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ROBERT KINGSMAN (d. 1647) of Overton
Parents: See Stickney [Ref]
Robert Kingsman of Overton the elder, yeoman, wrote his will on 6 Apr 1647. It was proved in Jul 1647. He mentioned his son Robert Kingsman; Robert's son Robert; the children of his sons Philip and Thomas; the children of his sons-in-law Edward Carpenter, John Newman, Nathaniel Poole, Henry Fisher; his kinsman Robert Kingsman of Overton, yeoman; his kinsman Thomas Stevens of Lockbridge. [Ref]
ROBERT KINSMAN (d. 1664) of Ipswich
Parents: Stickney [Ref] suggests that Robert might have been the son of Robert Kingsman of Overton.
Robert Kinsman died on 28 Jan 1664 in Ipswich. [Ref]
He was a glazier: the inventory of his estate included glass, lead, vise and tools belonging to the glazing trade. [Ref]
Robert Kinsman came to New England on the Mary and John, arriving in Boston in May 1634. [Ref] He is on a 19 Dec 1648 list of taxpayers in Ipswich. [Ref] Robert Kinsman of Ipswich was made a freeman at the 6 Apr 1658 court at Ipswich. [Ref] On 13 Nov, Robert Kinsman, being above threescore years of age and having the sciatica, was freed from training. [Ref]
Robert Kinsman signed his will on 25 Jan 1664; it was proved on 28 Mar 1665. He mentions his son Robert; Isaac and Sarah the children of his daughter Mary; his daughter Mary, the wife of [?] Wardell; Daniel Roger; Mary and Susan Ring; his daughter Sarah, the wife of Samuel Younglove; his daughter Hannah; his daughter Martha, the wife of Jacob Foster; his daughter Tabitha Kinsman; his cousin Richard Nicolls. [Ref]
Children of Robert Kinsman:
TABITHA KINSMAN
Parents: Robert Kinsman
Tabitha Kinsman possiby married William Howard. [Greene's [Ref] argument suggests that this is possible,and perhaps likely, but not proven.]
References
Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. Vol. 1-3. Boston, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995.
Bodge, George, "Soldiers in King Philip's War," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 42, 1888, 95.
Editors, "Ipswich Court Records and Files," Essex Antiquarian 12, 1908, 120.
Editors, "Ipswich Inscriptions," Essex Antiquarian 13, 1909, 58.
Editors, "Will of Robert Kinsman," Essex Antiquarian 12, 1902, 107.
Forster, Edward Jacob, "Genealogy of the Fo(r)ster Family: Descendants of Reginald Fo(r)ster of Ipswich, Mass.," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 30, 1876, 83-102.
French, A. D. Weld, "Frenches in New and Old England," Notes and Queries Section, New England Historical and Genealogical Register 45, 1891, 84-5.
Great Migration Project: http://www.greatmigration.org/. Entry for Robert Kinsman.
Paige, Lucius, R., "List of Freemen, " New England Historical and Genealogical Register 3, 1849, 243.
Parker, Frances J., "Samuel Baker Rindge," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 45, 1891, 3.
Stickney, Lucy W., The Kinsman family : Genealogical record of the descendants
of Robert Kinsman, of Ipswich, Mass. from 1634 to 1875, unknown, unknown,
1876.
Wait, Luther, trans., "Ipswich Proceedings," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 2, 1848, 50-53.
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