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• Note: 12 Dec 1721, Litchfield, Litchfield, CT
• Will: 1737

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The settlement of Litchfield was commenced by Captain Jacob Griswold, from Windsor, Ezekiel Buck, from Wethersfield and John Peck, from Hartford, all of whom removed their families into the township during the summer of 1720....The first meeting of the Inhabitants for the choice of Town Officers was held Dec. 12, 1721. The only person "admitted an inhabitant" at this meeting, was Mr. Joseph Kilbourn, from Wethersfield, who had recently purchased one-thirtieth part of the township.

Joseph married Dorothy BUTLER on 4 Jun 1696 in Wethersfield, Hartford, CT. Dorothy (daughter of Deacon Deacon Samuel BUTLER) was born in 1676 in Wethersfield, Hartford, CT; died on 19 Aug 1709 in Litchfield, Litchfield, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Hester GIBBS on 29 Jun 1710 in Wethersfield, Hartford, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Dorothy married Joseph BIRGE on 6 Nov 1721 in Litchfield, Litchfield, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Captain married Abigail STOCKWELL on 12 Nov 1723 in Litchfield, Litchfield, CT. Abigail was born on 3 Dec 1701 in Suffield, Hartford, CT; died on 20 May 1748 in Litchfield, Litchfield, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Captain married Anna UNKNOWN after May 1748. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jonathan married Sarah DICKINSON in 1737 in Litchfield, Litchfield, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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James married Sarah BISSELL on 12 Sep 1733 in Litchfield, Litchfield, CT. Sarah was born on 3 Feb 1713 in CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: Kitley Township, Leeds, Ontario, CANADA
• Note: Dec 1775

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Brockville was called 'Elizabethtown' when this ancestor lived there From Payne Kilbourne's history of the Kilbourn family: 'He was esteemed as a man of integrity and sound judgment, and was much employed in settling the estates of deceased persons. In May, 1769, he was commissioned by Gov. Pitkin , as Lieutenant of the first military company in Litchfield. On the breaking out of the Revolution, he, (in common with many prominent and influential men in his native town) steadfastly adhered to the cause of the king. He is spoken of by those who remember him, as a man of uncommon energy of character, and was accustomed to speak with great freedom and often with severity relative to what he considered the 'rebellion;' yet none were more liberal or humane to those who were suffering in the cause of their country. (Kilbourne relates that Benjamin was cashiered by the Conn. legislaturefor speaking against the revolution, and that it ordered the Attorney for the county to prosecute him) 'He continued to reside in Litchfield until some years after the close ofthe war, when he removed with most of his family to Elizabethtown, hear Brockville, Upper Canada - being determined, as he said, to 'lay his bones on King George's soil.'

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On the breaking out of the Revolution, he (in common with many prominent and influential men in his native town,) steadfastly adhered to the cause of the king. He is spoken ofby those who remember him, as a man of uncommon energy of character, and was accustomed to speak with great freedom and often with severity relative to what he considered the "rebellion;" yet none were more liberal or humane to those who were suffering in the cause of their country. The following paragraph from the hon. R.R. Hinman's "War of the Revolution," shows the nature of the charges preferred against him, and at the same time exhibits the novel cas of a "King's Attorney" informing against and prosecuting a subject for adhering to the king's cause.
"Hon. Andrew Adams, attorney of the king for Litchfield County, informed that Benjamin Kilbourn, who was Lieutenant in the 1st Military Company in Litchfield, had at sundry times declared that he wished there were ten hundred thousand regular troops then landed in the Colony, and that he would join then to subdue the Americans who were in a state of rebellion; that the commanding officer who fired upon the town of Falmouth, treated the inhabitants too mildly and gently, much more so than he would have done if he had had the command; that he would join the regulars, and would kill some of the inhabitants, etc. etc. The Legislature cashiered the said Benjamin for his offences, and an order was given to fill the vacancy in said company. And said Attorney was ordered by said Assembly to prosecute the said Benjamin for his offences." (Proceedings of General Assembly, Special Session, Dec., 1775.
He continued to reside in Litchfield until some years after the close of the war, when he removed with most of his family to Elizabethtown, near Brockville, Upper Canada - being determined, as he said, to "lay his bones on King George's soil." As he was making preparations to remove, a neighbor expressed surprise that, at his age, and after the cause of differences between him and some of his fellow townsmen had been removed, he should resolve upon emigrating to so distant a section of the country; to which he responded with characteristic zeal and earnestness - "Blood! Col. B., I want to breathe some of King George's air before I die!"

Lieut. married Hannah STODDARD on 5 Dec 1751 in Litchfield, Litchfield, CT. Hannah was born about 1732; died on 3 Oct 1756 in Litchfield, Litchfield, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lieut. married Lucy BISHOP on 20 Mar 1757 in Litchfield, Litchfield, CT. Lucy was born about 1736 in Litchfield, Litchfield, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Thomas GOODWIN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ruth married Nathaniel CULVER on 23 Nov 1752. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Solomon married Anna PALMER on 8 Apr 1756 in Litchfield, Litchfield, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
The cause of death for Charles is listed as, "Run over by a cart."

