,»unwtiiititwiimn«unMi.j.iiu<,..,..,..,....^. , ,.,.. ijt»h.w#l>i»|^»^ ^^'¦¦J^ ^ '^-"^¦" 't «# :£v >>¦ •', .::i|v. ,; , ,¦ :..^^-^«.: - :';5»f- ¦J-'^mT ..^,: -*- i;i;!jji!,^f. il||t"ill|liilii &^A r r.ii,''ir.j^-l hy X [tlOtf: ^iatotg auir ^utiquilits NAME AND FAMILY OF KILBOURN, (iK ITS VARIED OETHOGRAPHY.) PAYNE KENYON KILBOURNE, A. M., MEMBEE OF THE NEW ENGLAND HISTOBIOGENEALOQIOAL SOOIETY. " He who is not proud of his ancestors, either shows that he has no ancestors to be proud of, or else that he is a degenerate Bon."— Grosvenor. NEW HAVEN: DURRIE & PECK MDOCOIVI. TO THE HON. BYRON KILBOURN, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, (PRESIDENT OF THE KILBOURN HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY,) THIS VOLUME IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOK. Litchfield, Connecticut, Mat 20, 1856. INTRODUCTION. The subjects of Genealogy and Personal History seem to have been little cared for by our progenitors in this country. Aside from the attention -which each family paid to recording Births, Marriages and Deaths on the records of the several to-vms, scarcely any trace remains to guide the Neiv England Genealogist in his researches, from the era of the " Mayflo-wer" do-wn to a comparatively recent pe riod. Indeed, our fathers had many reasons for their remissness in this respect. They were too forgetful of self — too intent in pro viding the comforts and conveniences of a Home for their families and successors — to thirik seriously of matters that did not immedi- diately pertain to the practical business and duties of life. But the times have changed, and men have changed with them. Here, at least, in the land of the POgrims, the toils of Pioneering and the storms of Revolution are over. We are all the heirs of a rich in heritance of Liberty and Peace ; and in these latter years, the peo ple of New England, " sitting beneath their own vine and fig-tree" in the calm enjoyment of innumerable blessings, are beginning to make the earnest inquiry — ^To whom, under God, are we indebted for all these ? Who laid the foundations upon which we are building ? Our fathers — ^who were they, and whence did they come ? A few words relative to the origin and progress of the work which is now given to the public, will not be deemed out of place here. In the summer of 1840, while a resident of the city of Wil mington, Delaware, I almost accidentally became engaged in cor, respondence -with the late Hon. James Kilbouene, of Worthington, Ohio. I found that gentleman much interested in the history of INTROD'UCTION. his family ; and, as we bore the same name and were natives of the same State, we naturally enough concluded that we might claim a common ancestor at some indefinite point in the Past. Mutual in quiries awakened a mutual desire to know more of our ancesti-y; but, as the lot of both of us was cast remote from our native State; where nlone investigations could be prosecuted -with any hope of suc cess, the matter was for a while suffered to rest. On a subsequent visit to Litchfield, I incidentally mentioned the subject to my friend, Mr. James Kilbourn, of that town, (now pastor of the Congrega tional Church in Middle Haddam, Conn.,) and was agreeably sur prised to find it a topic of special interest to him. Together we vis ited the Town Clerk's ofiice, and endeavored to trace our own rela tionship. At this time there were three or four distinct branches of the Kilbourn family residing in Litchfield, who had no definite knowledge of the connexion subsisting between each other. The results of my frequent inquiries of aged people, were entirely .unsat isfactory. The lapse of an hundred and twenty-five years, since the settlement of the town, had served to efiace from the minds of the living almost every trace of a reliable tradition on the subject. In the autumn of 1842, having once more become a resident of my native State, these investigations were renewed, and were pros ecuted with some degree of zeal whenever leisure and opportunities presented themselves. The materials thus gathered, were embodied in a thin octavo volume (of 150 pages,) entitled, " The Family Me- morial," which was published in 1847. From that time to the pres ent, by means of frequent corre.spondence and by occasional ex aminations of public and private records, the mass of facts and dates relating to the name and family, has been gi-adually accumulating upon my hands. These materials have been classified and arranged with much care and labor, and are now presented to the public in their present form. The author does not flatter himself that his work is either complete or perfect. No one, who has not undertaken a"Similar task, can fully appreciate the diflBculties to be encountered by a Genealogist. While I heartily acknowledge the courtesy and co-operation of many of my name and lineage, and many ardent and disinterested friends of the cmise who claim no affinity to our clan, in common with my predecessors in this department of effort, INTRODUCTION. I am compelled to express my regret at the absolute indifterence manifested by others. In some instances, my repeated letters of in quiry have failed to elicit any reply at all ; or, where a response has been received, it has not unfrequently been so meagre in facts and dates as to be of little use. In these circumstances, I have often felt myself consb'ained to -write again and again, until the requisite in formation has generally been obtained from so'me source. What ever the fi'iends referred to may think of the utihty of a family his tory, I doubt not they will all be ready to give me credit for a due degree of perseverance in the prosecution of my investigations. The pla'n adopted in this work differs materially from that of any similar volume which has come under my observation, and seems to me preferable because more simple, convenient and comprehensive. Casual and even critical readers of genealogical works are often greatly perplexed in their attempts to follow any given line of pedi gree, because the plan pursued by the author is so blind or compli cated as not to be readily comprehended. This difficulty I have en deavored as far as possible to obviate. A word of explanation will suffice. It -wiQ be observed that each generation is printed by itself, and distinctly marked at the top of the page ; and that the name of each individual member of each generation is printed in capitals, and numbered consecutively, as nearly as possible in the order of birth. Thus, THOMAS KILBORNE, the Emigrant, belongs to " Generation I" ; of course, his children, Margaret, Thomas, George, &6., belong to " Generation II." To find the children of JOSEPH— No. 8, of Gen. IH, (p. 61,)— turn to Gen. IV,. (p. 12,) where the same name and number wUl be found in the centre of the line, thus " 8. JOSEPH." To find a record of the family of his eldest son, Capt. Joseph, (a sketch of whom commences with number 28 on page Y3,) turn to Gen. 5, p. 101, where his name and number are given in the centre of the line. For the family of Elisha, (eldest son of Capt. Joseph,) see p. 165, &c. The genealogy may be traced backwards in the same manner — simply referring from the name and number in the centre of the line, in one generation, to the corresponding name and num ber commencing the line, in the generation preceding. The families of the females are in no instance carried forward into the succeeding generation ; but their descendants, if noted at all, are referred to im- INTRODUCTION, mediately after the mention of their o'wn names, and are sometimes sketched at considerable length in finer type, as in the case of the family of Mary Kilbourn, wife of John Eoot, on pages 42 and 43 ; and again on pages 13-15, where the descendants of Mary Kil- born, wife of Nathaniel Woodruff, are given. As a mere list of names is peculiarly dry and uninteresting, I have aimed to give as much of the persemal history of each member of the family as possible ; hence, whenever any incident or fact of this nature, however unimportant in itself, has come to my knowledge, I have generally made use of it. This would of course be deemed unadvisable in a book designed for general reading ; but in a record intended mainly for the use of a single family, no one can object to the plan thus adopted. Of that family who, two hundred and twenty years ago, planted the name of Kilbourn in the then remote and desolate vrilderness of America, only one lived to welcome the advent of the Eighteenth Century.* The sorrows which they felt, the privations which they endured, and the perils which they encountered, are unrecorded by the pen of the historian and unheralded by the tongue of tradition. One by one, they withdrew from the scene of conflict and trial, to join the solemn procession of generations. " Their Winter past, fair Spring at last Received them on her flowei'y shore ; Where Pleasure's rose immortal blooms, And sin and sorrow are no more." We are reaping the harvests which were sown -nith a liberal hand by our predecessors. Is it not a duty as well as a pri-nlege to revere their memory and to cherish their virtues ? No intelligent man would dare call in question the importance of a national or even a State History ; and, as society advances and intelligence increases, may we not reasonably expect that public sentiment -will demand not only that every county and every town, but every family name, shall have its historian ? p, ]j^_ g_ LrroHFiKLD, Conn., U. S. A,, May, 1856. * John Kilborne, who came with the family from England, died in 1103. PEDIGREE. [nOTB FaOM SIB CHARLES OSOBQE TOUKQ.] Mr. Kilbourne — Sir : Agreeable to your request I transmit to you copies of the only entries I find bearing upon your questions. I cannot give any rea son for the bearing, or the particular occasion of tlie grant to the Kentish fam ily. The date of the confirmation of the Arms with a difference for the Lin colnshire family was J 708. I am, Sir, your ob't servant, ' College of Arms, London, Chas. Geo. Young, 18 July, 1845. Gaaier, Recorded in the Visitation of the County of Kent, 1663, J and remaining in the College of Arms, London, 1845. C Chas. Geo. Young, Garter. ) JOHN KILBORNE, of Safu fron Walden in Com. Essex. :=Jbane, dai). & hei re of John Jackson. Isaac Kilborne, of = Mary dau. of Thomas London. ( Clarke. Sarah dau. of Jas. ShoTt=Richard Kilbume, of Hawkeherst=JSZM:a5e/A dau. of 2 wife, S. P. in Com. Kent, a. d. 1663. Will Davy of Beckley in Com. Sussex, 1 wife. Isaac m. Marg't dau. WUliam sonne=Elizabeth da. of liicliard Elizabeth & coh. of Step'n Lambe and heire. I H. Bettenham. Thomas m, Wm. had dau. Elizabeth. | Anne, Levet of Richard. Sussex, son Charles. PEDIGREE, Guy Kilborne=:Ann Coventry. m. A. n. 1579 D-om the Earl .Marshall's Register, marked 1.27, in the College of Arms, London. (With additions and corrections.) William Kilburne, ofzr=Sarah, dau'r. ot Louth, Co., Lincoln. I Edward Wardall, Died there in 1666, M. 86. | of Alfred Co. Lincoln, m. July 31, 1628. (2d wife ?) William Kilburne==Elizabeth, dau'r. John Kilborne, Abraham. Joseph, Elizabeth. or Kilborne, Louth, d. 1703, ffi 69. of William Pox, alias Kilburne Churchwarden, 1670. Ch. ward'n at Louth, of Immingham. of Louth. a. d. 1674, &c. Rev. William Kilborne, son=Susanna, dau. of and heir, b. at Louth, 1661 , M. A. of Magdalen Col., Cambridge, 1686; Rector Saffron Walden, Co. of Essex. He d. Apl. 23,' 1743, M. 82. Robert Raymond, of Littlebury, Essex Co. Married 30th June, 1685. She d. May 18, 1747, ^.88 |2 John, died unmarried. IIII Elizabeth. Frances Sarah. Jane. Catherine. I Elizabeth, born Nov. 5, 1687. m. Rev. Edmund Mapletofl, Rector of Burton, Eng. Henry, Mary, born May 17, 1691. torn May 18, 1696. born May 9, 1701 living in 1708. m. Rev. A. Stephenson, A. M., d. Nov. 12, 1730. Rector of Foulmire, Eng. Rev. Robert, LL.D.,=.4nna Aston, of Brantford, Mid dlesex, Eng. Anna. Wm. Kilborn, Esq.,=Ann Revel, d. d. without issue. May 23, 1771 Mch. 30, 1769, .E. 40. PEDIGREE. JOHN KILBURNE, of Kilburne in Yorkshire, 1426. John K., of Bramcote in Nottinghamshire, 1456. of Girton in Cambridgeshire, 1486. of Saffron Walden in Essex, 1516. JohnJohn t Thomas Kilboura Bailiff of llie Cor poration of Hunt- ingdon. Tlios. K - of Hunt ingdon. li Isaac Kilbourn — Mary d. of Tho, of London. Clarke of Saf fron Walden. I John eldest son. No issae. Sarah Mary AnneElizabeth Joan. -Anned. of Rch'd Angel of Hunting donshire. Rch'd. K ,- of StHple Inn & of HawkhurRt William. Isaac. Thomas. John. Elizab'hd. of Win. Dave of Beckley, in Sussex. Isaac.Sarah> I John, Joan, aUd. with out ssue. 1 Elizabeth. Wm. K.,— Mary 1st w. d. of Bagshaw. m. Edm'd ofGay'aInn — Cather'eSw.d, of Wm. Hoskins. "' " SarahSw.d. of R. Beaumont. Mork, of Straifbid Langton, Co. Ess ex. d. Mar. 24, & was bur Mar. 27, 1649, in TempleChr'h. Arthur. I I William, Isaac. m. Eliza'rh Belienlum. ThoB. I I I Rich»d. .Mary. John, d. young. vm. Kilburne — Damaris, 2d d. of Richard Beaumont. Elizabeth. no issue. Charles. Anne. Elizab'h. m. Tho. m. Wm. Brewer. Levet. I John. Philip. Mary, I m. Mr. Davis. Jane, ) m. (1st) John Carney, Esq., | (2d) John ShrimptoUj Esq. Rev. John Davis, D. D. Sir John Brewer Davis, Kt. *' 77iis Pedigree being authentically proved, ia entered in tke Visitation of London, A. D. 1634, [with additions.'] Hon. St. George Ricrhond." %mt anb Jfamilg in (fnglanb. THE origin and history of families, and of family names, has become an interesting study among antiquarians. Few English families are able to trace their pedigree beyond the time of William the Conqueror, in the eleventh century ; and, comparatively few have any authentic records of their lineage extending more than two or three hundred years into the past. The spirit of research, which has recently been awakened in the minds of many diligent and persevering students both in Europe and America, is doing very much to obviate the remissness in this re spect, of the generations that have passed from the stage. These mod em investigations have clearly established the fact that many conspicuous names in Great Britain and the United States had their origin at a date long subsequent to the Conquest. There is abundant evidence that the family name of Kilburn or Kil bourn, is derived from the Town of Kilburn, in the north riding of York shire, England. On this point the Pedigree " entered in the Visitation of London, A. D., 1634," (inserted in this volume,) would of itself be deemed reliable proof. But there are other facts and authorities which, taken to gether, leave us no room to doubt. Hasted, in his History of tbe County of Kent, England, remarks : — "It is a ¦matter of history tha.t the Kilbnrnes were originally of Kilburne in Yorkshire, whence they went into Cam bridgeshire and Essex." Brayley, in his magnificent work entitled « The Beauties of England and Wales," (vol. viii, p. 1203,) says—" The family took tlie surname from Kilburne, in Yorkshire, where they were originally seated." This word " seated," has a peculiar significance with English historians. It does not mean simply that the family lived in the place designated, but that they enjoyed an hereditary seat or estate there. The fact that the first individuals in point of time, whom we find bearing the name, were residents of Yorkshire, might also be introduced as con firmatory evidence, if such evidence were needed, to establish the posi tion I have assumed. 2 10 THE NAME AND FAMILY IN ENGLAND. In my recent visit to England, it was with feelings of peculiar interest that, in company with my traveling friend and kinsman, I made the town of Kilburn my first point of destination on leaving Liverpool. The vil lage may with propriety be said to have two centres— the principal one, called Low Kilburn, being located in a beautiful valley, and containing about forty dwellings, besides two public houses, a school-house and a church. High Kilburn, stands on an elevation about half a mile distant, and contains some fifteen or twenty dwellings. The direct communica tion between these two departments of the village, is by a broad Macad amized foot-path, which winds up through a luxuriant meadow, and is bordered on each side, for much of the way, by rows of hawthorn hedges. Along the side of the principal street, through the entire length of the village of Low Kilburn, runs a never failing rivulet — from which, I was assured, the place derives its name, thus confirming the definition given by Professor Gibbs and others. The township and parish embrace a rich farming country, which is most agreeably diversified by hills and valleys, fields and forests. A spur of the " Hamilton Hills" terminates in a bold bluff some two miles north of the village ; and on the top of a neighboring hill were pointed out to us the tall rock-altars where the Druids were wont to worship and offer their sacrifices. The town of Kilburn is mentioned in the Domesday Survey, about the year 1 070, at which date some of its lands were under cultivation. Mr. Gill, the author of a valuable work relating to the Valley of York, says, — " The earliest accounts respecting Kilburn subsequent to the Domes day Record, is, that it was a royal hunting-park in the time of William Rufus and King Henry I." A beautiful and extensive plain, commencing about a mile from Low Kilburn, which I visited in company with Mr. Ellis, the venerable Town Clerk, still bears the name of " Kilburn Park." At Hade, within the limits of the parish of Kilburn, the famous Roger de Mowbray established a church, priory and castle, in 1138. At this place the Abbot Gerald died and was buried in 1142. The priory was subsequently removed to the adjoining parish of Byland, where a mag nificent pile of buildings was erected, which now constitute one of the most extensive and interesting ruins in Yorkshire. It can be seen from High Kilburn, from which place it is about two and a half miles distant The walls of the ancient church at Hode are still standing, though cov ered with a modern roof and converted into a barn. A few years since a stone coifin, supposed to contain the ashes of tlie Abbot Gerald was found in digging near by, and may now be seen in an upright position in the wall of the barn. The wall of a house in the vicinity also con tains a similar curiosity ; and at the west end of the edifice is tlie pedes- THE NAME AND FAMILY IN ENGLAND. 11 tal of an ancient stone cross, with tlie arms of Mowbray* and other de vices neatly carved in bas-relief. In this part of Kilburn was also dug up sorae years ago a stone font of curious workmanship, with a square base supported at the angles by four grotesque figures resembling sea- lions. It is now in possession of John Bell, Esq., of Thirsk. " Hood Hill," which lies partly in this parish, was a favorite retreat of the famous Robin Hood and his brave foresters ; and there, in the reign of Henry II, a battle was fought between tlie king's soldiers and the ban ditti, in which the latter were defeated and dispersed. Mr. Gill mentions the discovery of the remains of Roman walls and pavements in the vicinity of Kilburn, which establishes the fact that the region was inhabited long anterior to the Conquest. As the word is evi dently of Anglo-Saxon origin, it was probably first given as a name to the locality by the Saxon invaders of the sixth century. The following paragraph from a recent number of " The Easingwold Chronicle," edited by the Historian of the Valley of York, already named, has reference to one of tlie most ancient and interesting buildings now standing in the County : " THE HUNTING SEAT AT KILEUKN. " During the times of Feudalism, Kilburn was a noted place for the wild boar, the stag, the bear, &c. Eight hundred years ago, it was a Royal Hunting Park, and William Rufus and Henry I. had a hunting seat in Low Kilburn for the residence of the Lord Forester. Who oc cupied it at that time we are not prepared to say, but in after times it be carae the residence of the Baynes', who lie interred in the chancel end of the church. The building appears to have been of considerable extent, but little of its ancient grandeur is now visible. A part of it is now occupied as a dwelling house, we believe by two widows. On the gable end of the building facing the street is a partly defaced shield of arms, quite in character with the ranger of a Forest. On the shield is a crest — a hand grasping a jaw bone. This appears to have been the arms of the Baynes', barons of Kilburn, who forraerly occupied the hall or hunt ing seat, and most probably were the lords of the forest" We visited this relic of the past, and it certainly needed no great stretch of the imagination to people its halls with our own ancestors of eight hundred years ago. Or at least may it not have been the very mansion occupied two hundred years later by the " lord of the manor" * Roger de Mowbray, once a principal proprietor aud re.e, Gentleman." The latter was probably a lawyer in Huntingdon. " John Kilburn" was one of the burgesses who signed Oliver Cromwell's return to Parliament in 1628, and " Isaac Kilburne" was a party, in 1680, to the return to Parlia ment of, perhaps, a son of the very Mayor who was now making his complaint The KUburnes were evidently a Huntingdon farnUy, and no tices of William may, no doubt, be found in the registers and muniments of tho borough. The Lords of the CouncU gave ready ear to tlie petition of the Mayor and Aldermen, and, according to the usual custora, a Council-Messenger was despatched with a warrant, directing hira to bring up to London the bodies of " Oliver Cromwell, Esquire, and Willyam Kilborne, gentle man." The warrant was executed. The hand of the bailiff was laid upon the shoulder of the man in whose name within a few years all warrants were to run ; and on the 26th of November, 1630, the prisoners made their appearance before the Privy Council. It may be worth while to record the names of the Councillors present : — At Whytehall, the 26th of November, 1630. Present : Lorde Keeper Lorde Vise. Wimbledon. [Sir Thomas Coventry.] L. Vise. Dorchester. ^- Trer. L. Vise. Falkland. [Lord WestoaJ L. Vise. Grandison. L. Privie Seal L. Bp, of London. [Earl of Manchester.] [Laud.] Lo. Chamberl. Mr. Trer. [Earl of Pembroke.] [Sir Thomas Edmonds.! E. of Bridgwtr. Mr. Vice Chamb. B.ofDanby. [Sir- Hem:y May.] E. of KelUe. Mr. Secretarie Coke. The order made upon the appearance of tlie culprits stands re corded in the Register Book of tlie Privy CouncU as follows:— THS NAME AND FAMILY IN ENGLAND. *43 26 Novr. 1630. This day Oliver CrumweU, Esqr., and WiUyam Kilborne, Gent., having bene formerly sent for by warrant from the board, tendered their appearances ac- cordmgly, wch for their indempnities is entered in the register of CounseU causes. But they are to r> m liu in the custody of the messenger untill they shal be dismissed by their Lpps. "The hearing was fixed for the 1st of December. I will not attempt to delineate the scene which ensued. The " presence" consisted of the chief of the King's advisers ; their names are thus enumerated on the register : — At WhytehaU, the first of December, 1630. Present : Lo. Keeper Lo. Vise. Wimbledon. [Sir Thomas Coventry.] Lo. Vise. Falkland. Lo. Trear. Lo. Bp. of London. [Lord Weston.] [Laud.] Lo. President. Lo. Newburgh. Lo. Privie Scale Mr. Trear. [Earl of Manchester.] [Sir Thomas Edmonds.] Ea. Marshall Mr. Vice Chamberlain. - [Earl of Arundel.] [Su- Henry May.] E. of Danby. Mr. Sec. Coke. E. of Kelley. Analyzation of these names would show with how little wisdom Eng land was attempted to be governed. With the exception of two or three men of average official talent, how small the quantity of real intellect which was congregated here ! As a body, how utterly incorapetent must such men have been for the task they undertook, — to force back the cur rent of the age, and restore the worn-out absolutism of a previous period! If we may judge from the account in the Privy Council Register, the hearing was a deliberate one, and it is highly in favor of the propriety and discreetness of Cromwell's conduct that he entirely escaped con demnation. It may also be inferred that, on Cromwell's side, the case was well argued. The result was a reference to arbitration, which is thus entered on the books of the Privy Council : — 1st. Deer. 1630. Whereas a peticon was presented to the Board by the Major and Aldermen of the towne of Huntingdon, complayning against Mr. CrumweU and William Kilbome, whereupon tlie parties compl.iyned of were sent fnr by warrant from the board, And both sides having this clay had a long heiiring, there appeared much contrariety and difference in the allegacons on each side. Whereupon their lpps. thought fitt and ordered, that the examinacon of the whole busi- nesse should be referred to the Lord Privie Scale, as well touching the charter of said towne, as alsoe that his Ldpp. should, in particular, consider what satis- actinn were fitt to be given to the said Mayor and Mr. Bernard for (he di=grace- full and unseemly speeches used unto thein, and fhould settle and end (he iliffer- ences amongst them, if it may bee, or otherwise to make report to the Board how the state of these differences stands, together wi(li his opinion toiicliiug the same, (hat such further course may be taken as shall bee fitt. And whereas there ¦was n peticnn read with divers complaints (herein raiide again:.t the said Kilburne and Brookes liis miUi for much oppression to the coiinfrv, and m.Tny great abuses to particular perscin.s, Jt was likewise ordered that (he Lord Privie Seale shall take exaniinacon thereof and make reporte to the Board what be finds touching the same. • *• * • * * • 44* THE NAME AND FAMILY IN ENGLAND. The Lord Privy Seal, to whom the reference was made, was Henry Montagu. The result of his arbitration does not appear. Any altera tion of the charter was probably not attempted. Sorae slight apology frora Kilburne would appease the civic magnates ; but under the new charter, Huntingdon was entirely changed. It sank rapidly into the spir itless condition of a rotten borough, in which it continued until the pas sing of the Reforra Act Within a few months Cromwell sold his prop erty, there, and reraoved to St Ives, with such feelings against the con stituted authorities as would be engendered by the touch of the bailiff''s finger, the payraent of his fees, and the being brought as a prisoner be fore an illegal tribunal, for the oifence of uttering a complaint against those who had helped to trick himself and his fellow-burgesses out of their ancient liberties. John Brdce. 5. Upper Rloucester-street, Dorset Square, Oct. 8. DEATH OF SERGT. JOHN KILBURN. Several persons were found frozen to death during the severe snow storm in the winter of 1796 — among others, one John Kilbum. He was found on the Great North Road between Stilton and Wansford, Dec. 24, 1796. The following obituary notice soon after appeared : Died — At a public house at Water-Newton, Huntingdon county, [Eng land,] JOHN KILBURN, a person well known to many gentlemen of the turf as a list-seller and attendant upon the stables at most of the races in the kingdom. He had undergone various vicissitudes in life ; had been a horse dealer of sorae eminence, and in that line traveled into France and other foreign parts. Returning to England poor, he entered into several raUitias, and was at one time a Serjeant in the Huntingdonshire ; but his predeliction for horses and the turf, occasioned hira to quit that situation. At a town in Bedfordshire, some years ago, he was, according to the turf-phrase, quite broken down. It was in harvest time, the week before Richraond races, near which place he was born, and to reach there in time he hit "upon the following expedient : He applied to a blacksmith of his acquaintance to stamp upon a padlock the words ' Richmond Goal,' which, with a chain, was fixed to one of his legs, and he composedly went into a cornfield to sleep. As he expected, he was soon apprehended and taken before a magistrate, who, after some deliberation, ordered two constables to guard him in a carriage to Richmond, no time being to be lost, Kilburn saying he had not been tried, and hoping they would not let him lay till another assize. The constables, on tlieir arrival at the goal, accosted the keeper with, " Sir, do you know this man .'" " Yes, very well — it's Kilburn ; I have known him many years." We suppose he has broke out of your goal, as he bears your mark : is he not a prisoner ?" " A prisoner ! I never heard any harra of him in my life." " Nor," says Kilburn, " have these men, sir ; they have been so good as to bring- me home out of Bedfordshire, and I will not give them any further trouble; I have got the key of the padlock, and will not trouble them to unlock it I thank them for their good usage." The distance he thus traveled was 170 miles. — Jjondon Gent's, Mag., vol. xxxvi, part 1st, p. 444-5. THE NAME AND FAMILV IN ENGLAND. *4g [from the LONDON GENTLKMAn's MAGAZINE.— 1834.] SKETCH OF WILLIAM KILBURN, ESQ., ARTIST. In the Life of WiUiam Curtis, tlie Botanist, published iu the Gent's. Mag., Aug. 1799, it is mentioned tliat " in 1772 he commenced his great work, the ' Flora Londiuensis,' having the good fortune to meet with an artist of uncommon talent in Mr. Kilburn." I have seen no memoir of Mr. Kilbum, who has been dead many years ; and when a man like hira disappears from the world, by. whose genius, talents or industry, the arts, sciences or manufactures have been improved, it may not be deemed un interesting to rescue the incidents of his life from that oblivion in which those of the generality of mankind are buried. William Kilburn was bom in Capel-street, Dublin, 1745. His father, Samuel Kelbume, was an architect of some eminence, and mar ried Sarah Johnston of Tyrone. His uncle. Rev. Ebenezer Kelburn, was a Presbyterian clergyman, and reared his only son, Sinclaire Kelburn, to his profession. His son was afterwards a very eloquent and popular preacher, published a Treatise on Theology, and a volume of Sermons ; but having unfortunately eariy imbibed republican principles he becarae a leader of the United Irishmen, and during the suspension of the habeas corpus Act in 1798, was arrested at Belfast by order of Government, con veyed to Dublin, and imprisoned in KUraainhara Goal, where, frora long confinement, he lost the use of his limbs, and died shortly after his lib eration. William Kilbum, the subject of this memoir, was also an only son, and very early exhibited his genius for drawing. This, and the wish to have him in the country, as his health appeared delicate, determined his parents to place hira apprentice with Mr. John Lisson, an Englishman, who had established a calico printing factory at Leixslip, near Dublin. Here he quickly leamed the different branches of that ingenious art, but attached himself to drawing and engraving — those being more congenial to the bent of his genius. Few lives are more marked than his with un ceasing indu.stry and application. During the sumraer he rose at four, and occupied his leisure hours in drawing patterns for paper stainers, which, with his master's leave, he sold ; the produce gave hira pocket money, and enabled him to purchase a pony, on which he rode to Dublin on Saturday, and passed every Sunday with his mother and sister. He had acquired an amazing readiness of pencil, so that if a nevv pattern caught his eye in passing through Dublin, he would take out his pocket book, and have it for his master on his return. He always spoke grate fully of the attention paid him by Mr. and Mrs. Lisson during his ap prenticeship, at the expiration of which he found himself alone vvith his mother and sister. His father, who had speculated largely in building, became embarra.ssed in his circumstances, and died. Only a small prop erty settled on his mother remained ; this probably determined hira to visit London, the great mart for genius. Here he obtained a ready sale for his drawings amongst the calico printers. He also drew and en- 46* THE NAME AND FAMILY IN ENGLAND. graved flowere from nature (in which he ever delighted) for the print shops, and this led to his acquaintance with Mr. Curtis and concern in the Flora Londinensis. When he had entered into this engagement, he returned to Ireland and brought over his mother and sister — took a smaU house in Page's Walk, Berraondsey, with a garden and greenhouse, and there occupied himself from sunrise to sunset in drawing and engraving the plants for that work which reflects so much credit on English science. Soon after the completion of the Flora Londinensis, he receiv^ed a pro posal from Mr. Newton to undertake the management of a caUco print ing factory at Wallington, near London, for which he was to have a share of the profits, without advancing capital. To this he agreed, and they were so successful that at the end of seven years he was enabled to pur chase the concern, and became sole proprietor. He now rose rapidly in wealth, and was soon the most eminent calico printer in England, having brought the art to a pitch of perfection never since equalled. He gave the highest wages to his workmen, some of whom came frora the con- tinent,'and gave annual preraiuras for the best designs. His pieces of muslin chintz sold for a guinea per yard, and he had the honor of pre senting one of them, the sea-weed pattern designed by himself, to her Majesty, Queen Charlotte. Finding that his patterns were pirated in Manchester, he applied for a BiU, which was brought into the House of Comraons by his countryman and neighbor, the Right Hon. Edmund Burke, " to secure to calico print ers the copyright of original designs." Mr. Kilburn raarried a daughter of Thomas Brown, Esq., an East India Director, a most amiable woraan, who survives him, and by whom he had several children. In the relative duties of son and brother, husband and father, his conduct was raost exemplary, as a true believing Christian and moral man. Though he had been a delicate chUd, he enjoyed excellent health until a few months before his death. On the 23d of December, 1818, he calmly resigned his soul to his Maker, in the 73d year of his age. The poor inhabitants of Wallington, by whom he was much la mented, followed hira bareheaded to the grave. Mr. Kilbum was above six feet in height, thin but well proportioned, and perfectly straight to the last. The pencil in his long fingers ap peared scarcely to touch the paper when drawing, so much had he ac quired of grace and freedora ; the flowers he engraved about the tirae he became acquainted with Mr. Curtis, are now sought for by connoisseurs, being so true to nature. [The portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Kilburn both adorn the walls of the raansion of their son, Williara Kilburn, Esq., on Highgate Hill, near London.] 05= The Prioress of Kilbome was the Patron of Ralph Church, Cowdham, Kent, England, A. D. V^77.— Hasted's Kent. Vol. II, p. 28. 05==' The Likeness of Richard Kilburne, Esq., is published in a vol ume entitled, "Hawkhurst: a Sketch of its History and Antiquities. London, 1792." KILBORNES of ENGLAND AND AMERICA. *4Y KILBORNES OF ENGLAND AND AMERICA. The interesting record found by Judge Savage, relating to the embark ation of Thomas Kilborne, and family for Nevv England, (inserted on pages 33 and 34 of this volume,) met ray eye for the first time in the sumraer of 1843. For a period of raore than ten years from that date, I sought in vain for any clue by which to ascertain their place of res idence in the father-land. In April, 1854, however, whUe spending a few hours in the Library of the " New England Historical and Genea logical Society," Boston, I raet with a volume entitled, " Wills and In ventories from tlie Register of the Consistory of Bury St. Edmunds and the Archdeaconry of Sudbury," [England,] which contained, among others, the curious Will of Agatha Borrowdale — of which the follow ing is a synopsis, viz. : " In the narae of God, Amen. The sixteenth dale of October, Anno Domini, 1613, 1, Agatha Borrowdale, of Bury St Edmunds, in the County of Suflfolk," &c. " I give and bequeath unto the poore of Newmarkytt, in the Countie of Cambridge, one annytie or yearly rent of tenne shillings, immediately after my decease, to be issuing and growing out of ray tenement in Bu- rie St Edmunds which I purchased of Edraund Myllasonne, Gent, situ ate in the Crown Street near Churchgovall street, betweene ye tenement of Sir William Poolye, Knight, and Dame Anna, his wyfe, on the northe, and the common streete called Westgate streete, on the southe, yearly forever to be paid unto the Church-wardens and Overseers of the Poore of the said towne for the tyme being, att the ffeast of the Annuntyaeion of the Virgine Marie." Also, another annuity of ten shUlings to the Poor of the Parish of St Mary's in Bury. Also, another annuity of ten shillings " unto such learned preacher as shal be provyded by the inhabitants of Newmarkytt aforesaid, to preach in ye chappell of the said town." And when there shall be no preacher the sura is " to be paid upon repayringe of the common way leading from Saxon street in Woodedytton in the said county of Cambridge unto the church of Woodedytton aforesaid." Also, another annuity of ten shillings to the maintenance of the preacher of St Mary's parish in Bury to be paid into the hands of the Aldermen and Assistants of said town and to their successors forever. AU which payments are to be made at the Feast of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. * " I give unto my grandchild Susan Myleson my said tenement, with all and singular their appurtenences," and to the heirs of her body forever ; and in default of such issue, to her sister Agatha Mileson, and in de fault of her issue to Borrowdale Myleson ; and in default of his issue, to his brother Edmund Mileson to be his during his natural life. 48* KILBORNES OF ENGLAND AND AMERICA. And after the decease of the said Edmund Mileson "I wUl the same remain and be unto Francis Foulkes, clerk, Robert Lukyn, of Cambridge, Gent., and Robert Lukyn his son, Thomas Kilborne of Woodedytton, and Thomas KUbome and George Kilbourn, his sonnes, Symon Foulkes of Westlie and Syraan Foulkes his sonnes, John Hasell of Bottisham and Richard Hasell his sonne, and to their heirs forever upon trust and con fidence that they shall keep the same in repair and shall rent the sarae at a valuable profit, and make no lease of the same for a longer terra than seven years — and shall yearly divide the net profits into five equal parts as before specified. " My will and mynde is, that at everie seaven yere's ende, the said Francis Foulkes, Robert Lukyn Robert Luken, Tliomas Kilbome, Thomas Kilborne, George Kilborne, Symon Poulkes, Symon Foulkes, John Hasell and Richard Hasell, and everie of them which shall then be above the age of one and twentie yeres, shall have for their paines a ringe of goulde of the price of thirty shillings, and yerely such reasonable charges as they shall be at in repayreing of the same messuage, and over that for their paynes and travell. " Also, my will and earnest desire is, that if it shall please God all my said grandchildren do die without issue, that they, my said friends, to whom I have hereby lymited the remainder in trust, as is aforesaid, when the number of them shall be decreased and brought to three or less, that then the surveyors do convey the said tenement in trust and confidence * * * as they will answer when we shall meet at God's Judarement seat." ^' ^ " To the said Borrowdale Myleson, his great-grandfather's Mr. Richard Borrowdaie's seale ring of gould." To Agatha Myleson, " that £100 which Edmund Myleson standeth bond to paie." To John Foulkes, son of Roger Foulkes, £6 : 13:4, "when he shaU reach the age of 21 years, or at such time as he shall be preferred to the Universitie as a scoUar or be bound out an apprentice to sorae good trade of life," To Agatha Myleson, " all such plate, lynnen, pewter, brasse, bedding, and household stufe as I and the said Edmund long ago did give her by joint deed of gifte." Agatha Myleson is named as Executrix ; " and my well beloved kins man, Mr. Robert Lukyn, Overseer of my present Will and Testament" Confident that the Kilbornes named 'fa this WUl were identical with those who, a few years later, had emigrated to New England, I soon communicated my discovery to H. G. Soraerby, Esq., then in London. That gentleraan, with his characteristic zeal and proraptness, prosecuted his investigations untU he found the very records so long desired and sought for. His letter communicating tlie result of his researches is as follows : • " London, 49 Camden Square, \ Camden Road Villas, August 4, 1854. \ " Dear Slr—\ searched the WiU Offices at Ipswich and Bury St Ed munds, in Suffolk, according to your request, but could not find the name of KUborne in either of the Indexes. KILBORNES OF ENGLAND AND AMERICA. *49 " In the Will Office at Bury St Edmunds, are a nuraber of yearly re turns of Parish Registers from tlie year 1560, but they are far frora be ing regular, and the diff'erent Parishes are so mixed together that it is a labor of some magnitude to search through them. In regard to your case, however, my labor was well rewarded, for I found a clue that ena bled me to go at once to the village of your ancestors, where I found the Parish Register in good preservation, beginning in the year 1557. Wood Ditton, the place I speak of, is in Cambridgeshire, but in the Archdea conry of Sudbury, in Suffolk, which accounts for the parish register re turns being found at Bury St. Edmunds. I am pretty well convinced that the famUy was early of Cambridge shire, and a search among the Wills of that County, which coraraence at an early period, would afford much valuable information. The following is what I found while searching at Bury St. Edmunds : " BAPTISMS. (1.) " At Weathersden, Co. Suffolk, Nov. 14, 1605, WiUiara, son of WUliam Kilbume. (2.) 1608, Jan. 3. — Andrew, son of WUliara KUborne, Clerk. (3.) At Wood Ditton, Co. Cambridge, Sept 9, 1621, Frances, daughter of Tho.raas KUborne. (4.) " 1624, Sept. 29, John, son of Thomas Kilbome. (5.) " At Wethersden, Co. Suffolk, Dec. 27, 1631, Agnes, daughter of Andrew Kilborne ; and was buried 15th of March following." This last return is signed by " WUUam Kilborne, Rector." (6.) " Married— a.t Wiverstone, Co. SuffoUt, Sept 20, 1630, Andrew Kilbome to Mary HoweU alias Smith." " Extracts from the Parish Register of Wood Ditton, Co. Cambridge : (7.) 1567. — " Edward Kilbome, ye sonne of John Kilborne, was bap tized ye xxviij daye of December. (8.) " 1568. — Agatha Kilborne ye daughter of John KUborne was bap tized ye xi of September. (9.) " 1569-70. — Ellen Kilborne ye daughter of John KUborne was buried ye third daye of Februarie. ,,,,,, ^ „ t i« (10.) " 1572. — JJfamerf— Roger Borrowdale to Agatha Collen, June lb. (11.) " 1574, Oct 3.— Mim'erf— Walter Fisson to Joan KUborne. (12!) "1576-7. Thexxij daye of January was baptized Margaret Kil bume" the daughter of John KUburne. , . j„ „ (13.) " 1578. The viij daye of Maye was baptized Thomas Kilborne, the sonne of John Kilborne. , ,. , . j t^-iu (14.) " 1579. The ix daye of June was baptized Andrew KUbourn, the son of John KUbourn. ,. r j a tti (15.) "1582. The seconde daye of September was baptized Ane Kil borne the daughter of John Kilborne. , . J A TT-U, (16.) " 15827— The xxyj daye of December was buned Ane KUborne the daughter of John Kilborne. (17.) "1583.— John KUbome the sonne of John Kilborne was baptized the xxvth day of Julye. , . , ,, . ^ n / j..^ a8 ) " 1591.— John Kilborne was buned the xxx daye of October. 19 " 1592 Mav 09.— Married— Wa.\ter Hewlett to Anne KUbome. 20) " 1607— Margaret Kylborne, the daughter of Thomas KUborne and Frances, his wife, was baptized the xxiij daye of September. 50* KILBORNES OF ENGLAND AND AMERICA. (21.) " 1609.— Thomas Kilborne, the sonne of Thomas Kylborne and Frances, his wife, was baptized thexxxth daye ofJVovember. (22.) " 1611-12.^Geori§;e Kylborne, the sonne of Thomas Kylborne and Frances, his wife, was baptized the xijth daye of Fehruarye. (23.) " 1614.— Elizabeth Kylborne, the daughter of Thomas Kylborne and Frances, his wife, was baptized the xijth of Maie. (24.) " 1616.— Lydia Kylborne, the daughter of Thomas Kylborne and Frances, his wife, was baptized the xiiijth daye of Julye. (25.) " 1621.— Frances KUburne, the daughter of Thomas KUburne, was baptized ivth of Septymb." The search was continued to 1648. Very truly, yours, H. G. Somerby. From the above records I infer that the John Kilbome marked "(18.)" was the father of Thomas Kilbome, the emigrant, numbered (13). The chUdren of the latter who embarked in the " Increase," are those num bered (3,) (4,) (20,) (24,) (25,) The entry of baptisms, (as copied by Mr. Somerby,) gives to Thomas and Frances no daughter Mary to corres pond with the name of the third daughter on board the " Increase ;" whUe of Elizabeth (23,) I have found nothing but the record of her baptism. As she would, if living, have been twenty-one years old at the date of the embarkation of the famUy in 1635, she may have been previously mar ried and settled in England ; or she may have died young. Thomas Kilborne, numbered (21,) is, as wUl be seen, named in the Will of Agatha Borrowdale. The only other mention I have found of him is contained in the foUowing extract of a letter from the Hon. James Savage, of Boston, dated Nov. 26, 1847 : " Early this year I received, from the London State Paper Office, transcripts from vols. 372 and 375 of returns to the Privy Council from Ipswich of passengers in two ships — the Elizabeth and the Frances — bound for New England, AprU 1634, and from Southampton of passen gers in the ship Bevis, bound, &c.. May 1638. Of course you know, that ships from Ipswich would bring Suffolk passengers — not Devonshire, any more than Norwegians. I throw this in, because one of your cor-i respondents, giving an extract from a family bible, says — ' Two brothers came over from Devonshire,' &c. I have furnished you authentic ac counts of Thomas, aged 55, with wife Francis, 50, and five children between 10 and 23 years old, who carae from London in 1635. From the only son then mentioned you derive descent. But here is the curiosity. My office copy of passengers in the Elizabeth of Ipswich, frora Ipswich, AprU 1634, has ' Thomas Kilbome, aged 24, and Elizabeth, his wife, aged 20.' Conjecture as easily springs up here, as I ever recoUect in any case — that this Thomas was the eldest son of Thomas, and was sent away iraraediately on getting his wife, to look out in the new country proper fields for father, mother, brother and sisters next year. We know from Gov. Winthrop, that the two Ipswich ships had good passage, lost very few cattle and no passengers. If you, then, have any branches of a great faraily that you could not discover the origin of, here is a chance." The conjecture of Judge Savage that this Thomas Kilborne was the eldest son of Thomas and Frances, is proved by the foregoing records to KILfiORNES O* ENGLAND AND AMERIOA. *51 have been correct, and his other suggestion is certainly a plausible one. His subsequent history, however, is lost to us. As no trace of him or of his descendants has been found in this country, may he not have returned to England on the death of his father — which took place four or five years after the above date ? George Kilborne (22,) also mentioned in Agatha Borrowdaie's Will, can scarcely be any other than the individual of that name who was at Roxbury, Massachusetts, in 1638, and soon after settled in Rowley, in the same Province. He is the recognized head of the "Rowley Branch" of the Kilborne Family, and the above record establishes tlie, fact (previ ously unknown,) that George JSlhome of Rowley was a brother of Sergt. John Kilbome, of Wethersfield, Connecticut. Thomas Kilbome, of Wetb ersfield, may therefore be regarded as the progenitor of all who bare the name on the Western Continent In reply to a letter of enquiry, addressed to the Rector of the Parish of Wood Ditton, the Rev. J. Walker, I received the following letter which, it wUl be seen, contains several iteras of special interest It ar rived in Litchfield during my absence in England : "Wood Ditton, Cambridgeshire, Eng., May 31, 1855. " Dear Sir. — I send you sorae extracts frora a tattered and imperfect book in our Parish Chest. It contains, principally, annual accounts of Rates levied and expended by the Church Wardens, and Overseers of the Poor, in the 17th century ; but on a few leaves at the beginning there are memoranda of the annual distribution of Gifts made by charitable individuals to the poor. These annual donors were, Walter Pratt, the Eider, for two gifls of twenty shillings and ten shillings respectively, and John Kilbume a gift of six shUlings and eight pence. " Entry No. 1 — (being tlie first writing in the book as it now exists :) " 1617. — Mem., That the yerle gefte of John Kilbome of syxe shil lings eyghte pennes was giveyn by flie hands of Thomas Ryle and Wil liam Bredrake, Church Wardens, the xv daye of Marche, Anno Domini, 1617." There are similar memoranda nearly every year from the above date to 1629. Then comes the following entry : " Memorand. — That the yearely gift of sixe shiUings eight pence of John Kilbume was given by the hands of John Pratt and John Martyn, Church Wardens of Wood Ditton, Anno Domini 1630 ; by the handes of John Potter and Richard Clarke, Anno Domini 1631 : and by the handes of Thomas Kilbume and Thomas Pratt, Anno Domini 1632 ; and by the hands of John Siser and WUliam Pratt, the 23d day of March, Anno Domini, 1633." There are simUar memorahda separately for the years 1635, 1638, and 1639. The two latter I transcribe : •' Memorand.— That the yearely gift of sixe shUlings eight pence per annum of John KUbume, was given by the hands of John Dillamore and John Eising, Church Wardens, of May, Anno Domini, 1638." " Memorand.— That the yearly gift of vi shillings viu pence of John Kilburne was given the xiith day of May, 1639." 62* KILBORNES OF ENGLAND AND AMERICA. John, therefore, seems to have reraained at Wood Ditton after the de parture of the other raembers of the family.