Maud Estill (1856-1908)

Maud8 Estill (James Madison7 - James6 - James5 - Wallace4 - John3 - Thomas2 - Henry1)

I am still far from considering Maud vetted to even a minor degree. She is my Great-Great-Grandmother on my Jones side. She was the youngest child of General James Madison Estill and Martha Ann Woods. She was born after Martha arrived in California from her cross-Panama trek from Missouri to join her husband who had come via wagon train. I need to dig through my notes to verify dates and logic but I know that Maud married James Dana Jones, a lawyer from New York and son to J. Wyman Jones and eventual disinherited son to the family fortune. Maud had 2 girls with James Dana Jones, Edith and Eleanor. James was reported to have a drinking problem and was divorced to Maud and then died young. Maud then lived in San Rafael California with her girls. She reportedly provided shelter to many after the great San Francisco earthquake of 1906.

** Note that in some documents her given name is spelled "Maude".

Individual Facts:

Name: Maud Estill
Sex: Female

Father: Estill, James Madison
Mother: Woods, Martha Ann

Birth: 17 Feb 1856 in California
Census: 1860 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Marriage: 24 May 1878 in Manhattan, NY, NY to James Dana JONES
Census: 1880 in Englewood, Bergen, New Jersey
Census: 1900 in Russian River, Sonoma, California
Death: 23 May 1908

Children:
Jones, Edith Dana
Jones, Eleanor Estill

Picture of a young Maud:

From Congdon Families

Picture of Maud in San Rafael Ca circa 1905 (daughters in background)

From Congdon Families

Documentation:

[1] 1860 United States Federal Census, San Francisco Dist. 10, San Francisco, California Roll: M653_67; Page: 283; Image: 284

Name left blank, assumed to be Maude (6, CA). Household of Martha A Estill (46, KY) with daughters Josephine (21, KY), Martha (13, MO) and Florence (11, MO); son James R Estill (17, MO); mother Elizabeth L Woods (66, Virginia); and domestic help Elizabeth Riley (21, MA).

Living next door to William R. Garrison and wife Mary Elizabeth Estill (sister to Maud).

From GENO

[2] 1880 United States Federal Census, Englewood, Bergen, New Jersey

Maud Jones, age 24, in home of father in law, J Wyman Jones, with husband J. Dana Jones (age 29) and daughter Edith D. Jones (age 1).

From GENO

[3] 1900 United States Federal Census, Russian River, Sonoma, California Roll: T623 114; Page: 6B;

Maude E Jones, age 44, head of household (widowed), with daughters, Edith D Jones (age 21) and Eleanor Jones (age 16).

Also living with Maude was a servant, Celia Herald, and a boarder, Harold Wrightson.

From GENO

[4] New York City Marriages 1600s-1800s

Name: Maude Estill
Marriage Date: 1878
Marriage Place: Manhattan, New York, New York
Marriage ID: 2220830750
Certificate Number: 2702
Other Comments: See Family History Library catalog for films 1543971-1562446 (Manhattan) and Film 1653852 (Brooklyn), for actual certificate.
Source: Marriage Registers, Extracts from Manhattan (1869-1880) and Brooklyn (1895-1897)
Publisher: Dept. of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, New York.
Publication Place: New York, NY

[5] The Dana Family in America, Page 497

1. JAMES DANA 7 JoNES, b. June 18, 1850; Yale, 1871; m. May 24, 1878, Maud Estill, b. Feb. 17, 1856, d. May 23, 1908. He d. Jan. 3, 1893 or 1898.
Child:
(1) EDITH DANA 8 JONES, b. New York; m. -Congdon, assistant professor of anatomy at Stanford University. Res. Palo Alto, Cal.

[6] John Holbrook Estill, "A Family History by One of the Family", The Morning News, Savannah Georgia, 1908. Pages 120 and 121.

George Elbert Kingsley (1854-1923)

George9 Elbert Kingsley (Daniel8 - Seth7 - Calvin6 - Nathan5 - Samuel4 - Samuel3 - Samuel2 - Stephen1)

The best narrative that I have come across is a short bio in the "History of Rochester and Monroe County" [7] Here it is:

GEORGE E. KINGSLEY.

A well improved farm of seventy-four acres, situated in Pittsford township, is the home of George E. Kingsley and the property has been in possession of the family for more than ninety years,having been located by N. Kingsley, an uncle of Daniel Kingsley, father of our subject, who came to this state from New England at a very early day, the family home being established in Mendon. Daniel Kingsley wedded Maria Brown, who was born in Henrietta and by her marriage became the mother of five children. The father gave his political support to the republican party and took an active part in public affairs, serving as road commissioner and supervisor of his township. His death occurred in 1886. He and his wife were numbered among the worthy pioneer settlers of Monroe County. When the father arrived in this section of the state the work of developing new land seemed a long and strenuous task, but he possessed a resolute purpose and strong determination and in due time developed a good property, which today stands as a monument to his life of thrift and energy.

George E. Kingsley was born in 1855, on the farm which is yet his home, and in the work of cultivating the land he performed an active and helpful part. He received his education in the country schools near his father's home. Since coming into possession of the homestead farm Mr. Kingsley has added many improvements to the place, including the erection of a modern country residence, which was built about five years ago. He has also set out an orchard and shade and ornamental trees and made the property one of the attractive farms of this section of the state. In addition to cultivating cereals best adapted to soil and climate he has also been engaged in the dairy business, and this is proving a gratifying source of income to him. He is practical and enterprising in carrying on his work and the success which has come to him is well merited. He was also engaged in the nursery business for fourteen years.

Mr. Kingsley was married in 1885 to Miss Mary Spellman, who was born in Pittsford, and by her marriage she has become the mother of two sons, and a daughter, Ernest, George and Frances. The father gives his support to the republican party and has served as school trustee and school clerk, the cause of education ever finding him a warm and stalwart friend. He has continued the work of agricultural progress which was here instituted by his father and is today numbered among th e substantial residents of Monroe county. Both he and his wife have a wide and favorable acquaintance in their home locality, for here their entire lives have been passed and their friends, who are many, have been won by reason of the many sterling traits of character which they possess.

Individual Facts:

Name: Kingsley, George Elbert [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
Sex: Male

Father: Kingsley, Daniel
Mother: Brown, Anna Maria

Birth: 03 Sep 1854 in Pittsford, Monroe, New York, USA; Deaf from Scarlet Fever [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
Census: 1900 in Pittsford, Monroe, New York, USA [2]
Death: 30 Mar 1923 in Pittsford, Monroe, New York, USA
Burial: Pittsford, Monroe, New York, USA; Pittsford Cemetery, Plot 605

Shared Facts:

Spellman, Mary Emily
Marriage: 21 Jan 1885 in Pittsford, Monroe, New York, USA [2, 7]

Children:
Kingsley, Ernest Daniel
Kingsley, George William
Kingsley, Frances Mary


Person Notes: She [frances] was the eldest of four children, the others, Willis, Edmund and George. A sister, Alice died at two years. Edmund never married and died at middle age. At the time he owned and ran a meat market in Pittsford. George was very sick with scarlet fever when a child and became deaf. His health was never robust. His father sent him west to work on a ranch when he was twenty. His health improved somewhat. (From Congdon/Kingsley Family Notes)


Sources:

1 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Pittsford, Monroe, New York; Roll:T9_862;Family History Film: 1254862; Page: 419.3000; Enumeration District:62; Image: 0099.Birth date: abt 1854Birth place: New YorkResidence date:1880Residence place: Pittsford, Monroe, New York, United States.

2 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Pittsford, Monroe, New York; Roll:; Page:; Enumeration District: .Birth date: Sep 1855Birth place: New YorkMarriagedate:1885Marriage place: Residence date: 1900Residence place: PittsfordVillage, Monroe, New York.

3 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Pittsford, Monroe, New York;Roll:T625_1120; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 41; Image: 233.Birth date: abt 1855Birth place:New YorkResidence date:1920Residence place: Pittsford, Monroe, New York.

4 1860 United States Federal Census, Pittsford, Monroe, New York; Roll: M653_786;Page: 190;Image: 193.Birth date: abt 1855Birth place: New YorkResidence date:1860Residence place:Pittsford, Monroe, New York.

5 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Pittsford, Monroe, New York; Roll:T624_988;Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 36; Image: 1188.Birth date: abt 1855Birth place: New YorkResidence date:1910Residence place: Pittsford, Monroe, New York.

