Artist at Work -- Wordless Wednesday

My grandfather, Earle K. Bishop, age about 85.


A few hours after this was posted, Carol B. Stevens of Reflections from the Fence sent me two different images of the above. In her magical way, she was able to create much sharper and nicer images of my grandfather. What a nice surprise, and thank you my friend.

Gladys, her Husband and Blogger Susan Petersen

Do you ever quickly scan posted cemetery listings and obituaries, in hopes of finding something that will help you in your search? I do, all the time, and sometimes the eye scans are very quick. A second later, I couldn't even tell you the surname or location I had just read. So, when I was doing just that, scanning through a post by Susan Petersen of Long Lost Relatives, I spotted a name and knew instantly that Rev. Roy G. Pavy was in my tree. But why is he listed in an obituary posted by Susan (of Nebraska) of her great grand-aunt since he was living in Connecticut? Further reading of Susan's blog provided the answers: her ancestor lived in Connecticut and she was buried in the same cemetery as my grandparents!

I quickly wrote Susan to tell her about Rev. Pavy then went to my file to review my information. There is no need to include his huge obituary, so I will simply say, he died 6 Jul 1967 and they had no children. His wife, Gladys and my grandfather were 2nd cousins, and each was an only child. I heard the names of Gladys and Roy mentioned frequently, and when my grandfather died, I chose to take an old photo (undated) of Gladys, shown below.

Gladys Bishop Pavy

Roy G. Pavy

In closing, I think it is important to look at all blogs which are about a person or family. You will never know what you've missed if you don't. In this case, Susan lives in Nebraska, I am in Massachusetts, yet I found a relative mentioned on her blog about a Connecticut death! Pretty neat.

ONE OF 'FORTY-NINERS' -- Sunday Obituary

From: The Bay City Tribune - March 16, 1914


WM. WESTOVER ONE OF HERE DIES SUNDAY
FORMER PROMINENT BUSINESS MAN HERE DIES IN ALAMEDA, CAL.
ONE OF 'FORTY-NINERS'


Had Distinquished Career as Active Lumberman and Banker.
____________
Older residents of Bay City will be pained to learn of the death of William Westover, which occurred in Alameda, Cal., March 15 at 5 a.m.


Mr. Westover was one of the pioneer residents of Bay City, coming here in 1864. For several years he was prominenly connected with the lumber industry, but later turned his attention to banking, being president of Second National Bank until he changed his residence to California. He built and owned the Westover block, which stood on the site now occupied by the Phoenix building, and which in its time was the principal business block in Bay City.


Gold Hunter in Forty-nine.


William Westover was born in Sheffield, Bershire county, Mass., in 1827, having passed his eighty-sixth birthday anniversary last November. His early life was passed on a farm. At the age of 22 he joined the argonauts who invaded the California gold fields in 1845, and devoted nearly two years to placer mining, at which he was fairly successful. Upon his return east he soon became interested in the lumber business, his first endeavors in this line being in Canada. It was at this time he met and married Mary D. Calver, of Simcoe, Ont., who, after more than 60 years of married life, still survives him.


During the early nineties Mr. Westover moved from Bay City to California, where he had prviously made large investments in redwood timber. For several years he engaged in lumbering near San Francisco and in the foothills of Mt. Shasta, but later he retired from lumbering and again took up the banking business, being at the time of his death at the head of two banks, one in Alameda and the other in Fruitvale.


Mr. Westover was the last survivor of his family generation. Besides his widow he leaves two sons, Delbert I. Westover of San Francisco, and William Westover Jr. of Alameda.


Note:  William Westover was my 2nd cousin, 5 times removed. I am always on the lookout for Westover ancestry, as I've over 900 of this name in my tree. Another reason for posting this is because he died in Alameda, California, and I lived there for 10 years. He was born in Massachusetts and this is where I now live.

WADE of Massachusetts -- Surname Saturday

There are several generations of Massachusetts Wades listed below. My direct lines are in green. 

