Zillah Cary

Descendants of Zillah Cary (Benajah,John, Joseph, John) and Jonathan Kingsley of Windham

Unnamed Son Kingsley was born on 20 Aug 1777 in Windham [Ref] He died on 19 Sep 1777 in Windham [Ref]

Professor James Luce Kingsley was born on 28 Aug 1778 in Windham [Ref] He died of dysentery on 31 Aug 1852. [Ref , 5;364] He married Lydia Coit on 23 Sep 1811. [Ref , 5;364] Lydia was the daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (Bill) Coit. [Ref, p. 109] She was born on 25 Aug 1789. [Ref, p. 109] She died on 2 Dec 1861, age 83. [Ref , 5;364]
James was professor of languages at Yale. [Ref, p. 109]
In 1850 James L. Kingsley, age 71, and Lydia Kingsley, age 60, lived in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut. [Ref]

George T. Kingsley drowned in 1842 in Sandusky, Ohio. [Ref, p. 109]
George graduated from Yale in 1832. [Ref, p. 109][Ref, 5;364, no first name]
Henry Coit Kingsley was born on 11 Dec 1815. [Ref, p. 109][Ref][Ref, 1 Dec] He died on 19 Dec 1886 in New Haven. [Ref] He married first Cornelia H. Day on 6 Sep 1841. [Ref, p. 109] He married second Jane A. Thomas on 26 Aug 1846. [Ref, p. 109]
Henry graduated from Yale in 1834. [Ref, p. 109][Ref , 5;364, no first name]
In 1860 Henry, 44, and Jane, 42, lived in New Haven Ward 2. Henry was a lawyer with real estate worth $20,000 and a personal estate of $10,000. [Ref] In 1870 Henry, 52, and Jane T., 50, were living in New Haven Ward 1. Henry was the Treasurer of Yale College. He had real estate worth $40,000 and a personal estate of $30,000. [Ref] In 1880 Henry, 64, and Jane T., 61, were living in New Haven. Henry was a professor at Yale. [Ref]
Henry was 5'6" tall. He had dark brown hair, a dark complexion, blue eyes and a rather large nose. [Ref]
1. Emily Kingsley was born about 1843 in Ohio. [Ref] She died on 18 Jun 1862, age 19, in New Haven. [Ref]
  In 1860 Emily was living with her father and stepmother in New Haven. [Ref]

William Lathrop Kingsley was born on 1 Apr 1824. [Ref, p. 110][Ref] He died on 14 Feb 1896 in New Haven. [Ref] He married Hannah Louise Upham on 5 Oct 1857. [Ref, p. 110]
William graduated from Yale in 1843. [Ref, p. 110][Ref , 5;364] He was the editor of The New Englander. [Ref, p. 110] The New Englander later became the Yale Review.
In 1850 William, 26, was living with his parents in New Haven and was a clergyman. [Ref] In 1860 William, 36, and Louisa, 35, were living in New Haven Ward 6, New Haven, Connecticut and William was an editor. [Ref] In 1870 William, 46, and Louisa, 46, were living in New Haven Ward 6 and William was working as an editor. William had real estate worth $12,000 and a personal estate of $3,000. [Ref] In 1880 William, 56, and Louise, 50, were living in New Haven. William was an editor. [Ref]

Lillie Kingsley was born on 1861 in Connecticut. [Ref]
In 1870 Lillie was nine and living with her parents in New Haven. [Ref] In 1880 Lillie, 19, was living with her parents in New Haven and attending school. [Ref]

Elizabeth Upham Kingsley was born on 21 Oct 1863. [Ref, p. 107] She married Henry Walcott Farnam on 26 Jun 1890. [Ref, p. 107][Ref, in 1890] Henry was the son of Henry and Anne Sophia (Whitman) Farnam. [Ref, p. 106][Ref] He was born on 6 Nov 1853 in New Haven. [Ref, p. 107][Ref] He died on 5 Sep 1933 in Connecticut. [Ref]
Henry graduated from Yale in 1874. [Ref] He received his doctorate in political science at Strassburg in 1878. [Ref] He was appointed to a chair in political economy at Yale in 1880. [Ref] He was appointed one of the editors of the Yale Review in 1892. [Ref] He was appointed president of the Civil Service board of New Haven in 1898. [Ref]
It is strange that Elizabeth does not appear in the 1870 and 1880 censuses with her parents.

