Kingsley, Stephen

1598 - 1673  (75 years)

• Name	Kingsley, Stephen  [1, 2]
  Birth	1598	Bodenham, Herefordshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Birth	Abt 1598	Warwickshire, England
  Immigration	1630	Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA   [3]
  	from Hampshire, England
  	The following notes courtesy of Peter Blackwell, posted on Kingsley GenForum 2/16/00 at http://genforum.genealogy.com/kingsley/messages/246.html : Among the people who came to Plymouth in 1630 were two brothers, John and Stephen Kingsley, who came from Hampshire, England. In 1635, John Kingsley left Plymouth and moved north to Dorchester in the developing Boston area with a friend of Cotton Mather. He was followed by Stephen who by 1640 was the owner of a valuable property in the Braintree area. There he became a Court Deputy in Braintree and Milton from 1650 to 1666 and was also trustee of estates until his death in 1673. His family was to go on to found several towns in the Connecticut area. John, along with seven others was a pillar of a new church founded on August 23, 1636 and was among the last survivors. John Kingsley acquired the first grant of land in Taunton, MA area in 1645 and relocated there. The next year he became a shareholder in Great Lots (?). Three years later he moved to Rehoboth in Bristol County, MA. The area around Rehoboth would eventually witness "King Philip's War". The first generation of settlers who had worked out an uneasy alliance with Massasoit, chief of the Wampanoag Indians, were now replaced by people who wanted to expand their opportunities for development. The culture of the Indians differed greatly to that of the settlers in regards to the use of the land. A continuing problem was the trampling of Native cornfields by the colonists' livestock. While the colonists were legally responsible for the damage, such laws were difficult to enforce in remote areas such as Rehoboth and Taunton. Increased competition for these resources of land for planting, hunting and fishing caused much friction between the two groups. In 1662, in an arrogant attempt to exert control, the Plymouth Court summoned Wampanoag leader, Wamsutta, son of Massasoit, to Plymouth. Major Josiah Winslow, with a small force of men, took Wamsutta at gunpoint. Soon after questioning, Wamsutta became ill and died. His death greatly angered the Wampanoag. Wamsutta's brother, Metacom (also called Philip) succeeded him. Plymouth's continued unyielding policy toward Native leaders, as well as the events surrounding the murder of Sassamon, a liaison between the two groups, caused the breakdown in relations that led to war. In 1675, hostilities broke out in the town of Swansea, and the war spread as far north as New Hampshire, and as far southwest as Connecticut. Not all the native peoples, however, sided with Philip. Most natives who had converted to Christianity fought with the English or remained neutral. The English, however, did not always trust these converts and interned many of them in camps or outlying islands. Native soldiers fighting on the side of the colonists helped turn the tide of the war, which ended in 1676 when Philip was killed by a Wampanoag fighting with Captain Benjamin Church in the Great Swamp of southern Rhode Island. The strain connected with the difficult relationships with the Indians over almost a thirty year period ending with the death of Philip caused John's health to suffer and he asked for relief in that year. He moved to Bristol, Rhode Island and died in 1678. More About JOHN KINGSLEY: Emigration: Bet. 1630 - 1634, Hampshire, England to Taunton, MA26 Fact 1 (2): Abt. 1634, Taunton, MA owned 12 acres per Baylies Historical Memoir of New Plymouth, Vol. 1, pt. 1, p.28626 Fact 2 (2): 1636, Was an organizer of the First Church of Dorchester (one of seven)26 Fact 3 (2): August 23, 1636, First church gathering, Dorchester (John was seventh signer)26 Will: Lists only children Edward, Enos and Freedom; mentions "to be buried by my wife Alice in the North corner of my house lott".26 More About ELIZABETH STOUGHTON: Fact 1 (2): She was the second Church of Dorchester member when her marriage covenant was signed26 Child of JOHN KINGSLEY and ELIZABETH STOUGHTON is: 6. i. EDWARD ELDAD6 KINGSLEY, b. 1638, Providence, RI; d. August 30, 1679, Rehoboth, Bristol County, MA.
