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:

From Congdon Families

From Congdon Families

Seth Kingsley Family

Seth Kingsley (1787-1833)
Birth: 29 Apr 1787
Marriage: Polly Mary Converse
Death: 19 Feb 1833 in Pittsford, Monroe, New York, USA
Buried at "Old Meeting House Cemetery" Pittsford, Monroe, New York, USA
Father: Kingsley, Calvin Sr.
Mother: Lathrop, Susanna


Polly Mary Converse (1788-1843)
Birth: 31 Jan 1788 in Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut, USA
Marriage1: Seth Kingsley
Marriage2: John Stayman
Death: 23 Mar 1843 in Mendon, Monroe, New York, USA
Buried at "Old Meeting House Cemetery" Pittsford, Monroe, New York, USA
Father: James Converse
Mother: Ruth Whitman


John Stayman (nothing known)


Seth was the asst. marshall on the 1830 Federal Census for Mendon, Monroe, New York, USA. He had at least 9 children. He died with children still in the home (the older children had moved out) they were young and his son Daniel had to be the man of the house. He is buried in the "Old Meeting House Cemetery" in Pittsford, also known as the "Pioneer Burying Ground". His wife remarried after his death to John Stayman. She is buried in the same cemetery as Seth but we have not found her second husband.


Children:

1 Name: Unknown Kingsley
Gender: Female
Birth: Abt. 1812 [4]
Spouses: Jerry Moore

2 Name: Lorin J. Kingsley [4, 5]
Gender: Male
Birth: 20 May 1814 [4, 5]
Marriage: 1845 [4]
Death: 19 Dec 1879 in Lagrange, Indiana, USA [4]
Spouses: Hannah Elizabeth Cronkite (b: 1826) Mary J. Lilly (b: 1815)

3 Name: Seth Lucian Kingsley [2, 4]
Gender: Male
Birth: 30 Jun 1815 [4]
Death: 31 Mar 1857 [4]
Spouses: Euphonia (b: 1820)

4 Name: Calvin Kingsley [4]
Gender: Male
Birth: 30 Jun 1815 [4]
Spouses:

5 Name: James Kingsley [4]
Gender: Male
Birth: 10 Aug 1817 [4]
Death: 21 Feb 1864 [4]
Spouses: Deborah Dake

6 Name: Mary Kingsley [4]
Gender: Female
Birth: 1822 [4]
Spouses: Unknown Briggs (b: 1810)

7 Name: Susan Kingsley [4, 6]
Gender: Female
Birth: Abt. 1825 in New York, USA [6, 7]
Marriage: Abt. 1839 [4]
Spouses: Christopher Supner (b: 1814)

8 Name: Daniel Kingsley [1, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]
Gender: Male
Birth: 13 Aug 1826 in Mendon, Monroe, New York, USA [1, 9, 10, 11, 12]
Marriage: 01 Apr 1846 in Pittsford, Monroe, New York, USA [1]
Death: 15 Sep 1886 in Pittsford, Monroe, New York, USA [15, 16, 17]
Spouses: Anna Maria Brown (b: 04 Dec 1827) Mary Unknown (b: Abt. 1843)

9 Name: George Kingsley [4, 5, 15, 18, 19, 20]
Gender: Male [18]
Birth: May 1828 in Pittsford, Monroe, New York, USA [5]
Marriage: 1864 [18]
Death: 24 Feb 1911 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA [15, 18, 20, 21]
Spouses: Eliza Wiggins (b: 1830) Susan T. Kenney (b: 1844)

Sources:

