Josiah Kilborn Jr.

Brief Life History of Josiah

When Josiah Kilborn Jr. was born on 29 July 1730, in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Josiah Kilborn Sr., was 28 and his mother, Ruth Warner, was 24. He married Anna Neal on 3 May 1754, in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States in 1790. He died on 12 May 1812, in Berlin, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 81.

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Family Time Line

Josiah Kilborn Jr.
1730–1812
Anna Neal
1734–1812
Marriage: 3 May 1754
Capt. Josiah Killborn III
1756–1786
William Kilbourn
1758–1816
Anna Kilbourn
1759–1803
Eunice Kilbourn
1762–1776
Lemuel Kilbourn
1764–1818
Urania Kilborn
1767–1833
James Kilbourne
1770–1850
Azubah Kilbourn
1772–1776
Deborah Kilbourn
1775–1775
Amasa Kilbourn
1780–1805

Sources (37)

  • Josiah Kilbourn, "United States Census, 1810"
  • Josiah Kilborn, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
  • Josiah Kilborn, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"

World Events (4)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1785

As early as 1668, Sergeant Richard BECKLEY bought from Turramuggus, Sachem of the Matttabesett tribe of Indians, a tract of 300 acres in what is known as Beckley Quarter, in the northeast part of the town of Berlin. In May, 1713, Newington, including Beckley Quarter, was incorporated as the Second or West Society of Wethersfield; in October, 1715, Beckley Quarter wa annexed to the Second Society of Farmington (Great Swamp), named Kensington in May, 1722, and now a part of the town of Berlin. The cemetery at Beckley Quarter was opened in 1760, Daniel BECKLEY, Jr., who died 4 March 1760, being the first to be buried there. The town of Berlin, taken from Wethersfield, Farmington, & Middletown, was incorporated in May 1785.

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

Name Meaning

English (Northamptonshire): variant of Kilburn .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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