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Robert Kitchell
Birth: 1601 Fordwich, England
Death: Apr. 10, 1672, Newark Essex County New Jersey, USA
Son of John Kitchell & Joan Jordan
Husband of Margaret Sheafe
After his death, his wife, Margaret, removed to Greenwich, Conn. where she died in 1682.
The children of Robert & Margaret (Sheaffe) Kitchell:
1. Samuel Kitchel b. 1632/3 in England, d. April 16, 1690 in Newark, NJ, m. (1) Elizabeth Wakeman, (2) Grace Pierson
2. JOANNA KITCHELL m. JEREMIAH PECK
3. Sarah Kitchel d. at Guilford May 10, 1651.
notes
Families of Ancient New Haven by Donald Lines Jacobus, pg. 1384
Family Record of the Maltby-Morehouse Family by Georgia Lord Morehouse Maltby, pg. 52
Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts by William Richard Cutter, pg. 1687
"John Bishop, immigrant ancestor, born in England, about 1600, was one of the twenty-five immigrants who came with Rev. Henry Whitfield's company from England and founded Guilford, Connecticut. His name was signed second to the Plantation Covenant made on shipboard June 1, 1639. Robert Kitchell signed first."
Notes about the KITCHELL family; As published in "Whallon and Kitchell Families"; by Edward Payson Whallon, 1932
The first of the family to come to this country was Robert Kitchell, who landed at New Haven in 1639, his wife being Margaret Sheaffe, daughter of Rev. Edward Sheaffe, of Cranbrooke, Kent, England. They left England April 20 {26?}, 1639, with a company of Puritan refugees, led by Rev. Henry Whitfield, in the first vessel, The Arabella, that anchored in the harbor of Quinnipiac, now New Haven, Conn.
Robert Kitchell was born in England in 1604, and died in 1672. His wife died in 1682. While on shipboard the Plantation Covenant was signed, in which the Puritans agreed to remain together, the first name to the Covenant being that of Mr. Robert Kitchell, the "Mr." designating him as a "Gentleman Commoner," or some such rank of sub-noble dignity. They soon settled at Guilford. These settlers were generally men of character, culture and substance, several of them being of University training, and Robert Kitchell held a large place among them in all trusts and dignities.
Samuel Kitchell, his son, married Grace Pierson, daughter of Rev. Abraham Pierson, pastor of the Guilford Church. Laxness of views spreading through the colony, Dr. Abraham Pierson was asked by the "Fundamentalists," as they classified themselves, to find a new home for them and their church. He first organized a church at Southampton, Long Island, and then, going to the territory now occupied by Newark, N.J., he secured this for his people and sent word to them to come down as a Colony and Church, Samuel Kitchell, his son-in-law, being with him there from the first, as one of the founders of Newark. The Guilford Church and people became re-established at Newark, and Dr. Abraham Pierson became the first pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Newark. Robert Kitchell became known as "the benefactor of Newark." Dr. Pierson's son,
Dr. Abraham Pierson, was his assistant and successor as pastor, and became founder and first President of Yale College, his statue in bronze now standing on the campus. The daughter, Grace Pierson Kitchell, wife of Samuel, is the mother of all the American Kitchells.
The Kitchell family grew into a large and influential family in New Jersey and other states, becoming associated by marriage with many other prominent and influential families, as Tuttle, Farrand, Baldwin, Houghton, Gardner, Willis, Land, Pierson, Mulford, Sayre, Peck, Bruen, Lindsley, Howard and others.
Abraham Kitchell, son of Samuel and Grace Pierson Kitchell, was born at Newark in 1679 and died December 12, 1741. He married Sarah Bruen, who was born in 1679 and died April 20, 1745, daughter of John and Esther Laurence Bruen, and they had four sons and three daughters: Samuel, born 1704 and died November, 1732; Joseph, born 1710 and died December 24, 1789, who married Rachel Bates, who died December 24, 1789; John, born 1714, and died January 9, 1777, who married Marie Phoenice Keziah Ball, daughter of Caleb Ball and Mercy Parkhurst (** suspect **); David, born 1723 and died December 26, 1753, who married Ruth Tuttle, who was born 1713, and died April 4, 1780; Grace, who married Benjamin Lindsley; Mary Allis, who married Paul Leonard; Abigail, who married Edmund Crane.
