Descendants of James Kingsbury (Henry) and Sarah Button of Haverhill and Plainfield

  1. Susanna Kingsbury was born on 18 Apr 1675 in Haverhill. [GDHK, p. 111][MVRH]
  2. Sarah Kingsbury was born on 13 Aug 1677 in Haverhill. [GDHK, p. 111][MVRH]
  3. Mary Kingsbury was born on 18 Aug 1679 in Haverhill. [GDHK, p. 111][MVRH] Mary, the daughter of James of Plainfield, married Samuel Cole on 2 Jan 1693 in Hartford. [CVR] Samuel was the son of Samuel and Mary Cole. [GDHK, p. 111] He was born in 1672 in Hartford. [GDHK, p. 111] He died before 22 Dec 1760 when administration was granted on his estate. [GDHK, p. 111]
  4. Ens. Ephraim Kingsbury was born on 13 Apr 1681 in Haverhill. [GDHK, p. 111][MVRH] He died between 5 Mar 1756, when he signed his will, and 8 Oct 1756. [GDHK, p. 112] He married Phebe Main. [GDHK, p. 112] Phebe was the daughter of Ezekiel Main of Stonington. [GDHK, p. 112] She outlived her husband. [GDHK, p. 112]
    Ezekiel Main mentioned his daughter Phebe Kingsbury in his will. [GDHK, p. 112]
    Ephraim was a representative from Stonington to the General Assembly 12 times between 1720 and 1741. [GDHK, p. 112]
    Ephraim mentioned his wife Phebe, his two daughters Phebe Cady and Rachel Lawrence, the heirs of his sons Ephraim and John and his grandson John Cady in his will. [GDHK, p. 112]
    1. Ephraim Kingsbury was born on 15 Oct 1702 in Plainfield. [CVR] He died on 14 Apr 1751 in Plainfield. [GDHK, p. 115]
    2. Phebe Kingsbury was born on 8 Jan 1703/4 in Plainfield. [CVR] She married William Cady on 11 Nov 1729 in Plainfield. [CVR]
      1. John Cady was mentioned in his grandfather Ens. Ephraim Kingsbury's will of 5 Mar 1756. [GDHK, p. 112]
    3. Rachel Kingsbury was born in Apr 1706 in Plainfield. [CVR] She died on 3 Mar 1767 in Caanan. [GDHK, p. 116] She married Daniel Lawrence, Jr. of Plainfield on 32 May 1725 in Plainfield. [GDHK, p. 116] He died on 27 Jan 1790 in Sheffield, Massachusetts. [GDHK, p. 116]
    4. John Kingsbury was born on 19 Jun 1713 in Plainfield. [CVR] He died on 18 Apr 1753 in Plainfield. [GDHK, p. 117] He married Esther Whitney. [GDHK, p. 116]
      1. Stephen Kingsbury was born on 7 Dec 1735. [GDHK, p. 117]
      2. Elizabeth Kingsbury was born on 15 May 1737. [GDHK, p. 117]
      3. Jacob Kingsbury was born on 26 Feb 1740. [GDHK, p. 117] He died on 16 Jul 1759, while in the army at Lake George. [GDHK, p. 117]
      4. Capt. Lemuel Kingsbury was born on 14 Apr 1743. [GDHK, p. 117] He died on 24 Nov 1804 in Canaan. [GDHK, p. 126] He married [his first cousin] Mary Whitney [BAWK] on 7 May 1767 in Canaan. [GDHK, p. 124][CVR]
        Lemuel was a cornet in Sheldon's Light Dragoons in 1776. [GDHK, p. 124] He was a representative from Canaan to the General Assembly in 1784. [GDHK, p. 124]
        Lemuel moved to Poultney, Vermont, but returned to Canaan. [GDHK, p. 124]
        Lemuel owned a slave named Cuff. He freed him on 13 Apr 1780. [GDHK, p. 124]
        1. Joshua Kingsbury was born on 13 Feb 1768 in Canaan. [GDHK, p. 125][CVR] He died on 23 Jan 1814. [GDHK, p. 134] He married Susanna Marsh. [GDHK, p. 134] She died on 27 Mar 1818, or according to the East Canaan church record, on 28 Feb 1818, age 53. [GDHK, p. 134]
          1. Amy Kingsbury was born in Sep 1790. [GDHK, p. 134] She died on 2 Jul 1815. [GDHK, p. 134]
          2. Lucy Kingsbury was born in Sep 1793. [GDHK, p. 134] She died on 16 Sep 1816. [GDHK, p. 134]
          3. Abigail Kingsbury was born on 13 Jul 1795. [GDHK, p. 134] She died on 24 or 26 Feb 1821. [GDHK, p. 134]
          4. Lemuel Kingsbury was born on 13 Feb 1798. [GDHK, p. 134] He died on 13 or 16 Feb or 23 Apr 1816. [GDHK, p. 134]
          5. Warren Kingsbury was born on 9 Dec 1801. [GDHK, p. 134] He died on 9 Jun 1804. [GDHK, p. 134]
          6. William Kingsbury was born on 1 Nov 1807. [GDHK, p. 134] He married Lydia J. Hier of Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio on 30 Apr 1846. [GDHK, p. 148]