6 Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Trees.
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=7610900&pid=-1060082176.

7 History of Rochester and Monroe County, New York : from the earliesthistoric times to the beginning of 1907, Pages 1269 and 1270. Bio on George E. Kingsley.

Attachments:

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Rev. LaFayette Congdon (1845-1927)

LaFayette5 Congdon (Phineas4 - Thomas3 - John2 - Joseph1)

Father: Congdon, Phineas Spring
Mother: Thatcher, Julia Ette

I have not even scratched the surface on LaFayette so far. I have over a hundred source-citations for him that will take me awhile to fully vet. The short of it is described well in this obituary from the Batavia Daily (2/23/1927 p.1):

FORMER SEMINARY PRESIDENT IS DEAD AT THE AGE Of 81

The Rev. La Fayette Congdon, D.D., Ph. D., Suffered Uremic Poisoning

CLERGYMAN MANY YEARS.

Served Eleven Methodist Episcopal Pastorates Between 1867 and 1903.

The Rev. La Fayette Congdon, D.D., Ph.D., formerly president of Genesee Wesleyan Seminary at Lima, died at 7 o’clock last evening at the hoe of his daughter, Mrs. Charles B. Peck, No. 31 Ellicott avenue, with whom he had made his home for the past two years. He had been in failing health for several years and was confined to his bed for the past three weeks. Death was due to uremic poisoning.
Dr. Congdon was well known throughout Western New York and had served in 11 pastorates in the Genesee Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church. He retired from active life in 1914 and had resided in Batavia since that time.
Dr. Congdon was born at Ellington, Chautauqua county, on October 21, 1845, being the only child of the late Phineas T. and Julia Thatcher Congdon. He prepared for college at the East avenue, collegiate institute in Rochester and at the age of 14 years passed his entrance examinations for the University of Rochester. Because of his age he was not permitted to enter the university for two years, during which he taught district schools.

Served in the Civil War.
At the end of his sophomore year in the University of Rochester, Dr. Congdon enlisted in the Union army. He served through the last year of the Civil war, being sent for a few weeks to a clerkship at an Elmira prison camp where 2,000 Confederate prisoners were held. He was then transferred to Sheridan’s troopers, 21st New York cavalry.
At the close of the war Dr. Congdon went to Cincinnati, O., where he taught for a year in a public school. The next year he attended Genesee Wesleyan college, which later became Syracuse university and was moved to that city. He was graduated with the class of 1867 and received his Ph.D. degree. He later received an honorary D.D. degree from Syracuse university. He joined the Genesee conference immediately after his graduation and was called to his first pastorate at Pittsford.
On September 20, 1871, Dr. Congdon married Miss Frances Kingsley, daughter of the late Daniel Kingsley
of Pittsford. He went to the Pittsford church in the fall of 1867. In the following years he served at Walworth, Geneseo, Lima, Newark, Geneseo, Wolcott, Towanda, Pa., University avenue in Syracuse, Penn Yan, the First church of Bradford, Pa., and in Batavia. He came to Batavia in 1900 and was pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church here until 1903, when he was elected to the presidency of the Lima seminary. He held that position for 11 years and retired in 1914. He had done little active work since his retirement. Three times he was a delegate to the general conference, in 1900, 1904 and 1908. he was a member of the Delta Upsilon fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa honor society, the Grand Army of the Republic and the Sons of the American Revolution.

Two sons in the Orient.
Besides his wife and his daughter, Mrs. Peck, Dr. Congdon leaves four sons, Fayette K. Congdon of Northampton, Mass., Dr. Randolph T. Congdon of Potsdam, Dr. Edgar D. Congdon of Bangkok, Siam, and Wray H. Congdon of Tientsin, China, and eight grandchildren, four in this country and four in the Orient.
Funeral services for Dr. Congdon will be held from No. 81 Ellicott avenue Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock with the Rev. J.H. Olmsted of Niagara Falls officiating, assisted by the Rev. E.P. Hubbell, D.D., of Rochester and the Rev. Ernest W. Collings of Batavia. The bearers will be men who were closely associated with Dr. Congdon at Lima seminary. The body will be placed in the Elmwood cemetery vault and burial will be made later at Pittsford. Flowers are gratefully declined.

Individual Facts:

Name: Congdon, LaFayette [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
Title: Rev.
Sex: Male
Birth: 21 Oct 1845 in Ellington, Chautauqua, New York, USA [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11]
Census: 1850 in Marion, Wayne, New York, USA [4]
Occupation: 1859 in Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA; taught in district schools [10]
Education: 1860 in Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA; Univ. of Rochester (interupted, civil war) [10]
Census: 1860 in Springwater, Livingston, New York, USA [3]
Military Service: 31 Aug 1864; Entered Service (21st NY Cavalry, Sheridan's Command) [10]
Military Service: 31 May 1865; Mustered out
Occupation: 1866 in Cincinnati, Madison, Ohio, USA; Taught at the city schools for one year [10]
Graduation: 1867 in Genesee, New York, USA; Genesee Wesleyan College, A.B.(became Syracuse University) [10]
Census: 1870 in Pittsford, Monroe, New York, USA; first pastorship [1, 10]
Occupation: 1871 in Walworth, Wayne, New York, USA; Reverend [12, 13]
Census: 1880 in Newark, Wayne, New York, USA [5]
Graduation: 1883 in Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, USA; Syracuse University, PHD
Graduation: 1885 in Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, USA; Syracuse University, Honorary DD
Fact 1: 06 Dec 1886 in Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, USA; Gave lecture on Rome and the Vatican at the Brown Memorial church [18]
Residence: Aug 1890 in Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, USA; term of pastorshipending within a few weeks [19]
Census: 1900 in Hornellsville, Steuben, New York, USA [6]
Destination: 1900 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; Member of the General Conference ME in Chicago
Occupation: Bet. 1902–1903 in Niagara, New York, USA; Presiding Elder of the Niagara District Methodist Episcopal Church
Destination: 1904 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA; Member of the General Conference ME in Los Angeles
Occupation: Bet. 1904–1914 in Lima, Livingston, New York, USA; President of Genesee Wesleyan Seminary [10, 14, 15, 16, 17]
Property: 12 Jul 1912 in Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, USA; Transfered (sold?) "Durston Tract" to Augustus Doyle [20]
Census: 1920 in Batavia, Genesee, New York, USA; 30 Park Avenue [2, 11]
Residence: Bet. 1925–1927 in Batavia, Genesee, New York, USA; home of daughter Edna Emily Congdon Peck (31 Ellicott Ave.) [10]
Death: 22 Feb 1927 in Batavia, Genesee, New York, USA; Died from Uremic Poisoning [10, 21]
Burial: Aft. 23 Feb 1927 in Pittsford, Monroe, New York, USA; Pittsford Cemetery, Lot 151 [10, 21]

Shared Facts:

Kingsley, Frances Anna
Marriage: 20 Sep 1871 in Pittsford, Monroe, New York, USA [8, 10]

Children:

1 Congdon, Fayette Kingsley (b. 1872, Walworth NY, m. Mildred A. Ingraham, Superintendent of Public Schools in Northampton MA)
2 Congdon, Daniel Edgar (b. 1874, Geneseo NY, died at 1 year old)
3 Congdon, Edna Emily (b. 1875, Lima NY, educated at Syracuse, m. Charles B. Peck)
4 Congdon, Randolph Thatcher (b. 1877, Newark NY, educated at Harvard and Syracuse, m. Marion Diefendorf, Vice Principal and Principal of Schools in Potsdam NY)
5 Congdon, Edgar Davidson (b. 1879, Walworth NY, educated Syracuse, Harvard, and Vienna, m. Edith Dana Jones, Professor at Stanford, in China and Thailand, and then Long Island College of Medicine)
6 Congdon, Wesley Benton (b. 1880, Newark NY, died at 1 year old)
7 Congdon, Clarice (b. 1887, Syracuse NY, died at 1 year old)
8 Congdon, Wray Hollowell (b. 1892, Bradford PA, educated Syracuse, m. Anna Mae Stuart, Missionary in China and Dean of Lehigh University in Bethlehem PA)

Sources:

