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Joseph Kilbourne

Joseph Kilbourne[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33]

Male 1672 - 1744  (72 years)


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  • Name Joseph Kilbourne  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33] 
    Birth 1672  Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33] 
    Gender Male 
    Burial Aug 1744  Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13] 
    Death 19 Aug 1744  Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31] 
    Person ID I312684225158  Oswald Genealogy
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

    Family Hester Gibbs,   b. 13 Sep 1672, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1721, Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years) 
    Marriage 29 Jun 1710  Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1580  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

  • Notes 
    • !Source of Information: 1) Timothy HOPKI
      !Source of Information: 1) Timothy HOPKINS, HOPKINS Genealogy 1932, pp11-12 2) Medical Journal of John Winthrop pp 107 & 62 3) International Genealogical Index

      !Hartford Times A-3160 B L B; N.E.H.G. X
      !Hartford Times A-3160 B L B; N.E.H.G. XVIII, p. 226; Savages Gen. Dict. III, p.18-20;Kilbourne Family.... !DEATH: Will proved 1774.

      !SOURCE: IGI, Batch #: 1761009, Source
      !SOURCE: IGI, Batch #: 1761009, Source Call #: !SOURCE: THE COLLINS-CADWELL GENEALOGY, PG 301

      !SOURCES: 1. The Family Memorial by Payn
      !SOURCES: 1. The Family Memorial by Payne Kenyon Kilbourne page 27 2. Jack R. Lewis P.O. Box 570050 Sigurd, UT 84657-0050 !NOTES: 2. Captain John Kilbourne was one of six, born in Wethersfield, CT. He added an "e" to his name and married Dorothy Butler. IN 1721 he moved his family to Litchfield, CT. Their children were: Dorothy, Joseph, Jonathan, James. ! 1. Joseph was born in Wethersfield about the year 1672, and was married to Dorothy, daughter of Deac. Samuel Butler, June 4, 1696, by Capt. John Chester, Commissioner. She having died on the 19th of August, 1709, he was married, a second time, to Hester, daughter of Jacob Gibbs of Windsor, June 29, 1710, by Col. Mathew Allyn, Assistant. The children of Joseph and Dorathy were, Dorathy, Joseph, Jonathan, and James; the children of Joseph and Hester were, Benjamin, Hester, Elizabeth and Mary. He was one of the first settlers of Litchfoeld, and one of the founders of the Presbyterian church of that town. He was admitted an inhabitant of L. on the 12th of December, 1721, and at the next annual Town Meeting (holden Dec. 17, 1722) he was chosen a Selectman, his colleagues being John Stodder and Nathaniel Horsford. At an adjourned meeting holden on the 26th of the same month, he was appointed, with two others, "a committee for building the meeting-house." He served his fellow-townsmen in various offices, and occasionally as Moderator of their town meetings, until his death. For the following accounts of the lands of Joseph Kilborn and their location, I am indebted to Geo. C. Woodruff, Esq., the Post Master of Litchfield. Samuel Lewis and John Man were original proprietors of the town of Litchfield, owning each one-sixtieth part of the township. Jan. 11, 1719-20, Lewis conveyed his right to Thomas Treadway; and Dec. 8, 1721, Treadway conveyed the same to Joseph Kilbourn, a part of which had already been surveyed amd set out, viz., a fifteen acre home-lot on the corner where the Country House and Jail now stand, a nd extending north 80 rods, (probably to about where Miss Pierce's house now stands) and west thirty rods in bredth; also, a twenty acre division on the corner above, where Rev. Dr, Beecher formerly resided, extending north fifty-four rods and west sixty rods. July 30, 1720, John Man conveyed his right to James Pike, and on May 23, 1722, Pike conveyed the same to Joseph Kilbourn. Our East and West street formerly run straight westerly till it came to a highway once running north past the dwelling of Mr. Alfred Peck. The cormer lot was bounded south by the street running west through our village, and west on the highway running north from Peck's and was surveyed to Joseph Peat; and the lot next east, being 30 rods in width and extending north 80 rods, was surveyed to Man, by