Descendants of JONATHAN WADE

  

Generation No. 1

1.  JONATHAN WADE  (JONATHAN) was born 1612 in of Denver Parish, County Norfolk, England, and died June 13, 1683 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts.  He married SUSANNA (__) Abt. 1632 in Charlestown / Ipswich, Massachusetts. She was born 1610 in England, and died November 29, 1678 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

     

Children of JONATHAN WADE and SUSANNA (__) were:

                   i.    MARY WADE, b. October 02, 1633, Charlestown, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts; m. (1) WILLIAM SIMONDS/SYMONDS, Bef. 1668, Ipswich, Massachusetts / Wells, Maine; m. (2) FRANCIS LITTLEFIELD, Bef. 1689, Ipswich, Massachusetts / Wells, Maine.

                  ii.    JONATHAN WADE, b. 1637; d. November 24, 1689, Medford, Essex Co., Massachusetts; m. (1) DOROTHY BUCKLEY, December 09, 1660, Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts; b. 1640; m. (2) DEBORAH DUDLEY, Bef. February 05, 1664/65, Charlestown, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts; b. 1645; d. 1683; m. (3) ELIZABETH DUNSTER, Abt. 1687, Charlestown / Cambridge, Massachusetts; b. 1656; d. 1729.

                 iii.    PRUDENCE WADE, b. 1639; m. (1) ANTHONY CROSBY, December 28, 1659, Rowley, Essex Co., Massachusetts; m. (2) SEABORN COTTON, July 09, 1673, Salisbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts; m. (3) JOHN HAMMOND, November 07, 1686, Rowley, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

                 iv.    SARAH WADE, b. 1641; m. NATHANIEL ROGERS, November 13, 1661, Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

                  v.    ELIZABETH WADE, b. Abt. 1644; m. ELIHU WARDWELL, May 26, 1665, Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

2.              vi.    NATHANIEL WADE, b. 1648, Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts; d. November 28, 1707, Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.

                vii.    THOMAS WADE, b. 1651, Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts; d. October 04, 1696, Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts; m. ELIZABETH COGSWELL, February 22, 1669/70, Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts; b. Abt. 1650; d. January 03, 1725/26, Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

Generation No. 2

2.  NATHANIEL WADE (JONATHAN, JONATHAN) was born 1648 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts, and died November 28, 1707 in Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.  He married MERCY BRADSTREET October 31, 1672 in Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts, daughter of SIMON BRADSTREET and ANNE DUDLEY.  She was born 1647 in Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts, and died October 05, 1714 in Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.

     

Children of NATHANIEL WADE and MERCY BRADSTREET were:

                   i.    SOLOMON WADE, b. Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.

                  ii.    NATHANIEL WADE, b. July 13, 1673, Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; d. December 09, 1738; m. MARY DAVENPORT, May 21, 1694, New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut; b. 1676.

                 iii.    SUSANNAH WADE, b. Abt. April 09, 1676, Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.

                 iv.    SIMON WADE, b. Abt. April 09, 1676, Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.

                  v.    MARCY / MERCY WADE, b. September 19, 1678, Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; m. JOHN BRADSTREET, October 09, 1698, Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.

3.              vi.    JONATHAN WADE, b. March 05, 1682/83, Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.

4.             vii.    SAMUEL WADE, b. December 31, 1683, Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; d. December 09, 1738, Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.

               viii.    ANNE WADE, b. October 07, 1685, Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.

                 ix.    DOROTHY WADE, b. March 12, 1686/87, Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; d. Bef. 1726; Stepchild; m. JONATHAN WILLIS, October 17, 1706, Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; b. February 23, 1682/83, Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; d. Bet. February 23, 1747/48 - October 17, 1749, (Prob.) Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts.

Generation No. 3

3.  JONATHAN WADE (NATHANIEL, JONATHAN, JONATHAN) was born March 05, 1682/83 in Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.  He married MARY DOLBEAR.  She was born April 13, 1677 in Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.

     

Child of JONATHAN WADE and MARY DOLBEAR was:

5.                i.    NATHANIEL WADE, b. January 27, 1708/09, Charlestown, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts; d. June 29, 1754, Scituate, Providence Co., Rhode Island.