1 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Pittsford, Monroe, New York ; Roll:M593. Birth date: abt 1845Birth place: New YorkResidence date:1870Residence place: Pittsford,Monroe, New York.
2 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Batavia Ward 2, Genesee, NewYork; Roll:T625_1114; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 7; Image: 100.Birth date: abt 1849Birthplace: New York Residence date:1920Residence place: Batavia Ward 2, Genesee, New York.
3 1860 United States Federal Census, Springwater, Livingston, New York; Roll:M653_779; Page: 799;Image: 291.Birth date: abt 1846Birth place: New YorkResidence date:1860Residence place:Springwater, Livingston, New York.
4 1850 United States Federal Census, Marion, Wayne, New York; Roll: M432_612;Page: 215; Image:430.Birth date: abt 1846Birth place: Residence date: 1850Residence place: Marion, Wayne, NewYork.
5 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Newark, Wayne, New York; Roll:T9_943; Family History Film: 1254943; Page: 51.3000; Enumeration District:172; Image: 0293.Birthdate: abt 1846Birth place: New YorkResidence date:1880Residence place: Newark, Wayne, NewYork, United States.
6 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Hornellsville Ward 4, Steuben, NewYork;Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: .Birth date: Oct 1845Birth place: New YorkMarriagedate:1872Marriage place: Residence date: 1900Residence place:Hornellville City, Steuben, NewYork.
7 Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Trees. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=7610900&pid=-1065097704.
8 Congdon, Peck and Speed, Family Record - Congdon - Kingsley 1912 (unpublished, 1912), Page 3by Frances Anna Kingsley Congdon (notes by Ivan Clyde Speed).
9 Sons of the American Revolution, LaFayette Congdon's Preliminary Application for Membership inthe Empire State Society, S.A.R.LaFayette Congdon of Batavia NYborn Oct 21 1845 in Ellington, NYwith tree.
10 Batavia Daily (Batavia, New York), 1927 02 23 - Lafayette Congdon Obituary.
11 Batavia Daily (Batavia, New York), 1921 09 20 - Congdon 50th Anniversary.
12 Syracuse Standard, 1886 12 06 - Lafayette Congdon lecture on Rome and the Vatican.
13 Syracuse Standard, 1890 08 ?? - LF Congdon pastorship extended. Dr. Lafayette Congdon, D. D.,pastor of the University avenue Methodist church, has been retained by his congregation as long asis permitted by the general conference of the Methodist church. When the usual term of two yearsexpired, he was allowed to retain his pulpit here for another year; but in the meantime the generalconference extended the longest term possible to five years, and the parishioners of the Universityavenue church availed themselves of the extension, and it is with regret that they are obliged to takeleave of him within a few weeks. Much conjecture is given out as to who will be called upon to fill Dr.Congdon's pulpit. His successor will be chosen at the meeting of the Central New York Conferencein October.
14 Syracuse Journal, 1912 07 12, Lafayette Congdon Real Estate.
15 Profitt, Vicki, Pittsford Cemetery Burial Record, Tab "Co", first page. Phineas S. Congdon Apr. 161876 60-9 Father of Lafayette CongdonJulia E. Congdon [illegible] 1894 72-8 Wife of Phineas CongdonClarice Congdon Aug 11 1888 1-10-15 dtr of Lafayette CongdonWesley B Congdon Aug 10 1884 9-11 son of Lafayette CongdonD. Edgar Congdon Jan 24 1875 1-0-1 son of Lafayette CongdonRev. LaFayette Congdon 1927 81 (82) Uremic Poison [illegible](All in lot 151 - Frances K. Congdon is found on next page).

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General James Madison Estill/Estell (1811-1859)

James Madison7 Estill (James6 - James5 - Wallace4 - John3 - Thomas2 - Henry1)

James Madison Estill is an ongoing research topic for me. He is my 3rd Great Grandfather on my Jones side. He was feared and respected but none the less appeared to be quite self absorbed, elitist, and ethically questionable. Below are some of the better resources I have pulled together so far.

The short of it is that James Madison Estill was born in 1811 in Madison, Kentucky to James Jr and Mary Eddings (Rodes) Estill. He was the grandson of the famous Captain James Estill that died in 1782 at the hands of Wyandotte indians in the Battle of Little Mountain (also called Estill's Defeat). JME married Martha Ann Woods, had 2 children in Kentucky and in 1842 moved to Missouri where he built a grain mill and also worked with the U.S. Government in building Leavenworth prison (still looking for data on this as Leavenworth did not open until the 1890s). He had 4 more children in Missouri but his business was eventually considered unsuccessful and he sold his properties and moved to San Francisco about 1849/50 with his family soon to follow. In California he befriended General Vallejo and went into contract with the young state's government providing beef to the native indians and developing the states first prison, San Quentin. He was elected as a state senator. Had dealings with trying to establish the state capitol in Vallejo and Benicia and had one more child in California. He died on Apr 26 1859 at the age of 48.

Individual Facts:

Name: James Madison Estill
Sex: Male

Father: Estill, James
Mother: Rodes, Mary Eddings

Birth: 1811 in Madison, Kentucky
Marriage: 22 Sep 1831 in Madison, Kentucky to Martha Ann Woods
Census: 1840 in Madison Kentucky
Census: 1850 in Solano California
Elected: 1852 in Solano and Napa, State Senator
Death: 26 Apr 1859 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California

Children:
Estill, James Rodes (died without issue and unmarried)
Estill, Mary Elizabeth (married William Re-Tallack Garrison, 4 children)
Estill, Josephine (believed to have died without issue and unmarried)
Estill, Martha (married Craig and was either widowed or divorced by 32)
Estill, Florence (believed to have died without issue and unmarried)
Estill, Maud (married James Dana Jones, 2 children)

Research Sources:

[1] 1840 Federal Census: Kentucky, Madison, Eastern Division

James M. Estill: one 5-10 Male (Robert), one 20-30 Male (James M.), one 50-60M (Archibald?), two 0-5 Females, one 5-10 Female, one 20-30 Female (Martha), and one 40-50 Female (Elizabeth?).

[2] 1850 Federal Census: California, Solano Co., No Township Listed, Pg. 7

J.M. ESTELL

[3] Obit. for General James M. ESTILL, The Daily Bee, Sacramento CA, 27 Apr 1859

Dead.
General James M. Estill died at his residence in San Francisco at eleven o'clock last evening. He was ailing for some three months, and was confined to his bed for about two weeks previous to his death. He was a prominent public man in California, a politician by nature, and always managed to make his politics pay.
He emigrated in '49 or '50 from Missouri to this State, and became lessee for ten years of the State Prison, and, as such, was a source of great annoyance to the several State administrations that have held office from that time until this. We cannot now remember the mutations in his connection with the Penitentiary [San Quentin], so numerous have the changes been, but he was never wholly unconnected with it, save for a very short period, and it is safe to say, that in them all, he came out uppermost. No man has received one tenth the money from the State that General Estill did; and no man made greater profit on what he received.
In 1852 he was elected State Senator from Napa and Solano - his family then resided in Benicia - for the term of two years, and he worked wth a will to maintain the capital at Vallejo, where it then was. He was interested with McDougal, Green, Vallejo, Frisbee, and others in the lands in that vicinity; and was about that time engaged in the slaughtering business, having bargained with Vallejo for all his wild cattle, which he killed on the premises and shipped to San Francisco. He made much money at that. In fact he was a modern Midas, for almost every thing he touched turned, under his magic hand, into gold.
In 1857 he was elected to the Assembly from Marin county, although residing in San Francisco, and made himself conspicuous as the assumed leader of the what was known as the law and order forces. He was a shrewd polititian but an unsafe legislator. Untiring in energy, with a will that would conquer if it could, a plasticity of character which could smile in defeat and an insinnating manner with which, when he found it for his benefit, he could make friends of his bitter foes; he was hard to overcome in any of his public undertakings.
He quarreled in 1855 with Gov. Bigler [John Bigler] for voting one of his measures, a State prison bill, we believe, or an appropriations bill in which he was largely provided for, and in the campaign of that year, assumed the editorship of the State Tribune - Parker H. French's paper - then published in this city, and wrote some half dozen communications under the nom de plume of "Rube Roper." That was about the extent of his editorship, as both himself and French have informed us.
He succeeded in electing Johnson [J. Neely Johnson] having joined the Know Nothings for that purpose, and under his administration received one of the fattest State Prison contracts that he ever held. He was kind and patronizing to those he could control, and violently abusive of those who opposed him in any of his schemes. He was, however, a fearless man, and would as soon speak his thoughts before a man's face as behind his back, provided always that he might not thereby injure himself politically or pecuniarily. As a friend, he was acceptable; as a foe, to be feared. his disease was congestion of the bowels.