  Moved	1635	Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA   [3, 4, 5]
  	to Boston (Dorchester) from Plymouth
  	The following notes courtesy of Peter Blackwell, posted on Kingsley GenForum 2/16/00 at http://genforum.genealogy.com/kingsley/messages/246.html : Among the people who came to Plymouth in 1630 were two brothers, John and Stephen Kingsley, who came from Hampshire, England. In 1635, John Kingsley left Plymouth and moved north to Dorchester in the developing Boston area with a friend of Cotton Mather. He was followed by Stephen who by 1640 was the owner of a valuable property in the Braintree area. There he became a Court Deputy in Braintree and Milton from 1650 to 1666 and was also trustee of estates until his death in 1673. His family was to go on to found several towns in the Connecticut area. John, along with seven others was a pillar of a new church founded on August 23, 1636 and was among the last survivors. John Kingsley acquired the first grant of land in Taunton, MA area in 1645 and relocated there. The next year he became a shareholder in Great Lots (?). Three years later he moved to Rehoboth in Bristol County, MA. The area around Rehoboth would eventually witness "King Philip's War". The first generation of settlers who had worked out an uneasy alliance with Massasoit, chief of the Wampanoag Indians, were now replaced by people who wanted to expand their opportunities for development. The culture of the Indians differed greatly to that of the settlers in regards to the use of the land. A continuing problem was the trampling of Native cornfields by the colonists' livestock. While the colonists were legally responsible for the damage, such laws were difficult to enforce in remote areas such as Rehoboth and Taunton. Increased competition for these resources of land for planting, hunting and fishing caused much friction between the two groups. In 1662, in an arrogant attempt to exert control, the Plymouth Court summoned Wampanoag leader, Wamsutta, son of Massasoit, to Plymouth. Major Josiah Winslow, with a small force of men, took Wamsutta at gunpoint. Soon after questioning, Wamsutta became ill and died. His death greatly angered the Wampanoag. Wamsutta's brother, Metacom (also called Philip) succeeded him. Plymouth's continued unyielding policy toward Native leaders, as well as the events surrounding the murder of Sassamon, a liaison between the two groups, caused the breakdown in relations that led to war. In 1675, hostilities broke out in the town of Swansea, and the war spread as far north as New Hampshire, and as far southwest as Connecticut. Not all the native peoples, however, sided with Philip. Most natives who had converted to Christianity fought with the English or remained neutral. The English, however, did not always trust these converts and interned many of them in camps or outlying islands. Native soldiers fighting on the side of the colonists helped turn the tide of the war, which ended in 1676 when Philip was killed by a Wampanoag fighting with Captain Benjamin Church in the Great Swamp of southern Rhode Island. The strain connected with the difficult relationships with the Indians over almost a thirty year period ending with the death of Philip caused John's health to suffer and he asked for relief in that year. He moved to Bristol, Rhode Island and died in 1678. More About JOHN KINGSLEY: Emigration: Bet. 1630 - 1634, Hampshire, England to Taunton, MA26 Fact 1 (2): Abt. 1634, Taunton, MA owned 12 acres per Baylies Historical Memoir of New Plymouth, Vol. 1, pt. 1, p.28626 Fact 2 (2): 1636, Was an organizer of the First Church of Dorchester (one of seven)26 Fact 3 (2): August 23, 1636, First church gathering, Dorchester (John was seventh signer)26 Will: Lists only children Edward, Enos and Freedom; mentions "to be buried by my wife Alice in the North corner of my house lott".26 More About ELIZABETH STOUGHTON: Fact 1 (2): She was the second Church of Dorchester member when her marriage covenant was signed26 Child of JOHN KINGSLEY and ELIZABETH STOUGHTON is: 6. i. EDWARD ELDAD6 KINGSLEY, b. 1638, Providence, RI; d. August 30, 1679, Rehoboth, Bristol County, MA.
