KINNEY FAMILY
and the 17th CENTURY NEW ENGLAND "WITCH" CONNECTIONS
by Nancy Anne Elder Petersen
E-mail: [email protected]
HENRY KINNE AND ANN PUTNAM OF SALEM VILLAGE, MA
THE TRIAL OF REBECCA TOWNE NURSE
TRANSCRIPTS AND DESCRIPTIONS of 1692:
http://etext.virginia.edu/salem/witchcraft
Thomas PUTNAM
has a wife named Ann and daughter named Ann in the trial:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rhutch/fam00310.htm
Margo Burns' pages, also a study of the Crucible, by Arthur Miller.
http://www.ogram.org/17thc/witches/index.shtml
My KINNEY GENEALOGY CONNECTION
My father's mother: Emily Kathryn
Kinney
Cooke
connection
Emily's 1914 photo
Her father, Sandford Kinney, III, then II, then I.
His father: Joseph Kinney II (Col.), then Joseph Kinne I (Capt.)
Connecticut
records
His father: Thomas
Kinne
Thomas'
Will -1687
His father: Henry Kinne (m. Ann Putnam) residing in Salem Village,
MA
Rebecca Towne Nurse had a son Samuel,
whose daughter Rebecca married
Jonathan Kinne, brother of Joseph Kinne I
See David Beckwith's genealogy pages:
http://www.smokykin.com/ged/f000/f91/a0009195.htm
Also involved:
Kezia Peabody, who married Joseph Kinne I, was dau of
Jacob Peabody and Abigail Towne, residing in Topsfield.
Abigail Towne was dau of Edmund and Mary (Browning) Towne
Nicely referenced webpages, by Velton Peabody.
See #8 Jacob:
(Webpage not working at this time - I'll look for it again)
Also in the family tree:
Joseph Kinne II married Jemima Newcomb
her mother: Jerusha Bradford,
her father: Thomas Bradford, then William Jr, then William Sr. (Gov.)
Ross Andrew's pages:
http://www5.pair.com/vtandrew/family/i0012346.htm#i12356
Bradford and Kinney:
http://millennium.fortunecity.com/bigears/538/genealogy/rbradford.html
From Gregg Kinney's former webpage:
....
Mayflower connections:
"John Howland of the Mayflower, Volume 1"
386. Sarah DENISON (5) (George 4, Mercy Gorham 3, Desire Howland
2, John 1)
was probably born in New London, CT where her birth was recorded
8 Sep 1733,
the daughter of George DENISON and his second wife, Joanna HINCKLEY.
Sarah died in Preston, now Griswold, CT 1 Mar 1792 aged 58 years,
and
was buried in the Kinne Cemetery there.
Sarah DENISON married in Preston, CT 24 Oct 1748 Ezra KINNE of Preston
who was born in Preston 20 Sep 1727, bapt. 26 Nov 1727, son of Joseph
and Keziah (PEABODY) KINNE. Ezra KINNE died in Preston (Griswold)
8 Feb 1795 aged 66 years and was buried in the Kinne Cemetery.
Capt. Ezra KINNE was a very successful farmer. He and his wife
owned the covenant, 22 Apr 1750, at the Second or North Preston
Church
in what is now Griswold, CT. He served in the French and Indian
War
and in the Revolution.
In his will dated 22 Feb 1794, probated in Norwich, CT 16 Feb 1795,
Capt. Ezra KINNE mentions beloved sons Peabody, Denison, and Ezra,
along with beloved daughters Joanna, Mary, Jemima, Sarah, Senthe,
and Lucretia.
Son-in-law Dr. Allen CAMPBELL was an executor, witnesses were Samuel
YEOMANS, Seth MORGAN and Alexander STEWART.
Children (KINNE), born in Preston, CT:
i. Joanna, born 25 June 1749.
ii. Mercy/Marcy, born 12 July 1751.
iii. Jemima, born 3 May 1753.
iv. Sarah, born 1 August 1755, died young.
v. Peabody, born 20 July 1757.
vi. Sarah, born 22 October 1760.
vii. Cynthia/Synthia/S
Kinney DNA project, by Georgia Kinney Bopp
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gkbopp/KINNEY
Voluntown CT Kinne Cemetery:
http://www.ctgravestones.com/CTprojects/kinne.htm
The DENVER Fairmont Cemetery:
KINNEY/KENNEY cemetery photos:
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/co/costones/denver/fairmount.htm
Kenney (Sec. 12, Lot 129, Block 55; this is a family plot with 12 gravesites. 6 tombstones, 2 unmarked, and 3 empty graves)
E. R. [Edward Randolph, Sr.], 1837-1894 (mk)
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/co/costones/denver/fairmount/k5000002.jpg
Edward R[andolph, Jr.], Dec 2, 1877- Oct 28, 1963 and May Wilcox, Aug 12, 1877-Jan 21, 1943 (mk)
Edward R., 1907-1963 (mk) Edward Randolph, III; son of Edward Randolph, Jr. and May Wilcox Kenney
Laura Garvin [Kenney], 1873-1919 (mk)
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