            • Letitia Kingsbury was born on 18 May 1848 in Royalton, Ohio. [GDHK, p. 148] She married Edward Unknown on 3 Apr 1867. [GDHK, p. 148]
            • Blandford W. Kingsbury was born on 11 Apr 1850 in Royalton. [GDHK, p. 148] He married Lydia A. Stevenston on 28 Nov 1872. [GDHK, p. 148]
            • Susanna V. Kingsbury was born on 26 Mar 1852 in Royalton. [GDHK, p. 148] She married William Deming on 14 Sep 1871. [GDHK, p. 148]
            • Lemuel M. Kingsbury was born in Dover, Ohio. [GDHK, p. 148]
        2. George Kingsbury was born on 23 Jan 1770 in Canaan. [GDHK, p. 125][CVR] He died on 30 Apr 1803 in Poultney, Vermont. [GDHK, p. 135] He married Betsey Goddard. [GDHK, p. 135]
          George was a lawyer in Winsted, Connecticut. [GDHK, p. 135] He later settled in Poultney. [GDHK, p. 135]
          1. Blodgett G. Kingsbury was born on 13 Mar 1800. [GDHK, p. 135]
          2. Mary Kingsbury was born on 12 Jun 1802. [GDHK, p. 135]
        3. Abigail Kingsbury was born on 24 Feb 1772 in Canaan. [GDHK, p. 125][CVR] She died on 12 Aug 1776. [GDHK, p. 125] in Canaan. [CVR]
        4. William Kingsbury was born on 16 Jan 1774 in Canaan. [GDHK, p. 125][CVR] He died on 14 Jan 1859 in Salem. [GDHK, p. 135] He married Sally Abigail Marsh on 22 Jul 1801 [GDHK, p. 135] in Canaan. [CVR] Mary was the daughter of Rufus and Sarah (Way) Marsh. [GDHK, p. 135] She died on 17 Jan 1861. [GDHK, p. 135]
          William and Sally went to Salem. [GDHK, p. 135]
          William was a soldier in the War of 1812 and was wounded at the Battle of Williamsburgh on 11 Nov 1813. [GDHK, p. 135]
          1. Guy Marsh Kingsbury was born on 18 Aug 1809 [GDHK, p. 135] in Canaan. [CVR]
          2. John Arthur Kingsbury was born on 30 Nov 181 [GDHK, p. 135] 1 in Canaan. [CVR]
          3. Charles William Kingsbury was born on 25 Aug 1816 [GDHK, p. 135] in Canaan. [CVR]
        5. Amy Kingsbury was born on 4 Aug 1776 in Canaan. [GDHK, p. 125][CVR] She died in 1787. [GDHK, p. 125]
        6. Lucy Kingsbury was born on 4 Dec 1778 in Canaan. [GDHK, p. 125][CVR] She died on 23 Jan 1786 [GDHK, p. 125] in Canaan. [CVR]
        7. Esther Kingsbury was born on 2 Feb 1784 in Canaan. [GDHK, p. 125] She died on 16 Jun 1786 [GDHK, p. 125] in Canaan. [CVR]
        8. Mary Kingsbury was born on 12 Nov 1785 in Canaan. [GDHK, p. 125] She died in Sep 1786 [GDHK, p. 125] in Canaan. [CVR]
      5. Andrew Kingsbury was born on 12 Jan 1745. [GDHK, p. 117]
      6. Willard Kingsbury was born on 26 Aug 1747. [GDHK, p. 117]
      7. Lois Kingsbury was born on 15 Jan 1749. She died on 14 Jan 1751. [GDHK, p. 117]
      8. Unknown Child Kingsbury died on 30 Mar 1752. [GDHK, p. 117]
  5. Abigail Kingbury was born on 26 Feb 1686 in Haverhill. [GDHK, p. 111][MVRH] She on 9 Sep 1758. [GDHK, p. 112] Abigail, the daughter of James, married Eleazer Spaulding on 17 Nov 1712 in Plainfield. [CVR]
  6. Samuel Kingsbury was born on 18 Jul 1690 in Haverhill. [GDHK, p. 111][MVRH] He died before 16 Apr 1777, when administration was granted on his estate. [GDHK, p. 113] He married Hannah Kibbe on 26 Nov 1714. [GDHK, p. 113] Hannah was the daughter of Joshua and Mary Kibbe. [GDHK, p. 113] She died after 3 Jun 1777. [GDHK, p. 113]

References

CVR AmericanAncestors.org, Connecticut Vital Records to 1870, online database, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.
BAWK Dumas, David W., "Bacon - Adams - Whitney - Kingsbury Family Record," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 138, 1984, 32-38.
GDHK Kingsbury, Frederick John, The Genealogy of the Descendants of Henry Kingsbury of Ipswich and Haverhill, Mass., Hartford, Hartford Press: Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1905.
MVRH

Topsfield Historical Society, Vital Records of Haverhill to the End of the Year 1849, V. 1,2, Births, Topsfield, Topsfield Historical Society, 191 , 1911.