There have been several migrations of Kingsman (Kinsman) (Kingman) individuals to the USA, some as far back as the 1630s, others much more recent. This section tries to list all the major groups as they become known. Whether all, or any, of these groups link into a common family unit has not yet been proved. There is a DNA project in progress which may help to show this. The results of this project so far show three distinct family lines.
One of these lines, that of Asa Kinsman of New York, shows a direct connection to the line of Robert Kingsman of Overton Wiltshire. Unfortunately Asa's has not yet been traced back further than the early 1800s.
The descendant tree of Robert "the emigrant" who settled in Ipswich, MA in the 1630s has been reported from work done originally in the 1870s. This tree is reproduced here with additions from Diane Kinsman of Nova Scotia, Canada, who is of that line. The ancestral part of this Robert's tree is not as reported in the Victorian research. His trail leads back to Highworth in Wiltshire, not Overton and not to John Kingman of South Newton.
More participants for both the DNA study and to contribute their individual trees are needed. Please contact me if you'd like to join in.
A lot of the work on putting the separate trees together as shown here has been done by others. All comments and contributions are welcome.
These pages link to records of 1,045 individuals in the American branches of the families.
Key Individuals:
| Robert KINSMAN | b1589, Highworth, Wiltshire. Married (?) Mary Sadler, emigrated from Southampton in 1634. | Ipswich, MA |
| Diane KINSMAN | Direct descendant of Robert the emigrant, contributor to this tree. | |
| Asa KINSMAN | born about 1820 in New York, USA. Possibly descended from Robert Kinsman above, definitely related to the Kingsman family of Overton, Wiltshire as proved by DNA tracing. This is the family tree of Barry and Mary Jo Neyer, contributed by Mary Jo. | St Lawrence, NY |
| Richard KINSMAN | b1802 in Gwennap, Cornwall. Emigrated about 1839. | Wisconsin |
| Thomas KINSMAN | b1808 in Gwennap, Cornwall. Emigrated in 1842. | Wisconsin |
| Joseph KINSMAN | b1810 in Gwennap, Cornwall. Emigrated about 1842. | Wisconsin |
| Joel KINSMAN | b1826 in St Agnes, Cornwall. Emigrated about 1855. | Nevada |
| Simeon KINSMAN | b1828 in St Day, Cornwall. Emigrated to the USA about 1845. | Sheffield, IL |
| John KINSMAN | b1828 in Trevevan, Cornwall. Emigrated about 1871. | California |
| James KINSMAN | b1830 in Gwennap, Cornwall. Emigrated about 1888. | Colorado |
| William Henry KINSMAN | b1839 in Week St Mary, Cornwall. Emigrated about 1870. | Marquette Co., MI |
| Miaman KINSMAN | b1846 in Gwennap, Cornwall. Emigrated in 1866. | Nevada |
| Alfred KINSMAN | b1846 in Gwennap, Cornwall. Emigrated about 1875 | Nevada |
| Arthur KINSMAN | b1874 in Kilkhampton, Cornwall. Emigrated about 1900. | Sharon, CT |
| Henry KINGMAN | b~1595, Frome, Somerset. Married Joanna (?) Drake, emigrated from Weymouth in 1636. | Weymouth, MA |
| John KINGSMAN | b~1660, (?) Marlborough, Wiltshire. Married Hannah Simcock. | Chichester, PA |
| George KINGSMAN | b1836, Newington, London Married Eliza Pogson, emigrated ~1868. | New York, NY |
Updated on 3 October 2009.
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