Kilbourne

   "Kilbourne" is an English variant of Kilburn: a habitational name from a place in North Yorkshire or one in Derbyshire, both of uncertain etymology. They are possibly named from an Old English personal name Cylla or the Old English term, cyl(e)n (‘kiln’) + burna (‘stream’). The place of this name in London has apparently not contributed to the surname.) The Coat of Arms is silver with a blue chevron between three coots. The Crest features another coot. A coot symbolizes mercy.
   The Kilbourne family was first found in Middlesex, where they were seated from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D. (A seat or family seat was the principal manor of a medieval lord, which was normally an elegant country mansion and usually denoted that the family held political and economic influences in the area.)
   Our link to this ancestry would be through a Colonial family in Connecticut, transplanted to Canada, then back to the U.S.: "THOMAS KILBORNE, the ancestor of all in Connecticut, and most of those in other States of the Union and in Canada, who bear the name, was born A. D., 1580, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth ; and with his family embarked from London for New England, in the ship Increase, Robert Lea, master, on the 15th of April, 1635."¹
   Thomas was probably the son of ANNE COLLYN HOWLETT (1543 - aft. 1592) and JOHN KILBOURN, a resident of Croydon-cum-Clapton, a small village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire, England. It is 10 miles south-west of Cambridge and immediately west of the A1198 road (the Roman Ermine Street). John moved the family to Woodditton, a village and civil parish in East Cambridgeshire, and Thomas was baptized there on 8 May 1578. John was buried there on 30 Oct 1591.

CHILDREN OF JOHN KILBOURN AND ANNE COLLYN

THOMAS KILBOURN was born on 8 May 1578, in Woodditton, Cambridgeshire, England, when his presumed father, John Kilbourne III, was 43 and his presumed mother, Anne Collyn, was 29. He married FRANCES MOODY (1584-1650) on 5 Sep 1604, in Woodditton. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 12 daughters (see below). In 1632, at the age of 54, his occupation is listed as warden of St. Mary's church in Woodditton. In 1635 he sailed to British Colonial America and settled in Connecticut. It is said Thomas was killed by Indians 5 years after arriving to the New World. He died before 1639, in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, and was buried in Village Cemetery, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.

   Woodditton lies immediately south of Newmarket, a town established c. 1200 astride the road forming the parish boundary between Woodditton and Exning, at the southeastern end of the Devil's Dyke, a defensive earthwork thought to be of Anglo-Saxon origin. All Saints was created as a chapelry of Woodditton by 1336 to serve the Cambridgeshire part of the town, where the Kilbourns lived. By the time that Thomas was born there were about 200 adults registered in the parish. Thomas served as the churchwarden of the Parish in 1632.
   Thomas married FRANCES MOODY (1584-1650), daughter of George Moody, at Moulton, Suffolk, England, on 5 Sept 1604. Moulton is a village and civil parish in the West district of Suffolk, close to Newmarket.
   Moody is an ancient Anglo-Saxon name that was represented in the reign of Edward I, and could have been derived from the ancient family surnames of Mudd or Mudde, based on the Old English word modig, which means brave, impetuous, or bold. In Suffolk (where Frances lived), the family was seated from early times, appearing on the early census rolls taken by the Kings of Britain to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects.
   In family lore, Frances was the granddaughter of Sir Edmund Moody (1498 - 15 Sep 1562) from Suffolk, England. A footman in the retinue of King Henry VIII, Edmund saved the King from drowning, and was rewarded with a grant of a pension and a coat-of-arms, as shown in the College of Arms, London (pictured at right). Her father George was Edmund's first-born son, and was mentioned as a minor in his father's will of 1572, and then was heir to his uncle Thomas in 1576; he entered Trinity College, Cambridge in 1578 and, on becoming of age in 1581, inherited most of the landed estates of his father. In a pedigree of this Moody family compiled in 1658 by the Suffolk antiquary, Matthias Candler, this George Moody is mentioned as "famous for his housekeeping and just and plaine dealings". (Candler's Pedigrees, Harleian Mss. No. 6071, p. 512, British Museum, London.)
   Thomas and Frances belonged to the Church of England (i.e. Anglican); Thomas had been a warden of St. Mary's church in Wood Ditton. Their descendants include 6th great-grandson (President) Rutherford B. Hayes, 6th great-granddaughter Louisa May Alcott (author of "Little Women"), 8th great-granddaughters Amelia Earhart and Margaret Hamilton (the Wicked Witch in "The Wizard of Oz"), 8th great-grandchildren Bob Barker, Shirley MacLaine and Warren Beatty, 9th great-grandchildren Warren Buffett and Nike founder Phil Knight, along with (First Ladies) Bess Truman and Nancy (Davis) Reagan, and 10th great grandchildren Clint Eastwood and John Hinkley, Jr. (okay, there's one black sheep).² They all descend from the nine children of Thomas and Frances, born at Wood Ditton. Five daughters and one son survived to adulthood and sailed with them to New England during the Great Puritan Migration, a period between 1620 and 1642 when English Puritans migrated to the New World. The Puritans left England for a number of reasons, but mainly for religious freedom and economic opportunities. Puritans were non-conformists and dissidents who wanted to reform the Church of England. As a result, they were often subject to harsh laws and persecution in England, which prompted many of them to leave for new opportunities in New England (which is probably why they named it that).

CHILDREN OF THOMAS KILBORN AND FRANCES MOODY

ANN KILBOURN Awas born @ 1605, was named in her grandfather's will (George Moody) in 1607; no further record, and did not travel to the New World with her family (probably died young).

MARGARET KILBOURN was born on 23 Sep 1607 Wood Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England, and came to this country with her parents on the ship Increase, at the age of 23 years. She married to Richard Law, Esq., a distinguished gentleman of Stamford. She was the grandmother of the Hon. Jonathan Law, who was Governor of Connecticut from 1741 until his death in 1750. She died on 10 Jan 1689 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut.

THOMAS KILBOURNE II was born in 1609 in Wood Ditton, Cambridge, England. (He is possibly the Thomas Kilbourne age 24 enrolled w/his wife, age 20, at Ipswich on 30 April 1634 as passengers for New England; otherwise there is no further record) Baptized as "Thomas Kilborne."

GEORGE KILBOURNE was born in 1612 in Wood Ditton, Cambridge, England, and baptized on 12 Feb 1611/12 as "George Kylborne," but there is no further record.

ELIZABETH KILBOURNE was born in 1614 in Wood Ditton, Cambridge, England. baptized on 12 May 1614 as "Elizabeth Kylborne." She married ROBERT JENNISON.

LYDIA KILBOURN was born in 1608 in Wood Ditton, county Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, England, and came to this country with her parents on the ship Increase, at the age of 22 years. She married Robert Hayward, (now written Howard,) of Windsor, Conn. She died on 30 Oct 1638 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

MARIE (MARY) ELIZABETH KILBOURN was born on 12 May 1612 Badby, Northamptonshire, England, and came to this country with her parents on the ship Increase, at the age of 16 years. She married John Root, senior, one of the first settlers and a prominent citizen of Farmington, Conn.

FRANCES KILBOURN was born @ 1623, and came to this country with her parents on the ship Increase, at the age of 12 years. She married Thomas A. Foot.