* The first page of the accounts contains the " Rate made for the Church," August the 10th, A. D., 1632. It contains these iteras, viz. : " Thomas Kilbome, 9 score acres, £1:10:0. " Thomas Kilborne, for tiraber, £() : iv : 0. " Thomas Kilborne, for slabbs and tymber, 0 : v : 0." The first of these appears to be a stateraent of the nuraber of acres occupied by hira, and tlie Rate to be levied on it. The latter two items refer apparently to materials appropriated to his own use, and here ac counted for. They were probably remnants after the completion of some repairs executed during his church wardenship this year [1632] ; for im mediately above, we find — " Thoraas Pratt, for chipps, - . y s. " Anthony Collin, for Rubbish, - - is." The next page contains an account of a Rate under the 16th of Janu ary, 1633, wherein Thomas Kilborne is rated on five score and ten acres only, as follows : " Thomas Kilbome, 5 score and 10 Acres, - - ixs." I am, dear sir, faithfully yours, J. Walker. In company with my kinsman, heretofore named, I visited Wood Dit ton and had the pleasure of going through the very church edifice in which our ancestors were baptized, and where one of them officiated as Church Warden two hundred and twenty-three years ago. The building, I was assured, is between five and six hundred years old — and bids fair, if left undisturbed, to withstand the storms of five hundred years to come ! I was disappointed in not meeting with the Rector, who was ab sent fi-om town. The country around is one of the most fertile and beau tiful to be found in England — tlie surface being rolling, and the scenery rich and varied. The luxuriant hedge-rows, which, in some places, were StiU in blossom, skirted the Macadamized highways and divided the fields ; while the huge and picturesque windmills swayed their long arms on the neighboring hill-tops. The village dweUings and the farm houses have a much more tasteful and home-like appearance than in many other parts of the island, and everything wore an air of rural thrift and comfort. I could not but think how often and how lovingly the thoughts of those pioneers must have reverted to their native land — with what deep emotions they must sometimes have contrasted their wUd forest- home on the banks of the Connecticut with the fair scenes to which they had bidden a final farewell ! Yet, with the true spirit of that heroic age, they fainted not in the hour of trial and danger ; but lived to see " the wUderness and the solitary place" made vocal with the hum of industiy and the song of praise. * Mr. Walker was doubtless not aware that John Kilborne, (the brother of Thomas,) did not come to America at aU. John, the son of Thomas was but a lad of ten years at the date of the emigration.— p. k k ' KILBORNES OF ENGLAND AND AMERICA. *53 We sought in vain for tlie precise locality where our fathers had dwelt. No record or traditionary evidence exists, so far as we could learn, indi cating the identity of the " 9 score acres" occupied and perhaps owned, by Thomas Kilborne, in 1(532. Our famUy narae has long been extinct in the parish. With mingled feelings of sadness and delight, we trod the same paths and looked upon the very scenes that had been familiar to our ancestors through successive generations previous to the emigra tion. We went as pilgrims to a shrine, to do homage to the memory of the long departed and the long forgotten ! THB OLD OHimCH AT WOOD DITTON, ENGLAND. 54* KILBURNS OF ENGLAND AND IRELAND. DESCENDANTS OF SAMUEL KILBURN, ESQ., OF DUBLIN. [I regret my inabUity to furnish my readers with any information concerning the parentage and raore reraote ancestry of SAMUEL KIL BURN, Esq., a famous architect and builder, who died in Dublin, A. D. 1770. He received from George III. the Patent-appointment of " King's Carpenter." His brother,, the Rev. Ebenezer Kelbum, was a Presbyterian Clergyraan in Dublin ; and a nephew, (whom I have noted elsewhere,) who was also a preacher and pastor in Belfast, of the same denomination. As the North of Ire land was mainly settled by the English and Scotch, it seeras not im probable tliat a branch of the York shire faraUy of Kilburns may at some time have found its way to the Em erald Isle, and that the gentlemen named, and their descendants now on the stage, raay justly claim a com mon origin with ourselves. The fact that some of their nuraber formerly spelled the name Kelburn, is no ar gument against such a supposition j for with that orthography it is not unfrequently found in old English records, and is occasionally met with in the United States. The arms of this faraily are tlie same (with a slight difference,) with those of the Kent and Lincolnshire Kilburnes.] Samuel Kilburn had three children, viz.: GENERATION II. (1.) William Kilbum, Esq., a sketch of whom I have given on page *45. of this volurae. (2.) Sarah Susannah Kilbum, who married, (Sept 11, 1784,) John Francillon, Esq., Jeweller to the King, &c. (3.) Mary Kilbum, died at the age of 20 years, unmarried. GENERATION III. (1.) CHILDREN OP WILLIAM KILBURN, ESQ. 1. Thomas Kilburn, Esq., m. Catharine Ward, Nov. 11, 1810, and had ten chUdren, viz. — Douglas T., Fanny C, Henry W., Emily S., WUliam E., Charles, Edward D., Frederick, EUen C. and Arthur. He d., Sept. 30, 1830. KILBURNS OF KIT GLAND AND IRELAND. *B5 2. Hannah Kilburn, m, Benjamin Clarkson, July 8, 1820. She d. Jan uary 12, 1834 ; Mr. Clarkson d., August 4, 1848. They left no children. 3. Sophia KUburn, d., Nov. 28, 1841 ; unmarried. 4. WUliam Kilburn, Esq., merchant. No. 16, St Mary Axe, London ; residence. No. 2 Holly Terrace, Highgate Hill. He is a Director of the " Universal Life Assurance Corapany," London. 5. Robert KUbum, d. July 8, 1821. 6. Benjamin Kilburn, Esq., m. Mary Anne Knight, daughter of John Knight, Esq., Secretary of the Bank of England. He is an East India Broker, 16 St Mary Axe, London ; residence, Southwood Lane, High- gate. (2.) CHILDREN OF JOHN AND SARAH S. K. FRANCILLON. 7. Sarah Ann Francillon, m. Benjamin Hooke, Gent., in 1826 ; resi dence. No 53 Bernard st, Russell Square, London. They have one son Henry Francillon Hooke. 8. Elizabeth FrancUlon, 2 Holly Terrace, Highgate. 9. Mary FranciUon, m. John Heron, of Dublin, in 1816 ; they have had nine chUdren, viz. — George, (m Melinda Chamney, in 1846, and is a merchant in Liverpool,) John, (d. young,) Sarah Ann, John, William, (d. young,) WUliam KUburn, Elizabeth, (in. John Labarte,) Mary Grace and Thomas Cunningham. GENERATION IV. 1. THOMAS. 1. Douglas Thomas KUburn, h. August 21, 181 1 ; m. Miss A. M. Patterson, Nov. 19, 1851. A resident of Melbourne, Australia. 2. Fanny Corbett Kilburn, b. July 12, 1813; unmarried; resides at Hempstead, near London. 3. Henry Ward Kilbum, b. July 10, 1815 : Assistant Secretary of the Universal Life Assurance Society. 4. EmUy Susan Kilburn, b. April 24, 1817 ; d., Dec. 1821. 5. William Edward KUbum, b. Nov. 28, 1818 ; Photographer to the Queen and to His Royal Highness, Prince Albert ; resides in Hemp stead. 6. Charles Kilbum, b. May 15, 1820 ; resides at Geelong, Australia. 7. Edward Dunbar Kilbum, b. May 27, 1822 ; merchant in Calcutta. 8. Frederick Kilburn, b. Sept 1, 1823 ; merchant in Calcutta. 9. Ellen Catharine KUburn, b. Jan. 27, 1827 ; unmarried ; resides ins Hempstead. 10. Arthur Kilburn, b. Jan. 16, 1828 ; d., July 3, 1831. THE LORDS KELBUENB OF SCOTLAND. PEDIGREE OP THE LORDS KELBURNE, OF SCOTLAND. [compiled from Crawford's history of Renfrew, and burke's heraldry.] The Boyles of Kelbume had large posses sions in Ayrshire, and flourished with lustre as early as the eleventh century. Richard Boyle de Kelburne, m. Majory, daughter of Sir Robert Comrain, Kt, of Row- allan, and had two sons, Richard and Robert, who swore allegiance to King Edward I., A. D. 1296. The next we find on record is Hugh de Boyle, A. D. 1399. I. John Boyle de Kelburne, was at least the sixth or seventh genera tion from the first named Richard. He lost his life at Bannockburn, with King James III, A. D. 1488. II. John de Kelburne, son of the preceding, m. Agnes, of the family of Ross, and had two sons, John and Robert. His son — III. John de Kelburne, obtained a charter of the Isle of Cumia, He had two sons, David and John, of Halkshill. [A grandson of the latter m. the heiress of Kelburne, and carried on the line of this family, as will be seen hereafter.] IV. David de Kelburne, (eldest son of the preceding,) had chUdren. His son — V. John Boyle of Kelburne, who m. Marion, daughter of Hugh Craw ford, of KUburnie, and had a son, John, and six daughters. He d. about A. D. 1610. His son— VI. John Boyle, of Kelburne, m. Agnes, daughter of Sir John Max well, of Pollock, and had an only daughter, Grizel, who m. her cousin, David Boyle, of Halkshill, a son of David, and grandson of John Boyle, of HalkshiU, whose father, John, is numbered III, above. The chUdren of David and Grizel Boyle were — John, James and Patrick. VII. John Boyle, of Kelburne, (eldest son of David Boyle, of Halks hiU, by his wife Grizel,) ra. a daughter of Sir Walter Stewart, of Allan- ton, in Lanarkshire, by whora he had two sons, David and WiUiam, and a daughter, who m. Sir Alexander Cunninghara, of CorsehUl, Bart He d. in 1685, and was succeeded by his eldest son — VIII. David Boyle, of Kelbume, who was appointed Deputy Treas urer of Scotland, by Queen Anne, January 2, 1703 ; and on the 12th of AprU of that year was created Earl of Glasgow and LORD VISCOUNT KELBURNE in the peerage of Scotland. He was Commissioner of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, 1706-1710. He was succeeded by his son — NAMES OF PLACES, io. *57 IX. John Lord Kelbume, who m., July 1 1 , 1755, the Hon. Elizabeth Ross, sister and heir of WiUiam Lord Ross. Their chUdren were — John, (who d. young,) George, Elizabetli and Jane. He was succeeded by his son — X. George Lord Kelburne, F.R.S., and F.A.S., b. March 26, 1766 ; m. (1st) Lady Augusta Hay, daughter of James, 14th Earl of Errol, in 1788, and (2d) Julia, daughter of the Right Honorable Sir John Sinclair, Bart., in 1824. His chUdren by the first marriage were — John, IsabeUa, John Carr, Elizabeth, Augusta and WUliara ; by second marriage, George Frederick and Diana. He was a distinguished Lawyer and Judge, and was created a Peer of the United Kingdom in 1815, with the title of Baron Ross. He d. in 1843. His eldest son, John, d. without issue in 1818. XI. John Carr Boyle, (the present and fourth Lord Kelburne,) was b. AprU 10, 1792 ; m. Georgiana, daughter of the late Edward Hay Mac Kenzie, Esq., Aug. 4, 1821. He was formeriy a member of Parliament from Ayrshire ; and is now the High SheriflT and Lord Lieutenant of Renfrewshu-e. He has a seat iu the House of Lords, as Baron Ross. NAMES OF PLACES, &c. « KILBURN, or ChUeburn," (in Yorkshire,) says Mr. GUI, " derives its name from chill or cele, the cold, and bourne, or bum, a brook or torrent, or a town situated upon brooks. It lies at the foot of Roulston rock, and receives the cold blasts from Blakehow, as they sweep over the Happy Valley and along the sequestered dell. One part of the viUage stands upon an eminence and is caUed High KUbum ; the other, which consti tutes tlie principal part of the town. Low Kilbum. The parish includes the hamlet of Hode Grange, and the townships of Oldstead, Wass and Thorpe-le-WUlows." * * This romantic and picturesque viUage is watered by a fine stream, abounding with trout, which dashes along the sequestered deU, fed by the tributary streams of the Happy Valley, and finds its way to the place where stood the ancient mills of WUladen and Baxby, from whence it glides peacefully along to join the ' sacred river' Swale, at Elmer. The locality and circumstances connected with Kil bum and its heathen worship and traditions, might have inspired the no ble rhapsody of " Khubla Khan :" '¦ A savage place ! as holy and enchanted As e'er beneath a waning moon was haunted." The scenery is romantic and beautiful, and well worth the inspection of the lovers of nature. The hUls are dotted with trees, and " A various sylvan scene Appears around, and groves of living green. Where blooming meads with flowers are crowned, And growing violets throw their odors round." 8» 68* TOWN OF KILBURN, YORKSHIRE. " The villagers live securely and snugly in their mountain fastnesses. The alarms of war or invasion they little dread. Agriculture is the sta ple produce, and the land in general is of a fertile character." The Church of Kilburn is a venerable edifice, entered through a richly adorned Norman arch. Over the chancel are the figures " 1650,'' but it is supposed that the body of the edifice at least is much older than that date would indicate. From flat stones in the chancel, I copied the follow ing inscriptions, viz. ; " Here lieth the Body of CHRISTOPHER BAYNES, who died the 15th day of April in the year of our Lord 1696, in the 62 yere of his age." " Here lieth the body of WILLIAM BAYNES, Esq., who departed this life the 24th day of January, in the yere of our Lord 1731, in the 71st yere of his age." "Here lye the Remains of RICHARD BROWNE, late Curate of this Parish, who died rauch lamented, Feb. 13th, 1721, aged 27." On panels in the church walls are several inscriptions relating to be quests made to the Parish for benevolent purposes, one of which is as follows : — " Ak."j Berry, by her Will dated Oct 1, 1768, gave and bequeathed to the Minister and Church Wardens of Kilbum forever, the sum of £10, the interest of which money her will and mind is to be applied to the putting out of one poor girl in High KUburn, in every year, to read, write and knit" Araong others are the following, viz., Robert Duck (WiU dated 1799,) gives £50 to the Minister, Church Wardens and Overseers of the Poor, upon trust, " the interest to be applied yearly towards educating four poor children of the township of KUburn ;" £10 from James Coales (1851,) the interest to be applied " towards the education of one poor boy be longing to said township, in the School at Kilburn ;" £20 from Lady Ayscough; "two closes situated in Sowerby, near Thirsk," from WU liam Baynes, Esq., and Kitchinghara, Esq., &c. From tombstones near the Church: — " Erected to the memory of WILLIAM ESHELBY, of KUburn Park, who died, April 11, 1839, aged 73 years." " Erected in memory of JANE, wife of George Burton, of Byland Abbey, late of Kilburn, who departed this life June 28, 1840, aged 69." " Osgodby Hall," a fine old mansion about two miles from the Church, and within the Manor of Kilburn, was once the residence of the Wyvills Knights of Slingsby Hall, a very ancient family, who possessed large estates in the neighborhood. The domain before the Conquest, (as I am TOWN OF KILBURN, YORKSHIRE. *59 informed by Mr. GUI,) was occupied by a Danish settlement ; and the name is derived from Os-god, a pagan deity, which was there worshipped. From the western border of Kilbum Park rises a gentle slope, on which, embowered in trees, stands " Thirkleby Hall," the ancient and noble seat of the Frankland family. Sir Charies Henry Frankland, of Thirkleby, was for many years Collector of His Majesty's Customs at Boston, Massachusetts, where he married Miss Agnes Brown, who, from her elegant seat in Boston, witnessed the battle of Bunker Hill. He was also Consul General at Portugal, and was buried for an hour under the ruins in the great earthquake at Lisbon. Sir Thomas Frankland, Bart, who died in 1784, was Admiral of the White, and member of Par liament ; his wife was Sarah Rhett, daughter of Williara Rhett, Esq., of South Carolina, The late Sir Robert Frankland assumed the name of RusseU in 1836, on succeeding to the estates of Sir Robert Greenhill Russell, and died at Thirkleby Hall in 1839, while High Sheriff of York shire. The seat of Lord Downe is also in Thirkleby, overlooking Kil bum Park. The Thirkleby Church was erected recently by Lady Frank- land Russell, (on the site of one quite ancient,) as a suitable monument to tlie memory of her late husband. A stone at the west end of the edi fice comraemorates " Judith, daughter of John Burgoyne, and wife of WUliam Ayscouth, Esq., of Osgodby," 1688.* , In a record of the " Sales of Bishop's Lands," frora 1647 to 1650, (pub lished in 1834,) I find that parts of the " Manor of Kilburn, in York shire," were purchased by Robert Bell, Lord Fairfax, Samuel Belsee and John PickersgUl ; that Thomas Richardson purchased the Manor House ; and that certain leased lands, " parcel of the Lordship of Kilbume," were purchased by Valentine Manly. The present Rector of KUburn is the Rev. Thomas Barker, A. M. ; the Curate, the Rev. M. Welburn, A. M. The oldest entry in the Parish Records is as follows : " Jeremy Mer. kendale de KUburne, the sonne of James Merkendale, of Kilburne, was baptized the xxix day of December, A. D. 1594." Among the distinguished characters connected with tlie village of KU bum, I may name John Bramhall, who, in his early manhood was long the master of the School in this place, but became one of the King's High Commissioners, Bishop of Londonderry, and Archbishop of Armagh, and died in 1663 ; ^ir John Harte, a distinguished citizen of London, and son of the Lord Mayor, (A.D. 1589,) spent much of his childhood and youth here. The learned Robert Pierson, Archdeacon of Cleveland, was Cu rate of Kilbum, in the eariy part of his ministry. Joseph A^ar, Esq., * WUiam Ayscouth, Esq., of Osgodby Hall, was a Justice of the Peace for the County of York, in 1664. 60* TOWN OF KILBURN, YORKSHIRE. a wealthy and famous citizen of York, was bom at Kilburn, in 176J, and died in York in 1847. Thomas Gill, Esq., of Easingwold, writes me under date of June 16, 1855— " I have not, in my researches, found anything relating to the family narae of Kilburn. Your ancestors no doubt received it in the usual man ner in which surnames were acquired, viz., first, John de Kilburn or John of KUburn, and then John Kilburn, I have examined the original char ters of Byland Abbey, and of Newburgh Priory (1130 to 11,50,) and find frequent reference to one " Robertus de Davidville dominum de KUburne,'^ This Robert was seneschal to Roger de Mowbray at Hode Castle, and he appears to have acquired certain lands in Kilbum, some of which he appropriated to Byland Abbey. Hode Grange, where the castle stood, and also the priory, is in the parish of Kilburn, one mile north east of the village. Hood Hill is about the same distance, so is Roulston Scar ; in fact they overhang the vUlage, and seem to look down upon it Gor- mire, a small lake, and Whitestone cliff', in the immediate vicinity, are places of resort for pic-nics. I have seen engravings of Hode Priory, but do not recollect where at present " Oldstead is a small township of about 1000 acres and about 100 in habitants. It contains an old fashioned Hall, called Oldstead Hall, occu pied by T. Wormald, Esq. Wass is a small village, with 800 acres of land and 100 inhabitants. It belongs to Martin Stapylton, Esq. Thorpe- le-WUlows is a small township, with 400 acres of land and 30 inhabit ants. These all belong to the parish of KUbum. " As I am frequently examining old records, should I find anj^tliing re lating to your family, I will inform you of it If I can be of any service to you, I shall be ready most willingly and cheerfully to render it I may just mention that last summer, between Easingwold and Kilburn, I dis covered a beautiful Roman tessellated pavement, with the foundations of a Roman villa. I supplied a Paper on the subject, which was read be fore the Society of Antiquaries, with drawings. The drawings are be ing lithographed, and, with the account, will be published in the Society's volume for the present year. The pavement was found in a farm yard, and is a most magnificent piece of workmanship — far superior to any in the York Museum." WUliam Paver, Esq., of York, (to whom I am indebted for several in teresting items relating to the KUburnes of that County,) writes — "Though KUburn gave the name and probably, for centuries, a residence to your family, yet I am very much inclined to believe that the vicinity of Richmond is the locality from which you sprung ; as the name was tliere at a verj early period, and stiU exists there. It unfortunately happens HAMLET OF KILBURN, MIDDLESEX. *61 that at Richmond, where tlie WiUs for that part of the county would be deposited, no documents are indexed before the reign of Charies II." At the date of the Domesday Survey (A. D. 1080,) a part of the lands of Kilburn were owned and ctUtivated by Archil, a Dane, who was Lord of the adjacent Manor of Tormorbi, and by Hugo, son of Baldric the Norman. The Lords de StuteviUe here held lands in 1095, at which date they were confiscated and given to Nigil de Albini, from whom they came to Roger de Mowbray; the second Baron of that name. Among the objects of interest now standing in the iraraediate vicinity of Kil burn, may be named, Newburgh Priory, the seat of Sir George Womb- well ; Helmsley Castle, which was besieged and captured by Lord Fair fax, during the civil wars ; and Shandy HaU, once tlie residence of the facetious Laurence Sterne, where he wrote " Tristram Shandy." Kilbum Field, Kilburn Wood, KUbum Beck, KUburn Common, &c., are localities referred to on the parish records. The number of acres in the township is 3670 ; population, 837. Distant from Thirsk, seven mUes ; from Easingwold, seven mUes ; from London, 224 mUes by coach road. "KILBOURNE* or KILBURN, (Middlesex,) England, a hamlet in the Parish of St John's, Hampstead, three miles from Hyde Park Corner, London. The viUage, which is one of the most retired and agreeable places in the vicinity of the metropolis, is principally occupied by gen teel famUies, and by cottagers, who are in some way or other engaged in the cultivation of their gardens and grounds — the population having been increasing in extent and importance for some tirae past The stream called Coldboum, which supplies the Serpentine in Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park, passes through the hamlet to Bayswater, and ultimately falls into the Thames at Ranclagh. The water of the Wells at Kilbum was at one time famous for its medicinal qualities, and was celebrated by the foUowing lines in a periodical published during the last century : " Where sweet, sequestered scenes inspire delight, And simple nature joins in every art. At Kilburn- Wells their various charms unite. And gladly all conspire to please the heart." At the souUiern extremity of the viUage, there was a small cottage, the site of which is now occupied by a villa, in which Oliver Goldsmith at one time resided, and where he wrote his " Vicar of Wakefield," and his " Deserted VUlage." It was pulled down, September 14, 1837. On " Haverstock HUl," in Kilbum, are the mins of a dwelling which has ac- * Kilbourne is the orthography used by Gorton (in his Topographical Dic tionary,) to designate the viUage and priory, in Middlesex. 62* HAMLET OF KILBURN, MIDDLESEX. quired a title to reraerabrance from two celebrated characters, who were once its tenants— Sir Richard Steele and Sir Charles Sedley. — [" British Gazetteer," by B. Clarke. London, 1852. In " Kensall Green" Cemetery, KUbum, his Royal Highness, the Duke of Sussex, and other illustrious men, are buried. "Kilburn of late years has much increased in consequence, and many beautiful villas and houses have been built around it Its situa tion is rural and healthy, and the pleasant distance which it is from Lon don, joined to the constant accomraodation of stage-coaches, render it a place rauch frequented by opulent persons who have town-residences. There is but one place of worship here ; and there is a private establish ment for the Deaf and Dumb, conducted by Mr. Robert Ashley." — [Lon don Commercial Directory — 1836. " Kilburn Wells, situate on the property of Mr. Upperton, of the Bell Tavern, offer to the sufferer, under many complaints, every advan tage to be obtained, at great trouble, loss of time, and expense, at other mineral springs and watering places. The rides, drives and walks around the vicinity, are not to be excelled in beauty and salubrity by any of the far-famed, because difficultly obtained, resorts of health-seeking invalids, and very few can equal in those respects the suburban viUage of Kilburn, within only three miles of the north-west end of Westminster and Ma- rylebone. " The water of Kilburn WeUs has been analyzed by gentlemen of first-rate talent, who all agree in the main points of the ingredients to which the virtues of the waters are owing. That highly gifted and em inent surgeon and aurist, Mr. Curtis, of Soho Square, in his most excel lent work on " Siraplicity of Living, aud the Preservation of Health," after a general description of the waters and their beneficial operations, gives an analysis drawn up by Mr. Bliss, and communicated by Sir Joseph Banks to the Royal Society, in 1792. They have also been recently analyzed by Professor Deck, of Cambridge, with the following result, viz., one pint of Kilburn Water contains of gases, three cubic inches of carbonic, and eight of sulphuretted hydrogen ; carbonate of lime, one grain ; sulphate of soda, twelve grains ; sulphate of magnesia, thirty-seven grains ; sulphate of lime, six grains ; muriate of soda, two grains ; muriate of magnesia, six grains — making a total of saline con tents in a pint of sixty-four grains, and a slight trace of oxide of iron." " Oh, why should man to distant waters roam, When healthful springs invite his lips at home ? Or why the fair forsake their native shore. When Kilburn Wells wiU Beauty's bloom restore." [" Essay on the Medidnal Properties of the Mineral Waters of Kilbum Wells." By R. T. Webb, Surgeon. KILBOURNE PRIORY. *63 KILBOURNE PRIORY.* [from LTSSON's " ENVIRONS OF LONDON" — VOL. II, SST.] " In the reign of Henry I, (about A. D. 1125,) Godwin, a Hermit, built a Hermitage at Kilbourn, in the Parish of Hampstead, which he afterwards gave, r^ISyy^S^^ with aU the lands thereto belonging, to Emma, Christina and Guinlea, three REMAINS OF THB PRIORY — 1721. tt i. .^ » li. .. i- tit i • nuns. Herebert, Abbot ot Westmin ster, and Osbert de Clare, the Prior, at Godwin's request, not only con firmed the grant, but augmented it to a rent of 30s, and some lands at Kingsbridge. The Hermitage now became a Nunnery of the Order of St Benedict Godwin was appointed Warden during his life ; the future nomination of a Warden was reserved to the Abbot of Westminster, who at first had sole authority over the Nunnery — GUbert, Bishop of London, having exempted it from the jurisdiction of the Church ; but af terwards a composition took place, in the year 1231, by virtue of which the Bishops of London were to admit the Warden on the Abbot's pre sentation. They were also to exercise certain Episcopal functions within the Convent at their pleasure — to preach, hear confession, enjoin penance, consecrate nuns, &c. The Convent was dedicated to tlie Virgin Mary and St John the Baptist. " The site was granted, in 1537, to the Priory of St John of Jerusa lem ; and when that monastery also was dissolved, it was granted by the Crown to John, Earl of Warwick, it having been then lately in the ten ure of Robert, Earl of Sussex. The Earl of Warwick soon alienated it to Richard Taverner ; the latter conveyed it, in 1550, to John Lamb, who died seized of it 1567. It was afterwards the property of the Jose- lyns, and was alienated by Henry Josselyn, in 1584, to Sir Henry Ayte. Robert Moore, Esq., died seized of it in 1579, leaving three daughters co-heirs. It afterwards becarae the property of Sir Arthur Ayte, and passed through the same hands as the Manor of Shutup Hill till 1772, when it was alienated to Richard Middleton, Esq., of Clink Castle, to the present proprietor, (1811). " There are now no remains of the Priory ; but the site is plainly to be seen in the Abbey Field, nearly adjoining to a drinking-house called "KUbourn Wells," from a mineral spring of gentle aperient quality. The Abbey Farm consists of about forty-six acres. * In these several extracts from different authors, relating to the names of places, &c., I have followed the spelling of the words Kilburn, Kilbourn, Kil bourne, Kylborne, etc., precisely as given in the works from which I have quoted. 64* KILBOURNE PRIORY. " Sir Arthur Athey (or Ayte,) who resided at KUbourn Priory, was Principal of Alban Hall and Public Orator of the University of Oxford. He was also Secretary to the unfortunate Earl of Essex, in whose ruin he was very near being involved, and was obliged for a while to conceal himself. Sir Arthur was Knighted on the accession of James I, and dying in 1604, was buried at Harrow." Inventory of Lands Sfc, belonging to KUbourne Priory. — A D. 1527. [feOM sir WILLIAM DHGDALE's " MONASTICON ANGLICANUM."] " All that scite, circuyte and procyncte of the late Priory, Monastery or House of Kylborne, in the Countie of Middlesex, commonly called the Priory of Kylborn, with the Churches, Houses, and other Buyldyngs thereupon standyng or lying ; and also the deraayn lands of the sayd late Priory, conteyning by estyraacion six acres ; the Chappell Feylde and the Lytell Hill Felde adjoyningto the same in Kylborne aforesayde, con teyning by estyraacion iv acres ; one fyld or pasture there called Hun- gerallys, conteyning by estyraacion x acres ; and a fyld or pasture called the West Ende, conteyning by estyraacion xii acres ; and all the other deraayne lande of the said late Priory lyeng and beying in Kylborne aforesayd, Hampsted, Padyngton and Westoun, in the said Countie of Middlesex; and also one massuage or teneraent set and leying there be fore the dore of the churche of the sayde late Priory, with the lands thereunto belongyng ; one Woode in Kylborne aforesaid called Kylborne Woode, conteyning by estyraacion xxix acres ; the Woode behynde the orcharde there called Hungerells, wyth the Hedg-rowes rounde about the sarae, conteynyng by estyraacion vi acres ; a Wood or Grove in Kylborn aforesayde called Flowrell Wood, with certeyne Hedge-rowse about the sarae, conteyning by estyraacion xxii acres and a half, and seven rods ; the Hedge-rows round about Gorefeld and Goremede, con teyning by estyraacion xi acres and a halflf acre and xx rods ; and the hedge-rowse about Wormole conteynynge by estimacion ix acres and a halfe set and lying in Kylborne and Padyngton aforesaid, with all and singuler theyre appurtenances ; to holde the same of the King's high ness, his heirs and successors in frank almes forever." "The Nuns of Kilburn. — Within the Parish of Hampstead was formerly a Priory of Benedictine Nuns, subject to the Church of West minster, who frora their local position at a well known hamlet, were called the Nuns of KUbum. After its first foundation (Henry I, 29,) the dignity and extent of the Priory of course kept pace with the frequent accumulations of its revenue, by the donations of those who thought their neglect of religious ordinances while living easUy atoned for by enriching religious institutions upon their dying pUlowa. In a short time NAMES OF PLACES. *65 the hurable Cell assuraed and received the more dignified appendages of Church and a Chapel-House, and the extension of domestic buildings was doubtless an effect of the increasing number of Nuns. After the disso lution of the Monasteries, the site became the successive property of several persons of considerable eminence ; and the House itself was for sorae time the residence of Sir Aiihur Ayte, a character of note in diplo matic and scholastic annals." — [London Ge^nilemen's Magazine — 1811, p. 508. Inventory of Buildings and Apartments belonging to Kilbo^urne Priory. " 1. Hall. 2. The chamber next the Church. 3. The Middle Chamber. 4. The Prioresses Chamber. 5. The Buttery, Pantry and Cellar. 6. The Inner Chamber. ^ 7. The Chamber between the Prioresses Chamber and the Hall. 8. Kitchen. 9. The Larder House. 10. The Brew-house and Bakery. 11. The Chambers for the Chaplain and the Hinds or Husbandmen. 12. The Confessor's Chamber. 13. The Charch."— Dugdale. "KILBURN, or KILBOURNE, (Derbyshire,) England, 133 mUes from London, and seven railes from Derby, contains 109 houses ; popu lation in 1841, 826. It is a township in the parish of Horsley. The Baptists and Wesleyans have church and Sunday schools here ; and the village also contains a Girls' School under the management of Miss Hunter. Adjacent to the village is "KUbourne Hall," the residence of Charles V. Hunter, Esq. The mansion is of the Elizabethian style of architecture, and pleasantly situated in an extensive park. In the gar den are a quantity of ancient yew trees curiously cut to represent buds. Kilboume Colliery is situated near the viUage. John Ray, Esq., of Hean- der, is the proprietor. The coal dug here is of a very superior quality, and not to be surpassed in the country, either for house fires or for man ufacturing purposes. Upwards of one hundred and fifty men are em ployed here. Hosiery is also manufactured extensively. The Gentry of Kilbourne are James Holden, Esq., Charles Vickers Hunter, Esq., Henry Frothingham Hunter, Esq. The Manor of Kilboume belonged for many years to the family of Draycut, but is now the property and residence of the Hunters. "KILBURNIE, (Ayrshire,) Scotland.— " This is an extensive and in general well cultivated and fertUe tract. One-third of the surface, however, consists of moors and hills upon which game is found in great abundance ; and on one side of the parish is a fine lake about two miles in length and one in breadth, abounding in pike and tench. The Castle 9* 66* NAMES OF PLACES. of Kilburnie, which once belonged to the Monastery of KUwinning and was long the seat of the Crawfords, is now a heap of ruins, having been burned down about the year 1753."* KILBURN, Scotland. In the maps published with the Guide Book's of Chapman as well as those of Bradshaw, a place bearing this name is put down in the Highlands of Scotland, north west of Aberdeen. " KILBURN-GELL, in Allerdale-ward, County of Cumberiand, Eng land, in the parish of Arlecdon. It is six and a half miles N. E. by E. from White Haven." — [Carlisle's Topographical Dictionary of England. " KILLBURNE, County of Waterford, Monster, Ireland ; five raUes S. W. of Waterford ; population, 725. A parish in the Barony of Mid- third; living, a Rectory entire, in the diocese of Waterford and arch diocese of Cashel, part of which is included in tlie corps of the dean ery, and the remainder constitutes part of the corps of the precentorship of Waterford." — Gorton's Topographical Dictionary. KELBURNE, on the river Clyde, in the County of Ayr, Scotland. Kelburne Castle has been the hereditary seat of the Boyles, Earls of Glasgow, for more than five hundred years. Lord Kelbume takes his title from this place. "KINBURN, (properly KILBORN,) a smaU fortress in the S. W. part of European Russia, in the Government of Taurida. It is situated on the Black Sea, on the south side of the estuary of Dnieper, and a lit tle below the junction of the Bog with that river. It formerly belonged to Turkey, and was taken and demolished by the Russians in 1736, but was soon after re-buUt It was raade over to the Russians along with * Bobert Burns, the famous Scotch poet, in " Answer to a mandate from a Surveyor of Taxes," makes out a poetical inventory of his effects, which com mences as foUows : " Imprimis, then, for carriage-cattle, I hae four brutes of gaUant mettle. As ever drew before a pettle. My hand-a-fore a guid auld has been. And wight and wilful a' his daye seen; My hand-a-hin, a guid brown filly, Wha aft has borne me safe frae KiUie ; And your auld borough many a time In days when riding was nae crime ; My fur-a-hin, a guid grey beast. As e'er in tug or tow was traced ; The fourlh a Highland Donold hasty. A demn'd red-wud Kilburnie blastie." The same poet is the author of a curious song, entitled " The Carl of Kelly- burn Braes" — the first verse of which runs thus : " There lived a Carl on Kellybum Braes, (Hey, and the rue grows bonnie wi' thyme,) And he had a wife was the plague of his days. And the thyme it is wither'd and the rue is in prime." NAMESOFl'LACKS. *6'7 the Crimea in 1776, and has since been frequently attacked by the Turks, both by sea and land, without success. The harbor of Kinbum is toler ably secure. The town is sraall, and stands on a Peninsula of the same name, opposite Oczukou."— [Edinburgh Gazetteer, or Geog, Die, 1822. The new London Gazetteer, and Morse's Universal Gazetteer, concur with the above authority in giving " KUborn" as the proper speUing of the name of the Russian fortress. On several maps of the seat of war lately published, it is spelled " Kilburn ;" while Mr. WUde, " Geogra pher to the Queen," in his map published in London in 1855, has it " Kil bourn." The celebrated John Paul Jones distinguished himself in 1788, by a naval attack on Kinbum. The fortress was surrendered to the English, after a vigorous siege, in the autumn of 1855. "KILBURN MOUNTAIN, County of Wexford, Ireland. In Har- rop's History of the Irish Rebellion, I find the following, in the proceed ings against the Rebels in Dublin, Sept 1798 — " Williara Fleraing, of Taghmon, County of Wexford, being duly sworn by the Holy Evangel ists, says. That he, this informant, was a yeoman in the Taghmon cavalry and was taken prisoner by the rebels at KILBURN, near Taghmon afore said, on Thursday the 31st day of May last." * * " Informant further saith. That he was again taken prisoner by a body of the said rebels at KILBURN MOUNTAIN, aforesaid." KILBOURNTOWN.— That part of the city of MUwaukee, which lies on the west side of the Milwaukee River. It took its name from the Hon. Byron Kilbourn, the original proprietor of the soil. " KUbourn HUl," "KUbourn MUls," "KUbourn Road," &c., are provincialisms derived frora the same source, and are in frequent use in Milwaukee. In January, 1849, an act was passed by the Legislature, (approved by Gov. Dewey, Feb. 1,) incorporating and defining the "Kilbourn Road Districts,'' by which it appears that the Road runs from Milwaukee through the towns of Greenfield, Lake, Franklin and Oak Creek.* * [items from MILWAUKEE PAPERS.] " Milwaukee has heretofore been but imperfectly appreciated by those who, transiently voyaging on the Great Lakes, have not found time to look over the city, and to note the rich and well improved country around it. If tliey would spend a day or two in exploring; KILBOURNTOWN, they would find init alone a miniature city, with facilities and prospects of expansion not sur passed by any western manufacturing town. With an .ibundant water power, now in use in almost every branch of manufacture that American industry and ingenuity can suggest, it combines the advantages of being the mart for a rich and fertile country, where the New York and Boston importer finds men to buy his merchandise, and where he can purchase in return almost any articles by wholesale that an eastern manufacturing town or agricultural depot can furnish." — Milwaukee Sentinel — June 9, 1847. " Who Wouldn't Ride ? — Those new Omnibuses of Frink & Co., commenced their regular trips between Walker's Point and KILBOURNTOWN, yester- 68* ORIGIN AND MEANING OF KILBOURN. KILBORN'S MILLS, in Stanstead, Canada East, about four mUes east of Lake Meraphreraagog, and near Derby Line, Vermont The place took its name frora Colonel Charles KUborn, a native of Litchfield, Conn., who settled there in 1804, and erected several mills at this point on a stream caUed KUborn's River, which falls into the Lake. It is still put down on many American and English maps. Colonel Alexander Kilborn, a son of the original proprietor, has here a mansion of singular architectural style, which has elicited much observation. KILBOURNE, a vUlage and post-office in Delaware County, Ohio- situated 29 mUes north of the city of Columbus, the Capital of the State, and 413 miles from Washington. KILBOURN Street, in the city of Hartford, Connecticut— mnning frora Front street to the Connecticut River. The Freight Depot of the New Haven and Springfield Railroad is located at the foot of Kilbourn street. The street was formeriy called the " Old Road to the Ferry," and much of the ground on each side was owned by the late Capt Sam uel Kilbourn. Some years since it was raised and planted with trees, and otherwise much improved, and built upon by the Hon. Henry Kil bourn, and the city government accordingly gave it its present name. The " Kilbourn Elm," standing near the dweUing of the gentleman last naraed, at the head of Kilbourn street, is by far the largest and probably the oldest elra tree in the city. ORIGIN AND MEANING OF THE WORD, KILBOURN. Newcomb, in his " Parochial History of London," (Vol. I, p. 681 — A. D. 1708,) says, in reference to Kilboume, near London — " This vUlage or day. The carriages are beautiful, and weU got up, and who will now travel on foot, when they can ride in such fine style — and all for five cents each way." — Milwaukee Bern., June, 1851." " The Rev. Mr. Klein, a Dutch Reformed clergyman from Holland, arrived in this city, Saturday evening, and will hereafter preach in the " mother tongue," to his countrymen of that persuasion. They worship in the edifice on KIL BOURNTOWN liILl,."—Bemocrat, 1862. " John Smith Dead. — An Irishman named John Smith was killed last Sat urday, by falling from the upper story floor, to the one below, in the KIL BOURN MILLS."— i^'rce Bern., Dec. 20, 1861. " Information Wanted — Of a boy named Wolfgang Friday, aged 22 years, who was living about a year ago with a farmer near West Troy. His mother, who is now in search of him, lives about five miles from Milwaukee, on the KILBOURN ROAD, &e. Rosanna Elmer." [Sentinel — June, 1848. ORIGIN AND MEANING OP KILBOURN. *69 hamlet seemeth to take its name, saith Worden, from Keele and Bourn, which signify Cold Water." Mr. GiU, also, in his " VaUis Eboracensis," (p. 240,)— as I have quoted in another part of this volume— informs us that KUbum, in Yorkshire, " derives its name from chill or cele. Cold, and bourne, a brook or torrent, or a town situated upon brooks." WiUiara Kilbum, Esq., of London, writes thus—" My neighbor. Sir Francis Palgrave, who is a very learned Antiquary, derives the narae of KUbum from the German words Kuhle Bum, signifying Cool Stream ; the word Kiihle being pronounced as " Kid," or " Keel." Prof. J. W. Gibbs, LL.D., of Yale CoUege, in response to a letter of inquiry on this subject, a few years since, thus wrote : — "New Haven, March 11, 1848. " P. K. Kilbourn, Esq.— My Dear Sir— I have directed sorae little attention to tlie origin and meaning of your family name, and would sug gest the following derivation : Kilbourn, " cold stream," is a word of Anglo-Saxon origin — being compounded of Kil, a corruption of Anglo-Saxon cald or caeld, ' cold ;' and Old Eng. bourn or Anglo-Sax. burne, ' a stream or ' brook ;' — being applied first to a stream, say in the neighborhood of London, then to a village situated on the stream, and then to a famUy derived frora the vil lage. In support of this explanation of the name, I would suggest, 1. That many family naraes are borrowed frora names of places, there being hardly a viUage in England which has not given rise to a family name. 2. That KUbourne is the name of a village or hamlet near London, and KUbum tlie name of two towns — one in Derbyshire, the other in Yorkshire. 3. That there is a stream called Coldboume, which flows through Kil bourne, near London. See the enclosed extract from Gorton's Topo graphical Dictionary. 4. The Anglo-Saxon word, burne, denotes, according to Bosworth, ' a bourne, stream, brook, river.' It is not to be confounded with the Eng lish word bourn, ' a boundary,' which is derived from the French borne ; nor with bom, in the names Seaborn, Winterbom, Newborn, which is probably the participle bom. 5. The syllable Kil, has, I apprehend, no connection with Kil, given in Webster's Dictionary, which is of Dutch origin. I know of no better explanation than that which is implied in the enclosed extract from Gorton. As it respects the famUy of Kilbourn, I have examined Burke's His tory of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, 4 vols., London, 1836 — 8, but do not find the name in any of its copious indexes. Should I learn anything new on the subject, I will endeavor to communicate. Yours, with respect, JOSIAH W. GIBBS." To* YORKSHIRE WILLS. [Extract from Gorton's Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Jrelarul, 3 vols. 8 vo., Lond., 1833.] " Kilbourne, County Middlesex. — London, 6 m. N. W. by W. — " A hamlet in the Parish of Hampstead and Holborn division, of the hundred of Ossulston, was at one time celebrated for its mineral spring. Coldbourne stream, which rises near Westend, Hampstead, and from which this place takes its name, passes through Kilbourne to Bays- water; and after supplying the Serpentine Reservoir in Hyde Park, flows into the Thames at Rancluffh." YORKSHIRE WILLS. I have just received frora Mr. Paver, of York, England, (under date of Feb. 20, 1856,) the following synopsis of two of the earliest Wills re lating to our narae, on record in the WUl Office in that city. The notes are by Mr. Paver : A. D. 1444.— WUl of THOMAS KILBURN, of Catton,* Yorkshire. He desires to be buried before the altar of St. Nicholas, in Catton Church ;t mentions WUliam Day, Chaplain of the Parish of Catton ; bequeaths property to William Levenyng, to Thomas Petche nepoti meo,X to William Porter of Barnby, to his godsons, to Williara Fedre, to Peter Jameson, his servant,f to Eraraote Thomesson, his servant! to John de Lane, to John Gybson, to Richard Megson, to the wife of WiUiam War dell, to Margaret Wardell, to John Nickson, of Catton. Dated 1st July, 1444 ; proved 28 January following. A. D. 1477.— WiU of AGNES KILBORN, of York, single woman. She desires to be buried at All Saints Pavement, York ; gives property to Thoraas Orton, to Katerine Fribus, to Margaret, daughter of Kate- rine Fribus, to Agnes Bronnfiet, to Agnes Tong, to Agnes Mannell, to Dno. Xr. Doblay,f to Lady Maude Barton, || to Alice, wife of WUliam Bronnflet, to Mr. Thoraas Bronnflet, to Isabel Johnson, to Agnes Fribus, to Maude Mathew, to Williara Hewyck, to Thomas Samson. Dated 10 Sept 1477; proved 25 Sept 1477. On page *49 of this volurae will be noticed the marriage of Andrew Kilborne to Mary HoweU alias Smith at Wiverstone, Co. Suffolk, in 1630. In Burke's Annotations of the Roll of Battle Abbey, (p. 66,) occurs tlie following paragraph: "HouELL or Hovell. — The descendants of the Norman HoueU were seated in the Counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, at Hiliington in the for mer and at Ashfield in the latter, bearing for arms, " Sa, a cross, or." * Catton is a parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, seven and a half mUes from York. Population, 177. f These facts show him to have been a man of some consequence. X Nepoti, almost invariably would here signify nephew ; but it is after all an uncertain term in old documents. I have known cases where grandson was implied by it. § No doubt a priest. j Possibly head of some Convent, or a Knight's lady. BAPTISMS, DEATHS, b. April 20, 1785, Soloman and Whitman. (4.) Dorcas, b. January 30, 1765. * Barbei-'s Hist. CoU. of Mass., p. 62. f Rev. Dr. Field's Hist, of Berkshire Co. :j; Mass. State Records. Letter from Dr. J. Curtis, Boston. § The Hoskins family left Litchfield many years since, and their friends in that town have no defiinte knowledge of their location. In 1849, my friend C. 0. Belden, Esq., (then of Milwaukee, but now of Litclifield,) had occasion to visit Fort Winnebago, in Wisconsin, where he found in charge of the gov ernment barracks, a venerable Sergeant of the tJ. S. Army, named T'ruman Kilborn Hoskins, who said he was a native of Litchfield, Conn. Generation v.] kilbourn. 117 99. EUNICE, b. in Litchfield, November 7, 1735 ; m. Capt. John Stoddard, of her native town in 1755. He died March 20, 1818, aged 82; she died October 2, 1814, aged 79. Their children were— (1.) Hannah, m. Dea. Isaac Os born, of Litchfield. (2.) Jerusha, died (unmarried,) March 29, 1840, aged 82. (3.) Daniel, m. Lorana Stone, in 1783. His second wife was Lucretia Bishop. His children were — Lucretia, Lorana, and Daniel B. (4.) Jesse, m. Anna, daugh ter of Dr. Samuel Catlin, of Litchfield, and had five chil dren — Eunice, Samuel, Harmon, Rachel and Nabby. (5.) Rhoda, m. David Westover, in 1795, and had five children — John, Clarinda, David S., Linus and Mary. (6.) Rachel, m. Jonathan Bishop, and died in 1793, aged 25. (7.) Levi, m. Patty Barrett, in 1794, and had Marilla, William, Catha rine and John. He now resides in Illinois. (8.) John. 100. ISAAC, b. in Litchfield, January 16, 1737; was m. to Mehitable Doolittle, May 8, 1757, by the Rev. Solomon Palmer, Missionary. He was a Surveyor of Highways. He had a large family, several of his children having died in in fancy and childhood. He died in Litchfield in 1807. 101. ABRAHAM, b. in 1740 ; died Sept. 3, 1767. 102. DAVID, b. in Litchfield, April 28, 1742; was m. to Louisa Borden, April 2, 1763, by the Rev. Judah Champion. She died Nov. 2, 1768, leaving one son, Theral ; and he was m. to Diadema, daughter of Elisha Kilborn, June 15, 1769, by the Rev. Solomon Palmer. The children of David and Diadema Kilborn were — Orange, Jaraes, Levi, Reuben, Sarauel, David, Betsey, Elisha and Erastus. Mr. Kilborn was elected a Lister and Inspector eight years between 1767 and 1787; was " Receiver of the Town Rate" in 1768 and 1772; Grand Juror in 1781, 1782, and 1790; and Select man in 1792, 1793, and 1794. In his religious creed he was an ardent Episcopalian ; was Senior Warden of St. Michael's Parish, Litchfield ; Moderator of the Parish for ten years ; " Surveyor of the Glebe" in 1785 ; and Delegate to the 118 KILBOURN. [Generation V. Episcopal Convention for the State of Connecticut in 1793 and 1794. He died in Litchfield, Sept. 17, 1816; Diadema, his widow, died July 3, 1817, aged 69. 103. JESSE, b. in Litchfield, Jan. 2, 1744; was m. to Sarah Mattocks, Feb. 24, 1765, by the Rev. Judah Cham pion. The children of Jesse and Sarah Kilborn were — Lu cretia, Jacob, Heman, Elizabeth, Jesse, Truman, Sarah, Molly and Diantha. Mrs. Sarah Kilborn died January 19, 1805; the second wife of Mr. K. was Clara Twitchell ; his third wife was Eunice Wright. He was often a Grand Ju ror, Lister and Selectman ; was Warden of St. Michael's Parish from 1784 to 1799; and was Delegate to the Episco pal Annual Convention in 1808. He was a man of dignified manners and sound judgment, 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, April 2, 1813. 