1 Congdon, Peck and Speed, Family Record - Congdon - Kingsley 1912 (unpublished, 1912), Page 3
by Frances Anna Kingsley Congdon (notes by Ivan Clyde Speed).
2 Richard T. Halsey, Pioneer Burying Ground Grave Markers
(http://mcnygenealogy.com/cem/oldpitt.htm, Aug. 2000), Headstone transcription from the Pioneer
Burying Ground, Pittsford/Northfield, Monroe, NY, aka \u201cOld Meeting House Cemetery\u201d,
by Richard T. Halsey, 2000, accessed 11/2008.
3 Kingsley, Barbara, Kingsley Family Notes (unpublished, 16 Apr 1992), Page 05 (Generation 06) Calvin Kingsley.
4 Kingsley, Barbara, Kingsley Family Notes (unpublished, 16 Apr 1992), Page 06 (Generation 07) Seth Kingsley.
5 1850 United States Federal Census, Carlton, Orleans, New York.
6 1850 United States Federal Census, Mendon, Monroe, New York;.
7 1870 United States Federal Census, Pittsford, Monroe, new York, USA.
8 Municipal manual of Rochester and register of Monroe county. Residence date: 1752-1887 Residence place: Monroe, New York, USA.
9 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;), Pittsford, Monroe, New York; Roll: M653_786;Page: 190; Image: 193.Birth date: abt 1826Birth place: New YorkResidence date:1860Residence place: Pittsford, Monroe, New York.
10 1870 United States Federal Census (Ancestry.com, Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network,Inc., 2003.Original data - 1870. United States. Ninth Census of theUnited States, 1870. Washington, D.C. National Archives and RecordsAdministration. M593, RG29, 1,761 rolls. Minnesota. Minnes;), Year: 1870; Census Place: Pittsford, Monroe, New York ; Roll: M593. Name: Daniel KingsleyBirth date: abt 1826Birth place: New YorkResidence date:1870Residence place: Pittsford, Monroe, New York.
11 1850 United States Federal Census (Name: Ancestry.com, Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network,Inc., 2005.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of theCensus. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Washington, D.C.:National Archives and Records Administration, 1850. M432,;), Year: 1850; Census Place: Carlton, Orleans, New York; Roll: M432_575;Page: 3; Image: 6.Birth date: abt 1827Birth place: New YorkResidence
date:1850Residence place: Carlton, Orleans, New York.
12 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 1827Birth place: New YorkResidence date:1880Residence place: Pittsford, Monroe, New York, United States.
13 History of Rochester and Monroe County, New York : from the earliesthistoric times to the beginning of 1907 (Name: Ancestry.com, Online publication - Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc.,2005.Original data - Peck, William F.. History of Rochester and MonroeCounty, New York : from the earliest historic times to the beginningof 1907. New YorkChicago: The Pioneer Pub. Co., 19;). Residence date: 1600-1907Residence place: Monroe, New York, USA.
14 Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Trees.
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=7610900&pid=-1062095726.
15 Kingsley, Barbara, Kingsley Family Notes (unpublished, 16 Apr 1992), Page 07 (Generation 08) Daniel & George Kingsley.
16 Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Mar 17 1905), 1886 09 20 - Monday. Funeral for Daniel Kingsley in Monroe.
17 Ryan, Sean, Pittsford Cemetery Headstones (unpublished, Aug 2008), Daniel Kingsley. 1826-1886.
18 Jessica Kerr, Jessica Kerr Family Tree (ancestry.com),
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx?tid=8585184&pid=-926385662. j.e.k. family tree (Owner: evetenebra) - 1934 susan t kenny 1841 - 1903 charles f kingsley 1865 - 1939 walter j kingsley 1876 - 1929 Records 1880 United States Federal Census Source citations (1).
19 1880 United States Federal Census, Sweden, Monroe, NY.
20 New York Times, 1911. KINGSLEY - Feb. 24, 1911. George Kingsley, aged 82 years. He is survived by threo sons, 1 . Charles F. and ""alter J. of Xew York Cit)' • . IUld George K!ngsleY or Xlagara Fall •. I Funeral private from homEl of his son, I Charles F. , Klngslc.,'. 1.il:; Annue H. I
Frooklyn. Saturday, Feb. !!5. Interment at Plttstorcl. N. Y .. Sunda)', Feb. 26- Published: February 25, 1911 Copyright © The New York Times.
21 Unknown Source, Some Newspaper, 1911. George Kingsley Obit.


