The son of Moses & Abigail (Reed) Kinne, he married Comfort Palmer in 1768 in Voluntown, New London,Conn. The family resided in Voluntown until 1779 when they removed to Petersburgh township, Rensselaer Co., NY on the Van Rensselaer estate.
In 1791, he sucessfully bid on public land in Onondaga Co., several of the lots being situated in the place that is now Manlius. He sold his land in Rensselaer Co. and in March, 1792, he with his four sons, Ezra, Zahariah, Prentiss & Ethel began the treck to their new home in Onondaga Co. through unsettled country. When they arrived, they built a log cabin, cleared the land and planted and returned to bring the rest of the family to their new home. A grist mill was soon built. Cyrus Kinne was a mechanic and the first blacksmith of Manlius. At the first town meeting, he was chosen chairman. He was one of the organizers of the Baptist Church at Fayetteville and the first Justice of the Peace in the county, marrying the first couple to be married there.
He died August 8, 1808 at the age of 62. His children included: Ezra, Zachariah, Prentiss, Ethel, Zebulon & Moses (twins), Joshua, Cyrus, Japhath, Palmer, Rachel (m. William Williams), & Comfort (m. Jerry Springsted).
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From "Memories of Fayetteville": The Kinne Cemetery was just east of the Catholic church. Cyrus Kinne built the first frame house in the village. The Kinne home was located just east of the cemetery. Descendants of the family still retain the cemetery site, although the bones of their forebears were removed. Many descendants of Cyrus Kinne, who are business men or farmers, are still living in or near East Syracuse. When Kinne erected his home, there was but a little clearing in the forest and did not even have a name. In 1791, Joshua Knowlton and Origen Eaton located on the site of Fayetteville, and began clearing their lands. They are followed in the same locality by Cyrus Kinne, who at once opened a shop in which he followed his trade of blacksmithing, a great convenience to his fellow pioneers. Kinne was chairman of the first town meeting in Manlius, and was magistrate for many years. He died in 1808. At one time he operated the Kinne tavern, which was on the site of the later Cottage Hotel, operated by Mr. Scollard, at the corner of E. Genesee and N. Manlius streets.
The Kinne family, the ancestry of which is traced back to Henry Kinne, who, it is believed, was born in 1824, at Norfolk, England, where his father, Sir Thomas Kinne, lived, and settled at Salem, Mass., in 1653. Cyrus, the progenitor of the family in this county, was born in Voluntown, Conn., in 1746, being one of six children, and removed in 1779 to Rensselaer county, N. Y. In 1791, while at Troy, he heard of a sale of State lands in Onondaga county, and after examining the map made a journey to examine them, and bought several lots situated in town of Manlius. Returning home he quickly closed his business, and in March, 1792, he started with his four sons and one horse, a yoke of oxen, and a sled laden with some utensils and supplies to occupy his purchase. West of Utica they had to cut much of their road and ford every stream for there were no bridges. They reached what is now Fayetteville, early in the following April. In June he returned and brought the remainder of his family to the log cabin which had been built. The nearest grist mill at that time was at Oneida, and Albany the nearest market and salmon were caught with pitchforks. Pigs and chickens had to be housed at night to save them from the wolves. Kinne was the first blacksmith in the village."
In 1791, he sucessfully bid on public land in Onondaga Co., several of the lots being situated in the place that is now Manlius. He sold his land in Rensselaer Co. and in March, 1792, he with his four sons, Ezra, Zahariah, Prentiss & Ethel began the treck to their new home in Onondaga Co. through unsettled country. When they arrived, they built a log cabin, cleared the land and planted and returned to bring the rest of the family to their new home. A grist mill was soon built. Cyrus Kinne was a mechanic and the first blacksmith of Manlius. At the first town meeting, he was chosen chairman. He was one of the organizers of the Baptist Church at Fayetteville and the first Justice of the Peace in the county, marrying the first couple to be married there.
He died August 8, 1808 at the age of 62. His children included: Ezra, Zachariah, Prentiss, Ethel, Zebulon & Moses (twins), Joshua, Cyrus, Japhath, Palmer, Rachel (m. William Williams), & Comfort (m. Jerry Springsted).