4.  SAMUEL WADE (NATHANIEL, JONATHAN, JONATHAN) was born December 31, 1683 in Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died December 09, 1738 in Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.  He married LYDIA NEWHALL October 17, 1706 in Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, daughter of THOMAS NEWHALL and REBECCA GREENE.  She was born April 17, 1687 in Malden, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died Aft. 1706.

     

Children of SAMUEL WADE and LYDIA NEWHALL were:

                   i.    LYDIA WADE, b. September 10, 1707, Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; m. EBENEZER HARNDEN, February 26, 1732/33, Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.

                  ii.    SARAH WADE, b. January 18, 1708/09, Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.

                 iii.    DOROTHY WADE, b. February 22, 1710/11, Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.

6.              iv.    REBECKAH WADE, b. January 28, 1712/13, Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; d. March 18, 1773, Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.

                  v.    SAMUEL WADE, b. April 21, 1715, Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; m. MARTHA (UPHAM) NEWHALL, December 02, 1741, Malden, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.

                 vi.    ABIGAIL WADE, b. July 28, 1717, Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; m. THOMAS GOSS, December 03, 1741, Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; b. of Bolton, Massachusetts.

                vii.    NATHANIEL WADE, b. February 20, 1719/20, Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.

               viii.    SIMON WADE, b. March 28, 1725, Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; m. ELIZABETH BLODGETT, 1747.

                 ix.    MERCY WADE, b. Abt. August 22, 1725, Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; m. HUMPHREY KEYES, April 26, 1744.

                  x.    ELIZABETH WADE, b. May 18, 1729, Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.

Generation No. 4

5.  NATHANIEL WADE (JONATHAN, NATHANIEL, JONATHAN, JONATHAN) was born January 27, 1708/09 in Charlestown, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, and died June 29, 1754 in Scituate, Providence Co., Rhode Island.  He married RUTH HAWKINS.  She was born March 14, 1710/11 in Providence, Providence Co., Rhode Island, and died December 07, 1789.

     

Child of NATHANIEL WADE and RUTH HAWKINS was:

                   i.    SIMON WADE, b. December 11, 1731, Scituate, Providence Co., Rhode Island; d. Aft. 1790; m. DEBORAH TRACY; b. February 20, 1730/31, Providence, Providence Co., Rhode Island.

6.  REBECKAH WADE (SAMUEL, NATHANIEL, JONATHAN, JONATHAN) was born January 28, 1712/13 in Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died March 18, 1773 in Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.  She married ZACHARIAH POOLE September 18, 1729 in Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, son of JONATHAN POOLE and BRIDGET FITCH.  He was born March 25, 1708 in Reading, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died February 20, 1776 in Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.

     

Children of REBECKAH WADE and ZACHARIAH POOLE were:

                   i.    BRIDGET POOLE, b. May 17, 1730, Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; d. October 07, 1734, Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.

                  ii.    WILLIAM POOLE, b. April 16, 1732, Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; d. March 03, 1776, Danvers, Essex Co., Massachusetts; m. (1) MARY FLOYD, January 22, 1756; b. 1731; d. February 13, 1760; m. (2) ELIZABETH WARD, October 10, 1761, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts; b. July 29, 1738, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts; d. January 20, 1806, Danvers, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

                 iii.    ZACHARIAH POOLE, b. March 09, 1732/33, Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; d. April 1734, Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.

                 iv.    ZACHARIAH POOLE, b. August 24, 1735.

                  v.    FITCH POOLE, b. May 28, 1737, Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; d. September 02, 1770, Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts; m. ANNA (__).

                 vi.    REBECKAH POOLE, b. February 23, 1738/39, Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; d. January 19, 1800, Charlestown, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts; m. AARON HALL, January 03, 1760, Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.

                vii.    ZACHARIAH POOLE, b. February 06, 1740/41, Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; d. May 15, 1765, Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; m. ELIZABETH (__).

               viii.    BRIDGET POOLE, b. November 22, 1742, Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; m. DANIEL GILMAN, May 27, 1776, Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; b. of Exeter, New Hampshire.

                 ix.    ELIZABETH POOLE, b. December 01, 1745, Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; d. December 08, 1788, Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; m. JOHN WADE, January 22, 1766, Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; b. 1742; d. January 29, 1821.

                  x.    SARAH POOLE, b. April 25, 1753, Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; m. EDMOND BANCROFT, July 31, 1770, Wakefield, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.

                 xi.    RICHARD POOLE, b. April 13, 1756, Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; d. December 09, 1781, Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; m. FRANCES CALF, October 01, 1778, Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.