Data:

1820 US Federal Census for Mendon Monroe NY


1830 US Federal Census for Mendon Monroe NY
(Note: Seth Kingsley is asst. marshall administering the census)




Pioneer Burying Ground, Pittsford Monroe NY

From Congdon Families

From Congdon Families

KINGSLEY
Desire, wife of Nathan; d July 7, 1850 aged 61y
Nathan; d Aug. 15, 1859 aged 73y 3m 5d
Seth; d Feb. 19, 1833 aged 45y 9m 21d
Polly;; see → Polly STAYMAN
Seth Jr.; d March 31, 1857 aged 41y

BROWN
Lydia, wife of Elder Daniel; d May 29, 1814 aged 53y [not found in 2000]

GILLETT
Adelia Acer; d in Michigan, Aug. 1845 aged 33y

RAY
Dr. John; d June 1, 1821 in the 48th yr. of his age
Betsey, first wife of Dr. John; d Oct. 2, 1803 in the 27th yr. of her age
Sabrah, 2nd wife of Dr. John; d Feb. 28, 1821 aged 39y
John, son of John & Sabrah; d 1803 [not found in 2000]
Eunice P., wife of Chauncey; d Aug. 21, 1824 in the 26th yr. of her age
Eliza M., wife of Hiram and dau. of Wm & Mary AGATE; d May 18, 1832 aged 30y
William A.; d Dec. 29, 1875 aged 48y
Miranda Lake, wife of William A.; b March 16, 1829, Rose, NY; [no death date]
Bertha M., dau. of William A. & Miranda; d Feb. 9, 1879 aged 14y 7m 10d
Florence E.; b July 14, 1858, Pittsford, NY; d Jan. 15, 1883
Wellington L.; Feb. 15, 1867, Pittsford, NY; d July 5, 1891

SPELLMAN
Asenath, wife of John; mother; d March 14, 1856 aged 53y
Aaron W., son of John & Asenath; d March 14, 1837 aged 2y 9m 20d
Julia K., dau. of John & Asenath; d March 7, 1837 aged 6m 12d
Mary E., dau. of John & Asenath; d Feb. 27, 1853

SPRAGUE
Charlotte, wife of Abram; d Apr. 4, 1819 aged 48y
Mary, dau. of A. & C.; d Oct. 29, 1818 aged 20y
Angeline, dau. of A. & C.; d Nov. 10, 1820 aged 19y
Sobrina, dau. of A. & C.; d Apr. 20, 1820 aged 16y
Nedediah, child of A. & C.; d May 6, 1822 aged 20y

STAYMAN
Polly, wife of John and former wife of Seth KINGSLEY; d March 23, 1843 aged 52y 1m 23d

WELCH
George; d Sept. 19, 1846 aged 67y 5m 11d
Susan, wife of George; d Oct. 6, 1849 aged 66y
Richard, son of George & Susan; d Nov. 7, 1831 aged 21y
Sarah Jane, dau. of George & Susan; d Sept. 7, 1842 aged 18y 1m 29d




Individual Summary: Kingsley, Seth [1,2,3,4]
Sex: Male
Father: Kingsley, Calvin Sr.
Mother: Lathrop, Susanna

Birth: 29 Apr 1787 in Belchertown, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA [1, 4]
Birth: 1788 [1] Birth: 29 Apr 1789 in Belchertown, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA; or Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA, (or 26 May 1787) [2]

Census: 1820 in Mendon, Monroe, New York, USA; 6m (4x0-10, 16-26, 26-45) 2f (0-10, 26-45) (was Ontario County, also called Pittsford) [5]
Census: 1830 in Mendon, Monroe, New York, USA; 7m (2x0-5, 3x10-15, 15-20, 40-50) 4f (2x5-10, 15-20, 40-50) -Last name on census, assumed census taker [6] Death: 19 Feb 1833 [1,2,4]

Burial: Pittsford, Monroe, New York, USA; "Old Meeting House Cemetery" [1]
Burial: Pittsford, Monroe, New York, USA; Pioneer Burying Ground [2, 4]

Death: Pittsford, Monroe, New York, USA [1]

Shared Facts: Converse, Polly Mary
Marriage: Bef. 1816 in Pittsford, Monroe, New York, USA
Marriage: Abt. 1811 [4]
Children: Unknown Kingsley, Lorin J. Kingsley, Seth Lucian Kingsley, Calvin Kingsley, James Kingsley, Mary Kingsley, Susan Kingsley, Daniel Kingsley, George Kingsley.