Sergeant JOHN KILBOURN was born 29 Sep 1624 in Wood Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England, and was baptized on 29 Sep 1624. came to this country with his parents on the Increase, at the age of 10 years. Sergt. Kilbourn was married to Naomi, in 1650; she died on 1 Oct 1659, leaving three children: John, Thomas, and Naomi. He then married Sarah, by whom he had Ebenezer, Sarah, George, Mary, Joseph, and Abraham. He departed this life on the 9th of April, 1703, in his 79th year—or, as the Wethersfield Record quaintly expressed it, "of his age about 80 years, as nigh as could be come at." Sarah, his widow, died on the 4th of December, 1711, "aged 70 years, or something more," as the record has it.

   Thomas and Frances, along with several of their children, sailed to America in 1635. In the 8th volume of the 3d series of the 'Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society,' pp. 243 and following, is an article entitled 'Gleanings for New England History,' by James Savage, LL. D., of Boston, in which we find the following extract from a MS. volume in folio at the Augmentation Office (so called) where Rev. Joseph Hunter, one of the Record Commissioners, presides, in Rolls Court, Westminster Hall: '15th Apr. 1635. Theis parties hereafter expressed are to be transported to New England, embarqued in the Increase¹ in Apr 1635. Included are "Husbandman" Thomas Kilborne, aged 55; His wife, Frances Kilborne, aged 50, and children, Margaret (23), Lyddia (22), Marie (16), Frances (12), and John, age 10. (Historically, in England, a husbandman was a small landowner, with a social status below that of a yeoman. The term also refers to a "worker of the soil," and is related to agricultural practices.) Some say they landed directly in Wethersfield (Hartford) Connecticut; others say they landed first at Boston, Massachusetts, then moved to Connecticut because of religious disagreement with the other colonists in Massachusetts.
   When Thomas Kilbourne, a former church warden, arrived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, he probably did not find the religious atmosphere to his liking. Within the year, he moved his family to Wethersfield, Connecticut. Wethersfield is the oldest organized town in Connecticut and Thomas was one of its first settlers. He was reportedly the first person to build a home there. He served as juror, grand juror, and deputy of the town. A listing on 25 Dec 1640 in the Wethersfield Land Records, Book 1, page 135, reveals lands belonging to widow Frances Kilborne, in Weathersfield on the Connecticut River.
   Thomas died sometime before 1640; there is some speculation that Thomas may have died 23 Apr 1637 in Wethersfield, killed by the Pequot Indians in the incident that started the 'Pequot War'. The Pequot had kidnapped a few English girls, then killed most of the members of a rescue party. This happened very close to the Kilbourne home, and it is possible that Thomas was one of the rescue party. This sparked an armed conflict between the Pequot nation and an alliance of the colonists from the Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, and Saybrook colonies and their allies from the Narragansett and Mohegan nations. The war ended with the decisive defeat of the Pequot; about 700 of them had been killed or taken into captivity. Hundreds were sold into slavery in Bermuda or the West Indies; other survivors were dispersed as captives to the victorious nation, and the colonial authorities classified the Pequot nation as extinct.
   Their son JOHN KILBOURNE emigrated in 1635, at age 10, to Wethersfield, Connecticut (established as Watertown in 1634, and renamed Wethersfield in 1637). Often called "Sgt" John, he held that position with the Wethersfield Train Band in May 1657. He lived on "the Broad Street" in Wethersfield, and town records report: "Ye 24 of September 1647. John Kilborne is Apointed to gather the tax Rate, and cause it to be brought into acount when the townesmen shall Apoint." His first record as a land-holder in Wethersfieid bears date May 20, 1649, and may be found on p. 136 1st book of the Land Records of that town. He seems to have been an active, energetic spirit in the little colony, and to have possessed in no small degree the confidence of his fellow colonists. This is abundantly manifest in his being so often selected by them to perform public trusts, and to fill the various offices within their gift—trusts and offices which, however humble they may appear to us, were then deemed of the utmost importance to their well-being.
   In 1647, at the age of 23, his occupation is listed as tax collector, constable, and sgt at arms in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. Then in 1650, John married NAOMI HULL (1624-1659) and they had at least three children:

CHILDREN OF JOHN KILBORN AND NAOMI HULL

JOHN KILBOURNE was born on 15 Feb 1650/51 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co CT and d. 25 Nov 1711 in Naubuck (now Glastonbury) CT. He married 1st) 4 March 1673/74 in CT to SUSANNA HILLS (1651-1701). He married 2) ELIZABETH MITCHELL on 12 May 1702 in Hartford CT. He was admitted a freeman 13 Oct 1681. He was a fence viewer for the east side of the great river in 1697, 1702 and 1705, a lister in 1710. He was one of the grand jurors of Hartford Co in 1695 and 1703 and other times. He was probably a "Puritan," and in 1692 donated land to be used as a parsonage for the new minister.

SGT. THOMAS KILBOURNE was born in 1653 at Wethersfield. He married HANNAH HILLS, daughter of William Hills on 2 May 1686. Thomas died in 1695 in East Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut.

NAOMI KILBOURNE was born @1656 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut. She married THOMAS HALE on 30 Oct 1679 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut. They had the following children: Naomi Hale, Mary (Hale) Benton, Mary Hale, Thomas Hale Jr, Ruth (Hale) Hollister, Timothy Hale, Nathaniel Hale, Eunice Hale and Ruth Hale. She died 17 May 1735 in Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut.

   After Naomi's death, John married (2) SARAH BRONSON (1639-1711). Bronson is an English name. The surname was first found in Devonshire where they were seated at Branscombe in the ninth century well before the Norman Conquest of England by William the Conqueror in 1066. The Coat of Arms is a gold shield with three gold cinquefoils on a black chevron, between two black keys at the top and a black sword in the base, and the Crest is a gold lion rampant.
   In 1657, John registered for military service, earning his "sergeant" title, and remained in that position until 1675, at the end of King Philip's War; he held the offices of clerk, lister and constable for the town, and was selectman for eleven years between 1657 and 1681, inclusive. He also served on many important committees. Sergeant John was a member of the Legislature during nearly every regular and special session, from the date of the first proposition for the Address and Petition, to the time when the charter arrived in the Colony—September, 1662; and it is fair to presume that he was a deeply interested participant in those important measures that "resulted in the comparative freedom of the colony in which he had laid the foundations of a Home for himself and his posterity."

CHILDREN OF JOHN KILBORN AND SARAH BRONSON

SARAH KILBOURNE was born about 1663 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut. She married 1) JOSEPH CRANE on 10 Dec 1684 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, and they had She is the mother of Sarah Crane I, Sarah (Crane) Tooley II, Hannah Crane, Mary Crane, Benjamin Crane, Joseph Crane, Hester Crane, David Crane, Esther Crane, Susan Crane and Issac Crane. When Joseph passed she married 2) BENJAMIN ANDREWS, after Aug 1716. Sarah died after 1727 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut.

EBENEZER KILBOURNE was born on 1 Jun 1665 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut. He married GRACE BULKEY, daughter of Rev. Peter and Margaret Bulkley, and they had Sarah (1692-1700), Grace (Goodrich, 1693-1754). Josiah (1702-1754), Eleazor (1698-1761), Daniel, Margaret and George Kilbourne (1712-1763). Ebenezer died on 17 Dec 1711 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut.

