694 Captain Ebenezer4 Kingsbury (Joseph3, Joseph2, Henry1), of Coventry, Conn.; married, November 28, 1743, Priscilla, daughter of his uncle, Nathaniel Kingsbury. (She is said to have read the Bible through before marrying, to see if there was anything to forbid marrying a cousin.) He was admitted to the Church in Bolton, November 24, 1739. He was a Deacon in the church, and a much valued citizen; representative to the General Assembly [numerous times between] 1754 [and 17]80; Lieutenant of the Ninth Company or Trainband in the Fifth Regiment of the Colony, May 1753; Captain, October, 1756. He was chosen a member of the Committee of Correspondence in Coventry, September 15, 1774....
Deacon Ebenezer Kingsbury died in Coventry, September 6, 1800, in the 84th year of his age. Priscilla, his wife, died January 31, 1805, aged 82.