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The Kilbourne family was first found in Middlesex, where they were seated from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D. (A seat or family seat was the principal manor of a medieval lord, which was normally an elegant country mansion and usually denoted that the family held political and economic influences in the area.)
Our lineage with this family can be traced back to ABRAHAM "ABRAM" KILBOURNE, was born in Wales around 1800, according to family lore, although he claimed to be from Canada and later Michigan in census records.¹
At some point he emigrated to Canada, where his first marriage to RUTH JULIEN (1800-1843), the daughter of Loyalist John Julien, on 8 Jan 1835 in Dorchester, near London, Ontario. According to family lore, they produced many children: Charles (1828-1912), Patrick (b. 1837), Isaac (1837-1913), Margaret (b. 18380, Thomas, Frances, Isaac, Martha and Charles. Ruth apparently died before 1843, although no record has been found.
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Apparently all those kids weren't enough for Abram and Rachel, so they had eleven more and raised them in Dorchester, Middlesex County, Canada West (Ontario):
CHILDREN OF ABRAM KILBOURNE AND RACHEL WHITING |
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By 1900, Raymond and Lois had moved to Port Huron, caring for Albert's invalid brother, David. A devout Methodist, Lois Matilda had a "sweet soprano voice" and loved to sing in church, at public gatherings, and "driving in the car."
The children of Albert Julius Raymond and Lois Matilda are as follows:
CHILDREN OF ALBERT RAYMOND AND MATILDA KILBOURNE | |
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Matilda moved in with her daughter Marietta and her husband, Frank DeMotte, in Memphis, and became something of a local celebrity after Albert's death, appearing in the local newspaper several times as a "Widow of Civil War Veteran" and a "Pioneer Wife."
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"Grandma Raymond's" eldest, Fladella, married FRANK HAUSE. They were married in the home of the bride's parents in Port Huron. Their attendants were Miss Hattie Davis and George Johnson. After living in Port Huron for a time they moved to the farm of Frank's father, LABAN HAUSE, near Riley Center.
NOTES ON THIS PAGE
¹—The most likely ancestry would have been a Colonial family in Connecticut, transplanted to Canada as detailed in The Family Memorial: a History and Genealogy of the Kilbourn family in the United States and Canada, from the year 1635 to the present time: including extracts from ancient records, copies of old wills, biographical sketches, epitaphs, anecdotes, etc. with an engraving of the Kilburne 'coat of arms' by Payne Kenyon Kilbourne (1815-1859); Publisher: Hartford : Brown & Parsons, 1845 (Page 11): "THOMAS KILBORNE, the ancestor of all in Connecticut, and most of those in other States of the Union and in Canada, who bear the name, was born A. D., 1580, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth ; and with his family embarked from London for New England, in the ship Increase, Robert Lea, master, on the 15th of April, 1635. In the 8th volume of the 3d series of the 'Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society,' pp. 243 and following, is an article entitled 'Gleanings for New England History,' by James Savage, LL. D., of Boston, in which we find the following extract from a MS. volume in folio at the Augmentation Office (so called) where Rev. Joseph Hunter, one of the Record Commissioners, presides, in Rolls Court, Westminster Hall: '15th Apr. 1635. Theis parties hereafter expressed are to be transported to New England, embarqued in the Increase, Robert Lea, master, having taken the oath of allegiance and supremacy, as also being conformable to the orders and discipline of the church, whereof they brought testimony per certificates from the Justices and Ministers where their abodes have lately been.'" Included are Husbandman Thomas Kilborne, aged 55; His wife, Frances Kilborne, aged 50, and children, Margaret (23), Lyddia (22), Marie (16), Frances (12), and John, age 10. The family settled at Wethersfield, Conn. Thomas Kilborne died some time before December 25, 1640, as appears from the Wethersfield Land Records, book 1st, page 135, which lists lands belonging to widow Frances Kilborne, in Weathersfield on the Connecticut River.
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Woodditton lies immediately south of Newmarket, a town established c. 1200 astride the road forming the parish boundary between Woodditton and Exning, at the southeastern end of the Devil's Dyke, a defensive earthwork thought to be of Anglo-Saxon origin. All Saints was created as a chapelry of Woodditton by 1336 to serve the Cambridgeshire part of the town, where the Kilbourns lived. By the time that Thomas was born there were about 200 adults registered in the parish. Thomas served as the churchwarden of the Parish in 1632.
