Ebenezer Kingsbury

(1716/17-1800), ID #3948
Ebenezer Kingsbury|b. 11 Feb 1716/17\nd. 6 Sep 1800|p3948.htm|Joseph Kingsbury|b. 22 Jun 1682\nd. 1 Dec 1757|p3394.htm|Ruth Denison|b. 7 Jun 1686\nd. 6 May 1779|p3395.htm|Joseph Kingsbury|b. 1656\nd. 9 Apr 1741|p3941.htm|Love Ayer|b. 15 Apr 1663\nd. 2 Apr 1735|p3119.htm|John Denison|b. c 1657\nd. 12 Aug 1725|p3473.htm|Ruth Ayer|b. 30 Oct 1660\nd. 2 Feb 1694/95|p3474.htm|
  • Ebenezer Kingsbury was born on 11 February 1716/17, in West Farms (Now Franklin), CT.1
  • He married Priscilla Kingsbury, daughter of Nathaniel Kingsbury and Hannah Denison, on Friday, 28 March 1738 Ebenezer and Priscilla were first cousins. She is said to have read the Bible through before marrying, to see if there was anything to forbid marryinga cousin.2
  • 24 November 1739 Ebenezer was admitted to the Church in Bolton, MA. He was a Deacon in the Church.2
  • He was a much valued citizen, a representative to the General Assembly 18 years, a Lieutenant of the Ninth Company or Trainband in the Fifth Regiment of the Colony in May 1753, and Captain, Oct 1756. He was chosen a member of the Committee of Correspondence in Coventry, 15 Sep 1774.2
  • The story is told that during a critical period of the Revolution he returned from the session of the General Assembly one Saturday to work for the soldiers. His daughter, Priscilla, moulded bullets from the lead clock weights, and his son, Joseph, made and baked biscuits - both on the Sabbath. Sand bags were substituted for lead in the family clock, and on Monday he returned to his post of duty, his saddle bags balanced on the one side with food for the soldiers, and on the other with bullets to be used against their enemies.3
  • Ebenezer Kingsbury died on 6 September 1800 in Coventry, CT, at age 83.
  • He was buried at the North Burying-round in Coventry, CT, Sacred to the memory of
    Deacon Ebenezer Kingsbury
    Who departed this life Sept 6th
    AD 1800, in the 84th Year of
    his age, having by the will of
    God served his generation
    Faithfully.
    Blessed are the dead which die
    in the Lord.4

Children with Priscilla Kingsbury b. 22 Mar 1720, d. 31 Jan 1805:

Sources of Information:

  1. [S15] Frederick John Kingsbury, The Genealogy of the Descendants of Henry Kingsbury of Ipswich and Haverhill, Mass., Hartford Press, 1905 digitized by Google, printed by Paige M Gutenborg at the Harvard Book Store, Cambridge, MA, p 24, viewed on-line at books.google.com.
  2. [S15] Frederick John Kingsbury, The Genealogy of the Descendants of Henry Kingsbury of Ipswich and Haverhill, Mass., Hartford Press, 1905 digitized by Google, printed by Paige M Gutenborg at the Harvard Book Store, Cambridge, MA, p 214.
  3. [S15] Frederick John Kingsbury, The Genealogy of the Descendants of Henry Kingsbury of Ipswich and Haverhill, Mass., Hartford Press, 1905 digitized by Google, printed by Paige M Gutenborg at the Harvard Book Store, Cambridge, MA, p 214. This is from Rev. Marvin Root's Reminiscences.
  4. [S15] Frederick John Kingsbury, The Genealogy of the Descendants of Henry Kingsbury of Ipswich and Haverhill, Mass., Hartford Press, 1905 digitized by Google, printed by Paige M Gutenborg at the Harvard Book Store, Cambridge, MA, p 215.
  5. [S15] Frederick John Kingsbury, The Genealogy of the Descendants of Henry Kingsbury of Ipswich and Haverhill, Mass., Hartford Press, 1905 digitized by Google, printed by Paige M Gutenborg at the Harvard Book Store, Cambridge, MA, p 215.
  6. [S15] Frederick John Kingsbury, The Genealogy of the Descendants of Henry Kingsbury of Ipswich and Haverhill, Mass., Hartford Press, 1905 digitized by Google, printed by Paige M Gutenborg at the Harvard Book Store, Cambridge, MA, p 245, viewed on-line at books.google.com.
  7. [S4] Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com Family Tree, Internet database, www.ancestry.com , Susan Rockwood Bradley.

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MALE or FEMALE means I don't know the first name.