MARY KILBOURNE was born around 1670 in Hartford, Connecticut Colony, in British Colonial America. She married SAMUEL BUTLER on 26 Nov 1696; Wethersfield, CT. They had the following children: Elizabeth (Francis); Samuel; George; Daniel; Abraham and Sarah (Clark). Mary died on 27 Aug 1752 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.

GEORGE KILBOURNE was born around 1668 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America. He married ABIGAIL ATWOOD (1668-1740) and they had: George (1690-1711); Israel (1692-1692); Abigail (b. 1696); Hezekiah (1700-1756); Samuel (1700-1703); Hannah (b. 1700), and Palatiah Kilbourne (1704-1780). George died on 8 Feb 1741 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, and is buried at the Wethersfield Village Cemetery, in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.

JOSEPH KILBOURNE was born @ 1672 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut. He married 1) DOROTHY BUTLER (1676-1709) and they had Dorothy (Birge, 1697-1746), Joseph II (1700-1756), and Jonathan Kilbourne (1703-1777); after Dorothy passed away, Joseph married HESTHER GIBBS (b. 1672). Joseph died in 1744 in Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut.

ABRAHAM KILBOURNE was born in 1675 at Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut. He married SARAH GOODRICH (1679-1719) and they had: Samuel (1700-1746); Sarah (Baxter, 1702-1785) and Abraham Kilbourne, Jr. (1708-1776). Abraham died on 9 March 1713 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut. After Abraham's death, Sarah married Thomas Boardman.

   "In the Records in the office of Secretary of State, in Hartford, the name of John Kilbourn often occurs, as a Juror, Grand Juror, and on the 'Jury of Life and Death.' May 29, 1677, Sergt. K. was a member of the Jury before whom Nicholas Sension, of New London, was tried 'for his notorious sinfull attempting that great and unnaturall sin of sodomy,' and sentenced therefor to 'stand upon a lader by the gallows, with a rope about his neck, so long as he shall be appoynted there to stand, and then to be tyed to the gallaws and severely whipt; and then be returned to the prison to remaine dureing the court's pleasure.'" (The Family Memorial, p. 15.) His last court document reads as follows:

LAST WILL & TESTAMENT OF JOHN KILBOURN

"I, John Kilbourn, Senior, of Wethersfield, in the County of Hartford, in his majesties Territories of New England, yeoman, being at present firme in my senses and understanding, do appoint this my last Will and Testament, in manner following : — Imp's. I bequeath my Soul into the hands of my most mercifull Redeemer, hopeing for his merit's sake to find acceptance with God, and a Joyfull Resurrection, my body to be buried in a Christian manner according to the discretion of mine Executors hereinafter named. —I give and bequeath to my Sonn, John Kilbourn, besides what I have formerly given and settled on him, and on his heirs and assignes, my whole right and title to that Tract of Land sometime since purchased of the Indians, on the East side of the great River; also I give to my said Sonn, John, my great bible and one great booke of Mr. Perkins his works. —I give and bequeath to my Sonn, Thomas Kilbourn, and to his heirs and assignes forever, the remainder of my Land in Naubuck, both meadow, swamp, and uppland, and Six pounds in Current Country pay, to be paid by my Executors hereafter named within two years after my decease. —I give and bequeath to my daughter, Naomi Hale, (besides what I have formerly given her,) my Silver beaker and one pair of Sheets, to be delivered her by my Executors at my decease. My will is that my present Loveing wife, Sarah Kilbourn, shall enjoy and possess one half of my houseing and Home lott abutting on the broad street East, and one third part of my Lands lyeing on the west side of the great River, dureing the time of her najurall Life. —I give to my Sonn, Ebenezer Kilbourn, and to his heirs and assignes forever, one half of my houseing and home lott facing against the broad street, to be to him and to his heirs or assignes, at my decease, and the other half of the same to him and to his heirs or assignes forever, at the decease of his mother, Sarah Kilbourn. Also one half of mine Eight acree Lott at the pond at the Upper end of the great Meadow, and one fourth part of my Land in the Wett Swamp, and one fourth part of my Long Lott at the Town's End. That is to say, he or his heirs or assignes to enjoy two thirds of those lands at my decease, and the rest at the decease of his mother aforesaid. —I give and bequeath to my daughter, Sarah Crane, (besides what I have already given her,) the Sum of fifteen pounds, in goods, corn, or Chattells, to be apprized as Country pay, to be paid within two years after my decease. —I give and bequeath to my Sonn, George Kilbourn, my house and Home lott faceing against Bell Lane, which I have purchased of my Sonn Ebenezer, and one half of my Eight acree Lott at the upper end of the great meadow, and one fourth part of my Land in the Wett Swamp, and one fourth part of my Long Lott at the Town's End. That is to say, he to enjoy two thirds of those lands at the age of Twenty and one years. And he, my said Sonn George, his heirs or assignes, to enjoy and possess the rest forever at the decease of his mother, Sarah Kilbourn. I also give my said Sonn George, one silver Spoon marked GM: G K, provided he shall pay Tenn pounds to my daughter, Mary Kilbourn, in Country pay, within four years after my decease, and Twenty shillings in like Country pay to his brother, Thomas Kilbourn, within the same time. —I give and bequeath to my daughter, Mary Kilbourn, the Summ of Thirty and Eight pounds in Country pay, whereof her brother George is to pay tenn pounds as above exprest, and Twenty and Eight pounds to be paid to her by my Executors hereafter named, in goods or Chattells apprized as Country pay, within two years after my decease, or after her marriage. —I give and bequeath to my Sonn, Joseph Kilbourn, and to his heirs or assignes forever, the one half of my Land at the Whirlpools in the great Meauow, and half my Land at Mile Meadow, and half my Land at Beaver Meadow, and one fourth part of my Land at Wett Swamp, and one fourth part of my Long Lott at the Town's End. That is to say, he, his heirs or assignes, to enjoy two thirds of those Lands at the age of Twenty and one years, and the rest at his mother's decease; he also shall pay twenty shillings to his brother, Thomas Kilbourn, within one year after he enjoys the same. —I give and bequeath to my Sonn, Abraham Kilbourn, and to his heirs or assignes forever, half my Land at the Whirlpools in the great meadow, and half my Land at Mile Meadow, and half my Land at Beaver Meadow, and one fourth part of my Land at Wett Swamp, and one fourth part of my Lott at the Town's End. That is to say, he as aforesaid to enjoy two thirds of said Lands at the age of Twenty and one years, and the rest at his mother's decease; also, one heiffer, he paying Twenty shillings to his brother, Thomas Kilbourn, in Country pay, within one year after he shall possess the same. I give to those two last named Sonns, vizt., Joseph and Abraham, my Fifty Acree Lott in the Equall Division, to be to them, their heirs or assignes forever ; my will is that they divide the same equally between them. —Lastly, I give and bequeath all the rest of my Moveable Estate, goods, Corn, or Chattells, whatsoever, to my Loveing wife, Sarah Kilbourn, Shee paying all my just debts and Legacies. And I do nominate and appoint my said beloved wife and my Sonn Ebenezer to be the Executors of my last Will and Testament, to whome I give the power of dividing my Lands to my Sonns respectively, as above exprest. In witness that this is my last Will and Testament, revokeing and makeing void all former Wills whatsoever, I have here unto set my hand and seal, this twenty-fourth day of September, in the yeare of our Lord, One Thousand Six Hundred and Eighty Eight, and in the fourth yeare of the reign of our Sovereign Lord, James the Second, by the Grace of God King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, &c. JOHN KILBOURN. [seal.]    Signed, Sealed and Delivered in presence of the Witnesses,    Samuell Boreman,    Samuell Butlar.