Sources:

1 Congdon, Peck and Speed, Family Record -Congdon -Kingsley 1912 (unpublished, 1912 ), Page 3 by Frances Anna Kingsley Congdon (notes by Ivan Clyde Speed).
2 Richard T. Halsey, Pioneer Burying Ground Grave Markers (http://mcnygenealogy.com/cem/oldpitt.htm, Aug. 2000), Headstone transcription from the Pioneer Burying Ground, Pittsford/Northfield, Monroe, NY, aka \u201cOld Meeting House Cemetery\u201d, by Richard T. Halsey, 2000, accessed 11/2008.
3 Kingsley, Barbara, Kingsley Family Notes (unpublished, 16 Apr 1992), Page 05 (Generation 06) Calvin Kingsley.
4 Kingsley, Barbara, Kingsley Family Notes (unpublished, 16 Apr 1992), Page 06 (Generation 07) Seth Kingsley.
5 1820 United States Federal Census (Ancestry.com Online publication -Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data -United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fourth Census of the United States, 1820. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1820. M33, 14;), Mendon, Ontario, New York; Roll: M33_62; Page: 355; Image: 182.Residence date: 1820Residence place: Mendon, Ontario, New York, United States
This census is labeled:
Mendon Ontario NY Mendon Monroe NY Pittsford Ontario NY.
6 1830 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. Fifth Census of the United States, 1830. Washington, D.C.:National Archives and Records Administration, 1830. M19, 201;), Year: 1830; Census Place: Mendon, Monroe, New York; Roll: XXX;Page: XXX.Residence date: 1830Residence place: Mendon, Monroe, New York.

Daniel Kingsley Family

Daniel, Frances Anna, Anna Maria - c. 1853

Daniel Kingsley (1826-1886)
Birth: 13 Aug 1826 in Mendon, Monroe, New York, USA
Marriage1: 01 Apr 1846 in Pittsford, Monroe, New York, USA (Anna Maria Brown)
Marriage2: Aft. 1877 (Mary Unknown - widowed Gaskill)
Death: 15 Sep 1886 in Pittsford, Monroe, New York, USA
Buried at Pittsford Cemetery in Pittsford, Monroe, New York, USA 1
Father: Seth Kingsley
Mother: Polly Mary Converse

Anna Maria Brown (1827-1877)
Birth: 04 Dec 1827 in Henrietta, Monroe, New York, USA
Death: 1877 in Pittsford, Monroe, New York, USA
Buried at Pittsford Cemetery in Pittsford, Monroe, New York, USA 2
Father: Francis Brown
Mother: Anna Gillett

Mary _______ (1843- )
Birth: Abt. 1843 in New York, USA

Daniel Kingsley was a well respected farmer in Pittsford New York, a region just south of Rochester in Monroe County. Daniel was married to Anna Maria Brown for 31 years until her death. He then married Mary _____, who was previously married to a Gaskill with two children. Daniel died 9 years after Anna Maria and we do not know when Mary died or if she remarried.

Children of Marriage1:

1 Frances Anna Kingsley
Birth: 27 Feb 1849 in Pittsford, Monroe, New York, USA
Marriage: 20 Sep 1871 in Wayne, New York, USA
Death: Apr 1931 in Batavia, Genesee, New York, USA
Buried at Pittsford Cemetery in Pittsford, Monroe, New York, USA 3
Spouses: Lafayette Congdon (b: 21 Oct 1845)

2 Alice May Kingsley
Birth: 1851 in Pittsford, Monroe, New York, USA
Death: 1853 in Pittsford, Monroe, New York, USA
Buried at Pittsford Cemetery in Pittsford, Monroe, New York, USA 4