  Event	27 Jan 1639  [4]
  	One of the founders of the town of Braintree
  Religion	16 Sep 1639  [4]
  	one of the original members of the Braintree Church organized September 16, 1639
  Arrival	1640	Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA   [1]
  Event	13 May 1640  [4, 5]
  	made a freeman of the colony
  Religion	12 Oct 1653  [4, 5]
  	aged 55, he was ordained Ruling Elder of the Braintree Church
  Will	27 May 1673	Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
  Death	4 Jun 1673	Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA   [1, 3, 4, 5]
  	The following notes courtesy of Peter Blackwell, posted on Kingsley GenForum 2/16/00 at http://genforum.genealogy.com/kingsley/messages/246.html : Among the people who came to Plymouth in 1630 were two brothers, John and Stephen Kingsley, who came from Hampshire, England. In 1635, John Kingsley left Plymouth and moved north to Dorchester in the developing Boston area with a friend of Cotton Mather. He was followed by Stephen who by 1640 was the owner of a valuable property in the Braintree area. There he became a Court Deputy in Braintree and Milton from 1650 to 1666 and was also trustee of estates until his death in 1673. His family was to go on to found several towns in the Connecticut area. John, along with seven others was a pillar of a new church founded on August 23, 1636 and was among the last survivors. John Kingsley acquired the first grant of land in Taunton, MA area in 1645 and relocated there. The next year he became a shareholder in Great Lots (?). Three years later he moved to Rehoboth in Bristol County, MA. The area around Rehoboth would eventually witness "King Philip's War". The first generation of settlers who had worked out an uneasy alliance with Massasoit, chief of the Wampanoag Indians, were now replaced by people who wanted to expand their opportunities for development. The culture of the Indians differed greatly to that of the settlers in regards to the use of the land. A continuing problem was the trampling of Native cornfields by the colonists' livestock. While the colonists were legally responsible for the damage, such laws were difficult to enforce in remote areas such as Rehoboth and Taunton. Increased competition for these resources of land for planting, hunting and fishing caused much friction between the two groups. In 1662, in an arrogant attempt to exert control, the Plymouth Court summoned Wampanoag leader, Wamsutta, son of Massasoit, to Plymouth. Major Josiah Winslow, with a small force of men, took Wamsutta at gunpoint. Soon after questioning, Wamsutta became ill and died. His death greatly angered the Wampanoag. Wamsutta's brother, Metacom (also called Philip) succeeded him. Plymouth's continued unyielding policy toward Native leaders, as well as the events surrounding the murder of Sassamon, a liaison between the two groups, caused the breakdown in relations that led to war. In 1675, hostilities broke out in the town of Swansea, and the war spread as far north as New Hampshire, and as far southwest as Connecticut. Not all the native peoples, however, sided with Philip. Most natives who had converted to Christianity fought with the English or remained neutral. The English, however, did not always trust these converts and interned many of them in camps or outlying islands. Native soldiers fighting on the side of the colonists helped turn the tide of the war, which ended in 1676 when Philip was killed by a Wampanoag fighting with Captain Benjamin Church in the Great Swamp of southern Rhode Island. The strain connected with the difficult relationships with the Indians over almost a thirty year period ending with the death of Philip caused John's health to suffer and he asked for relief in that year. He moved to Bristol, Rhode Island and died in 1678. More About JOHN KINGSLEY: Emigration: Bet. 1630 - 1634, Hampshire, England to Taunton, MA26 Fact 1 (2): Abt. 1634, Taunton, MA owned 12 acres per Baylies Historical Memoir of New Plymouth, Vol. 1, pt. 1, p.28626 Fact 2 (2): 1636, Was an organizer of the First Church of Dorchester (one of seven)26 Fact 3 (2): August 23, 1636, First church gathering, Dorchester (John was seventh signer)26 Will: Lists only children Edward, Enos and Freedom; mentions "to be buried by my wife Alice in the North corner of my house lott".26 More About ELIZABETH STOUGHTON: Fact 1 (2): She was the second Church of Dorchester member when her marriage covenant was signed26 Child of JOHN KINGSLEY and ELIZABETH STOUGHTON is: 6. i. EDWARD ELDAD6 KINGSLEY, b. 1638, Providence, RI; d. August 30, 1679, Rehoboth, Bristol County, MA.