104. REBECCA, b. in Litchfield, Jan. 26, 1746; m. Uriah Catlin, Dec. 29, 1765. Their children were — ^Rebecca, Capt. Horace, Heman, Olive, Lucina and Piercy. Mrs. Re becca Catlin died Sept. 4, 1806, aged 61. 105. MARCY, b. in Litchfield in 1748 ; died Oct. 27, 1768, aged 20. GENERATION VI. 1. SAMTTEL. [AMUEL, b. in Monson, (then in Brimfield,) Mass., Sept. 13, 1731 ; m. Abigail Colton, of Long Meadow, Mass., Aug. 11, 1757; lived in Monson until 1772, when he removed to Wilbraham, where he died Oct. 11, 1809 ; Abigail Kilborn, his widow, died Jan. 9, 1822. Their children were — Calvin, Luther, Olive, Belinda, Abigail, Jon athan. 2. JONATHAN, m. Martha Day, July 30, 1761, and had two daughters and a son, viz., Abigail, who lived to old age and died, unraarried, in 1853 ; another daughter, who ra. Paul Chapin, of Springfield ; and Jonathan, who died ^in childhood. Jonathan Kilborn, the father, was found drowned in a brook near his residence. It was supposed he had fallen there in a fit. 3. MERIAM, m. Ebenezer Morgan, of Springfield. 4. SARAH, m. Joel Bliss, of Wilbraham, Mass. 2. C-iPT. JOHN, OF WALPOLE, N. H. 5. Capt. JOHN, b. in Middletown, Conn., April 1, 1736 ; removed to Walpole with his father in 1749 ; ra. Miss Con tent Carpenter, daughter of Rev. Ezra Carpenter, of Swan sea, N. H., March 10, 1762. His name is signed to the " church covenant," Jan. 7, 1767; and he was church Treas urer in 1777. He was a Constable, Grand Juror and Justice 120 kilbourn. [Generation VI. of the Peace ; was appointed a Committee " to order the Districts for the Schools in town," in 1777; a committee " to build a bridge," in 1779 ; a committee to repair Cold River bridge in 1789. Captain Kilburn continued to reside in Wal pole until the winter of 1793, when he removed to Shrews bury, Vt., at which place he died, July 20, 1819, aged 83 years. Mrs. Content Kilburn, his wife, died Oct. 22, 1813, aged 73 years, 1 month and 16 days. Their children were — Theodocia, John, Ezra C, Elijah, Elizabeth and Esther. 5. JOSIAH, SEN.* 6. Capt. EBENEZER, b. at Hebron, Conn., and removed to Gilsum, N. H., with his father, at the age of 18 ; m. Je mima Ford, of his native town. " He was a Captain in the revolutionary army., and subsequently a Deacon of the Con gregational Church. His house was a home for the citizens of the town and the people of God. He died at his resi dence in Gilsum, Aug. 2, 1810, leaving ten children."! His second wife was Sarah Bill, also of Hebron, who was the mother of all his children, except the eldest. His children were — Jemima, Ebenezer, Lydia, Jehiel, David, Abigail, Sa rah, Iddo, Mary and Clarissa. Jemima, (the eldest of these,) was the first white child born in the town of Gilsum. 7. JOEL, ra. Sarah Bliss, of Gilsum, where he lived for several years, but subsequently removed to Jericho, Vt., and died there. His children were Josiah, Joel, Lucy, Wealthy, Ira, Sarah and Lucinda. One of these sons, Mr. Ira Kilburn, writes — " I have heard ray mother tell about living in Roy- * The following, copied from the " American Ardiives," is a sufficient guar antee of the patriotism of this family : " We, the subscribers, do solemnly engage and promise that we will, to the utraost of our power, at the risk of our lives and fortunes, with arms, oppose the hostUe proceedings of the British fleets and armies against the united American colonies." Josiah Kilborn, Josiah KiLBonN, Jr., Ebknezke Kilboej;, " Gilsum, N. H., May 30, 1176. Joel Kilborn." ¦j- MS. letter from Rev. David KUburn. Generation VL] kilbourn. 121 alton, in the Revolution, when the Indians burned the town," &c. 8. Rev. JOSIAH, A. M., born at Hebron, Oct. 13, 1752— removed to Gilsum with his father at the age of two years, at which time there was not another family in the town. He graduated at Dartmouth College in 1778, and was ordained and installed pastor of the Congregational Church in Chester field, Mass., in 17S0 ; m. Temperance Dewey, of Gilsum, and died a few months after his ordination, aged 29 years. 21. LIEUT. JOHN. 9. JOHN, Esq., b. in Clermont, N. H., Feb. 2, 1772, where he resided with his mother until 1794, when he removed to Wethersfield, Vt. and was there married to Nancy Melinda Hubbard, daughter of Col. Joseph Hubbard, on the 29th of November, 1795. While a resident of the latter place, he was engaged in the mercantile business. In 1799, he set tled in Bristol, Addison county, Vt. ; in 1801, he was com missioned as Captain of Light Infantry, and the same year received and accepted the appointment of Justice of the Peace, which latter ofiice he held for a period of eleven years. In 1820, he removed with most of his family to Clinton, Niagara District, Canada West, where he continued to reside until his death, March 14, 1843, aged 71 years, leaving a widow and ten children. The names of his sons are John Henry, Rowley, Harmon, Adolphus and Cyrus. 22. BENJAMIN. 10. LUCRETIA, b. in Bolton, Conn., Nov. 11, 1756; died in Wyoming, Penn., in 1776. 11. ELIZABETH, b. in Bolton; m. Ozias Bissell, of Manchester, Conn. 12. LUCY, b. in Bolton ; m. Daniel Lawrence, who vvas killed at the " Wyoming Massacre," Penn., in 1778 ; she sub sequently became the wife of Ebenezer Strong, of Bolton, Conn. 16 122 KILBOURN. [Generation VI. 13. Sergt. BENJAMIN, b. in the Province of Nova Sco tia, in 1761, and removed with his father to Wyoming, Pa., in 1774. He was Sergeant of a Company of Light Infantry at the capture of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, Va., in 1781. After the war, he married Miss Denning, of Pennsylvania, and settled in Blount Co., Tennessee, and had nine children, viz., William, Elizabeth, Hannah, Benjarain, Mary, James, Nancy, Jane and Sarah. Sergt. Kilbourn died in 1828 ; his widow lived to a very advanced age, and died in Madison- ville, Monroe Co., Tennessee, April 21st, 1854. 14. JOHN, b. in Nova Scotia, in 1763 ; removed thence to Wyoming, and thence to Connecticut with liis father. In 1781, at the age of 18 years, he enlisted as a volunteer for the defence of Fort Trumbull, near ^e\v London. While the British were on their way to destroy New London, they were much annoyed by the firing from this Fort, and a de tachment of the enemy was sent to capture it. The fortifi cation had been finished only on the water side, the land side being in a very defenceless condition. From the time the firing commenced, the subject of this paragraph had been sta tioned at a twelve pounder, with which he did good service. An incessant discharge was kept up by the little garrison, un til the enemy was just upon them, when the order was given by the Araerican Captain to spike the guns and cross to Fort Griswold, on the opposite side of the Thames. Kilbourn and three or four others, having stayed in the fort a few mo ments longer than their companions, in order, as they said to give the enemy "one more shot," did not reach the water's edge until the boat had shoved off. They seized another boat (which had the day before been taken from the refu gees,) and had just pushed from the shore, when the red-coats made their appearance on the blufi" directly above them, com menced firing, and demanded a surrender. They surren dered, and were taken on board a frigate which lay in sight. After New London had been destroyed and Fort Griswold had been captured, the prisoners above alluded to, with ac- Generation VI.] kilbourn. 123 cessions from the last named fort, were taken to New York, where they were confined in the memorable " Sugar House." On the arrival of the tidings of CornwaUis' capture, the American prisoners were exchanged, and John Kilbourn re turned to Connecticut. Eight or ten years after his libera tion, he emigrated to Virginia, and raarried Mary Erwin, of Rockingham county, in that State, and became extensively engaged in purchasing cattle for the Baltimore market. He subsequently removed to Kentucky, but after a few years residence there, the uncertainty of land titles caused him to leave that State in 1805, and settle in Ohio. He died near Chillicothe, March 5, 1829, leaving four sons, viz., John, Samuel, Benjamin and Gustavus. He also had nine daugh ters, viz., Elizabeth, Mary, Lucretia, Jane, (all of whom were dead in 1846,) Amelia, Ann, Hannah, Harriet and Lucinda. REPORT OF COMMITTEE OF CONNECTICUT GENERAL ASSEMBLY. " We, your Honor's Committee, appointed to take into consideration the memorial of Adam Shapley and William Latham, in behalf of them selves and the rest of the surviving officers and soldiers belonging to the Garrisons of Port Griswold and Fort Trumbull, having enquired into the matter therein represented, beg leave to report : " That we find that Capt Adam Shapley was dangerously wounded but not captivated ; that Capt. WiUiam Latham, Lieut Jabez Stow, Jonathan Minor, Jeremiah Harding, John Kilbourn, Josiah Smith, Isaac Rowley, Reuben BushneU and Levi Dart, were wounded and earned prisoners to New York, and were plundered of their clothes, blankets, &c. ; that Lieut. Stow was robbed of about £7 in hard money — that he afterwards bor rowed of some friends in New York about $40, with which he provided some smaU clothing for himself and the other prisoners and to procure a subsistence for them, and one dollar he gave to each private soldier to support them on their way home from New Jersey, where they were landed on their discharge ; and that during their captivity they endured great hardships. Whereupon we beg leave to submit it to your Honors as our opinion that Lieut Stow ought to be paid the said sum of $40, and also £6, for the money that was plundered from him, and that the Committee of Pay Table ought to be empowered to settle and adjust their amounts for the loss of clothing, side-arms, &c., as they have done in simUar cases. And as an acknowledgment of their bravery and suf- 124 KILBOURN. [Generation VI. ferings, a gratuity of an Honorary Medal of Silver Plate ought to be pre sented to the said Capt. Shapley, Capt Latham, and Lieut Stow, by this State, each of the bigness of life, of two inches and a half square, or equal in any other figure, with suitable emblems engraved thereon ; and that a like Medal of half that bigness, with the emblem of a Fort en graved thereon, be presented to each of the private soldiers aforesaid — the whole expense of said Medals to be paid out of the avails of confis cated estates, as soon as the Treasury shaU be supplied with money aris ing out of said estates, and that the same be procured by the Govemor and his Council of Safety. " All which is respectfully submitted by your Honor's humble servants, John Caneield, J Joseph P. Cooke, ^ Committee. Hezekiah HuBBARn. J Hartford, Jan., 1782." 15. GUSTAVUS, b. in E. Hartford, April 1, 1766; m. Betsey Skinner, of Bolton, in 1788. After residing a few years there and at New Hartford, Conn., he removed to New Hart ford, N. Y., where he held the office of Deacon of the Con gregational Church, and died much lamented in 1841. He was Collector of State Taxes in New Hartford, Conn., in 1799. His widow d. in Utica, N. Y., in 1853, aged 90. •J FROM THE NEW YORK EVANGELIST. " Died in New Hartford, Oneida Co., on the 18th ult, Deac. Gustavus KiLBUKN, aged 76. A few reminiscences of one who, by the Apostle's rule " is worthy of double honor," it is thought may not be uninteresting nor unprofitable. Mr. K. was born in East Hartford, Conn., A. D., 17G6. His parents were both professedly pious. But little is known of the his tory of his chUdhood ; yet from his very intimate acquaintance with tlie Scriptures in his youth, it is presumed that, like Timothy, he received early parental instruction in them. About the time of entering upon the active duties of life, he is supposed to have experienced the renewing and sanctifying grace of God ; and he publicly dedicated himself to the Lord, by uniting, at the age of 23, with the Church in Bolton, Conn., where he then resided. Consequently he sustained a membership in tlie visible church for more than half a century. About 40 years ago he re moved from Connecticut to New Hartford, N. Y., then very recently set tled, and comparatively a wUderness ; transferring his ecclesiastical rela tionship to the Presbyterian Church in that place at the commencement Generation VI.] kilbourn. 125 of the year 1803. Five years subsequent to that date, he was elected a Ruling Elder, which office he held for nearly thirty-four years, till released by the mandate which summoned him to the retributions of Eternity. None who sustained office when he was elected — and few who were members then — now survive. Disease had long preyed upon him : and although possessed of a vig orous physical constitution, he knew it might ultimately conquer him. But it suddenly changed its aspect — and death came in a shape little ex pected. He had been watching and expecting its approach in one form, but it came in another. The admonition, therefore, " Behold the Bride groom cometh ; go ye out to meet him," was not probably so quickly and distinctly heard as it otherwise would have been. Yet having anchored his hope on Jesus, this little veering of the wind was not sufficient to drift him irom his moorings. His sole reliance, he distinctly stated, as he approached " the river," was the word of Jesus Christ Mr. K. was warmly attached to tlie doctrines of Grace. Favored in the early part of his Christian life with the ministrations of that ardent and and discriminating preacher of the Gospel, Dr. Griffin, in New Hartford, Conn., it is not surprising that he became a thorough indoctrinated hearer. His natural disposition was unobtrusive — and his piety of course partook of this feature of his chciracter. Still he was not backward to promote and defend the cause of Christ at all proper times and places. The doc trine of Divine Sovereignty in the election of the subjects of grace, was, in his view, indubitable; yet he by no means disparaged the use of all appointed means, but placed firm reliance upon them as God's Instru mentalities for the reclaiming of the sinner. As a Christian, he was humble, steady, conscientious, and greatly dis trustful of himself. Indeed, cautiousness seems to have peculiarly cliar- acterised him, and to have manifested itself both in his private and offi cial character. As a ruler in the house of God, he deeply felt the re sponsibility of his station ; and while he exercised charity for all who gave evidence of piety, he carried with him to the ecclesiastical judicatory that caution just noticed. He possessed a good understanding of ecclesias tical affairs, and was truly attached to the doctrines and discipline of the Presbyterian church. In the various relations of life, as husband, father, friend or neighbor, he sustained an unblemished character, being warm, true and firm, in all his attachments. " But the fathers, where are they ?" Gone. May they who remain " give up their lives," " trim their lamps," and when the bride groom comes, " go out" with joy " to meet him." 16. CLEOPATRA, (twin with Gustavus,) m. John Skin ner, of Bolton. She died at the age of 83 years. 126 KILBOURN. [Generation VI. 17. HANNAH, b. in Bolton, May 17, 1768; m. Phineas Foster, of Windsor, Sept. 22, 1796. Mr. Foster d. April 7, 1812. Mrs. Foster, the widow, m. Elihu Mills, Esq., of Windsor, in Dec. 1823. He died in 1835. She died in 1851, aged 83 years. The children of Phineas and Hannah Foster were — (1.) Electa, b. in Barkhamsted, Conn., in 1797 ; m. Ebenezer E. Strong, of Bolton, in 1827 ; removed to Bloomington, Illinois, where she d. in 1840, leaving three children — Phineas R., Lewis F., and Mary E. (2.) Rev. Lemuel, b. in Barkhamsted, Nov. 24, 1799 ; graduated at Yale College in 1828 ; m. Lydia Cowdery, of Hartland, in 1831. In 1833, he was employed by the American Home Missionary Society to labor as a Congregational clergyman in Illinois, where he still remains. (3.) Chester, b. in Bark hamsted, April 12, 1802 ; m. Elvira E. Cornish, of that town, in 1837, and reraoved to the State of Ohio. (4.) Lucy, ra. Ichabod Warner, of Bolton, in 1829 ; he d. in 1835. Their children are — Harriet E., Samuel F., and Lydia Ann. (5.) Rev. Lewis, b. in Barkhamsted, Feb. 5, 1807 ; graduated at Yale College in 1831 ; m. Elizabeth G. Harrison, of New Haven, in 1835. The following is the inscription on his grave-stone in Clinton, Conn. : " The Rev. Lewis Foster, Pastor of the First Church in Clinton, ordained Dec. 4, 1834 ; triumphed over Death, Oct. 27, 1839, aged 33 years. In re membrance of his ministry, short, but greatly blessed of God, the members of his church, hoping to meet hira in a joyful resurrection, have placed this stone to guard his dust." (6.) Hannah, m. Jonathan B. Gillett, of Bloomfield, in 1835 ; and d. in West Meriden, in 1852. Their children were — Mary E., Edward F., Gustavus K., and Hannah L. 18. JONATHAN, was drowned in the Susquehanna river at Wyoming, in 1774, aged four years. 19. MOSES, b. in 1772 ; ra. Sally Dwight, of Belcher town, Mass., and there settled. Died in Bolton in 1841. Descendants living in the Western States. Generation VL] kilbourn. 127 23. GEESHOjr. 20. MOSES, b. Feb. 7, 1758, in Orange, Essex Co., N. J. ; was a soldier in the Revolution, at the close of which he settled in Windsor, Conn., where he m. Margaret Phelps. They had three children — viz. (1.) Abner Lewis, who settled in Orange, N. J., where he m. Phebe Crane. (2.) Charlotte, m. James Thrall, and removed to Ohio in 1804. She d. about 1824, leaving five children. (3.) Moses Arnold, who m. Nancy Lewis, and now lives near Westfield, Mass. They have one son, Lyman, and perhaps other children. Moses Kilborn died in Windsor, in 1790 ; Margaret, the widow of Moses Kilborn, m. Alexander McKirgan ; two of her sons by the last marriage, now reside in South Orange, N. J. 21. SAMUEL, b. Oct. 29, 1761 ; d. Dec. 13, 1778. 22. ABNER, b. July 20, 1765 ; d. Aug. 27, 1779. 23. ELIZABETH, b. Nov. 20, 1769; d. April 28, 1770. 24. JABEZ DAVIS, Esq., b. in Orange, N. J., Oct. 31, 1773; m. Esther Baldwin, and had six children, viz., Eliza beth, Thomas D., Isaac B., Charles L., Mary and Mary 2d. He was a prominent and worthy citizen of Essex County, and held the offices of Moderator, Judge of Elections and Commis sioner of Appeals. He was Vice President of the County Con vention which met at the Court House in Newark, N. J., Tuesday, April 3d, 1844, by which the Hon. Theodore Fre linghuysen was first formally proposed for the ofiice of Vice President of the United States ; and in Septeraber of that year, he was President of a mass meeting of the citizens of Essex County, in Newark. The Hon. David B. Ogden and Col. Starkweather, of New York, and the Hon. J. Randolph, M. C, were among the speakers at the latter. Mr. Kilburn died Sept. 23, 1849. 25. DANIEL, b. Oct. 30, 1775 ; d. Nov. 10, 1776. 26. Capt. DANIEL, b. in Orange, N. J., May 30, 1778 ; m. Phebe Baldwin in Sept. 1796, and had nine children, viz., 128 KILBOURN. [Generation VI. Samuel D., Julian, Abby B., Eunice H., Gershom, Lydia L., Daniel J., Oliver H. P., and Mary 0. He served as Captain of Artillery in the war of 1812, and was stationed at Sandy Hook and in New York city. During the administration of John Quincy Adams, he was appointed "Census Marshall" for the northern district of New Jersey ; and has since been Town Clerk, Judge of Elections, and Deputy Sheriff". He died suddenly, of a disease of the heart, in the city of New York, Aug. 24, 1839. His widow died of consumption, March 29, 1848. 24. JONATHAN, ESQ. 27. MARY, b. in Colchester, Aug. 10, 1735 ; m. Elisha Bigelow, May 21, 1751. She died Jan. 11, 1765— leaving seven children, viz., Elisha, Molly, Benjamin, Mary, Noah, Joel and Lydia. Mr. Bigelow had two subsequent wives, Deborah Chapman, and Thankful Beebe, and had children by each. 28. JONATHAN, b. in Colchester, March 19, 1737 ; d. May 15, 1737. 29. LYDIA, b. in Colchester, April 28, 1738 ; d. July 1, 1738. 30. LYDIA, b. in Colchester, May 2, 1739 ; m. Ezra Waterman. She died in 1768, aged 30 years. 31. Capt. JONATHAN, b. in Colchester, April 12, 1742; m. Hannah Chapman, Oct. 2, 1766. He settled in East Haddam, and for many years, in copartnership with his brother David, carried on an extensive business at "Kilborn's Mills," on Salmon River, in that town. He was an officer in the Revolution, having been commissioned as a Lieuten ant (June 14, 1776,) of the 1st company, 4th battalion of " the troops raised to march immediately to New York and there join the continental army ;" and in Oct. 1778, he was commissioned as Captain of the 3d company, 25th reo-iment. Captain K. was a man of much enterprise and public spirit and was appointed to various civil offices. Hannah his wife Generation VL] kilbourn. 129 died May 25, 1792, in the 60th year of her age. He died a few years afterwards. 32. DAVID, Esq., b. in Colchester, Nov. 13, 1744 ; m. Lydia Abel, Nov. 5, 1767, and settled in East Haddam. He was much in public life, as Grand Juror, First Selectman, Auditor of Public Accounts, Moderator, and Chairman of Highway Committee ; and was a Justice of the Peace for twelve years, from 1787 to 1799. He was also a Deacon of the Church, and in October 1789, he was commissioned as Captain of the 3d company, 25th regiment of Connecticut militia. He was a partner in the works at " Kilborn's Mills" during a large part of his active life. He died at the resi dence of his son, Samuel A. KUborn, in Liberty, Sullivan Co., N. Y., August 6, 1812; Lydia, his widow, died in the same place, Sept. 6, 1816. 25. HEZEKIAH. 33. HEZEKIAH, b. in Colchester; ra. Mary Holmes, Dec. 27, 1853, and had four chUdren, viz., John, Joseph, Sa rah and Amasa. He was Surveyor of Highways, in Col chester, in 1755 and 1769. He became deranged, and died in January, 1807. FEOM THE CONNDCTICDT COtJBAHT, JAN. 21, 1807. " Died — ^In Colchester, Mr. Hezekiah KUborn, aged 77. The case of this man has hitherto been unprecedented in this country. Until he was fifty years of age, he supported those Christian virtues which add dignity to an intelligent and cultivated mind. He then, by degrees, became in sane. Three years elapsed, and it was found necessary for his family's safety, to confine him in chains. In this situation he remained twenty- five years, when he imbibed the idea that he should be poisoned to death. He accordingly refused to take food of any kind, (tobacco and water ex cepted,) and strange to teU, he fasted sixty-two days! He then, by the solicitation of his attendants, as with a ravenous appetite, received into his stomach one large spoonful of milk, and again refused subsistance. He survived for two days after taking the milk, when death closed the melancholy scene.'' 34. ASA, b. in Colchester ; ra. Sarah Holmes, and had children— Eliphaz, Aurona, Cyrenus, John and Wentworth. 17 130 KILBOURN, [Generation VI. He ra. a second wife in Connecticut, and removed to Rome, Oneida county, N. Y., and died there some fifty years since. 35. ELIJAH, b. in Colchester, in which place he lived and died. He was twice married — by his first wife he had three children, viz., Elijah, Asa and Ellis ; by his second wife, (Sally Welles,) he had ten children, viz., Sally, Lucy, Ira, Amasa, Clarissa, Lydia, Mary, Alford and Ralph. He died in Colchester, Sept. 30, 1804. David Kilbourn, Esq., was the Executor of his last Will and Testament. 36. ANNA, b. in Colchester; m. Uriah Clark, Oct. 24, 1751, and had Shubael, Uriah, Anna, Ashbel, and perhaps others. 37. ELIZABETH, b. in Colchester; m. Rev. Jacob auiterfield, Oct. 25, 1759. 38. DIMMIS, b. in Colchester ; m. Nehemiah Day, of Dalton, Mass., Aug. 21, 1766, and had six children, viz., Amasa, Hezekiah, Abraham, Nehemiah, Diadema and Elijah. 30. JOSEPH OF GLASTENBURY. 39. MARY, b. January 9, 1745 ; d. at the age five years. 40. ANN, b. February 16, 1749. 41. MARY, (2d,)b. March 6, 1752; m. Mr. Pratt, and had issue. After his decease, she m. Thomas Matson, aud removed to the State of New York. 42. MABEL, d. in infancy. 43. ABIGAIL, d. at the age of six years. 44. LUCY, b. March 4, 1758 ; m. Elizur Tryon, of Glas tenbury, and had nine children, viz., (1.) Lucy, b. 1777 ; m. Daniel Caswell, of Glastenbury, and had six children, viz., Caroline, Lucy Ann, Charlotte, Jared, Francis and Austin. (2.) Jemiraa, b. 1779 ; m. Capt. Jeremiah Goodrich, of South Glastenbury, and had five children, viz., Mary Ann, David, Augusta, Lucy Tryon and Elizur Tryon.* (3.) David, b. * Of the house of Tbacher, Goodrich & StiUman, dry goods merchants, Main st, Hartford. Generation VL] kilbourn. 181 1782 ; m. Densey Stevens, and had seven children, viz., Em eline, Elmira, Anson, Clarissa, Mary Jemima, Franklin A., and George Goodrich. (4.) Elizur, m. Lucinda Tryon, and had Lucia and Washington. (5.) Noah, ra. Elizabeth Good rich, and had five children, viz., Ralph Henry, Noah Good rich, Elizabeth, Anne J. and John Edwards. (0.) Nancy. (7.) Clara. (S.) Grove Anson, ra. Abigail Dudley, and had Lydia Melissa and Edwin Crayton. (9. ) Caroline, who d. at the age of eleven months. 45. ESTHER, b. May 8, 1760 ; ra. Williara Miller, of Glastenbury, and had eight children, viz., (1.) Harriet, b. 1787 ; m. Israel Goodrich, of Glastenbury, and had four children — Orson, Mary, Jared and John. (2.) Clara, b. 1789; m. Chauncey Hale, of New Britain, and had eight children — Harriet, Julia, William Chauncey, Elizabeth, Henry Kings bury, Frances, Sophia and Jane. (3.) Erastus, b. 1791 ; d. unmarried, 1851. (4.) Matthew, b. 1793 ; m. Laura Wright, and settled in East Guilford, Chenango Co., N. Y. He has eight children — Jane, William, Julia, Eliza, Charles, Frank lin, Laurette and Austin. (5.) Fanny, m. Rev. Octavius Fitch, of Newfield, N. Y. (6.) Emeline, m. Charles Parsons, of East Bainbridge, N. Y., and had — Mary, Julia, Erastus Miller, James and Franklin. (7.) William, Jr., b. 1803. (8.) Almira, m. Joshua Bailey, of Cohoes, N. Y. Mr. William Miller, Sen., died May 11, 1814; his widow has since de ceased. 46. ABRAHAM, b. in Glastenbury, November 13, 1762 ; m. Mary, daughter of Moses Smith, of East Hartford, June 7, 1789, who d. January 19, 1805. His second wife, was Eliz abeth, daughter of Daniel Warner, of East Haddam. Mr. Kilbourn was a soldier in Col. Woodbridge's regiment in the revolutionary army. He died in his native town, May 8, 1812. The children of Abraham and Mary Kilbourn were (1.) Laura, h. May 17, 1791; m. Jacob Nash Torrey, of Ashford, Conn., and had ten children, viz., David Kilbourn 132 kilbourn. [Generation VI. Torrey, who was killed by the banditti on his return from the city of Mexico to Texas ; 2. John Frink Torrey, was a resident of Texas in 1852, but is now in California; 3. Thomas Stebbins Torrey, Esq., Indian Commissioner for Texas, died some years since, while on his way to Texas ; 4. Laura Torrey died in Hartford, Conn. ; 5. James Nash Torrey, one of the " Meir prisoners" shot by order of Santa Ana, during the Texian war ; 6. Mary Elizabeth Torrey, died in Hartford ; 7. Jacob Tudor Torrey, was living in the city of Mexico in 1852 ; 8. George, died in infancy ; 9. George (2d); 10. Abraham Kilbourn Torrey, living in 1852. (2.) Betsey, b. June 8, 1793; m. Dr. Carpenter, and had issue ; she d. in East Hartford. (3. ) Electa, b. Jan. 30, 1795 ; d. in Tolland. (4.) Emily, b. June 15, 1797 ; ra. Mr. Cran- dall, of Tolland, and d. there. (5.) Mary, (daughter of Abraham and Elizabeth Kilbourn,) b. August 11, 1806; m. Anson Warner, of Greenfield, Mass., and had two children — Kilbourn and Jennette. 47. JOSEPH, b. in Glastenbury, April 1, 1765; ra. Hannah, daughter of Philip Sellew, April 4, 1793. She d. Jan. 23, 1826 ; and on the 22d of May, 1832, he was m. to Onnor House, who still survives. Mr. Kilbourn d. at his residence in Glastenbury, May 14, 1851, aged 86 years. The children of Joseph and Hannah Kilbourn were — Austin, So phia, Ogden, Eliza and Horace. 83. JOHN. 48. Capt. SAMUEL, b. in East Hartford in 1744 ; m. Sarah Bunce, of Hartford, and had six children — Sarah, Sam uel, William, Jerusha, Henry and Maria. He went to sea early in life, and was impressed on board a British man-of- war, where he was detained five years — three years of which he was not permitted to go on shore. After his release, he became commander of a trading vessel, and subsequently was a successful merchant in Hartford. That part of the city through which " Kilbourn street" passes belonged to his Generation VL] kilbourn. 133 estate, and from him took its name. He was a member of the Common Council of the city of Hartford in 1806, and again in 1807. He d. Dec. 9, 1817, aged 73 years. The " American Mercury" of Dec. 18, of that year, in announ cing his death, says — " With habits of industry, prudence and virtue, he rose to affluence, and died as he had lived, high in the estimation of all who knew him." 49. JOHN, b. in East Hartford in 1747; m. a daughter of Sylvanus Andrus, of Hartford, and had one son, John. 50. STEPHEN, b. in East Hartford, in 1749 ; m. Miss Risley, of that place, and had four children — Samuel, Ste phen, Mercy and Peggy. 51. MARY, b. in 1751 ; m. William Barnard, of Hart ford. 52. MARTHA, b. in East Hartford, in 1754; d. July 4, 1798 ; unmarried. 53. FREEMAN, b. in East Hartford, in 1756 ; settled in Front street, Hartford ; became extensively engaged as a shipping-merchant in the West India trade, and amassed a large estate. He m. Ann Brummagen, and had six children — Freeman, Daniel, Hezekiah, Abigail, Anna and Hepsibah. He d. in Hartford, March 23, 1823. Among the bequests in his Will is the following : "I give and bequeath to my Executor and Nephew, Henry Kilbourn, ten dollars, to be laid out in a Cane, that when tottering with age he bends over it, the Grave may not obliterate the remembrance of an old man and departed Uncle.'' 34. THOMAS. 54. THOMAS, b. August 25, 1729 ; ra. , and had five children — Jaraes, Mary, Noah, Esther and Ashbel. He died at sea, June 14, 1759, aged 30 years. He was mate of the ship of which his brother Nathaniel was captain. 55. Capt. NATHANIEL, b. June 15, 1731 ; m. Abigail , and had three daughters. He died at sea, June 14, 1759 — the same day and on board the same ship with his 134 kilbourn. [Generation VI. brother Thomas — a circumstance which led to suspicions that they were murdered by the crew, though nothing was ever proved against them. On a tombstone in the burying ground back of the Centre Church in Hartford, is the follow ing inscription: "Mrs. Abigail Kilbourn, Relict of Capt. Na thaniel Kilbourn, who departed this life January 19, 1798, aged 71 years." The daughters of Capt. Nathaniel Kil bourn were — (1.) Rebecca, m. Isaac Mason. (2.) Mary Ann, m. Walker. (3.) Susannah, m. John Bunce, Jr., of Hartford, and had children, among whom was the late Dea. Russell Bunce, who was the father of James M, Bunce, Esq., recently President of the Hartford, Providence and Fishkill Railroad Company, and John L, Bunce, Esq., cashier of the Phoenix Bank, Hartford. 56. THANKFUL, b. 1733 ; d. Oct. 13, 1740, aged seven years. 57. SUSANNAH, b. 1735; d. Oct. 19, 1740, aged five years. 58. JEREMIAH, b. Oct. 22, 1737 ; d. at sea (unmarried,) May 30, 1759. 59. RUSSELL, b. Feb. 23, 1739 ; ra. Mary, daughter of David Hills, Oct. 31, 176.5, and had ten children— Russell, Anna, Thomas, Mary, Nathaniel, Jeremiah, Susan, Clarissa, Emily and Hezekiah. He was a Surveyor, Lister and Se lectman. He d. in East Hartford, Sept. 30, 1816, aged 77. 60. MARY, b. 1742; d. Oct. 14, 1748, aged six years. 61. JERUSHA, b. 1744; ra. John Wadsworth, of East Hartford. She d. Oct. 9, 1805, leaving a daughter, Jerusha, who ra. Lieut. Smith. 88. LIEUT. SAMUEL. 62. EUNICE, b. in Chatham, Feb. 25, 1772 ; m. Wil liam Flowers. She d. Sept. 23, 1827. 63. DEBORAH, b. in Chatham, May 11, 1774; m. Jona than Penfield. She d. May 1, 1831. Generation VL] kilbourn. 135 64. ELIZABETH, b. in Chatham, June 15, 1776 ; d. Jan. 11, 1780. 65. MARY, b. in Chatham, Sept. 15, 1778. 66. ELIZABETH, (2d,) b. in Chatham, Feb. 8, 1781; d. May 7, 1781. 67. SAMUEL SHAILOR, b. March 29, 1782 ; m. Bet sey Brown, of Chatham, Jan. 16, 1803, at which time he was a resident of Buckland, Mass. He d. in Buckland, Dec. 15, 1814. He had several children, among whom is Clark Kilbourn, of Annsville, Oneida Co., N. Y., recently a Dep uty SheriflT of that County. 68. SOPHIA, b. Nov. 2, 1786 ; m. and removed to the West. 69. SALLY, b. May 7, 1789 ;* m. Dea. Joel Strickland, of Portland, Conn., and has several children. 70. LUCINDA, b. in Ashfield, Mass., July 10, 1792 ; set tled in the Western country. 40. JACOB. 71. TIMOTHY, b. in Ashfield, Mass. ; in 1845, he was residing in Orleans, Jefferson County, N. Y., and had a large family. He has since removed to the West. 72. JONATHAN, b. in Ashfield ; m. Eunice Matthews, and has had thirteen children — Julia, Eunice, Hannah, Eb enezer, Jonathan, Mary, Eliza, Samuel, Jerusha, George, Ho ratio, Augusta and Henry. He is now a resident of Stam ford, Vermont. 73. DAVID, b. in Ashfield ; emigrated to the State of New York, where he lived for several years, and then re moved West. 74. SAMUEL, b. in Ashfield ; removed to the State of New York, and d. there. * All of the children of Lieut Samuel KUbourn, except Lucinda, were bap tised by the Rev. Benjamin Boardman, pastor of the Church in Middle Had dam, though their baptisms are entered on the church records of East Hamp ton. Mr. Boardman may have officiated in both parishes. 136 kilbourn. [Generation VI. 75, ELIJAH, b. in Ashfield; lived for several years in the State of New York, and then removed West.* 44. LIEUT. TIMOTHY. 76. TIMOTHY, b. in Newington, May 9, 1752. At the breaking out of the Revolution, he entered the service of his country, and was engaged in the Battle of Bunker Hill, besides sharing various subsequent perils and losses in the war. He had three sons, viz., Samuel, Timothy and Anson. He lived and died in Simsbury. 77. SETH, b. in Newington, Oct. 12, 1754; m. Lois Blinn, by whom he had two children, Elisha and Prudence ; his wife having died, he then m. Hannah Churchill, and had sons, Seth and Hiram. He was a soldier of the Revolution. He d. in New Britain in 1802. 78. HAPPY, b. Aug. 26, 1757 ; m. Gen. Levi Lusk, of Newington. General Lusk was a Brigadier General in com mand during the war of 1812; and was subseqently Major General of militia. He was often a Representative from Wethersfield, and was a Delegate to the Convention which formed our present State Constitution. He d. in 1824, aged 67 ; she d. in 1840, aged 83. Their children were, (1.) Mary, m. Jedediah Deraing, of Newington; (2.) Prudence, m. Maj. Enos Deming, of Newington; (3.) Lucy, m. Mr. Colton, and settled in Ohio; (4.) Harriet, m. Capt. Benja min Hopkins, of Newington. 79. SIMON, b. in Newington, Nov. 23, 1759 ; ra. Eunice Kirkham, and had children, Abigail, Nancy, Sabra, Sarah, Elizabeth, Henry, Erastus, Horace, Mary and Chauncey. The following Declaration of Simon Kilbourn was for warded to the Pension Office at Washington, some years since, upon his application for a Pension, which was granted. » The other chUdren of Jacob Kilbourn, (viz. Anna, Jacob, Hannah and Ebe nezer,) died of malignant fever in 1813. [See p. 97.] Generation VL] kilbourn. 1S7 I am indebted to Samuel H. Parsons, Esq., of Hartford, for a copy of it. The petitioner declares, " That he entered the service of the United States as a private, in a company commanded by Captain Hezekiah WeUs, and Lieut. Hanmer, of Wetliersfield, in or about the month of Septem ber, 1778; that the said company belonged to a regiment of mUitia com manded by Colonel Thomas Belden ; that he was drafted for two months, and continued to serve in said corps until in or about the month of No vember, 1778, when he was dismissed from the service in or near New London, Connecticut ; that he was marched from Wethersfield to New London, and crossed the river Thames to Groton, and there was employed in building a fort called Fort Griswold. The deponent further declares. That he entered the said service a second time by enlisting into a com pany commanded by Capt. Hubbard, of Glastenbury, Hezekiah Wyllys being Colonel of the regiment; that he left Wethersfield about the month of June, 1779, and marched to New London, where, he served three months ; that he was employed to keep guard near the lighthouse on the New London shore or beach of Long Island Sound — and was employed at Mohegan, between Norwich and New London, in cutting fascines which were used in building the fort on the outside ; that he was honora bly dismissed after serving three months, and returned to Wethersfieji The deponent further declares that he entered the service of th|u-Bnited States a third time, as a substitute for his father, Timothy 'Kifbourn, who was drafted in the militia of Wethersfield ; that he served two months at New London, under Captain Wells, of Wethersfield, James Wells, Lieu tenant, about the months of March and AprU, 1780 ; that he was em ployed in buUding a fort west of the city of New London, upon the hill, which the soldiers called " Fort Nonsense," being considered by them as useless." He died in Newington, Nov. 6, 1839, aged 80 years. 80. ABIGAIL, b. Nov. 16, 1764; m. Mr. Buttricks, and removed to the Black River country, where she died. 50. JOSIAH. 81. Capt. JOSIAH, was b. in New Britain, in January, 1756. In April, 1775, at the age of 19 years, he entered the Revolutionary army, and there continued until the close of the war. He participated in all the fighting in the vicinity of Boston, and was in the battles of Flatbush, Harlem Heights, White Plains, Monmouth, and many others, in 18 138 kilbourn. [Generation vl which he was several times wounded. He arose gradually from a private to respectable commands, the last of which was that of Captain in the Quarter Master's Department. Those were indeed days of peril and calamity. When the enemy were burning the towns in the south part of Connec ticut, previous to their driving Washington from Long Isl and and New York, the militia of the State were called there alraost en masse ; and those who were not slain, gen erally returned with that most malignant disease, the "Camp Distemper," and spread it wherever they went. At this pe riod a near relative, returning from the army, stopped at the residence of the father of the subject of this notice, and com municated the distemper to the family. Seven of them were down with it at the same time. One sister had died ; and while a second was dying, an express from the army blew a horn, threw a letter into the yard, and passed on. The eld est sister, (the only one well,) opened the letter, and read from it the sad intelligence that her eldest brother (Josiah) had been killed in the battle of Flatbush. Though, as the reader will have inferred, this announcement subsequently proved to be incorrect, still its eflTects upon the family, espe cially at such a moraent, may possibly be imagined, but not described. Josiah had indeed fallen upon the battle-field, having been shot through the body ; but after the wing of the army to which he was attached gave way, Wash ington, with the other wing, regained that ground, and brought off the wounded. At the close of the war, Josiah Kilbourn returned home with a constitution destroyed by numerous wounds and every form of sufi'ering. He married Isabella Whaples, of New Britain, was active in business, but in poor health ; and died in 1786 or '87, leaving no children. 82. WILLIAM, was b. in New Britain, Jan. 12, 1758 ; en tered the Revolutionary army at the age of eighteen, and in the aff'air at Westchester, N. Y., was so severely injured as to be unable to do a day's work on the farm for a period of six years. Generation VL] kilbourn. 139 He occasionally taught school until he recovered a tolerable degree of health, when he learned the trade of a Clothier, and followed it as a raain occupation. On the 21st of Au gust, 1786, he m. Sarah Sage, daughter of Jedediah Sage, of Berlin, and in May, 1799, removed to Tunbridge, Vermont. In 1814, he removed with his family to Chelsea, in the same State, where he died in June, 1816. Their children were, John, Arius, Julia, Emily, Ralph, William, Sarah, Osmond, Jedediah Sage, James and Eliza Ann. 83. ANNA, b. in 1760 ; m. Asahel Hart, of Northington, now Avon. 84. EUNICE, b. in 1762 ; d. at the age of 16, of the " Camp Distemper." 85. LEMUEL, b. in New Britain, Oct. 7, 1764 ; m. Sa rah Hastings, of Southington, and had children, Josiah, Sally, Ursula, Hiram, Elizabeth and Nancy. A clothier and mill wright by trade. Died of asthma, near Chillicothe, Ohio, about the year 1820. 86. URANIA, b. Oct. 17, 1767 ; was first ra. to Sylvester Higley, and had a daughter, Maria. After his death, the widow m. Shubael Hoskins, Esq., of Simsbury, and had four children — (1.) Rockwell, m. Chloe Pinney, and had Chloe and Jane ; his second wife was Ruth Adams, by whom he had Charlotte, Elizabeth, Caroline, Henry C. and Ellen. (2.) Laura, m. Whitman K. Williston. (3.) Norton, ra. Car oline Humphrey, and had eight children — James B., Norton F., Watson L., Janette C, Francis F., Edward, Laura J., and Eliza H. (4.) Marietta, d. at the age of 21 years. Mrs. Urania Hoskins d. in 1832, aged 66. 87. Hon. JAMES, was born in New Britain on the 19th of October, 1770. As he has been more extensively known, and more distinguished in public life, than any other person on this side of the Atlantic who bears the name which he has honored, we are confident that no one among his kindred and namesakes will require of us an apology for giving a 140 kilbourn. [Generation VI. somewhat detailed notice of his eventful and useful life. The history of few eminent men in our countiy presents a brighter example of persevering and successful effort over adverse circumstances ; and not one more worthy of ap proval and imitation. His birth occurred at an eventful era in the history of the colonies. The controversy between them and Great Britain was fast ripening into rebellion. When about one year old, his father removed from his previous residence in New Brit ain, to a farm then nearly new, situated two and a half miles farther west, about half that distance from neighbors, and still farther from school. He made rapid improvements, and soon became a farmer of comfortable independence ; but re mained in the same condition as to neighbors and schools for many years. The long threatened war of the Revolution commenced when the subject of this sketch was but five years of age. This naturally engrossed the attention of all. Private business was necessarily deranged, and the prosperity of the farming interests, especially in the new settlements, was to a great extent destroyed. The implements of hus bandry were exchanged for the panoply of war ; the currency became scarce, and depreciated in value ; schools were virtu ally given up; and in short, the whole people, from child hood to age, shared and felt the vicissitudes and privations consequent upon the state of the country. It will be unne cessary to detail the effects of that tremendous struggle upon Mr. K. No truer patriot lived, and few suffered more as the reward of their patriotism. Let it suffice to say, that the war resulted in the death of three of his family, his pecun iary ruin, and the partial derangement of his intellect for a period of years. In 1783, he was compelled to give up his finely cultivated farm and buildings, and retire to a still more secluded spot, where he purchased a small farm of thirty acres, principally composed of new land, on which he built a house and made other necessary improvements. In about three years he was obliged to part with twenty-five acres Generation VL] kilbourn. 141 and mortgage the remainder, together with his house. On this occasion, September 22, 1786, he called James in from his work, advised him of the state of his affairs, and proposed to him that he might go and do the best for himself that he could. After a sleepless and tearful night, he determined to accept the offer, thinking that by so doing he might be better able to assist his parents than by remaining with them. Accordingly, on that day, (September 23d,) with a heavy heart he bade farewell to his parental home, and the dear ones which it contained, with no specific place of destina tion in view, and without friends in the great world before him, except such as he might make as he progressed. Not yet sixteen years of age, poorly clad for summer, and with no winter clothing — without coat or shoes, and so illiterate that he could scarcely write his name — with a sad but res olute spirit, he had assumed self-direction. During that day he walked about thirty miles, but, notwithstanding his many inquiries, did not succeed in obtaining employment ; its wea risome hours, however, were not unprofitably spent. In the course of his walk he found time to reflect on his condition, and form his plans for the future. He saw that two things were essential to his success in life, viz., education, and in dustry and integrity in every trust — and his resolutions then formed were never subsequently overlooked or forgotten by him. On the day following, he let himself to a farmer for the procurement of the necessary clothing for the approach ing winter, and soon after apprenticed himself to a clothier. Seven months of each year, for four years, he devoted faith fully to his master, with no other compensation than his board and instruction in the art and mysteries of his trade ; the remaining five months (during the summer and autumn) he hired himself to farmers to procure the means of defray ing his other expenses. With an industry and perseverance seldom surpassed, he labored in the shop or on the farm during the day, and spent at least half of every night in study and writing. During the 142 kilbourn. [Generation VL first three summers of his apprenticeship he was principally employed as a farmer's boy, by Mr. Griswold, (father of the celebrated Bishop Griswold, of the Episcopal Church). The future Bishop, being then at home and having the manage ment of the farm, observed the studious and industrious habits of the young apprentice, and became his most efficient and cor dial friend — encouraging him by words of kindness and hope, and aiding him in the prosecution of his studies. So ener getic and faithful were his labors on the farm, that at the end of the first five months he was presented by Mr. Griswold with ten shillings per month more than was agreed upon, ac companied with the remark that he " had performed much more work than he supposed a lad of his age could do." With Mr. Griswold, the younger, James acquired a knowl edge of the grammatical construction of the English, Latin and Greek languages, and of all the branches of Mathemat ics which he thought he could render useful to himself or others ; though, in the meantime, Mr. G. had been settled in the ministry in Litchfield county, having been assigned the charge of the Episcopal Churches in Plymouth, Northfield and Harwinton. During this gentleman's residence in Plym outh, his young pupil spent a few weeks at a time with him, (at several different periods,) in pursuing his favorite studies. Thus matters continued until about the commencement of the fourth year of his apprenticeship, and near the close of his 19lh year, when circumstances occurred which induced his master to relinquish all claims to his further services, pro vided he would take the entire charge of the establishment, and thereby release him from labor and care. The proposal was accepted ; and, having by this time acquired the requi site means by his summer earnings, and being extensively known as an ingenious and faithful workman, he immedi ately added new machinery to the works and otherwise en larged his business operations. Being established in business thus early in life; he resolved upon taking still another step toward a permanent settlement. Accordingly, on the Sth Generation VL] kilbourn. 143 of Nov. 1789, he was married in St. Andrew's Church, Sims bury, to Miss Lucy Fitch, daughter of the celebrated John Fitch, Esq., of Philadelphia, the inventor and builder of the first steamboat in the world. His labors were now, if possible, even more incessant than before, and his success exceeded his most sanguine ex pectations. During the first seven months he cleared for himself about $800, and in the following sumraer erected a new establishment near the line between Granby and Suf field. About this time he was so fortunate as to obtain from an absconded English dyer a knowledge of all the ¦perma nent dyes made in England. No other person in this coun try possessing at that time a knowledge of the same art, his business extended more rapidly than ever, and his aggregate profits were correspondingly increased. In the course of the succeeding season, he purchased the ground and water-power and erected clothiers' works on the spot where the village of Avon now stands. He superintended these several estab lishments in person, riding and laboring so constantly that he frequently saw the sun rise and set twice, and on one occa sion three times, without any other rest than such as he could obtain while partaking of his ordinary meals. His constitution was such that he felt no subsequent inconven ience from these protracted labors, and absence of rest ; but by constantly inhaling the poisonous fumes from the dyes, his lungs were injuriously affected, and his whole system was ultimately prostrated thereby. In the summer of 1793, be ing then in his 23d year, he was so far reduced by diseases thus contracted that a council of physicians pronounced him in a confirmed consumption. In the September following, however, a change took place ; the afi'ection of the lungs was measurably removed, but he was seized with a raost painful disease in the back and hips, by which he was closely confined for eight months, and was unable to move about, e-xcept by the aid of crutches, for the subsequent eighteen months. Finding that he could not follow his trade, he dis- 144 KILBOURN. [Generation VI. posed of his works, together with the knowledge which he had acquired in the art of dyeing, and turned his attention to fanning, but was unable to prosecute it. He next en gaged in the mercantile business in Granby, in which he was eminently successful, and in a short time became what was termed a " wealthy man." In addition to mills, stores, (fcc, he was now the owner of five farms, including the one which his father had lost by the revolution, and that from which he had himself departed in indigence and tears at the age of sixteen. Meantime he had made ample provisions for his parents and the younger members of their family, by placing them in circumstances of pecuniary ease and com petence. During this period, he was also actively employed in pro moting various objects of public utility. He originated and successfully carried through the great Turnpike Road from Hertford, via. Granby, Blandford and Pittsfield to Albany — formed a flourishing literary society among the young people of the town in which he resided — coraraenced a public library in the sarae town, which soon numbered 600 volumes — was agent for building the Episcopal Church — and was frequently invited to deliver addresses on public occasions, before liter ary associations, (fcc. Having by this time secured the means of ease and com fort sufficient to satisfy a chastened ambition, and having ar ranged his business and possessions accordingly, Mr. Kil bourne concluded to relax somewhat from that constant and ardent exertion of body and mind which had eft'ected these results. Amidst his herculean labors, he had found time to prosecute with vigor his researches after truth and useful in formation, and it is here worthy of remark that theology and ecclesiastical history had claimed no small share of his attention. His parents were members of the Congregational Church, but he had himself in early life united with the Episcopalians, and was ardently attached to their doctrines and forms. During this season of relaxation he was often GeNER.