With Needle in Hand -- Wordless Wednesday

Killingworth, Connecticut, I Have More Ancestors from Here than Anywhere Else!

Killingworth, Connecticut has one of the largest concentration of my direct ancestors, and a custom report revealed that I had 34 direct line couples married there. I have 753 source citations from the Vital Records of Killingworth!

What is special about Killingworth? When I first began the hobby, I became familiar with the name; often misspelled Killingsworth, and confused with the other town, Killingly. My mother's DAR patriot, Asher Wright, died there, and my DAR patriot, Jonathan Kilborn was married there (I was happy to find a new patriot, so I didn't have to share hers.)

I was hooked on this town when I inquired about records, then soon received quite a packet from the Killingworth town hall. An employee made copies of selected original records for me. Soon I was planning a visit, and when I went, it became my first cemetery trip, (about 2.5 hours away).

Of all the direct surnames, there are many with multiple generations, the families are:
Crane (3);
Davis (5);
Farnham (4);
Griffin (4);
Hayton (3);
Hull (4);
Kelsey (8);
Kilborn (2);
Steevens (2);
Turner (3);
Wilcoxson (3)
Wright (5)

Fortunately, there are many records for this area, and family genealogies as well. Almost every early family is related to somebody in the Hull, Kelsey or Steevens family. Knowing where your ancestors lived can help in doing research, and it helped me even solve a brick wall. There are three genealogies I constantly used:

1.  Hull, Robert E., The Ancestors & Descendants of George Hull and Thamzen Mitchell.

Page 36 "The following 'Allotment of the several inhabitants of Hammonascitt' is from page 1 of the Town Records of Killingworth.

"Thomas Smith, William Barber, Henry Farnam, William Wellman, George Chatfield, Thomas Stevens, Edward Griswold, William Heyton, Samuel Buell, John Kelsey, Robert Williams, granted, John Nuthton, granted, -- Turney, purchase John Rositer by agreement, John Miggs, granted John Shether, purchase of Jonathan Dunnin, George Sanders, granted William Stevens, Josiah Hull, Senr., Eliezer Isbel, granted, Isaac Griswold, purchase Jonathan Dunnin'"

"In 1669 the following list of freeman of the 'Town of Killingworth' is recorded: Mr. John Woodbridge, Mr. Edward Griswold, Josiah Hull, John Wilcockson, Samuel Buell, Jonas Westover, Eliazer Isbel, William Stevens, Nathaniel Parmerly, William Barver, John Miggs, Sr., Andrew Wards, William Kulsey, William Wellman, George Chatfield, Thomas Stevens, John Kielsey, John Muggs, Jr., Josiah Hull, John Rosseter, townsmen; George Chatfield, Constable."


2.  Claypool, Edward and Azalea Clizbee, A Genealogy of the Descendants of William Kelsey, Vol. I, (Pub. Tuttle, Morehouse and Taylor Co., 1928).

3.  Barlow, Claude Willis, John Steevens of Guilford, Connecticut,  (Rochester, NY: John M. Stephens, 1976).

Several bloggers have written about towns they have felt connected to. For me, it is Killingworth.  For some reason, I've always traveled to the town in early April, just before spring. So all my photos look like fall with huge ugly brown oak leaves on the cemetery grounds. I am hoping to go again, but in early May. When I looked at Google's images for Killingworth, there a few scrolled pages down, I couldn't believe my own picture, one being my flower logo, a click pulled my blog of December 11, 2010 for my Kelsey line, and then the logo for My Heritage Award had my Davis line post.  Both Kelsey and Davis were from Killingworth. You just don't know where your information is going to show up!

New: Historical information from Tercentenary, Clinton, CT 1663-1963, (Pub. Clinton, CT, 1963).

