Last name: Kitchen
Recorded in the spelling forms of Kitchen, Kitchin, Kitching, Kitchingman, Hichens, Hitchens, Kitchenman, Kitchener, etc, this is a medieval job descriptive English surname. It is occupational and describes a person who worked in a special ‘kitchen’, one belonging to a monastery or perhaps a noble house. The name implies a definite status equivalent to kitchen manager, or similar. The word derives from the Olde English pre 7th Century “cycene”, itself a descendant of the Roman (Latin) “cucina”, word introduced to Britain in the 1st century a.d. In medieval times, from the 12th century, the spelling developed to “kychene”, not far from the modern surname. Early recordings of the surname taken from the ancient charters of the Middle Ages, include Nicholas atte Kechene in the 1327 assize rolls of Somerset, and Adam de Kitener and Willelmus Kychynman in the 1379 Poll Tax rolls of Yorkshire. This latter surname was particularly prominent at the village of ‘Colyngham’ (now Collingham Bridge), near Wetherby. Later examples of the surname taken from the church registers introduced after the year 1535, include Ester Kitchingman, who married Willoughby West, at Canterbury, Kent, in 1661, and Lancelott Kitching, who married Sarah Loseby at St. James church, Duke’s Place, London, on November 3rd 1681. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Henry atte Kychene, which was dated 1311, in the “Parliamentary Writs of the county of Suffolk”, during the reign of Edward 11, known as “Edward of Caernafon”, 1307 – 1327. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to “develop” often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.
Arthur Alfred Kitching – Titanic Victim
Robert Hichens – Titanic Piloting the ship when it struck the iceberg.
REGINALD JAMES KITCHENER – Lost in the Sinking of Hood, 24th May 1941
Robert Kitchin who commanded the "Mayflower" in 1679. This was not the original Mayflower of the pilgrim voyage, but another vessel in use during the 1600's.
Seems we were caught stealing deer off of Edward the 2nds personal forest.
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Edward II of England
William Kitchen
Born about 1662 in England
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of Patience (Hope) Kitchen — married [date unknown] in VA, USA
Father of James Kitchen, Thomas Kitchen and Henry Kitchen
Died [date unknown]
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Patience Kitchen formerly Hope
Born about 1667 in England
Daughter of George Hope and Temperance (Waddilow) Hope
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of William Kitchen — married [date unknown] in VA, USA
Mother of James Kitchen, Thomas Kitchen and Henry Kitchen
Died [date unknown] in England
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Henry Kitchen
Born about 1685 in England
Son of William Kitchen and Patience (Hope) Kitchen
Brother of James Kitchen and Thomas Kitchen
Husband of Anne (Wheeler) Kitchen — married about 1720 in Amwell Township, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States
Father of Samuel Kitchen
Died June 25, 1745 in Amwell Township, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States
Henry Kitchen was a carpenter from England who was a pioneer in New Jersey in the 1700’s. Henry settled first at Amwell township before 1720, and later purchased a 600 acre tract at Greenwich. Henry married Anne Wheeler, daughter of Gilbert Wheeler, who ran a ferry at “The Falls” of the Delaware River. Many of their grandchildren migrated north to the Canadian colonies.
yeoman; will of. Wife, Ann, annuity, to be paid by Samuel and Wheeler Kitchen. Son, Samuel, 200 acres of land at Pohatcung; land in the great swamp and one-half of saw mill. Son, Wheeler, 300 acres at Pohatcung. Son, Joseph, 100 acres at Pohatcung and land in great swamp. Son, Henry. Son, Richard, old plantation in Amwell, bought of Samuel Green. Executors–wife, and brother Thomas Kitchen. Witnesses–Jean Robins, George Baylis, John Lewis. Proved August 12, 1745. Lib. 5, p. 160.