  Burial	4 Jun 1673	Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA   [4, 5]
  Inventory	27 Jun 1673	Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
  	Stephen Kigsley, (ELDER) http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=spragueged&id=I11435 ID: I11435 Name: Stephen Kingsley , Elder 1 Sex: M Birth: ABT 1598 in England Death: 4 JUN 1673 in Milton, Norfolk, Ma Note: Kingsley,Kingsly,Kinsly, etc. S.P.7-312 - Will of Stephen Kingsly of Milton "being sick in body" May 27,1673 - Jul.3,1673: Son John sole executor & I give him my house, barn & orchard & all land adjoining on both sides the country highway & 12 a. salt meadow adjoining & the plain that is at the E. end of my land in Braintree 12 a. part whereof is in his present improvement & 40 a. upon the hill adjoining. To son in law Henry Crane part of land in Braintree on S.E. side thereof & reaching from E. corner of my lot to end of the line of Gregory Bolster [Baxter] on to Braintree common 20 rods broad by the line so far as it will bear & away over to ye swamp & 3 a. over against his house being part of the field at present on my own improvement & he is to have my "fether" bed, bolster, pillow, rugg, & blanket. To son in law Anthony Gullive the plain in his present possession excepting one corner thereof which bee over against Henry Crane's house which shall be Henry's from a white oak tree over against his barn to N.W. corner of my field providing Henry make a ditch fence between them, & to said Anthony 40 a. in Braintree provided he pay £30 to my son Samuel's three children, £10 to the son at age 21 and to the daughters at age 18. To son in law Robert Mason that house & land that was Nicholas White's with 4 a. bought of Thomas Holman & 5 a. meadows & my lot by Henry Crane's all besides 3 acres, for seven years and after Henry is to have it forever & Robert Mason is to have some acres of meadow till Isaac Groves is at age & then to be his & Robert Mason to have 15 a. 20 rods on S. side of Braintree line, also 2 oxen, 2 cows & my mare to be his own provided he bring up Isaac Gross orderly and carefully. Witness: Thomas Holman, Robert Vose, William Daniell. 7-311, Inventory, Jun.27,1673 - House & barn £60, 55 acres upland & orchard adjoining £420, 22 a. salt meadow £220. 50 a. upland lying on ye plaine at Milton £200, a little house formerly Nicholas White's with a small orchard & 38 a. on both sides the country highway £152. 190 a. in Braintree bounds £332/10/. "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 - Marriage 1 Marie Spaulding Married: 29 APR 1624 in Boston, Lincolnshire, England 2 Children Tabitha Kingsley b: AFT 1624 in England Lydia Kingsley b: AFT 1624 Unknown Kingsley b: AFT 1624 Samuel Kingsley b: BEF MAY 1630 in England John Kingsley b: ABT 1632 in England Mary Kingsley b: 30 AUG 1640 in Braintree, Norfolk, Ma
  Occupation	Labourer  [4, 5]
  Person ID	I19786	WETZEL-SPRING

  
  

  Father	KINGSLEY, John,   b. 3 May 1579, Kingsley, Cheshire, England d. 1639 (Age 59 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	BUTLER, Katherine Jane,   b. 1579, Kingsley, Cheshire, England d. 1690, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA (Age 111 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1614
  Family ID	F8612	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family ID

  F39617

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  Family 1	Spaulding, Mary,   b. 1600, Suffolk, England d. 10 Jan 1668, Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	29 Apr 1624	Lincolnshire, England   [1]
  	Boston, Lincolnshire, England
  Children	1. Kingsley, Lydia,   b. 1628, Lincolnshire, England d. 5 Feb 1681, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 53 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Kingsley, Elizabeth,   b. 1638, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA d. 1709, Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 71 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Kingsley, Elinor,   b. 1624, Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA d. 10 Jan 1691, Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Kingsley, Samuel,   b. Bef May 1630, England d. 22 May 1662, Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age > 32 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Kingsley, Mary,   b. 30 Aug 1640, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA d. 26 Jan 1658, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 17 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Kingsley, John,   b. 1632, England d. 12 Dec 1698, Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 66 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Kingsley, Stephen,   b. 1634  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Kingsley, Tabitha,   b. 27 Feb 1625, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA d. 23 Oct 1682, Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 57 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F5462	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2
