Sarah (Ogborn) Kinsey (abt. 1691 - 1787)

Born about 1691 in Springfield, Burlington County, New Jersey Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Edmund Kinsey — married 21 Nov 1708 in Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., New Jersey

Descendants

Died 25 Jun 1787 at about age 96 in Buckingham Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania Colony

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Biography

Sarah Ogborn (aka Ogborne or Ogburn) was born about 1691 in Burlington County, in the Quaker-friendly portion of south-west New Jersey (across the Delaware River from Pennsylvania). In fact, this area began attracting persecuted English members of the Society of Friends (Quakers) as early as 1677, about 5 years before William Penn established his non-religious, Quaker-friendly, proprietorship colony in what became Pennsylvania in 1681-1683.^[1]

Sarah's parents were Samuel Ogborne and Jane Curtis.^[2] He was a carpenter/wood-worker from the lowlands of Scotland while she was from Northampton, England. Both were devout members of the Society of Friends (Quakers) and had fled Great Britain to avoid religious persecution. They met & married in Burlington County, "West Jersey," in about 1684 and had 3 children. Sarah was their youngest child. Her father died in November 1694 and her mother remarried to influential Quaker leader, John Hampton.

Sarah grew up in the growing Quaker communities of "West" New Jersey (see New Jersey note). When she was 17, she married a fellow Quaker Edmund Kinsey, 8 years older than she was and of Welsh origins. His family had emigrated to Philadelphia when William Penn founded his colony there. Sarah and Edmund were married on 21 Nov 1708 in Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., New Jersey. Edmund Kinsey, was one of the first ministers of the Buckingham Monthly Meeting in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The couple had 11 children:^[3]

1. Elizabeth Fitz-Randolph KINSEY b: 1708 in Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., New Jersey
2. Joanna Fitz-Randolph KINSEY b: ABT 1711 in Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., New Jersey
3. Samuel KINSEY b: 20 Oct 1710 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, NJ
4. David KINSEY b: 11 Mar 1712 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New J.
5. Mary KINSEY b: 20 Feb 1715 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New J.
6. Elizabeth KINSEY b: 24 Apr 1717 in Buckingham, Bucks, Co., PA
7. John KINSEY b: 5 Feb 1719 in Buckingham Twp., Bucks, Co., PA
8. Benjamin KINSEY b: 22 Oct 1727 in Buckingham, Bucks, Co., PA
9. Joseph KINSEY b: 21 Jun 1722 in Buckingham Twp., Bucks, Co., PA
10. Sarah KINSEY b: 13 Nov 1724 in Buckingham Twp., Bucks, Co., PA
11. Jonathan KINSEY b: 12 Mar 1731 in Buckingham, Bucks, Co., PA

The Kinsey family lived near and were very close to Sarah's mother, born Jane Curtis, who was widowed 4 times in her lifetime. After the death of Jane's 3rd husband in 1714, she and the Kinseys (and Jane's two youngest sons, half-brothers to Sarah (Ogborn) Kinsey) left New Jersey, moving to Buckingham Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, north-east of Philadelphia.

Later, in 1719, mother Jane re-married and returned to New Jersey but the Kinsey's stayed in Buckingham Township, Pennsylvania, for the rest of their lives. They raised their family there and both died there. The Kinseys had a family farm in Buckingham Township. Edmund Kinsey died there on December 21, 1758. He was 75 years old. Sarah survived her husband's passing for nearly 3 decades. She died at their farm in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA, on June 25, 1787 at the venerable age of 96 years old.

Research Notes

DAVIS: Timothy Smith, the second of the nine children of Robert and Phebe (Canby) Smith, was born 1 mo. 29, 1722, and died 5 mo. 14, 1798.  He married at Buckingham Meeting, 2 mo. 17, 1745, Sarah Kinsey, daughter of Edmund and Sarah (Ogborn) Kinsey, early settlers at the site of Buckingham meeting house, where Edmund was an approved minister. 

Sources

1. ↑ Colonial New Jersey on USAHistory.com Citation:

   "...The first important settlement in West Jersey was made in 1677, when two hundred and thirty people [in HMS "Kent"] sailed up the Delaware and founded Burlington, and within two years several hundred more had made their homes in the vicinity. Two wholly separate [colonial] governments were now set up, and they were as different as white from black. The stern New England Puritans had settled in East Jersey in sufficient numbers to give coloring to the laws, and in these laws (enacted by the first assembly before the division) we find enumerated thirteen crimes for which the penalty was death. In West Jersey the government was exceedingly mild. A code of laws with the name of Penn at the top gave all power to the people, and made no mention of capital punishment. This was the first example of Quaker legislation in America..."

2. ↑ Sarah Ogborne on Pennock Surnames
3. ↑ Bert Swenson Family History on RootsWeb - Sarah Ogborne

• Robert Smart Genealogy on RootsWeb - Sarah Ogborne Cites: "Ancestry of Sharpless Moore and Rachel (Roberts) Moore," by Blanche Moore Haines, 1937, pg. 162. This is a well-researched genealogy of early Quaker families in the Philadelphia area.

• Hampton, Vernon Boyce. In the footsteps of Joseph Hampton and the Pennsylvania Quakers . Doylestown, Pa.: Bucks County Historical Society, 1940. Available on Heritage Quest books. (Pages 18-21; 29) Note: This section is a source of info about the Osborne/Curtis line

• Anonymous. The two hundredth anniversary of Buckingham Monthly Meeting, Buckingham Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania: fifth day, eighth month, sixteenth, 1923. Philadelphia, PA: Walter H. Jenkins, 1923. Available on Heritage Quest books.

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Bruce Kinsey for creating WikiTree profile Ogborn-16 through the import of Kinsey-13.GED on Sep 2, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Bruce and others.

• Thank you to Chet Snow, also a Kinsey descendant, who researched Sarah's life, wrote the biographical sketch and added sources, on September 15, 2016.

• Thank you to Kathryn Smith for creating WikiTree profile Ogburn-41 through the import of Wikitree Jan 2013 GEDCOM.ged on Jan 25, 2013.