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Family/Spouse: George MARSH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Zechariah WHITMAN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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35. Israel STONE  

36. Lewis STONE  

37. Appollos STONE  

38. Julius STONE  

Capt. married Anne PARMALEE on 30 Jun 1782 in Litchfield, Litchfield, CT. Anne (daughter of Lieut. Lieut. Amos PARMALEE) was born about 1759; died on 10 Aug 1839. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"In the early part of the war of the Revolution he was drafted into the service of the Americans - much against his own predilections. He, however, served through one campaign, and was engaged in several skirmishes with the British. In common with his father and most of his brothers, he was from the first a zealous and sincere loyalist in principle. When, therefore, he learned that he must run his chance of being drafted a second time, he resolved by some means to place himself beyond the reach of such a contingency. It so happened that about this time a loyal neighbor of his, Daniel Griswold, who had been a soldier in the British army, returned to his native town, bearing a Captains commission, and forthwith commenced the work of his mission, viz., enlisting soldiers into the king's service. Charles Kilborn was among the first to enroll his name, April 26, 1777. Dr. Reuben Smith, in a letter to Gov. Wolcott, dated at Litchfield, may 12, 1777, (in alluding to Griswold and his soldiers,) says: "The Wednesday following, April 30, they were taken, (except Benjamin Doolittle and Charles Kilborn, who is is said were killed in attempting to escape,) and were carried to Derby, where they were tried by a court marial, and Griswold was sentenced to be hanged; which sentence was executed the Monday following at New Haven. The rest were pardoned, upon their enlisting into the Continental army during the war." The supposition that Kilborn was killed, was a mistake. He was successful in his "attempt to escape." and, after a series of vicissitudes and adventures, he succeeded in finding his way to Canada, on foot - much of his route lying through uninhabited country. He stopped at
St. John's, then a considerable military post, where he en-
gaged himself as a clerk to an eminent merchant, named
White — he being then in the nineteenth year of his age. He
soon after became a partner with Mr. White ; and, though
extensively engaged in merchandizing, he was soon also an
active participant in the military movements consequent upon
the war. Before peace was concluded, he had attained the
rank of Captain in the British service. In Feb. 17S4, he
was married to Miss Margaret Young, a member of a loyal
family who had emigrated to Canada from the State of New
York. He subsequently removed to Caldwell's Manor, on
Lake Champlain, where for nearly seventeen years he was
extensively engaged as an agriculturist and merchant. Dur-
ing his residence here, he was for a long time the highest
civil and military officer in the place. Removing thence,
he resided for two years in Alburg. In 1804, he settled in
Stanstead, on an island formed by a considerable river, about
six miles west of Lake Memphremagog.

Lt. married Margaret YOUNG in Feb 1784. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Bradley CATLIN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John BISSELL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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From Payne Kilbourne's History of the Kilbourne name: 'David -- married Hannah White, daughter of Joseph White, a loyalist of New Hampshire, and settled on the Canadian side of the St. Lawrence, a few miles below Brockville. ------ Though residing in the king's dominions, he was a republican at heart, and in the war of 1812, he engaged in the secret service of the United States, under the direction of Gen. Wilkinson, in consequence of which his entire estate in Canada was confiscated to the British government. He soon after removed to Scriba, near Oswego, NY, where he continued to reside until his death in1847. His services were acknowledged by the American Congress, and appropriations were made by that body to reward him for his services, and compensate him in part for his losses.

Family/Spouse: Hannah WHITE. Hannah (daughter of Joseph WHITE and Sarah NOYES) was born in 1772 in NH; died in Brockville, Ontario, CANADA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Wesley Methodist
• Census: 1805, Bastard Township, Leeds, Ontario, CANADA
• Death: 27 Apr 1850

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Census:
The 1805 census at Bastard Township, Leeds, Ontario records the following Kilborn family: Samuel, 36, Abigail, 33, James, 15, Benjamin, 12, Hannah, 10, Truman, 9, Lucy, 7, Asel, 4.
The 1804 and 1806 census list a like number of family members as does the 1817 census.

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Asahel GRISWOLD and Hannah LEE) was born on 27 Dec 1771 in Milton, Litchfield, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children: 57. James KILBORN   was born in 1789 in Kitley Township, Leeds, Ontario, CANADA; died in 1872. 58. Benjamin KILBORN   was born in 1792 in Kitley Township, Leeds, Ontario, CANADA; died in Sep 1855 in Kitley Township, Leeds, Ontario, CANADA. 59. Hannah KILBORN   was born about 1795. 60. Truman KILBORN   was born about 1796. 61. Lucy KILBORN   was born about 1798. 62. Asahel G KILBORN   was born about 1801 in Bastard Township, Leeds, Ontario, CANADA. 63. Charles KILBORN   was born about 1816.

Joseph married Phoebe ADAMS on 17 Feb 1805. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Lucy married John WHITE about 1791 in Upper Canada, Ontario, CANADA. John (son of Joseph WHITE and Sarah NOYES) was born about 1770 in Haverhill, Essex, MA; died about 1817 in Augusta Township, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, CANADA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Catherine POWELL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Reuben SHERWOOD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]