  Marriage	29 Apr 1624	Lincolnshire, England   [1]
  	Boston, Lincolnshire, England
  Children	1. Kingsley, Lydia,   b. 1628, Lincolnshire, England d. 5 Feb 1681, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 53 years)  [Father: natural]   2. Kingsley, Elizabeth,   b. 1638, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA d. 1709, Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 71 years)  [Father: natural]   3. Kingsley, Elinor,   b. 1624, Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA d. 10 Jan 1691, Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]   4. Kingsley, Samuel,   b. Bef May 1630, England d. 22 May 1662, Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age > 32 years)  [Father: natural]   5. Kingsley, Mary,   b. 30 Aug 1640, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA d. 26 Jan 1658, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 17 years)  [Father: natural]   6. Kingsley, John,   b. 1632, England d. 12 Dec 1698, Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 66 years)  [Father: natural]   7. Kingsley, Stephen,   b. 1634  [Father: natural]   8. Kingsley, Tabitha,   b. 27 Feb 1625, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA d. 23 Oct 1682, Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 57 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F32237	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 1598 - Bodenham, Herefordshire, England Birth - Abt 1598 - Warwickshire, England Marriage - 29 Apr 1624 - Lincolnshire, England Marriage - 29 Apr 1624 - Lincolnshire, England Immigration - from Hampshire, England - 1630 - Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Moved - to Boston (Dorchester) from Plymouth - 1635 - Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Arrival - 1640 - Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA Will - 27 May 1673 - Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA Death - 4 Jun 1673 - Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA Burial - 4 Jun 1673 - Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA Inventory - 27 Jun 1673 - Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  GEDCOM 224075- Notes from Cooke & Early New England -http://www. mayflowerfamilies.com/cooke/d23.htm Stephen Kingsley, born in England about 1598 arrived in Boston in 1637and 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 February 22, 1640, "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 in1641, 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 January 27, 1639. 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 September 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) In 1653, aged 55, he was ordained Ruling Elder of the Braintree Church October 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 & Mary 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 June 4, 1673 and his wife died there January 10, 1668 her name not being given in any New England records. The location of Stephen Kinglsley's land grant in Braintree has not been determined after much search. On June 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). It is apparent that Stephen Kingsley did not settle On his 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 Street 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. More About STEPHEN KINGSLEY: Burial: 04 June 1673, Milton, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts _______________________________________________

  
  

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  [S394] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online., Skinner/Schinzel-Ahlemeyer/Haines Tree J_Ahlemeyer. Record for Mary Spaulding Stephen Kigsley, (ELDER) http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=spragueged&id=I11435 ID: I11435 Name: Stephen Kingsley , Elder 1 Sex: M Birth: ABT 1598 in England Death: 4 JUN 1673 in Milton, Norfolk, Ma Note: Kingsley,Kingsly,Kinsly, etc. 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) -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, Lincolnshire, 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 £3 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). 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. S.P.7-312 - Will of Stephen Kingsly of Milton "being sick in body" May 27,1673 - Jul.3,1673: Son John sole executor & I give him my house, barn & orchard & all land adjoining on both sides the country highway & 12 a. salt meadow adjoining & the plain that is at the E. end of my land in Braintree 12 a. part whereof is in his present improvement & 40 a. upon the hill adjoining. To son in law Henry Crane part of land in Braintree on S.E. side thereof & reaching from E. corner of my lot to end of the line of Gregory Bolster [Baxter] on to Braintree common 20 rods broad by the line so far as it will bear & away over to ye swamp & 3 a. over against his house being part of the field at present on my own improvement & he is to