Louise Whitman Farnam was born on 11 Sep 1891 in New Haven. [Ref, p. 107] She married Hugh Brian Nelson on 17 Oct 1931 in Yokohama, Japan. [Ref, p. 107]
Katherine Kingsley Farnam was born on 17 May 1893 in New Haven. [Ref, p. 107] She married Samuel Clark Harvey on 29 Jun 1923. [Ref, p. 107] Samuel was born on 12 Feb 1886 in Washington, Connecticut. [Ref] He died on 22 Aug 1953 in New Haven. [Ref]
Samuel graduated from Yale in 1907. [Ref] He graduated from Yale Medical School in 1911. [Ref] He studied surgery at Peter Bent Brigham College. [Ref] He served as a surgeon in France with the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I. [Ref] He was appointed a full professor in the Yale Medical School in 1924. [Ref] He became chairman of the department of surgery in 1947. [Ref] He was appointed a member of the Board of Governors of the American College of Surgeons in 1936. [Ref] He was president of the Connecticut Medical Society for a year. [Ref]

Henry Walcott Farnam was born on 12 May 1894 [Ref] in New Haven. [Ref, p. 107] He died on 17 Jan 1970 [Ref, no day] in New Haven. [Ref] He married Susanne Silvercruys on 18 May 1922 in Brussels, Belgium. [Ref, p. 107] Susanne was the daughter of Baron Robert Silvercruys, the President of the Supreme Court of Belgium and the sister of Baron Robert Silvercruys, Belgian ambassador to the United States. [Ref] She was born on 29 May 1898 in the province of Limburgh, Belgium. [Ref] Henry and Suzanne apparently divorced. She married second Lt. Col. Edward Ford Stevenson. [Ref]

Henry arrived in New York from Liverpool on the Cedric on 5 Sep 1914. [Ref] On 26 Nov 1924 Henry was a sales manager. He planned to sale on the Minnetonka on 29 Nov 1924 to visit Belgium France and England. [Ref] Henry arrived in New York from Antwerp, Belgium on the Belgenland on 29 Jul 1929. [Ref] Henry and Susanne arrived in New York from Havana on the Guatamala on 30 Mar 1929. [Ref] In 1930 Henry, 35, and Susanne, 31, were living in New Haven and Henry was the president of a printing company. [Ref] In 1942 Henry was the president of Quinnipiack Press. [Ref]
Henry was 5' 10" tall with a fair complexion, blue eyes and brown hair. [Ref]

Suzanne was a noted sculptor, writer and speaker. [Ref] Read an article about her.

Photo: Henry Walcott Farnam

Mary Kingsley was born about 1866 in Connecticut. [Ref]
In 1879 Mary was four and living with her parents in New Haven. [Ref] In 1880 May, 15, was living with her parents in New Haven and attending school. [Ref]

