, Descendants of Colonel John Davis, p. 26.
7. ↑ Arthur Walker, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Seymour Congregational Cemetery, p. 82. http://oxfordpast.net/sycgcemscan82.html.
8. ↑ Arthur Walker, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Seymour Congregational Cemetery, p. 82. "Smith, Mary A., died Sept. 17, 1863, age 55 yrs. Kinney, Anna S., wife of William, died Oct. 1, 1867, age 76 yrs. Kinney, William, died June 25, 1856, age 73 yrs. Smith, Col. Ira, died Nov. 9, 1822. (Flag) Smith, Rachel, died Mar. 12, 1863, age 80 yrs. Steele, Burr, died Aug. 11, 1823, age 23 yrs. Steele, Sarah, wife of Capt. Bradford, died May 13, 1826, age 80 yrs. Steele, Betsey, wife of Burr, died Apr. 7, 1821. Wheeler, David, died Dec. 21, 1829, age 53 yrs. Steele, Dea. Bradford, died Dec. 23, 1841, age 80 yrs. (Revolutionary War Marker, Flag)." http://oxfordpast.net/sycgcemscan82.html.
9. ↑ Congregational Cemetery Photograph - Seymour, CT. http://oxfordpast.net/cem6865.html.

• Connecticut, Charles R. Hale Collection, Vital Records, 1640-1955", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F78F-9ZS : 16 September 2020), William Kinny, 1856.
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21455514/william-kinny

Acknowledgments

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