"GENERATION III (P. 30): ABRAHAM, was born at Wethersfield in 1675, and was married on the 26th of October, 1699, to SARAH GOODRICH, daughter of Mr. John Goodrich, by Rev. Stephen Mix. The lineage of the name Goodrich begins with the Anglo-Saxon tribes in Britain. It is a result of when they lived in the region of Goodrich or Gotheridge in the county of Hereford. The surname Goodrich may also derive from the patronymic name the son of Godrich which was composed of the elements God which referred to someone good and Ric which meant power. The surname may also have derived from the Old English cud, meaning "famous," with the aforementioned "ric."
   'Jan. ye 14, 1696-7. Lands belonging to Abraham Kilburn and unto his heirs and assignes forever, Lying in Wethersfield on Connecticut River, which he had by Deed of Gift from his father, Serjt. John Kilburn, as itt appears by his Deed dated Dec. 12th, 1696, signed and sealed by Serjt Kilburn, and witnessed by John Chester and Jonathan Belding, and acknowledged by Capt. John Chester, Commissioner : One piece lying in Middle Pasture in the west field -- the ends abutt on Serjt. John Kilburn east, and a highway west, on Joseph Kilburn north, and Daniel Borman south. Another piece lying in the Woods, is part of that Land which fell to Serjt. K. in the division of Land in 1698— the ends abutt on the Common east and west, the sides against Lands of Ebenezer Kilburn north, and David Baldoff(?) south.'
   Town Meeting, Wethersfield.— 'Dec. ye 20, 1708. Clark Borman, Serjt. Samuel Buck, and Abraham Kilborn, were chosen Listers for ye next yeare.'
   He departed this life, March 9, 1712-3 ; and the Inventory on his estate was taken on the 27th of the month following. Among the items mentioned in his inventory, are, 'arms and ammunition,' 'two horses and a mare,' 'one mansion house,' 'English Goods to be sold,' 'carpenters' tools,' etc. ; from the two last mentioned items, it may be inferred that he was both a merchant and a carpenter."

CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM KILBOURNE AND SARAH GOODRICH

SAMUEL KILBOURNE was born on 25 Jan 1700 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut. He married MARY GARRETT (1700-1778) and they had Sybil (Dibble, 1720-1789); Sarah (Parmelee, 1726-1814), and Mary Kilbourne (Woodruff, 1730-1790). He died on 12 Dec 1746 in Litchfield County, Connecticut.

SARAH KILBOURNE was born on 6 May 1702 in Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut. She married TIMOTHY BAXTER (1705-1777) and they had John (1726-1813); Honour (White, b. 1729); Martha (b. 1730); Elisha (b. 1732); Sarah (b. 1735) and Mehitable Kilbourne (Adams, 1740-1825). She died on 23 Dec 1785 in Wethersfield, Connecticut, now in the United States of America.

ABRAHAM KILBOURNE II was born on 12 Apr, 1708 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut. He married REBECCA DICKINSON (1705-1767) and they had Lois (Haskin, 1732-1825), Eunice (Stoddard, 1735-1814), Isaac (1737-1807), David (1742-1815), Jesse (1744-1813), Rebecca (Catlin, 1746-1804), Abraham (1747-1747), Mercy (1748 - 1768), and Jesse Kilbourne (b. 1739). Abraham Jr. died on 25 Feb 1776 in Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut. orn in Wethersfield, CT and orphaned by 11, he in early manhood, settled in Litchfield, where His Uncle Joseph Kilbourn had settled 6 years earlier. As early as Jan. 1727 Abraham was involved in Town meetings. Later that year he erected a Fulling Mill (part of cloth manufacturing) at Bantam Falls, it was the first ever erected in Litchfield County and was owned and carried on business by him and his descendants for over 100 years. On May 14, 1731 he married Rebecca Bronson, of Rocky Hill, Connecticut. DAR Vol.9 p. 275/6 Active Whig and served on various committees until his death. He was Lister, Moderator, Grand Juror, Selectman, Representative for Litchfield four sessions. He was very enthusiastic about and involved in events foretelling the Country's Independence, unfortunately he died four months before "The Signing."

GENERATION IV (P. 36): "ABRAHAM (Jr.), born in Wethersfield, April 12, 1708 removed to Litchfield in early life ; was a Selectman in 1746 with Deac. Peter Buel and Capt. Thomas Harrison, and in 1766 with Capt. Oliver Wolcott, Col. Ebenezer Marsh and Jacob Woodruff, and filled the same office, as well as that of Lister, for several years. He was a Representative from Litchfield to the Legislature at four successive sessions, commencing with the May Session, 1769. His children were, Eunice, Isaac, David, Jesse, Rebecca, and Abraham. Rebecca, his wife, died June 16, 1767; he died February 25, 1776. "At a meeting of the proprietors of Litchfield, legally warned, held in said Litchfield, January 9th, 1727-8—Upon the Request of Abraham Killborn, of Wethersfield, for the liberty of the stream of Bantam River for a Fulling Mill, Voted, That he shall have the liberty of the stream of Bantam River for a Fulling Mill below the corn-mill, where it may be adjudged safe for the owners of the corn-mill and convenient for a Fulling Mill, the place to be determined by a Committee chosen for that work: And that said Killborn, for his encouragement to set up and carry on the clothing trade amongst us, shall have one acre and a half of Land given to him, to be taken up in that corner which Joseph Kilborn's pike lot abuts, upon the corn-mill pond-- Provided, that a Committee chosen for that end, adjudge it may be done without Great Damage to the highway. Upon this consideration it is granted, that said Killborn set up a Fulling Mill in said place, within the space of two years from this Instant, January, 1727-8, and keep it in good repair." [The Fulling Mill erected at Bantam Falls, soon after the above date, by Abrarham Kilbourn, was the first ever erected in Litchfield county, and was owned and carried on by himself and his descendants for more than one hundred years.].

CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM KILBOURNE AND REBECCA DICKINSON

LOIS KILBOURN was born on 16 Mar 1732 in Killingworth, Middlesex County, Connecticut. She married ELKANAH HASKIN (b. 1732) and they had Abraham (b. 1755); Lydia (b. 1757); Daniel (1759-1812) and Dorcas Haskin (Lind, b.1765). Lois died before 1825.

EUNICE KILBOURNE as born on 7 Nov 1735 in Litchfield, Connecticut. She married JOHN STODDARD (1736-1818) and they had Jesse (1762-1846); Hannah (Osborn); Jerusha; Irena; Rachel (Bishop), David, Levi, John and Daniel Stoddard. Eunice died on 2 Oct 1814 in Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States.

ISAAC KILBOURNE was born on 16 Jan 1737 in Litchfield, Connecticut. He married MEHITABLE DOOLITTLE (1738-1787), and they had Abraham (1759-1805), Isaac (1737-1807), and Rebeca Kilbourne (Westover, 1767-1795). Father of 20 children (6 stillborn?). Was a surveyor of highways and a farmer, died aged 70 years. Several of his sons went to Canada and "out west" and three of his daughters married two Westover brothers. Isaac's father Abraham erected a Fulling Mill at Bantam Falls in 1727. Some of Isaac's children and some siblings are in the Bantam Cem. west of Litchfield. He died in 1807 in Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, now in the United States of America. Probably buried in the Bantam or West Cemeteries, with a field-stone.

