Stephen Kingsley

Stephen KINSLEY

• Birth: Abt 1596 Lincolnshire, England
• Death: 4 Jun 1673 Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts
• Parents: John Kinsley, Katherine Butler
• Marriage: 29 Apr 1624 Boston, Lincoln, England
• Married: Mary Spaulding

Stephen (1) KINGSLEY was born about 1598 in England. (1801)(235) He died in 1673 in Milton, MA.(1802) (1803) "Stephen, Dorchester, perhaps br. of John, freem. 13 May 1640, rep; 1650 rem to Braintree, there had Mary, . . .He rem. final. to Milton, was rep. 1666, and in his will of 27 May, pro. 3 July foll. in 1673." Dorchester; freeman, 13 May, 1640. Repr. 1650. Perhaps a brother of John, who was in Dorchester, 1635 & came prob. with some friends of Mather; and was pillar of the new church formed for Mather, 23 Aug, 1636. Removed to Braintree. There had ch. (Mary) Was ruling elder of church. Removed to Milton, Ma and was rep. 1666. Will dated 27, May 1673, probated 3 July, 1673.

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Stephen Kingsley, born in England about 1598 arrived in Boston in 1637 and is first of record when "it is agreed that Stephen Kinsley, labourer, shall have a house plott next unto our brother Alexander Winchester his garden plott": - April 2,1637.

On Feb.19,1637(8) Stephen Kinsley was granted a great lot for nine heads; four acres upon a head" at Mt. Wollaston, and Jul.5,1639 "William Needham, the cooper, shall have an acre for his house plot out of the little island at Mount Wollaston over against Barnaby Doryfalls land, beyond Mr. William Coddington's brook. Also that Stephen Kinsley, husbandman, shall have the residue of the said island for his house plot there".

Finally Feb.22,1640(1) "Brother Stephen Kingsley is to have his four acres formerly granted to be made seven acres upon a head, allowing for the same as others have done and are to do. This last suggests that his "great lot" at Mt. Wollaston was not yet laid out for him in 1641, as it was granted by the town of Boston in 1638, and in the meantime the town of Braintree had been set off, and Stephen Kingsley was one of those "neighbors and brethren of the Mount" who agreed with Boston upon the terms of the separation into a new town on Jan.27,1639(40). His name does not appear in the list of church members of Boston but he was one of the original members of the Braintree Church organized Sep.16,1639, and was made a freeman of the colony May 13,1640, and was also a townsman or selectman, 1640,1642,1648,1651, etc. He deposed in the case of Wilson vs. Faxon (Early Court Rec. #188) -

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in 1653 aged 55, and he was ordained Ruling Elder of the Braintree Church Oct.12,1653 as we learn from Rev. John Hancock's Century Sermons (published 1739, p.21). He was probably a brother of John Kingsley of Dorchester and Rehoboth. He was also deputy to the General Court.

By 1654 he resided in present Milton on Milton Hill, as the road way to the mill at present Milton Lower Mills passed through his yard and in 1656 he purchased a half interest in the Hutchinson farm, then in Dorchester bounds, now in present town of Milton (after 1662) (not the William Hutchinson grant in Braintree).

"Stephen Kingsley & Marie Spaulding" married 29 April 1624 at Boston, England may refer to this man (See American Genealogist Vol.10, p.15).

Elder Stephen Kingsley died at Milton Jun.4,1673 and - his wife died there Jan.10,1668(9), her name not being given in any New England records. The location of Stephen Kingsley's land grant in Braintree has not been determined after much search. On Jun.24,1663 for L3 paid him by Thomas Meekins late of Dorchester he sold to John Hull 66 acres granted to him, "bounded with several small allotments likewise laid out" etc., west on Henry Stevens, north on John Barrell (should be George Barrell) and Edward Goodwin, east on William Davis, south on Samuel Sherman (S.D. 10-25).

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It is apparent that Stephen Kingsley did not settle on this lot, having had a house lot near Mr. Coddington, now Furnace Brook. John Hull bought up many other unused lots at this time most of which were near and along present West St. in Braintree and were laid out in 1640 or 1641 about the time Stephen Kingsley had his allotment changed to seven acres per head making about 63 acres total, and that is apparently the approximate location of his grant.

"Braintree Pioneers" by F.A. Bates at N.E. Hist. Gen. Soc. says (from History of Milton) - Stephen Kingsley house was on the hill a little east of the residence of Cornelius Babcock on the north side of Adams St. The cellar was filled up by Mr. Babcock the present owner -

Children of Stephen & - born in England and New England

+ Samuel (before May(1630) in England.

John about 1632 in England, m. Susanna Daniel. Resided in Milton.

Tabitha m. Henry Crane of Braintree & Milton.

Lydia m. Anthony Gulliver of Milton. - m. Robert Mason of Dedham & Medfield. Mary Aug.30,1640 at Braintree (Boston Returns).

• Birth: Abt 1596 Lincolnshire, England
• Death: 4 Jun 1673 Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts
• Marriage: 29 Apr 1624 Boston, Lincoln, England
• Married: Mary Elizabeth Spaulding

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Elinor's father was Stephen (1) kingsley (Kinsley) was born at Hampshire,England; brother to John; settled first in Braintree, 1637; was a proprietor, and a freeman on May 13, 1640; removed to Dorchester and bought half of the Hutchinson farm, Feb. 23, 1656; returned to Braintree

and sold land in Milton, May 11, 1670. He was representative to the General Court in 1650 and first ruling elder in Braintree in 1653, after-wards of Dorchester, and representative of Milton in 1666, where he died. Stephen (1) Kingsley's will was dated at Milton, May 27, 1673; proved July 8, 1673, in which he mentions his children: Samuel; John ; Daughter, married Henry Crane; Daughter, Elinor, married Robert Mason; and Mary, born Aug 30, 1640, at Braintree. He was captain

in 1641; major in 1647. Stephen Kingsley's ancestors spelled their name Kyngesley, and bore these arms: Vert, a cross engrailed ermine crest, in ducal coronet gulese a goat's head argent. Descended from

Randolphus de Kyngesleigh of Chester, 1120. (Authorities: American

Ancestry, Vol. 6,207; Braintree Records, page 4. New Hampshire

Historical Society, Vol. 1-2, 241, 216, 218 pages. Genealogical and

Family History of Connecticut, Vol. 11, page 1030, by Ezra Stearns.

Genealogical Dictionary of New England, Savage. Colonial Families of

the United States, by MacKensie. New England Genealogical and

Historical Register, Vol. XLVII, page 355. A. M. J. C.