Person:John Kilbourn (1)

Sgt. John Kilbourne
m. 5 Sep 1604
  1. Anne Kilbourne1606 -
  2. Margaret Kilbourne1607 -
  3. Thomas Kilbourne1609 -
  4. George Kilbourne1611/12 -
  5. Elizabeth Kilbourne1614 - 1645/46
  6. Lydia Kilbourne1616 -
  7. Mary KilbourneAbt 1619 - 1697
  8. Frances Kilbourne1621 - Bef 1683/84
  9. Sgt. John Kilbourne1624 - 1703
m. Abt 1650
  1. John Kilbourn1651/52 - 1711
  2. Sergeant Thomas KilbournAbt 1653 - 1712
  3. Naomi KilbornAbt 1657 - 1735
m. Abt 1662
  1. Sarah KilbourneAbt 1663 -
  2. Ebenezer KilbournAbt 1665 - 1711
  3. George KilbourneAbt 1668 - 1740/41
  4. Mary KilbourneAbt 1670 -
  5. Joseph KilbourneAbt 1672 - Abt 1744
  6. Abraham KilbourneAbt 1675 - 1712/13
Facts and Events
Name[1] Sgt. John Kilbourne
Gender Male
Christening[4] 29 Sep 1624 Woodditton, Cambridgeshire, England
Marriage Abt 1650 Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USAto Naomi Unknown
Marriage Abt 1662 to Sarah Brownson
Death[2] 9 Apr 1703 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut

Came to America with his parents at age of 10 on ship "Increase" (leaving England on April 15, 1635). He lived in Wetherfield CT and was a useful and prominent citizen. On Sept. 24th, 1627, he was appointed collector of taxes. He appears as a landholder May 20th, 1649, and March 8th, 1654 was on a committee to run the boundry line between Wethersfield and Middletown. In May 1657, he was appointed Sargent, which title he continued to hold from then on. Served in general court for seven sessions. In 1662 he was appointed a member of the grand jury, through May 1st, 1666.[1]

Representative in 1660, 1661, and 1662[3]

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Kilbourne, Payne Kenyon. The History and Antiquities of the Name and Family of Kilbourn. (New Haven: Durrie & Peck, 1856)
    pages 44-51.
  2. Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    Wethersfield Vital Records:174 (typescript).

    'Kilbourn, ... John,Sergt.,d.Apr.9,1703,AE about 80'

  3. Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    3:19.

    'John [Kilbourn or Kilborne], Wethersfield 1647, s. of Thomas, b. in Eng. came in the Increase with his f. 1635, ... He was rep. 1660, 1, and 2; ...'

  4. Kilbourne, Payne Kenyon. The History and Antiquities of the Name and Family of Kilbourn. (New Haven: Durrie & Peck, 1856)
    page *49.

    From a parish register (presumably for Wood Ditton) found at Bury St. Edmunds:
    'BAPTISMS. ...
    1624, Sept. 29, John, son of Thomas Kilborne.'