Page 5. "The names of the settlers and proprietors, were as follows, viz. John Meigs, Bryan Rosseter, John Rosseter, George Chatfield, Nathaniel Parmelee, Thomas Stevens, William Stevens and Benjamin Wright from Guilford; William Griswold from Saybrook; Josias Hull, from the county of Barnstable, Mass.; Henry Farnum and Eleazer Isabel, from Long Island; Samuel Buel from Wales; William Barber from England; and Matthew Allen, Henry Crane, Jonathan Drummer, Joseph Hand, William Heyden, John Hodge, John Nettleton, Thomas Smith, William Wellman, Jonas Westover and Robert Williams."

Page 7. "Ananias Turner and Andrew Ward moved into Killingworth as early as 1670. Robert Lane, from Derbyshire in England, and the ancestors of the Merrills and Rutty families were also early settlers. Robert Carter from Bristol in England became an inhabitant about 1700, and Ebenezer Hurd, from Waterbury in this state, around 1706. The Morgans in this town are from Groton, and the Hillyards from Stonington."

The settlement in North Killingworth began in 1716. The first settlers in this parish, were Isaac Kelsey Esq., Dea. Josiah Hull, Dea. Joseph Wilcos, Dea. Daniel Buel, John Wilcox, Joseph Griswold, Nathaniel Parmelee, Ebenezer Hull, Samuel Stevens, and Edward Rutty. These were all from the first parish in the town. Solomon Davis, Timothy Chittenden and Theophilus Redfield soon united with them;  but from what places they emigrated is not known. James Hill, David Blatchley and Bezaliel Bristol, moved into this place from Guilford about 1750.The Graves and Harris families are from Saybrook."

Page 9. "The present Killingworth is called North Killingworth. At that time the two parts were one town, but North Killingworth did have its own church, a Congregation and an Episcopal Church, both established prior to the separation into the two towns."

(Photo by Mary Frances Studzinski of Killingworth, used with her permission.)

Will of John Kilbourn of Connecticut

From: The History and Antiquities of the Name and Family of KILBOURN, by  Payne K. Kilbourne, 1856.  Pgs. 53-55.


John Kilbourn was my 8th great-grandfather. (Original will is below.)

"LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF JOHN KILBOURN, Sen'r.,

LATE OF GLASSENBURY, Deceased.

"In the name of God, Amen. I, John Kilbourn, Sen'r, of the Town of Glastenbury, in the County of Hartford, in the Colony of Connecticut, in New England. Knowing that it is appointed for men once to die, and considering the uncertainty as to the time of death, withall knowing it to be the Will of God, who in his tender visitation calls upon me to set my house in order before I die, and I being (though weak in body) yet of perfect and sound understanding and memory, and of disposing mind, Praise be to Almighty God, Do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following. I commend my soul into the hands of Almighty God, hoping through the merits of Christ to obtain free pardon of all my sins and to inherit Eternal Life, and my body I commit to the Earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executors hereafter named ; and concerning my outward Estate, since the Earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof, to him therefore belongs the Praise that I possess in this kind ; and as for the portion thereof that he hath given me, it is my mind and Will that after my decease, the same may be disposed of as followeth.
Imprimis. I Will that my just debts and funeral charges, be well and truly paid and discharged.

Item. I give and bequeath to my beloved Wife, Elizabeth Kilbourn, the sole benefit and improvement of my Dwelling House, and the improvement of three quarters of my Barn, as also the use and improvement of three quarters of my meadow and uplands, with the use and benefit of my Orchard, all being in Glastenbury aforesaid, and she to have the use of the same during her natural life. I also give unto my said Wife, the one half of my moveable estate, also all the Estate that was her own before I married her, to be forever at her own use and disposal. I also give to my said Wife, one Cow, also so much of my provisions of all sorts whatsoever, as may be for her comfortable subsistence the year ensuing.

Item. I give unto my son, John Kilbourn, all my Land that is Eastward of the Land that I give to my son David, That is to say, the East End of my farm in Glastenbury aforesaid, bounded upon my said son David's land West, and undivided land East, lands of Thomas Kilbourn, Sen., South, and lands of Samuel Hale, North, to be to him my said son John, and to his heirs and assigns forever. I also give unto my said son John, Mr. Perkin's Book, with a share of my other small books, to be at his own disposing forever.