\TI0N VL] KILBOURN. 145 called upon to officiate as lay-reader in the church, and was urged by his friends to take orders. After much hesitancy and prayerful self-examination, he at length yielded to their solicitations, and was ordained at Middletown, by the Rt. Rev. Abraham Jarvis, D. D., then Bishop of Connecticut. He officiated in several vacant parishes, and was invited to settle in three or four. He, however, declined the invitations thus tendered to him, having formed a project of Western emi gration, with the intention of accomplishing it within a rea sonable time. With this view he had already made two tours of exploration through Western and North Western New York, passing across the principal branches of the Sco- harnakill, Delaware and Susquehannah, and along the Mo hawk to Phelps and Gorham's purchase — thence returning along and near Lake Ontario, to Black River, Wood Creek, &c., to Albany. He was subsequently, however, advised by his father-in- law, Mr. Fitch, to turn his thoughts to Ohio. Accordingly, about the commencement of the year 1800, he began to dis close his views of forming a company for the purpose of set tling in the "far West." It took about one year for him to persuade his friends that he was in earnest — and another, that he was not insane. Ohio was then regarded as on the ut most verge of the West ; and they thought him too pleasantly situated to make so great sacrifices as were involved in such an enterprise. Late in the winter of 1801-2, he succeeded in obtaining seven associates, who desired him to explore the country, and, if he thought expedient, to purchase land enough for forty families — they agreeing to admit that number of raembers into their company, should acceptable persons offer. Accordingly, in the spring of 1802, Mr. Kilbourne started on his first expedition to Ohio. He traveled 300 miles by stage to Shippensburg, Penn., ten miles east of the foot of the Alleghany Mountains, at which place the stage route ter minated. From thence, carrying a heavy pack, he walked over the mountains to Pittsburgh, 150 miles ; and from 19 146 KILBOURN. [Generation VI. thence continued to travel on foot more than 1000 miles through the eastern part of the Territory, when, finding his old disease in the back and hips returning, he stopped a few days to recruit, and pursued the remainder of his journey on horseback. After a careful survey of the country, he fixed upon a desirable location, and returned in the following au tumn. Having completed the association of forty members, known as the " Sciota Company," he closed the contract for a township of 16,000 acres, which he had previously se lected. On the 7th of April, 1803, he again started for the West, on horseback — followed by a mill-wright, a blacksmith, and nine other laborers, and a family in two wagons. At Pitts burgh he purchased mill-stones, mill-irons, bar-iron, nail-rods, castings, &c., which were sent in a Kentucky-boat down the Ohio to the mouth of the Sciota, and were thence taken in a keel-boat to the new purchase — now Worthington, near the city of Columbus. Mr. K. arrived at the point of destination some weeks in advance of the others, and May 5th, 1803, he cut the first tree on the purchase. Towards the latter part of the same month, the wagons having reached the end of the road, fifty miles from the place of location, two of the men were sent forward to him, by an Indian trail, and he immediately re turned with them. Cutting a wagon path through the woods, in a few days the laborers and family, together with their property, were conducted safely to his camp ; at the first view of which, the little company sent up their united voices in hearty and long continued congratulations. They at once proceeded to clear a large field of rich bot tom land, and put in seed for potatoes, corn, and turnips. They also erected a blacksmith's shop, a building for a school and place of public worship, and twelve cabins, commenced a mill dam across the east branch of the Sciota river, and laid out the town. By this time mid-summer had arrived, and Mr. Kilbourne returned to Connecticut, and conducted Generation VL] kilbourn. 147 his own and ten other families on to the purchase. The en tire colony, including those who had removed the preceding spring, now numbered one hundred persons, and so continued, without addition or diminution, until the 4th of July, 1804, when they all united in celebrating the anniversary of Amer ican Independence in appropriate style — an oration being de livered by Mr. K., and the falling of seventeen immense for est trees constituting the national salute ! Nearly all the adult members of the colony united with the Episcopal Society, and were constituted a church under the name of St. John's parish, of which the subject of this notice was appointed minister. Ever active and efficient, he visited the neighboring settlements and other parts of the State, preaching, and organizing societies, many of which became and remain permanent churches. He was once in vited to preach, on a special occasion, in the Hall of the House of Representatives, both branches of the Legislature having adjourned for the purpose, and all the members being present. At this time he had never thought of leaving the clerical office. But subsequently his fellow citizens began to urge upon hira the importance and necessity of his taking the lead in their civil aff'airs. Many and arduous duties had already devolved upon him, aside from those which legiti mately belong to the profession he had chosen. Besides su perintending the aflfairs of the colony, he had personally made a complete survey of the township and divided to each of the forty proprietors their Rights. His parish and colony were rapidly increasing in numbers, his clerical duties were consequently becoming more pressing, while at the same time his calls for the transaction of public business of a sec ular nature were correspondingly increased. A diocese hav ing been formed, and a Bishop elected, mainly through his instrumentality, he at length determined to yield to the re peated solicitations of his friends. He accordingly resigned his place in the church, and devoted himself to other public duties and his own private occupations. 148 kilbourn. [Generation VI. Upon the organization of the State Government of Ohio, he was appointed a civil magistrate, and Captain of all the military on the North Western frontier. The Indian Line (as per Greenville Treaty) was but twenty-eight miles from their settlement, and it required great vigilance and decision to manage the wily savages by whom they were literally surrounded. In addition to mills, stores, &c., which he erected and carried on for the benefit and convenience of the white settlements, he opened an Indian trading house, by means of which he succeeded in conciliating the favor of the red men, and in a great measure checking their depre dations. In the spring of 1805, he explored thoroughly the south shore of Lake Erie, from its most southerly bend to the Maumee rapids, (then an Indian territory,) and selected the present site of Sandusky City for the north-western com mercial metropolis, which it has since become. About the sarae time, unasked for and unexpected, he received, by act of Congress, from the Hon. Albert Gallatin, then Secretary of the National Treasury, the appointment of United States' Surveyor of an immense tract of of Public Lands, and exe cuted the duties of the office for nine years — and, still hold ing the Commission, completed the survey by deputies of his own appointment. In 1806, he was appointed by the Legislature in joint bal lot, one of the first Trustees of Ohio College, at Athens, (the Governor being President, ex officio,) and continued to hold the office for several years, but at length resigned in conse quence of the pressure of other duties, and the distance of the institution frorn his place of residence. This College was endowed by Congress with two townships of land, consist ing of 46,080 acres. In 1808, he was elected by the Legislature one of three Commissioners to locate the seat of Miami University his colleagues being the Hon. Alexander Campbell, late Senator in Congress, and Dr, Wilson, President of the College at Generation VL] kilbourn. 149 Athens. About this time he was elected Major of the Fron tier Regiraent ; was soon after chosen Lieutenant-Colonel, and subsequently Colonel. The last office he declined, and resigned his forraer commission. On the organization of Worthington College, with a Uni versity charter, in 1812, he was elected President of the Cor poration, and has been re-elected once in three years to the present time. During the same year, he was appointed by the President of the United States, pursuant to an act of Congress, a Commissioner to settle the boundary between the Public Lands and the great Virginia Reservation. This duty was performed under circumstances of much peril. It was soon after the declaration of war ; much of the line lay through the Indian country, and many of the Indians were hostile. For two nights he encamped on the site of an Indian town, which our troops had captured and burnt only a day or two before, the smouldering ruins still burning. A few days after completing this service, (which Congress subsequently ratified,) Col. Kilbourne was elected a Repre sentative to the Congress of the United States, and served with close attention through the two regular sessions and two extra sessions of the 13th Congress. His competitor at this election was Judge Slater, President of the Central Circuit. On returning home at the close of the second session, he learned that he had been unanimously re-elected Colonel, and his commission had been left at his house. At the ur gent solicitation of the officers of the regiment, he at length accepted the appointment. In the fall of 1814, he was again placed in nomination for Congress, his opponent being Gen. Philemon Beecher, who had previously been Speaker of the House. Col. Kilbourne was re-elected by a vote of more than two to one. At the end of the 14th Congress, he declined a re-nomination, and Gen. Beecher was elected. Among the colleagues of Col. Kilbourne in Congress from the State of Ohio, were Wil liam H. Harrison, since President of the United States, 150 KILBOURN. [Generation VI. and John McLean, now a Judge of the United States Su preme Court. The career of Col. Kilbourne in Congress was of the most useful and practical kind, and was altogether characteristic of the man. Without any of the "flippancy of debate," or any attempt to show himself to advantage as a statesman or public speaker, he pursued a straight forward, manly course, which soon won for him the respect of all his associates in that illustrious body. The interests of the "great west" were the objects of his special care and solicitude, and his earliest efforts in Congress were made in behalf of the pio neers of the western wilderness, the seamen on the lakes, and the soldiers in the Indian wars. He had the honor of first introducing into Congress a Resolution providing for dona tions of lands to actual settlers in the North Western terri tory ; and, as Chairraan of a Select Committee, he drew up and presented a Bill for that purpose. The policy thus pro posed and advocated by him, has within a few years past been revived, and now forms one of the most popular ele ments in the political contests of some of the Western States.* "' From the proceedings of Congress, as condensed in Niles' Register, I ex tract the foUowing paragraphs : PROCEEniNGS OF U. S. CONGRESS. Jan. 5, 1814. — " Mr. Kilbourne submitted a Resolution having for its object the protection of the North Western Frontier, by donations of Lands to actual settlers. Referred to the Military Committee.— A^eVeji' Regi.^ter, p. 319, Vol V. Jan. 25, 1814. — " Mr. Kilbourne introduced a Resolution having for its object to increase the pay of the seamen on the Lakes, on account of some objections they were stated to have to that service. After some remarks from Mr. Lowndes, Mr. K.'s Resolution being on its passage, was nesratived veas "6 —Vol. V, p. 363. J '- ¦ Feb. 2,1815. — " Mr. Kilbourne submitted for consideration the foUowino- Resolution : ° " Resolved, That tbe Comraittee of Claims be instructed to enquire into the expediency of providing by law for the paying to the mounted volunteers and drafted miliUa, who have served in the South Western army, under the com mand of Generals Jackson and Floyd, against the Creek Indians, or to theu- heirs or assigns, the value of the horses by them lost in said service, in conse quence of the men being dismounted and separated from their horses, by or der of their respective commanding officers, on any expedition, or in conse quence of their riders' being killed or wouuded in battle ; deductiu"- fi-om the Generation VI.] kilbour.n. 161 In 1823-4, Col. Kilbourne was a member of the Ohio Legislature, in which body he served on fourteen commit tees, one of which was the committee for the revision of all the laws of a general nature in the State ; and as an individ ual meraber of that committee, he formed the Glossary of the new revised code, defining all the Latin, Greek, and ob solete English words and technicalities, contained therein. Soon after this, he was appointed by the Governor of Ohio to select the lands granted by Congress towards the Ohio Canal. In 1838-39, he was again a member of the General As sembly, and commenced and persevered, as far as practicable, in a system of reform, by condensing all local legislation, corporations, (fcc, into a few separate acts and as short forms as possible, thereby simplifying the laws as well as render- original value of such horses respectively, as received into the service, the amount of which may have been paid for the use thereof in any of the cases, prior to the loss of the same as aforesaid. " The Resolution was amended, on motion of Mr. Hall, of Georgia, by in serting after the words " wounded iu battle," the words — or who have lost their horse or horses whUe in the service of the United States, by any unavoidable accident" — and " On the adoption of the Resolution as amended, tbe vote, after debate, stood as foUows : — " For the Resolution, - - 67. Against it, 49."— VoL VII, p. 383. January 17,1813. — "^Hlx. Kilbourne, of Ohio, yesterday reported from a Select Committe a Bill, for the more effectual protection of the North West- em frontier, by granting donations of Land to actual settlers thereon. The BiU was twice read and committed." — Vol. VII, 333-4. <7tj««ar!/ 18, 1815. — "Mr. KUbourne offered for consideration the following Resolutions : " Resolved, That the Committee of Ways and Means be instructed to enquire into the expediency of levying and coUecting an Income Tax from such people of the United States as have capital vested in public or any kind of stock, or in private loans, or in any other way yielding profits to the owner ; and on those who are engaged in professional or other employments, producing an an nual income exceeding a certain amount, which the said Committee may think proper to fix ; it being intended that this enquiry shall extend only to such capital and employments as are not taxed by any existing laws. " Resolved, That the said Committee be instructed to enquire into ihe expe diency of increasing the tax upon the income, or dividends, of the capital in vested in the several banking institutions, within the United States, on which a tax is now imposed by law of Congress. " The House refused to consider the Resolutions. In favor of them 60 ; agamst them 66."— Vol. VII, p. 334. 152 KILBOURN. [Ge.VERATION VI. ing them convenient for reading and reference — besides making a great saving of time, paper, printing, and writing. Going a little farther back from the order of dates hitherto observed, we are confident we shall be excused by the kins men and friends of Col. Kilbourne for referring here to one or two facts in his personal history, which, though of a less public nature, are no less interesting and characteristic than those which we have already detailed. About the com mencement of the last war with Great Britain, it being ex tensively known that he had a knowledge of manufacturing and some spare capital, he was requested by friends in New York, and urged by the President and his Cabinet and mem bers of Congress, to embark in the manufacture of woollen goods for clothing the Army and Navy. He well remera bered the total ruin of all who were engaged in sirailar en terprises during the war of the Revolution ; still the prom ises were now so fair, and the non-protectionists admitting their errors and agreeing to change their policy, he was in duced to join a company for that purpose — in which he in vested ten thousand dollars, and incurred liabilities to the amount of fifty-seven thousand more. He prosecuted his new enterprise with his accustomed energy, and during the continuance of the war accomplished much. Peace came in 1815, but with it no protection of woollens. He sus tained the whole establishment, amidst immense losses, until 1820; when, all hope from Government failing, the facto ries at Worthington and SteubenviHe were crushed. He now found himself, at the age of fifty years, with a laro-e family (most of whom were young and unprovided for,) de prived of the last farthing which he had accumulated, by enormous sacrifices and the rigorous coercion of creditors. Finding himself thus totally destitute of means, except a good degree of physical strength and a spirit not easily con quered by untoward circumstances, he took up his surveying apparatus again, and went into the woods. For more than twenty years he was much of the tirae busily engaged in his Generation VL] kilbourn. 153 calling — and we hazard nothing in saying that he has sur veyed more townships, highways, turnpikes, railroads and boundary lines, than any three other men in the State. By the practice of his wonted industry and enterprise, in a short time he again acquired a good degree of independence — and was enabled to educate his family in business, science and literature. He was the presiding officer at the great State Convention holden at Columbus on the 4th of July, 1839, for laying the corner stone of the Capitol of Ohio ; also, at the iraraense Whig Convention on the 22d of February, 1840. It may be added, farther, that he was called to preside in more than half of all the conventions, meetings, (fcc, which he had attended for fifty years past. On arriving at the age of " three-score and ten," (in 1840,) Col. K. declined all public office, except that of Assessor of Real and Personal Estate for the County of Franklin — the duties of which station he performed until 1845, when he resigned. But, though retired from public life, he still felt a lively interest in public aflfairs ; and during the six years ending with 1848, he delivered more than one hundred ad dresses on state and national policy. He died at his resi dence in Worthington, April, 1850, aged 80 years. Lucy, his wife, having died not long after his removal to Ohio, he was married in Worthington, in 1808, to Cynthia Goodale. His children are — Hector, Lucy, Harriet, Laura, Orrel, Byron, Orrel 2d, Eliza, Cynthia, Lincoln, Charlotte and James. 88. AZUBA, b. in 1774 ; d. of " camp distemper," in 1778. 89. DEBORAH, d. in infancy. 90. AMASA, b. in New Britain, in 1780 ; emigrated to Vermont when 21 years of age, and there engaged in boating and the lumber trade on the Connecticut river, in which he was successful. Thence he went to Lower Canada, and 20 154 KILBOURN. [Generation VL engaged in the same business on the river St. Francis, and d. there of the spotted fever, in 1805. He was unmarried. 54. .JO.SHUA. 9 1. MEHETABLE, b. April 23d, 1764 ; m. Josiah Dewey of Berlin. Their children were Daniel, Josiah, Franklin, Asahel, Seth, Esther, Mehetable, Rebua and Mary. 92. ELIZABETH, b. Sept. 24, 1765 ; m. Reuben Hart, of Farmington, and soon after removed to Whitestown, N. Y. Their children were — Alpheus, Ansel, Chauncey, Dorathy, Amanda, Pluma and Eliza. 93. GEORGE, b. at Berlin, Nov. 19, 1769; at twenty-six years of age, he was m. to Miss AlmiraWilcoK, daughter of James Wilcox, of Simsbury. After residing in Farmington and Goshen for about ten years, in the fall of 1801, he joined an emigrating corapany which had been formed in the latter place, with a view of settling in the Far West. Mr. K. is a wealthy farmer, and is still a resident of Hudson, Ohio. His children are, Asahel, George, Timothy, Justin, Sophia and Eliza. Mrs. K. is also still living. At my request, Mr. Kilbourn has politely furnished me with the following particulars of his life and history, which cannot fail to be read with interest by his kindred. The in cidents and hardships of pioneer life, especially as they ex isted half a century since, can hardly be realized by those of us who are dwellers in the older States : " When I ^vas about three years old, my fatlier (Joshua KUbourn,) removed from New Britain into the western part of Farmington ; and two years after, in January, 1774, he departed this life, leaving a family of five chUdren. My mother married James Lusk for her second husband ; and my eldest sister and myself were put out to Col. Isaac Lee, with whom I remained untU I was fifteen years old. I then, after choosing my uncle Joseph Mather for my guardian, went to reside with him for the purpose of learning the tanning and shoe-making business. When in my twentieth year, my uncle's shop having been destroyed by fire, he gave me my time, and I finished my apprenticeship in Wethersfield. I commenced business for myself in Farmington ^¦Ulage, where, in 1792, Generation VL] kilbourn. 155 I was married, and soon after removed to Goshen, in Litchfield county^ In the latter place I remained eight years, during which period my four oldest children were born. As I received but ten dollars from my fa ther's estate, and my education being only such as the common schools of that day could afford, I was under the necessity of beginning with a small business, and living economically. My first two years in Goshen yielded me no surplus means — but had been rich in " lessons of experi ence'' which were subsequently turned to good account. At the end of the eight years, I had purchased and paid for some fifteen acres of land built a house and tannery, was doing a prosperous business, and laying up money. As David Hudson, Esq., formerly of Goshen, held the agency of tlie land in the township of Hudson, Ohio, he emigrated to that place in the year 1800. Returning the next spring, he held out many inducements to myself and neighbors to sell out and go into the wilderness of " New Connecticut." As Deacon Thompson and his three sons, all of whom had families, had resolved to remove, and as I desired to connect a farm with my other business, I made it a subject of thought for many months. The undertaking seemed so great and important that I hesitated. But knowing the resolution and good judgment of my wife, who had pru dently managed all our domestic concerns, I felt safe in referring the whole matter to her decision. Having at length decided to go, I sold my place to Birdsey Norton, Esq., who was the original proprietor of the township of Hudson, and in part payment selected of his lands, by the aid of Mr. Hudson and the map of his surveys, two hundred and forty acres — receiving the balance in cash and such articles as we needed for our outfit. My affairs were settled without sacrifice, and we commenced our preparations for re moving. As a part of our outfit, we purchased a library of about one hundred volumes, which was carefully and appropriately selected by our pastor, the Rev. Asahel Hooker. On the 1st day of September, 1801, we found ourselves ready to start. After taking the last farewell look of our friends, with the blessing of our venerable pastor, and the many good wishes from his lady, (whose name is ever cherished with grateful remembrance,) we commenced our long and tedious journey. Our teams being all ox-teams excepting one, our loads heavy, (there being thirty-three persons aboard,) and the weather warm, we only drove ten miles the first day, and put up at the tavern in Canaan. The next day we traveled ten or twelve mUes. Finding my load too heavy for my team, I purchased a horse in addition. We directed our course to Fish kill, where we put up for the Sabbath. As we were in the habit of buy- ino- and coolcing our own provisions, the landlord furnished a small back 156 KILBOURN. [Generation VL room for that purpose. After purchasing such necessaries as we needed, we spent the Sabbath as a day of rest. On Monday morning, after pay ing for things we had bought of him, we were about to take our leave, when he presented us with another bUl of seven dollars for the use of the room we had occupied. We paid the bill, and moved on ; crossing the North River into Newburgh, and thence proceeding to Eastown, where we stopped the next Saturday night. Here I would state, that at the commencement of our journey, we proposed not to travel on the Sab bath ; but owing to the many inconveniences we were subjected to, and not being able to obtain suitable accommodations for so large a company, it was thought expedient we should continue our journey on Sunday. As we proceeded on our way the next morning, I could not but feel that such a step would not be likely to result in our favor — and so we found it. We had not gone far before we were accosted by a stranger who pre sented us with a claim for ten doUars for trespass, as some of the chil dren of the company had been seen in his orchard for apples. However, after having the matter explained, he became satisfied with one dollar; we then continued on until afternoon, when the daughter of Abraham Thompson, about three years of age, had her leg broken by falling from the wagon, the wheel passing over her. We placed her in the wagon, and making her as comfortable as we could, drove on, it being not far from an Inn, where we put up. On Monday morning it was ascertained by the doctor (the youngest son of Deacon Thompson,) that his brother would not be able to travel for two weeks, in consequence of the acci dent. In order that suitable provisions might be made for him, it was proposed that the horse-team be left with him, and such articles as his family might need. In order to do this, it became necessary to fit out an entire new team. As the doctor owned one-half of the wagon, and one yoke of the oxen which I drove, I sold him the interest which I had in the wagon, and purchased another one, for which I paid seventy dollars. As it was a " Pennsylvania wagon," I was under the necessity of spend ing a few dollars in fitting it up for my oxen. On Wednesday morning, having taken leave of our afflicted friend and brother, we again resumed our journey. We went on very pleasantly and prosperously, except that our loading was rather heavy for our teams, as I now had only one pair of oxen and a horse. However, by uniting our teams in bad places, we got along very well. We went on through Reading to Womelsdorf, where I put up for the Sabbath. The next morning the company drove on, leaving us behind, where we enjoyed a pleasant season of rest. As our team was light, and feeling it important that we should be with our company when climbing the AUeganies, and as tlie evening was pleasant and cool, we drove several miles by moonlight. Early on Tuesday morn ing we came up with our company. We then went on through Lebanon, Generation VL] kilbourn. 157 Harrisburgh, Carlisle, Shippensburgh, and Sti-awsburgh, where we came to the mountains called the " Three Brothers," a part of the Allegany range. After laboring three days excessively hard, we succeeded in getting over them. The day following we found the traveling through the valley much easier for our teams. The next morning, however, we again began to climb the hills. In going up the one called the " sideling hill," our horse tired out. Selling him to a widow, who lived on the side of the hill, for a loaf of bread, we started on, having but a single yoke of oxen for our team. Thus we traveled for three days, during which time it often became necessary for me to lay my shoulder to the wheel. In applying my strength thus, in concert with the team, we succeeded in getting up many of the hills. My wife, possessing a strong physical constitution, and am bition equal to her strength, leaving her infant babe at the foot of the hUls, in the care of our daughter, was often found with me, exercising her strength, lifting at the wagon, blocking the wheels, and sometimes in more difiicult places, with the whip driving the team. On one occasion, our team became faint and weary, and our company being far advanced, my -wife, exhausted and discouraged, gave vent to her feelings with sobs and cries ; and being in the forest among the hills, I knew not what to do. WhUe we were thus veiled in discouragements, a stranger came up with a pair of oxen which were for sale. The price was sixty dollars. I en quired if he would take a certain amount of shoes in part payment ; as I had a large stock aboard. He said he would take some, but not to the amoimt that I desired. He passed on. Having considered the matter farther, I concluded to make him another offer. By this time he was out of sight : but by hard running I soon overtook him, and succeeded in effecting the purchase. We now felt that we were amply provided for, as it respected a team. As my family had walked a greater part of the way, since we became disconnected with the company, I was happy in the thought that they all could ride the remainder of the journey. In the course of the day we came up with our company. We then went on through Bedford, Somerset, and so on, to Pittsburgh^ Here we purchased such articles of provisions, groceries, &c., as we might need. The company not being ready to start, and as it was Sat urday afternoon, I determined to drive on about six miles and put up for the Sabbath. As we started out, not being careful to observe the many roads which led in various directions, we passed the one we should have taken, and went on several miles before we were apprized of the fact. As this road lay nearly parallel with the other, we soon learned that by taking a cross road and descending a long hill which was said to be pas sable, the right road could be gained without retracing our steps. Chang ing our course, we soon came to the hUl, where we found ourselves up 158 KILBOURN. [Generation VL even with the tops of the trees on either side and in front. A more fright ful and dangerous place I never saw in the shape of a road. As we drove on to the brow of the hill, where it began to descend, I found there was not room for a man to walk between the wagon and the falling pre cipice ; and whether to attempt going down, or return back, was a mat ter yet to be settled. As we were thus hemmed in, in order to turn, I found it would be necessary to run my wagon back several rods ; as this was difficult to do, and the shades of night were fast coming over us, w resolved to try the former. Sending one yoke of oxen forward, which very reluctantly led the way, I took my place by the side of the team where I could hold on to the bows of the yoke, and started down, know ing that the least accident or misstep would plunge us beyond the reach of hope. Our oxen also seemed to be equaUy aware of the danger ; for they managed with tiie utmost care and caution, until we at length ar rived at the bottom in safety ; where, finding our road and an Inn, we stopped for the Sabbath. The next day in the afternoon, our company came up. About this time the company feeling it important they should have more teams to help them through, sent Mr. Leach, one of our number, td our friends in Ohio, for that purpose. We crossed the Ohio river two miles below Beaver ; from there we proceeded to Griersburgh, and so on until we came to the place called " eight mile swamp." This swamp was a low and marshy piece of ground, yet productive of many kinds of timber which grow upon uplands. It presented a miserable passage for travellers. On Friday morning, as my team was the best able to break the road, it was proposed that I should take the lead and clear the way. I had not gone far, however, before my company was left far in the rear. I con tinued on, working a passage until nearly night, when we drove out of the swamp, and planted our feet upon the long-looked-for and most wel come soil of New Connecticut — it being the south-east township of the Western Reserve. We then drove on to Boardman and stopped for tbe night. The next day in the forenoon, we drove to Canfield, it being only five miles, where we once more put up for the Sabbath. Here we found old Connecticut friends — Gen. Wadsworth, from Litch field, Capt Tanner and Mr. Steele, from Cornwall, Dea. Chapman and Mr. Sprague, from Sharon, — who had purchased land and were preparing to raove their families on the next spring ; and also Mr. Pease, who was sent by our friends in Hudson, witii a yoke of cattle for the purpose of helping the company on. After directing him where tliey could be found, he went on. At this place also, we heard much said about the Indians ; as they had done much damage in the settlements at tiiis place. Sabbath night the company came up. Generation VL] kilbourn. 159 Monday morning, as there were no settlements between this place and Deerfield, which was fifteen miles, we took an early start, hoping to get through that day ; went on several miles quite well, wlien wo came to a low and flat piece of land, and nialvingbut slow progress we were obliged to encamp for tlie night. As the sons of Mr. Day, who lived about three miles from our encamp ment, were out tliat night on a raccoon-hunt, they gave us a call. They were somewhat surprised at finding so large a company, yet seemed to enjoy their new and unexpected associates quite well. After making some enquiries relative to our destination, &c., they re turned to their homes. About noon the next day, we arrived at Mr. Day's, where we stopped to feed ; while the rest of tlie company went on to Mr. Ely's, about one mile farther. Mr. Day's people, expecting us about tliis time, had not only prepared feed for our teams, but provided a good, fat, and well roasted raccoon for our dinner, which we relished very much. We then drove to Mr. Ely's, where the company stopped. Finding they had concluded to stay over night, as Mr. Ely had proposed helping them with his team as far as Ravenna, twenty miles distant, we continued on our journey till night, when we came to what was called Yellow Creek. The banks of the stream being high, as the wagon descended, our beds and clothing fell overboard into the water. After getting up the opposite bank, we built a fire and encamped for the night ; and about midnight had our clothes dried and put away in good order. The next morning, after driving about three miles, we came to Mr. Hall's, in Atwater, formerly from Wallingford, where we got hay for our team and milk for our children. We then took a northwest course to Ravenna, and put up at Walker's Mills, awaiting the arrival of the com pany ; during whicli time, I sold my wagon for a cow and grain for my year's supply. Friday noon the company came up, and we all moved on together until night, when we were again obliged, as we hoped for the last time, to prepare our lodging in the woods. The next day, it being Saturday, and the sixtieth day of our journey, by the assistance of Mr. Hudson, and several others who met us with their teams and axes, we were enabled to reach our long desired haven in Hudson. We stopped at Mr. Bishop's, where we enjoyed his kind hospitality for the term of three weeks ; during which time I rolled up and covered my log-house and moved into it; where we very much enjoyed our new home. After the people had made their dwellings comfortable for winter, they came together for the purpose of making a distribution of the library. As this organization became more generaUy known, shares were sold in townships around for the distance of fifteen miles ; and the members were regular in their attendance at the meetings of the society. Our 160 kilbourn. [Generation vl leisure time was employed in the perusal of those books, treating mainly on subjects of morality and religion. Our little colony was also in the habit of meeting every Sabbath at some private house for public worship ; which was conducted among ourselves by reading sermons, &c., except occasional calls by Rev. Joseph Badger, who traveled in the western settlements as a missionary. In the course of two years, I had cleared some twenty-five or thirty acres of land, and was beginning to realize a comfortable support, when, in the spring of 1803, whUe assisting in the raising of a buUding, by the faUing of one of the timbers, my thigh was broken ; which, togetlier with the ague, disabled me for any kind of farming business for two years. During this time my wife was obliged to turn her attention to the culti vation of land, as well her own domestic affairs ; and with the help of our eldest son, who was seven years of age, planted, hoed and harvested the best piece of com in our vicinity. Thus with her untiring energy, she labored almost unceasingly night and day, for the support of the fam ily until 1805 ; when, on account of my misfortune, I found it necessary to resume my trade ; and for that purpose I sold my farm in Hudson and removed to Newburgh, it being an older settlement. There I remained three years and a half, and was prospered in all my undertakings ; but on account of society in that place, and with the per suasion of Rev. David Bacon, who had purchased the township of Tall madge, for the purpose of building up a moral and religious society, I sold my place, and again moved into the wilderness ; subjecting myself and family to many trials and hardships. Here I resided nine years ; dur ing which time I cleared my farm, huUt a good house and barn, and was enjoying the comforts of life, when, through the influence of Capt Oviatt, my son-in-law, I returned to Hudson, where I have since remained. One object I had in coming here, was to assist in buUding up a good society, and establishing church and literary institutions for the benfit of the rising generations ; and it affords me pleasure, even at the ad vanced age of 85 years, to see the effect of our labor in some good de gree realized. Thus have I endeavored to give you a brief sketch of tlie private, do mestic and social occurrences of my life, being subject to prosperity and adversity, which was the common lot, especially of those who early emi grated to this country. I cannot but express the deep interest I feel in our kindred associa tions as they are enjoyed at the present day ; although my age must ne cessarUy deprive me the pleasure of a personal participation in them. It is a source of pleasure and gratification to me, to learn what has been and is being done by your generous and untiring efforts in searching out the vast territorial extent of our race, that we may be brought into one grand and social bond of brotherhood." Generation VI.] kilbourn. 161 94. WILLIAM, b. Jan. 22, 1772 ; m. Susan Bidwell, daughter pf Theodore Bidwell. He had sons — Theodore, (who d. at the South) ; Samuel, (who d. in Avon, in 1839, aged 27) ; and Franklin, (who d. also in Avon). William Kilborn d. in Avon a few years since. 95. Deac. JOSHUA, b. June 3, 1775. " He was a tanner and shoemaker, and settled in Farmington street in 1807. He was a very pious man, and said the ownership of so much property — (old house, shop and tan-works, all proba bly not worth $500) — made him worldly-minded ; and he sold out in 1810, and removed to West Avon. I believe he had no children, though he married."* He d. in 1937, aged 63. / t ¦' S6, ELISHA. 96. ELISHA, b. in Wethersfield, June 7, 1749 ; and at an early age accompanied his father to Sandisfield, Mass. He resided for several years in Tyringham, but subsequently removed to Colebrook, Conn., where he died. His children were, Elisha, Roswell, Jason C, Jonathan S., Barney, Sally and Betsey. His wife was Jemimah Chamberlain. He was a soldier of the Revolution — in Capt. Brown's company. Col. Fellow's regiment, in April 1775; in July, 1776, he was stationed in the Highlands with Col. Hop kins' regiment ; and in Aug., 1777, he was at Benning ton, Vt., in Capt. Downing's company. Col. Ashley's regi ment. He d. in 1829 ; she d. in 1842. 97. HULDAH, b. in Wethersfield, Dec. 21, 1751 ; m. Col. John Brown,f of Pittsfield, Mass., a celebrated officer * MS. of W. S. Porter, of Farmington, (now of New Haven). ¦j- Colonel Brown was bom at Sandisfield, Mass., Oct. 19, 1744 ; graduated at Yale College in 17*71, and studied law with Oliver Arnold, in Providence, R. I. He commenced the practice of his profession at Caghnawaga, now Johns town, N. Y., and was appointed King's Attorney. In 1773, he removed to Pittsfield, Mass., in which place there was but one lawyer, Woodbridge Little. Brown was bold and prudent, and having a fine personal appearance, he was selected by the State Committee of Correspondence in 1774, for the hazardous enterprise of going to Canada to excite the people to revolt — a duty which he faithfully performed. He was a Delegate to the Provincial Congress, Feb. 15, 177.5. Soon after the battle of Lexington, the project of taking Ticonderoga 21 162 KILBOURN. [Generation VL of the Revolution. Their son, Henry C. Brown, Esq., was for raany years High SheriS" of Berkshire Co. Col. Brown was slain in battle in 1780; and Huldah, his widow, subse quently became the wife of Jared Ingersoll, Esq., of Pitts field. She d. in 1838, aged 87. 98. Lieut. HEZEKIAH., b. in Wethersfield, Nov. 7, 1752 ; was a Sergeant in Col. Ashley's regiment at the cap ture of Burgoyne, in 1777; and in Oct., 1781, he was a Lieutenant in Capt. Smith's company, Col. Collier's regi ment, at Stillwater, N. Y. Lieut. Hezekiah Kilborn d. at his residence in Sandisfield, Mass., Oct. 25, 1804 ; Mrs. Pru dence Kilborn, his wife, d. April 12, 1793. His children were — Prudence, Hannah, Betsey and Abigail. was agreed upon, and Mr. Brown accompanied the expedition. He was en trusted with the business of conveying away the prisoners, alx)ut 1 00 in num ber, and was also sent as express to the General Congress at PhUadelphia, where he arrived May 17. In July, he and Allen were dispatched through the wilderness to Canada, to assure the inhabitants that their religion and liber ties should not be impaired by the approaching army. On the 24th of Sept. he took Fort Chamblee. Wliile Arnold was before Quebec, Maj. Brown arrived from Sorel, and joined him. Montgomery had arrived two days before. In the attack on Quebec, Dec. 31, Maj. Brown, with part of a regiment of Boston troops, was directed to co-operate by making a false attack upon the walls to the south of St. John's gate and set fire to the gate with combustibles prepared for the purpose. He executed his part of the enterprise. In this assault Montgomery feU. On the 3d of Aug., 1776, Congress voted Maj. Brown a commission of Lieutenant Col onel, with rank and pay in the Continental army frora Nov. 1775. After the defeat of Col. Baum at Bennington in 1777, Col. Bro-wn was dispatched bv Gen. Lincoln from Pawlett, to the north end of Lake George, with 500 men, to relieve our prisoners. By marching all night, he attacked the enemy at day break, September 17, at the landing, three miles from Ticonderoga ; set at lib erty 100 of our men, and made prisoners of 293 of the enemy ; took the land ing. Mount Defiance, Mount Hope, the French lines, and the Block house ; 200 batteaux, an armed sloop, several gun boats, a few cannon, and a vast quantity of plunder. Soon after the capture of Burgoyne, Col. Brown retired from tho service on account of his detestation of Arnold — who at this time (three years before his treason,) he predicted would prove a traitor. In 177S, he was'elected a mem ber of the Legislature of Massachusetts. In the faU of 1780, Col. Bro-wn marched up the Mohawk for the relief of Geu. Schuyler, but was led by a traitor into an ambush of Canadians, tories, and Indians, at Stone Arabia, in Palatine, and was slain on his birth-day, Oct. 19, 1780, aged 36. Forty-five of his men, many of whom marched from Berkshire the week before, were also killed. The same day at Fox's MiUs, Gen. Van Rensselaer defeated the same party under Sir John Johnson. Col. Brown's daughters married WiUiam But ler, printer, Northampton, and Dr. Hooker, of Rutland, Vt. His son, Henry 0. Brown, was for mony years High Sheriff of Berkshu-e.— [Condensed from a sketch in Allen's American Biog. and Hist. DicJ Generation VL] kilbourn. 163 99. CHARLES, b. in Sandisfield, March 26, 1756 ; was a soldier of the Revolution, in Capt. Samuel Wolcott's com pany, Hopkins' regiment, and was stationed in the High lands in July, 1776. He m. Susannah Fosdick, of Wethers field, Conn., and had one son, Ashur. He d. at Hounsfield, Jefferson Co., N. Y., in 1830, aged 74. 100. SARAH, b. in Sandisfield, Feb. 26, 1758 ; m. John Hastings Allen, of Sandisfield, Dec, 1785. She d. in 1852, aged 94. Her children are — (1.) Capt. John H., a respected and prominent citizen of Sandisfield, who d. in 1854. (2.) Emily, m. James Ayrault. (3.) Sarah, m. the Hon. George Hull, of Sandisfield, formerly Lieutenant-Governor of Massa chusetts. (4.) Eunice, m. the Rev. A. Pickett, pastor of the Congregational church in Sandisfield. 101. JONATHAN, Esq., b. in Sandisfield, March 3, 1760 ; on the 6th of Nov., 1788, he m. widow Sarah Brown, (a daughter of Dea. David Granger, of Suffield, Conn.). He succeeded his father in business, and became a man of great wealth for the time and region in which he lived. He was a Sergeant in Col. Ashley's regiment at the taking of Bur goyne in 1777. He d. Feb. 6, 1828 ; his widow d. in Oct. 1832, aged 80 years. Their children were — Polly, Sarah, Jonathan and Eliza. At the time of his death, Mr. Kil born was an Honorary Member of the " American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions." 102. ASHUR, b. in Sandisfield, Feb. 12, 1762 ; was a soldier in Col. Ashley's regiment, Capt. Collier's company, in the revolutionary army. He d. soon after the war, leav ing no descendants. 103. ROBBINS, (twin with Ashur); m. Mehitable Wright, and had children b. in Sandisfield, viz., Robbins, Ashur, Ashur, (2d,) Lucy, Huldah, Roswell and William. He re moved to Litchfield, N. Y., and thence to Frankfort, in the same State. 104. ROBERT, b. in Sandisfield, May 12, 1764; set tled in Great Barrington, in 1796, where he still resides. He 164 KILBOURN. [Generation VL was a soldier in Col. John Brown's regiment, Capt. Warner^s company, in July, 1780, and now receives a pension for his revolutionary services.* He m. Sarah Hubbard, and had seven children, viz., Clarissa, Lewis, Levi, Russell, Joel, Mark and Sarah Ann. His wife d. April 15, 1828. He was m. to his second wife, Mercy Chappell, Sept. 29, 1830. Mr. Kilborn is now in his 92d year. 105. HOPEFUL, b. in Sandisfield, July 10, 1766 ; rn. Stephen Morse, of that town, Oct. 6, 1798. They had Sally and Stephen. 106. ELIZABETH, m. Mr. Remington, of Sheffield, Mass. 107. ALLEN, b. in Sandisfield, in 1775; m. Rhoda, daughter of John Canfield, of Champion, Jefierson Co., N. Y. His children were — Jared, Nancy, Allen, Sarah, Aus tin Granger, and others. He d. in the autumn of 1841, at his residence in Champion, N. Y. 61. GEOKGE. 108. ABIGAIL, b. in Wethersfield. July 2, 1754. 109. REBECCA, b. in Wethersfield, July 23, 1764. d. young. 110. GEORGE, b. in Wethersfield, July 18, 1765 ; d. young. 11 L MARY, b. in Wethersfield, Feb. 5, 1767; m. Mr. Bishop, and settled in Chesterfield, Conn. She d. in 1832, at the residence of a son, in Newfield, Tompkins Co., N. Y. 112. REBECCA, b. in Wethersfield, Aug. 23, 1768 ; m. Simeon Hatch, of Winchester, Conn., and settled in New Hartford, N. Y., where she d. a few years since, leaving three sons and three daughters. * I am indebted to my friend and kinsman. Dr. Josiah Curtis, of Boston, for my dates and facts concerning the revolutionary services of the KQboums of Massachusetts. A few years since, wlule employed in tbe office of the Secretary of State, in making out certain legislative and other official reports and documents, that gentleman took the pains to note down for me whatever be found on the records relating to my namesakes. Generation VL] kilbourn. 