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From "Memories of Fayetteville": The Kinne Cemetery was just east of the Catholic church. Cyrus Kinne built the first frame house in the village. The Kinne home was located just east of the cemetery. Descendants of the family still retain the cemetery site, although the bones of their forebears were removed. Many descendants of Cyrus Kinne, who are business men or farmers, are still living in or near East Syracuse. When Kinne erected his home, there was but a little clearing in the forest and did not even have a name. In 1791, Joshua Knowlton and Origen Eaton located on the site of Fayetteville, and began clearing their lands. They are followed in the same locality by Cyrus Kinne, who at once opened a shop in which he followed his trade of blacksmithing, a great convenience to his fellow pioneers. Kinne was chairman of the first town meeting in Manlius, and was magistrate for many years. He died in 1808. At one time he operated the Kinne tavern, which was on the site of the later Cottage Hotel, operated by Mr. Scollard, at the corner of E. Genesee and N. Manlius streets.
The Kinne family, the ancestry of which is traced back to Henry Kinne, who, it is believed, was born in 1824, at Norfolk, England, where his father, Sir Thomas Kinne, lived, and settled at Salem, Mass., in 1653. Cyrus, the progenitor of the family in this county, was born in Voluntown, Conn., in 1746, being one of six children, and removed in 1779 to Rensselaer county, N. Y. In 1791, while at Troy, he heard of a sale of State lands in Onondaga county, and after examining the map made a journey to examine them, and bought several lots situated in town of Manlius. Returning home he quickly closed his business, and in March, 1792, he started with his four sons and one horse, a yoke of oxen, and a sled laden with some utensils and supplies to occupy his purchase. West of Utica they had to cut much of their road and ford every stream for there were no bridges. They reached what is now Fayetteville, early in the following April. In June he returned and brought the remainder of his family to the log cabin which had been built. The nearest grist mill at that time was at Oneida, and Albany the nearest market and salmon were caught with pitchforks. Pigs and chickens had to be housed at night to save them from the wolves. Kinne was the first blacksmith in the village."
The son of Moses & Abigail (Reed) Kinne, he married Comfort Palmer in 1768 in Voluntown, New London,Conn. The family resided in Voluntown until 1779 when they removed to Petersburgh township, Rensselaer Co., NY on the Van Rensselaer estate.
In 1791, he sucessfully bid on public land in Onondaga Co., several of the lots being situated in the place that is now Manlius. He sold his land in Rensselaer Co. and in March, 1792, he with his four sons, Ezra, Zahariah, Prentiss & Ethel began the treck to their new home in Onondaga Co. through unsettled country. When they arrived, they built a log cabin, cleared the land and planted and returned to bring the rest of the family to their new home. A grist mill was soon built. Cyrus Kinne was a mechanic and the first blacksmith of Manlius. At the first town meeting, he was chosen chairman. He was one of the organizers of the Baptist Church at Fayetteville and the first Justice of the Peace in the county, marrying the first couple to be married there.
He died August 8, 1808 at the age of 62. His children included: Ezra, Zachariah, Prentiss, Ethel, Zebulon & Moses (twins), Joshua, Cyrus, Japhath, Palmer, Rachel (m. William Williams), & Comfort (m. Jerry Springsted).
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From "Memories of Fayetteville": The Kinne Cemetery was just east of the Catholic church. Cyrus Kinne built the first frame house in the village. The Kinne home was located just east of the cemetery. Descendants of the family still retain the cemetery site, although the bones of their forebears were removed. Many descendants of Cyrus Kinne, who are business men or farmers, are still living in or near East Syracuse. When Kinne erected his home, there was but a little clearing in the forest and did not even have a name. In 1791, Joshua Knowlton and Origen Eaton located on the site of Fayetteville, and began clearing their lands. They are followed in the same locality by Cyrus Kinne, who at once opened a shop in which he followed his trade of blacksmithing, a great convenience to his fellow pioneers. Kinne was chairman of the first town meeting in Manlius, and was magistrate for many years. He died in 1808. At one time he operated the Kinne tavern, which was on the site of the later Cottage Hotel, operated by Mr. Scollard, at the corner of E. Genesee and N. Manlius streets.
