KINGSLEY, Nathan

1743 - 1822  (78 years)

• Name	KINGSLEY, Nathan
  Birth	23 Jan 1743	Scotland, Windham, Connecticut, British America   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1822	Chillicothe, Ross, Ohio, United States   [1]
  Person ID	I9253	Pickel_Bartlett
  Last Modified	6 Aug 2013

  
  

  Family	WAREHAM, Roccelana,   b. 1740, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, British America d. 1803, Wyalusing, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1766	Connecticut   [1]
  Children	1. KINGSLEY, Nathan,   b. 1762   d. 22 Nov 1788, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (Age 26 years)   2. KINGSLEY, Wareham,   b. 7 May 1766, East Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, British America d. 31 Dec 1845, Merryall, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F2651	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 May 2022

  
  

• Notes

  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 [Pennsylvania]. 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, [Pennsylvania] about the year 1772. He was one of the original proprietors of Springfield, [Delaware Co., Pennsylvania] and came to Wyalusing, [Bradford County, Pennsylvania] 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 [Pennsylvania] 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." He died in Ohio in 1822, aged 80 years. ----------------- Source:  Pioneer & Patriot Families of Bradford County PA, pages #101-102

  
  

• Sources

  [S102] Cer, "Before1930" Family Tree.