[4] Research Note from Mina M. Chittum to Sean Ryan 16 Feb 2002:

Hello, I have a bit of information on a James M Estill who went into Platte Co Mo with his father-in-law Archibald Woods, about 1843-44. The Annals of Platte Co Mo state that James M. sold out his businesses and went to California.
No children of this James M. is listed.
Can this be the family that you are researching?
Mina

[5] History of California, Vol. 6, by H. H. Bancroft, 1890, page 656:

"J. M. Estill was a native of Ky., and came to Cal. in 1849. He was fond of politics, and took a 10-year contract in 1851 to keep the state's prisoners,... abuses compelling the legislature to declare the lease forfeited. In 1856 the state again leased the prison to Estill, paying him $10,000 per annum. He soon sublet his contract for half the amount, and the legislature again declared the lease forfeited, and the government took forcible possession of the keys. The matter came up in the courts, which decided against the government. The affair was compromised by paying a bonus to the assignee, in 1860, and thereafter the prison management improved."

[6] History of California, Vol. 6, by H. H. Bancroft, 1890, page 623-624:

In 1851 James M. Estill was appointed a "lessee" of state prison convicts. The convicts at that time were confined in a brig moored near Angel Island and 35 prisoners were initially kept there; others were confined in San Francisco. The prison (San Quentin) was built thereafter and completed in January, 1854. The lessee rented the prisoners out as laborers and kept the money they earned. He abused his trust.

[7] History of California, Vol. 3, by Theodore H. Hittell, 1898, page 643-644

Deals with the Vigilance Committee of 1856 The Evening Bulletin, a San Francisco newspaper, charged Estell with corruption and the vigilance committee assembled evidence to support the charge. Estell was not arrested because the offenses were committed at San Quentin and the committee had confined itself to offenses which took place in San Francisco.

[8] California Blue book, 1909, page 612, 573

James M. Estell, Democrat: senator representing Napa and Solano counties in the 3rd and 4th sessions; assemblyman representing Marin county in the 8th session. He died in San Francisco, April 26,1859.

[9] California Department of Corrections On-line History:

In 1847 California was named a United States Territory. With the lack of real law in the territory that coincided with the numbers of immigrants who were arriving because of the Gold Rush, frontier justice became the code. As soon as California became a State, the first legislative act was to create enforceable laws. Six County Jails were declared State prisons in 1850. In 1851 the State passed the prison leasing system, awarding all rights to State convict labor to General Vallejo and General Estell for ten years. Temporary housing was provided for convicts on "Prison Ships." The State would build a permanent structure at a later date. Between 1851 and 1852 much discourse and activity took place regarding the prison/convict problem. A State Commissioners Report of February, 1853 stated the reasons that Point San Quentin was chosen as the site for the first prison:
"It was deemed important that the prison should be build on some point contiguous to the bay of San Francisco, and passing by the Islands beforementioned (Alcatraz and Angel Island), the most suitable locality was found at Point San Quentin..."
Using convict labor, and after much red-tape, a new, two-story prison building was finished in the winter of 1854.
A San Quentin Prison Log of April, 1856 stated:
April 30, 1856Rain all the day.No. of Convicts 455During the month of April,26 convicts have been received7 have been discharged2 have been pardoned2 have escaped1 has been killedIncrease in the month 15

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"Colorful," "turbulent," "controversial," are terms most often associated with the early era of the California state prison system. It was created during the chaos and lawlessness of California's gold rush and, like the energetic new state, evolved over time.
The first prison was a private enterprise. In 1851, the state legislature authorized the lease of all state prisoners to private business partners General M.G. Vallejo and J.M. Estell. A few months later, Estell, now sole lessee, loaded 83 convicts, including one woman, onto the two-masted ship, the Waban. Together, these inmates built the first state prison, San Quentin.
More than once during the first decade, the state stepped in following reports of corruption and brutality by private contractors running the prisons. In 1861, the state took permanent control, with nominal oversight from a non-salaried, three-man Board of Prison Directors.
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1852 San Quentin. Before the state's first prison was completed, inmates lived on a prison ship, the Waban. During the day, inmates worked to build the prison; at night they were locked on board ship. The first cell block, the "Stone Building," was completed in 1854.
1854 San Quentin escapes. Throughout its early history, San Quentin was plagued by escapes. A total of 83 inmates escaped in 1854.

****************(California State Archives.)******************
In 1860, after long, chaotic years of private leasing, San Quentin Prison came under State control. The prison contracted with vendors to establish factories on prison grounds. There was much abuse and corruption and the harshness of the work life within the factories led to several riots. Slowly over the years, prison reforms were made. The first school within the prison was started by Captain of the Yard, R.G. Gilchrist in 1868.

[10] Online Record of Early Californian Newspapers:

On June 8, 1855, the State Tribune reached the surface as a morning paper. It was edited and published by parker H. French and S. J. May. On August 1st, J. M. Estill became editor of the Tribune and opposed John Bigler and the Democracy with such vigor as to draw bitter opposition from many other journals. Subsequently the partners quarreled and soon thereafter two Tribunes appeared, each with the claim that it was the real and the only Tribune. The twins soon died, the last on June 1, 1856.

[11] Online record of Early Californian School Reform:

At the third session of the legislature, held in Vallejo and Sacramento, 1852, Hon. Frank Soule, chairman of the Senate Committee on Education, made an able report in favor of common schools, and introduced a revised school law much more complete than the law of 1851.
Hon. Paul K. Hubbs, of the senate, afterward superintendent of public instruction, State Superintendent Marvin and Mr. Pelton, assisted Mr. Soule in framing the bill.
A select committee of the assembly on the Senate bill (Mr. Boggs, chairman) reported strongly against many features of the bill; thought that parents could take care of their own children; that the senate and the counties were in debt; that taxation ought not to be increased--the standing argument of Mr. Corey--and therefore recommended that the bill be postponed one year, and yet had the unblushing impudence to wind up their report by declaring themselves faithful friends of common schools and loyal lovers of children!" Finally a committee of conference was appointed, on which appear the names of J. M. Estell, Henry A. Crabb and A. C. Peachy, who reported in favor of the bill with the sections relating to the sale of school lands stricken out, to be amended and passed as a separate bill. It was proposed by Mr. Soule and others who assisted in framing the bill, that the 500,000 acres of school lands should be located by the State Board of Education, and held until the land should sell for a reasonable price.
But there was a big land speculation in the eyes of some members of the legislature; and so the policy prevailed of disposing of these lands at $2.25 per acre, payable in depreciated state script. The total amount finally realized from the magnificent land grant was only about $600,000. It might have been made two or three millions.

[12] Online Dead Politician Database (Politicalgraveyard.com):

Estell, James M. of Marin County, Calif. Member of California state assembly 11th District, 1857-58. Burial location unknown.

[13] The Founding of a State Prison, by Willam J. Duffy, Jr.

http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sanquentin/

Shortly after California became a state of the Union, San Quentin was established as a site for a State Prison. The Gold Rush to California in 1849 and 1850 attracted people of all types. Some were fortune seekers, people of an adventurous nature, many respectable individuals, but often some of low, unsavory character. Naturally conflicts developed, and the heavy influx of people of all races, types and character resulted in actions taken without regard to law and order, or respect for the rights of others. Law enforcement was haphazard and Jails' were inadequate or non-existent.

As the state became organized and divided into counties and political subdivisions, county jails were established. But these soon became crowded and inadequate.

An old sailing ship called the WABAN was converted into a prison ship and anchored in the northern part of San Francisco bay, not far from Point San Quentin. The ship soon became overcrowded, and its isolated position made it difficult to keep the prisoners employed at useful work. Supplies for the ship were also a problem, particularly food and water.

On July 14, 1852, this ship was towed to Point San Quentin. An old legend says that during a heavy wind storm the ship dragged anchor and was tossed on the rocks at San Quentin Point, but we have not been able to confirm that legend. But it did arrive at the Point on Bastille Day, July 14, 1852.

A few days earlier the State of California had purchased from Benjamin Buckelew, twenty acres of land for the purpose of establishing a State Prison.

The state adopted a policy of leasing the prison to private operators under franchise, and the contractor took full responsibility of caring for, feeding and clothing the prisoners.

