KINGSLEY, Wareham

KINGSLEY, Wareham

Male 1766 - 1845  (79 years)

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  • Name KINGSLEY, Wareham 
    Birth 7 May 1766  East Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death 31 Dec 1845  Merryall, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Died in the home of his son, Nathan.
    Burial Merryall, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Upper Merryall Cemetery 
    Person ID I9251  Pickel_Bartlett
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2013 

    Father KINGSLEY, Nathan,   b. 23 Jan 1743, Scotland, Windham, Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1822, Chillicothe, Ross, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Mother WAREHAM, Roccelana,   b. 1740, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1803, Wyalusing, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years) 
    Marriage Bef 1766  Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Family ID F2651  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family TERRELL, Urania,   b. 2 Apr 1769, New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1839, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Marriage 7 Feb 1789  Luzerne, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
     1. KINGSLEY, Lydia,   b. 4 Apr 1790, Wyalusing, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Apr 1852, Wyalusing, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
     2. KINGSLEY, Rocalina,   b. 1791, Wyalusing, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     3. KINGSLEY, Nathan,   b. 1792, Wyalusing, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 May 1864, Merryall, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
     4. KINGSLEY, Roswell Erasmus,   b. 24 Jul 1793, Wyalusing, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 May 1865, Standing Stone, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
     5. KINGSLEY, Abagail,   b. 1795, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     6. KINGSLEY, Roselina,   b. 1798, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Nov 1814, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 16 years)
     7. KINGSLEY, Chester B.,   b. 10 Apr 1798, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Apr 1846, Anderson County, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years)
     8. KINGSLEY, Orren,   b. 1801   d. 1864 (Age 63 years)
    Family ID F2650  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 16 May 2022 

  • Notes 
    • Wareham Kingsley was the son of Nathan Kingsley and Roccelana WAREHAM.

      Nathan Kingsley was not only a man of much prominence in the early settlement of the county, but stood high in the estimation of the people throughout the Wyoming Valley. He was the eldest son of Salmon Kingsley and was born January 23, 1743 in Scotland, Windham county, Conn. He married Roccelana Wareham of Windsor, Conn., and removed to Wyoming about the year 1772. He was one of the original proprietors of Springfield and came to Wyalusing in 1776. In the latter part of 1777 he was captured by the Indians and remained a prisoner nearly a year. While in captivity he secured the friendship and confidence of the Indians by his skill in doctoring their horses. He was, in consequence, allowed considerable liberty, and permitted to go into the woods to gather herbs and roots for his medicines. Seizing a favorable opportunity, he made his escape and reached Wyoming in safety. During his captivity, his family found a home with Jonathan Slocum of Wilkes-Barre. On the 22nd of November, 1778, while Mr. Kingsley was yet in captivity, his son, Nathan, was killed by the Indians, and a younger son and Frances Slocum, famous in story, carried away by them. He served as a lieutenant in Capt. John Franklin's Wyoming Company (1782), 5th Regiment of Militia, state of Connecticut. In 1775 he was appointed one of the committee of inspection of Westmoreland, and in May, 1776, was chosen lieutenant of the 9th, or Up-River Company of the 24th Connecticut Militia. At the close of the war, Mr. Kingsley, his wife and surviving son, Wareham, returned to the old home in Wyalusing. Upon the organization of Luzerne county in May, 1787, he was commissioned one of the judges, which office he resigned in 1790. Mr. Kingsley is described as "a large, tall man of more than ordinary intelligence, deeply interested in the prosperity of the community and the development of the county. He built a distillery, fell a victim of the habit of the times and in his old age lost his property."

  • Sources 
    1. [S102] Cer.

    2. [S102] Cer, "Before1930" Family Tree.