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Anne (Ann) Kitchen formerly Wheeler
Born about 1690 in Bucks County, PA, USA
Daughter of Gilbert Wheeler and Martha Cosbeard
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of Henry Kitchen — married about 1720 in Amwell Township, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States
Wife of Henry Kitchen — married 1720 in Amwell, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States
Mother of Samuel Kitchen
Died about 1748 in Amwell Township, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States
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Samuel Kitchen |
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| Birthplace: | Amwell Township, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States |
| Death: | Died in Amwell Township, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States |
| Place of Burial: | Amwell Township, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States |
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| Immediate Family: | Son of Henry Kitchen and Anne Kitchen Husband of Mary Kitchen Father of Margaret Rockefeller; Henry Kitchen, Sr.; William Kitchen; Ann Rockefellar; Dinah Kitchen; Elizabeth Kitchen; Mary Kitchen; Rebekah Kitchen and Sarah Kitchen Brother of Wheeler Kitchen; Joseph Kitchen; Henry Kitchen, Jr. and Richard Kitchen |
Samuel Kitchen was the eldest son of Henry Kitchen.===Samuel Kitchen who was the miller of Sand Brook, born about 1710 or 1720. But he did not die until 1771. He and wife Mary had nine children. She died in 1805. Of their seven daughters, two of them married Rockefellars: Anna married Henry Rockefellar and Margaret married John Rockefellar. A daughter was Rebekah Kitchen. Samuel’s sons were Henry and William. They probably left Hunterdon County around the time of the American Revolution.
Sons: HENRY KITCHEN: (c.1748-1810) Of Colony Of New Brunswick, British North America & WILLIAM KITCHEN: (1761-1813) Of Grimsby, Niagara District, Upper Canada. (Ont.).
From The Kitchen Mill of Sandbrook Sunday, June 6, 2010 By Marty Goodspeed One of the earliest and most important mills in Delaware Township once stood along Sandbrook-Headquarters Road on the east side of the village. Fortunately, we have an old photograph to show what it once looked like. If you visit Sandbrook today, located just off Route 523 about four miles north of Sergeantsville, you will find a wonderful community with many historic buildings, but regrettably, no mill.Kitchen’s Mill in Sandbrook Some of the earliest settlers in and around Sand Brook were the Kitchen brothers, Henry, James and Thomas. Henry Kitchen is known to have built a sawmill and gristmill on a branch of the Neshanic known as Sand Run sometime in the 1730’s. In his will dated 1745, Henry Kitchen bequeathed half the sawmill to his son Samuel (The will does not mention where the other half went). Whatever claim other members of the family may have had (Henry had five sons), it was Samuel Kitchen who took over ownership and operation of the mill and built a commodious stone house nearby. In addition to the saw and grist mill, Samuel Kitchen added a fulling mill to the complex. This is known by an ad he placed in “The New York Gazette, or The Weekly Post Boy” dated April 29, 1771 which read: “Wanted immediately, A Sober Man that understands tending a Fulling-Mill and dressing cloth in all the Branches of that Business, may be employed on good Terms, in Amwell, Hunterdon County, West New Jersey, by applying to the Subscriber, at said Mill. Samuel Kitchen.” A fulling mill is designed to “full” cloth. The word “full” in this sense comes from the Middle English, meaning to trample under foot. After wool has been woven into cloth, it needs to be pounded to allow the web to tighten and firm up. After fulling, cloth shrinks by about a quarter to a half of its size. Fulling mills came into existence about the late 12th or early 13th century, but in Europe it was common for the fulling to be done by the pounding of feet. Fulling mills replaced the feet with large hammers, and were built in the Colonies as early as the 1640’s. Although the place where Samuel Kitchen and his family lived is named for the brook that fed the mill (Sand Brook), in early records it was usually identified as “Kitchen’s Mill.” Kitchen probably advertised for a fuller because his health was failing. Samuel Kitchen wrote his will on October 29, 1771, leaving lands and mills to his wife Mary while she was a widow. After her death or remarriage, the property was to be sold along with moveable estate, and the proceeds divided among their nine children. On November 15th, he advertised again, this time in the Pennsylvania Gazette: “Wanted Immediately. A Fuller that can dye and dress cloth in all the branches of that business, may have good encouragement by the year, month, or to work in shares, or have the mills rented to him. There is always plenty of work. Apply to Samuel Kitchen at said