The contractor would "let out" the prisoners to do private work, and would collect fees for their services. The first such lease was made to James Madison Estell and General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo in 1851 while the prisoners were still housed aboard the ship WABAN. The contract was for a ten year period. Early in the contract period General Vallejo sold his interest to Estell. This contract was in the most part unprofitable. The Contractor was primarily interested in a profit, and food, clothing and facilities cost money and were kept at a minimum. Escapes were many, and the contractors kept his staff of guards very low as he had to pay their salaries.
Estell's reputation as an administrator was a hectic one. He instigated cruel practices and did not provide adequate security. In 1857 he sold his contract to John F. McCauley.

For a while, prior to McCauley, John McDougal, who had previously been governor of California, was in charge under Estell. During McCauley's reign, there was much dissent and the prison troubles caused great concern among the legislators at Sacramento, as well as the nearby residents of Marin County whose security was threatened. For a time, the prison was placed under the jurisdiction of the Lieutenant Governor of the State.

[14] Historical Perspectives on Prisons, Slavery, and Imperialism, by Stephen Hartnett
(http://www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/hisprislacap.html)

It is important to recall that many of the first settlers of the "New World" were actually British, Scottish, Irish, French, German and Dutch convicts sold into indentured servitude. Selling "criminals" to the companies exploring the Americas lowered the cost of maintaining European prisons (since they could remain relatively small), enabled the traditional elite to rid themselves of potential political radicals, and provided cheap labor necessary for the first wave of colonization. Indeed, as detailed in both Peter Linebaughís The London Hanged and A.R. Ekirchís Bound for America, there is a strong historical relationship between the need for policing the unruly working classes, fueling the military and economic needs of the capitalistic class, and greasing the wheels of imperialism with both indentured servants and outright slavery.

An early US example of this three-pronged relationship occurred in Frankfurt, Kentucky in 1825. Joel Scott paid $1,000 for control of Kentuckyís prison labor to build roads and canals facilitating settler traffic westward into Indian lands. After winning this contract, Scott his own private 250-cell prison to house his new "workers." In a similar deal in 1844, Louisiana began leasing the labor of the prisoners in its Baton Rouge State Penitentiary to private contractors for $50,000 a year. Californiaís San Quentin prison illustrates this same historical link between prison labor and capitalism. In 1852, J.M. Estill and M.G. Vallejo swapped land that was to become the site of the state capital for the management of Californiaís prison laborers. These three antebellum examples are not typical of pre-Civil War labor arrangements, however. The institution of slavery in the South and the unprecedented migration of poor Europeans to America in the North provided the capitalist elite with ample labor at rock bottom prices. This left prison labor as a risky resource exploited by only the most adventurous capitalists.

Prison labor became a more significant part of modern capitalism during Reconstruction because the Civil War made immigration to America dangerous, left the U.S. economically devastated, and deprived capitalism of its lucrative slave labor. One of the responses to these crises was to build more prisons and then to lease the labor of prisoners, many of whom were ex-slaves, to labor-hungry capitalists.

Burdened with heavy taxes to meet the expenses of rebuilding the shattered economy, and committed to the traditional notion that convicts should, by their labor, reimburse the government for their maintenance and even create additional revenue, the master class, drawing on its past experience with penitentiary leases, reintroduced a system of penal servitude which would make public slaves of blacks and poor and friendless whites.
-- J.T. Sellin

[15] San Quentin Prison Museum, Website
(http://www.turnpike.net/~mystery/tmg/san_quentin.html)

California established a State Prison system in 1851 in response to increased criminal activity brought on by the sudden influx of men seeking their fortune in the gold fields. Originally a private enterprise, a temporary prison was set up on the Waban, a 268 ton bark (ship). As it quickly became overcrowded and escapes common, building began for a permanent facility on Pt. San Quentin in 1852.

[16] San Quentin History, San Jose Mercury News, 20 Aug 2001, by Dan Reed
(http://www.tomatopages.com/folsomforum/index.php?act=ST&f=3&t=312&st=0)

….
The 19th-century fortress was built with forced labor during the gold rush, by men shipped over on the Waban, which had been docked at Treasure Island. Opened in 1852 with 68 inmates, the prison had a gallows for the condemned and a torture chamber for coercing prisoners to talk. ``Torture was an approved method of interrogation'' until it was banned in 1944, Crittendon said.
….

[17] Political Graveyard – James M. Estell
(politicalgraveyard.com)

Estell, James M. — of Marin County, Calif. Member of California state assembly 11th District, 1857-58. Burial location unknown.

[18] The Tracy Family History, by James E. Tracy
(http://www.thetracyfamilyhistory.net/; Chapter 66 Commodore)

“...Martha, who married James M. Estill, of Madison Co, Kentucky, a grandson of the noted pioneer, (Capt.) James Estill. (Killed at the Battle of Estill's Defeat [chapter 23]). In 1850, Archibald (Woods) and his son-in-law James M. Estill went to California overland across the plains. Estill’s wife, Martha, and their children, followed him in 1851, going by way of the Isthmus of Panama. In this arduous journey they were safely conducted by their faithful slave, Jordan, (Remember, Kentucky slaves were family.) and the party crossed the Isthmus on mules. Estill rose to prominence in California, and was elected to the State Senate. A few years later both Archibald Woods and his son-in-law, Estill died in California. Mr. Estill was a gentleman of brilliant gifts, and took a position in the best ranks of society. James M. Estill and Martha Wood(s): left five daughters and a son, as follows: 1. Elizabeth, who married in California, William R. Garrison (son of Commodore Garrison, a millionaire of New York City)..."

[19] Broderick and Gwin, by O'Meara, San Francisco, 1881, Page 113-115.

The Know-Nothing movement had spread so mysteriously and so generally in the State, as to confound the leaders and managers of the Whig and Democratic parties. As it was practically an anti-Democratic movement, it virtually absorbed the Whig party; and a large number of the anti-Broderick Democrats, who had set their faces resolutely against the re-election of John Bigler as Governor, adopted this means to compass their purpose. The most formidable and the most adroit of these was Genreal James M. Estill, of Marin County, whose actual residence was in San Francisco. He had served in the Senate with Broderick, and had for years had been very close in his relations with Governor Bigler. A Kentuckian by birth, he had emigrated to California from Missouri, and early took his place as one of the leading spirits in the Democratic party. His sympathies were all Southern, and his political associations were mainly with men from that section. But he was too sagacious a party leader to neglect or ignore the very large Northern element of the party, and he therefore formed friendship and alliance with its most conspicuous chief, Broderick himself, and with Bigler as next in rank of importance. Of huge frame and powerful mold physically, he was also the peer of the ablest in party tactics, and an acknowledged leader of a strong numerical force. He was beyond comparison, the most fertile of expedients in manipulation party movements, and the most effective and one of the boldest in pressing these to a successful conclusion. His judgement was rarely at fault, and he possessed the faculty of winning to his side, in bried interview, the most violent of his personal adversaries.

The late Judge Daingerfield on one occasion left his home in Shasta to come to San Francisco, with the determination to make a personal assault upon General Estill the moment he should find him. He had bought a heavy cane purposely for that use. He nursed his wrath all the way, by stage and by steamboat, during the two days the journey occupied. In San Francisco he left the hotel, still resolute, on his angry mission. He unexpectedly met General Estill at the broad general entrance to Montgomery Block. But before he could raise his cane, General Estill's right arm was about his neck, in his accustomed manner of greeting old friends, while his left hand was grasping that of Judge Daingerfield, and instantly came the hearty salutation: "Why, Dainger, old boy, I'm delighted to see you! You must come and dine with me
this evening; all at the house will be glad to see you." And Judge Daingerfield did dine that evening with General Estill and his very interesting family; from whom he received, sure enough, the cordial welcome and hearty greeting for which they were distinguished. On another occasion-it was in the Know·Nothing State Convention, in Sacramento, 1855 - in order to accomplish the defeat of the late James W. Coffroth for the nomination of Governor, to make sure of the place for his bosom friend, J. Neely Johnson, he delivered the moat scathing philippic against Coffroth, who was present and unable to effectively defend himself, that was ever pronounced in the State; and yet, a few hours afterward, when Johnson had trinmphed, and a monster ratification meeting was going on in front of the Orleans Hotel, General Estill entered the parlor with his arm about Collfroth, and led him to a seat near his accomplished daughters, as Damon might have led Pythias. Such was Estill's extraordinary fascination, address, and power over men; and he never failed to exercise it when the occasion required him to do s0. He was the Ulysses of California politics in his time; as Broderick and Gwin might have been accounted, by their respective admirers, either as the Hector or the Achilles.
General Estill had had cause to turn from Broderick and Bigler during the winter of 1854-55, and was now in the front rank of their most formidable opponents.