ABRAHAM KILLBOURNE was born on 03 Sep 1740 in Litchfield, Connecticut. He died on 3 Sep 1767 in Litchfield.

DAVID KILBOURNE was born on 28 Apr 1742 in Litchfield, Connecticut. A sergeant and a reverend, he served in the Revolutionary War, Continental Line: 1777. m [1] LOUISA BORDEN (1745-1763) on 20 Apr 1763 in Litchfield, CT. They had one child: Theral Kilbourne (1768-1785). He then married [2] DIADANA ("Deidamia," 1748-1817) on 15 Jun 1769 Litchfield, CT. They had nine children: Orange (1770-1812), James (1771-1809), Levi (1773-1850), Reuben (1775-1777), David (b. 1777), Betsey (1787-1807), Elisha (1779-1801), Sarah (b. 1782), Samuel (1783-1862), and Erastus (1791-1830). David died on 17 Sep 1815, age 73. Buried in the Bantam Burying Ground in Bantam, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA.

JESSE KILBOURNE ws born on 2 Jan, 1744 in Litchfield, Connecticut. Jesse was married to Sarah Mattocks 24 Feb. 1765, by Rev. Judah Champion. The children of Jesse & Sarah were, Lucretia (Johnson), Jacob, Heman, Elizabeth (Westover), Jesse, Truman, Sarah, Polly (Hannahs) & Diantha (Ward). Sarah died 19 Jan 1805; he then married 2) Sarah Twitchell; then 3) Eunice Wright. He was often a Grand Juror, Lister and selectman; was Warden of St. Michael's Parish from 1784 to 1799; and was Delegate to the Episcopal Annual Convention in 1808. He was a man of dignified manners and sound judgement, and was highly esteemed in all the relations of life. His name appears on the Probate Records, as a Commissioner, Appraiser or distributor of from fifteen to twenty different estates of deceased persons. He died in Litchfield, 2 Apr 1813, and is buried in the town.

REBECCA KILBOURNE was born on 26 Jan 1746 in Litchfield, Connecticut. On 29 Dec 1765 she married URIAH CATLIN (1735-1808) in Litchfield. She died on 11 Sep 1806 in Litchfield, and is buried at Northfield Cemetery in Northfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut.

MERCY (NANCY) KILBOURNE was born in 1748 in Litchfield, Connecticut. She married 1) GEORGE BISSELL and 2) ELKINAH HOSKINS. She died on 27 Oct 1768 in Litchfield, Connecticut.

   "The following is from the Rev. Mr. Jones' Centennial Address, delivered in St. Michael's Church, Litchfield, Nov 5, 1845. We are informed by Mr. Jones that the meeting alluded to was held in the house, still standing, owned and occupied by the widow of Mr. Timothy Churchill, (and daughter of the late Capt. Lewis Kilbourn,) situated one mile west of the Court House.
   'Account of the beginning of the conformity to the Church of England, in Litchfield, in the year 1745, which was called on the 5th day of November by J" fob Griswold, Joseph Kilborn, John Davies, James Kilborn, Thomas Lee, Samuel Kilborn, Abi?l Smith, Joseph Smith, Abraham Kilborn, Elijah Gristvoi'd, Isaac Bissell, William Emmons, and Daniel Landon.'
   This account was copied from the blank leaf of a Bible, owned by Mrs. Deborah Plumb, wife of Mr. Ebenezer Plumb, daughter of Elijah Griswold, granddaughter of Capt. Jacob Griswold, and mother of Rev. Elijah Plumb, an excellent minister of the Episcopal Church, who died a few years since at Northumberland, Pa., beloved and respected by all who were acquainted with him."
[The difficulties arising between 'the Town' and Mr. Collens, (the first Presbyterian minister in L.,) are often mentioned in the records of town meetings.]
   'At a meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Litchfield, Feb. 9, 1746-7 -- Voted, That the Interest Money arising upon the Bonds for which the Parsonage Right was sold, be towards the Payment of Mr. Collens' Rate for the current year.'
   "In open Town Meeting, James Kilborn, Stephen Smith, Isaac Bissell, Joel Bissell, Thomas Peck, Daniel Landon, Abiel Smith, Elijah Griswold, Joseph Kilborn, Samuel Kilborn, Abraham Kilborn and Henry Gibbs, did protest against the above vote."
Note.—As a Member of the Colonial Legislature, Abraham Kilbourn was twice a colleague of Ebenezer Marsh, once of David Welch, and once of Oliver Wolcott, afterwards Governor and Signer of the Declaration of Independence."

   Born in Wethersfield, CT and orphaned by 11, he in early manhood, settled in Litchfield, where His Uncle Joseph Kilbourn had settled 6 years earlier. As early as Jan. 1727 Abraham was involved in Town meetings. Later that year he erected a Fulling Mill (part of cloth manufacturing) at Bantam Falls, it was the first ever erected in Litchfield County and was owned and carried on business by him and his descendants for over 100 years. On May 14, 1731 he married Rebecca Bronson, of Rocky Hill, CT.
   DAR Vol. 9, p. 275/6: "Active Whig and served on various committees until his death. He was Lister, Moderator, Grand Juror, Selectman, Representative for Litchfield four sessions. He was very enthusiastic about and involved in events foretelling the Country's Independence, unfortunately he died only four months before 'The Signing.'"
   Abraham's son was Isaac Kilbourn, born on 16 Jan 1737 (1739 in the book) in Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut and died in 1807 in Litchfield (which by then was in the USA). He was the son of Abraham Jr. & Rebecca Dickinson Kilbourn. Isaac was married on 8 May 1757 in Litchfield, CT by Missionary Rev. Solomon Palmer, to Mehitabel Doolittle of Wallingford, CT. Isaac became the father of 20 children (6 stillborn?). Was a surveyor of highways and a farmer, died aged 70 years. Several of his sons went to Canada and "out west" and three of his daughters married two Westover brothers. Some of Isaac's children and some siblings are in the Bantam Cem. west of Litchfield. Perhaps he and Mehitable are buried there. His second wife was named Edna Wedge. She is living in 1810 Litchfield. Probably buried in Bantam or West Cemeteries, with a field-stone.

CHILDREN OF ISAAC KILBOURNE AND MEHITABLE DOOLITTLE

ABRAHAM KILBOURNE was born on 15 Nov 1759 in Litchfield County, Connecticut. He was a Revolutionary War veteran, serving as a private in Capt. Joseph Allen Wright's Co., Col. Philip Burr Bradley's CT Regt., enlisting in 1777. He married ELIZABETH DE MORANVILLE of Poultney, VT. He was in Poultney before 1787 and was father of: David (1788-1854), Truman (1789-1874), Mehitable (Whitman, 1795-1851), Alvenus (1797-1863), Hiram (1799-1867), Alphonzo (1801-1865), Amos (1802-1860), Martha (b. 1809)and Patty Kilbourne. Abram's eldest child David Kilbourne moved to Pennsylvania in 1814. Abraham's wife Elizabeth died 26 Mar 1830, and is buried with their son Alvenus & family 25 miles away, in Whiting, VT. Abraham left quite a progeny; Including Eight Sons and Thirty Kilbourn Grandsons (& 26 Granddaughters). 63 Total Grandchildren. Abram died in the lifetime of his father on 4 Dec 1805 in Poultney, Rutland County, Vermont, United States.

