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Record for Mary Spaulding
Stephen Kigsley, (ELDER)
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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
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d. 4 Jun 1673, Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA 
