As you read this please be understanding..I am on my mothers computer and for some reason the spell check is not working. I can get it to tell me what I have mispelled but it will not correct it for me. And since I am the worlds worse speller mistakes are inevitable. It is amazing to me that my children are at all educated since I homeschooled them. All I can say is Thank God for tapes and satellite school.
Im in Dallas this week caring for my Mom who recently had surgery on her shoulder. When she is awake Im very busy but when she naps I find myself with not much to do. The house is clean, dishes washed, laudry done.
On Monday I thought I would educate myself and took down Harold Hoehners commentary on Ephesians ..hahha
I dont know Greek so after reading his take on election, and most of it elected to fly right over my head, I put the book back on the shelf.
Then I went to my Dads office and found 2 books on the Kinsman family. I have found some very interesting things out about my ancestors.
The book begins "by reference to the Pedigree"..... as if we are a litter of puppies. The earliest record of the Kinsman family was in 1337 in Northamptonshire England, I will skip quite a bit of it but highlight the items I found of interest.
As a note to keep the confusion down, I have found that people years ago would spell names and other words in many differet ways. Obviously they didnt have spell check either. Because of that, Kinsman was also spelled Kynesman, Kinnesman, and Kingsman.
I have always loved English history, mideveal times , castles, Kings and stories of court etc.. so when I read that our ancestor William Kynnesman actually lived in a castle , or rather at least, died in the castle in Northampton I had to smile...so cool
Another guy,Robert, was a soilder for the King.( if I understand the story correctly) Unfortunatly for him, during the reign of King Charles the first, when there was a civil war between the King and his parliament, he was "compelled to retire beyond the seas" but later returned to England where he paid a fine and was himself...fine. Then in 1420 Simon Kynesman became a member of Parliment , obtained a license to have mass in his own mansion, and became the sheriff of Northamptonshire in the 9th year of King Henry the V.
It was in 1634 that Robert Kinsman ( he spelled his name Kingsman but dropped the g upon arrival in the new world) sailed on the "Mary and John" to New England and settled in Ipswich. Then I believe we became the trouble makers.
In 1687 the son of emigrant Robert, also named Robert Kinsman, rose up along with 3 other men and said that their govenor did not have the right to tax them..they wrote a complaint against said Edmund Androsse and were then sent to Boston for trail, found guilty and put in prison. They were later released but Robert Kinsman was told he could no longer hold office, was fined 20 pounds then also fined 500 pounds as bond as he was "on good behavior for one year".However, in 1692 Robert was elected to officeof Deputy to the general court by the good people of Ipswich after the gov. was forced to leave office. He was also quartermaster, what ever that is.
We skip ahead now to 1776 and another Kinsman, John.
He was 23 years of age in enrolled an an ensign in a company of Conneticut militia, marching to New York, to take position under Gen. Washington, in the defense of his country. He was in Gen Huntingtons regiment and part of the Battle of Long Island. He was taken prisoner and put in a prison ship. he remailed there" suffering close confinement, suffering from filth,vermin and near starvation." Later, Washington wrote a letter asking that John and another man be "exchanged" so that they could "enter into service again"
He did not return to service though but instead remailed in New york and made hats for the army. Later (1797) he was elected as a representative to the State legislator. Then after 3 years in office moved to Ohio where he had purchased a bunch of land as a stock holder in the Conneticut land company.
The family continues to branch and branch so that in the 8th generation Monroe Kinsman of Willet, Courtland, NY has a son named Francis. Francis has a son named Ellwood and Ellwood has a son named Frank. Then poor Frank has 4 daughters of which I am #3.
So there is my family history the short version. (Remember I said there were 2 volumes in my Dads office) I hope you were not bored to death.
Im in Dallas this week caring for my Mom who recently had surgery on her shoulder. When she is awake Im very busy but when she naps I find myself with not much to do. The house is clean, dishes washed, laudry done.
On Monday I thought I would educate myself and took down Harold Hoehners commentary on Ephesians ..hahha
I dont know Greek so after reading his take on election, and most of it elected to fly right over my head, I put the book back on the shelf.
Then I went to my Dads office and found 2 books on the Kinsman family. I have found some very interesting things out about my ancestors.
The book begins "by reference to the Pedigree"..... as if we are a litter of puppies. The earliest record of the Kinsman family was in 1337 in Northamptonshire England, I will skip quite a bit of it but highlight the items I found of interest.
As a note to keep the confusion down, I have found that people years ago would spell names and other words in many differet ways. Obviously they didnt have spell check either. Because of that, Kinsman was also spelled Kynesman, Kinnesman, and Kingsman.
I have always loved English history, mideveal times , castles, Kings and stories of court etc.. so when I read that our ancestor William Kynnesman actually lived in a castle , or rather at least, died in the castle in Northampton I had to smile...so cool
Another guy,Robert, was a soilder for the King.( if I understand the story correctly) Unfortunatly for him, during the reign of King Charles the first, when there was a civil war between the King and his parliament, he was "compelled to retire beyond the seas" but later returned to England where he paid a fine and was himself...fine. Then in 1420 Simon Kynesman became a member of Parliment , obtained a license to have mass in his own mansion, and became the sheriff of Northamptonshire in the 9th year of King Henry the V.
It was in 1634 that Robert Kinsman ( he spelled his name Kingsman but dropped the g upon arrival in the new world) sailed on the "Mary and John" to New England and settled in Ipswich. Then I believe we became the trouble makers.
In 1687 the son of emigrant Robert, also named Robert Kinsman, rose up along with 3 other men and said that their govenor did not have the right to tax them..they wrote a complaint against said Edmund Androsse and were then sent to Boston for trail, found guilty and put in prison. They were later released but Robert Kinsman was told he could no longer hold office, was fined 20 pounds then also fined 500 pounds as bond as he was "on good behavior for one year".However, in 1692 Robert was elected to officeof Deputy to the general court by the good people of Ipswich after the gov. was forced to leave office. He was also quartermaster, what ever that is.
We skip ahead now to 1776 and another Kinsman, John.
He was 23 years of age in enrolled an an ensign in a company of Conneticut militia, marching to New York, to take position under Gen. Washington, in the defense of his country. He was in Gen Huntingtons regiment and part of the Battle of Long Island. He was taken prisoner and put in a prison ship. he remailed there" suffering close confinement, suffering from filth,vermin and near starvation." Later, Washington wrote a letter asking that John and another man be "exchanged" so that they could "enter into service again"
He did not return to service though but instead remailed in New york and made hats for the army. Later (1797) he was elected as a representative to the State legislator. Then after 3 years in office moved to Ohio where he had purchased a bunch of land as a stock holder in the Conneticut land company.
The family continues to branch and branch so that in the 8th generation Monroe Kinsman of Willet, Courtland, NY has a son named Francis. Francis has a son named Ellwood and Ellwood has a son named Frank. Then poor Frank has 4 daughters of which I am #3.
So there is my family history the short version. (Remember I said there were 2 volumes in my Dads office) I hope you were not bored to death.
2 comments:
Studying your family history is very cool. My aunt does geneology for our family and others. She travels miles and miles to collect old photos,see homes and grave sights of our ancestors. She posts all these photos to fb daily so we can all copy them. I am amazed at some of the pictures.
I didn't know they were homeschooled; they all seem pretty clever to me!
This was a cool post! I love family history, and old English history too...Two nights ago I spent about 4 hours reading the history of Tudor Kings & Queens, and the British Royal family tree. Interesting stuff. It's pretty neat that Kinsman came from Kingsman, I didn't realize that. There must be a cool story about the origin of the line being one of the King's great men or something. Were those books your dad wrote, like his autobiography, or were they some he bought? I got to read a little of his own book, it was equally interesting :)
Hope all's going well over there, if you're still with them right now.
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