Item. I give unto my son Ebenezer Kilbourn, Mrs. Taylor's book on Titus, a share in the small books, a share of the moveables, to be at his own disposing forever — having regard to what moveables he hath already had.

Item. I give unto my son, Jonathan Kilbourn, all my labor which I laid out upon the lands in Colchester, which he now possesses and enjoys, vizt, the clearing of three acres of land, with all the Posts and rails, and a Frame, to be to him and to his heirs and assigns forever. Also Mr. Elton's Sermon book, with a share of my small books and remaining moveables, having regard to what moveables he hath already had.

Item. I give unto my son, Benjamin Kilbourn, my pasture land, butting East upon a highway lately laid out by the Town, if said Highway is improved, but if not, to butt upon my said son David's lot, and West upon my upland field, North upon the said Samuel Hale, and South upon Joseph Hill, Sen. — Provided he returns home to settle upon it, and if he return not home, and settle as aforesaid, then the same shall be equally divided between my four sons, viz., John, Ebenezer, David and Abraham, to be to them and their heirs forever. I also give unto my said son, Benjamin, Mr. Hooker's book, with a share of my moveables, to be at his disposal forever.

Item. I give unto my said son, David Kilbourn, one half mile in length of my said Farm in Glastenbury, to butt West upon said Highway lately laid out by the Town as aforesaid, if said Highway be improved, if not, then to butt upon my said pasture hereby given to my said son Benjamin, and to extend Eastward half a mile, butting East upon Land I Also give to my said son John, North upon said Samuel Hale, and South on said Thomas Kilbourn, and partly upon said Joseph Hill, to be to him and to his heirs and assigns forever. I also give my said son David, my Great Bible and a share of my moveables, to be to his disposing forever.

Item. I give to my son Abraham Kilbourn, my Dwelling House, Barn and Orchard, with all my meadow land within said Town of Glastenbury, and my upland from the pasture aforesaid to the meadow, to be to him and to his heirs forever, after my said Wife shall be deceased, he having the use of one quarter part of my said House, Barn, Orchard, Meadow and Upland, during her natural life, if she needeth it not for her comfortable subsistance. I also give unto my said son Abraham, Mrs. Fox's book of Time, &c., and Mrs. Doolittle's book of the Lord's Supper, with a share of the moveables, to be at his disposing forever, and also my Horse Colt, to be to him forever. Further, it is my mind and Will, That such of my Children as have their share of my Housing and lands, may sell their shares to none, save to other or some other of their Brethren. Further it is my mind and Will that my Debts be paid by my Executors in manner following, (viz.,) one half of my moveables being set out to my beloved Wife, in such things as may be most for her comfort and subsistence, my debts to be paid out of the remaining part or half, and when my debts are paid, what remains of moveable Estate to be equally divided between my aforementioned sons, Ebenezer, Jonathan, Benjamin, David and Abraham, always accounting that what estate my said Wife brought with her when I married her, be not deemed my Estate. And further, it is my Will, that my said sons, Benjamin, David and Abraham, shall yield a convenient way for Horse and man, to, and from, and through each others' Land, as well for their advantage as for the advantage and ease of my said son John, that he may pass to his Land, which in this my Last Will and Testament, I have given unto him, unless the aforesaid Highway laid out lately by the Town shall be improved for that end, and then if the Town shall make use of that Highway, my son David shall only and alone be obliged to yield to John a convenient way for horse and man, to his own land as aforesaid. Further it is my Will, that my son John shall not deter or hinder any of my other sons from cutting and carrying off wood from his land, so long as the same shall lie unfenced. Lastly, I appoint my beloved Wife, and my beloved son Abraham Kilbourn, to be my Executors of this my last Will and Testament. In testimony that this is my last Will and Testament, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this fifth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ten, and in the ninth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lady Anne, Queen over England, &c.

JOHN KILBORN, Sen. [seal]

Signed and Sealed in presence of

Samuel Smith, Mary Smith, Philip Alcock."