have my "fether" bed, bolster, pillow, rugg, & blanket. To son in law Anthony Gullive the plain in his present possession excepting one corner thereof which bee over against Henry Crane's house which shall be Henry's from a white oak tree over against his barn to N.W. corner of my field providing Henry make a ditch fence between them, & to said Anthony 40 a. in Braintree provided he pay £30 to my son Samuel's three children, £10 to the son at age 21 and to the daughters at age 18. To son in law Robert Mason that house & land that was Nicholas White's with 4 a. bought of Thomas Holman & 5 a. meadows & my lot by Henry Crane's all besides 3 acres, for seven years and after Henry is to have it forever & Robert Mason is to have some acres of meadow till Isaac Groves is at age & then to be his & Robert Mason to have 15 a. 20 rods on S. side of Braintree line, also 2 oxen, 2 cows & my mare to be his own provided he bring up Isaac Gross orderly and carefully. Witness: Thomas Holman, Robert Vose, William Daniell. 7-311, Inventory, Jun.27,1673 - House & barn £60, 55 acres upland & orchard adjoining £420, 22 a. salt meadow £220. 50 a. upland lying on ye plaine at Milton £200, a little house formerly Nicholas White's with a small orchard & 38 a. on both sides the country highway £152. 190 a. in Braintree bounds £332/10/. "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 - Marriage 1 Marie Spaulding Married: 29 APR 1624 in Boston, Lincolnshire, England 2 Children Tabitha Kingsley b: AFT 1624 in England Lydia Kingsley b: AFT 1624 Unknown Kingsley b: AFT 1624 Samuel Kingsley b: BEF MAY 1630 in England John Kingsley b: ABT 1632 in England Mary Kingsley b: 30 AUG 1640 in Braintree, Norfolk, Ma Sources: Title: Genealogies of the Families Of Braintree, Norfolk, Mass., 1640-1850 Author: Waldo Chamberlain Sprague, AB Publication: Including the modern town of Randolph & Holbrook and the city of Quincy, after the separation from Braintree in 1792-3. Repository: Note: New England Historic Genealogical Society Media: Card Page: 2955-2957 Title: Genealogies of the Families Of Braintree, Norfolk, Mass., 1640-1850 Author: Waldo Chamberlain Sprague, AB Publication: Including the modern town of Randolph & Holbrook and the city of Quincy, after the separation from Braintree in 1792-3. Repository: Note: New England Historic Genealogical Society Media: Card Page: 2956 Aboy2024added this on 20 Aug 2010 garyjrobinettoriginally submitted this to Robinett Family Tree on 22 Nov 2008 [S167] GEDCOM: 224075 Robert Kingsley d.1534, (Name: Cf also gen rep 224075 John BILLINGTON b1580.doc;), 224075. note source: Cooke & Early New England -http://www. mayflowerfamilies.com/cooke/d23.htm: 5. STEPHEN5 KINGSLEY (JOHN (ALT. SP. KINNIESLEY)4, EDWARD (ALT. SP. KYNNERSLEY)3, JOHN (ALT. SP. KINNIESLEY/KYNNERSLEY)2, ROBERT (ALT. SP. KYNARDISLEY)1)7 was born Abt. 1598 in Warwickshire?, England. He married MARY SPAULDING/SPAULING/SPALDING 29 April 1629 in Boston, Lincolnshire, England. She died 10 January 1667/68 in Milton, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts. Stephen Kingsley, born in England about 1598 arrived in Boston in 1637and 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 February 22, 1640, "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 in1641, 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 January 27, 1639. 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 September 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) In 1653, aged 55, he was ordained Ruling Elder of the Braintree Church October 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 Hil [S181] djohnson@c.net.gt, GEDCOM: Kingsley 75434, (Name: Ancestry.com;), editedIs this the same Johnson who sent me this e-mail on latest FTDNA results?, 75434. BILLINGTON... (98) facts 20210224HAv- edited 20251202GSHLn- edited Is this the same Johnson who sent me this e-mail on latest FTDNA results? 20251202GSHLn- edited Is this the same Johnson who sent me this e-mail on latest FTDNA results? From: Richard Johnson [mailto:rj47@frontier.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:16 PM To: wetzupdoc@me.com Subject: FTDNA Family Finder match Hello, A bit of a puzzle. I am a descendant of Christina Wetzel who married Nicholas Woolf (var. spellings). I believe they were in Frederick Co., Maryland. Their daughter Margaret Woolf born about 1766 married John Westfall. That probably happened in the area that would become Harrison Co., Virginia and later would be part of West Virginia. Their son Stephen Westfall married Elizabeth 'Betsy' Morrison, 18 Jul 1818, in what was then Mason Co., Virginia. That area became part of Jackson Co., (West) Virginia in 1831. Their daughter, Jemima Westfall, married Chester S. Tenney on 2 March 1856 in Jackson Co., West Virginia. Chester died at the Battle of Cloyd's Mountain/Farm in May of 1864. Their daughter Elizabeth Ellen Tenney was my great grandmother. She had my grandfather by a Shamblin and then married William Henry