Thomas married FRANCES MOODY (1584-1650), daughter of George Moody, at Moulton, Suffolk, England, on 5 Sept 1604. Moulton is a village and civil parish in the West district of Suffolk, close to Newmarket. Moody is an ancient Anglo-Saxon name that was represented in the reign of Edward I. In Suffolk where Frances lived, the name could have been derived from the ancient family surnames of Mudd or Mudde, based on the Old English word modig, which means brave, impetuous, or bold. The surname was first found in Devon, where the source Old English Bynames lists Alwine Modi between 1100-1130. The Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 lists a Simon Modi in Cambridgeshire.
In family lore, Frances was the granddaughter of Sir Edmund Moody (1498 - 15 Sep 1562) from Suffolk, England. A footman in the retinue of King Henry VIII, Edmund saved the King from drowning, and was rewarded with a grant of a pension and a coat-of-arms, as shown in the College of Arms, London. Her father George was Edmund's first-born son, and was mentioned as a minor in his father's will of 1572, and then was heir to his uncle Thomas in 1576; he entered Trinity College, Cambridge in 1578 and, on becoming of age in 1581, inherited most of the landed estates of his father. In a pedigree of this Moody family compiled in 1658 by the Suffolk antiquary, Matthias Candler, this George Moody is mentioned as "famous for his housekeeping and just and plaine dealings". (Candler's Pedigrees, Harleian Mss. No. 6071, p. 512, British Museum, London.)
Thomas and Frances Kilbourn had nine children born at Wood Ditton, of whom five daughters and one son survived and immigrated with them to New England during the Great Puritan Migration. Those children:
CHILDREN OF THOMAS KILBORN AND FRANCES MOODY |
(Page 13): "Sergeant JOHN, (the only son of Thomas and Frances,) was born in 1625, and came to this country with his parents in the Increase, at the age of ten years. The first mention I have found of him upon the Wethersfieid Records, is as follows: "Ye 24 of September 1647. John Kilborne is Apointed to gather the tax Rate, and cause it to be brought into acount when the townesmen shall Apoint." His first record as a land-holder in Wethersfieid bears date May 20, 1649, and may be found on p. 136 1st book of the Land Records of that town. Though History has neglected to chronicle his deeds, his name nevertheless appears conspicuous upon the old colonial records for a period of nearly half a century. He seems to have been an active, energetic spirit in the little colony, and to have possessed in no small degree the confidence of his fellow colonists. This is abundantly manifest in his being so often selected by them to perform public trusts, and to fill the various offices within their gift—trusts and offices which, however humble they may appear to us, were then deemed of the utmost importance to their well-being.
He was conspicuous in town affairs and held the offices of clerk, lister and constable, and was selectman for eleven years between 1657 and 1681, inclusive. He also served on many important committees, and in October, 1675, in the midst of the war with King Philip, he petitioned the coucil of war to be relieved from the office of sergeant, which he had held eighteen years, and it was ordered that if Major Talcott should procure a suitable person in his place, he should be released.
"In the Records in the office of Secretary of State, in Hartford, the name of John Kilbourn often occurs, as a Juror, Grand Juror, and on the 'Jury of Life and Death.' May 29, 1677, Sergt. K. was a member of the Jury before whom Nicholas Sension, of New London, was tried 'for his notorious sinfull attempting that great and unnaturall sin of sodomy,' and sentenced therefor to 'stand upon a lader by the gallows, with a rope about his neck, so long as he shall be appoynted there to stand, and then to be tyed to the gallaws and severely whipt; and then be returned to the prison to remaine dureing the court's pleasure.'" (The Family Memorial, p. 15.) His last court document reads as follows:
LAST WILL & TESTAMENT OF JOHN KILBOURN |
| "I, John Kilbourn, Senior, of Wethersfield, in the County of Hartford, in his majesties Territories of New England, yeoman, being at present firme in my senses and understanding, do appoint this my last Will and Testament, in manner following : — Imp's. I bequeath my Soul into the hands of my most mercifull Redeemer, hopeing for his merit's sake to find acceptance with God, and a Joyfull Resurrection, my body to be buried in a Christian manner according to the discretion of mine Executors hereinafter named. —I give and bequeath to my Sonn, John Kilbourn, besides what I have formerly given and settled on him, and on his heirs and assignes, my whole right and title to that Tract of Land sometime since purchased of the Indians, on the East side of the great River; also I give to my said Sonn, John, my great bible and one great booke of Mr. Perkins his works. —I give and bequeath to my Sonn, Thomas Kilbourn, and to his heirs and assignes forever, the remainder of my Land in Naubuck, both meadow, swamp, and uppland, and