Kingsley Descendant line

I have posted my current abbreviated Kingsley Descendant line to the forums in hope of critique.

Below is that line:

..... 1 Stephen Kinsley (1614 - 1673)
..... + Mary Spaulding ( - 1668)
........... 2 Samuel Kinsley I (1636 - 1662)
........... + Hannah Brackett (1634 - 1706)
................. 3 Hannah Kingsley (1657 - 1676)
................. + Samuel Richardson
................. 3 Elizabeth Kingsley (1657 - 1706)
................. + John Cummings (1637 - )
................. 3 Mary Kingsley (1658 - 1659)
................. 3 Samuel Kinsley (1660 - 1661)
................. 3 Samuel Kinsley II (1662 - 1713)
................. + Mary Washburn (1661 - 1740)
....................... 4 Sarah Kinsley (1691 - 1735)
....................... + Josiah Hayward (1688 - 1764)
............................. 5 Josiah Hayward (1717 - )
............................. 5 Nathan Hayward (1720 - )
............................. + Susanna Latham
............................. 5 Abraham Hayward (1722 - )
............................. 5 Sarah Hayward (1724 - )
............................. + Silas Willis
............................. 5 Martha Hayward (1724 - )
....................... 4 Samuel Kinsley III (1693 - )
....................... + Mary Packard (1689 - )
............................. 5 Nathan Kinsley (1715 - 1796)
............................. + Betty Dunbar (1722 - 1796)
................................... 6 Keziah Kingsley (1747 - 1790)
................................... + Permenus Ames
................................... 6 Calvin Kingsley Sr. (1748 - 1811)
................................... + Susanna Lathrop (1754 - 1814)
......................................... 7 Oliver Kingsley (1775 - )
......................................... 7 Betse Kingsley (1776 - 1803)
......................................... + John Ray (1773 - 1821)
......................................... 7 Calvin Kingsley Jr. (1780 - )
......................................... + Elizabeth Shay
......................................... 7 Sabrah Kingsley (1782 - 1821)
......................................... + John Ray (1773 - 1821)
............................................... 8 John Ray ( - 1803)
......................................... 7 Susanna Kingsley (1783 - 1849)
......................................... + George Welch (1779 - 1846)
............................................... 8 Richard Welch (1810 - 1831)
............................................... 8 Nathan Kingsley Welch (1818 - 1905)
............................................... + Elizabeth De Forest Reynolds ( - 1904)
..................................................... 9 Lyman D. Welch ( - 1905)
..................................................... 9 Jerome Husted Welch ( - 1905)
..................................................... 9 Allen B. Welch ( - 1905)
..................................................... 9 Ella J. Welch ( - 1905)
..................................................... + Unknown Thornell
..................................................... 9 Harriet Lake Welch ( - 1905)
..................................................... + Unknown Wixon
..................................................... 9 Mary E. Welch ( - 1905)
............................................... 8 John Welch (1821 - 1902)
............................................... 8 Sarah Jane Welch (1824 - 1842)
............................................... 8 Mary Welch
............................................... + Unknown Holt
............................................... 8 Madison Welch
............................................... 8 Ann Welch
............................................... + Unknown Cleveland
............................................... 8 Julia Welch
............................................... + Unknown Eckler
......................................... 7 Nathan Kingsley (1786 - 1859)
......................................... + Desire Barker (1789 - 1850)
......................................... 7 Samuel Kingsley (1788 - )
......................................... 7 John Kingsley (1789 - 1810)
......................................... + Achsah Dunn
......................................... 7 Seth Kingsley (1789 - 1833)
......................................... + Polly Mary Converse (1788 - 1843)
............................................... 8 Unknown Kingsley (1812 - )
............................................... + Jerry Moore
............................................... 8 Lorin J. Kingsley (1814 - 1879)
............................................... + Mary J. Lilly (1815 - 1844)
..................................................... 9 Marsha Kingsley (1836 - )
..................................................... 9 Minerva Kingsley (1838 - )
..................................................... 9 Jefferson Kingsley (1839 - )
..................................................... 9 William H. Kingsley (1842 - )
..................................................... 9 Susan Kingsley (1844 - )
............................................... + Hannah Elizabeth Cronkite (1826 - 1902)
..................................................... 9 Levi Kingsley (1847 - )
..................................................... 9 Annetta Kingsley (1849 - )
..................................................... 9 Elizabeth Kingsley (1852 - )
..................................................... 9 Cary Kingsley (1854 - )
..................................................... 9 Eva Kingsley (1856 - )
..................................................... 9 Kate P. Kingsley (1862 - )
..................................................... + H. C. Nicholson
..................................................... 9 Charles E. Kingsley (1866 - )
............................................... 8 Seth Lucian Kingsley (1815 - 1857)
............................................... + Euphonia (1820 - )
............................................... 8 Calvin Kingsley (1815 - )
..................................................... 9 Unknown Kingsley (1839 - )
............................................... 8 James Kingsley (1817 - 1864)
............................................... + Deborah Dake
............................................... 8 Mary Kingsley (1822 - )
............................................... + Unknown Briggs (1810 - 1849)
..................................................... 9 Charles Briggs (1849 - )
............................................... 8 Susan Kingsley (1825 - )
............................................... + Christopher Supner (1814 - )
..................................................... 9 William Henry Supner (1840 - )
..................................................... 9 Ann Eliza Supner (1842 - )
............................................... 8 Daniel Kingsley (1826 - 1886)
............................................... + Mary Unknown (1843 - )
............................................... + Anna Maria Brown (1827 - 1877)
..................................................... 9 Frances Anna Kingsley (1849 - 1931)
..................................................... + LaFayette Congdon (1845 - 1927)
..................................................... 9 Alice May Kingsley (1851 - 1853)
..................................................... 9 Edmund Daniel Kingsley (1852 - 1888)
..................................................... 9 George Elbert Kingsley (1854 - 1923)
..................................................... + Mary Emily Spellman (1861 - 1943)
..................................................... 9 Willis B. Kingsley (1861 - 1923)
..................................................... + Louise M Spiegel (1865 - 1923)
............................................... 8 George Kingsley (1828 - 1911)
............................................... + Susan T. Kenney (1844 - 1905)
..................................................... 9 Charles Francis Kingsley I (1865 - 1939)
..................................................... + Terese Marie Strachan (1868 - 1955)
..................................................... 9 Walter James Kingsley (1876 - 1929)
..................................................... + Alma Hanlon (1890 - 1977)
..................................................... + Francesca Carmen (1895 - 1973)
............................................... + Eliza Wiggins (1830 - 1862)
..................................................... 9 Mary Kingsley (1851 - 1911)
..................................................... 9 Clara Louise Kingsley (1854 - 1858)
..................................................... 9 George W. Kingsley (1859 - 1934)
......................................... 7 Lucinda Kingsley (1790 - )
......................................... + Samuel Jones (1774 - 1846)
......................................... 7 Saly Kingsley (1800 - )
......................................... 7 Daniel Kingsley (1802 - )
................................... 6 Reuben Kingsley (1752 - )
................................... 6 Louise Kingsley (1754 - 1755)
................................... + Solomon Hinds
................................... 6 Seth Kingsley (1757 - )
................................... 6 Oliver Kingsley (1762 - )
................................... + Neomi Sweetland
............................. 5 Samuel Kinsley IV (1716 - 1773)
............................. + Sophia White (1722 - 1811)
................................... 6 Sophia Kinsley (1743 - 1800)
................................... 6 Lydia Kinsley (1745 - )
................................... + Jonathan Burr
................................... 6 Samuel Kinsley V (1749 - 1824)
................................... + Hannah Hayward
......................................... 7 Samuel Kinsley VI (1775 - )
................................... 6 Nymphas Kinsley (1750 - 1822)
................................... + Molly Richmond
................................... 6 Caleb Kinsley (1752 - 1827)
................................... 6 Martin Kinsley (1754 - 1835)
................................... + Polly Bellows
......................................... 7 Polly Hubbard Kinsley (1787 - 1791)
......................................... 7 Sophia W. Kinsley (1797 - 1800)
......................................... 7 Mary Kinsley (1801 - 1839)
......................................... + Samuel J. Gardner
......................................... 7 Martin Kinsley (1808 - 1811)
................................... 6 Luther Kinsley (1756 - )
................................... 6 Hannah Kinsley (1758 - )
................................... + Perez Snell (1767 - )
......................................... 7 Perez Snell (1789 - )
......................................... 7 Martin Snell (1792 - )
......................................... 7 Apollos Snell (1795 - )
................................... 6 Eunice Kinsley (1761 - )
................................... + Silvanus Leonard (1759 - )
......................................... 7 Clarissa Leonard
......................................... + Leonard Pratt
................................... 6 Cephas Kinsley (1763 - 1800)
................................... + Zilpha Leonard
................................... 6 Appollos Kinsley ( - 1803)
................................... + Hannah Hall
............................. 5 Mary Kinsley (1719 - )
............................. 5 John Kinsley Sr. (1721 - 1777)
............................. + Thankful Washburn ( - 1810)
................................... 6 John Kinsley Jr. (1749 - )
................................... 6 Rhoda Kinsley (1751 - )
................................... 6 William Kinsley (1753 - )
................................... 6 Thankful Kinsley (1754 - )
................................... 6 Mary Kinsley (1756 - )
................................... 6 Beulah Kinsley (1758 - 1759)
................................... 6 Roger Kinsley (1760 - )
................................... 6 Abisha Kinsley (1766 - 1859)
................................... + Hulda Milliard
................................... + Eunice Green
......................................... 7 Charles Kinsley
......................................... 7 Edward Kinsley (1827 - )
......................................... + Harriett B. Rudd
............................. 5 Hannah Kinsley (1724 - )
............................. 5 Amos Kinsley (1726 - )
............................. 5 Silence Kinsley (1727 - )
............................. + Samuel Herrick
................................... 6 Sarah Herrick (1764 - 1823)
................................... + Nathaniel Butler (1761 - 1829)
......................................... 7 Samuel Herrick Butler (1785 - 1851)
......................................... + Judith Livingston (1785 - 1858)
............................................... 8 Courtland Philip Livingston Butler (1813 - 1891)
............................................... + Elizabeth Slade Pierce (1822 - 1901)
..................................................... 9 Mary Elizabeth Butler (1850 - 1897)
..................................................... + Robert Emmet Sheldon (1845 - 1917)
..................................................... 9 Courtland Butler (1854 - )
..................................................... 9 Theodore Butler (1862 - )
............................. 5 Daniel Kingsley (1731 - )
............................. + Eunice Bingham (1736 - 1798)
................................... 6 Stephen Kingsley (1753 - )
................................... 6 Hannah Kingsley (1756 - )
................................... 6 Lois Kingsley (1758 - )
................................... 6 Samuel Kingsley (1761 - )
................................... 6 Daniel Kingsley (1764 - 1828)
................................... + Lucy Montague ( - 1850)
......................................... 7 Ben Alvah Kinsley (1796 - )
................................... 6 Nathan Kingsley (1765 - )
................................... + Lydia Pearl
....................... 4 Hannah Kinsley (1695 - )
....................... + Edward Hayward
....................... 4 Mary Kinsley (1696 - )
....................... + Thomas Willis (1694 - )
............................. 5 Susanna Willis (1718 - )
............................. + Ephraim Fobes
............................. 5 Thomas Willis (1721 - )
............................. + Susanna Ames
............................. 5 Jonah Willis (1723 - )
............................. 5 Mary Willis (1725 - )
............................. + Isaac Johnson
............................. 5 Rhoda Willis (1727 - )
............................. + Daniel Lothrop
............................. 5 Betty Willis (1731 - )
............................. 5 Zephaniah Willis (1733 - )
............................. + Bethiah Hayward
................................... 6 Zephaniah Willis (1757 - )
................................... + Hannah Thomas
......................................... 7 John Thomas Willis
......................................... 7 Betsey Thomas Willis (1793 - )
......................................... 7 Sarah Willis
......................................... 7 Bethiah Willis
....................... 4 Benjamin Kinsley (1701 - 1759)
....................... + Widow Perkins
....................... + Priscilla Field Manley
............................. 5 Unknown Kingsley (1737 - 1779)
....................... 4 Susannah Kinsley (1702 - )
....................... + Samuel Packard IV (1707 - 1774)
....................... 4 Abigail Kinsley (1704 - )
....................... + William Hayward (1704 - 1746)
....................... 4 Bethia Kinsley (1706 - )
....................... + William Brett
........... 2 Elenor Kinsley
........... + Anthony Gulliver (1619 - 1706)
................. 3 Lydia Gulliver (1651 - )
................. + James Leonard
................. 3 Samuel Gulliver (1653 - 1676)
................. 3 Jonathan Gulliver (1659 - )
................. + Theodora Thacher
................. 3 Stephen Gulliver (1663 - )
................. 3 John Gulliver (1669 - )
................. 3 Hannah Gulliver
................. + Tucker
................. 3 Mary Gulliver
................. + Atherton
................. 3 Elizabeth Gulliver (1671 - )
................. 3 Nathaniel Gulliver (1675 - )
................. + Hanna Billings
........... 2 John Kinsley (1636 - 1698)
........... + Abigail Leonard
................. 3 Abigail Kinsley (1672 - )
................. + Thomas Snell
................. 3 Mary Kinsley (1675 - )
................. + Thomas Dean
................. 3 John Kinsley (1679 - 1749)
................. 3 Stephen Kinsley (1681 - )
................. 3 Samuel Kinsley (1683 - )
................. + Mary Gulliver
................. 3 Elizabeth Kinsley (1689 - )
................. + Thomas Spur
................. 3 Hannah Kinsley ( - 1693)
........... + Susanna Daniels ( - 1670)
................. 3 Susanna Kinsley (1670 - )
........... 2 Elizabeth Kinsley (1640 - )
........... + Henry Crane (1621 - 1709)
................. 3 Henry Crane (1656 - )
................. 3 Benjamin Crane (1657 - )
................. 3 Stephen Crane (1658 - )
................. 3 John Crane (1659 - )
................. 3 Elizabeth Crane (1663 - )
................. 3 Ebenezer Crane (1665 - )
................. + Mary Tolman
....................... 4 Abijah Crane (1714 - )
............................. 5 John Crane (1744 - 1805)
................. 3 Anna Crane
................. 3 Mary Crane (1666 - )
................. 3 Mercy Crane (1668 - )
................. 3 Samuel Crane (1669 - )
........... 2 Mary Kinsley (1640 - )
........... + Robert Mason

