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The history of my Kilbourn family in New England starts with Thomas and his wife Frances Moody. Thomas' father was John Kilbourn who was born in 1548 and died about 1591.
Thomas was christened, May 8, 1578, in Wood Ditton, Cambridge, England, was married to Frances, Sept. 5, 1604 in Houlton, Suffolk, England. They came with some their children in the Increase in 1635 he is listed as being age 55 and Frances age 50 at the time. It is believed that at one or two of their children came earlier to prepare for their coming. It is believed that Thomas moved to Wethersfield when nearly 60 years old. Thomas died before Dec. 25, 1640. He was supposed to have been a Church Warden at St. Mary's Church in Wood-Ditton, Eng. in 1632 and the family baptism records are said to be there still.
Frances was the daughter of George Moody and Margaret Chenery. She was christened in Wood Ditton, Oct. 11, 1584, and died in Wethersfield Nov. 1650, her will is dated the 13th of that month and proved June 25, 1651. Inventory was worth 349-08-04 pounds and divided out to daug. Margt. Law and grandchild, Jonathan Law; to daug. Lydia Howard; daug. Mary Root; daug. Frances Ufford; to grand child Elizabeth Jennsion; and to son John who was appointed sole executor of the will.
Children of Thomas and Frances are:
1. Margaret; bpt. Sept. 23, 1607, aged 23 upon arrival to NE. m. Richard Law who was the grand father of Gov. Law.
2. Lydia; aged 22 upon arrival to NE., m. Robert Hayward (Howard) of Windsor Conn.
3. Elizabeth; bp. May 12, 1614 - stayed in England
4. Mary; aged 16 upon arrival to NE. m. John Root
5. Frances; bp. Sept. 4, 1621, aged 12 upon arrival to NE. m. Thomas Ufford
6. John (Sgt); bp. Sept. 29, 1624, aged 12 upon arrival to NE. m. 1st. Naomi who d. Oct. 1 1659. m. 2nd Sarah Bronson, daug. of John of Fairfield.
7. Thomas; the eldest bp. Nov. 30, 1609 he came to NE with his wife Elizabeth from Ipswich England in the Elizabeth in 1634 is believe by Savage that since there are no other records of him that he came to prepare the way for his parents and siblings and that he and his wife returned to England.
Also noted is a George who came with his bro. Thomas and is reg. in 1638 and 1640 as a member of the Roxbury church in Mass. was a freeman and res. in Rowley Mass.
My line descends from their daughter, Mary Kilbourn, christened May 12, 1619 in Wood Ditton, who married to John Root.
What Cuttler has to say about the Kilbourns on in his New England Families Genealogical and Memorial Vol III, page 1232:
This name has been variously spelled Kilborn, Kilbon, Kilburn, Kilbourn and Kilbourne- Thomas Kilburn, the immigrant ancestor, was born in the parish of Wood Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England, where he was baptized May 8, 1578. He was a member of the Church of England, and warden of his parish church in 1632. He and his wife came to this country in 1635 with their younger children, embarking at London, April 15, with Margaret, Lydia, Marie and Frances.
They settled in Wethersfield, Connecticut, where he died before 1639. His wife died in 1650, but the records show that her estate was appraised at three hundred and forty-nine pounds, eight shillings, four pence. The family has a coat-of-arms in England. He married Frances______.
Children, of Frances and Thomas Kilbourn, eight born in Wood Ditton. England; some of whom came to this country before their parents:
Margaret, born 1607, baptized, September 23, 1607
Thomas, baptized November 30, 1609
George, baptized February 12, 1612
Elizabeth, baptized May 12, 1614
Lydia, baptized July 14, 1616
Mary, born 1619
Frances, baptized September 4, 1621
John, was baptized September 29, 1624
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