Simeon Kingman (1756 - 1828)

Born 27 May 1756 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca (Freeman) Kingman — married 15 Oct 1778 in Eastham, Barnstable, Ma

Descendants

Died 28 Jan 1828 at age 71 in Orleans, Massachusetts

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Biography

Simeon Kingman was born in 1756. He is the son of Matthew Kingman and Jane Packard. ^[1]

Simeon Kingman married Rebecca Freeman, daughter of Major Gideon Freeman, of Eastham, in 1778.^[2]

Mr. Kingman was a justice of the peace, also a military man. His family settled at Orleans, Mass., and from them has descended a large and highly-respectable family.^[3]

"Simeon Kingman, Esquire, grandfather of Captain Kingman, and the first of the name who settled on the Cape, was the eldest son of Matthew Kingman, and was born in that part of old Bridgewater, now Brockton, May 27, 1756. He married Rebecca, daughter of Major Gideon Freeman, of Eastham, October 15, 1778, and after a few years' residence in his native town, he removed to Plymouth and engaged in mercantile business. From this place, about 1788, he removed to that part of Eastham now Orleans, took up his residence, engaging in farming and business of a public character. Being a man of more than ordinary abilities, energetic and public spirited, he soon became a leading man of the place. He was the leading magistrate from 1794 a great number of years; postmaster for many years before 1811; adjutant of the Second regiment of Massachusetts militia for many years before 1820; representative from Eastham in 1796 and 1797, and also from Orleans, after its separation from Eastham, in 1798, 1799, 1810 and in 1811. He died at Orleans January 28, 1828. His wife, Rebecca, died in 1822. He was the eldest brother of Hon. Abel Kingman and Eliaphlet Kingman, Esq., leading men in North Bridgewater, now Brockton, half a century ago. The children of Simeon Kingman and wife, Rebecca, were: Rebecca, born in Bridgewater March 24, 1780, died August 10, 1786; Freeman, born in Bridgewater September 4, 1781, drowned January 14, 1793; Polly, born in Plymouth, August 14, 1783, married Rev. Martin Alden, of Yarmouth, October 29, 1810; Patty, born in Bridgewater. January 1, 1786, married Dr. Oliver Ford September 23, 1809; Matthew, born In Eastham July 22, 1789, married Mercy Kenrick November 30, 1808, died October 20, 1848; Rebecca, born in Eastham October 11, 1793, died October 13, 1791."^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850, FindMyPast.com, c/o Mathew and Jane
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Deyo, Simeon L., editor, History of Barnstable County Massachusetts, 1620-1890. New York: H. W. Blake & Co., (pdf) Page: 778
3. ↑ Kingman, Bradford, History of North Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, from its first settlement to the present time, with family registers. (Boston, MA: Self published, 1866), (pdf) p. 561, "75 Simeon (son of Matthew 41) married Rebecca, daughter of Freeman, of Eastham, Mass., 1778."

• "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRZ-ZDB : accessed 24 June 2022), Lennon Kingmon, Orleans, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 25, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 13; FHL microfilm 205,611.