Lieut. Lieut. Benjamin KILBORN

1728 - 1810  (81 years)

• Name	Lieut. Benjamin KILBORN
  Prefix	Lieut.
  Birth	4 Apr 1728	Litchfield, Litchfield, CT   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Note	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.'
  Note	Dec 1775  [3]
  	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!"
  Residence	Kitley Township, Leeds, Ontario, CANADA   [1]
  Death	1810	Elizabethtown, Leeds, Ontario, CANADA   [1, 2, 3]
  Person ID	I8674	MM
  Last Modified	27 Nov 2015

  
  

  Father	Captain Captain Joseph KILBORN,   b. 9 Jul 1700, Wethersfield, Hartford, CT d. 14 Sep 1756, Litchfield, Litchfield, CT (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Abigail STOCKWELL,   b. 3 Dec 1701, Suffield, Hartford, CT d. 20 May 1748, Litchfield, Litchfield, CT (Age 46 years)
  Family ID	F2350	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Hannah STODDARD,   b. Abt 1732   d. 3 Oct 1756, Litchfield, Litchfield, CT (Age 24 years)
  Marriage	5 Dec 1751	Litchfield, Litchfield, CT   [2, 3]
  Children	1. Ruth KILBORN,   b. 17 Oct 1752, Litchfield, Litchfield, CT d. 30 Apr 1814 (Age 61 years)   2. Capt. Capt. Lewis KILBORN,   b. 22 May 1755, Litchfield, Litchfield, CT d. 1805 (Age 49 years)
  Family ID	F2386	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Jul 2023

  
  

  Family 2	Lucy BISHOP,   b. Abt 1736, Litchfield, Litchfield, CT
  Marriage	20 Mar 1757	Litchfield, Litchfield, CT   [1, 2, 3]
  Children	1. Lt. Colonel Lt. Colonel Charles KILBORN,   b. 3 Mar 1758, Litchfield, Litchfield, CT d. 19 Jun 1834, Stanstead, Memphrémagog, Estrie, Quebec, CANADA (Age 76 years)   2. Nancy KILBORN,   b. 13 Dec 1760, Litchfield, Litchfield, CT   3. Hannah KILBORN,   b. Feb 1762, Litchfield, Litchfield, CT   4. Benjamin KILBORN,   b. 17 Jan 1765   d. 1796 (Age 30 years)   5. David KILBORN,   b. 21 Feb 1767, Litchfield, Litchfield, CT d. 1847, Scriba, Oswego, NY (Age 79 years)   6. Samuel KILBORN,   b. 21 Feb 1769, Litchfield, Litchfield, CT d. 1849, Kitley Township, Leeds, Ontario, CANADA (Age 79 years)   7. Joseph KILBORN,   b. 15 Feb 1771, Litchfield, Litchfield, CT d. 15 Nov 1814 (Age 43 years)   8. Lucy KILBORN,   b. 17 Mar 1773, Litchfield, Litchfield, CT d. 15 Mar 1857 (Age 83 years)   9. William KILBORN,   b. 6 May 1778, Litchfield, Litchfield, CT d. 1847, Chili, Monroe, NY (Age 68 years)   10. Polly KILBORN,   b. 6 May 1778, Litchfield, Litchfield, CT
  Family ID	F2357	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Jul 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 4 Apr 1728 - Litchfield, Litchfield, CT Marriage - 5 Dec 1751 - Litchfield, Litchfield, CT Marriage - 20 Mar 1757 - Litchfield, Litchfield, CT Residence - - Kitley Township, Leeds, Ontario, CANADA Death - 1810 - Elizabethtown, Leeds, Ontario, CANADA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S193] Carr, Fraser, Fraser Carr Correspondence, 193. [S195] Douglas Chaffey Gedcom, 195. [S125] Kilbourne, Payne Kenyon, Kilbourn History, (Durrie & Peck, New Haven, 1856), 125.