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About Elder Lieut. Joseph Kingsbury Sr.
Kingsbury Haverhill Massachusetts To Connecticut Migration
Joseph was born in 1656 and died in 1741, aged 85. While he lived in Haverhill he served as constable, tithingman, selectman, viewer of fences, and surveyor. He was also employed as a bookkeeper. In 1708 there were Indian troubles in the Haverhill area. He moved his family to Norwich, Connecticut. They lived in the part of that town known then as West Farms and now as Franklin, where he was very active in the church. He was a deacon and served on the committee of eight men who wrote the church covenant. He was a lieutenant during the Indian wars of his time. He is buried in the Old Franklin Burying Ground.
The following was added by John Repinski on 5/13/18:
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.
Timeline of some events in Joseph's life:
- 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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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingsbury_family
Lieutenant Joseph Kingsbury (Henry 1), of Haverhill, took the oath of allegiance, Nov. 28, 1677 ; married, April 2, 1679, Love, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Hutchins) Ayer, of Haverhill, born April 15, 1663. March 2, 1702/3, 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; 1701/2 ; 1705/6; viewer of fences from the Mill brook westward to the Westbridge river, and northward. He appears 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 our best skill and judgment." May 12, 1702, the Town by vote made choice of Sergt 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 at- tacks would be more desirable as a residence, and later in the year he removed with his family to Norwich, Conn., 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 or- ganized, 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, 17 18. 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.
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Elder Lieut. Joseph Kingsbury Sr.'s Timeline
| 1641 |
February 17, 1641
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Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
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| 1656 |
February 21, 1656
Age 15
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Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
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| 1679 |
April 2, 1679
Age 38
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Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
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| 1682 |
June 22, 1682
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Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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| 1684 |
August 23, 1684
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Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
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| 1686 |
May 10, 1686
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Haverhill, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
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| 1692 |
1692
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Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts
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| 1693 |
October 16, 1693
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Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts
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| 1695 |
September 24, 1695
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Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
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