IRA KILBOURNE was born on 31 Jan 1762 in Litchfield, Connecticut. On 7 Dec 1770 he married THANKFUL BENEDICT (1727-1827) in Orwell, Vermont. They had James Bendedict (1791-1837), Ira II (1793-1816) and Rev. Marcus Kilbourn (1795-1836). Ira died in 1796 in Orwell, Addison County, Vermont, United States of America.

ANTHONY KILBOURNE, named for his mother's infant brother, Anthony Doolittle, was born on 17 Mar 1764 in Litchfield, Connecticut. He moved to Canada. No further information.

REBECCA KILBOURNE was born on 27 Jul 1767 in Litchfield, Connecticut. She married JOSEPH WESTOVER (1765-1832) in Sep 1787 and they had Marsha (Gates, 1789-1817); Ira J. (1790-1836); Leman (31 Jul 1791), and Rebecca Westover (b. 1793). She died in 1795 in Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, in the United States of America. After she died, Joseph married her sister, MEHITABLE KILBOURN (see below).

NANCY KILBOURNE was born in 1769. In 1787 she married PHILANDER WESTOVER (1768-1842). Nancy died in 1793. After her death, Philander married Elizabeth Kilbourn (1770-1822), daughter of Nancy's uncle, Jesse Kilbourn, on 10 Dec 1795 in Litchfield, and they had two children, Truman (1797-1825) and Maria Westover (1810-1859). After she passed, Philander married two more times.

MERCY KILBOURNE was born to Isaac and Mehetable on 13 Jun 1769 in Litchfield, Connecticut, according to town records. No further information.

HEPSIBAH KILBOURNE was born on 8 May 1771 in Litchfield, and married STEVEN SCOTT of Bethlem.

MEHITABLE KILBOURNE was born on 25 Mar 1773. She became the 2nd wife of Josepher Westover, widower of her late sister, Rebecca Kilbourne. Dame (Cables, b. 1797), Wealthy (b. 1798), Polly (Moore, b. 1801), Hepsibah (Curtis, b. 1802), Lois (b. 1805), Mehetable (Stevens, b. 1809), Amy (Fish, b. 1812), and Lucious Westover (b. 1817, moved west). Mehetible died on 1 Jan 1852 in Litchfield.

ISAAC KILBOURNE was born in 1774 in Litchfield. He married IRENE THROOP of South Farms, and they removed to Cnada. Family listed below. He died in 1845.

ASHUR KILBORN was born in Litchfield, Connecticut. "went West, and has not since been heard from by his relatives in his native town."

AARON KILBOURN was born in 1779 in Litchfield, Connecticut. He died in Hudson, Ohio, USA.

AMASA KILBOURN was born between 1780-1789 in Litchfield, Connecticut. married "Miss SMITH, of Bethlehem, and died there on 14 Feb 1835.

EUNICE KILBOURN was born in 1783 Litchfield, Connecticut. She married DANIEL BLY ROBERTS (1785-1833), and they had a daughter Tirza Roberts (Ouderkirk, 1817-1901).

LOIS KILBOURN was born in Litchfield, Connecticut. She never married, and died in Watertown.

HULDA KILBOURN was born in 1785 in Litchfield, Connecticut. She married CHARLES WILLIAMS (1781-1841) on 20 Jan 1794. They had the following children: Sally, Charles K (1809-1837), Warren W. (1811-1894), Mary (1811-1906), Maria, Lucy and George C Williams (1829-1864). "In Nov., 1841, Mr. Williams was found dead in a field in the west part of Litchfield. His widow subsequently m. RUEL PLANT, and d. in 1853"

Isaac's son, Isaac Kilbourne Jr., born in 1774 in Litchfield, was one of those twenty children, and he would be the father of Abram, born @ 1800. Little is known of Isaac Jr. in the family history, because he moved west, as described in the book, to Canada, and apparently lost touch with his family in the US (or at least their genealogists). Did he move because he was a Loyalist? Was the land cheaper? We just don't know. But he married a woman named IRENE THROOP (1778-1860) while still in Connecticutt. The name Throop is of Anglo-Saxon origin and came from when the family lived in the area referred to as the thorp which is the Old English word for village, farmstead or hamlet. 1 The surname Throop is a habitation name that was originally derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads. In this case the place-name Thorpe was found in various locations in England. The variants Throop and Throup hail from a village in the civil parish of Throop and Holdenhurst, in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole district, in Dorset, England. It is generally believed that Throop, Pennsylvania takes it's name from the Dorset village.
   They raised a family including ABRAM (see below), HERMAN (1814-1875) and IRENA KILBOURN (1818-1867) in Canada that eventually moved back into the United States through the newly-formed state of Michigan, from which we descend today.

CHILDREN OF ISAAC KILBOURNE AND IRENE THROOP

ABRAHAM "ABRAM" KILBOURNE was born on 16 Aug 1800 in Dorchester, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada. Family listed below. He died on 26 May 1886 in Riley Center, St. Clair County, Michigan, USA.

HERMAN KILBOURNE was born in 1814 in Canada. on 27 Dec 1875 he married JULIA EDDY in Jefferson, Indiana. They had the following children: Willis (1843-1919), Alice (1845-1900), Joseph (1850-1928), Henry (1852-1911), and Glenni Kilbourne (1862-1862). Herman died on 4 Dec 1875 in Charlotte, Chautauqua, New York, USA.

IRENA KILBOURNE was born in 1818 in Canada. In 1834 she married SOLOMON COBB (1811-1872) in Chautauqua, New York. They had the following children: Harvey (1836-1895), Mary (1837-1908), Warren P (1842-1922), Willard A (1845-1910), and Nancy Cobb (1848-1902). Irena passed away in 1867 in Chautauqua, New York, USA.

   ABRAHAM "ABRAM" KILBOURNE, was born 1800 in Canada, although he would claim it was Michigan in later census records. At some point he emigrated to Canada, where his first marriage to RUTH JULIEN (1800-1843), the daughter of Loyalist John Julien, on 8 Jan 1835 in Dorchester, near London, Ontario. According to family lore, they produced many children: Charles (1828-1912), Patrick (b. 1837), Isaac (1837-1913), Margaret (b. 18380, Thomas, Frances, Isaac, Martha and Charles. Ruth apparently died before 1843, although no record has been found.

Whiting

   Abram was a founding member of the London Mason's Lodge, named an original officer on 12 May 1829, and was active in the military, as he appeared on a muster roll in 28 Feb 1839. But Ruth passed away sometime before 1843 (although there's no record of her death). Abram's second marriage was to RACHEL WHITING (b. 5 Sep 1821 in Ontario), on 1 Jan 1843 in Dorchester, London, Ontario. (She uses her first-married name in the wedding document, but "Whiting" is listed on the death certificates of several of her children). Our family is descended from this, Abram's second marriage. Rachel was previously married to Ephraim Herring (1819-1850), with three kids: Margaret (1838-1920), Henry and Heron.
   Apparently all those kids weren't enough for Abram and Rachel, so they had eleven more and raised them in Dorchester, Middlesex County, Canada West (Ontario):

CHILDREN OF ABRAM KILBOURNE AND RACHEL WHITING

FRANCES MARION KILBOURNE was born on 28 Mar 1843, according to Abraham and Rachel in Dorchester, London, Ontario, and was baptized on 2 Mar 1844, according to the Wesleyan Methodist Baptismal Register. He appeared with the family in the 1851 and 1861 Canadian Censuses, in North Dorchester, Middlesex, Canada West, Canada. He then moved to Riley Center, St Clair County, Michigan, in the United States and married Jennie Marie Chillson (b. 1847) on 25 Mar 1868 in West Berlin, St Clair Co., and had a son named Buell (b. 27 Apr 1870) who died as an infant. Frances died on 19 Apr 1873 in Mussey, St Clair, Michigan.