3 Edmund D Kingsley
Birth: 1852 in Pittsford, Monroe, New York, USA
Death: 1888 in Pittsford, Monroe, New York, USA
Buried at Pittsford Cemetery in Pittsford, Monroe, New York, USA 5

4 George Elbert Kingsley
Birth: 03 Sep 1854 in Pittsford, Monroe, New York, USA
Marriage: 21 Jan 1885 in Pittsford, Monroe, New York, USA
Death: 30 Mar 1923 in Pittsford, Monroe, New York, USA
Spouses: Mary Emily Spellman (b: 23 Apr 1861)

5 Willis B Kingsley
Birth: Abt. 1861 in New York, USA
Death: 1923
Spouses: Louise M Spiegel (b: 23 Dec 1865)

Daniel's second wife, Mary, had the following children from her previous marriage (to possibly George Gaskill):

1 Ona Gaskill
Birth: Abt. 1867 in New York, USA

2 George Gaskill
Birth: Abt. 1874 in New York, USA


Notes:

Notes based largely on Frances Anna Kingsley's Family Record:
Daniel Kingsley was born on Aug 13 1826 in Mendon NY , married Anna Maria Brown on Apr 1 1846 at Pittsford NY and died on Sep 15 1886at Pittsford NY . Daniel was born to Seth and Polly Mary (Converse) Kingsley. Daniel's father died when he was a young boy and he was the eldest of several children. He must have been a very industrious hard working boy. He was a prosperous farmer and was active in Republican politics in Monroe County. He held county offices at different times and was well known. He was elected Pittsford supervisor in 1859 and again in 1863 as well as functioning as the asst. Marshall for the 1870 US Federal census of Pittsford. He was a very charitable person and helped poor families as long, as he lived. The attendance at his funeral was largest and procession of carriages the longest. He had a sister, Susan Welch, who lived in the neighborhood. There was an estrangement between the families. He rarely mentioned them. Daniel Kingsley's grandfather came from Northampton, Mass.
Anna Maria Brown was born on Dec 4 1827 in Henrietta NY and died in 1877 at Pittsford NY. Anna Maria was born to Francis and Anna (Gillette) Brown. Not much is known beyond these facts although the Gillette family is traced back very far.
(Note: Mendon, Henrietta and Pittsford are all neighboring towns within 10 miles square)
Largely paraphrasing Edna Emily Congdon Peck's portion of Family Record:
Frances Anna Kingsley was born on Feb 27 1849 in Pittsford NY, married Rev. LaFayette Congdon on Sep 20 1871 in Wayne NY and died in 1931 at Batavia NY. Frances and LaFayette had 8 children, 5 of which lived to adulthood.: Fayette Kingsley Congdon, Edna Emily Congdon, Randolph Thatcher Congdon, Edgar Davidson Congdon, and Wray Hollowell Congdon. Frances Anna Kingsley was named for her maternal grandparents, Francis and Anna Brown. She was the eldest of four living children. Frances was a beautiful girl as all her pictures show. When about sixteen she became enrolled at Mrs. Nicholl's school for girls in Rochester. She went to the home of Mrs. Emily T. Randolph to board during school days. There she met the young college student from Springwater who was to become her husband. After finishing Mrs. Nicholl’s school, she taught a district school, which until recently stood near the farm of Uncle George Kingsley, Daniel's younger brother. Aunt Louise Kingsley, the wife of Willis, told me that she was the belle of that section. Added to her natural attractions was the fact that her father was prosperous, owning three farms on the Clover road not far from Rochester, and buildings in Pittsford. She always had beautiful clothes and everything she wanted. She was devoted to her parents She used to make frequent trips home after her mother's death to see her father. I was often taken along and have vague recollections of meeting one of my uncles at the Whitcomb House in Rochester, having dinner there and a long often cold tiresome buggy ride to grandfather's. He then lived in the house later owned by Uncle Will.
Alice May Kingsley was born in 1851 in Pittsford NY and died at two years of age.
Edmund Daniel Kingsley was born in 1852 at Pittsford NY, never married and died at middle age, in 1888 at Pittsford NY. At the time he owned and ran a meat market in Pittsford.
George Elbert Kingsley was born Sep 3 1854 in Pittsford NY, married Mary Emily Spellman on Jan 21 1885 in Pittsford and died on Mar 30 1923 in Pittsford NY. George and Emily had 3 children: Ernest Daniel Kingsley, George William Kingsley, and Frances Kingsley. George Elbert Kingsley was very sick with scarlet fever when a child and became deaf. His health was never robust. His father, Daniel, sent him west to work on a ranch when he was twenty. His health improved somewhat.
Willis B Kingsley was born about 1861 in NY, married Louise M. Spiegel and died in 1923. No issue is known for this line.