Henry's Adventure and Obituary -- Sunday's Obituary

“[FROM the IOWA STATESMAN — JAN. 3, 1850]

OBITUARY.

HENRY W. KILBOURNE, of Fort Madison, Iowa, died on the 23d of October last, at Sacramento City, California, aged 20 years.

Such is the brief record gathered from an eastern paper, of the death of the eldest son of David W. Kilbourne, Esq., of this place, who left his father's house in the month of May last, for the shores of the Pacific. 

No letters were received from him after his arrival in the valley of the Sacramento, and the first direct information his friends had about him is, that he is dead! They have learned nothing of the details of his sickness, or suffering — they only know that he is no more! 

His bereaved parents and brothers are overwhelmed by the mournful intelligence of his decease, and crushed down by a great sorrow, which He only who orders all things for His own wise, inscrutable, yet merciful purposes, can assuage. 

No young man ever stood fairer, or was more popular, in the community, where he was known, than Henry Kilbourne. Agreeable in his manners, kind in his intercourse with acquaintances and most fervently and affectionately attached to the inmates of his own home, he was a general favorite with all. All therefore, who knew him, deeply mourn for his loss, and feel it perhaps more keenly, when they remember that he died far away from his home, and in the very bloom and springtime of his youth. 

The desire of gathering gold had but little, if anything, to do with his journey over the plains; he was rather carried away by that irrepressible spirit of adventure, and travel, so common to the youth of our country, and especially those residing in the Mississippi Valley. 

From books and papers, which he left behind him, his parents find consolation in discovering that he was fully impressed with the uncertainty of life, and the necessity of preparing for another state. They are consoled to know that his mind was not wholly engaged in seeking riches on earth, but that he was also employed in laying up treasures in that place where 'neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal.' And they will doubtless find solace in the well-founded hope that his spirit passed away from the Valley of the Sacramento, rich in earthly gold, to walk in that city whose 'streets are pure gold'-— the New Jerusalem.”

Taken from: Kilbourne, Payne K., The History and Antiquities of the Name and Family of Kilbourn (New Haven, Durrie and Peck, 1856). Pg. 333.


Note: Henry's father was a well-known lawyer and the family was quite wealthy.
Henry was my third cousin, four times removed.

WARD of Massachusetts (4 generations) -- Surname Saturday

The Ward line is another early Massachusetts line, and I'm showing my first four generations. My direct lines are in green.

Descendants of MILES WARD

  

Generation No. 1

1.  MILES WARD  (HENRY) was born in of Erith, Kentshire, England, and died March 03, 1649/50 in Virginia.  He married MARGARET (__) 1639 in Kent Co., England. 

     

Children of MILES WARD and MARGARET were:

2.                i.    JOSHUA WARD, b. Abt. April 25, 1641, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts; d. 1680.

                  ii.    JOHN WARD, b. Abt. December 26, 1641, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

                 iii.    LYDIA WARD, b. Abt. January 31, 1646/47, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts; m. ROBERT GLANFIELD, July 12, 1665, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

                 iv.    MARTHA WARD, b. March 11, 1648/49, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts; m. PASCA FOOTE, December 02, 1668, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

Generation No. 2

2.  JOSHUA WARD (MILES, HENRY) was born Abt. April 25, 1641 in Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts, and died 1680.  He married HANNAH FLINT January 18, 1668/69 in Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts, daughter of WILLIAM FLINT and ALICE WILLIAMS.  She was born Abt. 1647 in Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts, and died January 20, 1723/24 in Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

     

Children of JOSHUA WARD and HANNAH FLINT were:

                   i.    MARY WARD, m. ADONIRAM COLLINS, November 20, 1701, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

                  ii.    MARGARET WARD, m. JOHN PICKMAN.

                 iii.    JOSHUA WARD, b. January 16, 1668/69, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts; d. 1680.

                 iv.    HANNAH WARD, b. January 02, 1670/71, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts; m. ELEAZER MOSES, June 24, 1687, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

3.               v.    MILES WARD, b. March 11, 1673/74, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts; d. August 29, 1764, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

Generation No. 3

3.  MILES WARD (JOSHUA, MILES, HENRY) was born March 11, 1673/74 in Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts, and died August 29, 1764 in Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts.  He married (1) SARAH MASSEY September 16, 1697 in Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts, daughter of JOHN MASSEY and SARAH WELLS.  She was born July 25, 1669 in Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts, and died November 20, 1728 in Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts.  He married (2) SARAH ROPES January 23, 1736/37 in Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts, daughter of WILLIAM ROPES and SARAH INGERSOLL.  She was born January 09, 1682/83, and died February 07, 1768.