Six pounds in Current Country pay, to be paid by my Executors hereafter named within two years after my decease. —I give and bequeath to my daughter, Naomi Hale, (besides what I have formerly given her,) my Silver beaker and one pair of Sheets, to be delivered her by my Executors at my decease. My will is that my present Loveing wife, Sarah Kilbourn, shall enjoy and possess one half of my houseing and Home lott abutting on the broad street East, and one third part of my Lands lyeing on the west side of the great River, dureing the time of her najurall Life. —I give to my Sonn, Ebenezer Kilbourn, and to his heirs and assignes forever, one half of my houseing and home lott facing against the broad street, to be to him and to his heirs or assignes, at my decease, and the other half of the same to him and to his heirs or assignes forever, at the decease of his mother, Sarah Kilbourn. Also one half of mine Eight acree Lott at the pond at the Upper end of the great Meadow, and one fourth part of my Land in the Wett Swamp, and one fourth part of my Long Lott at the Town's End. That is to say, he or his heirs or assignes to enjoy two thirds of those lands at my decease, and the rest at the decease of his mother aforesaid. —I give and bequeath to my daughter, Sarah Crane, (besides what I have already given her,) the Sum of fifteen pounds, in goods, corn, or Chattells, to be apprized as Country pay, to be paid within two years after my decease. —I give and bequeath to my Sonn, George Kilbourn, my house and Home lott faceing against Bell Lane, which I have purchased of my Sonn Ebenezer, and one half of my Eight acree Lott at the upper end of the great meadow, and one fourth part of my Land in the Wett Swamp, and one fourth part of my Long Lott at the Town's End. That is to say, he to enjoy two thirds of those lands at the age of Twenty and one years. And he, my said Sonn George, his heirs or assignes, to enjoy and possess the rest forever at the decease of his mother, Sarah Kilbourn. I also give my said Sonn George, one silver Spoon marked GM: G K, provided he shall pay Tenn pounds to my daughter, Mary Kilbourn, in Country pay, within four years after my decease, and Twenty shillings in like Country pay to his brother, Thomas Kilbourn, within the same time. —I give and bequeath to my daughter, Mary Kilbourn, the Summ of Thirty and Eight pounds in Country pay, whereof her brother George is to pay tenn pounds as above exprest, and Twenty and Eight pounds to be paid to her by my Executors hereafter named, in goods or Chattells apprized as Country pay, within two years after my decease, or after her marriage. —I give and bequeath to my Sonn, Joseph Kilbourn, and to his heirs or assignes forever, the one half of my Land at the Whirlpools in the great Meauow, and half my Land at Mile Meadow, and half my Land at Beaver Meadow, and one fourth part of my Land at Wett Swamp, and one fourth part of my Long Lott at the Town's End. That is to say, he, his heirs or assignes, to enjoy two thirds of those Lands at the age of Twenty and one years, and the rest at his mother's decease; he also shall pay twenty shillings to his brother, Thomas Kilbourn, within one year after he enjoys the same. —I give and bequeath to my Sonn, Abraham Kilbourn, and to his heirs or assignes forever, half my Land at the Whirlpools in the great meadow, and half my Land at Mile Meadow, and half my Land at Beaver Meadow, and one fourth part of my Land at Wett Swamp, and one fourth part of my Lott at the Town's End. That is to say, he as aforesaid to enjoy two thirds of said Lands at the age of Twenty and one years, and the rest at his mother's decease; also, one heiffer, he paying Twenty shillings to his brother, Thomas Kilbourn, in Country pay, within one year after he shall possess the same. I give to those two last named Sonns, vizt., Joseph and Abraham, my Fifty Acree Lott in the Equall Division, to be to them, their heirs or assignes forever ; my will is that they divide the same equally between them. —Lastly, I give and bequeath all the rest of my Moveable Estate, goods, Corn, or Chattells, whatsoever, to my Loveing wife, Sarah Kilbourn, Shee paying all my just debts and Legacies. And I do nominate and appoint my said beloved wife and my Sonn Ebenezer to be the Executors of my last Will and Testament, to whome I give the power of dividing my Lands to my Sonns respectively, as above exprest. In witness that this is my last Will and Testament, revokeing and makeing void all former Wills whatsoever, I have here unto set my hand and seal, this twenty-fourth day of September, in the yeare of our Lord, One Thousand Six Hundred and Eighty Eight, and in the fourth yeare of the reign of our Sovereign Lord, James the Second, by the Grace of God King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, &c. JOHN KILBOURN. [seal.] Signed, Sealed and Delivered in presence of the Witnesses, Samuell Boreman, Samuell Butlar. |
"GENERATION III (P. 30): ABRAHAM, was born at Wethersfield in 1675, and was married on the 26th of October, 1699, to Sarah, daughter of Mr. John Goodrich, by Rev. Stephen Mix. His children were Samuel, Sarah and Abraham.