Data:

1850 US Federal Census for Carlton, Orleans, New York USA


1860 US Federal Census for Pittsford, Monroe, New York, USA


1870 US Federal Census for Pittsford, Monroe, New York, USA
(note that Daniel Kingsley is the Asst. Marshall taking the census)


Daniel Kingsley's Obituary

Rochester Democrat - Thursday, Sept 16, 1886 p.3


Daniel Kingsley's Funeral

Rochester Democrat - Monday, Sept 20, 1886 p.3


Anna Maria Brown, Young and Old - c. 1833 and 1863

Daniel deeded land for a school in Pittsford.

"District #4 was located on Clover Street about where Hastings Circle cul-de-sac runs off Clover near Lock 32. This land was deeded by Daniel Kingsley and his wife for use specifically as a schoolhouse. Kingsley owned property on each side of Clover Street from about French Road south to the canal.
This building was frame and had a basement that housed the coal furnace. The basement had a door to the outside. There was one front entrance that was used by both boys and girls and opened into a wide hallway that held coats, lunch pails, and boots in the wintertime. A former student reported that the playground had swings and the very best slide in the town.
Classes from 1st grade to sixth were taught in this District, as were most of the others in town. There was an area for a library near the wide hallway and in close proximity to the entrance to the basement. Older students were asked to tend the coal furnace - either by adding fuel or by "shaking" it. A Mr. Dehmler, who lived nearby, was the custodian during the years of late 1930's until the closing of the District.
Of course students walked to school and some came from as far away as Long Meadow, French Road, and all the way to the Brighton line on Clover Street and up to Stone Road. A 4-H program was offered one day a week after school, taught by a volunteer mother of one of the students.

Daniel Kingsley probate
Column One: Name of Testator
Column Two: Place of Residence of Testator
Column Three: County #, Volume #, Page #
KINGSLEY, DANIEL PITTSFORD 37-484

Web-post on Daniel Kingsley
Kingsley, Daniel
Date of Birth: August, 1826 Place of Birth: Mendon Date of Death: 1886 Parents' Names: Seth Kingsley and Polly Converse Spouse: Anna Maria Brown Occupation: Supervisor of Pittsford

Daniel was an important man in Pittsford, holding both great wealth and power. In 1848, he married Anna. She was born in 1828 and died in 1877. She was also from Mendon. In 1860, and again in 1863, Daniel was elected the Supervisor of Pittsford. In 1862, a fire destroyed two of his barns. In 1879, he sold land to a relative by the name of George E. Kingsley. He sold him property in Pittsford for the sum of $3400.

Union and Advertiser, March 7, 1860: 2-4; Union and Advertiser, Feb. 14, 1862:2-4; Union and Advertiser, May 8, 1879: 2-8.

Kingsleys

Ancestery currently has two members listed following our common Kinglsey Ancestors:
Kingsley family of "kingdog53". (discrepency with Daniel's wives, Marie Meade vs. Anna Maria Brown)
Kingsley family of "USAF_Kingsleys".

Here is a blog from a Kinglsey family (probably one of the ancestry members above). The relation being: Daniel Kingsley - George Elbert - Ernest Daniel - Lester Smith.

We also have contact with a Kingsley descendent from George Kingsley, Daniel Kingsley's younger brother.

After Anna Maria Brown's death, Daniel Kingsley married Mary Gaskill (nee Unknown) with two children. We still need to flesh out who Mary was and where she came from.