s/o Henry & Susanna Kingsbury.
Born at Haverhill, MA.
Regarding Henry and Susanna Kingsbury and their place of burial. They both died in Haverhill, MA and that is where they are buried. Because their graves are so old, they have been lost.
Lieutenant Joseph Kingsbury, of Haverhill, took the oath of allegiance, November 28, 1677; married, April 2, 1679, Love, Daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Hutchins) Ayer, of Haverhill, born April 15, 1663. March 2, 1702/03, Sergeant Joseph Kingsbury was chosen constable for the west part of Haverhill, Richard Whittier for the east part; tithing-man, March 4, 1700/01; selectman, March, 1697/98; 1699/1700; 1701/02; 1705/06; viewer of fences from the Mill brook westward to the Westbridge river, and northward. He appear to have been a surveyor, as September 17, 1685, he testifies that he and William Neff were desired by Thomas Woodbery and Josiah Beason to measure "a certayne parcell of upland and meadow" in Ipswich, for them, and "ye measure or work above named wee did according to o[u]r best skill and judgment." May 12, 1702, the Town by vote made choice of Sergeant Joseph Kingsbury to appear at the next inferior court, to be holden at Salem on the last Tuesday of June next, on the behalf of the Town of Haverhill, to answer the said Town's presentment for not being provided with a school master according to law. He was bookkeeper for Capt. Simon Wainwright, a merchant in Haverhill, when Capt. W. was killed by the Indians, and his house burned, in 1708. This event seems to have made Kingsbury feel that a place more distant from Indian attacks would be more desirable as a residence, and later in the year he removed with his family to Norwich, Connecticut, leaving Haverhill June 14, 1708. He settled in that part of Norwich then called the West Farms, now Franklin, and erected his dwelling upon Middle or Center Hill, a domain that continued in the name of Kingsbury until 1870, when it was bought by John G. Cooley, of New York, for his son, who had married a daughter of Col. Thomas H. C. Kingsbury. Joseph Kingsbury was chairman of the meeting at which the ecclesiastical society of the West Farms was organized, in 1716, and one of the eight pillars of the Church. He and his son Joseph were among the eight men who drew up the covenant of the Church, in 1718. He and his wife, Mrs. Love Kingsbury, were admitted to the Church by letter, January 4, 1718, and he was one of the first two Deacons of the Church, chosen October 8, 1718. He was appointed Ensign of the trainband in the West Society in Norwich, in 1719, and Lieutenant in October, 1727. His wife died April 24, 1735. He died April 9, 1741.
Bio from "The Genealogy of the Descendants of Henry Kingsbury of Ipswich and Haverhill, Mass." 1905
From Collections Made by Frederick John Kingsbury, LL.D.
Edited With Extensive Additions by Mary Kingsbury Talcott
Born at Haverhill, MA.
Regarding Henry and Susanna Kingsbury and their place of burial. They both died in Haverhill, MA and that is where they are buried. Because their graves are so old, they have been lost.
Lieutenant Joseph Kingsbury, of Haverhill, took the oath of allegiance, November 28, 1677; married, April 2, 1679, Love, Daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Hutchins) Ayer, of Haverhill, born April 15, 1663. March 2, 1702/03, Sergeant Joseph Kingsbury was chosen constable for the west part of Haverhill, Richard Whittier for the east part; tithing-man, March 4, 1700/01; selectman, March, 1697/98; 1699/1700; 1701/02; 1705/06; viewer of fences from the Mill brook westward to the Westbridge river, and northward. He appear to have been a surveyor, as September 17, 1685, he testifies that he and William Neff were desired by Thomas Woodbery and Josiah Beason to measure "a certayne parcell of upland and meadow" in Ipswich, for them, and "ye measure or work above named wee did according to o[u]r best skill and judgment." May 12, 1702, the Town by vote made choice of Sergeant Joseph Kingsbury to appear at the next inferior court, to be holden at Salem on the last Tuesday of June next, on the behalf of the Town of Haverhill, to answer the said Town's presentment for not being provided with a school master according to law. He was bookkeeper for Capt. Simon Wainwright, a merchant in Haverhill, when Capt. W. was killed by the Indians, and his house burned, in 1708. This event seems to have made Kingsbury feel that a place more distant from Indian attacks would be more desirable as a residence, and later in the year he removed with his family to Norwich, Connecticut, leaving Haverhill June 14, 1708. He settled in that part of Norwich then called the West Farms, now Franklin, and erected his dwelling upon Middle or Center Hill, a domain that continued in the name of Kingsbury until 1870, when it was bought by John G. Cooley, of New York, for his son, who had married a daughter of Col. Thomas H. C. Kingsbury. Joseph Kingsbury was chairman of the meeting at which the ecclesiastical society of the West Farms was organized, in 1716, and one of the eight pillars of the Church. He and his son Joseph were among the eight men who drew up the covenant of the Church, in 1718. He and his wife, Mrs. Love Kingsbury, were admitted to the Church by letter, January 4, 1718, and he was one of the first two Deacons of the Church, chosen October 8, 1718. He was appointed Ensign of the trainband in the West Society in Norwich, in 1719, and Lieutenant in October, 1727. His wife died April 24, 1735. He died April 9, 1741.
Bio from "The Genealogy of the Descendants of Henry Kingsbury of Ipswich and Haverhill, Mass." 1905
From Collections Made by Frederick John Kingsbury, LL.D.
Edited With Extensive Additions by Mary Kingsbury Talcott
s/o Henry & Susanna Kingsbury.