165 113. Capt. JOSHUA, b. in Wethersfield, Sept. 1, 1770; m. Lucy Holt, and settled in New London. He commanded a merchant ship called " The Yankee," and d. in New Or leans, Feb. 11, 1811, leaving one daughter, who is now the wife of Mr. Elijah Powers, of New London. His three sons d. in childhood. Mrs. Lucy Kilborn, his widow, d. in New London, March 27, 1852. 114. MARTHA, b. in Wethersfield, April 3, 1772; m. Roger Barber, Esq., and had a family. She d. in Tolland, in 1845. 115. JONATHAN PIERPONT, b. in Wethersfield, Nov. 12, 1774 ; he was a sailor, and d. at sea, in 1796. 116. GEORGE, b. in Wethersfield, Feb. 7, 1777 ; he was a sailor, and d. in early manhood, probably unmarried. 67. ELISHA. 117. ELISHA, b. in Litchfield ; removed to Castleton, Tt., with his father ; and subsequently settled in Hampton, Washington Co., N. Y., where his descendants still reside. 118. DIADEMA, m. David Kilborn, of Litchfield, June 16, 1769, and had nine children. Orange, James, Levi, Reu ben, David, Betsey, Elisha, Samuel and Erastus. 119. MARY, ra. Jacob Baker, of Litchfield, Feb. 25, 1765. 120. ABIGAIL, m. Stephen Reed, Esq.,* of Salisbury, and had a daughter, Mary, who ra. Mr. Gay, of that place. After the decease of Mr. Reed, the widow m. Daniel Lan don, of Salisbury. 121. LYDIA, m. Benjarain Palmer, of Litchfield, (son of the Rev. Solomon Palmer, A. M.,) and had one son, Benja min. Mr. Palmer d. March 9, 1780. The widow subse quently ra. Mr. Trowbridge, of Castleton, Vt. ; and after his death she became the wife of John Lynch, of Poultney, Vt. * Mr. Keed was twice chosen a Representative from SaUsbury in 1806. 166 kilbourn. [Generation VL 122. JERUSHA, m. Supream Smith, of Litchfield, and had five children, viz., Elias, Joseph, Mary, Diadema and Olive. 123. ELIZABETH, m. Whipple, of Vermont. 69. LIEUT. BENJAMIN. 124. RUTH, b. in Litchfield, Oct. 17, 1752; m. Jonah Stone, of that town, and had five children, viz., David, Is rael, Lewis, Appollos and Julius. 125. Capt. LEWIS, b. in Litchfield, May 22, 1755; was m. to Anne, daughter of Lieut. Amos Parmelee, Jan. 30, 1782, by the Rev. James Nichols. He was an ardent whig in the Revolution, and was through life an Episcopalian in religious sentiment. He was a Grand Juror of Litchfield in 1793 ; and was a Warden, Moderator and Treasurer of St. Michael's parish. In 1797, Governor Wolcott commissioned him as Captain of the 1st company, 17th regiment, 6th brigade of Connecticut militia. Captain Kilborn died sud denly, in his native town, in 1805, aged 50 years, leaving four children, viz., Charles, Dothy, Norman and Benjamin. His widow, Anne Kilborn, m. Mr. Calvin Bishop, and d. Aug 10, 1839, aged 80. 126. Col. CHARLES, b. in Litchfield, March 3, 1758. In the early part of the war of the Revolution, he was drafted into the service of the Americans — much against his own predilections. He, however, served through one campaign, and was engaged in several skirmishes with the British. In common with his father and most of his brothers, he was from the first a zealous and sincere loyalist in principle. When, therefore, he learned that he must run his chance of being drafted a second time, he resolved by some means to place himself beyond the reach of such a contingency. It so happened that about this time a loyal neighbor of his Daniel Griswold, who had been a soldier in the British army, returned to his native town, bearing a Captain's commission and forthwith commenced the work of his mission, viz. en- Generation VL] kilbourn. 167 listing soldiers into the king's service. Charles Kilborn was among the first to enroll his name, April 26, 1777. Dr. Reu ben Smith, in a letter* to Gov. Wolcott, dated at Litchfield, May 12, 1777, (in alluding to Griswold and his soldiers,) says : " The Wednesday following, April 30, they were ta ken, (except Benjamin Doolittle and Charles Kilborn, who it is said were killed in attempting to escape,) and were carried to Derby, where they were tried by a court martial, and Gris wold was sentenced to be hanged ; which sentence was exe cuted the Monday following at New Haven. The rest were pardoned, upon their enlisting into the Continental army dur ing the war." The supposition that Kilborn was killed, was a mistake. He was successful in his " attempt to escape," and, after a series of vicissitudes and adventures, he suc ceeded in finding his way to Canada, on foot — much of his route lying through an uninhabited country. He stopped at St. John's, then a considerable military post, where he en gaged himself as a clerk to an eminent merchant, named White — he being then in the nineteenth year of his age. He soon after became a partner with Mr. White ; and, though extensively engaged in merchandizing, he was soon also an active participant in the military movements consequent upon the war. Before peace was concluded, he had attained the rank of Captain in the British service. In Feb. 1784, he was married to Miss Margaret Young, a member of a loyal family who had emigrated to Canada from the State of New York. He subsequently removed to Caldwell's Manor, on Lake Champlain, where for nearly seventeen years he was extensively engaged as an agriculturist and merchant. Dur ing his residence here, he was for a long time the highest civil and military officer in the place. Removing thence, he resided for two years in Alburg. In 1804, he settled in Stanstead, on an island formed by a considerable river, about six miles west of Lake Memphremagog. On this stream he built mills of various kinds, and the settlement took the * See ¦Woodruff's History of Litchfield, pp. 39, 40. 168 kilbourn. [Generation VI. name of " Kilborn's Mills," and is so put down on the English and American maps of that period. The stream was also called "Kilborn Rver."* This property, with the exception of about 400 acres of land owned by his son. Col. Alexander Kilborn, has passed out of the family ; and consequently the name of the place has been changed. At the comraenceraent of the last war between the United States and Great Britain, Mr. K. held the rank of Major in the king's service, and was appointed to the command of a corps of provincial troops, well known as the " Frontier Light In fantry," which were continued in active service under his command, until the close of the war. He was present at the battle of Plattsburgh, where he was eminently distinguished for his skill and bravery. He was subsequently taken pris oner in an engagement near his head-quarters at La Cole, and conveyed to Greenbush, N. Y., where he was kept for sev eral weeks, until exchanged. About this time a large num ber of American prisoners were placed in his charge at La Cole, several of whom were from Connecticut, and two of them from his native town. They were afterwards accus- ttoraed to speak in the highest terms of his humanity and lib erality — they having previously been subjected to the harsh est treatment. He gave them an abundance of wholeseme food and fresh air, and even permitted thera to walk in the environs of their place of confinement. And it is worthy of special record, as exhibiting the high sense of honor which prevailed among the American soldiers, that not one of them betrayed the confidence thus generously reposed in them ; although, at a subsequent period, when in charge of a rigid and merciless officer, several of them effected their escape. At the close of the war, he retired to his home at " Kilborn's Mills" — where he designed to spend the remainder of his * A correspondent writing from Stanstead, says : " I have seen on an old map, the steep hill between the Island where Col. Kilborn's mUls stood and the village of Stanstead, put down as " Kilborn Hill." " Kilborn's Mills'' is inserted at this point in the recent editions of Mitchell's Universal Atlas in Johnson's " Emigrants Guide," published at Edinburgh in 1855, Ac. Generation VL] kilbourn. 169 days in the quiet of domestic enjoyment. But the public presented claims to his services which he could not well decline. His commission as a civil magistrate, which he had held previous to the war, was renewed by the Governor General ; he was appointed a Justice of the Commissioner's Court, in which capacity, says an intelligent Canadian cor respondent, " he presided for many years, with honor to himself, and giving satisfaction to the people." He was also promoted to the command of a regiment as Lieut. -Colonel — the highest office in the militia of Canada. Col. Kilborn died, June 19th, 1834, aged 76 ; Margaret, his wife, died Aug. 21, 1841, aged 73. Their children were, Lucy, Betsey, Benjamin, Alexander, Sally, Joseph, Mary, Nancy, Matilda and Lydia. 127. NANCY, b. in Litchfield, Dec. 13, 1760 ; ra. Brad ley Catlin, and settled in Cornwall, Conn., where he died. Mrs. Catlin d. at the residence of her daughter, in Sackett's Harbor, N. Y. Their children were — (1.) Joel, of Sharon, Conn. (2.) Samuel, drowned in 1819; unmarried. (3.) Han nah, d. (unmarried,) in Stanstead, Lower Canada, May 5, 1836. (4.) Benjamin, Esq., was a Representative from Corn wall in 1832, and again in 1833. (5.) Abigail, m. Matthew M. Cole, Esq., an editor in Sackett's Harbor, N. Y., and sub sequently a clerk in one of the Departments in Washington City, where he died. 128. HANNAH, b. in Litchfield, Feb., 1762 ; ra. John Bissell, of Salisbury, Conn. 129. BENJAMIN, b. in Litchfield, Jan. 17, 1765; re moved to Canada with his father in 1790, where he married and had two daughters. He hung himself in 1796, during which year his estate was administered upon in Litchfield. 130. DAVID, b. in Litchfield, Feb. 31, 1767 ; m. Han nah White, daughter of Joseph White, a loyalist of New Hampshire, and settled on the Canada side of the St. Law rence, a few miles below Brockville. His children were — 22 lYO KILBOUEN. [GeSEKATION VT. Whiting, William, Col. John, Polly, Pamela, Nancy, Abigail, Betsey, Catharine and Bricea. Though residing in the king's dominions, he was a republican at heart, and in the war of 1812, he engaged in the secret service of the United States, under the direction of Gen. Wilkinson, in consequence of which his entire estate in Canada was confiscated to the Brit ish government. He soon after removed to Scriba, near Os wego, N. Y., where he continued to reside until his death in 1847. His services were acknowledged by the American Congress, and appropriations were made by that body to re ward him for his services, and compensate him in part for his losses. The particulars of his transactions, (fcc, will be found in the Appendix of this volume, in the report of the Con gressional Committee, and the accompanying documents. 131. SAMUEL, b. in Litchfield, Feb. 21, 1769; m. Abi gail Griswold, daughter of Asahel Griswold, of Milton, Conn., and settled a Kitley, Leeds Co., Canada West, where he died in 1849. His children are — Jaraes, Benjamin, Hannah, Tru man, Samuel, Lucy, Rev. Asahel G., Abigail, Clarissa, Polly, Lydia and Charles. Mrs. Abigail Kilborn is still living at the old homestead in Kitley, at the age of 84 years. 132. Capt. JOSEPH, b. in Litchfield, Feb. 15, 1771 ; left his native town in 1785, and became a clerk of his brother Charles, in Canada. He studied the art of survey ing, and was appointed Deputy Surveyor of the Province on the 6th of June, 1792, and as such assisted in surveying nearly all the eastern townships of Lower Canada. On the 17th Feb., 1805, he was married in Ascott, Lower Canada. to Phebe Adams, daughter of Eliphalet Adams, of Hartford, Conn. ; and during the same year he received a Lieutenant's commission in the army from the hands of the Governor General, Sir Robert Shore Milnes. At the commencement of the last war between the United States and Great Britain, he was transferred to the Engineer Department, having re ceived the appointment of Military Surveyor and Draftsman, with the rank and pay of Captain in the regular army. He continued to perform the duties of this station until a short Generation VL] kilbourn. 171 time previous to his death, which took place at the head quarters of the army, at Kingston, Nov. 15, 1814, in the 43d year of his age. In the year 1810, he committed the care of his landed property (about thirteen hundred acres) to an intimate friend, to whom, in his last sickness, he wrote respecting the distri bution of the property to his family. His family, however, never came in possession of said estate ; the presumed friend having, it is said, appropriated it to his own use. The children of Capt. K. were, William Vincent, Joseph Henry, Caroline Cordelia and Clarissa Maria. 133. LUCY, b. in Litchfield, March 17, 1773 ; m. John White, of Leeds Co., C. W., and d., leaving a family. Mr. White was brother to Hannah White, who m. David Kil born, as above. 134. WILLIAM, b. in Litchfield, May 6, 1778; m. Miss White, and settled in Kingston, (Canada West,) thence removed to Stanstead, where he remained a few years, but returned to Kingston in 1835. Being a man of remarkable intrepidity and address, he was often employed in the secret service of the British government, during the war of 1812. In one of his visits across the lines, in 1814, to observe the movements and ascertain the number and position of Gen eral Hampton's army near Plattsburgh, on Lake Champlain, he was seized and carried to Greenbush, where he was tried by a court martial, and sentenced to be executed as a spy. Fortunately for him, a friend assisted his efforts to escape, and in disguise, he found his way back to Canada, after much suflTering and many hardships. He died in Chili, Monroe Co., N. Y., in 1847, in the 70th year of his age. His second wife was Catharine Powell, of Sutton, Canada East. 135. POLLY, (twin with William,) m. Major Reuben Sherwood,* of Elizabethtown, Canada West. She d. sorae years since, leaving a family. * Maj. Sherwood was by profession a Land Surveyor, and is said to have laid out and surveyed more townships than any other man in Canada. He was ED active and useful public man. When the war of 1812 commenced, he was 172 KILBOURN. [Generation VI, 72. SOLOMON. 136. RACHEL, b, in Litchfield, Aug. 18, 1757 ; m. James Griswold, of Litchfield. She left no children. 137. HANNAH, b. in Litchfield, March 6, 1760 ; m. Ben jamin Doolittle, of that town. 138. JEREMIAH, b. in Litchfield, April 8, 1762; ra. Anne Bishop, April 28, 1785. He was Grand Juror in 1799, and a Lister in 1811. His children were — Lucretia, Noah. Freeman, Putnam, Anne, Almira, Nancy and Louisa. Mr. Kilborn d. in Litchfield, Feb. 21, 1821. 139. SOLOMON, b. in Litchfield, Dec. 7, 1764 ; m. Abi gail Gross, of that town, who d. about the year 1800, his second wife was Keziah, widow of David Farnham. (?) He resided for some years in Ohio, but subsequently settled in Hampton, N. Y., where he died. His children were — Clar issa, Benjamin, Catharine, Solomon, Huldah, Thomas, Free man, Abigail and Maria. 140. ANNA, b. in Litchfield, July 12, 1767 ; m. Gideon Stoddard, of that town, Feb. 28, 1790. He d. April 13, 1846, aged 78. She d. Nov. 11, 1843, aged 77. Their chil dren were — (1.) Whitman, b. 1790; ra. Rhoda Binum, and removed to Western New York. (2.) Jesse, Esq., b. 1792 ; ra. Rachel Simmons, of Litchfield, Conn., in 1815 ; he now resides in Litchfield, Hillsdale Co., Michigan, where he has been a Justice of the Peace, and in 1849 was elected a Rep resentative. (3.) Abigail, b. 1794; m. Heman Osborn, of Litchfield, Conn., in 1827. (4.) Sally, b. 1796; m. John Frink, of Sheldon, N. Y., in 1826, where she d. (5.) Solo- one of the first to raise a Rifle Company, which he commanded at the capture of Ogdensburgh. He was often employed in the Quarter-master's Depart ment -, was several times sent across the Lines on secret service, and on one or two occasions narrowly escaped capture. Indeed no one could or would at tempt, with any hope of success, some of the daring enterprises in which he engaged. After the war, he was appointed Assistant Superintendent of the military settlement in the Perth District, and by his minute knowledge of the back country, contributed greatly to its improvement and success. He died in October, 1850. Generation VT.] kilbourn. 173 mon, b. 1797 ; m. Lucinda Buttrick, and removed West. (6.) Leonard, b. 1801 ; m. Caroline Stevens ; he d. in Michigan, in 1853. (7.) William, b. 1804; m. Betsey Henderson, of Rochester, N. H., in 1828 ; in 1854, he removed to Toledo, Tama, Co., Iowa, where he now resides. (8.) Henry, b. 1806, ; m. Emeline Andrew, of Litchfield, in 1830 ; he now lives in Hillsdale Co., Michigan. (9.) Mary Ann, b. 1811 ; m. David C. Bulkley, of Litchfield, in 1830 ; d. in 1847. 141. OLIVE, b. in Litchfield, Jan. 25, 1769; m. Thomas Goodwin, of that town, Nov. 14, 1793. Their children were —(I.) Harley, b. 1794; unmarried. (2.) Maria, b. 1797; m. Mark Mazuzen, of Litchfield. (3.) Solomon, b. 1800; m. Hannah Knapp, of Norfolk. (4.) Abigail, b. 1802 ; m. John Osborn, of Litchfield. (5.) Jesse, b. 1805. (6.) Anna, b. 1807; m. David Booth, and Theron Kent, both of Litch field. (7.) Mary, b. 1809; ra. Frederick A. Spauiding, of Norfolk. (8.) Olive, b. 1812. 142. WHITMAN, b. in Litchfield, April 12, 1772 ; m. Thalia Osborn, daughter of Capt. John Osborn, of Litch field, April 7, 1800. Their children were— Myron, Ethan, Lewis, Eliada, Amanda and James. He d. in his native town, June 18, 1843, in the 72d year of her age. 143. SYBEL, b. in Litchfield, Nov. 8, 1774 ; she d. in early childhood, by falling into the fire. 31. JONATHAN. 144. JAMES, b. in Williamstown, Mass., Aug. 25, 1764; married, but had no children. He was a soldier of the Rev olution, had a wrist broken in the service, and has been for some years past a pensioner. He was recently living (and perhaps still is,) in Williamstown, Orange Co., Verraont. 145. URI, b. in Williamstown, Mass. ; d. young. 146. CALEB, b. in V/illiamstown, Mass. ; d. young. 147. ZACHEUS, b. in Williamstown, Mass. ; he d. sev eral years since, leaving a family. For some years he resided 174 KILBOURN. [Generation VI. in the State of New York. Some of his descendants are living in the Western States. 148. JOSEPH, b. in Williamstown, Mass. ; m. Rebecca Home, and settled on Onion River, in the town of Williams town, Vermont, from which place they removed to Harail ton Co., Ohio, in 1808. They both d. in the fall of 1822, leaving six daughters and three sons, viz., Miranda, Electa, Hannah, Clarissa, Salome, Damaris, Henry, Perley H., and Jonathan. 80. JOSEPH. 149. SUSANNAH, b. in Litchfield, July 4, 1766. Her brother Aaron writes — " She married in Litchfield or Go shen, to a man unknown to us, and died in the town of Phelps, N. Y., many years ago." 1.50. TIMOTHY, b. in Litchfield, June 11, 1768; m. Clemment WoodhuU, daughter of Benjamin WoodhuU, for merly of Long Island, but subsequently of Ontario Co., N. Y. Mr. K. is now living in Delaware township, London District, Canada West, where he has a large family settled around him. He accompanied his father and other members of his fam ily to the Susquehannah country, in 1786, and was for sev eral years an active participant in the famous contest between the settlers under the Connecticut claim and the government of Pennsylvania — a particular account of which may be found in the sketch given by his brother, Aaron. In the early part of the present century, he was County Commis sioner and County Road Surveyor for Middlesex Co., Can ada West. 151. ELIZABETH, b. in Litchfield, June 4, 1770 ; d. in childhood. 152. AARON, b. in Litchfield, Jan. 30, 1773. The fol lowing sketch of his eventful life, furnished by him at my request, cannot fail to be read with interest by his kindred : Generation VL] kilbourn. 175 " I was born of respectable parents, in Litchfield, State of Connecticut, U. S. A., in the year of our Lord 1773. When about four years of age, my grandfather, Jonathan Kilbourn, died ; and during the foUowing- year, I lost my most excellent mother. Little did I then know the extent of my bereavement, though I often afterwards mourned in secret over my loss. In 1786, when I was about tliirteen years old, my father removed with a portion of his family, to the Susquehannah river, in the State of Penn sylvania, and I bade a final farewell to the associates of my child hood, for I have never had the pleasure of meeting one of thera since. During the following autumn, (1786,) my father, brother Timothy and myself, went up the Susquehannah to Meshopping Creek, about forty miles from Wilksbarre, and commenced the erection of a grist and saw mill. While we were there, the " great pumpkin flood," so called, came and swept off nearly all the pumpkins and stacks of hay, corn and oata in the valley, broke our mill-dam, and carried oflf some houses that had been recently erected near us. When winter came on our mills were not finished, the snow fell very deep, and there were no roads in all our region except Indian traUs. My brother, two young Dudleys, and my self, were left at the mills alone, where we suffered severely from hun ger and cold for nearly two raonths. One of the Dudleys got the hide of a horse that had died, with which to make a pair of shoe-packs. Hav ing taken off the hair witli ley, he made his pack, and I collected the trimmings, roasted and ate them. My brother finally made a slug out of a bit of lead, and fortunately killed a deer — upon which we " fared sump tuously," though we were not " clothed in fine linen." In the month of January, I was sent with a boy, in a canoe to Wilksbarre. The weather was very cold, we were thinly clad and suff'ered much. When some ten or twelve miles from our place of destination, we found the river dammed up with ice, and our canoe frozen fast in the middle. In this condition we remained nearly an entire night ; a little before day we found that the anchor ice was frozen to the cakes so hard that in a short time we were able to go ashore on the ice ; soon after which the river broke, and our boat was crushed to atoms by the floating cakes of ice. In the summer of 1787, our family removed to Meshopping Creek. My brother and myself were sent to a farm owned by my father, three or four miles further up the river, and on the opposite side, to clear a piece of land and build a house upon it. We accomplished our object, but as our canoe had drifted off, we were without food for two or three days, and could get nothing to eat. At length I succeeded in catching a large chub from the river, and on returning to the house with my prize, I was de lighted to find that my brother had caught a turtle which afl'orded us sixty eggs. We had a delicious repast, though without salt or bread. 176 kilbourn. [Generation VL Time soon brought about a war between the Connecticut settlers and the Pennsylvania government. My father had purchased and paid for between two and three thousand acres of land in the valley, and of course he and his family felt a deep interest in maintaining the claira of Con necticut, and in establishing their personal right to the soU. As the au thorities of Pennsylvania refused to recognize the right of Connecticut to dispose of the land on the Susquehannah, they naturaUy enough re garded the settlers as intruders. The emigrants from Connecticut were for a while united as one man ; but many of them were finally bought over by the Pennsylvania Commissioners, who, by way of compromise, ¦ were authorized to confirm to each settler a certain nuraber of acres.* One of these Commissioners was Colonel Pickering, who, soon after his arrival, made himself very obnoxious to the people by causing the arrest and imprisonment of our leader, Colonel Franklin, on a charge of trea son. My brother and eight or ten other young men, resolved upon re taliatory measures ; accordingly they proceeded to Wilksbarre, sur rounded the dwelling of Colonel Pickering, took him prisoner, and car ried hira to a place called " Black Walnut Bottom," where they confined him in the woods under a guard.f At the same time they made it known to the other party that if they would liberate Franklin, Col. Pickering should be safely returned. About this time I joined the " wUd Yankees," as the party were called ; and on the day foUowing a skirmish took place between about thirty " Pennamites'' and sixteen or eighteen " Yankees," * These Commisioners were Peter Muhlenburg, Timothy Pickering and Jo seph Montgomery. They were authorized to confirm SOOacres to each actual settler in Luzerne County. Pickering became one of the most eminent men in the n,ation— and was Secretary of State, Secretary of War, Post Master General, United States Senator, &c.. t The Hon. Charles Miner, in his admirable " History of Wyoming," gives a minute account of Col. Pickering's .ibduction, and re-pubUshes the Colonel's own account of the affair. The event created great excitement throughout Pennsylvania. Mr. Miner says, " Four companies of mihtia were ordered out, viz., that of Wilksbarre, under the command of Capt. Wilham Ross ; a troop of horse, commanded by Capt. John Paul Schott ; tho Hanover boys, Capt Rosewell Franklin ; :ind a company from Kingston, under Major Lawrence Myers— the whole military moving by direction of the civU authority, as part of the pos5e comitatus, directed by Lord Butler, Esq.. the High Sheriff of the County." The Supreme Court was in session when tbe news reached Pliila- delphia. In reply to an application to the Court to admit Col. Franklin to bad, the Chief Justice said, "that however inclined to consider the subject yester day, the iufoi-mation received from Luzerne County was a conclusive barrier to the apphcition ; for it appeared that the iusurijcnts had surrounded the house of Col. Pickering, and seized him a'^ a hostase, and that Mr. Montgom ery, another of the Commissioners, liad escaped witli difficulty, after suffering the greatest personal violence." " Says Mr. Miner, (Hist, of \Vyoming, p. 438,) : " Araong those concerned in the abduction of Col. Pickering, we fiud Noah Phelps, lev or three Kilbourns, and some otliers, distinguished names now iu Connecticut, and that of Garret Smith, a christian name so unusual, as to load us to wonder whether lie may not have been the father or relative of the distinguished New Yorlccr." Generation VL] kilbourn. I'l'j myself among them.* Several persons were wounded, one of whom was Captain Ross, a Pennamite leader. Our party detained Col. Pickering eighteen days, and then released him on his giving us a written pledge that he would pardon us all.f Notwithstanding tliis promise, we were all advertised as outlaws, and one hundred dollars were offered for the ap prehension of any of us, dead or alive.J * " Pennamites" and " Yankees" or " wild Yankees," were the technical terms by which the two parties in Wyoming were long known. f " We had been in this valley but two or three days," says Col. Pickering, in his narrative, " when one morning, while all my guards were fast asleep, I heard a brisk firing of musquetry. It was a skirmish, I bad no doubt, between the ' Boys,' (as these feUows called their party,) and the militia — who had come frora below to discover them, and rescue me. But I let tliem sleep on ; nor did I tell them of the firing after they awoke. After breakfast, one of them went down to a house by the river, in their interest, and returned in hiiste, to tell his comrades that tbe ' Boys' and mihtia liad met, and that in the battle Capt. Ross, who commanded the militia, was badly wounded. At the close of this or the next day, they marched down to the river, and sought for a canoe to cross to the western side ; but could find none. We were now at Black Walnut Bottom, about 44 miles from Wilksbarre. Thus disappointed, they marched back into the woods, and we lay down for the night. The next day towards evening, they went again to the river and crossed it. It was so dark that at the distance of 30 or 40 yards we might pass unseen. They passed through a thick wood to the house of one Kilborn, fatlier to two of the party. There we lodged. The next morning they pushed back into the woods, about four miles from the river. This changing from place to place, was to prevent their being discovered by the mihtia, who came from below at different tiraes to find them." ******* " When we arrived near their head-quarters, they halted. One went f o an nounce their arrival. Two or three came out, Gideon Dudley at their head — when he put to me the original question — ' Will you intercede for Colonel FrankUn's pardon ?' ' I will answer no question tUl I am set at liberty,' was mv return. They conducted me into Kilborn's house." * * * "" It was now the 1 6th of July. Nineteen days had passed away, while I had been their prisoner. Having no razor, nor a second shirt, I liad neither shaved nor changed my linen, during the whole time. * '* * As soon as I had entered KUbom'a house, they brought me a razor and soap to shave, and a clean shirt, and pair of stockings ; and told me 1 was at liberty. They roasted some chickens, and gave me as good a dinner as the poor wretches could furnish." Pickering was a man of violent temper and prejudices ; and his account of the abduction abounds with such epithets as " ruffians," " wretches," " crew," " diabolical outrage," &c. ; when in fact, from his own showing, he was treated by his captors with great kindness and courtesy. A newspaper account of the affair, written at Wyoming, and copied into the " Litchfield Monitor," in July, 1788, aUuding to the detention of Col. Franklin in the Philadelphia jail, re marks : — " It was believed that Col. Pickering was instrumental in detaining him. Upon the return of the expre.SB, a number of tlie best citizens went to the house of Colonel Pickering, took him into possession and carried him into the woods," -""i iiaiHiea uie imttalion, but proved himself a coward, by taking refuf^e belmid a rock. Capt. Kilbouru then took lommand, but was slain and his men disper^eu.' Generation VII.] kilbourn. 221 for her second husband, Daniel Lamb, Esq., of Tioga Co., Penn., and had one daughter. 102. MARY, b. in Colchester ; m. a Mr. Dennis, and set tled in China, N. Y. She has no children. 103. LYDIA, b. in Colchester ; in. a Mr. Kelsey, in Ti oga, Penn.; she now lives with her sister Mary, in China, N. Y. She has no children. 104. ALFRED, b. in Colchester; settled in China, N. Y. He was a Lieutenant iu the American service during the last war wilh Great Britain, and was a brave officer and popular citizen. A correspondent writes concerning him — " He re signed his commission in the army, upon being appointed a Justice of the Peace. He was much talked of as a candi date for Representative to the General Assembly, and seemed on the sure road to preferment, when he was suddenly struck down by the great Destroyer, at the early age of twenty-five years." 105. RALPH, M. D., b. in Colchester ; settled in Tioga county, Penn., where he was long an extensive practitioner of medicine. In 1840, he retired from practice wiih a hand some properly, and went to reside wilh his sisters in China, N. Y., where he died (a bachelor,) January 22, 1853. 47. JOSEPH. 106. AUSTIN, b. in Glastenbury, January 25, 1794; in March, 1815, he accepted a clerkship in the Phoenix Bank, Hartford, in which institution he remained, as junior clerk, discount clerk, and first teller, for some six years. At the annual meeting of the Board of Directors of the Phcenix Branch Bank in Litchfield, in Sept., 1821, Mr. Kilbourn was elected Cashier of that Bank — the late Hon. Benjamiu Tall madge being President. He continued in this office nntil September, 1826, when he returned to Hartford, and soon after commenced business as a hardware merchant in that city, which he continued for more than twenty years. While 222 KILBOURN." [Generation VHi a resident of Litchfield, he became a member of the cele brated Law School in that place, and' attended the prescribed couise of lectures of that institutioii, which was then in the zenith of its prosperity. On his return to Hartford, Mr. Kil bourn, among other subjects of importance, deVoied much time to investigating the science of agriculture; was for ten years Secretary of the Hartford County Agricultural Soci ety; and in 1844, compiled and published a valuable "Treat ise" on his favorite study. In July, 1847, he was commis sioned by Governor Bissell as a Notary Public, and was sub sequently re-appointed. On the death of his venerable father, in 1851, Mr. Kilbourn took up his abode in the home of his ancestors,* in Glastenbury, on the east bank of the Connec ticut river, six miles below the city of Hartford, where he now lives in " single blessedness." 107. SARAH, b. in Glastenbury, Jan. 23, 1796 ; m. Sam uel Whiting, Esq.,t of West Hartford, Nov. 6, 1816. Her children are — (1.) Gurdon Salstonstall, the partner and suc cessor of his uncle, Ogden Kilbourn, Esq., iu the hardware business in Hartford. (2.) Elizabeth Welles, graduated at the Hartford Female Seminary, and m. Henry Talcott, Esq , of West Hartford. (3.) Jason Haynes, died young. (4) Hannah Sophia, d. young. (5.) Austin. (6.) Cornelia. (7.) Samuel. (8.) George, d. young. (9.) George, (2d). 108. OGDEN, b. in Glastenbury, June 7, 1798; m. Eliz abeth St. Agnes Howland Bates, daughter of Phineas Rob inson Bates, Esq., and niece of the Hon. Isaac C. Bales, late United States Senator from Massachusetts. For more than thirty years, he was a hardware merchant and iin|)orter, in Main street, Hartford. A few years before retiring from bus- * The homestead now owned and occupied by Austin Kilbourn, Esq., in Glastenbury, has been in the possession of his branch of tlie family, in unin terrupted succession, for more tlian 200 years. — See Peo. Br. Chapiu's Mist. of Gtastenbiiry. f .\lr. Whiting is a lineal descendant Of Col. Nathan Whiting, a commander in the French and Indian wars, whose wife was a daughter of his exceUency Governor SaltonstaU, of NewLohddn, Conn.' ' • Generation VIL] kilbourn. 223 iness, he , took into partnership his nephew, Gurdon Salton staU, Whiting, to, whom he finally disposed of his interest in tbe, establishment. In 1855, Mr. Kilbourn spent several months in various parts of Great Britain and the Continent of Europe, visiting, among other interesting localities, the raanufacturing districts of Sheffield, Birmingham, Manches ter, jfcc, with many of the principal capitalists of which places he had long done business, and with some of .whom he had a personal acquaintance. The author of this .volume had the pleasure of accompanying him to many places and ob jects in the old world which must ever possess a peculiar interest to all who bear the name and inherit the blood of the Kilbourns. 109. ELIZA, 'b. in Glastenbury, Oct. 28, 1803; the fol lowing epitaph is copied from the stone erected to her mem ory in the graveyard of her native town. " Eliza Kilbourn, daughter of Joseph Kilbourn, Esq., died December 10, 1854, aged 51 years, 1 mo., 12 days. She graduated at the liitch- £eld Female Academy, and subsequently became a meraber of the First Congregational church in Glastenbury, and died an the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ." " Underneath this stone doth lie Aa much virtue as could die ; Which when alive did vigor give To as much beauty as could live." 110. HORACE, b. in Glastenbury, Nov. 11, 1809; be came a farmer, and resides on the paternal homestead in his native town ; unmarried. 48. CAPT. SAMUEL. 111. SARAH, b. in Hartford ; ra. Spencer Whiting, Esq., of ^?irtford, and had several children^one or two of whom d. ill infancy. Her oldest son, (I.) Samuel, is now living in Cal ifornia. (2.) Mary, ra. Daniel P. Hopkins, and had three chil- dre^n—rGustavus, Harriet a,nd Mary ; Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins are both dead. (3.) Harriet, m. Rev. Mr. Ely ; they are both 224 KILBOURN. [Generation VII. deceased, leaving several children. (4.) Sarah, now living with her mother in Hartford, (unmarried). (5.) Maria, m. a Mr. Lattimer, and has one child. (6.) Dr. Spencer d. some years since, (unmarried). (7.) George, lost by the burning of a steamboat on the Mississippi. (8.) William H., d. in New Orleans, (unmarried). 112. SAMUEL, b. in Hartford, in 1773; d. Nov. 25, 1789. 113. JERUSHA, b. in Hartford; m. Henry Hall, raer- chant, of Dedham, Mass., in 1803 ; she d. in 1805, leaving a daughter, Jerusha, who m. William Hudson, of Hartford. 114. WILLIAM, b. in Hartford, in 1779; became a mer chant in his native town, and d. (unmarried,) March 28, 1837, aged 58. 115. Hon. HENRY, b. in Hartford, in 1782 ; m. Elizabeth, daughter of Maj. Elisha Babcock, (editor of the "American Mercury,") in 1814, and became a merchant and importer in his native city, where he still resides. He has three chil dren, viz., Emeline B., Henry S. and James E. In October, 1818, he was elected a Representative from Hartford to the State Legislature, his colleague being the Hon. John Russ, afterwards a member of Congress. This was the last ses sion of the Assembly under the Charter of King Charles II. Upon the organization of the .S]tna Insurance Corapany, in 1819, Mr. Kilbourn was chosen a raeraber of the Board of Directors, and was annually re-elected for twenty-two years. During this period the Company did a far more extensive business than any other similar corporation in the United States. From 1821 to 1830 inclusive, he was almost con stantly a member of the Common Council of the city ; in 1825, and again in 1827, he was re-elected a member of the House of Representatives — his colleague from Hartford at each of these sessions being the Hon. Thomas S. Williams, since Chief Justice of the State. In 1832, he was appointed by the Legislature, Chairman of the Board of Slate Prison Directors. During the same year and the year following, he Generation VIL] kilbourn. 225 was an active member of the National Republican State Committee ; and subsequently, npon the re-organization of parties, he was a member of the Whig State Committee. In 1835, the Representatives from Hartford were William W. Ellsworth, (since Governor,) and Henry Kilbourn : and during the following year, the Whig State Convention placed the name of Mr. Kilbourn at the head of the Harrison Elec toral Ticket. In 1838, he was elected Comptroller of the State, and was annually re-elected until 1842, when the dem ocratic party came into power. In 1844, he was once more chosen a member of the City Council ; and during the ad ministration of Presidents Taylor and Fillmore (from 1849 to 1853,) he held the office of Inspector of the U. S. Cus toms for the Port of Hartford. In addition to the places of public trust already named, he was chosen or appointed to the following offices, some of which he held for several suc cessive years, viz.. Justice of the Peace, City Assessor, Di rector of the Hartford Marine Insurance Company, Trustee of the Hartford Savings Society, Director and State Commis sioner of the Connecticut river Navigation Company, Director of the Retreat for the Insane, Director of the Hartford Bank, State Commissioner of the Hartford Bridge Company, &c. His wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Kilbourn, d. in Hartford, March 6, 1848, aged 62. 116. MARIA, b. in Hartford; d. in her native town, of the spotted fever, at the age 18 years. 49. JOHN.* 117. JOHN, b. in East Hartford ; was a paper-manufac turer in his native town. He d. leaving no descendants. 50. STEPHEN 118. SAMUEL, b. in East Hartford ; ra. Abigail Bowers, and had a large family. He removed to Baltimore, Md., * This John Kilbourn " died some forty years since in Hartford." — [MS. let ter from Hon. Henry Kilbourn.] 29 226 KILBOURN. [Generation VII. where he d. July 8, 1839 ; his widow d. in the sarae place, on the 26th of the sarae month. Several of his children now reside in Baltimore and vicinity. 119. STEPHEN, b. in East Hartford. 120. MERCY, b. in East Hartford ; d. there about the year 1825, unmarried. 121. PEGGY, b. in East Hartford : she is still living in her native town — single. 53. FREEMAN.* 122. FREEMAN, Jr., ra. Miss Eliza Sloane, of Hartford, April 9, 1826. His will is dated June 3, 1831 ; he d. soon after, leaving no children. The amount of his inventory was f 16,215. Eliza, his widow, ra. Henry Shepard, mer chant of Hartford, in Feb., 1833. 123. DANIEL, b. in Hartford ; d. at his father's house many years since — unmarried. 124. HEZEKIAH, b. in Hartford; d. suddenly, in New York, in 1840 — single. 125. ABIGAIL, ra. Sarauel Ledlie, of Hartford ; both d. without children. 126. ANNA, m. Maj. John H. Frink, merchant, of New- London, Conn., and d. at Cheraw, S. C, July 26, 1824, leav ing several children, most of whom are married, and are much respected. 127. HEPSIBAH, ra. Samuel Curtis, and had two chil dren, viz., Samuel, who d. in Cuba, at the age of 18 years ; and Mary, who m. Mr. Bean, and is now living, with her husband, in New York. After the death of Mr. Curtis, the widow m. Mr. Goodenough, of Montreal, where she now lives. * The wife of Freeman KUboum, (Sen.,) d. in Hartford, Aug. 20, 1818. Hia second wife was Mrs. Lois Loomis Huriburt, to whom he was married, Nov. 16, 1820. Generation VIL] kilbourn. 227 54. THOMAS. 128. JAMES, b. in East Hartford, Jan. 20, 1752 ; ra. Elizabeth Wells, daughter of John Wells, June 6, 1776, and had eight children, viz., James J., Elizabeth, Hannah, Thomas, William, Rhoda, George and Harriet. He d. in Hartford, Ang. 6, 1805, aged 53 ; Elizabeth, his widow, was b. Nov. 8, 1753, and d. in Windsor, Dec. 4, 1849, aged 96. 129. MARY, b. in East Hartford, July 24, 1753. 130. NOAH, b. in East Hartford, March, 18, 1755 ; be came a resident of Chatham. As he was " supposed to be rfead," his estate was settled in 1781; his inventory bears date, March 28, of that year. His brother, James Kilbourn, was administrator. He was unmarried. 131. ESTHER, b. in East Hartford, Feb. 8, 1757. 132. ASHBEL, b. in E. Hartford, April 17, 1759 ; m. Miss Evans, and settled in East Windsor. His children were — Ash bel, Harry, Noah, Lovinia, Alfred, Levina, Esther, Nathan, Lawrence and Mary. Mr. Kilbourn was a soldier of the Revo lution, in Col. Webb's regiment, and suffered rauch in the cause of his country. The name of his second wife was Porter. MEMORIAL OF ASHBEL KILBOURN. General Assembly or Connecticut, > May Session, 1779. \ "Upon the Memorial of Ashbel Kilbourn, of East Windsor, showing to this Assembly that he was taken prisoner by the British troops, in De cember, 1777, and was by them imprisoned in PhUadelphia, where he was froze almost to death, and was then obliged to advance and pay £37 10 0, to a waggoner to transport him from PhUadelphia to Hartford ; and after his return home, was obliged to put himself under the care of Dr. Tudor untU his bUl hath arisen to £.57 10 0, praying for relief, as per Petition on file. " Resolved by this Assembly, That the Committee of Pay Table adjust and liquidate the accounts of the memorialist, for bis sickness, &c., and draw an order on the Treasurer of this State, for such sums as they shall • find due." The " American Archives," published by order of Congress, in 1848, thus refers to his case : " Mr. KUbourn was disabled whUe a prisoner in 228 kilbourn. [Generation VIL Philadelphia, his feet being frozen, his toes dropped off, and for want of proper care he was totally disabled. Congress granted him a monthly allowance of $3 33, and arrearages to the amount of §150." 59. RUSSELL. 133. ANNA, b. in East Hartford, Jan. 24, 1767 ; m. War ren Williams, of Madison, N. Y. She d. July, 20, 1833, leaving no children. 134. Capt. RUSSELL, b. in East Hartford, May 26, 1769 ; ra. Eunice Pitkin, a grand-daughter of Gov. Pitkin, in Nov., 1806, and settled in Baltimore, Md. He was in early manhood a sea captain, but became a wealthy mer chant. He d. suddenly, in the city of Baltimore, Feb. 16, 1823; Eunice, his widow, d. in Delaware, Ohio, in April, 1851. She was "a life member of the American Bible So ciety." Their children were — (1.) Alexander Kilbourn, b. 1809; m. Sarah M. Moody, of Jefferson, N. Y., and set tled as a merchant in Delaware, Ohio, where he died, in Nov., 1851, leaving no children. (2.) Eunice, b. 1817 ; ra. Ruth erford Moody, of the State of New York, and now lives in Ohio ; she has three or four children. 135. THOMAS, b. in East Hartford, April 27, 1771 ; re moved to Sangerfield, N. Y., and thence to Paris, N. Y., where he m. Mary Ballard, of New Hartford, in the same State, in 1806. He d. Jan. 8, 1837. He had seven chil dren, viz., (1.) Emily, b. iu 1807; m. the Rev. Edward Cope, at Paris, N. Y., who is now a missionary of the Amer ican Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. (2.) So phia, b. 1809 ; m. Almond Russell Eastman, of Paris, N. Y., in 1838, and is now living in Kingsville, Ohio. (3.) Russell, b. in 1811; m. Charlotte M. Norton, of Clinton, N. Y., in 1840; now resides iu Marshall, N. Y. (4.) Amelia, d. in Paris, N. Y., in 1830. (5.) Cornelia, ra. Rev. John Tomp kins, of Marcellus, N. Y. (6.) Eliza. (7.) Maria, ra. Mr. Eastman, of Rochester, N. Y.* * There was a Thomas Kilbourn commissioned as Lieutenant of artiUery in the 19th regiment, Connecticut militia, in May, 1806. Generation VIL] kilbourn. 229 136. MARY, b. in East Hartford, April 26, 1773 ; m. E. Kimball, of Lebanon, Conn. ; d. Oct. 15, 1834. 137. NATH.A.NIEL, b. in East Hartford, June 27, 1775 ; d. Oct. 9, 1776. 138. NATHANIEL, (2d,)b. in East Hartford, Sept. 14, 1777; d. at Curracoa, West Indies, Feb. 9, 1795, 139. JEREMIAH, b. in East Hartford, May 10, 1780 ; m. Jerusha Spencer,* in 1807, and settled in his native town, where he d. Oct. 19, 1850, aged 70. His children were — (1.) Mary S., b. Jan. 19, 1809. (2.) Jeremiah, b. Maich 7, 1811 ; d. April 20, 1811. (3.) Delia, b. July 5, 1812. (4.) George, b. April 20, 1815; d. Dec. 21,1815. (5.) George Spencer, b. March 13, 1819; d. Feb. 26, 1831. Mr. Kil bourn was a Grand Juror of East Hartford in 1821, 1824, and 1838. He lived (and his family still remain) on the farm which was laid out to his ancestor, Serg't. Thomas Kil bourn, in 1677. 140. SUSAN, b. in East Hartford, March 31, 1782 ; d. April 24, 1831 : unmarried. 14L CLARISSA, b. in East Hartford, Feb. 1785; d. August 1, 1826 ; unmarried. 142. EMILY, b. in East Hartford, March 10, 1787 ; ra. Luke Kiersted, of Baltiraore, Md., in Aug., 1807, and d. Nov. 26, 1817. Her children — Jane, Luke, James and Em ily. The daughters removed to Norfolk, Virginia, with their father. 143. HEZEKIAH, b. in East Hartford, Oct. 27, 1790 ; m. Ruhamah Hayes, of Granville, Ohio, where he d. Nov. 22, 1841. He had four children, viz., (1.) Parsons Hayes, b. at Delaware, Ohio, Jan. 8, 1821 ; d. at the age of twelve years. (2.) Mary R., ra. Dr. Frederick S. Thorpe, of Cin- * Mrs. Jerusha Spencer Kilbourn is a lineal descendant of Peregrine White, tho first chUd born of English parents in New England. 230 KILBOUEN. [Generation VII. cinnati, Ohio, in 1841. Her children are— Frederick Kil boume, Mary L. and Stanley S. (3.) Levi Hezekiah, b. in Delaware, Ohio, April 8, 1825; entered Kenyon College, in 1842, but did not graduate. An inherent fondness for ad venture resulted in the devotion of several years of his youth to traveling, and one year of camp duty as a volun teer in the 4th Ohio regiment, stationed on the Rio Grande and at Puebla during the war with Mexico. On the 25th of April, 1850, he m. Louisa M. Sloane, of Sandusky City, Ohio, where he is engaged as a crockery merchant.* Mr. Kilbourn (the father,) was thoroughly educated for the raer cantile profession under the watchful eye of his elder brother, Capt. RtTssell Kilbourn, of Baltimore, in whose employ he grew up to raanhood, during which period he sfi'ed, as su percargo, on several voyages to various parts of the world. FROM THE CINCINNATI CHEISTIAN ADVOCATE. " Died— At his residence in GranviUe, Ohio, Nov. 22, 1841, HEZE KIAH KILBOURN, Esq. He was bom in East Hartford, Conn., Oct. * FEOM THE SANDUSKY (OHIo) WEEKLY MIEEOE DEC. 20, 1854. We were yesterday favored with a view of the new building abont to be erected by our enterprising fellow townsman, L. H. Kilbourne, Esq. Mr. K fully explained to us his proposed interior arrangements, from basement to attic. The basement will be fitted up as a first class restaurant, consisting of a large reading room, a restaurant and office, a dining room about fifty by thirty-two feet, and a kitchen with ranges having capacity to cook for five hundred persons. The dining room will accommodate three hundred seats, and afford standing room at the tables for about five hundred. Above the base ment will be the store. This wiU be one large room without break or offset, one hundred feet in length, by twenty-five in breadth. It is to have galleries on either side, for the exhibition and sale of the more costly articles connected with his business. Over the store there is to be a Concert Hall, forty-eight by one hundred feet, and connected with it, are two dressing rooms for ladies and gentlemen, together with a property room for the storage of baggage, or other property of performers. This HaU will combine every valuable iraprovement of the best Concert HaUs in the Eastern cities. Mr. Kilbourne is sparing no pains to acquire information on this subject, and will stop at no expense to make it as near perfect as can be. From this Hall there will be a spacious, private stairway, leading down to the dining room in tbe basement. Above tllis Hall are to be two other stories, fitted up for society meetings. The whole structure will not only be a substantial one ; but also an ornament to our city. The elevation will be some five feet higher than Mr. West's new building on the corner of Water street and Columbus Avenue. Mr. Kilbourne says he is determined to have it completed and ready for occupancy by the first of next September. Generation VIL] kilbourn. 