Lorin J. Kingsley (1814-1879)

Lorin8 J. Kingsley (Seth7 - Calvin6 - Nathan5 - Samuel4 - Samuel3 - Samuel2 - Stephen1)

Father: Kingsley, Seth
Mother: Converse, Polly Mary

Lorin appears to have been prolific. Barbara Kingsley's notes indicate that he had 15 children between his two wives and I have accounted for 12. Of the twelve nine are born in New York and the other three in Indiana and from this it appears that he moved to Springfield, Indiana around 1855. His second wife Hannah Elizabeth Cronkite is found after his death on the 1880 federal census for Kendallville Indiana with the two youngest children, Kate and Charles.

Name: Kingsley, Lorin J. [1, 2]
Sex: Male

Birth: 20 May 1814 [1, 2]

Census: 1840 in Mendon, Monroe, New York, USA; 2m (0-5, 20-30) 4f (2x0-5, 5-10, 30-40) [3]
Census: 1850 in Carlton, Orleans, New York, USA [1]
Census: 1860 in Springfield, Lagrange, Indiana, USA [4]
Census: 1870 in Springfield, Lagrange, Indiana, USA [5]

Death: 19 Dec 1879 in Lagrange, Indiana, USA [2]

Shared Facts: Lilly, Mary J.
Marriage: 1833; 15 Children (with 2 wives) [2]
Children:
Kingsley, Marsha
Kingsley, Minerva
Kingsley, Jefferson
Kingsley, William H.
Kingsley, Susan

Shared Facts: Cronkite, Hannah Elizabeth
Marriage: 1845; 15 Children (with 2 wives) [2]
Children:
Kingsley, Levi
Kingsley, Annetta
Kingsley, Elizabeth
Kingsley, Cary
Kingsley, Eva
Kingsley, Kate P.
Kingsley, Charles E.