Born at Haverhill, MA.
Regarding Henry and Susanna Kingsbury and their place of burial. They both died in Haverhill, MA and that is where they are buried. Because their graves are so old, they have been lost.
Lieutenant Joseph Kingsbury, of Haverhill, took the oath of allegiance, November 28, 1677; married, April 2, 1679, Love, Daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Hutchins) Ayer, of Haverhill, born April 15, 1663. March 2, 1702/03, Sergeant Joseph Kingsbury was chosen constable for the west part of Haverhill, Richard Whittier for the east part; tithing-man, March 4, 1700/01; selectman, March, 1697/98; 1699/1700; 1701/02; 1705/06; viewer of fences from the Mill brook westward to the Westbridge river, and northward. He appear to have been a surveyor, as September 17, 1685, he testifies that he and William Neff were desired by Thomas Woodbery and Josiah Beason to measure "a certayne parcell of upland and meadow" in Ipswich, for them, and "ye measure or work above named wee did according to o[u]r best skill and judgment." May 12, 1702, the Town by vote made choice of Sergeant Joseph Kingsbury to appear at the next inferior court, to be holden at Salem on the last Tuesday of June next, on the behalf of the Town of Haverhill, to answer the said Town's presentment for not being provided with a school master according to law. He was bookkeeper for Capt. Simon Wainwright, a merchant in Haverhill, when Capt. W. was killed by the Indians, and his house burned, in 1708. This event seems to have made Kingsbury feel that a place more distant from Indian attacks would be more desirable as a residence, and later in the year he removed with his family to Norwich, Connecticut, leaving Haverhill June 14, 1708. He settled in that part of Norwich then called the West Farms, now Franklin, and erected his dwelling upon Middle or Center Hill, a domain that continued in the name of Kingsbury until 1870, when it was bought by John G. Cooley, of New York, for his son, who had married a daughter of Col. Thomas H. C. Kingsbury. Joseph Kingsbury was chairman of the meeting at which the ecclesiastical society of the West Farms was organized, in 1716, and one of the eight pillars of the Church. He and his son Joseph were among the eight men who drew up the covenant of the Church, in 1718. He and his wife, Mrs. Love Kingsbury, were admitted to the Church by letter, January 4, 1718, and he was one of the first two Deacons of the Church, chosen October 8, 1718. He was appointed Ensign of the trainband in the West Society in Norwich, in 1719, and Lieutenant in October, 1727. His wife died April 24, 1735. He died April 9, 1741.
Bio from "The Genealogy of the Descendants of Henry Kingsbury of Ipswich and Haverhill, Mass." 1905
From Collections Made by Frederick John Kingsbury, LL.D.
Edited With Extensive Additions by Mary Kingsbury Talcott
Born at Haverhill, MA.
Regarding Henry and Susanna Kingsbury and their place of burial. They both died in Haverhill, MA and that is where they are buried. Because their graves are so old, they have been lost.
Lieutenant Joseph Kingsbury, of Haverhill, took the oath of allegiance, November 28, 1677; married, April 2, 1679, Love, Daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Hutchins) Ayer, of Haverhill, born April 15, 1663. March 2, 1702/03, Sergeant Joseph Kingsbury was chosen constable for the west part of Haverhill, Richard Whittier for the east part; tithing-man, March 4, 1700/01; selectman, March, 1697/98; 1699/1700; 1701/02; 1705/06; viewer of fences from the Mill brook westward to the Westbridge river, and northward. He appear to have been a surveyor, as September 17, 1685, he testifies that he and William Neff were desired by Thomas Woodbery and Josiah Beason to measure "a certayne parcell of upland and meadow" in Ipswich, for them, and "ye measure or work above named wee did according to o[u]r best skill and judgment." May 12, 1702, the Town by vote made choice of Sergeant Joseph Kingsbury to appear at the next inferior court, to be holden at Salem on the last Tuesday of June next, on the behalf of the Town of Haverhill, to answer the said Town's presentment for not being provided with a school master according to law. He was bookkeeper for Capt. Simon Wainwright, a merchant in Haverhill, when Capt. W. was killed by the Indians, and his house burned, in 1708. This event seems to have made Kingsbury feel that a place more distant from Indian attacks would be more desirable as a residence, and later in the year he removed with his family to Norwich, Connecticut, leaving Haverhill June 14, 1708. He settled in that part of Norwich then called the West Farms, now Franklin, and erected his dwelling upon Middle or Center Hill, a domain that continued in the name of Kingsbury until 1870, when it was bought by John G. Cooley, of New York, for his son, who had married a daughter of Col. Thomas H. C. Kingsbury. Joseph Kingsbury was chairman of the meeting at which the ecclesiastical society of the West Farms was organized, in 1716, and one of the eight pillars of the Church. He and his son Joseph were among the eight men who drew up the covenant of the Church, in 1718. He and his wife, Mrs. Love Kingsbury, were admitted to the Church by letter, January 4, 1718, and he was one of the first two Deacons of the Church, chosen October 8, 1718. He was appointed Ensign of the trainband in the West Society in Norwich, in 1719, and Lieutenant in October, 1727. His wife died April 24, 1735. He died April 9, 1741.
Bio from "The Genealogy of the Descendants of Henry Kingsbury of Ipswich and Haverhill, Mass." 1905
From Collections Made by Frederick John Kingsbury, LL.D.
Edited With Extensive Additions by Mary Kingsbury Talcott
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