231 27, 1790. Having in early life received an education every way compe tent to qualify its possessor to occupy a high position in raercantile life, for which he was in after years so eminently and extensively known, at the age of sixteen, he commenced his business career as clerk in a large eastern establishment. Very soon he obtained a high character in his profession, as a young man of accuracy, promptitude and fidelity. His great and growing reputation prepared hira for another and most import ant department of life. At this period, he engaged to fill an important office of trust in a foreign land ; and through storm and peril, the provi dence of God conducted hun safely to his destined haven. In Rio de Janeiro, whither the duties of his station called hira, ten of his prime and better years were spent On his return to the United States in 1816, he settled in Delaware, Ohio, and for six years, with his usual ar dor and integrity as a merchant and a citizen, won to hiraself a large share of public patronage and esteem. In 1822, he closed his business at Delaware, and the next two years were spent in Canandaigua, N. Y., after which he removed to Granville, from which place he never more removed until carried to the tomb. On Sunday, November 21st, he arose as well as usual, and was in his seat at church. At 10, p. m., while seated in his chair, he was struck with a paralysis — his left side becarae nurab and apparently lifeless. Medical aid was procured, but to no use. When God calls, man must obey. By five o'clock on the following morn ing he quietly fell asleep, to wake no more untU the morning of the res urrection." 67. SAMUEL SHAILOK. 144. CLARK, b. in Buckland, Mass., March 29, 1807 ; m. Catharine Lanphere, March 25, 1821, and has four chil dren, viz., Adbia A., VTilliam H., Dewitt E., and Betsey. He is a resident of Annsville, Oneida Co., N. Y. He was recently a Deputy Sheriff, and has held other respectable offices. 145. MARY ANN, b. in Buckland, Mass., May 20, 1810 ; m. Mr. Leavitt, and has two sons, Charles M., of California, and Marshall, of Summit, Wisconsin. 146. SAMUEL L., b. in Buckland, Mass., Sept. 1, 1813 ; m. Mary Bartholomew, June 20, 1836; settled in Harlem, Illinois. He has two daughters, Ann and Sarah. 232 kilbourn. [Generation VII. 76. TIMOTHY. 147. SAMUEL, ra. in Simsbury; lived there a few years, and then removed West. 148. TIMOTHY, lived and d. in Simsbury. He m., and had three or four children. 149. ANSON, b. in Simsbury, in 1792; d. in Farming- ton, in Feb., 1834, aged 42 ; unmarried. 77. SETH. 150. ELISHA, b. in New Britain. 151. PRUDENCE, b. in New Britain. 152. SETH, Jr., b. in New Britain ; resided there, and in Newington. He and his wife both d. in the latter place. His children are— (1.) Ann Maria, ra. Elizur Deming, of Newington. (2.) John, b. March 31, 1823; lives in South ington, Conn. (3.) Henry, proprietor of a hotel in Bristol, Conn. (4.) Martha, unmarried. (5.) Walter L., became a member of the " Brother's Mining Association," in May, 1849, and during that month sailed from New Haven for California in the bark, " J. Walls, Jr." Martha, wife of Seth Kilbourn, Jr., d. Dec. 3, 1831, aged 30 years. 79. SIMON. 153. ABIGAIL, b. in Newington, Feb. 9, 1788 ; m. Henry Francis, of that place, Nov. 20, 1828. 154. NANCY, b. in Newington, March 21, 1790; m. Thomas Drinkwater, of Cuylerville, Livingston Co N Y Oct. 17, 1810. ' ' ¦' 155. SABRA, b. in Newington, June 25, 1792; unmar ried. 156. SARAH, b. in Newington, August 14, 1794; was m. by Rev. Joab Brace, to Anson Whaples, of Newin-'ton Oct. 14, 1818. ° Generation VIL] kilbourn. 233 157. ELIZABETH, b. in Newington, Sept. 25, 1796 ; m. Samuel Dix, of Wethersfield, Aug. 27, 1826. 158. HENRY, b. in Newington, June 15, 1799 ; was m. by Rev. Joab Brace, March 7, 1826, to Huldah Sedgwick, who d. July 17, 1835, leaving four children, viz., Harriet Eliza, Henry Sedgwick, Abigail Jane and Timothy Wood ford. His second wife was Emeline Wadsworth, of Avon, by whom he has four children, viz., Almira Day, Emeline Elizabeth, Sarauel Hart and Marcus Lamb. Mr. Kilbourn is Postmaster at Newington, and a U. S. Mail Contractor. He resides on land which has been in the Kilbourn family for about two hundred years in uninterrupted succession. 159. ERASTUS, b. in Newington, Aug. 11, 1801 ; m. Almira Riggs, in 1827, and has eight children, viz., Mary, Horace, Lorette, Erastus, Chauncey Mason, Nancy, John and Newton. Mr. Kilbourn has been a member of the Board of Civil Authority of Wethersfield, and Postmaster at Newing ton, in which latter office he was succeeded by his brother Henry, in 1849. 160. HORACE, b. in Newington, Dec. 29, 1803; was killed by the kick of a horse, which produced lockjaw, June 25, 1819. 16L MARY,b.inNewington, March 23, 1807; m. Oliver Richards, of that place, Oct. 7, 1830. 162. CHAUNCEY, b. in Newington, Dec. 17, 1811 ; he was an enterprising southern merchant, and was murdered by a Spaniard, at Watumpka, Alabama, in 1840. 82. WILLIAM. 163. JOHN, A. M., b. in Berlin, Conn., Aug. 7, 1787 ; graduated at the University of Vermont, in Burlington, in 1810 ; ra. Francis, daughter of Col. Gridley, of Clinton, N. Y. He studied law, but soon relinquished his profession and became the Principal of Worthington College, Ohio. He was subsequently the first bookseller in Columbus, the capi- 30 234 kilbourn. [Generation VII. tal of that State. He compiled and published a map of Ohio, and was the author of a Gazetteer of Vermont, a School Geography, and " A Gazetteer of Ohio, or Topo graphical Dictionary." The last mentioned work went through ten editions during the author's life, and in 1833, the eleventh edition was published, " revised and enlarged by a citizen of Columbus," and contains 512 pages. In 1828, he commenced the publication of a weekly periodical, on a large royal sheet, octavo form, entitled, " The Civil En gineer, or Herald of Internal Improvement," a useful work, which was recommended by several of the principal men in the State.* In the Library of the British Museum, London, I found a volume of some 400 pages, entitled, " Public Doc uments concerning the Ohio Canals, which are to connect Lake Erie with the Ohio River — comprising a Complete Of ficial History of those great works of internal improvement down to the close of the Session of the Legislature of 1831-2. Compiled by John Kilbourn, Columbus, Ohio : I. N. Whi ting, publisher — 1832." Mr. Kilbourn was a man of supe rior talents, but unstable and erratic in his purposes. He died in Columbus, March 12, 1833, leaving three daughters, viz., (1.) Lavinia, m. Mr. Burkett, of Illinois. (2.) Laura. (3.) Sarah. 164. Dr. ARIUS, b. in Berlin, Conn., July 12, 1789. When he was ten years old, he removed with his parents to Tunbridge, Orange Co., Vermont, where he remained until he was seventeen years of age — dividing his time between the farm and the district School, occasionally teaching in the winter. In early manhood he spent several months in the * " We, the undersigned, having examined the five numbers already printed, of a weekly publication, by John Kilbourn, entitled, ' The CirU Engineer,' Sergeant. Johnson. Jacob Gerrish. Benj. Adams. Stephen Jenkins. Aug. 1777 Oct 1779 II 11 Counties of Suffolk ) and Essex. J Northern Department. To reinforce army under Gen. Washington. IS Elisha, Private. John Fellows. Jacob Brown. Ap'l. 1775 Berkshire Co. Not stated. B Ashley. Elij. Deming. Aug. 1777 II II Bennington. M (( II Hopkins. Samuel Wolcott. July, 1776 Not stated. Highlands in New York. Hezekiah, Sergeant. John Ashley. Zenas Wheeler. July, 1777 Berkshire Co. Saratoga against Burgoyne. II "1 EUj. Deming. Ap'l. 1777 II tl " under Gen. Gates. (C II II Julys, '77 » " " Schuyler. .( Lieut. CoUer. Smith. Oct 1781 Sandisfield. Stillwater. Jacob,•Tamefl Private. Luke Drury. Asa Barnes. Nathaniel Wright July, 1781 Not stated. West Point. T. J. Skinner. Nov. 1781 Berkshire. Western Frontier alarm mider Gen. Stark. Jedediah, II Not stated. Not stated. Aug. 1780 Rowley. Not stated. John, II Abner Perry. Staples Chamberlain. July, 1780 Not stated. 11 II n 11 Benj. Hawes. Barn's Sears. Amos EUis. Sept 1777 July, 1781 BelUngham. Little Compton, R. I. il II Samuel Clarke. Berkshire Co. Up the Mohawk. ' Jr. Command ing Lieut Simonds. John KUborn. Oct 1780 41 Vermont alarm. Private. ' U II Oct. 1180 l( f It John, tt Private. Sergeant. Jonathan, IIII Paul,Robert, Samuel, It Private. II Corporal.Private. Stephen, ItIt IIIItl tt Timothy, WUUam, II Sergeant. Private. York, Private. — Hawes. — Symonds. It John Ashley. It — Whitney. John Brown. Jcsiah Whitney. Enoch HaUet. Benj. Hawes. — Wade. Nathan Tyler. Samuel BuUard. Eph'm Sawyers. • Deming. A. Peters. Enos Pai-ker. It If Zenas Wheeler. E. Deming. Wilder. Samuel Warner. Wm. Thurlo. David Moore. Ephraim HartweU. Baker. Edward Seagrava. Ichabod Thayer. John Winch. F. Eager. ¦ Stuart. Aug. 1'7'78 Aug. 1777 July, 1777 July, 1777 July 8, '77 Mar. 1781 July, 1780 July, 1778 July, 1780 Oct. 1779 Aug. 1778 June, 1778 July, 1780 Aug. 1777 Oct. 1777 July, 1780 (t June. 1779 Not stated. Berkshire Oo. Lancaster.Berkshire. Not stated. Sterling. Lancaster. Rhode Island. Bennington. Ticonderoga.Saratoga against Burgoyne. " under Schuyler. Not stated. Rhode Island. It It Not stated. Rhode Island. It It " " alarm. Not stated. Northern Army. Not stated. > hiSi o Notes.— York Kilborn was a negro hired by the town of Sandisfield, and served three years in U. S. service. His residence was Great Barrington. At time of enlistment he was 28 years old, 5 feet 4 inches high— a painter by trade. Served in Ash ley's Regiment, Capt. Reed's Co., and received £75 hard currency from the town of Sandisfield, agreeable to resolve of Creneral Court of Mass., Dec. 2, 1780. Jedediah Kilborn is described as 49 years old, light complexion, 5 feet 7 inches high. WiUiam KUborn, firom Lancaster, was 17 years old, 5 feet 4 inches high. Ruddy complexion. S'74 Ai>?EJJi)tS:. JOHN A. KILBURN, Esq., Of East Haddam, Conn., was born in Boscawen, N. H., Sept 6, 1826 ; graduated at WiUiams College, Mass., in 1852 ; studied Law in the oflace of Judge Dewey, in WUliamstown, Mass., and with S. M. Wheeler, Esq., of Concord, N. H., and was admitted to the Bar of the Superior Court of the latter State in July, 1854. In the autumn of 1854, Mr. Kilbum opened an ofiice in East Haddam, Conn., where he still remains in the practice of his profession. He is an Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Solicitor in Chancery, Notary Public, Justice of the Peace, and a Com missioner of the Superior Court. PUBLIC FESTIVALS. [The records of various Festivals given in honor of our namesakes have come under my observation. I select as specimens, one given in the United States, one in Canada, and one in England. Aside from their value as Testimonials, they wUl serve to show the reader the difierent mode of proceeding on such occasions in the several countries named.] [from the TIOGA OOUNTT (pa.) eagle FEBRUARY 9, 1848.] THE KILBURN DINNER. This well-merited token of approbation, in honor of one of Tioga's gallant sons, Lieut. CHARLES L. KILBURN, of the U. S. Army, came off on Wednesday evening last, at the Hotel of Col. J. Kimball, in this borough [Wellsboro]. At an early hour, a very large company as sembled, composed principally of citizens of Wellsboro and vicinity — among whom we noticed many of our most eminent citizens. The com pany was organized by the appointment of R. G. White, Esq., as Presi dent, and Gen. H. Williston and Sheriff Potter, as Vice Presidents. The company then partook of a sumptuous dinner, served up in Col. Kimball's best style, highly creditable to his taste and skill. The fol lowing Toasts were read and loudly cheered by the whole company. Each toast was followed by excellent music aiTanged for the occasion. During the evening eloquent and appropriate speeches were made by R. G. White, Lieut. Kilburn, Henry Sherwood, Hon. J. C. Knox, Judge Brewster, A. P. Cone, S. F. Wilson, and Julius Sherwood ; the latter gentleman sang two appropriate songs, which were received with great applause. The whole affair passed off in the most satisfactory manner to all present, and the company separated at an early hour for their re spective homes. [From a list of some forty toasts, published in the Eagle, we select the following :] REeni-AR Toast. — 13 — -Lieut Charles L. Kilbuun — A gallant son of old Tioga : first in the deadly breach, and first in the hearts of his friends. APPENDIX. 875 Volunteer Toasts. — By Judge Brewster — Our Guest, Lieut. Kilbdrn ; May his future career be as successful as his past, and his friends be permitted to welcome him home again afler the strife of war shall cease. By Col J. Kimball — C. L. Kilburn, our Guest — To his memory and that of all the oflScers of the army : May their names be inscribed in letters of gold on the pages of history, and never be obliterated. [from the brockville (Canada) recorder.] PUBLIC DINNER AT NEAVBORO. Newboro, March 12, 1852. Our village to-day presented quite a lively aspect, notwithstanding the bad roads, in consequence of a Public Dinner being given to JOHN KILBORN, Esq., on his leaving this place to take up his residence in BrockviUe. Before dinner, the following numerously and respectably signed address was delivered by Benjamin Tett, Esq., at W. H. Tett's hotel : TO JOHN KILBORN, Esa. Dear Sir, — We, the undersigned inhabitants of Newboro and ita vicinity, having heard of your early intended removal from our neigh borhood, to fill the ofiice of Postmaster at Brockville, recently conferred upon you by his Excellency the Governor General, cannot permit your departure from us without giving expression to the high regard which we entertain for you as an inhabitant, neighbor and friend. The example of your industry and enterprise in business has contrib uted much to tlie direction of the great improvements in our village and neighborhood, and your labor, zeal, and suggestions, have tended to ad vance our moral and social enjoyments. As a Justice of the Peace, you have upheld order and impartial justice; and when the country was in danger during the last war, as well as dur ing the late rebellion, you patriotically turned out in defence of our laws and government Education, temperance, and religious liberty, have at all times received your aid and support ; we therefore, the more heartUy regret the neces sity of parting with one so highly and deservedly esteemed. In removing from the anxieties and fatigues of your late business, we trust you will enjoy competence and greater repose ; and while we deeply deplore your departure from amongst us, we are sure you will still be extensively useful in your new sphere of duty, and we hope that both you and Mrs. Kilborn wUl realize augmenting happiness. That God raay bless you and Mrs. K., and family, with the comforts and consola tions of His Holy Spirit, ia the ardent prayer of, Dear sir, your sincere friends. Signed by B. Tett, J. P., Wm. Young, J. P., Jesse Delong, J. P., Dr. a. Landon, D. M'Donald, Jno. Denny, M. Connor, R. D. Luck, « and about 140 others. Newboro, March 13, 1852. 876 APPENDIX. To which Mr. Kilborn made the following reply : — To the Inhabitants of Newboro and Vicinity. Gentlemen, — I cannot sufficiently express my deep sense of grati tude for your address, nor can I find language adequate fiiUy to convey to you individually and collectively how highly I appreciate and cordi ally reciprocate the friendly sentiments it contains. This, in addition to many former acts of kindness shown me by the inhabitants of Newboro and vicinity, will, I assure you, gentlemen, be gratefully remembered and highly prized by me through life, in whatever place or position my lot may be cast In removing from Newboro, I am sensible I leave kind neighbors and valued friends, from whom no slight necessity could have induced me to part ; but, feeling the constant labor and anxiety necessary in conduct ing the business I have long been engaged in, too severe for my impaired constitution, I accepted the proffered situation that causes our separa tion. That I may in some measure be useful, in my new calling, wiU require much care and attention. If my residence among you has been conducive to the improvement of the place, or in promoting the moral and social interests of the people, it is more to be attributed to the cheerful assistance and co-operation of the intelligent inhabitants, than to any individual infiuenee or efforts of mine. In discharging the important duties of a Justice of the Peace, I have always endeavored to decide impartially between contending parties, irrespective of religious oi* political influences ; to preserve the public peace, and inculcate due respect for law and order. In how far my ef forts have been successful, you, gentlemen, are best able to judge. And if, in the discharge of my duty to ray country, I have turned out in its defence, I only fulfilled tiie obligation we all owe as subjects, and which I ara certain would be as cheerfuUy rendered by the inhabitants gener ally, should occasion ever again require it. I rejoice to know that the subject of education, and also the princi ples of temperance, command here the respect and sympathy of firm friends and zealous advocates, by whose united efforts they must suc ceed ; and it will be to me a happy reflection in future Ufe, that I have had the honor and privilege of being associated wUh you in sustaining these important and benevolent objects. In our removal, both Mrs. Kilborn and myself wiU sensibly feel the loss of many kind neighbors and sincere friends, with whom we have spent many days of friendly intercourse and social enjoyment Be assured, that in whatever position we may providentially be placed, we shall carry with us a pleasing recollection of those associations, and of this mark of your esteem, to the latest period of our lives. In conclusion, I heartily thank you for your kind wishes and fervent prayers for myself and family ; and sincerely do I pray, that peace and happiness may rest on this interesting vUlage and its vicinity, and that the protection and blessing of a kind Providence may attend you and yours through all the future. Newboro, 13th March, 1852. About forty of our most prominent yeoman and mechanics, together with the most prominent business men of our part of the country, ad journed to the dinner table, prepared for the occasion by our spirited landlord, W. H. Tett— Major Young occupying the Chait, and Jesse Delong, Esq., performing the duties of Vice Chairman. APPENDIX. 377 Ample justice having been done to the skill of Mrs. Tett, the foUow ing toasts were given, and drank with pure cold water : The Chairman, after sorae preliminary reraarks on the object of the meeting, gave, " The Governor General — under the auspices of the successive representatives of Britain's Sovereign, may Canada long remain one of her most flour ishing dependencies," which was responded to by three hearty cheers. James Canada, Esq., gave, " The Countess of Elgin — may the loyal feel ings and liberal views which have signally raarked her noble ancestors, be prominent characteristics of Canadian statesmen." "The Chairman then gave, " Our honored Guest — may the meraory of his laudable example give a lasting impetus to our honest endeavors for improvement" After the repeated cheers with which this was received had subsided, Mr. KUborn rose, and after expressing his sense of the honor done hira, said that the proceedings of this day would be always remembered by him with the most lively feelings of satisfaction. Though leaving Newboro, he hoped, and in fact he had no doubt, but that in a short time the distance between Brockville and Newboro would be so much shortened that he would be able to come out and take breakfast with his friends here for a morning ride. He spoke of the past history and present prospects of Newboro, and the benefits to be derived from the Georgian Bay and Prescott Railroad passing our town, and again thank ing his friends for their kindly feelings towards him, resumed his seat. Jesse Delong, Esq., proposed, " The Hon. Jaraes Morris, Postraaster General — May his patriotic zeal in the Post Office Department success fully promote the intelligence and various interests of our Province." Mr. James B. Stevens, Postmaster, in reply, said that he thought the coimtry under great obligations to Mr. Morris for the iraproved facilities of communication, in consequence of the number of new post-offices and post routes which had come into successful operation since he had the management of the department ; and, after noticing the increase in the business in the post-office here, and the new post route between this place and Kingston through South Crosby and Leeds, sat down loudly cheered. Dr. Landon gave " The Newboro Division, No. 7, Sons of Temper ance," which was responded to by A. Sands, Esq., who said that as he was one of the oldest members of the Division, he would take this opportu nity to say that their guest, having been the tlie principal cause of start ing the Division, and having always taken an active part in its proceed ings, his loss would be severely felt by tlie friends of the cause. Mr. Giles gave, " The Village of Newboro." The health of John Denny, Esq., the enterprising proprietor of the Newboro Steam Mills, was then given by Mr. Fredenburgh. Mr. Denny, in reply, said, afler a number of years' residence in Newboro as a mer chant where he had been very successful, he had determined to invest his capital in a business, which, though attended with considerable risk, was rauch wanted in this place. He had, in consequence, spared no ex pense in making his mill as perfect as money and talent could make it, and he had no doubt but that he would be able, with the assistance of his old friends and customers, to make it a paying concern. Mr. Connor gave, " The Agriculturalists and Mechanics of Newboro and the adjacent country," and Mr. E. Luck, " The Officers and Men of the 9th Battalion Leeds MUitia," which was responded to by Maj. Young. Mr. Richard Luck then rose, and after a few remarks on the sumptu ous dinner, and the elegant and tasteful manner in which it was got up, 48 378 APPENDIX. proposed the health of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Tett, which was drank with loud applause. " The President and Vice-President," was then given by Mr. R. KU born ; after which the company dispersed, highly pleased with the day's proceedings. A. IMESON, Secretary. Newboro, 13th March, 1852. [from the LONDON MORNING ADVEETISEE APRIL 19, 1855.] TESTIMONIAL TO MR. W. KILBURN, RETIRING GOVERNOR OF g THE LICENSED VICTUALLERS' INCORPORATED SOCIETY. Last night Mr. W. KILBURN was entertained at a dinner, given at the Feathers Tavern, in the Waterloo-Road (Mr. Elt's,) for the purpose of presenting hira with a Testimonial on his retiring from the position of Governor of the Licensed Victuallers' Incorporated Society. The Chair was filled by the newly elected Governor (Mr. Raven,) and there were present, Past Governors, Mr. Corby, Mr. G. Walter, Mr. Ho mer, Mr. Long, and Mr. Elt ; Mr. Proctor, Past Trustee, and the mem bers of the past and present Committees. On the removal of the cloth. The Chairman, in proposing the toast of " Her Majesty the Queen," said he felt he was giving it under no ordinary circumstances, in conse quence of the visit of their Majesties the Emperor and Empress of the French. — (Cheers.) The Queen had always been much endeared to her subjects, and the present visit, would, if possible, endear her still more. — (Cheers.) He hoped that for many years she would live, as she hith erto had done — in the hearts of her subjects. — (Cheers.) In conclusion, he said he had peculiar gratification at the present moment in proposing o ng life and happiness to the Queen. The toast was drank with all the honors, and loud cheering, foUowed by the National Anthem. The Chairraan said the next toast he had to propose was, " The Health of His Royal Highness Prince Albert," and he proposed the toast, not so much with reference to his exalted rank, as to the manner in which he had conducted himself towards the public. — (Cheers.) He had shown hiraself a warra patron of the arts and sciences, and he was especiaUy the friend and patron of agriculture, and had done much to improve the breeding of cattle. It was among his highest recommendations that he proved himself to be a good husband and a good parent, and the conse quence was that he lived high in the esteem of this great nation. — (Cheers.) He (the Chairman) had therefore great pleasure in proposing " The Health of Prince Albert, the Patron of the Licensed Victuallers' Asylura," and he would add the hope that he might long live in happi ness with the Queen. Drank with all the honors and loud cheers. The Chairman then gave — " The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and other raembers of the Royal faraily," and in doing so, expressed a hope that the Royal chUdren would follow the excellent example which had been set them by their Royal parents. Drank with aU the honors and loud cheers. The Chairman then rose, and said he had to propose what might be caUed a maiden toast, for certainly no such toast had ever been proposed at a public dinner in England. The toast was, " The Emperor and Em- APPE^IDIX. 379 press of the French— (enthusiastic applause) — and the maintenance of the friendly relations now existing between England and France." — (Cheers.) He hoped none of the corapany would ever live to see any disunion between the two nations. — (Hear, hear.) It must have been very gratifying to our most Gracious Sovereign and the people at large to witness the warm and cordial reception which the Emperor and Em press of France met with — raore especially the latter — on their visit to this country. — (Cheers.) The toast having been most enthusiastically acknowledged. The Chairman said he had next to propose the toast of " The Array and Navy." Though many had thought that the long peace would have an injurious effect upon tlie efficiency of their military force, no one could deny that at all events they had shown themselves not undeserving the name of brave Englishmen— (cheers) — and he was sure they would conduct themselves throughout tlie great struggle in which they were now engaged, in such a manner as would sustain the glory of this great country, and give satisfaction to the nations of Europe. — (Cheers.) He had also to express his high admiration of their brave Allies for the cour age and constancy with which they had acted towards the forces of this country. He would therefore call upon them to drink in full bumpers, " The Allied Armies and Navies of England and France." Drank with three times three and continued cheers. The Chairman said he had next to give a toast in which they were all deeply interested, namely, " The Incorporated Society of Licensed Vict uallers, and the Licensed Victuallers' School." — (Loud cheers.) It was quite unnecessary he should say one word to recommend such a toast to the notice of the present meeting. — (Cheers.) He regretted that, during the present year, the subscriptions had fallen somewhat short, but he hoped the evU times had gone by — (hear, hear) — and that, in the present year, the subscriptions would reach the wished-for amount. — (Cheers.) It was impossible to overrate the objects of their charity, and he trusted that their journal — the Morning Advertiser — would be enabled still more efficiently to aid their very admirable Charities. — (Cheers.) Ha hoped the little differences that had unhappily arisen among the trade were fast passing away — (hear, hear, and prolonged cheering) — and that they would all devote their attention to proraote the prosperity of the School. —(Cheers.) The Chairman then announced that the next toast was one which required greater eloquence and abUity on the part of the proposer than he possessed. He felt himself altogether inadequate to do justice to the toast, but one thing was certain, that no man, however clever or eloquent, could propose it with greater sincerity of heart or integrity of purpose. — (Cheers.) If, therefore, he failed in properly conveying a compliment to his esteemed and valued friend, Mr. KILBURN, their late Governor, he (the Chairman) hoped it would be attributed to want of mental power — not affection — to the head — not the heart. — (Hear, hear.) He had the greatest pleasure in bringing under their notice their retiring friend, who had presided over thera with so much advantage to the Institution and satisfaction to the members. — (Hear, hear.) His year of office was a turbulent one. He had had raany and formidable difficulties to contend against ; he had had to preside over raany boisterous meetings, and it was to be hoped his kind and courteous demeanor, and exeraplary pa tience on such occasions, would never be forgotten. — (Cheers.) His efforts to increase the funds of the Institution had been eminently successful, and although out of office, it was to be trusted that he would never con- 380 APPENDIX, sider himself out of place in advocating the cause of the Association, or exerting himself to maintain their noble charities. — (Cheers.) He (the Chairman) had served under three governors with pleasure and satisfac tion, but however rauch he might regret the retirement from office of able and useful men, he thought the arrangement which rendered such retire ment necessary a very wise provision, inasmuch as it was the means of introducing fi-esh friends and fresh resources. Past officers by retiring were not lost to the Society, while new ones were accessions of strength. — (Cheers.) Mr. Kilburn had always watched over the children of the School with the most paternal solicitude, and on all occasions used tlie most zealous and industrious exertions to promote the interests of the In stitution. — (Cheers.) As a convincing proof that the Committee acting under him had fully appreciated his services, he (the Chairman) wished to inform Mr. Kilburn that they had instructed him to present as a me morial of their esteem and respect, the beautiful cup which he held in his hand. — (Cheers.) The intrinsic value of the cup was not to be taken as the measure of their esteem, but their esteem would lend a value to the gift which no money could purchase. — (Cheers.) He had great pleas ure in presenting to Mr. KUburn, in the name of the Trustees and Com mittee of the Licensed Victuallers' Association, this token of their es teem for his excellent qualities of raind and heart, and the valuable ser vices he had rendered to their noble charities. He hoped his son would be prompted by this mark of respect, to follow in the footsteps of so wor thy a father — (hear, hear) — and to earn for himself the reward of an am bition so laudable, and a career so meritorious. — (Hear, hear.) The Chairman then presented Mr. Kilburn with a massive silver cup, with two handles, and a very elegant design. The cup bore the foUow ing inscription: — " Presented by the Trastees and Committee of the Incorporated Society of Licensed VictuaUers, TO Me. WILLIAM KILBURN, in- testimony of their appreciation of his constant attention to the duties of Chairman at their numerous meetings ; for the firmness, impartiality and mod eration with which he had presided over the Quarterly and Special General Courts, during a time of unexampled difiiculty and excitement ; and for the earnest desire he has invariably displayed to improve and uphold the commer cial and benevolent objects of the Society, while acting as Governor of the Corporation during the year 1854-55." The presentation cup was then charged with claret, and sent round the room, and duly inaugurated as the " loving cup" of tlie KUburn Fam ily. A very lively and cordial demonstration of respect and regard for the Past Governor followed the drinking of his health. Mr. Kilburn, in responding, said he was much pleased with the reflec tion, that he had given satisfaction in filling the Chair for the last year. (Hear, hear.) Their worthy Governor had eulogised him (Mr. Kilburn) for his exertions on behalf of the poor old people in the Asylum, and the chUdren in the School. He could only say, that during his year of office, he had spared no exertion to make those Institutions all that could be desired. In those exertions he was happy to acknowledge the valu able aid afforded by Messrs. Walter and Long, and other gentlemen, whose zeal and activity had earned for them the respect and admiration of the whole trade.— (Cheers.) It was observed that this had been a troublesome year. He believed that that remark was quite true. Since APPENDIX. 381 the establishment of the Morning Advertiser the trade never experienced such difficulties arising from variance of opinion among themselves. — (Hear, hear.) He must, however, state that the contest did not arise from bad feeling so much as from a want of acquaintance, on the part of some members of the trade, with the Incorporated Society. — (Hear, hear.) Those gentlemen who had created dissension were clever and honorable men, and naturally felt sore on account of the curtailment of tbe hours in carrying on their business, and much allowance should be raade for any exhibition of feeling on their part ; but he thought, at the same time, that they were somewhat wrong in making a small disadvantage at present of more importance than a great one in fature. — (Hear, hear.) The Society were looking to the future, and doing the best they could to protect the interests of the body generally. — (Hear, hear.) He had not taken any part in the quarrel, nor would he make these observa tions — which he made in no spirit of unkindness to any party — at a Quarterly Court. — (Hear, hear.) If he did they would never be able to get through the business. — (Laughter.) With respect to the " Defence Society" he must say that there were some clever, shrewd, keen men of business among thera, men whose assistance and co-operation would be of great advantage to those prominently engaged in forwarding the inter ests of the Institution, provided they would take the right course. — (Laughter.) He meant, that in the Defence Association there were gen tlemen with whom he would be proud to associate, and whom he should like to raeet at that table — (cheers) — gentlemen whom he trusted to see there when they were fully qualified. — (Hear, hear.) He had much res pect for them, and he hoped that very soon they would aU work together as an united body for the general good. — (Hear, hear.) The chUdren of the poorer classes of the trade, he was happy to say, were all well pro vided for : they were well fed, well housed, weU educated, and especiaUy as regarded their moral training. WhUe he had the honor to be Gov emor he always considered himself as the father of that flock, and as the present Governor had no children of his own he might now take charge of them, and congratulate himself on having so fine a family. — (Laughter.) Having paid a handsome compUment to Mrs. Dallimore, the matron of the Licensed VictuaUers' School, and also to Mr. Smalley, the Secretary of the Incorporated Society, for his great talents, excellent management, and indefatigable industry, Mr. Kilburn adverted to the very handsome testimonial given hira for his official services, and face tiously remarked that the value of the compliment was enhanced by the visit of the Emperor and Empress of the French, for it was a curious and not ununportant circumstance in the history of the trade, that the first time the health of those two Ulustrious persons was ever proposed in Eng land, was on the occasion of the Licensed VictuaUers presenting him with a sUver cup.— (Cheers and laughter.) Mr. KUburn having paid a very handsome compliment to the Editor of the Morning Advertiser, con cluded by expressing his warmest acknowledgments for the compliment paid him, and the most benevolent wishes for all present Ex-Governor Homer foUowed in an interesting address, and concluded with the foUowing toast : — " Prosperity to the Morning Advertiser, and health and long life to Mr. Grant." , , Which was drank with all the honors, and prolonged cheering. Mr. Grant, the Editor of the Morning Advertiser, responded in a speech of considerable length and great ability, which was received with fre- 382 APPENDIX. quent demonstrations of applause. He highly complimented the admin istration of Governor Kilburn, and thanked Mr. Homer for his flattering toast. [Toasts were also given and speeches made by Messrs. Elt, Wickens, Proctor, Corby, Homer, Vile and Clarke, which are printed at length in the Advertiser, but are omitted here for want of room.] Mr. Clarke proposed the next toast, which he considered to be one of the most important of the evening, taken in conjunction with the visit of the Emperor and Empress of the French.— (Hear, hear.) They all knew the importance of the city of London ; and they had now to look at it in connexion with the visit of the ruler of France — (hear, hear) — and he thought they could not attach too much importance to the visit which was to be paid to the city to-morrow. — (Cheers.) The reception which had been given to their distinguished visitors by the Queen and by the Brit ish nation, augured well for the continuance of the alliance between England and France — (Loud Cheers.) After some furthur observations, Mr. Clarke gave the toast of " The Corporation of the City of I/ondon," coupling with the toast the names of Mr. G. Walter and Mr. VUe. Drank with the usual honors and loud cheers. Mr. G. Walter said he felt much pleasure in responding to the observa tions of Mr. Clarke, and also to the manner in which the meeting had received the toast. If ever there was an important period in the history of the city, it was the present. — (Cheers.) The present ruler of France was about to pay the city a visit, and when they considered the deter mination of the Corporation to attach the greatest interest to that visit, they must all feel that the Corporation was of some iraportance still. He had the honor to be a raember of the Corparation, and he felt persuaded that every man who considered the raatter, raust be sensible of the ad vantage this country enjoyed in parochial government, opposed, as it was, to the bad system of centralization. — (Cheers.) Being connected with a ward which formed one-fifth portion of the Corporation, he was enabled to speak with some confidence on the subject— (Hear, hear.) The mo ment it was made known that the Corporation wished to show their re spect to the Emperor — that great raan — for so he called him, who was the erabpdiraent of the greatness of the French people — (hear, hear) — it was intimated that the Emperor's sentiments would be ascertained on the subject, and the answer he gave was, that he would receive the address of the Corporation in their ancient Guildhall. — (Cheering.) He (Mr. G. Walter) thought tliat for the welfare of the people and for commerce, the alliance between two such great nations as England and France ought to last forever. — (Loud cheers.) England and France, united, were best able to advance the interests of civilization ; and the Corporation of London, in coraing forward as it was now doing, was taking the course best calculated to promote lasting harmony between the two nations. — (Loud cheers.) He begged to tiiank them cordially for tlie manner in which they had responded to the toast Mr. Kilburn, in eulogistic terms, proposed the health of their excellent Secretary, Mr. Smalley, and bore testimony to the great advantage he had derived from hira during his year of office. The toast was drank with three times three and loud cheers. Mr. Smalley returned thanks, and said it was his misfortune, but an advantage to the establishment, that annual changes took place in the APPENDIX. 383 head of the establishment, and the moment a Governor was enabled to form an estimate of his services, he was succeeded by a new Governor. — (Hear, hear.) He need hardly tell the meeting that he had a difficult task to perform in consulting the feelings and tempers of all who carae to the Board. — (Hear, hear.) After having been eleven years their Sec retary, he thought he might without vanity say, that he had reason to be proud of not having been found fault with. — (Cheers.) He could truly say that he was desirous of doing all he could. He and some of the Comraittee had called on Mr. Corby on the occasion of their choosing the cup, and that gentleraan not only gave them a very cordial reception, but made a very handsome collection. — (Cheers.) That gentleman had been absent from them for 16 or 17 years, and having got a new circle of friends, would be able to render them assistance, which he (Mr. Sraalley) was certain Mr. Corby would cheerfuUy give thera. — (Hear.) As Mr. Homer had been fhe mainstay in the enlargement of the paper, he might say that Mr. Corby was the mainstay of the building of the School. — (Hear.) Both these gentiemen had that night done justice to each other, and he hoped the trade would never let their noble Institution suffer by disunion or neglect. — (Cheers.) He confessed he had some doubts, in the first instance, of the success of the enlargement of the paper, and he thought that Mr. Homer was entitled to their best tlianks for the fore sight he had shown. He was glad that Mr. Corby had appeared among them that day ; and he trusted he would often come to render his assist ance. Before he concluded, he might be permitted to say that he had ex erted himself before the enlargement of the paper, and since, to ben efit it, as far as he was able ; and he could say that, by his calculations at the change in the advertising duty, he had been able to benefit the es tablishment to the amount of £2,000 a year. — (Cheers.) He begged to return his best thanks for the compliment they had paid hira. The Chairman gave, " The Health of the Deputy Chairman," Mr. Bowles, which having been duly honored, that gentleman returned thanks. Mr. Fox gave, " The Chairman, Trustees, and Governors of the Li censed Victuallers' Asylum." The Chairman next gave, " The Protection Society." Mr. Long returned thanks. Mr. Kilbum said he had great pleasure in giving " The Health of their worthy host Mr. Elt," and to express their thanks for the very handsome dinner he had placed on the table that day. — (Cheers.) He was aware that such a dinner was not prepared without considerable trouble and anxiety, and he was likewise aware that they were much indebted to Mrs. Elt for the comfort they had experienced. — (Cheers.) He, therefore, pro posed tie " Health of Mr. Elt, coupled with that of his wife, and every prosperity to them." Drank with three times three and loud cheers. Mr. Elt said he felt a difficulty in adequately thanking his friends for the kind compliment they had paid to himself and his wife ; and he felt great pleasure in finding that they had catered successfuUy for their gratification. — (Cheers.) The company then separated, after having spent a very agreeable eve ning. The dinner and wines were excellent 384 APPENDIX. EXTRACTS FROM NEWSPAPERS. " Litchfield, Dec. 12, 1786. — In the snow storm on Saturday eve ning last, the wife of Mr. Elisha Birge, of this town, unfortunately per ished. "The fury of the tempest seeming to threaten an immediate dis memberment of the long erected and decayed mansion of their residence, a naturally timid disposition induced Mrs. Birge fatally to determine on leaving it, and seek an asylum in a neighboring house. She had not proceeded far, when Mr. Birge followed and overtook her. Having wan dered about the dreary waste for some time in fruitless search of the friendly cottage, her hapless survivor suggested that they had mistaken the road, and urged their return — but alas ! it was too late. She was falling asleep ; the chilling winds and hoary frost had deprived her of speech and sense ; and beside the bending trunk of an aged tree she ex pired in his arms. Those who knew her worth cannot restrain the sym pathetic tear. She was hospitable and good, indulgent to her children, a comfort to her partner, a blessing to her neighbors, and an irreparable loss to the stranger and distressed. Mr. Birge was exposed to the storm about five hours before he found a shelter. His hands and ears were much frozen, but it is hoped he wiU recover."* — Litchfield MonUor. "HONOR TO WHOM HONOR IS DUE." "Under this heading, the Springfield (Ohio) RepubUcan, in noticing the fact we treated a few days ago, that Nathan Hale, editor of the Bos ton Daily Advertiser, twenty years ago set in motion that great railroad ball which has since been rolled in Massachusetts and several other States to so great purpose, makes tlie following reference to a venerable and respected citizen of Ohio : "The Gazette need not have traveled all the way to Boston, to find. a man who had far-seeing views of the RaUroad system, greatiy in advance of his contemporaries. Earlier than the period named by the Gazette — before our State Canal system had been adopted — that staunch old Whig, Col. JAMES KILBOURNE, of Worthington, [Franklin county, advoca ted over his proper signature, in the State Journal, a Railroad scheme of improvements for the State of Ohio. How immensely ahead of her pres ent advanced position would our State have been, had her public men possessed the foresight to adopt and the means to prosecute the sugges tions of Col. Kilbourne." — Cindnnati Gazette. ANOTHER DUEL— PARTIES ARRESTED. Correspondence of the N. Y. Tribune. Philadelphia, April 6, 1842. CYRUS KILBORN, a Quaker, having incurred the displeasure of Francis J. Troubat in consequence of requesting him to leave his store, where he had got into a fierce contest with a man hy the name of Benja min Tevis, was challenged by Troubat to mortal combat ! Very naturally, Mr. Kilborn, who is a most exemplary raember of the Society of Friends, a body who entertain a just and holy horror against dueling, was not a » Mr. Birge was a grandson of Joseph and Dorothy KUborn, of Litchfield (See p. 78, of this volume.) APPENDIX. 385 littie astonished. He informed the bearer that time must be given him to reflect as to the course which he should pursue, and desired the note or challenge, left with him. This, of course, was done, and to the credit of Mr. Kilborn, he re paired to the office of Alderman Mitchell, entered his complaint, had the guUty persons arrested and held to baU to keep the peace. FBOM THB COLUMBUS (OHIo) JOURNAL — MARCH, 1845. A SILVER PITCHER FOR COL. JAMES KILBOURNE. The splendid SUver Pitcher, presented to the Hon. James Kilbourne, of this vicinity, by the friends of the " Eclectic Medical Institute of Cin cinnati," chartered by act of the last General Assembly, as a testimonial of respect for his exertions with the Legislature, and elsewhere, in ex plaining the principles, and supporting the claims of that Institution, is the workmanship of Messrs. E. & D. Kinsey, corner of Sixth and Wal nut sts., Cincinnati, O., and in its just proportions, superior style of orna ments and engraving, and perfection of execution in every part, would be creditable to the most distinguished artist of their order in America. It was presented in the CoUege Edifice, at Worthington, O., on the 29th ult, in presence of the Board of Trustees of that Institution, and a numerous assembly of ladies and gentlemen convened on the occasion, by Dr. Thomas Vaughn Morrow, founder and first Professor of the In stitute, who was deputed speciaUy for that purpose. The presentation was preceded by an exceUent and eloquent address, by Professor Mor row, on behalf of the new corporation, to their honored benefactor and to the audience : To which, after the presentation, the venerable receiver made a most feeling and appropriate reply. In all which, the audience appeared to take a lively interest* The Pitcher is 13 inches high, ]9i inches in circumference, and heavy in material for its general propor- tioBS. On its front is the foUowing inscription: PRESENTED TO THE HON. JAMES KILBOURNE, By the friends of the Eclectic Medical Institute of Cincinnati, In consideration of his able and efficient support Of the cause of Medical Reformation. E. Sf D. Kinsey, Makers. CAPTAIN C. L. KILBURN. San Francisco, March 27, 1850. This young officer, who has been sojourning in California for nearly a year upon sick leave, departs for Washington in the steamer of to-day, in restored health. Captain Kilburn was attached to the famous battery of Captain Bragg during the whole of the Mexican war, and distin guished himself by his coolness, daring bravery and skill as an officer, and contributed much to the establishment of the great reputation which Bragg's battery acquired on so many brUliant fields under General Tay lor. — Cor. N. Y. Jour, of Com. * The " Western Medical Reformer," for AprU, 1845, contains the address of Prof. Morrow, together with CoL Kilboume's reply, both occupying about eleven pages of that Journal 49 386 APPENDIX. "MORE FROM OREGON. " We copy the foUowing additional items from the Oregon Spectator : An election was held to fill the offices created by the charter of Ore gon City. The foUowing is the result :— WM. K. KILBORN, Mayor ; Francis S. Holland, Recorder. Trustees — Medoram Crawford, George Hannum, Andrew Hood, Richard McMahan and Noyes Smith. A meeting of the officers elect was held on Tuesday, the 6th inst, at which the following named City Officers were chosen, viz : — Kintzing Pritchett City Counsellor; Wra. B. CampbeU, Treasurer; Peter H. Hatch, Assessor ; Septimus Huelot, City Marshal." — JV. Y. Tribune, Nov. 7,1850. [from the ALBANY EVENING JOURNAL — ^JUNB 30, 1849.] "LATEST FROM OREGON. " The news from California is almost two months later than from Ore gon. The Legislature of Oregon had been in session for some time, and adjourned on the 16th of February, (our dates are to the 22d). The sub ject of lands, partnerships, appointments, gaming, distilling of ardent spirits, &c., had received attention. Thus early, also, there are " di vorces," and in fact all the refinements of civilized life. The Legislature elected the following officers : Gen. A. L. Lovejoy — Supreme Judge. W. S. Matlock, Esq. — Circuit Judge. S. Parker, Esq. — Prosecuting Mtomey. T. Magruder, Esq. — Territorial Secretary. Wm. K. Kilborn, Esq. — " Treasurer. J. G. Campbell, Esq. — " Auditor. Wm. H. Bennett, " .Marshal. TheophUus Magruder, Jaraes Burch and Wesley Shannon, Esquires, Coraraissioners to settle all claims growing out of the Cayuse War. A. Lee Lewis, Superintendent of Indian Affairs." [from the new HAVEN REGISTER — 1848.] "ARTESIAN WELL ON LONG WHARF. " In order to supply water for the use of a steam boUer upon Long Wharf, at the distance of a third of a mile from the last pump upon the shore at the head of the wharf, Capt Sarauel J. Clarke, of this city, has adopted the expedient of sinking an iron pipe six inches in diameter in side, through the soft blue mud of the harbor. This experiment has been corapletely successful, in procuring the desired water. "The pipe was forced down by strong pressure, through about 36 feet of blue mud, into a bed of sand, which was penetrated to the further distance of about four feet, where a bed of gravel was reached, which furnished a copious sup ply of pure water, which rose at the top of the pipe, and is sufficient for all the supply that can be desired. The mud and sand was removed from the inside of the tube, as it descended, by means of an augur, ingen iously adapted to tiie purpose by Mr. AARON KILBORN, tiie machinist appendix. 