him conveyed to Pike, and by Pike to Joseph Kilborn. The 20 acre division belonging to Joseph Kilborn, under Man's right, was bounded east on Bantam river and south on highway; it embraced the land lying north of the East Burying Ground - the Burying Ground lying mostly in the original highway. Joseph Kilborn having thus purchased the original rights of Lewis and Man, had sundry lots surveyed to him under those rights; each right entitled him to something like seven hundred acres of land. The surveys next after the 20 acre divisions, were lots of 60 acres each. 60 acres were set off to Joseph Kilborn on the hill west of "Butternut brook"; 60 acres on and east of the east branch of Bantam river, "at a place called Lock Hill", 100 acres half a mile eastward of the south end of the Great Pond; 100 acres "on the east side of the Bantam river". I cannot more particularly state the location of these lands. Sundry smaller divisions were made from time to time, and Joseph Kilborn purchased from time to time of others. It is probable that the whole of his rights were not surveyed to him during his life. He owned considerable land in Fat Swamp; 20 acres on Chestnut Hill, bought of Culver, &c., &c. In relation to the place of residence of Joseph Kilborn, I find that on the 19th of October, 1723, he conveyed to Joseph Kilborn, Jr., "half of that home-lot which my dwelling house standeth upon, bounded as followeth - south upon my own land, east upon the highway, north upon Wm. Goodrich, and west upon John Buel." This was the home-lot on the Country House corner. His Will, (omitting the preamble, which is very similar in form to those already printed) bears date "in the Eleventh year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord, George the Seecond. Anno Domini, 1737," and is as follows: "Imp's. I give and bequeath to ESTHER K., by dearly beloved Wife, my gray pacing mare, and one milch cow. "Item. I give and bequeath to my three daughters, DOROTHY, wife of Joseph Birge, ESTHER, wife of Samuel Smedley, and ELIZABETH, wife of Isaac Catlin, Ten Shillings apiece, that being the complement of what I design for their portion of my estate. "Item. I give and bequeath to my son, JONATHAN KILBORN, Twenty Acres of land, viz., the last Twenty Acre Division granted and drawn for upon the right of land in Litchfield. "Item. I give and bequeath to my two sons, JOSEPH and JAMES KILBORN, their heirs and assigns, all the remaining part of my estate, both real and personal, to be equally divided between the, the said JOSEPH and JAMES KILBORN; always provided that they, the said JOSEPH and JAMES KILBORN, shall comfortably amd decently provide for me and my wife both in sickness and health, for the whole term of our naturall lives. Furthermore, I do hereby constitute and appoint my two sons, JOSEPH and JAMES KILBORN, Executors of this my last Will and Testament, and I do by these presents disallow and revoke all former Wills and Testaments, ratifying and confirming this and no other, as my last Will and Testament, in virtue whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year mentioned. JOSEPH KYLLBORN [seal] The above Will was "witnessed" by Rev. Timothy Collens, Elizabeth Col lens, and Thomas Lamson; and was proved before the Court in 1744, which renders it probable that Joseph Kilborn died in that year. Ancestral File Number:&ltAFN&gt 9K94-3G

      !I have found an Esther Gibbs perhaps as
      !I have found an Esther Gibbs perhaps as his wife and four other children, but, I am not positive they belong to Joseph. The other children; Benjamin b 27 Jul 1711 in Glastonbury, Hartford, CT Esther b 4 Aug 1713 in Wethersfield, Hartford, CT Elizabeth b 19 Oct 1716 in Wethersfield, Hartford, CT Mary b 9 Feb 1719 in Glastonbury, Hartford, CT

      Before 1722 was resident of Glastonbury.
      Before 1722 was resident of Glastonbury. 1720 was one of early settlers of Litchfield, Conn.

      Roots Web for the info, however with the
      Roots Web for the info, however with the age of the children and death date of Dorothy Butler I took the liberity of changing the marriage dates to fit. The Roots web had Dorothy marrying 1696 and Ester Gibbs in 1697....again I don't think so unless Grandpa had to two families going at the same time?????? Donna

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