Kingsbury Genealogy

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  1. Kingsbury Genealogy
    1. Kingsbury Line
    2. Leonard/Chandler/Chilton Line - Mayflower
    3. Links

Kingsbury Line

The Kingsbury line can be traced way back to England (Kingsbury is "of the King"). The Kingsbury line entered the US around the time of the founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Our ancestors on our Kingsbury branch (Eleazer Kingsbury, Richard Haven, Jacob Towne, Mary French, Robert Smith -- those last 2 are also ancestors of LDS Church founder Joseph Smith Jr.) were English Puritans that came with the Winthrop Fleet and were among the founders of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. They remained in New England (Massachusetts) for many years. Skipping ahead a few generations, our Kingsbury branch migrated to the western side of the Adirondack Mountains in Lewis County & Oneida County New York. Sarah Kingsbury was born to Alfred Kingsbury (1821-1861) and Ann Eliza B. Newson (1823-1908). Alfred was the son of Elijah Kingsbury Jr. and an unknown spouse. Ann Eliza B. Newson was the daughter of Daniel Newson and Charlotte Chase. Daniel Newson was in the British Navy during the War of 1812, but apparently immigrated to the US after the war. The Chase line can be traced back into Massachusetts in the mid 1600s and originally came from England. Alfred & Ann Eliza Kingsbury had 8 children, Sarah was the 1st child of these 8. Sarah married Edgar Agan in 1870 in Oneida County NY.

Leonard/Chandler/Chilton Line - Mayflower

Tracing Alfred Kingsbury's line back through his paternal grandmother (Lois Leonard Kingsbury) is the Leonard line that descends from the oldest passenger on the Mayflower - James Chilton. The line descends from James Chilton's daughter Isabella Chilton Chandler (she came to the US on a later ship). Her daughter Sarah married a Solomon Leonard that was an ancestor of Lois Leonard that married Elijah Kingsbury Sr.