mills.” Samuel Kitchen died about January 1773, aged 55-60 years old. In February 1775, Mary Kitchen, widow of Samuel, advertised a fulling mill to let, it “being a good part of the county for that business.” I have not found a record of how the mill was used during the Revolution, but it was probably run by one of Mary’s sons-in-law. Mary Kitchen died in 1805. As settlement of the estate, her daughter Anne and husband Henry Rockefellar got the mill site, which they sold to Henry’s brother John Rockefellar (1742-1832), husband of Anne’s sister Margaret, in 1806. John and Henry Rockefellar were sons of the first Rockefellar immigrant. John Rockefellar was also executor of Samuel Kitchen’s estate. On 22 July 1815, Rockefellar sold the mill lot in Sand Brook to George Rea. In the deed, the property was “Commonly known as the Mill Lot” and along with it, Rockefellar sold the privilege of using the water of the brook called the Sand Brook or Rake’s Brook for the purpose of working the mills on said lot or any other machinery that may be erected on the premises. The property bordered “the road from Flemington to Howell’s Ferry [Prallsville/Stockton]” and consisted of nearly all of present day Sand Brook. Two of the bordering owners in the deed were John Rake on the south and William Sine on the east. When George Rea Esq. (1774-1838) bought the 86.25 acres and mill in Sand Brook from John Rockefellar in 1815, he paid $6,000 for it. He had been Postmaster of Flemington and a successful clock and watchmaker before then, as well as Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for twenty years. He retired to Sand Brook and ran the mill there for the rest of his life. On May 30, 1817, he divided 27.5 acres from the Sand Brook mill lot and sold it to George Ege for $1,105.25. In 1830, George Rea advertised his gristmill for sale in the Hunterdon Gazette. Apparently by then the fulling mill was no longer in operation. Rea did not succeed in selling the mill. In 1831, George Rea and his neighbor Philip Rake, son of John Rake, got into a dispute that ended up in court. Court papers are not clear about the nature of the complaint, but it concerned the flow of water from the Sand Brook. William Sine, now very old, testified that he had known the mill property in Sandbrook since 1775 and lived on land adjoining it from then until the present (1831). He said that the Sand Brook ran through the mill property and the property of Philip Rake the defendant; that about forty years ago (1790) John
Rockefellar dug a ditch to water the meadow and built a dam close to the line fence to turn the water into the meadow. The meadow was benefited by the water and doubled in value. Sine also said that George Rea built a dam about two rods below that, but that the water could not have been got into the ditch without back-watering onto Rake’s property. On June 23, 1832, John Rockefellar, “being ancient and infirm” (he later stated that he was 90 years old) gave his own deposition in the Rea v. Rake case. He said he had known the mill property for 60 years or more (which takes him back to 1770), that he was the owner for much of that time and that he was also familiar with the Sand Brook and that the race to the mill was built before his memory. He stated that he built the little dam “about 40 years ago, to turn the water on the meadow.” It was 200 yards or more below the dam that turned the water to the mill, just below the line between George Rea and John Rake. At that time there was nothing to divert the natural channel from its course except his little dam and the dam to turn the water to the mill. The meadow was 10 or 12 acres and the water ran over nearly the whole of it. Rockefellar said that the only other source of water to the meadow was a small stream coming out of the old fulling mill dam. He said that John Rake did not interfere with his little dam for it was not on his land. The record does not show the outcome of the case. After his death in 1838, George Rea’s executors put up the mill property for sale. The new owner was Hiram Moore (1812-1893), son of Daniel Moore and Elizabeth Hudnut. He was only 26 years old in 1838, but that was old enough. Moore’s initials “H M 1834” can be found on the western end of the stone house on the mill property suggesting that Hiram Moore was running the mill for George Rea before he himself got ownership of it. He married Amanda Holcombe (1817-1888) on November 12, 1835. She was the daughter of Robert Holcombe, who ran the mill on Old Mill Road for its owner, Elisha Rittenhouse. Moore may have apprenticed to him, thereby gaining milling skills and a wife. Hiram Moore ran the mill as long as he owned the property, which was for the rest of his life. He died in January 1893. The mill continued in operation until about 1895. Today there is nothing left of it but its foundation (if that).
The Kitchen Mill of Sandbrook
Amendment:
(Kitchen’s Mill was located not on SBHQ road, but on what is now known as Britton Rd.)
