When William Kinsley was born in 1767, in Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Kinsley, was 29 and his mother, Mary Goode, was 25. He married Leah Lawton on 11 April 1790, in Emley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Cadney, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841. He died on 23 January 1848, in Cadney, Lincolnshire, England, at the age of 81.
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English: habitational name from Kinsley in Yorkshire. The placename derives from the Old English personal name Cyne (genitive Cynes) + Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
Probably also an altered form of various like-sounding German names, such as Kinzler , Kinseli, Kienzle , Künzli or Künzle (see Kuenzli ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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