'Jan. ye 14, 1696-7. Lands belonging to Abraham Kilburn and unto his heirs and assignes forever, Lying in Wethersfield on Connecticut River, which he had by Deed of Gift from his father, Serjt. John Kilburn, as itt appears by his Deed dated Dec. 12th, 1696, signed and sealed by Serjt Kilburn, and witnessed by John Chester and Jonathan Belding, and acknowledged by Capt. John Chester, Commissioner : One piece lying in Middle Pasture in the west field -- the ends abutt on Serjt. John Kilburn east, and a highway west, on Joseph Kilburn north, and Daniel Borman south. Another piece lying in the Woods, is part of that Land which fell to Serjt. K. in the division of Land in 1698— the ends abutt on the Common east and west, the sides against Lands of Ebenezer Kilburn north, and David Baldoff(?) south.'
Town Meeting, Wethersfield.— 'Dec. ye 20, 1708. Clark Borman, Serjt. Samuel Buck, and Abraham Kilborn, were chosen Listers for ye next yeare.'
He departed this life, March 9, 1712-3 ; and the Inventory on his estate was taken on the 27th of the month following. Among the items mentioned in his inventory, are, 'arms and ammunition,' 'two horses and a mare,' 'one mansion house,' 'English Goods to be sold,' 'carpenters' tools,' etc. ; from the two last mentioned items, it may be inferred that he was both a merchant and a carpenter."
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GENERATION IV (P. 36): "ABRAHAM (Jr.), born in Wethersfield, April 12, 1708 removed to Litchfield in early life ; was a Selectman in 1746 with Deac. Peter Buel and Capt. Thomas Harrison, and in 1766 with Capt. Oliver Wolcott, Col. Ebenezer Marsh and Jacob Woodruff, and filled the same office, as well as that of Lister, for several years. He was a Representative from Litchfield to the Legislature at four successive sessions, commencing with the May Session, 1769. His children were, Eunice, Isaac, David, Jesse, Rebecca, and Abraham. Rebecca, his wife, died June 16, 1767; he died February 25, 1776. "At a meeting of the proprietors of Litchfield, legally warned, held in said Litchfield, January 9th, 1727-8—Upon the Request of Abraham Killborn, of Wethersfield, for the liberty of the stream of Bantam River for a Fulling Mill, Voted, That he shall have the liberty of the stream of Bantam River for a Fulling Mill below the corn-mill, where it may be adjudged safe for the owners of the corn-mill and convenient for a Fulling Mill, the place to be determined by a Committee chosen for that work: And that said Killborn, for his encouragement to set up and carry on the clothing trade amongst us, shall have one acre and a half of Land given to him, to be taken up in that corner which Joseph Kilborn's pike lot abuts, upon the corn-mill pond-- Provided, that a Committee chosen for that end, adjudge it may be done without Great Damage to the highway. Upon this consideration it is granted, that said Killborn set up a Fulling Mill in said place, within the space of two years from this Instant, January, 1727-8, and keep it in good repair." [The Fulling Mill erected at Bantam Falls, soon after the above date, by Abrarham Kilbourn, was the first ever erected in Litchfield county, and was owned and carried on by himself and his descendants for more than one hundred years.]
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"The following is from the Rev. Mr. Jones' Centennial Address, delivered in St. Michael's Church, Litchfield, Nov 5, 1845. We are informed by Mr. Jones that the meeting alluded to was held in the house, still standing, owned and occupied by the widow of Mr. Timothy Churchill, (and daughter of the late Capt. Lewis Kilbourn,) situated one mile west of the Court House.
'Account of the beginning of the conformity to the Church of England, in Litchfield, in the year 1745, which was called on the 5th day of November by J" fob Griswold, Joseph Kilborn, John Davies, James Kilborn, Thomas Lee, Samuel Kilborn, Abi?l Smith, Joseph Smith, Abraham Kilborn, Elijah Gristvoi'd, Isaac Bissell, William Emmons, and Daniel Landon.'
