KINGSLEY, Wareham
1766 - 1845 (79 years)-
Name KINGSLEY, Wareham Birth 7 May 1766 East Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, British America [1] Gender Male Death 31 Dec 1845 Merryall, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States - Died in the home of his son, Nathan.
Burial Merryall, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States Address:
Upper Merryall CemeteryPerson ID I9251 Pickel_Bartlett Last Modified 7 Aug 2013
Father KINGSLEY, Nathan, b. 23 Jan 1743, Scotland, Windham, Connecticut, British America d. 1822, Chillicothe, Ross, Ohio, United States (Age 78 years) Mother WAREHAM, Roccelana, b. 1740, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, British America d. 1803, Wyalusing, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 63 years) Marriage Bef 1766 Connecticut [2] Family ID F2651 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family TERRELL, Urania, b. 2 Apr 1769, New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut, British America d. 1839, Pennsylvania (Age 69 years) Marriage 7 Feb 1789 Luzerne, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States [2] Children 1. KINGSLEY, Lydia, b. 4 Apr 1790, Wyalusing, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States d. 28 Apr 1852, Wyalusing, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 62 years) 2. KINGSLEY, Rocalina, b. 1791, Wyalusing, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States d. Yes, date unknown 3. KINGSLEY, Nathan, b. 1792, Wyalusing, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States d. 18 May 1864, Merryall, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States (Age 72 years) 4. KINGSLEY, Roswell Erasmus, b. 24 Jul 1793, Wyalusing, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States d. 21 May 1865, Standing Stone, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 71 years) 5. KINGSLEY, Abagail, b. 1795, Pennsylvania d. Yes, date unknown 6. KINGSLEY, Roselina, b. 1798, Pennsylvania d. 3 Nov 1814, Connecticut (Age 16 years) 7. KINGSLEY, Chester B., b. 10 Apr 1798, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States d. 5 Apr 1846, Anderson County, South Carolina, United States (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
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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."
- Wareham Kingsley was the son of Nathan Kingsley and Roccelana WAREHAM.
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