     

Children of MILES WARD and SARAH MASSEY were:

                   i.    JOSHUA WARD, b. August 15, 1699, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts; d. December 02, 1779, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts; m. (1) SARAH TREVETT, September 17, 1722, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts; m. (2) LYDIA BURRILL HAWKES, January 21, 1744/45, Marblehead, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

4.               ii.    MILES WARD, b. April 18, 1704, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts; d. June 19, 1792, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

                 iii.    JOHN WARD, b. July 07, 1707, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts; m. HANNAH HIGGINSON, September 26, 1734, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

                 iv.    EBENEZER WARD, b. April 10, 1710, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts; d. March 03, 1791, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts; m. RACHEL PICKMAN, October 23, 1735, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts; b. Abt. 1718; d. January 07, 1789, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

Generation No. 4

4.  MILES WARD (MILES, JOSHUA, MILES, HENRY) was born April 18, 1704 in Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts, and died June 19, 1792 in Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts.  He married (1) ELIZABETH WEBB January 03, 1727/28 in Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts.  She died April 13, 1737 in Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts.  He married (2) HANNAH DERBY October 10, 1737 in Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts, daughter of SAMUEL DERBY and HANNAH YOUNG.  She was born 1702 in Southold, Suffolk, Long Island, New York, and died October 28, 1796 in Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

     

Children of MILES WARD and ELIZABETH WEBB were:

                   i.    SARAH WARD, b. October 19, 1728, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts; d. August 10, 1729, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

                  ii.    ELIZABETH WARD, b. February 07, 1728/29, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts; d. April 11, 1737, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

                 iii.    ABIGAIL WARD, b. April 16, 1731, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts; d. May 22, 1731, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

                 iv.    ABIGAIL WARD, b. March 17, 1731/32, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

                  v.    MILES WARD, b. July 25, 1733, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts; d. September 11, 1796, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

                 vi.    SARAH WARD, b. March 01, 1733/34, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

                vii.    ANNE WARD, b. March 22, 1734/35, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts; d. May 02, 1737, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

               viii.    EBENEZER WARD, b. April 12, 1737, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts; d. April 13, 1737, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

     

Children of MILES WARD and HANNAH DERBY were:

                 ix.    ELIZABETH WARD, b. July 29, 1738, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts; d. January 20, 1806, Danvers, Essex Co., Massachusetts; m. WILLIAM POOLE, October 10, 1761, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts; b. April 16, 1732, Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; d. March 03, 1776, Danvers, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

                  x.    SAMUEL WARD, b. April 30, 1740, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts; d. July 31, 1812, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts; m. PRISCILLA HODGES, January 02, 1768, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts; b. Abt. 1750; d. June 02, 1822, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

                 xi.    MEHITABLE WARD, b. March 18, 1740/41, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts; d. October 24, 1755.

                xii.    ANNE WARD, b. May 11, 1744, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

               xiii.    NATHANIEL WARD, b. July 29, 1746, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts; d. October 12, 1768, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

               xiv.    LUCRETIA WARD, b. August 26, 1748, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts; d. September 12, 1809, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts; m. JOSEPH OSGOOD, June 14, 1770, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts; d. June 26, 1812.

                xv.    MARY WARD, b. October 1750.

               xvi.    JOSHUA WARD, b. October 25, 1752, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts; d. October 24, 1784, "On his passage from Virginia on board Capt. Neal's vessel."; m. RUTH WOODWARD, June 02, 1773, Gloucester, Essex Co., Massachusetts; d. June 05, 1787, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts.