Re: Who were the children of John Kinsey, of Hertfordshire and West New Jersey?
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Who were the children of John Kinsey, of Hertfordshire and West New Jersey?
Charlotte Stroud 2/16/09
Trisha:
You've done a lot of work on this.I don't have information about a daughter Margaret, but I do have information about another possible source you can investigate; David Kinsey (1640-1687).
David was probably a son of John KINSEY, although the relationship has not been definitely established.
David KINSEY of the Parish of Nantmeal, County of Radnor, Wales, a carpenter by trade, came from Bristol, England, to Philadelphia, bringing a certificate from the Friends Meeting at Bristol, dated June 26, 1682.This certificate does not name a wife, and he was probably married in or near Philadelphia within a year of his arrival, to Magdalen (there is no record of Magdalen's maiden name).A deed records his purchase of one hundred acres of land from Richard Davies, and from the records of the Board of Property, we learn that a tract of three hundred acres was laid out to David Kinsey in Radnor Township in the Welsh Tract, and in right thereof, the town lot to which he was entitled, was laid out on Chestnut Street, a part of the present site of Independence Hall.This tract, however, was never patented to David, but after his death was conveyed in several parts to his widow and his son "on ye 20th day of 9th mo., 1690."David KINSEY was a member of the Society of Friends and was affiliated with the monthly meeting known at different periods as Radnor, Haverford, and Merion Monthly Meeting.among the records of this monthly meeting there is a list of burials at "The Burying Place of Haverford, west side of the Schuylkill," and on the list is this record: "David KINSEY buried ye 7th day of the 7th mo., 1687.