Life History

Notes

• Benjamin Kinsman, the original grantee of this name, received Lot 9 in the Fifteenth Division.  His son Nathaniel, a shoemaker, in 1777 bought Lot 6, the share and a half draught of Ebenezer Bill, owned briefly by Dr. Samuel Willoughby.  For many years this was known as the Rupert Ells farm, more recently occupied by F.M. (Ted) MacDonald.  Another son, Ebenezer, acquired Lot 5, originally draughted in two parts by James Johnstone and Elisha Parker, and also Lot 4, the grant of William Canady.  This property, still in the direct Kinsman line, is owned by William A Kinsman, father of Kathleen and Donald.  In repairing a part of the dwelling a few years ago the date 1778 was uncovered and although no record of purchase was found in the Registry of Deeds, this is probably fairly close to the date.  Ebenezer Kinsman acquired smaller parts of Lots 7 and 8 south of the road to Steam Mill Village, granted to Samuel Bruster and John Porter respectively.
  
  Source: http://www.nseaton.org/Eaton/Library/Sheffield_Farm/Upper_Canard.html

Sources

• 1. Kinsman Family Volume I
  • Alfred Mudge & Co, Boston, 1876
• 2. Parish register
• 3. Census 1850 Thetford, Orange Co., Vermont 52