This account was copied from the blank leaf of a Bible, owned by Mrs. Deborah Plumb, wife of Mr. Ebenezer Plumb, daughter of Elijah Griswold, granddaughter of Capt. Jacob Griswold, and mother of Rev. Elijah Plumb, an excellent minister of the Episcopal Church, who died a few years since at Northumberland, Pa., beloved and respected by all who were acquainted with him."
[The difficulties arising between 'the Town' and Mr. Collens, (the first Presbyterian minister in L.,) are often mentioned in the records of town meetings.]
'At a meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Litchfield, Feb. 9, 1746-7 -- Voted, That the Interest Money arising upon the Bonds for which the Parsonage Right was sold, be towards the Payment of Mr. Collens' Rate for the current year.'
"In open Town Meeting, James Kilborn, Stephen Smith, Isaac Bissell, Joel Bissell, Thomas Peck, Daniel Landon, Abiel Smith, Elijah Griswold, Joseph Kilborn, Samuel Kilborn, Abraham Kilborn and Henry Gibbs, did protest against the above vote."
Note.—As a Member of the Colonial Legislature, Abraham Kilbourn was twice a colleague of Ebenezer Marsh, once of David Welch, and once of Oliver Wolcott, afterwards Governor and Signer of the Declaration of Independence."
Born in Wethersfield, CT and orphaned by 11, he in early manhood, settled in Litchfield, where His Uncle Joseph Kilbourn had settled 6 years earlier. As early as Jan. 1727 Abraham was involved in Town meetings. Later that year he erected a Fulling Mill (part of cloth manufacturing) at Bantam Falls, it was the first ever erected in Litchfield County and was owned and carried on business by him and his descendants for over 100 years. On May 14, 1731 he married Rebecca Bronson, of Rocky Hill, CT.
DAR Vol. 9, p. 275/6: "Active Whig and served on various committees until his death. He was Lister, Moderator, Grand Juror, Selectman, Representative for Litchfield four sessions. He was very enthusiastic about and involved in events foretelling the Country's Independence, unfortunately he died only four months before 'The Signing.'"
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Abraham's son was Isaac Kilbourn, born on 16 Jan 1737 (1739 in the book) in Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut and died in 1807 in Litchfield (which by then was in the USA). He was the son of Abraham Jr. & Rebecca Dickinson Kilbourn. Isaac was married on 8 May 1757 in Litchfield, CT by Missionary Rev. Solomon Palmer, to Mehitabel Doolittle of Wallingford, CT. Isaac became the father of 20 children (6 stillborn?). Was a surveyor of highways and a farmer, died aged 70 years. Several of his sons went to Canada and "out west" and three of his daughters married two Westover brothers. Some of Isaac's children and some siblings are in the Bantam Cem. west of Litchfield. Perhaps he and Mehitable are buried there. His second wife was named Edna Wedge. She is living in 1810 Litchfield. Probably buried in Bantam or West Cemeteries, with a field-stone.
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Isaac's son, Isaac Kilbourne Jr., born in 1774 in Litchfield, was one of those twenty children, and he would be the father of Abram, born @ 1800. Little is known of Isaac Jr. in the family history, because he moved west, as described in the book, to Canada, and apparently lost touch with his family in the US (or at least their genealogists). Did he move because he was a Loyalist? Was the land cheaper? We just don't know. But he married a woman named Throop while still in Connecticutt, and they raised a family in Canada that eventually moved back into the United States through the newly-formed state of Michigan, from which we descend today.
GENEALOGY
ABRAHAM "ABRAM" KILBOURNE (1800 - 1888) married MARGARET WHITING-WHITE (1821 - Bet. 1894-1903) and begat... LOIS MATILDA KILBOURNE (1851 - 1937) who married ALBERT JULIUS RAYMOND (1848 - 1924) and begat... FLADELLA RAYMOND (1869 - 1961) who married FRANK HAUSE (1867 - 1951) and begat... CARLISLE HAUSE (1891 - 1972) who married MARJORIE MARCHANT (1892 - 1939) who begat... CARLETON MARCHANT HAUSE, SR. (1917 - 1983) who married JEANNE BRUNNER (1918 - 2000) and begat... CARLETON MARCHANT HAUSE, JR. (b. 1939) who married MARTHA WENK (b. 1940) and begat... JEFF (who married LORI ANN DOTSON), KATHY (who married HAL LARSEN), ERIC (who married MARY MOONSAMMY), and MICHELE HAUSE (who married JOHN SCOTT HOUSTON). |
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