MARYETTA MARGARET KILBOURNE was born on 28 Oct 1845 in Dorchester, London, Ontario, to Abraham and Rachel, and was baptized on 7 May 1851 in Dorchester, according to the Wesleyan Methodist Baptismal Register. She appeared with the family in the 1851 and 1861 Censuses of Canada, in North Dorchester, Middlesex, Canada West, Canada. Then on 31 Mar 1863 she ("Margaret" daughter of Abraham and Rachel, b. 1846) married Levi McMurray (b. abt 1837) of Pickering Township, Middlesex. She died on 1 Jul 1921 in Dorchester Ontario Canada.

MARIA KILBOURNE was born on 7 Oct 1846 in Dorchester, London, Ontario. She was baptized on 7 May 1851 in Dorchester to Abram Kilbourn and wife Rachel, according to the Wesleyan Methodist Baptismal Register. She appeared with the family in the 1851 and 1861 Censuses of Canada, in North Dorchester, Middlesex, Canada West, Canada. According to family lore she died in 1893.

RACHEL KILBOURNE was born on 6 May 1850 in Dorchester, London, Ontario. She was baptized on 7 May 1851 in Dorchester to Abram Kilbourn and wife Rachel, according to the Wesleyan Methodist Baptismal Register. She appeared with the family in the 1851 and 1861 Censuses of Canada, in North Dorchester, Middlesex, Canada West, Canada. She married Robert English (1833-1905) and they had Charlotte "Lottie" (Stevens, 1869-1952), Justus Levi (1873-1949) and Edgar B English (1877-1949). On 16 Sep 1907 she married Adison G Barber (1847-1914) in Dunn County, Wisconsin (click here to see a portrait of them), and they remained married until his death. On 30 Jan 1916 she married Virgil G Van Patten (1844-1924) in Cedar Falls, Dunn, Wisconsin. She died on 7 Jun 1933 in Marlette, Sanilac, Michigan.

WILLIAM KILBOURNE was born on 15 Jun 1850 in Dorchester, London, Ontario, but died on 21 Apr 1851.

LEWIS EDMOND KILBOURNE was born on 27 Dec 1851 near London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada. He died on 28 Dec 1861. But he had a twin:

LOIS MATILDA KILBOURNE was born on 27 Dec 1851, the twin of Lewis. She appeared with the family in the 1851 and 1861 Censuses of Canada, in North Dorchester, Middlesex, Canada West, Canada. She then married ALBERT RAYMOND and they lived in Mussey, St Clair, Michigan, with her younger brother Daniel in the 1870 U.S. Census. Children listed below. She died on 08 Sep 1937 in Memphis, MI. (Newspaper Article: "Widow of Civil War Veteran Is Holding Open House Today in Honor of Birthday".)

JOHNSON KILBOURNE was born on 15 Aug 1853 in Dorchester, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada. He appeared with the family in the 1861 Canadian Censuses, in North Dorchester, Middlesex, Canada West, Canada. He then moved to Riley Center, St Clair County, Michigan, appearing in the 1870 U.S. Census with siblings Abram, Louisa Jane, Edward and James and (uncle?) Harry Kilbourne (b. 1805 in Canada). He married and became a blacksmith, then died on 28 Jun 1926 in Memphis, St Clair, Michigan.

ABRAHAM "ABRAM" KILBOURNE was born on 14 Aug 1855 He appeared with the family in the 1861 Canadian Censuses, in North Dorchester, Middlesex, Canada West, Canada. He then moved to Riley Center, St Clair County, Michigan, appearing in the 1870 U.S. Census with siblings Johnson, Louisa Jane, Edward and James and (uncle?) Harry Kilbourne. On 5 Dec 1894 he married Sarah A. Laton (b. 1853) in Oxford, Oakland, Michigan. He died on 17 May 1916 in Orion, Oakland, Michigan.

LOUISA (ELIZA) JANE "JENNY" KILBOURNE was born on 19 Nov 1856 in Massey, Sudbury, Ontario,Canada. She appeared with the family in the 1861 Canadian Censuses, in North Dorchester, Middlesex, Canada West, Canada. She then moved to Riley Center, St Clair County, Michigan, appearing in the 1870 U.S. Census with siblings Johnson, Abram, Edward and James and (uncle?) Harry Kilbourne(b. 1805 in Canada). In 1873 she married Munson Ambrose Hosner (1850-1932) in Capac, MI. They had the following children: Maud (1879-1954), Earl (1882-1883), Earl Niel (1883-1884), Glennie (1884-1920), Edna (1886-1983), Earle (1889-1890), Stella Agnes (1893-1988), Clair (1894-1974) and Nelson A. Hosner (1901-1923). She died on 7 Jul 1903 in Lynn, St Clair, Michigan.

DANIEL HORATIO KILBOURNE was born on 22 Jan 1857. He appeared with the family in the 1861 Canadian Censuses, in North Dorchester, Middlesex, Canada West, Canada. By 1870, he had moved to Michigan with sister Lois Matilda and her husband, Albert Julius Raymond, and lived with them in Mussey, St Clair, Michigan, as listed in the 1870 U.S. Census.

EDWARD (EDGAR) KILBOURNE was born on 11 Aug 1861 in Dorchester, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada. He was baptized on 5 Feb 1864 in Dorchester to Abram Kilbourn and wife Sarah (SIC), according to the Wesleyan Methodist Baptismal Register. He appeared with the family in the 1861 Censuses of Canada in Dorchester, then moved to Riley Center, St Clair County, Michigan, appearing in the 1870 U.S. Census with siblings Johnson, Abram, Eliza Jane and James and (uncle?) Harry Kilbourne (b. 1805 in Canada). He died in Oct 1903.

Raymond

   Their daughter LOIS MATILDA was born in Dorchester. She later told a reporter that she moved with her parents to Riley Center township, St. Clair County, Michigan, when she was ten. She was then married at the age of 15, to blacksmith and Civil War Veteran ALBERT JULIUS RAYMOND (1848 - 1924) in St. Clair County. In the 1870 census, they are living with Lois Matilda's brother Daniel Kilbourne in Mussey, St Clair, Michigan. Meanwhile, her siblings Johnson, Abram, Louisa Jane, Edward and James are in Riley Center. They are either staying with an uncle, or they may have crossed the border illegally, because their parents are listed as Harry (b. 1805 in Canada) and Mary Kilbourne (b. 1823 in Canada), who are approximately the same ages as Abram and Rachel. By the 1880 census, Abram and Rachel are living with Lois Matilda, Albert, and their daughters Fladella, Etta and Lilly.
   By 1900, Raymond and Lois had moved to Port Huron, caring for Albert's invalid brother, David. A devout Methodist, Lois Matilda had a "sweet soprano voice" and loved to sing in church, at public gatherings, and "driving in the car."
   The children of Albert Julius Raymond and Lois Matilda are as follows:

CHILDREN OF ALBERT RAYMOND AND MATILDA KILBOURNE

FLADELLA RAYMOND, was born 06 Sep 1869 in Capac. She married FRANK HAUSE in and they moved into a converted animal coop on her father's land. According to St. Clair County records, they were married on "18 Feb 1888, in Fort Gratiot: Frank A. House, 20, W, r/b Riley, Farmer, P: Labian House & Malissa Sanderson; Della Raymond, 18, W, Port Huron, b. Capac, P: A.J. Raymond & Matilda Kilbourne; Geo. Johnson & Hattie Davis, both of Port Huron; G.C. Jennings, Min." Frank and "Della" had five children, listed below. She lived into her nineties, passing away just after the birth of her first great, great grandson in 1961. See the card from her memorial service here.