Sources:

1 1850 United States Federal Census, Carlton, Orleans, New York.
2 Kingsley, Barbara, Kingsley Family Notes (unpublished, 16 Apr 1992), Page 06 (Generation 07) Seth Kingsley.
3 1840 United States Federal Census, Mendon, Monroe, New York;. Abram Staman John Staman Lorin Kinsley Calvin Kinsley.
4 1860 United States Federal Census (Name: Ancestry.com Online publication -Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network,Inc., 2004.Original data -United States of America, Bureau of theCensus. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington, D.C.:National Archives and Records Administration, 1860. M653, 1;), Springfield, Lagrange, Indiana, USA.
5 1870 United States Federal Census, Springfield, Lagrange, Indiana, USA.

Tuesday, February 10, 2009 11:38:54 AM

Walter J. Kingsley (1876-1929)

Walter9 James Kingsley (George8 - Seth7 - Calvin6 - Nathan5 - Samuel4 - Samuel3 - Samuel2 - Stephen1)

(It is believed that Walter is the one having his blood pressure taken - a publicity stunt)

Walter is a very interesting study. There are volumes of information out there about him as he was always closely aligned with the press. First as a journalist and then as a press representative for broadway and vaudeville. He is credited with coining the slogan "You Haven't Arrived Until You've Played the Palace!". He was born in western New York (either Holley or Batavia), got his first job working in Buffalo for his brother's local papers. Moved abroad and began writing for international papers covering among other things the Boer war and the Russo-Japanese conflict (more as a press agent for the Japanese image). He then came to Broadway and never left. He acted as press agent for many famous acts in Vaudeville and on Broadway. He pulled off many media coups to draw attention to his clients. He made claims of huge wagers on the America's Cup to draw attention to the underdog crew. He wrote letters to ethics boards about the scandalous nature of books and plays which peaked sales of novels and shows. He was well loved by the theatrical community and there were many op-eds and memorials written to him after his death.

Walter was married twice and had one female child with each wife. His first wife was Alma Hanlon, who was an up and coming silent movie star that had a very short career. They were married for 12 years (1905-1917) and their child was Dorothy Kingsley (b. 14 Oct 1909), who went on to a very successful screenwriting career. Walter then married Francesca Carmen (originally Francesca Sattler), a dancer from Budapest, Hungary. Their child was Gloria Kingsley, of which I have little information besides a birth month and year (Feb 1924).

Walter was found unconscious one day outside the New Amsterdam Theatre building, was taken to the New York Hospital, was thought to be recovering well but died 11 days later on 14 Feb 1929. Death was caused by cerebral spinal meningitis which was hastened by a recent attack of influenza. He was cremated and his wife cast his ashes from a plane flying over Broadway. His will was dated 3 years previous to his death and only mentioned his current wife. The total of the inheritance was $3000, which was considered a pittance for the lifestyle in which they lived.

Father: Kingsley, George
Mother: Kenney, Susan T.

Name: Kinglsey, Walter James [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]
Name: Kinglsey, Walter James [12]

Sex: Male

Birth: 12 Aug 1876 in Holley, Orleans, New York, USA [13]
Birth: 1876 in Holley, Orleans, New York, USA; or Batavia [3, 11, 14]

Census: 1880 in Sweden, Monroe, New York, USA [16]
Census: 1901 in Westminster, London, England; Journalist, 19 King Street, found
with a Charles E. Walker (journalist) [17]
Census: 1910 in Manhattan, New York, New York, USA [18]
Census: 1920 in Manhattan, New York, New York, USA; 200 54th Street (apartment) w/ housekeeper [15]

Occupation: 1890 in Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA; Newspaper work, with "brother" who
was the publisher of "The Review and The Enquirer" [3]
Occupation: Aft. 1895; The London Daily Express and other papers, covered the Boer War and the Russo-Japanese conflict [21]
Occupation: 1904 in Yokohama, Hiroshima, Japan; Correspondant [13]
Occupation: 1914 in New York, New York, New York, USA; Press agent to the theater, twice president of the Theatrical Press Representatives of America [3, 4]
Occupation: 12 Sep 1918 in New York, New York, New York, USA; Theatrical Manager
at the Palance Theatre [20]
Occupation: 01 May 1928 in New York, New York, New York, USA; Became Press representative for Florenz Ziegfeld; was press rep for the Keith-Albee vaudeville circuit [19]

Arrival: 15 Jan 1899 in New York, New York, New York, USA; from Southampton
England [22]
Arrival: 20 Apr 1904 in New York, New York, New York, USA; from Southampton
England [12]

Will Dated: Dec 1926 [4]

Event: 03 Feb 1929 in New York, New York, New York, USA; Found unconscious
outside the New Amsterdam Theatre building [3, 23, 24]

Death: 14 Feb 1929 in New York, New York, New York, USA; New York Hospital,
Death was caused by cerebral spinal meningitis and was hastened by a
recent attack of influenza [3, 6, 11]

Will Proved/Probate: 21 Feb 1929 in New York, New York, New York, USA; Wife Francesca
Carmen Kingsley sole beneficiary of total estate, $3000. [4]

Burial: 01 Mar 1929 in New York, New York, New York, USA; Cremated, Ashes
over Broadway [3, 11, 25, 26, 27]

Education: Broadport Normal College [3]


Shared Facts: Hanlon, Alma
Marriage: 26 Nov 1905 in New York, New York, New York, USA; Parents Home at 684 W. 138th Street - Rev. Minot J. Savage (Church of the Messiah) [2]
Divorce: 1917 [28]
Children: Kingsley, Dorothy

Shared Facts: Carmen, Francesca
Marriage: Abt. 1922 [29]
Children: Kingsley, Gloria

Sources:

1 Wikipedia, Dorothy Kingsley (captured Feb 4 2009).
2 New York Times, 1905 11 27. SHOWER OF ROSES ON BRIDE.
3 New York Times, 1929 02 15. WALTER J. KINGSLEY, PRESS AGENT, DIES
4 New York Times, 1929 02 21. WALTER J. KINGSLEY LEFT ONLY $3,OOO
5 New York Times, 1911. KINGSLEY - Feb. 24, 1911. George Kingsley, aged 82 years.
6 New York Times, 1929 02 24. WALTER J. KINGSLEY - AN APPRECIATION By JOHN POLLOCK.
7 New York Times, 1917 08 05. VARIETY IS THE SPICE OF' THE REVUE By WALTER J, KINGSLEY.
8 New York Times, 1927 09 22. WAGERING ON FIGHT HEAVIEST IN YEARS
9 New York Times, 1901 08 31. SHAMROCK IN A SPURT
10 New York Times, 1915 05 09. MRS. ALMA HANLON KINGSLEY
11 Kingsley, Barbara, Kingsley Family Notes (unpublished, 16 Apr 1992), Page 07 (Generation 08) Daniel & George Kingsley.
12 Ship Manifest - S.S. Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse, Southampton to New York; April 13 1904 to ?;.
13 U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925, U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925 > Emergency
Passport Applications (Passports Issued Abroad), 1877-1907 (M1834) > 1887 - 1907 > Volume 041: Tehran, Persia to Zanzibar, 1902-1907. Walter J Kingsley
14 New York Times, 1901 09 06. SHAMROCK II. NO SURE THING.
15 1920 United States Federal Census, Manhattan, New York, New York;.
16 1880 United States Federal Census, Sweden, Monroe, NY.
17 1901 England Census, London; St. Paul Covent Garden; 9
City of Westminster.
18 1910 United States Federal Census, Manhattan Ward 12, New York, New York;. Walter J Kings
19 New York Times, 1928 04 28. Give Dinner for W. J. Kingsley.
20 U.S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Registration Location: New York County, New York; Roll: 1786820; Draft Board: 158.
21 Backstory, Interview with Dorothy Kingsley. Dorothy Kingsley: The Fixer, Interview by Pat McGilligan
22 Ship Manifest - S.S. St Louis, Southampton to New York; Jan 7 1899 to Jan 15 1899; Year: 1899; Microfilm serial: 15; Microfilm roll: T715_45; Line: 11; .
23 New York Times, 1929 02 04. WALTER J. KINGLSEY HURT.
24 New York Times, 1929 02 06. Walter J. Kingsley Improving.
25 New York Times, 1929 02 17. THRONG MOURNS KINGSLEY.
26 New York Times, 1929 02 16. Walter J. Kingsley's Funeral Today.
27 New York Times, 1929 03 02. SCATTER KINGSLEY~S ASHES
28 New York Times, 1918 09 28. Alma Hanlon, Actress, Marries Again
29 1930 United States Federal Census, Manhattan, New York, New York; Gloria Kingsley.

[updated on Feb. 10 to add a few more sources and facts (mainly census and ship manifests)]