Kingsley, Jonathan

1752 - 1835  (82 years)

• Name	Kingsley, Jonathan
  Birth	1 Jul 1752	Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, USA
  Gender	Male
  LifeSketch	From the Find A Grave Memorial; In 1768 at the age of 16 years, Jonathan moved with his father, Jonathan Sr., from Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut to the New Hamsphire Grants (now Vermont), 1st to Rockingham (now in Windham County, Vermont), thence to Hartland and in the spring of 1772 from Hartland to Woodstock (both now in Windsor County, Vermont) where they became the 1st to settle in what became School District No. 9 in Woodstock. Jonathan had at least two brothers, Ebenezer and Nathaniel. Jonathan was named on a roll of men who Scouted from Woodstock in the year 1778. He was credited with Scouting 5 days in the said roll dated October 17, 1778 by Captain Phineas Wiiliams of Woodstock. Commencing on October 16th to the 18th, 1780, Jonathan served 3 days as a Private in Captain John Hawkins Company of Minute Men of Woodstock when they were called out due to the alarm at Royalton, Windsor County, Vermont. During that service, he was given an allowance of 4 shillings for traveling 45 miles from his home to Brookfield, now in Orange County, Vermont. Jonathan married Elizabeth Grey (Gray) (1751-1831) by whom he had 7 children (5 sons and 2 daughters): Billy Gray (1776-1857), Sally (b. 1778), Levi (1779-1869), Jonathan (1783-1866), Polly (b. 1784), Elisha (1789-1871), and Stephen Powers (1793-1870). In the winter of 1803-1804, Jonathan taught school in the New Boston School District schoolhouse which was the 1st framed schoolhouse in the district built in 1803. Jonathan was in the service from Woodstock during the War of 1812. References: (1) \"History of Woodstock, Vermont\" by Henry Swan Dana, 1889, pages 21, 114, 136-137, 139, and 522-523 (2) \"The State of Vermont - Rolls of the Soldiers in the Revolutionary War 1775 to 1783\" by John E. Goodrich, 1904, pages 87 and 268 (3) \"mss. Vermont Birth, Marriage and Death Records, Vermont Records Center, Middlesex, Vermont
  FSID	KLZB-JWJ
  _MILT	Between Jun 1778 and 16 Oct 1780	Vermont, USA
  Death	17 Feb 1835	Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont, USA
  	age 82
  Burial	Aft 17 Feb 1835	Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont, USA
  	Randall Cemetery,
  Person ID	I114843	WetzelAncestry

  
  

  Father	Kingsley, Jonathan,   b. 24 Dec 1718, Windham, Windham, Connecticut, USA d. 28 Mar 1798, Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont, USA (Age 79 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Sabin, Experience,   b. 12 Aug 1720, Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, USA d. 18 Jul 1793, Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont, USA (Age 72 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	28 Feb 1744	Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, USA
  Family ID	F64478	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1 Jul 1752 - Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, USA _MILT - Between Jun 1778 and 16 Oct 1780 - Vermont, USA Death - 17 Feb 1835 - Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont, USA Burial - Aft 17 Feb 1835 - Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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TNG ID: I114843

FSID: KLZB-JWJ