Riffle 22 Nov 1888 in Jackson Co., West Virginia. She appears to have died between 1896 and 1900. I've never found a grave or death record for her. All that said there must be a much more recent relationship to explain the strength of our match. Hope to hear from you, Richard Johnson The following notes courtesy of Peter Blackwell, posted on Kingsley GenForum 2/16/00 at http://genforum.genealogy.com/kingsley/messages/246.html : Among the people who came to Plymouth in 1630 were two brothers, John and Stephen Kingsley, who came from Hampshire, England. In 1635, John Kingsley left Plymouth and moved north to Dorchester in the developing Boston area with a friend of Cotton Mather. He was followed by Stephen who by 1640 was the owner of a valuable property in the Braintree area. There he became a Court Deputy in Braintree and Milton from 1650 to 1666 and was also trustee of estates until his death in 1673. His family was to go on to found several towns in the Connecticut area. John, along with seven others was a pillar of a new church founded on August 23, 1636 and was among the last survivors. John Kingsley acquired the first grant of land in Taunton, MA area in 1645 and relocated there. The next year he became a shareholder in Great Lots (?). Three years later he moved to Rehoboth in Bristol County, MA. The area around Rehoboth would eventually witness "King Philip's War". The first generation of settlers who had worked out an uneasy alliance with Massasoit, chief of the Wampanoag Indians, were now replaced by people who wanted to expand their opportunities for development. The culture of the Indians differed greatly to that of the settlers in regards to the use of the land. A continuing problem was the trampling of Native cornfields by the colonists' livestock. While the colonists were legally responsible for the damage, such laws were difficult to enforce in remote areas such as Rehoboth and Taunton. Increased competition for these resources of land for planting, hunting and fishing caused much friction between the two groups. In 1662, in an arrogant attempt to exert control, the Plymouth Court summoned Wampanoag leader, Wamsutta, son of Massasoit, to Plymouth. Major Josiah Winslow, with a small force of men, took Wamsutta at gunpoint. Soon after questioning, Wamsutta became ill and died. His death greatly angered the Wampanoag. Wamsutta's brother, Metacom (also called Philip) succeeded him. Plymouth's continued unyielding policy toward Native leaders, as well as the events surrounding the murder of Sassamon, a liaison between the two groups, caused the breakdown in relations that led to war. In 1675, hostilities broke out in the town of Swansea, and the war spread as far north as New Hampshire, and as far southwest as Connecticut. Not all the native peoples, however, sided with Philip. Most natives who had converted to Christianity fought with the English or remained neutral. The English, however, did not always trust these converts and interned many of them in camps or outlying islands. Native soldiers fighting on the side of the colonists helped turn the tide of the war, which ended in 1676 when Philip was killed by a Wampanoag fighting with Captain Benjamin Church in the Great Swamp of southern Rhode Island. The strain connected with the difficult relationships with the Indians over almost a thirty year period ending with the death of Philip caused John's health to suffer and he asked for relief in that year. He moved to Bristol, Rhode Island and died in 1678. More About JOHN KINGSLEY: Emigration: Bet. 1630 - 1634, Hampshire, England to Taunton, MA26 Fact 1 (2): Abt. 1634, Taunton, MA owned 12 acres per Baylies Historical Memoir of New Plymouth, Vol. 1, pt. 1, p.28626 Fact 2 (2): 1636, Was an organizer of the First Church of Dorchester (one of seven)26 Fact 3 (2): August 23, 1636, First church gathering, Dorchester (John was seventh signer)26 Will: Lists only children Edward, Enos and Freedom; mentions "to be buried by my wife Alice in the North corner of my house lott".26 More About ELIZABETH STOUGHTON: Fact 1 (2): She was the second Church of Dorchester member when her marriage covenant was signed26 Child of JOHN KINGSLEY and ELIZABETH STOUGHTON is: 6. i. EDWARD ELDAD6 KINGSLEY, b. 1638, Providence, RI; d. August 30, 1679, Rehoboth, Bristol County, MA. ___________ 20251202GHLn- Dorcas Paine was born c1669 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts to Thomas & Mary (Snow) Paine. She died on October 30, 1707. gen rep- 75434- Nicholas SNOW b1580.rtf gen rep- 75434- John BILLINGTON b1580.rtf gen rep- 75434- Robert Kynnardsley d1534.rtf [S167] GEDCOM: 224075 Robert Kingsley d.1534, (Name: Cf also gen rep 224075 John BILLINGTON b1580.doc;), 224075. [S167] GEDCOM: 224075 Robert Kingsley d.1534, (Name: Cf also gen rep 224075 John BILLINGTON b1580.doc;), 224075. iii. SETH BILLINGTON, b. 1678, Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts.

  
  

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