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Mary (Washburn) Kinsley (1661 - 1740)

Mary Kinsley formerly Washburn
Born in Duxbury, Plymouth Colonymap
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Wife of — married 1693 in Connecticut Colonymap
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Died at age 78 in Easton, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
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Biography

This person is an ancestor of President H.W. Bush and President George W. Bush [1]

Birth 1662 Doxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, New England

Plymouth Colony and Massachusetts

  • From John Maltby:

Mary Washburn, eldest daughter of John and Elizabeth (Mitchell) Washburn, born probably in Bridgewater, Plymouth Colony, in 1661,[2] married Samuel Kinsley (Jr.), son of Samuel and Hannah (Brackett) Kinsley,[3] in ca. 1689.[4] He was born on 6 Aug. 1662 in Braintree, MA,[5] a grandson of Elder Stephen Kingsley, of Braintree,[6] and they lived initially in South Bridgewater, where he purchased Jeduthun Robbins’ place, adjoining Thomas Washburn’s farm.[7]

On 10 Sept. 1694 John Washburne, Thomas Washburne, Joseph Washburne, Jonathan Washburne, James Washburne, Edward Seele, Samuel Kinsley, William Orcutt, and Sarah Washburne, all of Bridgewater, sold a parcel of 25 acres of land to Samuel Washburne, of Bridgewater, that had been left unwilled by our “Father & Father in law John Washburne Deceased.”[8] Samuel and Mary Kinsley later moved to the North Purchase of Taunton, MA, which became the town of Easton, MA.

Samuel Kinsley he died intestate on 17 Dec. 1713 in Easton.[9] His inventory was dated 19 Feb. 1713/14, and his eldest son, Samuel, was granted administration of his estate on 13 July 1714.[10] On 5 Oct. 1722 the estate of Samuel Kinsley was divided between his widow, and children: eldest son Samuel Kinsley, second son Benjamin Kinsley, eldest daughter Hannah Hayward, second daughter Sarah Hayward, third daughter Mary Willis, fourth daughter Susannah Kinsley, fifth daughter Abigail Kinsley, and sixth and youngest daughter Bethiah Kinsley.[11] Mary (Washburn) Kinsley died on 28 Feb. 1740 in Easton, MA.[12]

Mary Washburn and Samuel Kinsley had children, order uncertain,[13] including:

+ 150 i Hannah4 Kinsley, born ca. 1690, called “eldest daughter” in the distribution of her father’s estate in 1722, married Capt. Edward3 Hayward, Esq., son of Deacon Joseph2 and Hannah2 (Mitchell) Hayward, of Bridgewater,[198] on 2 Feb. 1713/14 in Norton, MA,[199] and they lived in Easton, MA. (Continued in Plymouth Generation 4.)

+ 151 ii Sarah4 Kinsley, born ca. 1691,[200] called “second daughter” in the distribution of her father’ estate in 1722, married Josiah4 Hayward, son of Nathaniel3 and Elisabeth (Crossman) Hayward (Jr.), of East Bridgewater,[201] on 19 July 1715 in Bridgewater,[202] and they lived in Bridgewater. (Continued in Plymouth Generation 4.)

+ 152 iii Samuel4 Kinsley (3rd), born ca. 1693, administrator of his father’s estate, and called “eldest son” in the distribution of his father's estate in 1722, married Mary Packard[?] in ca. 1714,[203] and they lived in Easton, MA, and Norwich, New London Co., CT. (Continued in Plymouth Generation 4.)

+ 153 iv Mary4 Kinsley, born ca. 1697, called “third daughter” in the distribution of her father’s estate in 1722, married Capt. Thomas3 Willis, son of Benjamin2 and Susanna (Whitman) Willis,[204] on 18 Dec. 1716 in Bridgewater,[205] and they lived in Easton, MA. (Continued in Plymouth Generation 4.)

+ 154 v Benjamin4 Kinsley, born on 16 May 1701 in Easton,[206] called “second son” in the distribution of his father’s estate in 1722, married Priscilla Manley, daughter of Thomas and Lydia (Field) Manley,[207] of Easton, on 9 Apr. 1732 in Easton,[208] and they also lived in Easton. (Continued in Plymouth Generation 4.)

+ 155 vi Susanna4 Kinsley, born ca. 1703, called “fourth daughter” in the distribution of her father’s estate in 1722, married Samuel4 Packard (4th), son of Samuel3 and Elisabeth3 (Edson) Packard (3rd),[209] on 22 July 1729 in West Bridgewater,[210] and they lived in Bridgewater. (Continued in Plymouth Generation 4.)

+ 156 vii Abigail4 Kinsley, born ca. 1705, called “fifth daughter” in the distribution of her father’s estate in 1722. Her brother, Samuel Kinsley, was appointed as her guardian on 5 Mar. 1721/2,[211] and she married William4 Hayward, son of Joseph3 and Sarah4 (Crossman) Hayward (Jr.), of Raynham, MA,[212] on 17 Dec. 1728 in Easton,[213] and they lived in Bridgewater and probably Easton. (Continued in Plymouth Generation 4.)

+ 157 viii Bethiah4 Kinsley, born ca. 1707, called “sixth and youngest daughter” in the distribution of her father’s estate in 1722. Her brother, Samuel Kinsley, was appointed as her guardian on 5 Mar. 1721/2,[214] and she married William3 Brett, son of Deacon Nathaniel2 and Sarah (Hayward) Brett,[215] on 15 May 1732 in West Bridgewater,[216] and they lived in Bridgewater. (Continued in Plymouth Generation 4.)


Sources

  1. Roberts, Gary Boyd; Ancestors of American Presidents
  2. Bowman, George Ernest, Pilgrim Notes & Queries, Vol. 3, No. 7, [Nov. 1915], p. 102, letter from Thomas Mitchell, of Amsterdam, to his uncle Experience Mitchell, in Duxbury, dated 24 July 1662, which mentions the recent birth of a daughter to his cousin Elizabeth and her six sons, referring to the news relayed in a letter he had received from his uncle dated 23 Apr. 1661, so Mary Washburn was probably born shortly before 23 Apr. 1661.
  3. MF5G: Cooke, p. 108, which spells her husband’s name “Kingsley;” Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 441.
  4. Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, pp. 322; Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 441: married before 28 July 1690; MF5G: Cooke, p. 108.
  5. Bates, Samuel A., Records of the Town of Braintree, 1640-1793, Randolph, MA, 1886, [hereinafter Bates, Braintree Records], p. 819, “Samuel Kingsly son of Samuel & Hanna born, 6. 6. 1662”; MF5G: Cooke, p. 108.
  6. Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 441.
  7. Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, pp. 48, 220.
  8. The Mayflower Descendant, Vol. 15, [1913], p. 251, from Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 14, p. 267.
  9. MF5G: Cooke, p. 269, which references Easton VRs, p. 27, but I did not find the death record for Samuel Kinsley in his family grouping in the Easton VRs.
  10. Bristol County Probate, Vol. 3, p. 194.
  11. Bristol County Probate, Vol. 4, pp. 141‑147.
  12. MF5G: Cooke, p. 108, citing Easton Records, p. 27, but I did not find her death record in the family grouping of Samuel Kinsley.
  13. Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 220, says they had probably Samuel, John, Nathan, Benjamin, Mary, Sarah, Bethiah, Susanna, and perhaps others.
  • Roberts, Gary Boyd; Ancestors of American Presidents. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.






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