387 by whom the well was constructed. The pressure of the loose matters near the surface, was removed by a curbing of planks, sunk about 17 feet from the bed of the ground. It is now about two months since this well was finished, and the sup ply of water remains undiminished. A coramon hand pump will pro duce no sensible diminution of this supply, and it is pure and ample for all the purposes for whicli it was intended, and can doubtless be drawn on to any extent, to supply shipping, for which purpose its position is very convenient. There is so much fixed air, (a carbonic acid gas,) dissloved in this wa ter, that it has a sparkling, lively taste, and copious bubbles of the escap ing gas make their appearance in a glass of the freshly drawn water. If a bottle is filled with it and corked immediately, so much of this gas collects as to give a pop, on the withdrawing of tiie cork. Mr. Silliman, Jr., has made a chemical examination of the water, and finds it to contain small quantities of a sulphate of lime, (a plaster of pa ns) and carbonate of iron, which gives a slight and and not disagreeable taste to the water. It also contains a little magnesia. A trace of com mon salt is also found in it, but not more than is found in most wells in this town. When first drawn, the water has a feeble odor of bilge- water, (sulphurated hydrogen,) which is no doubt derived from the de caying matters in the bottom of the harbor. This disappears, however, after a short exposure to the air, and is not sufficient in quantity to an swer to the usual tests for this substance. There is nothing in the water to prevent its use for any domestic purpose, or for shipping. At the same time, the minute amount of iron, the carbonic acid gas, and the other constituents, make the water, properly speaking, a mineral water. A water which contains iron, is called a " Chalybeate water," and such wa ters are much valued for tiieir medicinal uses, and their power in im parting an appetite to those who drink them. We must regard this ex periment as one of peculiar interest to the citizens of New Haven, as showing by an example at our own door, the superior advantages of Ar tesian borings as a means of procuring pure water. It is by no means certain that this may not be the most expedient and desirable way in ev ery view, to procure an ample supply of water for public purposes. It is not at all unlikely, that an Artesian weU of the depth of a few hundred feet upon our plain, would supply frora the Sandstone beds which un derlie us, an inexhaustible quantity of the best water, and at a cost not so great, probably, as that of a single raile of aqueduct. Mr. Clarke de clares, that could he not procure another well simUar to the one he now has, to supply his engine, that ten thousand dollars would be no consid eration to him to part with it" "FOR AUSTRALIA. " Out of two hundred and thirty passengers, who left New York for Australia a few days since, it is said one hundred and forty were Cana dians. On Tuesday last, six young men left this town for the same El Dorado, viz., Messrs. D. Dunham, Sherwood Hall, Roderick Kilborn, George Kilborn, George Cowan and Alexander Burritt."— Brockville, [Canada] Recorder, Aug. 10, 1850. 388 appendix. E Ii E OT ON THE DEATH OF MISS LOIS KILBOURN, WHO DIED IN LITCHFIELD, JANUARY 21, 185], AGED 27 YEARS. BT H. WARD, EDITOR OF THE LITCHFIELD REPUBLICAN. She died not as the worldling hastes away, ' Mid clouds of gloomy horror, to the tomb. With fear and trembling, lest the judgment day Should seal in endless night, the spirit's doom. Ah, no ! in glorious triumph over Death, The last great foe of Adam's hapless race, She yielded up, in faith, her gentle breath. Assured that earth was not her dwelling-place. She Uved for Heaven ; her hopes were center'd there ; And though Consumption's slowly wasting bUght, Was on her cheek, she knew no dark despair ; For faith in Jesus made her prospects bright. And when her wearied soul was on the verge Of Life's last biUow, ready to depart. No dark'ning wave of Jordsm's heaving surge, For once appall'd her pure, confiding heart. But aU was Ught I the sting of Death was past, For her the grave no victory could claim ! On angel's wings she soared away at last. And Heavenly music fiU'd the etariy ii^ame. ; Sweet ie the memory of her virtues stUl ; And we wUl fondly cherish them in Ufe, In hopes that we may reach that heavenly hill. Where aU the saints shall rest from care and strife. We miss her in the haUowed house of God, Where she was wont to Usten to the voice Of holy teaching ; in her walks abroad, 'Mid summer flowers ; she too, could then rejoice. For Nature, in her glorious beauty clad, Taught her unspotted mind, that " God is Love,'' Who maketh aU things in their season glad, And smUeth on His chUdren from above. As droops the Uly on its fragUe stem. Beneath the chilling North wind's freezing breath. So did she languish in " Night's diadem," Like that pale flower, stiU loveUer in death. And now the cold turf wraps her lifeless form. And dreary Winter raves o'er Nature's tomb ; But Spring wiU come, in radiant beauty warm. And cause the flowers upon her grave to bloom. appendix. 389 Bright emblem of the resurrection morn ! She, too, wiU waken from the sUent clay. Immortal beauty will her face adorn 1 Her crown wUl brighten through eternal day 1 "MILWAUKEE AND MISSISSIPPI RAILROAD. " The Directors of this Road met on Saturday, at 2 o'clock, P. M., at the room of the Board of Trade, and proceeded to the election of a President Hon. BYRON KILBOURN was unanimously chosen on the first ballot, to fill that station ; and we cannot forbear saying that no man in Wisconsin could discharge the duties of the office more creditably and ably." — Milwaukee {Wis.) Sentinel, Mav, 1849. FROM THE CALENDAR. "THE OLD WEST CHURCH." Very many persons who, in olden times, were accustomed to travel on the "overland route" from Boston to New York, wUl remember the " Old West Church," situated in the western part of Litchfield, Conn. The edifice was designed and buUt in 1796-7, by Mr. GILES KILBORN, an architect of high repute in his day. A sura nearly sufficient to de fray the cost of its erection had been subscribed by Churchraen residing in the neighborhood of its location ; but on its completion, some of the subscribers faUed to meet their engagements, and consequentiy the ex pense fell heavily upon the buUder. The building having originated in a spirit of hostUity to the Rev. Dr. Butler, then Rector of St Michael's Parish, it was never consecrated, and never received a canonical name ; hence, it was long called " Kilborn's Church," though some of the cler ical wags of the day were wont to call it " St Giles'. " In subsequent years, however, it was usually known as the Old West Church. KUbom was very proud of it as a specimen of his workmanship, and was often heard to say that he only desired to live to see it completed. It stood upon elevated ground, and being surmounted by a high steeple, it could be seen at a great distance> In his journeyings over the coun try, KUbom would not unfrequently pause on some height from which the church was visible, and, with folded arms, stand for sorae minutes fazing at it with evident satisfaction. As a singular coincidence, it may e mentioned that he died suddenly soon after his favorite work was fin ished ; and his was the first funeral ever attended within its hallowed walls. Though the congregation which worshipped in the old church was permitted to manage its affairs as an independent organization, it was regarded by the diocese as a component part of St Michael's Parish. Religious services were held in this edifice from 1797 until near the time of its demolition in the summer of 1843 — almost half a century. The foUowing clergymen of the Episcopal Church officiated as rectors, viz.. Rev. Truman Marsh, A. M., Bev. Isaac Jones, A. M., Rev. Messrs. Kel logg, Finch, Beach, Tomlinson, Bryant, Porter, Eastman, &c. A new and elegant church edifice was erected near its site soon after it was tom down, which was consecrated and bears the name of St. Paul's. 390 appendix. «A LIVE JUDGE. " As the venerable Judge KILBURN, of Pennsylvania, was once trav eling in a stage-coach on his way to Court, he found among his fellow- passengers a lady from one of the back-woods counties who had evi dentiy seen but littie of the worid, and whose quaint and unsophisticated remarks excited the risibles of her listeners to an alarming pitch. The Judge having become interested in his new acquaintance, with tme Yankee tact soon made hiraself acquainted with her origin and history. After she had finished her story, she continued, " I've told you who I am, now 1 want to know who you are and where you come frora." " My narae is Kilburn, and I came originaUy from the ' land of steady habits,' " was the response. " I've heard tell of Judge KUburn ; you a'int him be you ?" said the lady. " So they call rae when I ara at horae," replied the Judge. " I thought you was some great big man ; is the land of steady habits in this world ?" " Yes — it is in old Connecticut." " Wai," she continued, after looking at the Judge for a moment in as tonishment, " I've seen picters of Judges, but I never seen a live one be fore, and did'nt know where they come from nrither." — Lowell (Mass.) Op erative, 1844. [from THB AMERICAN UNION.] THE REBEI. DOCTOR.* A CANADIAN SKETCH. At the breaking out of civil disturbances in Canada a few years since, old Dr. K., a resident of Barnston, boldly avowed his disloyalty. Wher ever he went — and his professional services were constantly required in one direction or another — he loudly denounced the government and ad vocated reform. By the opposite party, he was of course considered a dangerous subject ; the more so, because he possessed great influence in the community. Every few days, some neighbor not so generaUy es teemed as the Doctor, for having hinted the indulgence of sentiments in unison with his own, was arrested, imprisoned, and his estate, great or small, confiscated ; yet himself escaped being reported to the higher powers, and went on, inciting the people to rebellion. At length, however, a knowledge of his radicalism was by some means conveyed to the ear of authority, and orders for his arrest were forthwith issued. As the Doctor was leaving the house of a patient one dark eve ning, a person whora in the darkness of the night he could not distinguish, ran up to him quite out of breath, and exclaimed — " Ride for your life, Doctor, Her Majesty's hounds are at your heels." The next instant, the informant had leaped the wall by tiie roadside and disappeared in the darkness without giving the other time to make one inquiry. He had no reason to doubt that the warning was given in good faith, and the manner in which he galloped away, proved his inten- * The subject of this interesting sketch is understood to be Dr. Kil burn, of Barnston, a descendant of Capt. Ebenezer Kilburn, of Gilsum, N. H., whose family record is given on pages 206 — 208 of this volume. APPENDIX. 891 tion of turning it to good account In a very brief space of time his fleet beast had carried him over the three miles that lay between him and his home, and was reined up before the door. Leaving his carriage and entering the house, he in a few words ap prised his wife and daughter of tiie state of affairs, and declared his res olution of fleeing to the States. " I must be off instantly," he said, with calm energy, " or it wiU be too late." " WiU you go in the carriage or on horseback .'" asked Miss K., a young lady of eighteen, springing from her chair, while her father's spirit of daring seemed to be flashing from her dark eyes. " On horseback— on the black mare in the stable. But what are you going to do ?" interrogated her father, seeing her throw on her hood and seize a lighted lantern. " Saddle tiie black mare, to be sure," she answered, and darted out at a back door. There was less perturbation in the household than might have been expected, for the reason that this result of the Doctor's boldness of speech had been from the first anticipated. Indeed, each of the three felt less surprised that the royal officers were now on the track, than that they had suffered him to go thus long unmolested. Scarcely had the Doctor, witii the assistance of his wife, transferred his money and his valuable papers from his desk to his pockets, when the daughter, pale and trembling, rushed in, crying, " Haste, father, fly ! I hear them coming down the road !" " I am ready," said he. Then looking in his daughter's face, he ad ded, " but I believe I may as well meet them ; they wUl readily frighten you into telling them all, and ," " Never, never, father," returned the young lady, resolutely, " I am calm now." Go ! you will find the horse tied to the birch in the rear of the bam. Cross the field and you may elude thera." Whispers, " God be ivith you," were interchanged as the rebel left the house by the back passage, and the door was softly closed behind hira. The mother and daughter were both pale with apprehension, and in spite of her utmost efforts, the latter's voice was slightiy tremulous as she resmned the reading which her father's entrance had interrupted. There was a sound of horses' hoofs, and then a rap at the door. The in mates pretended not to hear, until it was repeated, when the young lady rose and opened the door, while the mother commenced sewing with a manner as unconcemed as possible. Miss K. politely returned the salu tations of the two gentlemen whom she met, and being asked whether her father was at home, answered — " He is not just now, but when he went out at dark, he mentioned that he should return early. Please walk in, and sit till he comes." The officers glanced at each other, and then followed her into the house. " Some gentlemen wish to see father," she observed to her mother, who looked up, bowed, and requested them to be seated. They complied, but were evidently disconcerted by not finding the ob ject of their pursuit within his own doors ; for they had leamed at the house of his patient, three railes back, that he had left there for home but a few moments before. Significant looks were exchanged between them, and they appeared to doubt very seriously, whether at that moment their prey was not secreted about the premises. 392 APPENDIX. " Do you think, madam, that Dr. K. wiU be at home soon.'" enquired one of the officers. " I am .unable to say with certainty," she replied, carelessly raising her eyes to the clock upon the mantel-piece. " Half-past nine," contin ued she, " he is usually at home earlier. He may have been caUed to a new patient I think you will do well to wait a littie longer, however." " We are anxious to consult him professionally," rejoined the officer, half fearing that their real business was suspected. " If it's any littie matter of medicine you want, my daughter here can serve you as well as her father." The officer was at a loss wha,t reply to make, and the other noticing his embarrassment, came to his aid by saying with a sudden contortion of countenance, and at the same time pressing his hand to his cheek — " I want an aching tooth extracted." " I can extract it as well as any dentist in the township," said Miss K., rising, and before the sufferer could contrive any plausible means for es caping with his teeth, the instruments for extracting were produced. His fellow, in turn, wishing to assist him out of his dUemma, said, rather confidently — " But I wish to be bled. Miss, and I presume you are not a surgeon." " I assure you I am perfectly corapetent to act in that capacity," re plied the young lady without the least hesitation, and shall be happy to apply the lancet as soon as I have relieved this gentleraan," and she pre tended to exaraine whether the instruments were in good order. The Queen's minions now made a virtue of necessity, threw off the attempted disguise, which had avaUed them so littie, and appeared in their true character. " We are here, madam," said the first officer, addressing Mrs. K. in a voice of stern authority, " we are here in her Majesty's name, to arrest your husband on a charge of high tieason. That he is now in this house we have no doubt, and it will be wisdom in you to give him up to justice at once, otherwise a search wUl be instituted imme diately ; he can't escape us." He has escaped you now, thought the lady, but she replied, coolly giv ing her word of honor, that he was not in the house. " If you desire it, I am ready to lead you through every apartment" The indifference with which the announcement of their visit was re ceived, convinced Victoria's functionaries that this object had been pre viously understood, yet they considered it hardly possible that their in tended victim could have raade his escape, and began a search with per fect confidence in its success. With each minute's delay the ladies had gained assurance, and now, certain that the husband and father was be yond the reach of his enemies, they cared littie what course the latter might choose. A portion of the guard which had been placed about the house for the purpose of thwarting any attempt at escape on the part of the rebel, was ordered to explore the out buildings, while the two in command, them selves searched the dwelling. The discovery of the Doctor's carriage and horse, stiU panting with fast driving, under a shed, which, removed frora the other outhouses, was, as Miss K. had anticipated when she placed thera, the last to be searched, inspired the men with fresh ardor ; but they were finally obliged to declare their journey bootiess, and re turned as empty as they came. APPENDIX. 393 Meantime, the old rebel, as he was called by the defenders of the crown, was far on his way to the States, where he was soon after joined by his family. A reward of thirty pounds was offered for him, dead or alive, but in vain. He is stiU free to deal out the contents of his saddle bags for the relief of suffering humanity. CASE OF JOSIAH BURRAGE KILBOURN, ESQ. "PAINFUL RUMOR— PROBABLE SUICIDE OF A BANK DIRECTOR. " Our community were staitied yesterday by a rumor that JOSIAH B. KILBOURN, Esq., partner in tiie firm of French, WeUs & Co., crock ery ware dealers, and one of the Board of Directors of the Grocers' Bank, had committed suicide. The report spread like wild-fire, and was generaUy believed. We instituted dUigent inquiries to ascertain whether there was any foundation for it, and were enabled to ascertain that Mr. Kilbourn had been missing from home and his place of business since Tuesday last ; that his wife had received a note from him stating tiiat be fore it reached her he should be over Cambridge bridge. His subsequent disappearance would seem to confirm the painful conviction that he com mitted self-destruction, by drowning. What motives may have induced the act we have not learned ; and we do not, with our present knowledge of the sad affair, feel inclined to give publicity or credence to the vari ous surmises put in circulation." — Boston Herald, Nov. 23, 1855. "Mr. Kilbourn suffered the loss of an only child, about two years old, about two months since, and has recentiy suffered depression of spir its. He was at his father's house in Groton, on Tuesday last, and at the Revere House in this city early on Wednesday morning, since which time he has not been seen." — Boston Courier, Nov. 23. " Mr. Kilbourn has borne the reputation of an active business man, with a character above reproach. It is stated that so far as the bank of which he is a director is concerned, there is nothing wrong. It is conceded, however, that he has been of late largely engaged in stock speculations, and that he has used the name of the firm in his ope rations without the knowledge of his partners. The amount of this pa per is considerable, stated as high as $80,000, there being $75,000 in the Grocers' Bank, amply protected, however, by the signature of Messrs. French, Wells & Co. It is stated that Mr. Kilboobn, when informed of the suicide of Mr. Hooper, the Teller of the Merchants' Bank, expressed his surprise that he could resort to such a dreadful measure under any circumstances. The general opinion seems to be that he has not committed suicide. It is thought by some that he may have taken the steamer Asia, which left this port on Wednesday for Europe." — Boston Evening Traveller, Nov. 23. "the missing merchant. " Various rumors are afloat in regard to Mr. Kilbourn's fate. It has been intimated that he left for Europe in the ' Asia,' which sailed from this port on Wednesday, but his nearest friends and business associates fully believe that he took the course intimated in his letter."— jBos/on Journal, Nov. 24. 50 394 APPENDIX, "DISCOVERY OF THE BODY OF JOSIAH B. KILBOURN, THE GROCERS' BANK DIRECTOR. " It will be recollected that Mr. Josiah B. Kilbodrn, a partner in the firra of French, Wells & Co., and a Director of the Grocers' Bank, dis appeared suddenly last Noveraber, leaving behind an intimation that he had committed suicide by jumping from Cambridge bridge. Search was made, but as no body was discovered, it was supposed that this intima tion was a pretext, and that Mr. K. had made off to foreign parts. The mystery is however solved by the discovery of his body, which was yes terday found floating near Cambridge bridge. The discovery was made by a man named Wm. Gallagher, at work near the jail yard, who, as sisted by several others, succeeded in getting the body from the water, and removing it to the House of Reception in North Grove street. The senior raember of the firra and others, identified the clothing worn by Mr. Kilbourn. No hat was found with the body. A watch key and a pencil were in one of the pockets, and in one of the vest pockets a small sum of money — some $2 or $3 was found. The right leg appeared to have been broken, but this is said to be not uncommon when a body has been in the water so long a time. Coroner Jabez Pratt was called, and sumraoned a jury of inquest, who viewed the body, and adjourned to allow its burial. The remains were, this morning, delivered to the friends of KUbourn, who immediately conveyed thera to Groton, to be interred in the family tomb."— .Borfon Eve. Telegraph, March 27, 1856. " FROM TURKS ISLAND. " By the arrival of the brig Kate Foster, Grand Key, we learn from Capt. KILBURNE, that salt was very scarce, and that tiiere was but one American vessel (the bark Island City) in port, which would be compeUed to wait some time before receiving sufficient to complete her cargo." — JV. Y, Express, Aug. 1853. " CHICAGO ARTISTS. " We saw on Saturday a very fine bust, in plaster of Paris, of B. KILBOURN, Esq., of Milwaukee. It was taken by Mr. S. M. Brooks, of this city, and does much credit to his taste and genius. We leam that it is the intention of Mr. Brooks to reproduce it in marble. Success to aU such efforts, say we." — Chicago Press, July, 1853. "who IS IT? " We notice in the Alta Californian the arrival, under date of AprU 19, at San Francisco, of the American schooner MUwaukee, KILBOURN master, 10 days from Columbia river. Sorae wandering badger has re membered the City of the Lakes, and, judging from the name, our worthy Ex-Mayor a.\3o,"— MUwaukee Sentinel, July, 1849. " RETURNED. "J. S. KILBOURN, and J. Nelson WUcox, formerly of tiiis town, re turned from California in the Empire City."— Gt. Barri'ngton (Mass.) Courier, Jan. 1850. APPENDIX. 396 "THE KILBOURN HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY." This Association was organized at the Astor House, in the city of New York, on Saturday, the 15th day of April, 1848— being the two hundred and thirteenth anniversary of the embarkation of Thomas KU borne and faraUy from London for New England. Dr. J. Sage Kil bourne, of New York, presided, and P. K. Kilbourne was Secretary of the meeting. Various letters were read relating to the family in England, by Lieut Charles Lawrence Kilburn, U. S. A., a Consti tution was adopted, and officers of the Society were appointed for the year ensuing. The Hon. JAMES KILBOURNE, of Worthington, Ohio, was elected President; Ogden Kilbourn, of Hartford Conn., Treasurer; P. K. Kilbourne, Corresponding Secretary; Austin Kil bourn, Recording Secretary; Henri S. Kilbourn, Auditor; several Vice Presidents, and a Central CommiUee. The first Annual Meeting of the Society was held at Niagara Falls, N. Y., on Wednesday and Thursday, the 16th and 17th days of May, 1849. The President, Hon. James Kilbourne, of Ohio, on taking the Chair, made a very eloquent and feeling address. The Corresponding Secretary of the Society read an Historical Discourse relating to the name and family in Europe and America. Among those who were pres ent and participated in the proceedings, were — Dr. Henry Kilburn, of Covington, Penn., Alphonso Kilborn, of Castleton, Vt., Truman Kilborn, Esq., of Lockport, N. Y., Jonathan Kilborn, of Middletown, Conn., Da vid Kilbom, of Ogden, N. Y., and others. The second Annual Meeting was held Oct 10, 1850, at May's Hotel, Wethersfield, Conn., near the spot where our pioneer ancestors had settled two hundred and fifteen years before. Jonathan Kilborn, Esq., of Middletown|i(one of the Vice Presidents of the Society,) pre sided. His Excellency, CHARLES KILBORN WILLIAMS, LL. D., of Vermont, was elected President of the Society, in place of the Hon. James KUbourne, deceased. The third Annual Meeting was held at the residence of the Corres ponding Secretary, in Litchfield, Conn., on the 13th and 14th days of Au gust, 1851 — Col. John Kilborn, (one of the Vice Presidents,) in the Chair. The Annual Address was delivered by the Rev. James Kilbourn ; and remarks were made by D. W. KUbourne, Esq., of Keokuk, Iowa, Aaron KUborn. Esq., of New Haven, Deac. J. S. Kilbourn, of Norfolk, 396 APPENDIX. and others. About twenty persons bearing our famUy name were pres ent Col. John Kilborn, of Leeds county, Canada West, was chosen President of the Society for the year ensuing. The fourth Annual meeting was held at the residence of Joseph Knight Kilbourn, in Norfolk, Conn., September 1st, 1852— Norman Kilbourn, Esq., of Litchfield, in the Chair. The Annual Address was delivered by the celebrated Albany orator, James Kilbourne, which fully sustained his reputation as one of the most powerful and effective public speakers in the country. Toasts were given and remarks made by Lieut Governor Hull, of Massachusetts, Putnam Kilbourn, Esq., of Litchfield, Messrs. Levi Kilborn, of Great Barrington, Mass., Wm. P. Kilbourn, Elisha Kilboura, P. K. Kilbourne, Henry C. KUboum, Deac. J. S. KUbourn, and John Kilbourn Shepard, Esq. The fifth Annual meeting was held at the residence of Capt Levi KU bourn, in Great Barrington, Mass., Sept 1853. Truman Kilborn, Esq., of Lockport, N. Y., (one of the Vice Presidents of the Society,) was called to the Chair. About fifty members of the family were in attendance, and the meeting was an excellent one. In accordance with previous announcement, the sixth Annual meeb'ng of The Kilbourn Historical and Genealogical Soriety took place at the res idence of William P. KUbourn, opposite Coe's Hotel, in the village of Bantara Falls,' Conn., on Wednesday, Sept 6, 1854. Early on the pre ceding day our friends began to arrive from a distance ; and long before the hour appointed for the meeting, the roads leading to the place desig nated were thronged with vehicles of every description. At 8 o'clock, A. M., Parmelee's four-horse oranibus commenced running from the bor ough of Litchfield to Bantam Falls, (five mUes,) and continued to pass back and forth throughout the day — loaded to its utmost capacity. The ample dwelling of our enterprising and hospitable kinsman was literally " thrown wide open" for the reception and entertainment of the Kilbourn Family. MeanwhUe, in the adjacent orchard the " busy notes of preparation'' were heard. A substantial staging and three long tables, had been erected beneath the genial shadows of th *'enerable trees. The former was handsomely carpeted and seated fertile accommodation of the officers and speakers ; while the latter, neatiy spread, were already groan ing beneath the weight of tiie substantials and luxuries that had been so abundantly provided for the occasion by the ladies of the faraUy and their friends and neighbors. Soon after 11 o'clock, the meeting was duly organized by the appoint ment of the foUowing officers of the day, viz. : APPENDIX. 897 Vice Presidents. TRUMAN KILBOURN, Esq., of Waterbury, President. Jacob Kilbourn, of Bantam Falls, Ira Kilbourn, M. D., of Oswego, N. Y., William Stoddard, of Litchfield, Aaron Kilborn, of New Haven, Asa Kilborn, of Oneida Co., N. Y. Kasson Goodwin, of South Farms, Harvey Kilbourn, of Delaware, C. W. Patne Kenton Kilbourne, of Litchfield, Secretary. The services were commenced by reading select portions of Scrip ture, and Prayer, by the Rev. James KUbourn, A. M., pastor of the Con gregational Church in Middle Haddam. An Ode, composed for the occasion by P. K. Kilbourne, was then sung by the choir under the direction of Lewis Sherwood Kilbourn, accom panied with music on the melodion, by Frederick S. Stoddard. An exceUent, eloquent, and most cordial address was now delivered by the Rev. J. Kilbourn. which occupied some twenty minutes in its deliv ery, and was listened to with deep interest As no notes were taken of it the Secretary wUl not mar the pleasant impression that it left upon the minds of all who heard it, by attempting to report it from memory. An Address from the President of the Society, the Hon. Byron Kil bourn, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was then read. After the singing of a select piece by the choir, the President of the day announced a recess for dinner. This pa.rt of the entertainment challenged the surprise and admiration of all present. That the most ample preparations had been made by the committee of arrangements, was now more than apparent Nearly five hundred persons partook of the collation, which was served up with hot coffee and tea of most excel lent quality and in profuse abundance. Meats, bread, biscuit, pies, cakes, pickles, vegetables and fruits rapidly disappeared, and were as suddenly replaced as if from an inexhaustible store-house of good things. Mean while, the hum of happy voices and the light of pleasant sraUes gave a zest to the festival ; and all seemed, for the time, to feel that they were indeed gathered around the family table of the Patriarch of the name and race. In the aftemoon, remarks were made by Messrs. Aaron Kilborn, Henry Ward, editor of the Litchfield Republican, George F. Wright, artist, of Hartford, P. K. KUboum, Dr. Ira KUboum, P. V. KUbome, Dwight C. KUboum and others. The Rev. James Kilboura, Aaron KUbom, Esq., and Dr. J. Sage KU bourne, were appointed a Finance and PubUshing Committee. Letters were read from gentlemen unable to attend. 398 APPENDIX. A unaniraous vote of thanks to our friends in Bantam Falls, for their kindness and hospitality, was passed. Jaraes Kilbourne, Esq., of Albany, N. Y., and Col. John M. Kilbourn, of Potter county, Penn., were appointed Orators for the next annual meeting. The exercises of the day were closed by singing a hjrmn composed for the occasion, by H. Ward. Putnam KUbourn, Esq., of Litchfield, was Chairman of the Committee of Arrangeraents. An estimate as to the number of individuals in attendance upon the meeting has already been given. In thia connection it wUl not be out of place to remark, that on the announcement of a recess for dinner, (soon after 1 o'clock,) tellers were appointed, who reported that there were four hundred and seventy-five persons on the ground. As frequent arrivals took place during the aftemoon, it is certain that considerable over five hundred persons participated in the services and festivities of the day. Very few invitations having been given out except to members of the faraily, it is calculated that at least four hundred descendants of the pioneer, Thomas KUbourn, of Wethersfield, were present These descendants, aside from the Kilbourns, bore the following names, among others, viz., Ames, Baldwin, Birge, Bissell, Beach, Booth, Brainerd, Bun nell, Coe, Curtis, Cowles, Fisher, Pish, Frisbie, Goodwin, Hosford, Hos kins, Hotchkiss, Johnson, Kelsey, Kent, Munson, Munger, Merriman, Marsh, Osborn, Palmer, Pratt, Plumb, Parmelee, RusseU, Ravenscroft, Stone, Smitii, Spauiding, Stoddard, Sanford, Sharp, Trowbridge, Tur reU, Wallace, Wright, Westover, Whiting, WUmot, Ward, WUliams, Wheeler. The following towns in Connecticut were represented, viz. : — Litch field, Bethlem, Cornwall, Goshen, Colebrook, Washington, Warren, Winchester, Norfolk, Waterbury, New Haven, Wethersfield, Cheshire and Simsbury. There were present, belonging to the Kilbourn Family, natives of the following States and countries, viz. : Connecticut, Massachusetts, Ver mont, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Canada East and Canada West In the evening, about seventy of the young Kilbourns, and their friends, under the auspices of Dwight C. Kilbourn, (son of our worthy and liberal minded host,) kept up the " celebration" with festivities, songs and Ulu- minations, and the surrounding hills were vocal wUh the jocund laugh and the reverberating music of the happy company. The " Litchfield Republican," in concluding an account of the Festival, remarked : — " A happier, more united, and more interesting meeting, never before took place in this portion of our good old State. The only regret we have is, that all, far and near, whether kinsmen or not, could APPENDIX. 399 not share with us in our never-to-be-forgotten enjoyments." The editor might have added, that no such " gathering of the clan" ever took place before, either in Europe or America, and it is probable such an one will never again occur. The seventh Annual meeting of the " KUbourn Historical and Genea logical Society" was held at Gilbert's Hotel, in New Haven, on the 6th day of Sept, 1855. J. Sage Kilbourne, M. D., of New York city, presided. The Corresponding Secretary made a Report of his recent genealogical visit to England ; remarks were made by the Rev. Mr. Eddy, of Cazenovia, N. Y., T. C. KUborn, of Mott Haven, N. Y., Aaron KUborn, Esq., of New Haven, John A. KUburn, Esq., of East Haddam, and others. P. V. Kilborne, of New Haven, was added to the Finance and Publishing Committee. The following officers of the Society for the year ensuing, were then appointed viz. : — PRESIDENT, Hon. BYRON KILBOURN, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Hon. John Kilborn, Brockville, C. W., Hon. D. W. Kilbouene, Keokuk, Iowa, Hon. Henry Kilbourn, Hartford, Conn., Teuman Kilborn, Esq., Lockport, N. Y., William J. Kilburn, Esq., Augusta, Maine, Jacob Kilbouhn, Esq., Litchfield, Conn., Elijah C. Kilbukn, Esq., Fall River, Mass., Col. Timothy E. Kilbourn, Hudson, Ohio, Iea Kilbouen, M. D., Oswego, N. Y., Capt. Charles Lawrence Kilburn, U. S. A., J. Sage Kilbourne, M. D., New York city, Ret. James Kilbouen, Middle Haddam, Conn., James G. Kilbourn, Esq., Jackson, La., S. S. Kilburn, Jr., Esq., Boston, Mass., Thomas D. Kilburn, Esq., Orange, N. J., Charles Kilbouen, Esq., Marquette County, Wisconsin, Aaron Kilborn, Esq., New Haven, Conn., Elijah C. Kilbourn, P. M., Pleasant P. C, Claiborne Co., Tenn., Hon. Jonathan Kilbourn, Danville, Vermillion Co., 111., Col. Alexander Kilborn, Stanstead, C. E., Isaac Kilburn, Esq., Kingsclear, New Brunswick, Hon. Wm. K. Kilborn, Winchester, Douglass Co., Oregon, Wells Kilburn, Esq., Nappa City, California. CORRESPONDING SECRETARY, Payne Kenyon Eilboubne, Litchfield, Conn. 400 APPENDIX, EECORDING SECRETARY, Austin Kilbourn, Esq., Hartford, Conn. TREASURER, Aaron Kilborn, Esq., New Haven, Conn. CENTRAL COMMITTEE, P. K. Kilbourne, Lewis S. Kilbourn, Litchfield, Conn. Rev. James Kilbourn, Middle Haddam, Conn., Henry Kilbouen, P. M., Newington, Conn. HONORARY VICE PRESIDENTS, William Kilburn, Esq., London, England, Goodwin Kilburne, Hawkhurst, England, Lord Kelburne, of Renfrew and Ayrshire, Scotland, William Dunbar Kilburn, Calcutta, East Indies, Roderick Kilborn, Melbourne, Australia, Hon. Greene C. Bronson, New York city, Hon. E. D. Culver, New York city, Hon. Hovey Kilburn Clark, Detroit, Michigan, Prof. Benjamin Silliman, LL. D., of Yale College. Josiah Curtis, M. D., Boston, Mass., Hon. George Hull, Sandisfield, Mass., Hon. John C. Knox, Pennsylvania, William Churchill, Esq., Rochester, N. Y., Hon. Alexander W. Buel, Detroit, Michigan, Gurdon W. Russell, M. D., Hartford. LITCHFIELD VIGIL.ANT SOCIETY. [During the years 1828 and 1829, when organized bands of robbers and incendiaries from Canada and elsewhere were comraitting their dep redations in various parts of New England, " Vigilant Societies" were formed in many of the towns, ror the purpose of aiding the authorities in bringing the offenders to justice. A large and respectable meeting of the citizens of Litchfield was held at the house of Henry Wadsworth, in that town, Dec. 12, 1828, on which occasion the " Litchfield Vigilant Society'' was duly organized. Of this meeting, Jacob Kilbourn was Chairman, and Enos Stoddard Secretary.] PRESIDENTS OF THE SOCIETY. Stephen Russell, 1828-1832. Enos Stoddard, 1833. TRUMAN KILBOURN, 1834-'36. NORMAN KILBOURN, 1837-'8 Luman Bishop, 1840-'42. PUTNAM KILBOURN, 1839-43 Murray Kenney, 1844-47. Daniel B. Stoddard, 1848. Prentice Parkhurst, 1849. Willis Stone, 1850. George Kennet, I851-'53. WM. P. KILBOUBN, ]853-'55. APPENDIX. 401 RESIDENCE OF OGDEN KILBOURN, ESQ., HARTFORD, CONK. This buUding stands on the N. W. corner of Main and Church streets, on the spot formerly occupied by Christ Church, a wooden edifice which was torn down about twenty-five years since. The lot was purchased by Oliver Dudley Cooke, Esq., for the sum of $5000, Feb. 19, 1830. The Wardens and Vestrymen of Christ Church, having purchased the lot on the opposite corner, authorized the Rev. Dr. Wheaton to visit Lon don, select a model, and employ a suitable person to superintend the erection of a new stone Church. Dr. W. returned with Mr. Chamber lain, a celebrated buUder. As soon as the Church was completed, Mr. Cooke contracted with Mr. Chamberlain to erect a brick block on his lot to consist of two dwellings and two stores. On the decease of Mr. Cooke, the building was purchased by Col. Julius Catlin, late Commis sary General of the State, who subsequently sold it to Messrs. R. C. & A. L. Smith. Of these gentlemen, Mr. Kilbourn purchased the premises about fifteen years since, and still continues to reside there. The north- em tenement in the block, which lias usuaUy been rented, was for some years the residence of the Hon. Royal R. Hinman, late Secretary of State. One of the stores is occupied as the banking house of the " Hartford County Bank." Present estimated value of the property, $30,000. 51 402 APPENDIX. THE WEST CHURCH. " Litchfield, Oct. 30, 1797. "We, the subscribers, having at our own expense erected a new Church in the western part of Litchfield, and being desirous of forming ourselves into an Episcopal Society, hereby lay before, request and peti tion of the meeting of the First Episcopal Society in said Litchfield, to give their consent to this request, and in future exempt us from paying taxes to the First Episcopal Society, on condition of our organizing and taxing ourselves ; all of which we submit to said meeting in brotherly love." Jacob Kilborn, Isaac Kilborn, Jeremiah Kilborn, David Kilborn, Jesse Kilborn, Solomon Kilborn, John Kilborn, Chauncey Kilborn, Levi Kilborn, James Kilborn, Solomon Kilborn. Orange Kilborn, ^ and 43 others. "Atrae copy of Record, SETH LANDON, Clerk First Episcopal Society. " The above Petition was granted Nov. 6th, 1797. JAMES KILBORN, Clerk 2d Episcopal Society." My young friend, Dwight C. KUboum, of Litchfield, has placed in my hands the original records of the 2d Episcopal Society, together with many documents and papers relating to the erection of the " Old West Church." The contract is dated April 2d, 1796 — GUes and James Kil born being the contractors. The edifice is to be built " on the hUl near Mr. John KUborn's," " on the model or plan which is drawn by Mr. GUes Kilborn and lodged in the hands of Mr. David Butler."* The first subscription of Giles Kilborn towards erecting the Church was £40. [extracts from society's records.] April, 12, 1798. — " Voted, To choose the Gentiemen for Reading the Service, by ballot David Kilborn, John Landon and Calvin Comstock were chosen for that purpose. " Voted, That Comfort Bradley, Mideon Griswold, Charles Smith and Jaraes Kilbom be chosen to read the Sermons in said Society for the year ensuing. Nov. 30, 1798.— '".David Kilborn, Heber Stone and Jeremiah Kilbom were appointed a Committee to confer with the Committee chosen by the First Episcopal Society, on the subject of uniting the two Societies un der one clergyman. During the year 1799, the two Societies were united in one Society — the agreement being, that the clergyman should give two-fifths of his services to the West Church. * The Rev. David Butler, D. D., afterwards Rector of Trinity Church, Troy, N. Y., and father of the Eev. 0. M. Butler, D. D., Chaplain to the U. S. S.enate in 1863. APPENDIX. 403 THE KILBURNS OF NEW BRUNSWICK. The famUy noted in the following communication, is the only one on this continent, of which I have any knowledge, whose genealogy cannot be traced to Thomas Kilborne. A close investigation would very possi bly show that Isaac KUburn, Sen., instead of being " an Englishman," belonged to some loyal American family, and descended from Thomas, above named. EmescLEAR, (Province of New i Brunswick,) June 21, 1846. P. K. Kilbourne, Esq. : Dear Sir — Mr. L. Hustis, of this place has put a letter into my hands addressed to him by you, and at his request I proceed to answer it But first let me express my gratification that a person bearing my name has been found in other climes, and may I not presume to claim him as a relative, even though our kinship may not be traced ? I have often lamented that I knew so little respecting my ancestors. My grandfather was Isaac Kilburn ; he was a soldier in the British Army, and was killed in the service at Texes, 76 or 77 years ago. Those who belonged to the same regiment with him, say that he was an Englishman, and an officer belonging to the magazine ; he was killed by an accidental discharge of the same at Texes, leaving one child about 15 months old. His wife was a Dutch woraan. In consequence of her sudden bereave ment she became deranged — but, with her child, followed the regiraent to which she belonged, until she reached St. John's, in Nova Scotia, where she lived for some time. The chUd soon went to live with a very poor faraily naraed Prosser, where he had to endure many priva tions, and with whom he remained until he became of age. His name was Francis KUburn. He had 11 chUdren, all of whom are living. His sons are — 1. Robert, 42 years old ; married Sarah Esty, and has six chUdren ; all residents of Kingsclear, York county, N. B. 2. Isaac, (the writer of this,) 35 years old ; married Sarah F. Snyder, and has four children ; residence as above. 3. WUliara, 32 years old ; raarried Jane Wagaman, and has three chUdren ; resides in Carlton county. 4. Benjamin, aged 28 ; married Jane Esty, and has one chUd ; resides in York county. 5. Francis, 24 years old ; married Sarah McKeen ; resides in Carlton county. 6. John, unmarried ; resides on the homestead. My father, Francis Kilbum, was a most exemplary and pious man, and died a few years since, sincerely lamented by all who knew him. I have thus given you a brief sketch of aU the Kilburns in this Prov ince, so far as we know. Indeed, we had never heard of the narae out of our own family, until your comraunication was received. I can hardly conceive your object in collecting this information ; yet I shaU be glad to obtain a copy of the work. Your humble servant ISAAC KILBURN. 404 appendix. CODEHAM CHURCH. Erected during the time of WUUam the Conqueror, a. d. 1066. Annexed to the PRIOET OF KILBOUEN, A.D. 1371. standing in 1804. rent co., England. [from the LONDON GENTLEUIn's MAGAZINE.] DOMESDAY BOOK. Codeham CImrch, A. D. 1066. — Given by William the Conqueror to Odo, Bishop of Bateau, of whom it was held by Gilbert Marainot. 20 William I. — Gilbert Maminot held it as two knight's fees,* parcel of the barony of Maminot, and held of the King in capite,f by barony. 1192. 3 Richard I. — Came to Geoffry de Say, by marriage. * Knight's fees. Divisions of land by WiUiam the Conqueror — each fee being what would maintain one knight By statute of Edwai-d IL, persons having an income of £20 a year were obliged to take this order of knight hood. f " In capite." Tenure, in capite, was a holding of the titie or dignity di rectly from the King, without subordination in tenure to any other lord. In the manuscript, GUbert Maminot, a Norman, one of the Conqueror's assistants, received a barony of him ' in capite,' of which barony this KUboum and Codeham property was accounted of the value of two knight's fees. appendix. 405 40th year of Edward III. — Royal License upon the appropriation of the church of Codeham to Thomas de Walton, clerk, and WiUiam Top- cliff, that they may be authorized to give to the prioress and convent of KILBORNE, one acre of land with its appurtenances in Codeham, to gether with the advowson of the church in that town, which they hold, Jis it is said of us, ' in capite.' A. D. 1371, June 20. — The Bishop of Rochester appropriated this Church to the Priory of KILBOURN, a competent portion to the Vicar, and also* to the Bishop, and to the Church and Archbishop of Rochester, due and accustomed rights, &c. Confirmed on the 27th of the same month, saving the monastery's right to 221 acres (in Apulderfield ; which 10s. continued to be paid by the Prioress of KILBOURN to the Bishop of Rochester. 1377. 50 Edward HI. — License to grant to the Prioress of KIL BOURN one acre of land with the advowson, said to be held of the King, in capite. Richard II. — To Sir W. Heron by marriage, with a tenement called North Barden. From [or concerning] the Prioress and Convent of KILBOURNE the Church of Codeham, diocese of Rochester, for their maintenance [of the aUotted ceremony] on the feast of St Michael aforesaid, 10s. Folio 136. Appropriation of the Codam ch., folio 138, to the nuns or monastics of KILBOURNE, 1404 6 Henry IV.— Allotted to Roger de Fines, by mar riage. In the Codeham Church is a memorial of the burial of Walleys about 150 years since, [a. d. 1500]. — Kilburne's Kent, 165. 27tii Henry VIII. — Came to the crown at the suppression of KIL BOURN ; and soon after the advowson was granted to George Brooke, Lord Cobham, to hold from the King in capite by the 40th part of one knight's fee. Edward VI. — July 20, advowson of the vicarage granted to Sir An thony St Leger. Roger Revel held II. Elizabeth : Gregory Fynes 13 Elizabeth. 1671. 13 Elizabeth — Came to Sampson Leonard by marriage. James I. — Again vested in the Crown. 1707. Came to Thomas Streatsfield, in which family it now remains, 1804. PATENTS GRANTED BY U. S. GOVERNMENT. 1800. — To Jonathan KUbom, Colchester, Conn., for Grinding Bark. 1803. — To Lemuel J. KUhom, New York, for DistUling Alcohol. 1809. — ^To Lemuel J. KUbom, Pennsylvania, for Striking part to Clocks. 1809. — To Lemuel J. Kilbom, Pennsylvania, Castings for clock wheels. 1808. — To Robert Kilbom, Great Barrington, Mass., for Axletiees, di minishing friction. 1829. — To Samuel KUbum, Steriing, Mass., for Portable Trip Hammer. 1831. — To Samuel Kilbum, Sterling, Mass., for Communicating motion. 1838.— To George KUborn, Walpole, N. H., for Door Drops. 1842. — To WeUs KUbum, Lawrenceville, Penn., for Com Planter. 1845. — To Wells KUbum, Lawrenceville, Penn., for Grain Drill. 1852. — To Frarwis Kilbum, Lancaster, Penn., for Designs. 406 appendix. "DAVID KILBOURN.* 23d Cong. 1st Session.] [House, Eeps. V. S. "January 14, 1834. " Mr. Thomson, of Ohio, from the Committee on MUitary Affaire, made the following REPORT. " The Committee of MUitary Affairs to whom was referred the Peti tion of David KUboum, report : " That on a careful examination of all the papers pertaining to this case, they find that on the 25th day of January, 1830, the Petition of David Kilbourn was referred to the Committee on Claims ; that on the Sth day of February, following, the Committee was discharged from the further consideration of the claim, and it was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs ; that on the 12th of tiie same month, a BUl was re ported in favor of the Petitioner, but did not pass at that session. " That on the 12th of December, 1831, the subject was again referred to the Committee on MUitary Affairs, and that Committee reported a BiU for the partial relief of the Petitioner, on the 27th of the same month, which passed soon after, and only gave to the Petitioner one thou sand dollars as a consideration for his personal services and suffering, but made no allowance for the losses and damages he sustained in the destruction and confiscation of his property — and that only for the want of proof of a strictly legal character, as to the amount, value and confis cation thereof, as will appear by reference to the Report of the Committee on Military Affairs made at that time, which Report your Committee now request may be taken and considered as a part of their Report, and which is as follows : — Feb. 22, 1830.