MINTA ESTELLE RAYMOND was born on 19 Sep 1871. She died in infancy on 16 Nov 1872.

ORRINGTON RAYMOND was born on 23 Dec 1873. He also died in infancy on 12 Feb 1874.

MARIETTA MATILDA RAYMOND was born on 09 Mar 1875. "Etta" married FRED DeMOTTE (b. 14 Nov 1868) on February 16, 1893, in Riley Center, and they lived down the street from Frank and Fladella. They had one child, Margaret Annette, who married Herman Cook of Memphis. They had 2 sons, Jack and Jerry. Jack married Mary and built a permanent home on Vaughan Lake. They live there 6 months and go to Florida 6 months. Marietta died on 15 Jan 1965 in Yale, St Clair Co., Michigan.

LILLIAN MAY RAYMOND was born on 28 Mar 1877. On 10 Jul 1907 she married FRANK HOWARD HUBER (1881-1964) of Indiana and had one child, Frances Lillian Huber (b. 30 May 1913). Lillian lived until 1974, when she died in London, England. See a photo of the family here.

JULIUS ALBERT RAYMOND was born on 09 Aug 1880. He married MINNIE ROSE SMALLDON (4 Dec 1879 - 15 Oct 1928) on 14 Dec 1897 in Riley Center. They had three kids: Madge Lois (5 Sep 1898 - 29 Sep 1985), Albert Julius (b: 24 Nov 1906 in Memphis), and Doris Evelyn (b: Abt 1911) Julius died on 16 Jan 1959 in Port Huron, Sanilac, MI, and is buried at Memphis Cem, Memphis, Macomb, MI. He was a blacksmith (what else?), and married two more times, to Josephine Smith (b. 20 Dec 1876) and a woman named Dorothy. See his WWII draft registration at right. See a Genetic Match from Ancestry.com here.

WILLIAM SHULT RAYMOND was born on 12 Oct 1887. He married ANNA MAY FRIES on 24 Aug 1909. They had four kids: Lillian (b: 16 Feb 1912), Donald William (b: 04 Apr 1914), Elizabeth M. (b: 13 Jul 1917), and Robert Glenn (b: 10 May 1919) William died on 05 Aug 1954.

Personal Information Census Image Name:   Matilda Raymond Age in 1930:   77 Birth year:   @1853 Birthplace:   Canada Home in 1930:   Memphis, St Clair, Michigan Owns radio:   Yes View image View blank 1930 census form  (PDF 136K) SOURCE INFORMATION: Data imaged from National Archives and Records Administration. 1930 Federal Population Census. T626, 2,667 rolls. Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration. Roll: 1025; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 44; Image: 745.0.

   The following is swiped from an earlier writing in the Memphis newspaper: "Grandma Raymond" was loved by all, and it is said the beauty and charm of her personality increased with age. She was a loyal member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and she visited the sick and lonely spreading cheer in the community, of which she was so much a part. She won the hearts and love of us all, young and old. For thirty-five years, besides caring for her own family of five youngsters, she gave loving care to an invalid brother of her husband, and gave a mother's love to a nephew. The door of her home was always open, as was her heart to any and all whom she could help. Truly it may be said "she was a tower of faith."
   Matilda moved in with her daughter Marietta and her husband, Frank DeMotte, in Memphis, and became something of a local celebrity after Albert's death, appearing in the local newspaper several times as a "Widow of Civil War Veteran" and a "Pioneer Wife."

   "Grandma Raymond's" eldest, Fladella, married FRANK HAUSE. They were married in the home of the bride's parents in Port Huron. Their attendants were Miss Hattie Davis and George Johnson. After living in Port Huron for a time they moved to the farm of Frank's father, LABAN HAUSE, near Riley Center.

NOTES ON THIS PAGE

¹—The Family Memorial: a History and Genealogy of the Kilbourn family in the United States and Canada, from the year 1635 to the present time: including extracts from ancient records, copies of old wills, biographical sketches, epitaphs, anecdotes, etc. with an engraving of the Kilburne 'coat of arms' by Payne Kenyon Kilbourne (1815-1859); Publisher: Hartford : Brown & Parsons, 1845 (Page 11).

²—Famous Kin of Thomas Kilbourn, compiled by Richard Hall.

³—The Family Memorial: a History and Genealogy of the Kilbourn family in the United States and Canada, from the year 1635 to the present time: including extracts from ancient records, copies of old wills, biographical sketches, epitaphs, anecdotes, etc. with an engraving of the Kilburne 'coat of arms' by Payne Kenyon Kilbourne (1815-1859); Publisher: Hartford : Brown & Parsons, 1845, p. 196: "The family of Isaac Kilborn affords a remarkable instance of the facility with which brothers and sisters were sometimes lost to each other, sixty or seventy years since. Of the seven brothers who lived to maturity, each went abroad independent of the others ; so that in 1848, when I began to make enquiries about them, their surviving sisters who remained in Litchfield, knew not certainly the place of residence, or the fate of a single one of the number! A few only of the very meagre details above given, were obtained from them. They were not indifferent on the subject, but stated they had long searched for them in vain."

TOP PHOTO: St. Mary's Church in Wooditton, Cambridgeshire, England, where Thomas seved as the church warden in 1632 before sailing to the New World during the Great Puritan Migration.

GENEALOGY Newspaper Article Image Subject:   Matilda Raymond Article:   Obituary Date:   08 Sept 1937 Newspaper: Port Huron Times-Herald Alternate Version:   Memphis Bee View image ABRAHAM "ABRAM" KILBOURNE (1800 - 1888) married MARGARET WHITING-WHITE (1821 - Bet. 1894-1903) and begat... LOIS MATILDA KILBOURNE (1851 - 1937) who married ALBERT JULIUS RAYMOND (1848 - 1924) and begat... FLADELLA RAYMOND (1869 - 1961) who married FRANK HAUSE (1867 - 1951) and begat... CARLISLE HAUSE (1891 - 1972) who married MARJORIE MARCHANT (1892 - 1939) who begat... CARLETON MARCHANT HAUSE, SR. (1917 - 1983) who married JEANNE BRUNNER (1918 - 2000) and begat... CARLETON MARCHANT HAUSE, JR. (b. 1939) who married MARTHA WENK (b. 1940) and begat... JEFF (who married LORI ANN DOTSON), KATHY (who married HAL LARSEN), ERIC (who married MARY MOONSAMMY), and MICHELE HAUSE (who married JOHN SCOTT HOUSTON).

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