The Kinne family, the ancestry of which is traced back to Henry Kinne, who, it is believed, was born in 1824, at Norfolk, England, where his father, Sir Thomas Kinne, lived, and settled at Salem, Mass., in 1653. Cyrus, the progenitor of the family in this county, was born in Voluntown, Conn., in 1746, being one of six children, and removed in 1779 to Rensselaer county, N. Y. In 1791, while at Troy, he heard of a sale of State lands in Onondaga county, and after examining the map made a journey to examine them, and bought several lots situated in town of Manlius. Returning home he quickly closed his business, and in March, 1792, he started with his four sons and one horse, a yoke of oxen, and a sled laden with some utensils and supplies to occupy his purchase. West of Utica they had to cut much of their road and ford every stream for there were no bridges. They reached what is now Fayetteville, early in the following April. In June he returned and brought the remainder of his family to the log cabin which had been built. The nearest grist mill at that time was at Oneida, and Albany the nearest market and salmon were caught with pitchforks. Pigs and chickens had to be housed at night to save them from the wolves. Kinne was the first blacksmith in the village."
In 1791, he sucessfully bid on public land in Onondaga Co., several of the lots being situated in the place that is now Manlius. He sold his land in Rensselaer Co. and in March, 1792, he with his four sons, Ezra, Zahariah, Prentiss & Ethel began the treck to their new home in Onondaga Co. through unsettled country. When they arrived, they built a log cabin, cleared the land and planted and returned to bring the rest of the family to their new home. A grist mill was soon built. Cyrus Kinne was a mechanic and the first blacksmith of Manlius. At the first town meeting, he was chosen chairman. He was one of the organizers of the Baptist Church at Fayetteville and the first Justice of the Peace in the county, marrying the first couple to be married there.
He died August 8, 1808 at the age of 62. His children included: Ezra, Zachariah, Prentiss, Ethel, Zebulon & Moses (twins), Joshua, Cyrus, Japhath, Palmer, Rachel (m. William Williams), & Comfort (m. Jerry Springsted).
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From "Memories of Fayetteville": The Kinne Cemetery was just east of the Catholic church. Cyrus Kinne built the first frame house in the village. The Kinne home was located just east of the cemetery. Descendants of the family still retain the cemetery site, although the bones of their forebears were removed. Many descendants of Cyrus Kinne, who are business men or farmers, are still living in or near East Syracuse. When Kinne erected his home, there was but a little clearing in the forest and did not even have a name. In 1791, Joshua Knowlton and Origen Eaton located on the site of Fayetteville, and began clearing their lands. They are followed in the same locality by Cyrus Kinne, who at once opened a shop in which he followed his trade of blacksmithing, a great convenience to his fellow pioneers. Kinne was chairman of the first town meeting in Manlius, and was magistrate for many years. He died in 1808. At one time he operated the Kinne tavern, which was on the site of the later Cottage Hotel, operated by Mr. Scollard, at the corner of E. Genesee and N. Manlius streets.
The Kinne family, the ancestry of which is traced back to Henry Kinne, who, it is believed, was born in 1824, at Norfolk, England, where his father, Sir Thomas Kinne, lived, and settled at Salem, Mass., in 1653. Cyrus, the progenitor of the family in this county, was born in Voluntown, Conn., in 1746, being one of six children, and removed in 1779 to Rensselaer county, N. Y. In 1791, while at Troy, he heard of a sale of State lands in Onondaga county, and after examining the map made a journey to examine them, and bought several lots situated in town of Manlius. Returning home he quickly closed his business, and in March, 1792, he started with his four sons and one horse, a yoke of oxen, and a sled laden with some utensils and supplies to occupy his purchase. West of Utica they had to cut much of their road and ford every stream for there were no bridges. They reached what is now Fayetteville, early in the following April. In June he returned and brought the remainder of his family to the log cabin which had been built. The nearest grist mill at that time was at Oneida, and Albany the nearest market and salmon were caught with pitchforks. Pigs and chickens had to be housed at night to save them from the wolves. Kinne was the first blacksmith in the village."
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