Daniel Kitchell, son of John and Keziah Ball Kitchell, came to Cincinnati in 1788 and his name stands as the first of the eight charter members who organized the First Presbyterian Church of Cincinnati, in 1790. The family that descended from this Daniel Kitchell, changed the name to Kitchel, for some reason, and carry this as the family name. President H. D. Kitchel, of Middlebury College, chose this spelling, although Robert Kitchell, who signed the Plantation Covenant, certainly knew how the name should be spelled. Daniel Kitchel, early pioneer of Cincinnati had one son, Samuel, and one daughter, Phebe, who married Hezekiah Flint, and had a large family. Samuel Married Margaret Kennedy, daughter of Francis and Rebecca Kennedy. Their children were: Daniel, born in Cincinnati, in 1795, and died in Union County, Ind., in 1855; Phebe married William Goldtrap; Mary married Joshua Druce; John died in 1839; Rebecca married Andrew Davison and Julia married Elisha Walden.
From "Kitchell Family Genealogy" by Margaret Ellen Kitchell Whallon:
(1) Robert KITCHELL and Margaret SHEAFFE, came to New Haven, CT 1639
(2) Samuel KITCHELL and Grace PIERSON
(3) Abraham KITCHELL and Sarah BRUEN
(4) John KITCHELL and Keziah BALL
(5) Daniel KITCHELL and Esther MULFORD (went to Cincinnati, OH 1788)
Aaron Kitchel, cousin of Daniel Kitchel who came to Cincinnati in 1788, was one of the most notable members of the family. He was a U.S. Senator from New Jersey and a warm friend and counselor of General George Washington, on his staff and was one of his pallbearrrers. He is buried in the churchyard cemetery at Hanover, New Jersey. For 36 years, he was a member of the state legislator, the National Congress and the Senate, on the Commission of Forfeited Estates of Tories and on the Commission that established the Northwest Territory. He was the son of Joseph.
Mrs. Wallon, through her ancestors, Abraham Kitchell, son of Samuel, a founder of Newark, and Sarah Bruen his wife, has descended from four of the signers of the Magna Charta, one being King John himself, who was compelled to sign it and the three barons: Roger and Hugh Bigod, of the de Beauchamps family and Geoffrey de Say, ancestor of Geoffrey de Say.
Find A Grave Memorial# 32865911
The son of JOHN & JOANNE (JORDAN) KITCHELL, he was baptized on October 25, 1601. (NEHGR 55:213-214-Parish Register of Rolvenden). On July 21, 1632, he married MARGARET SHEAFFE in co. Kent, England where he owned property in Rovenden, co. Kent, England that he sold before leaving for New England. The Kitchell and Scheaffe families came together on the good ship, ARABELLA, that was anchored in New Haven Colony, with the Whitfield Company in 1639 (led by Rev. Henry Whitfield), where they settled in Guilford. Mr. Robert Kitchell had the first signer of the Guilford Compact aboard ship in which the Puritans agreed to remain together. On September 29, 1639, he was one of the six planters who signed the deed with Squaw Sachem, Shaumpishuh, to purchase the land between New Haven & Saybrook plantation called Menuncatuck (Guilford). In 1646/7, he was one of the appraisers of the estate of Francis Bushnell of Guilford. He served as an attorney for Mr. Sheaffe in court on May 4, 1650 when Mr. Bishop brought damages against Mr. Shaeffe due to his hogs damaging Mr. Bishop's corn. Robert Kitchell, Wm. Chittenden & Geo. Hubbard were elected duputies for Guilford on June 11, 1660 ("One Bassett Family in America, p. 203-4). Mr. Kitchell was elected to be commissioner at Guilford (Public Rec. of the Colony of Conn, Vol. II, p. 32-May 10, 1666)
Robert Kitchell's son, Samuel, married on December 2, 1666, Grace Pierson, daughter of Rev. Abraham Pierson. Rev. Pierson was asked by the "Fundamentalists" to find a new home for them and their church. He left his church in Branford in 1667 and went to Newark, New Jersey asking his family to join him. Robert Kitchell was one who reponded to his request and removed to Newark with some of his family, where he purchased land in and around Newark from the Indians. In the history of Newark, he was called "the benefactor of Newark". The Kitchell family grew into a large & influencial family in New Jersey.