Elizabeth Coit Kingsley was born on 27 Aug 1830 [Ref, p. 110 in 1830] in New Haven. [Ref, 2;107] She married Henry Taylor Blake. [Ref, p. 110][Ref , 5;364][Ref, 2;107] Henry was the son of Eli Whitney and Eliza Maria (O'Brien) Blake. [Ref, 2;87] He was born on 12 Apr 1828 in Whitneyville, Connecticut. [Ref, 2;107][Ref, 17 Apr] He died on 6 Apr 1922 in New Haven. [Ref][Ref, in Connecticut] He was buried in New Haven. [Ref] Henry was a grand nephew of Eli Whitney, the inventor of the cotton gin. [Ref]
Henry graduated from Yale in 1848. [Ref , 5;364]
In 1850 Elizabeth C., 19, was living with her parents in New Haven. [Ref] In 1912 Elizabeth and Henry were living in New Haven. [Ref, 2;107] In 1860 Henry, 31, and Elizabeth C., 30, were living with Elizabeth's mother Lydia Kingsley, 70, in New Haven Ward 6 and Henry was a lawyer. [Ref] In 1870 Henry T., 42, and Elizabeth, 29, were living in New Haven Ward 6. Henry was a lawyer with real estate worth $20,000 and a personal estate of $10,000. [Ref] In 1880 Henry T., 52, and Elizabeth, 49, were living in New Haven and Henry was a lawyer. [Ref] In 1900 Henry T., 72, and Elizabeth C., 69, were living in New Haven and Henry was a lawyer. [Ref] In 1920 Henry, 92, was living with his daughter-in-law Mrs. J. K. Blake in New Haven. [Ref]
1. Jane Kingsley Blake was born on 15 Oct 1861 in New Haven. [Ref, 2;107] She died on 1 Aug 1862 in New Haven. [Ref, 2;107]
2. Edward Blake was born on 3 Nov 1862 in New Haven. [Ref, 2;107] He died on 10 Oct 1893 in New Haven. [Ref, 2;107] He was unmarried. [Ref, 2;107]
  In 1870 Edward was seven and living with his parents in New Haven. [Ref] In 1880 Edward, 17, was living with his parents in New Haven. [Ref]
3. Henry William Blake was born on 7 Dec 1865 in New Haven. [Ref, 2;112][Ref] He died on 20 May 1929 in Englewood, New Jersey. [Ref] He married Ida Jewett on 1 Jun 1891 in Brighton, Staton Island, New York. [Ref, 2;112] Ida was the daughter of Charles Henry and Mary Adelaide (Hull) Jewett. [Ref, 2;112] She was born on 4 Feb 1864 in Brooklyn, New York. [Ref, 2;112]
  In 1870 Henry W. was four and living with his parents in New Haven. [Ref] In 1880 Henry W., 14, was living with his parents in New Haven. [Ref] In 1900 Henry W., 34, and Ida, 36, were living in Englewood Ward 1, Bergen, New Jersey. [Ref] In 1912 Henry and Ida were living in Englewood and Henry was an editor. [Ref, 2;112] In 1910 Henry W., 44, and Ida J., 46, were living in Englewood and Henry was an electrical engineer. [Ref] On 17 Jun 1927 Henry and Ida arrived in New York from Southampton on the Aquitania. [Ref]
  1. Dr. Henry Kingsley Blake, MD was born on 10 Dec 1894 in Englewood, New Jersey. [Ref, 2;113][Ref, in New Haven] He married Elizabeth Palmer Jessup. [Ref] She was born on 28 Jul 1894 in Zahleh, Syria. [Ref]
    In 1900 Henry was five and living with his parents in Englewood. [Ref] In 1910 Henry K., 15, was living with his parents in Englewood. [Ref] On 1 Mar 1965 Henry and Elizabeth were living in Scarsdale, New York. [Ref]
    1. Dr. Henry William Blake, MD was born on 15 Feb 1923 in New Haven. [Ref][Ref] He died on 23 Jun 1991 in New Mexico. [Ref]
  2. James Pierrepont Blake was born on 10 Sep 1896 in Englewood, New Jersey. [Ref, 2;113] He died on 1 Apr 1912 in New York City. [Ref, 2;113]
    In 1900 Pierrepont J. was three and living with his parents in Englewood. [Ref] In 1910 James Pierrepont, 13, was living with his parents in Englewood. [Ref]
  3. Adelaide Blake was born on 7 Apr 1907 in Englewood, New Jersey. [Ref, 2;113] Adelaide Weersma died on 1 Jan 2000 [Ref] in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. [Ref] She married Karel Rinse Weersma. [Ref] Karel was born on 12 Aug 1894 in Kralingen, South Holland, Netherlands. [Ref] He died on 18 Nov 1974, age 80 years and three months, in Geneva, Switzerland. [Ref]
    In 1942 Karel and Adelaide lived in Bergen, New Jersey. [Ref] Karel R., 55, and Adelaide, 43, arrived in New York from Rotterdam on the Westerdam on 22 May 1950. [Ref] Karel and Adelaide arrived in New York from Rotterdam on the Noordam on 1 Jul 1952. [Ref] On 18 Nov 1974 Adelaide lived in Geneva. [Ref] Adelaide's last residence was Jefferson, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America.
    In 1910 Adelaide was three and living with her parents in Englewood. [Ref] 12 Aug 1894
4. James Kingsley Blake was born on 17 Sep 1870 in New Haven. [Ref, 2;113] He died on 28 Aug 1911 in New Haven. [Ref, 2;113] He married Helen Putnam on 6 Nov 1897 in Concord, Massachusetts. [Ref, 2;113] Helen was the daughter of Rev. Alfred Porter and Eliza King (Butterick) Putnam. [Ref, 2;113] She was born on 18 Jan 1872 in Brooklyn, New York. [Ref, 2;113]
  In 1880 James was nine and living with his parents in New Haven. [Ref] In 1912 Helen was living in New Haven. [Ref, 2;113] In 1920 Mrs. J. K. Blake was living in New Haven. [Ref]
  1. Eunice Putnam Blake was born on 19 Apr 1904 in New Haven. [Ref, 2;113] She died on 16 Feb 1997. [Ref] Eunice married Paul Bohanon on 16 Sep 1939 in New London, Merrimack, New Hampshire. [Ref] Paul was the son of Eastman Clayton and Helen White (Alton) Bohanon. [Ref] He was born on 2 Mar 1901. [Ref, about 1901][Ref] He died in May 1970. [Ref]
    In 1920 Eunice, 15, was living with her mother in New Haven. [Ref] Paul's last residence was Rosemead, Los Angeles, California. [Ref] Eunice's last residence was New York, New York. [Ref]
  2. Elizabeth Kingsley Blake was born on 9 Jun 1906 in New Haven. [Ref, 2;113]
    In 1920 Elizabeth, 13, was living with her mother in New Haven. [Ref]

Molly Whiting Kingsley was born on 12 Mar 1781 in Windham [Ref]
Patty Kingsley was born on 20 Jan 1784 in Windham [Ref] She died on 19 Jul 1788 in Windham [Ref]
Jonathan Kingsley was born on 22 Jul 1786 in Windham [Ref] Jonathan Kingsley, Jr. married Eleanor Howard on 12 Dec 1811 in Windham [Ref]
1. Eleanor Maria Kingsley was born on 28 Jan 1813 in Windham [Ref]
2. Harriet Kingsley was born on 3 Mar 1814 in Windham [Ref]
3. William Howard Kingsley was born on 21 Sep 1822 in Windham [Ref]
4. Lewis Kingsley was born on 21 Jun 1829 in Windham [Ref]