— "Mr. Dayton, frora Coraraittee on MUitary Affairs, to whom was referred the case of David Kilbourn, made the following Report : That the petitioner sets forth that he is a native of the United States, within which he remained until after the termination of the revo lutionary war, when he removed into Upper Canada ; that although re siding in that Province, his attachment to his country was undiminished, and he was always desirous of promoting its interests ; that in the year 1813, at the solicitation and by authority of General WUkinson, then commanding officer of the American Army upon the northern frontier, he engaged to exaraine, secretly, the British posts in Canada, to procure accurate information of their numbers and position, and to communicate the result to the American commander ; that he executed this commis sion to the entire satisfaction of General Wilkinson, by whose agent he was promised araple compensation for his services and indemnity against any loss which he might suffer for having undertaken them ; that the en emy, having been informed of the petitioner's employment and acts, ap prehended him, confined him in prison, treated him harshly, and proposed putting hira to death, when he made his escape ; that he was again ar rested, again subjected to similar treatment and again threatened with death, which would inevitably have been his portion, had he not a second tirae effected his escape ; that after his escape, he repaired to General Wilkinson's camp at the French MUls, who renewed to him his former promises, furnished him witii money to defray his expenses to Sackett's Harbor, and recommended him to the Quartermaster at that port, who employed the petitioner in his office ; that from UI health he was com- * A native of Litchfield, Conn. See pages 1 69 and l'?0. appendix. 40*7 pelled to relinquish this situation, since which time he has resided in the State of New York, where he is now living under the complicated burthens of old age, infirmity and indigence, and that since the corapul- sory abandonment of Canada, his property there, which he valued at $10,000, had been confiscated, and its proceeds paid into the provincial treasury. Under these circumstances, he prays that he may be compen sated for his services, and indemnified for llie loss of his property. " That such services as were performed by the petitioner would, if discovered, expose him to the penalty of death, no other testiraony is re quisite to establish, than the universal and well known practice of na tions in similar cases ; that he did perform these services faithfully, and that they were highly useful and important, is proved most fully and sat- isfia,ctorily ; and that justice and policy would dictate that he should be lib erally remunerated for thera is unquestionable. It raust be recollected that the petitioner was not a traitor to his country when he penetrated into the British encampment, but an American citizen. Had he been a traitor, whatever odium might have been a attached to his con duct, our Government would have been bound to reward his treason. The Committee feel no hesitation in awarding to him what they consider to be a compensation for his services and the personal perils to which they exposed him, and for that purpose they report a BUl. They entertain as little doubt as to the justice and policy of indemnifying the petitioner for any property which he lost by the execution of his danger ous commission ; but as the testimony submitted to them is defective, as to the value of tUe property which he alledges to have been confiscated, they recommend that no further allowance be made to him, until he pro duces stronger evidence to substantiate these facts than the Comraittee have been furnished with." — Vol. 2, Doc. 189, Reports of Congressional Committees. CERTIFICATE OF MAJ. GENERAL JACOB BROWN. " I knew David KUboum well, as a settler in Upper Canada, before the last war. He had a fine farra, situated on the banks of the St Law rence about eight miles above Ogdensburgh. He always bore a good character, and was considered as a substantial and industrious farmer. " During tbe war he was, to my knowledge, employed on secret service to discover the force of the British at Montreal, and at other places on the St. Lawrence. In this business he was very faithful and active, and while living in Canada, as a man of character, he was able to collect much valuable information. " On the expedition down the St Lawrence in November, 1813, just before we passed Prescott, Kilbourn came to me and gave me a minute statement of the force and position of the British at Montreal, and at oiher ports, which, as I had afterwards means of ascertaining, was re markably faithful and correct " I know of KUboum's detection, by the British Government, and of the total ruin which followed this discovery of the services he had ren dered to the American army. JAC. BROWN." Head Quarters, Washington, ) Jan. 27, 1827. f AFFIDAVIT OF GEN. J. G. SWIFT. State of New York, CiTT AND ConNTY OF NeW YoRK. [ " Joseph G. Sivifi, of the city of New York, being duly sworn, saith. That in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirteen. 408 appendix. he was attached to the army of the United States under the command of General WUkinson, in capacity of Chief Engineer, and was then and there directed by the said General Wilkinson to perform a secret expe dition into the Province of Upper Canada, for the purpose of ascertaining the strength of the different posts of the eneray, and to procure some suitable person, in whom confidence could be placed, to aid in said expe dition. That David Kilbourn was employed by deponent, in pursuance of the order of said General. That said KUboum did undertake said expe dition, and performed the services required — and did make returns thereof to deponent and to the satisfaction of General Wilkinson. That in the engageraent between deponent and said Kilbourn, deponent informed said Kilbourn that if he should receive any damage in the performance of said expedition, the United States would doubtiess reraunerate him for his losses. What daraage said KUbourn did sustain deponent does not know, but understood said KUbourn lost property to some amount by confiscation, and was under the necessity of flying for refuge to the United States. And further the deponent saith not L G. SWIFT. In testimony of the foregoing declaration, signed and sworn to, in my presence, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my official seal, in the city of New York, this eleventh day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven. E. FISHER, Notary Public. State of New York, ) County of St. Lawrence. J ^' I, Arnold Smith, of said County, do solemnly swear, that during the late war of the United States against Great Britain, I was requested by Gen. Swift to employ a person in whom I could confide as a friend to the United States, to perform an expedition through the Canadas. I did so by employing David KUboum, who executed his commission to the satis faction of Gen. Wilkinson, the coraraanding officer of the United States Army, on the frontier, for whom it was intended ; that a projnise was made that whosoever would run the hazard, should be protected and in demnified, should he sustain loss ; that this proraise was made by General Swift to rae ; that I delivered the commission to one WUliam Wiley, as received from said Swift, who crossed the St Lawrence for David KU bourn ; that he delivered the same to him ; that a discovery of the ex pedition was raade to the British Government and David Kilbourn taken, suffered a course of imprisonment, and effected his escape ; that his property was confiscated in Canada, to the amount of which to me is un known, and actually sold for the benefit of that Government — and all this in consequence of performing that service ; that your deponent is intimately acquainted with David KUbourn and these circumstances. ARNOLD SMITH. Sworn and subscribed before me, tiiis 9tii day of July, 1827. SYLVESTER BUTRICK, J. P. appendix. 409 NOTES AND QUERIES. Ql/* Timothy Goslee and Rhoda KUborn were married in Glastenbury, Jan. 9, 1766, and had six children, viz., Timothy, James, Thomas, Penel ope, Rhoda and Polly. Qr. Whose daughter was this Rhoda Kilborn ? fly" W. S. Porter, Esq., (now of New Haven,) states that one Joseph Kilborn removed from Farmington to Wethersfield in 1772. Whose son was he ? 05=* The " American State Papers," (Vol. II, p. 790,) contains a " List of American seamen released from his British Majesty's ships of war at Ja maica, since the 16th of April, 1777." In the List occurs the narae of Stanton Kilbom. I have found nothing further concerning hira. 05^ Hem-y Kilbum was impressed as a seaman in the British ship Imo gene, Dec. 19, 1804.— .4m. Slate Papers, Vol. II, p. 143, " Foreign Rela tions." 0;^ John Kelbom was commissioned as a midshipman in the U. S. Navy, June 18, 1812. His name also occurs in the Navy List of Feb. 21, 1814. To what Branch of our famUy did he belong ? 0;^=' Isaac KUburn, of Sterling, Mass., was slain in the action at Lake George, Sept. 8, 1755.— S«e "Hist, of Sterling." QJ^ At the October Session of the Connecticut Legislature, 1752, Jon athan Kilbom, Esq., of Colchester, and Capt Joseph KUbom, of Litch field, were both Representatives. At the sessions in May and Septem ber, 1767, Jonathan KUbom of Colchester, and Abraham KUbom, of Glas tenbury, were members of the House. g[/= In the " Am. State Papers" (Vol. II, p. 735—" PubUc Lands") raay be found the Report of the Commissioners on the Boundary Line between the Public Lands and the Great Virginia Reservation, the Commissioners on the part of the United States were, Hon. JAMES KILBOURNE, Samuel Herrick and WiUiam Ludlow. 05= Hon. BYRON KILBOURN, of Milwaukee, was elected Pres ident of the " Milwaukee and La Crosse Railroad Company," at the annual meeting of the Directors in March, 1856. This Company was incorpo rated in April, 1852, with a capital of $4,000,000. The entire length of the route, from Milwaukee, on Lake Michigan, to La Crosse, on the Mis sissippi, is one hundred and ninety-six mUes — of which about seventy- five mUes of the road are corapleted. 05= Mr. WILLIAM KILBURN, of London, late Governor of the Incorporated Society of Licensed Victuallers, has been a raeraber of that Association for thirty-four years. There are about 3000 paying mem bers ; over 100 children are constantiy being clothed, maintained and ed- 62 410 appendix, ucated by the Society ; and about $30,000 per annum are paid in weekly allowances to the sick, disabled or poor. The name of Mrs. KILBURN is conspicuously inscribed on a panel in the School-house in Kensington Lane, as a liberal benefactor of the Institution. (t^" At the May session of the Connecticut Legislature, 1732, JO SIAH KILBORN, and others, " inhabitants of Farraington, annexed to the Parish of Newington," preferred their Petition, showing the diffi culty of their going to " Public Worship for the want of convenient High ways," and praying the Asserably for relief The Assembly accordingly appointed Capt Jabez Hyde, Capt Sampson Howe and Mr. PhUip East man, a Committee to repair to Newington, examine into the facts, and report. 05°' At the October session of the General Assembly of Connecticut, 1750, ELEAZER KILBORN presented a Memorial, asking the inter ference of the Assembly in a controversy between hira and Josiah Gris wold, in regard to the ownership of " a certain negro, named Zacheus, claimed both by the said KUborn and by the said Griswold." Col. Jo seph Pitkin, of Hartford, Mr. WiUiam Wolcott, and Mr. Matthew Rock well, of Windsor, were appointed a Comraittee or referees to hear the par ties and make return to the County Court in the County of Hartford, on the second Tuesday of April next 05^ At the May Session of the General Assembly of Connnecticut 1769, HEZEKIAH KILBORN, ELIJAH KILBORN, and otiiers, presented their Memorial, dated at Colchester, March 23d, 1769, in which they state that they have for several years belonged to a class of dis senters known by the name of " Separatists," and have mEiintained the preaching and ordinances of the Gospel among themselves, at their own expense, and are still compelled to contribute to the support of the Es tablished Ministry in addition to the support of tiieir own rainister. They ask to be released from paying taxes for building meeting-houses and for the support of the established religion, " that ,^they may have where with to maintain a ministry agreeable to their own religious sentiraents." Five years after (viz., in May, 1774,) the prayer of tiie Meraorialists was granted by both Houses. 05^ In a volume entitled " New Hampshire Churches," by Rev. Rob ert F. Lawrence, of Claremont, N. H., (p. 300,) alluding to Walpole, the autiior says—" Settiement began in 1749 — Rev. JOHN KILBURN was minister in 1749 ; but little is known of him." Is not this an error .' APPE ND IX. 411 John Kilburn, the old Indian fighter, was tiie first settier of Walpole in 1749 ; but I ara not aware that he was ever a minister. 05=* My neighbor. Dr. E. W. Blake, of Litchfield, Conn., inforras me that he has often visited the precise spot where KUbum's Garrison stood, in Walpole, N. H., and where he had his most celebrated fight with the Indians. He says tiie old musket used by KUburn on that memorable occasion, was owned by a resident of Walpole, a few years since, and probably may stUl be found. I have desired him to make the necessary inquiries, and if possible, secure the interesting relic for me. 05" On the 4th of July, 1849, our National Anniversary was cele brated by tiie citizens of Litchfield and vicinity, at Bantara FaUs. TRU MAN KILBOURN, Esq., was President of the Day, assisted by nine Vice Presidents, viz., Stephen RusseU, WiUiam Beebe, Jacob Kilbourn, Nathaniel Bissell, David Keeler, David Westover, Enos Stoddard, Levi KUboum and John Palmer. A part of the services took place in the Episcopal Church, and a part in an adjacent grove, where tables were spread for six hundred persons. The Rev. F. D. Harriman, Rector of the Church at Bantam Falls, Rev. Dr. Fuller, Rector of St. Michael's, Litchfield, Rev. Wm. B. Hoyt, of the Metiiodist Church, J. W. Savage, Esq., and Rev. J. L. Scott Rector of the Episcopal Church in New Preston, made appropriate addresses. The Declaration of Independence was read by Daniel B. Stoddard, Esq. " SAMUEL WELLES, Esq.— Died Nov. 12, 1834, Aet 80. For twenty successive years he was one of the Selectmen of Glastenbury — Treas urer of the Town — and frequentiy a Representative in the Legislature of the State. He was a member of the Convention which formed the Con stitution of Connecticut — and an Elector of President and Vice Presi dent of the United States. Distinguished through life as an active and enterprising citizen — extensively engaged in agricultural, commercial and manufacturing pursuits ; ardently devoted to his country, and an un yielding advocate of the equal rights of man, he lived and died a sincere patriot and an honest man."* — Epitaph in Glastenbury, Conn. 05° The New York DaUy Times, of May 2, 1856, in an account of the Indian Massacres in Oregon, (dated Portland, O. T., March 27,) says — " Just below the mouth of Sandy, we met Capt. Kii-born in a batteau loaded with men and woraen, bringing the startling intelligence that tlie Cascades was attacked last night by the Klikitat Indians, and that they * Mr. WeUes was a eon of Capt. Samuel and Lucy (KUboum) WeUes, and father of the Hon. Gideon Welles, of Hartfoid. (See p. 96 of this volume.) 412 APPENDIX. had surrounded the Block House, (Fort Raines.)" The letter adds— " Capt. Kilborn lives on the Oregon side of the Columbia River. He heard the report of rifles on the Washington Territory side about seven o'clock, March 26. He became alarmed and gathered the men, women and chUdren together, placed thera in a batteau and crossed over to the lower landing, took all the famUies there, learned from the friendly In dians that a party of Klikitats were besieging Fort Raines, and heard the reports of the howitzers, &c., convincing him that he had better hasten with all dispatch to Fort Vancouver." Another truant member of our goodly household! Whence does he hail.' Capt. Wm. K. Kilborn, (formerly Mayor of Oregon City,) was, when he last reported himself to the " Kilbourn Historical Society," a resident of Winchester, Douglass county, in the Umqua Valley, about 150 miles south of the Columbia River. It seems more than probable, therefore, that the gentleman referred to above, is some other enterprising Yankee of our name who has found a home in Oxegoif, 05" In the Kilbourn " Family Memorial," mention is made of " work in the Library of the British Museum, entitled, " A Declaration of some Proceedings of Lieut. Col. John Kilburn," printed in London in 1648. The item was comraunicated to me by an intelligent English gentleman ; but I ascertained when in the Library referred to, that the name of the officer was John Lilburn, (not Kilburn,) a character somewhat noted in the civil wars of Cromwell's time. COL. KILBOURNE AND THE DIOCESE OF OHIO. In J 804, Col. Kilbourne, (then an Episcopal clergyman,) visited the Conventions in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York and Pennsylva nia, for the purpose of interesting them in favor of a Western Diocese, although they had not the canonical number of presbyters. He then at tended the General Convention for that object, and obtained a special canon. After several meetings in Worthington, (Ohio,) of delegates from the societies which he had formed, and two others formed on the eastern side of the State, by the Rev. J. Doddrige, of Virginia, a regu lar diocese was established. He then obtained two presbyters from Con necticut, who, with Mr. Doddridge and himself, together with the lay delegates sitting in Convention at Worthington, (the residence of Mr Kilbourne,) elected a Bishop. After he had been duly consecrated by Bishop White, and others, the new Bishop was elected Rector of the Church in Worthington. Mr. Kilbourne resigned tiie parish into his hands, with a formal public address, and retired from the charge APPENDIX. 413 05" " The Capture and the Rescue," (by J. C. Sraitii, M. D.,) is the titie of an interesting narrative published in the New York Dispatch in July, 1849, of the capture by the Indians of the family of Josiah Kil bourn, the first settier of Gilsum, N. H., and of their heroic rescue by the father, aided by his eldest son, Ebenezer. It was my intention to in sert it in full in this volume, but I am compelled to omit it for want of room. 05° In a Tale entitied "The Littie Bound Giri," by Ann E. Porter, published some years since in the Boston Evening Gazette, one of the principal characters is " Mr. KILBORN." 05= KATE KILBORN, or Sowing and Reaping," is the titie of a volume of 284 pages, " by the author of Jeanie Morrison," pub lished by Robert Carter & Brothers, New York, in 1856. FRANKLIN P. KILBORN, Son of John Kilborn, of Oswego N. Y., (see page 285 of this vol ume), was bom in Clayton, Jefferson county, N. Y., Sept. 14, 1828. In early life he went to New York city, and was there employed for several years as an Accountant in a large mercantile establishment. On the 21st of July, 1851, Mr. Kilborn was married to Miss Adeline Ferris, of Buffalo, and settled in the city of Oswego, N. Y., where he still resides. He was for some time cashier in the large dry goods establishraent of Messrs. Eagle & Stone, and for the last two years has been engaged as principal Accountant in the Commission House of Messrs. Forward & Smith, Main St., Oswego, N. Y. His children are — Frances, born AprU 22, 1852, and John, bom Feb. 6, 1854. Mr. F. P. Kilborn is the eldest and only surviving son. He had a brother Truman, who was bom June 26, 1832, and died AprU 4, 1843. He has three sisters, viz., — Sarah, born Nov. 14, 1834 ; Mary, born Dec. 7, 1836 ; and N. Maria, bom Oct 22, 1839 — all unraarried, and residing with their parents in Oswego. NATHAN KILBORN, Son of John Kilborn, of Rome, Oneida county, N. Y., took up'Tiis residence in the city of Oswego several years ago, where he married and had two chUdren. Mrs. Kilborn and one of tiie chUdren died about three years since. Mr. Kilborn is a Forwarding and Commission Mer chant, and Insurance Agent, in East Oswego. The place and date of birth of Mr. John Kilborn's family, we liave been unable to ascertain. 414 appendix. His other sons are — Henry and John, both residing in California, and unraarried, when last heard frora. He has one daughter, Mary, who is about twenty years of age, and is now completing her education at the Female Serainary, Cazenovia, N. Y. MEMORIAL TO THE CONNECTICUT LEGISLATURE. "Litchfield, April, 1800. " To the Honorable Legislature of the State of Connecticut, to be con vened at Hartford on the 2d Thursday of May, 1800. " The undersigned, Freeraan of said State, and Inhabitants of the Town of Litchfield and vicinity, beg leave respectfully to represent, that the present Law of the Stale regulating the Election of Represent atives in Congress operates in a great degree to destroy or render use less the important right of suffrage. The Freemen cannot be acquainted with the merits of candidates for office throughout a territory so exten sive and populous as the State of Connecticut. They must either act in ig norance, become the dupes of designing men, or withdraw from the meeting. Hence the universal complaint that not one-fourth part of the Freeman who vote at the Election of Town Representatives, continue in raeeting to give their suffrages for Members of Congress. The undersigned conceive that whenever the right of suffrage is al lowed by Government, it ought to be so regulated that each Elector may be enabled, as nearly as possible, to exercise his own judgraent and choice. This is not done by tiie present mode of voting through the State at large. This mode might have been convenient and weU adapted at the first, when the country was in its infancy and the population small, but it is very inconvenient and ill adapted to the present state of our population, consisting of about Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand inhab itants. The evil complained of, we think, cannot be reraedied except by dividing the State into Electoral Distiicts, which wUl bring the choice within the compass of each Elector's knowledge. The undersigned tiierefore request the Honorable Legislature to turn their attention to the important sirbject, and do what in their wisdom shall appear raost conducive to the welfare and happiness of tiie people of this State. Lewis Kilborn, John Kilborn, Jesse Kilborn, David Kilborn, Jeremiah Kilborn, Levi Kilborn, Ozias Kilborn, and 33 otiiers.* * In 183R, (thirty-six years after the above memorial was presented,) the State was divided into Congressional Districts. I am indebted to the Hon. Seth P. Beers, of Litchfield, for the original copy of this memorial, with the autographs attached. appendix. 415 MILITARY COMMISSIONS. [The foUowing List of Commissions to Company Officers is compUed from the Colonial and State Records of Connecticut] Oct 1749. — Jonathan Kilborn, Colchester, "Lieutenant of the South Trainband." May, 1750. — Joseph KUborn, Litchfield, Captain of First Company. May, 1762. — George Kilborn, Wethersfield, Ensign of 3d Corapany, 6th Regiment May, 1769. — Benjamin KUborn, Litchfield, Lieutenant First Company. May, 1773. — Timothy KUborn, Lieutenant of 10th Co., 6th Regiment Oct 1778. — Jonathan Kilborn, Colchester, Captain 3d Co., 25th Regim't. Jan. 1782.— Lerauel KUborn, Litchfield, Ensign of 4th Co., " Alarra List" May, 1785. — Abraham Kilborn, Glastenbury, Ensign of 3d Corapany, 6th Regiment Oct 1789.— David Kilborn, Colchester, Captain of 3d Co., 25th Regim't Oct 1789. — Samuel Kilborn, Lieutenant 9th Co., 23d Regiment Oct 1795. — ^Lewis KUborn, Litchfield, Captain Ist Co., 17th Regiment May, 1796.— Samuel Abel KUborn, Lieutenant 3d Co., 24th Regiment. Oct 1798. — Jacob Kilbom, Litchfield, Lieutenant 4th Co., 6th Regiment, Cavalry. May, 1800. — Joseph Kilborn, Glastenbury, Ensign 3d Co., 6th Regim't May, 1806. — Thomas KUborn, Lieutenant of Artillery, 19th Regiraent. Oct 1815. — Charles Kilbom, Litchfield, Comet of 4th Co., 6th Regiraent of Cavalry. May, 1818. — Putnam Kilbom, Litchfield, Ensign Sth Co., 16th Regim't May, 1820. — Elisha Kilbom, Jr., Cornet 3d troop, 3d Regim't Cavalry. May, 1822. — Jason C. KUborn, Colebrook, Ensign 7th Co., 21st Regim't. May, 1&35.— Hiram G. Kilborn, Litchfield, Captain 10th Co., 16th Reg. May, 1841. — Amos B. Kilbourn, Lieutenant 3d Co., 17th Regiment. May, 1841 — George KUbourn, UnionviUe, Captain 3d Rifle Co., 14th Regiment "MODEL OF FITCH'S STEAMBOAT. " The model of the first steamboat (built by John Fitch,) was discov ered a few days ago, in the garret of the late residence of Col. Kilbourne, a son-in-law of John Fitch, near the town of Columbus, Ohio. It has been in the possession of Col. Kilboume more than thirty years. It is thus described in a letter to the Cindnnati Commercial : — " It is about two feet long, and set upon wheels. The boiler is about a foot long, and eight inches in diameter, with a flue through it not quite in the centre, into which the fire appears to have been placed. The cyl inder stands perpendicular, and the frame work that supports it is not un like that now used by some of the low pressure boats on Lake Erie. There is a paddle wheel fon each side, and, in fact everything appears to be complete, with the exception of a condenser and force-pump. The boiler is even supplied with a safety valve, though part of it has been broken off." — O'Callaghan's Doc. Hist. State of New York, vol. iii, p. 1190. 416 APPENDIX. John Fitch was one of the most remarkable men of his age. He was born in East Windsor, Conn., June 21, 1743. For a whUe, he was a Lieutenant in the army, was taken prisoner by the Indians, and was sold from one tribe to another through the N. W. Territory until he was pur chased by an Englishman and thus obtained his freedom. During this period he became so familiar with that part of the country, that on his return to the east, he drew and published a map of it, which had an ex tensive sale. He was afterwards a Surveyor in Kentucky, and a Civil Engineer in Pennsylvania ; but, abandoning these pursuits, he devoted his tirae mainly to experiments in steam navigation. As early as June, 1785, he submitted his drawings to the inspection of scientific gentle men in Philadelphia, and in August of that year laid his models before Congress. In March, 1786, the Legislature of New Jersey granted him the exclusive right and benefits of the invention, and similar acts were passed during the winter and spring following by New York, Pennsylva nia and Delaware, and by Virginia in October, 1787. Divers experi ments were made by him in 1787, on the Delaware River near PhUa delphia, with a stearaboat buUt by him, which was propelled by raeans of oars, against the tide, at the rate of seven miles an hour. This was six teen years before the first experiments of Fulton. He subsequentiy sub stituted paddle-wheels in the place of oars, and continued his experi ments in Philadelphia and New York for several years untU he became a bankrupt in property. He explained his plans and machinery to Messrs. Fulton and Livingston, who, after the death of Mr. Fitch, successfully prosecuted the business of buUding steamboats after his models. Mr. Fitch died in Kentucky in 1798, and at his own request ^RS buried on the banks of the Ohio. His only daughter married the Hon. James Kil bourne in 1789. BRIEF NOTES OF A VISIT TO ENGLAND. Though I have elsewhere incidentally referred to my recent tour through the father-land, a l^rief narrative of the trip, so far as it relates especiaUy to the object which I had in view, may be here introduced aa a fitting close to tiie volurae. In company with my kinsman, Ogden Kilbourn, Esq., of Hartford, Conn., I embarked onboard the Packet ship, " Jaraes Foster, Jr.," on Mon day, June 4th, 1855, (as Agent of tiie « Kilbourn Historical and Genealogi cal Society,") and arrived safely at Liverpool on Wednesday afternoon, tiie 27th of the sarae month. During ray stay at that place, I called on Mr. Richard Kilburn, Watchmaker, Bespham street, and obtained from appendix. 417 him the facts relating to his family, which I have given on page *40 of this volume. I also went to 6 Pitt street, and made particular inquiries concerning Dr. Richard Kilburn, and William W. Kilburn, Drug gist, both recently of Liverpool, the result of which I have given on the same page. On the Saturday following we proceeded to the city of York by railway, passing through Dewsbury and Wakefield, in both of which places we leamed that our famUy name was somewhat numerous and highly respectable. From York we proceeded directly to Thirsk, a fine old market town on the New Castle railway, where we procured a private conveyance, and were driven over to the vUlage of KUburn, about seven miles distant from the Thirsk station. It was about 10 o'clock on Saturday evening when we reached the " Foresters' Arms," a quiet, an tique Inn kept by Mr. George Bolton. On Sabbath morning, which dawned delightfully upon us, we took a stroll through the village and soon made ourselves famUiar with its architecture and topography. The outer walls of its dwellings are of brick or stone ; many of tiie roofs are thatched, and others are covered with slate or tiles ; generally a single story in height, with small-paned windows of irregular size, and placed at irregular intervals. Though some of the modern dwellings are hand some two-story edifices, High and Low KUbum present to the eye of an American a very quaint and venerable appearance.* We attended the morning service at St Marys (Episcopal) Church, and Ustened to an able and impressive discourse from the Curate, Rev. Mr. Welburn, with whom I had a brief interview. We found him a stately English gentieman, with manners corresponding with his noble physical proportions. We regretted that his clerical duties called him to an adjacent parish for the aflemoon service. There are none of our name remaining in the town where it had its origin, though Mr. Ellis, the Town Clerk, informed me that he had often heard his father mention Mr. KUburn who was the Schoolmaster of the viUage some sixty years ago. There are but two or three entries in the Parish Register previous to the year 1600. Mr. Welburn, in re sponse to a request made to him by letter, had carefully examined the records previous to my arrival, but did not succeed in finding any men tion of my famUy name. In the course of Monday we returned to Thirsk, and took the cars for York, where we remained about twenty-four hours. Here we found many objects of interest to the antiquarian. The records in the York WUl Office commence about A. D. 1380, the first volume of which contains a * For a more fuU account of thia village and town, see pages 10-12 and *67-»61, of this volume. 53 418 appendix. reference to the estate of WiUiam Kylburn, bearing date Oct. 26, 1394.* Subsequent to this, our name often occurs ; but as the records are writ ten in abbreviated Monkish Latin, and in German text characters, I found myself incorapetent to the task of deciphering their raeaning. The clerk to whora I applied, assured rae that there was no one connected with the office who could "make anything out of thera." I was fortu nate enough, however, to raake the acquaintance of William Paver, Esq., a leamed and distinguished antiquarian of that city, who has be corae so farailiar with ancient manuscripts, that he can readUy translate anything. I heartily acknowledge my indebtedness to hira for his inval uable favors. John Hoggard, Esq., agent of the Archbishop of York, presented me with a map of the township of Kilburn, and gave me ac cess to various manuscripts relating to that town and parish. To Mr. Monkhouse, (Lithographer,) I take pleasure in expressing my obliga tions for a lithographic view of the " Birth place of Joseph Agar, Esq., in Kilburn." Frora York we proceeded to Huntingdon. In this latter place had formerly resided a distinguished branch of the Cambridgeshire family of Kilbornes, and I made a thorough examination of the parish records. A transcript of the births, raarriages and deaths, may be found on pages *34 and *35. Iteras gleaned from other sources, I have given else where. Ex-Mayor Maule, (the occupant of " Hinchuibrook," the ancient seat of the Cromwells,) treated us with much politeness, and gave us ac cess to valuable records in his office. The Rev. Mr. Hayworth, Rector of " All-Saints,'' and the Rev. John Fell, Head Master of the Gramraar School, and Fellow of Trinity CoUege, Cambridge, also showed us many attentions, and pointed out to us various interesting relics of Oliver Crom well, with whom the Kilbornes of Huntingdon had been associated as neighbors and partisans.! The original entry of the baptism of the future " Lord Protector" is still preserved in the Church of "All-Saints," and was shown me by the Rector. The cordiality of these distinguished gentlemen seemed so unaffected and spontaneous that it could not fail to reach our hearts, strangers as we were in a strange land. Here, also, we saw the house in which the poet Cowper spent several years as the guest of Mr. Unwin. Mr. FeU gave us letters to friends of his in Cam bridge, connected with the University. Leaving the Great Northern Route, we took the Eastern Counties Railroad, and passed on tiirough St. Ives to Cambridge. I must here ac knowledge ray gratitude to the celebrated Prof Sedgwick, for facts rela tive to John KUbome, who was a Fellow of Peter House College more * See page 13 of thia volume. f See pp. *41-*44; appendix. 419 than 400 years ago. Thence, after a brief stay, we proceeded to New- Market, where we procured a donkey, dog-cart and driver, and rode over a broad and noble McAdamized road to the rural hamlet of fVood Ditton, in Cambridgeshire, some three or four miles distant. Much to our regret, the Rector, (with whora I had had some correspondence,) was absent ; but finding an obliging friend in Mr. Thomas Jarvis, the Parish Clerk, we passed a most agreeable afternoon in rambling tiirough the neighborhood, visiting the old Church in which our ancestors had wor shipped, examining records, and musing upon the changes which two hundred years had wrought With the eye of fancy averted we saw the pioneer family passing over that very highway towards the great me tropolis ; their thoughts alternating between the Past and the Future — between the dear and familiar scenes they were leaving behind tiiem, and the unknown land in which they had resolved to cast their lot Our driver assured us that Lord Raglan had often accompanied the Duke of Rutiand in his shooting-excursions in the fields and woods adjacent to the viUage, The Duke of Rutland has a "hunting-seat" at New Market Towards evening, we returned to the latter place, where we passed the night New Market has long been famous for its " races," which were in full operation at the time of our visit there. The streets were thronged with " jockies" and " sporting characters" from all parts of England.* Early on the following morning we were en route for London, and by two o'clock in the afternoon of the 5tii of July, we had found convenient quarters at Mrs. Cocker's Commercial Boarding House in " Charterhouse Square," in the very heart of the city. Several days were delightfully spent in visiting Ihe principal objects of interest in and about liondon. During this tirae, we called upon Mr. William Kilburn, proprietor of the " Crown Inn," Red Cross stoeet, by whom we were cordially received. He showed us the magnificent SUver Pitcher which had recentiy been presented to him on the occasion of his retiring from the office of Governor of the Licensed Victuallers Association, and gave us copies of the " Morning Advertiser," contain ing a detaUed account of the ceremonies of presentation. He informed us that the Lord Mayor had frequently been a guest at his table. We also left our letters of introduction at the banking house of Wil liam and Benjamin Kilburn, Esquires, 16 St Mary Axe, and received from the former gentleman a polite invitation to dine with him on the fol lowing day, at his residence. No. 2, Holly Terrace, Highgate. We ac cepted the invitation, and had a most delightful famUy visit. After din ner, Mr. K. walked with us about half a raile to the residence of his * For further reference to our visit to Wood Ditton, see pages *52 and *63. 420 appendix. brother, Benjamin Kilburn, Esq., (who had gone to the continent with his family). The raansion is situated on the highest point of Highgate Hill, in the midst of beautiful grounds, overlooking the Valley of the Thames on the east, and the great city on the south. Though they were themselves absent, we had the gratification of seeing the portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Kilburn, and those of other members of the family. Returning to Holly Terrace, we were shown the portraits and miniatures of several of our naraesakes of past and present generations. Holly Terrace is pleasantiy situated and commands an extensive and varied prospect It is five mUes from St Paul's Cathedral, the dome of which is distinctly visible from the premises. After tea, we bade our hospitable friends a heart-felt farewell. Passing over Hampstead Heath, to an omnibus sta tion, we reached our quarters at half-past ten o'cbck in the evening. My traveling friend having left me for a tour on the continent, I spent several days in examining the books and manuscripts in the Library of the British Museum, and the records in the " Doctor's Commons." I also made a trip to Hawkhurst, in the County of Kent, about sixty miles to the south east of London, on a visit to my intelligent fiiend and corres pondent, Mr. Goodwin Kilburne, Principal of Tudor Hall. His resi dence is scarcely a hundred rods distant from « Fowlers," the ancient seat of the Kilburnes of Kent, (an engraving of which I have given on page 25). Dr. Curtis, of Boston, (who spent two or three days in Hawkhurst, in 1854,) says of this mansion,—" It is and ever has been by far the best residence in the vicinity." Ascertaining that Mr. Kilbume had gone on a visit to his friends in Norfolk, I passed a few hours very pleasantly with Mrs. Kilburne, and returned to London by the evenmg train. On a line of omnibuses running from the vicinity of the General Post Office, through Newgate street and Holbom, I had frequentiy noticed the words, "Paddington," "Kilburn-Gate," " The Royal Oak," &c. Havmg a desire to visit the hamlet bearing our name, in Middlesex, on a leisure afternoon I took one of these conveyances, and in a very brief period reached the place— about five miles from the Post Office. Much of the vUlage is compactly buUt, and it contains some noble blocks of build ings and fine residences. I spent several hours in a most agreeable ram ble through tiie neighborhood ; visited KUburn Vale, Kilburn Lane, Kil- buru Green, and Kilbum Bridge ; and drank of tiie far-femed waters of KUburn Wells. I also passed an agreeable half-hour with tiie Rev. J. J. Bolton, minister of St Paul's Episcopal Chapel in Kilbnrn, whom I found to be a true-hearted Christian gentieraan, and an author of high reputation. He informed me tiiat he had formerly been a resident^of New Rochelle, N. Y., and that his father was stUl the Rector of a church in Westchester county, bordering upon Connecticut. APPENDIX. 421 Before leaving the metropolis, I made two or three other calls upon my namesakes; and, on the 22d of July, set out for Wales. A flying visit to that interesting region, brought me to Liverpool, (via. Chester,) in time to embark on board the Cunard steamer, " Asia," which left the dock for Boston at one o'clock on Thursday the 24th. I arrived at my home in Litchfield on Wednesday, the 6th of August. The trip was a most agreeable one to me. My correspondence while abroad, with members of the famUy and others, was extensive. The results of my inquiries and researches will be found in this volume. P. K. K. ENGLISH CORRESPONDENCE.— ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. During the last eight or ten years I have received frequent commu nications from Rectors, Parish Clerks, and Antiquarians of England, and also from various namesakes residing in different parts of that country. I regret that the limits assigned to this volttme will not allow me to in sert the letters of some of these gentlemen in full. My correspondence with WUliam KUbum, Esq., of London, com menced in 1844. Not only have I been indebted to him for repeated fa vors, but his promptness in responding to all my inquiries, entitles him to the sincere thanks of aU our kindred. Mr. Goodwin Sxlbume, Principal of Tudor Hall Aftademy, in Hawk hurst, county of Kent, has from the first manifested much interest in our family history. The facts elicited by his intelligent researches in the counties of Kent, Middlesex and Norfolk, I have freely used in this- volume. I have also received from him several beautiful drawings and paintings of objects connected With our name in England. A few years since, his son, George Goodwin Kilburne, (then a lad of nine years,) for warded to the " Kilbomn Historical Society" an elegant pen-and-ink likeness of Richard KUburne, Esq., the celebrated lawyer and historian of Kent In 1848, 1 forwarded, through the Hon. James Savage, LL.D., of Bos ton, a copy of the Kilbourn " Family Memorial" to the Bev. Joseph Hunter, one of the Record Commissioners in Rolls Court, London ; and soon after received from that distinguished antiquary, a polite letter of acknowledgment, enclosing a copy of the Pedigree entered in the " Vis itation of London, in 1634," with additions, preserved araong the Har- lian MSS. in the British Museum, (which wUl be found printed in the fore part of this work). I have since received other favors from Mr- Hunter. As the Pedigree referred to in the preceding paragraph, traces the line of the Kent and Huntingdon KUburnes from the town of Kilburn, in 222 appendix. Yorkshire, to Bramcote, (Nottinghamshire,) thence to Girton (Cambridge shire,) and thence to Saffron Walden, (Essex,) I addressed letters to the Parish Clerks of each of these places. Mr. Alexander T. G. Mansen, (the Clerk of Bramcote,) states in his re ply, that the records of the parish commence A. D. 1562 ; that he has looked through them from that date to 1849, and found twenty-two en tries relating to the name of Kilborne among the baptisms, births and burials ; that his legal fees for the search, and for copies of the entries referred to, would be £24 8 6 ; but " as the particulars are apparently for faraUy objects, and not for purposes of litigation," he will be satisfied with a fee of ten guineas. As I had not the requisite funds to spare, the entries referred to have not been obtained. My letter to the Clerk of Girton, was handed to the Rev. Frands Tate, Rector of the Parish, who kindly volunteered to reply. He states that the records of Girton comraence A. D. 1629; that they contain no mention of the name of Kilbome ; says there is another Girton, near Newark, in Nottinghamshire, and stiU another in Bedfordshire. He writes in a most friendly and genial spirit, concluding as follows : — " I do not like to close this without expressing my regret that I cannot aid more actively in such a work as you are engaged in. Any one of those ancestral links that bind the old world to the new and the new to the old, is well worth tiie welding, and I wish you aU possible success in it" Not hearing from Saffron Walden, I wrote to the Rector of the Par ish, and received a prompt and interesting reply from the Rev. Ralph Clutton, of that place. The facts and transcripts contained in his letter are contained on pages 28-30. He makes no mention of John Kilbume, (the grandfather of Richard Kilburne, the historian of Kent,) who ap peared to have been a resident of Saffi-on Walden previous to 1550. In 1844, 1 received from Sir Charles George Young, of the Herald's College, London, copies of all the records in that office relating to tiie name of Kilborne, which I have given in the first part of this volume. The Rev. E. R. Mantell, Vicar of Louth, in Lincolnshire, has taken special pains to have the records of that town thoroughly searched for me. A copy of the entiles of births, baptisms, burials, die, furnished by him, will be found on pages *35-*38. He says—" Besides the ex tracts frora the Register Books, I have had tianscribed some from an old churchwarden account book in my possession, and also one from the Warden and Six Assistants of Louth, who were formerly, (and untU eighteen years ago,) the Trustees of King Edward VI's Grammar School in this town, and also the Corporation or Magisterial governing body of the town. They exist now only as the Trustees of the School — the mu nicipal Council, under a Reform BiU, having been transformed into a APPENDIX. , 423 Mayor, Aiderraen and Town Council, I have frora tirae to tirae made inquiries respecting the famUy of KUbome around this neighborhood, to add to my stock of information for you, but without any success until this very morning, when a neighboring clergyman has written to say, that in the Will of WUliam Foxe, of Immingham, near Great Grimsby, in this County, he mentions a daughter, Elizabeth Kilbume, evidently the person named in the Pedigree which you sent me."* May not the " John Kilbourne, Precentor of Lincoln Cathedral" in 1446, have be longed to this branch of the faraily .' He, evidentiy, was of Yorkshire origin, as his WUl is recorded at York. WUliam Paver, Esq., of York, has furnished me with many interesting items relating to the early KUbornes of that County. He has collected, arranged and indexed, a larger number of Yorkshire Pedigrees than can be found elsewhere. He is a thorough antiquarian scholar and an oblig ing gentleman, and feels a deep interest in whatever relates to America. Mr. James Kilbum, an intelligent and enterprising business raan at Burton in Lonsdale, Yorkshire, is much interested in his American name sakes, and has furnished me with an account of his father's faraily. His father, the late Kennard Kilburn, of tiiat place, had four sons and three daughters, viz., Mary, Rachel, IsabeUa, William, James, Benjamin, Eliz abeth and John. Benjamin and John died without issue ; Jaraes has quite a nuraerous family. Soon after ray return from England, I for warded to him a copy of the Proceedings of our famUy meeting at Ban tam FaUs, in 1854, together with sorae other meraorials of our narae. On their receipt, he writes — " I can scarcely find words to express the pleasure I experienced on receiving your highly valued letter, the pamphlet containing the account of your annual gathering, the likeness of your President, the Hon. Byron KUbourn, &c. I am astonished to see the names of the goodly company that form the list of officers of your Society. I assure you of my regret at being so far from you. As to the name in this vicinity, myself and family stand alone ; nor do I remember ever to have written to a namesake in this country. At all events, the KUbornes of America quite outstrip those of England. The ' cold river' has there mn in a bolder stream and a broader channel." The Rev. Joseph Walker, of Wood Ditton, Cambridgeshire, in addition to the interesting letter published on pages *51 and *52, obtained for me the drawing of the old church in that place, from which the engraving on page *53 was made. * See Pedigree of the Lincolnshire famUy, from the Earl Marshall's Reg ister. 424 appendix. With several of the gentlemen named in the preceding pages, I be carae acquainted whUe in England, and I take pleasure in expressing the uniform courtesy which I received from them. From H. G. Somerby, Esq., of London, (to whom I have heretofere re ferred,) I have received numerous and invaluable favors. Most of the ancient WUls in the early part of this volume, were obtained by him, as were also many items relating to the KUbornes of England. Many friends in this country have contiibuted liberally to the materials which go to make up this volume. I must particularly mention Dr. Jo siah Curtis, of Boston, the late Nathaniel Goodwin, Esq., of Hartford, Sylvester Judd, Esq., of Northampton, Mass., and S. S. KUburn, Jr., Esq., the artist, of Boston. To the Finance and Publishing Committee of the " KUboum Histori cal and Genealogical Society," (viz., J. Sage Kilboume, M. D., of New York city, Rev. James KUbourn, of Middle Haddam, Conn., Aaron KU bom, Esq. and Publius V. KUbome, of New Haven, Conn.,) the author returns his special thanks for their earnest co-operation and energetic and liberal efforts to make the FamUy History worthy of the pationage of those for whom it is designed. INDEX OF CHRISTIAN NAMES. [This list is designed to embrace only the Christian names of Kil- bo-wms which are numbered and placed in capitals at the beginning of the line. The names of the chUdren of many of these, in the recent generations, are omitted.] A. Page. Abraham, Aaron, 174 Adela, Aaron, 196 Adaline, Aaron, 214 Adaline, Aaron, Jr 278 Adolphus, Aaron, * 297 Alanson, Rev. Aaron R., 330 Albert, Abby Baldwin, Abel, 212 189 Albert, Alfred, AbigaU, 72 101 Alfred, Alfred, <[ 105 Alexander, Col., It 130 AUen, It 137 Almira, tt 164 Almira, u 165 Almira Phinetta, ti 185 Alpheus, Dr., tt 194 Alphonso, tt 203 Alphonso, tt 207 Alphonso, 1( 216 Alphonso, tt 232 Alvenus, .1 252 Amanda, tt 262 Amasa, (t 266 Amasa, .( 271 Amasa, .. 285 Amasa, Capt,, t( 290 Amasa, 1{ 320 Amos, It 341 Amos B., 11 345 Andrew Jackson, tt 346 Angelina, tl 351 Anda, Abner, 127 (t Abraham, 64 " Abner F., Deac, 297 Abraham, Esq., 67 It Abraham, Esq., 77 Abraham, 95 Abraham, 117 ;; Abraham, 131 1 Page. 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