After his death, his wife, Margaret, removed to Greenwich, Conn. where she died in 1682.
The children of Robert & Margaret (Sheaffe) Kitchell: 1. Samuel Kitchel b. 1632/3 in England, d. April 16, 1690 in Newark, NJ, m. (1) Elizabeth Wakeman, (2) Grace Pierson 2. JOANNA KITCHELL (my ancestor) m. JEREMIAH PECK 3. Sarah Kitchel d. at Guilford May 10, 1651.
Margaret Sheafe
Born 21 May 1598 Cranbrook, Kent
Gender Female
Died 26 April 1682 Greenwich, CT
Father Richard Sheafe, d. September 1625, Cranbrook, Kent
Mother Margery Roberts, d. February 1621/2, Cranbrook, Kent
Married 8 January 1580/1 Cranbrook, Kent
Family/Spouse
Robert Kitchell, b. 25 October 1601, Hayes, Kent , d. 1672, Guilford, CT (Age 70 years) Children
+ 1. Samuel Kitchell, b. 6 December 1635, Rolvenden, England , d. 20 April 1690, Newark, NJ (Age 54 years)
+ 2. Joanna Kitchell, b. about 1637, d. 1711, Waterbury, CT (Age ~ 74 years)
http://trees.wmgs.org/getperson.php?personID=I59632&tree=Schirado
Events
Christening: 21 May 1598 Cranbrook, Kent
Immigration: July 1639 New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut Note: aboard the St. John having left England 26 Apr 1639
Death: 26 Apr 1682 in at the home of her daughter, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut
Will: 02 Dec 1679 Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut Note: naming no relatives except her "son Ketchell" and "daughter Peck"
Residence: bef 21 June 1631 Tenterden, Kent
Immigration: either 1666 or 1667 Newark, Essex County, New Jersey
Immigration: 1678 Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut Note: to live with her daughter and son-in-law 1
Residence: btw 1642 and 1666 Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut
Married: 21 July 1632 in Rolvenden, Kent Note: or Canterbury, St. Mary Brendin's , though she is 3 years younger in her license 21 June 1631 at Canterbury, Kent
References
Mahler, Leslie. “The Roberts Family of Brenchley, Kent.” American Genealogist. (D.L. Jacobus). (2009) 83:272, 269. < AmericanAncestors >; (document attached)
Title: Kitchell Family History Author: Clem, Deloris Kitchel; Kitchel, Dwain L. Publication: Gregath Company, Cullman, Alabama, 1989 Page: 1-14, "Chapter 1 - Robert Kitchell"
Title: Lineal Ancestors of Captain James Cory and of His Descendants: Genealogical, Historical and Biographical, Format: 4 vols. Author: Cory, Charles Henry Publication: the author, n.p., 1937 Note: !Table2 Vol. Each volume independently titled: 1 Lineal Ancestors of Captain James Cory and of His Descendants: Genealogical, Historical and Biographical 2!Lineal Ancestors of Rhoda (Axtell) Cory, Mother of Captain James Cory: Genealogical, Historical and Biographical 3 Lineal Ancestors of Susan (Mulford) Cory, Wife of Captain James Cory: Genealogical, Historical and Biographical 4 Lineal Ancestors of Susan (Kitchell) Mulford, Mother of Mrs. Susan (Mulford) Cory: Genealogical, Historical and Biographical Page: 4:1-94, "The Kitchell Lineage"
Title: The American Genealogist: The Kitchell, Sheafe and Ruck Connections in England, Volume: 15:69-80 Author: Jacobus, Donald Lines Publication: 1938-9
Title: The New England Historical and Genealogical Ancestry: An Extension of the Sheafe Ancestry, Volume: 137:291-305 Author: Threlfall, John Brooks Publication: 1983 Page: 291, 'Introduction'
Families of Ancient New Haven by Donald Lines Jacobus, pg. 1384 Margaret, Daughter of Rev. Edmund Sheafe and Joan (Jordan) Sheafe
References
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34353796/_
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Kitcherel-3