Margaret Rockefeller (Kitchen) |
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| Birthplace: | Sergeantville, Hunterdon County, Province of New Jersey |
| Death: | Died in Amwell, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States |
| Immediate Family: | Daughter of Samuel Kitchen and Mary Kitchen Wife of John Rockefeller Mother of Godfrey M Rockafellar; Mary M Rockafellar; Samuel M Rockafellow; Elizabeth Rockefeller; Anne Larue; William M Rockafellow; John M Rockafellow, Jr.; Henry M Rockafellow; Peter M Rockafellar; Margaret M Rockafellar and Agersilaus Rockefeller Sister of Henry Kitchen, Sr.; William Kitchen; Ann Rockefellar; Dinah Kitchen; Elizabeth Kitchen; Mary Kitchen; Rebekah Kitchen and Sarah Kitchen |
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Anna Rockefeller (Kitchen) |
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| Also Known As: | “Ann” |
| Birthdate: | 1752 |
| Birthplace: | Hunterdon County, New Jersey |
| Death: | Died December 22, 1827 in NJ |
| Immediate Family: | Daughter of Samuel Kitchen and Mary Kitchen Wife of Henry M Rockefeller Mother of Margaret Rockafellar; Samuel Rockefeller; Charles Rockafellar; Mary Rockafellar; Elizabeth Rockafellar; John Rockafellar; Rebecca Rockefeller; Henry Rockafellar; David Rockafellar; Eleanor Rockafellar; Peter Rockefeller and Catherine Rockafellar Sister of Margaret Rockefeller; Henry Kitchen, Sr.; William Kitchen; Dinah Kitchen; Elizabeth Kitchen; Mary Kitchen; Rebekah Kitchen and Sarah Kitchen |
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Johann Peter Rockefeller, Sr. |
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| Also Known As: | “Johann”, “Peter”, “Rockerfeller” |
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| Birthplace: | Westerwald, Kurpfalz, Heiliges Römisches Reich Deutscher Nation |
| Death: | Died in West Amwell, Hunterdon County, Province of New Jersey |
| Place of Burial: | East Amwell Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States |
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| Immediate Family: | Son of Johannes Rockenfeller and Elizabeth Margarethe Rockenfeller Husband of Anna Maria Rockefeller (Remagen) and Elisabeth Christina Rockefeller Father of Johann Wilhelm Rockefeller; Johann Peter Rockefeller, Jr.; Catherina A Rockefeller; Anna Christina Runk; Johannes Rockefeller; Maria Eva Gaver; Catherine C Rockefeller; Ann C Rockefeller; Elizabeth Rockefeller; Elsie Rockefeller and William Rockefeller Brother of Johann Matthias Rockenfeller; Werner Rockenfeller; Magdalena Rockenfeller; Johann Wilhelm Rockenfeller; Martin Rockenfeller; Elsie Rockenfeller and infant Rockenfeller |
Ancestry
The Rockefellers trace their patrilineal line to Goddard Rockefeller (born Gotthard Rockenfeller) (1590) of Fahr, today part of Neuwied, Germany. The first Rockefeller to settle in America (1723) was Johann Peter Rockenfeller (1710, Segendorf, Neuwied; 1787, Amwell Township, New Jersey), who changed his name to Rockefeller. Godfrey Lewis Rockefeller was a son of distant cousins William Rockefeller (1750–1793) and Christina Rockefeller (1754–1800).
Johann Peter Rockefeller purchased 175 acres in Amwell Twp. above the Falls of Delaware, in Hunterdon County, in the western part of New Jersey, and was the first land owned by a Rockefeller in America.The deed to the farm referred to him as Peter Rockefeller, yeoman.Here he lived for the remainder of his life.
Lucy Avery was born to Miles Avery and Melinda Pixley, New England Yankees of mostly English descent. She was descended by her father from Edmund of Langley‘s first marriage (through 5th Baron Audley‘s second marriage)[2] and from Mary Boleyn‘s first marriage (through the 2nd Barons de la Warr).[3]
Wheeler Kitchen |
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| Also Known As: | “Wheel Kitchen” |
| Birthdate: | circa 1724 |
| Birthplace: | Amwell, New Jersey Colony, United States |
| Death: | Died 1785 in (Greenwich Twp. Sussex Co.) Now Warren Co., New Jersey, United States |
| Immediate Family: | Son of Henry Kitchen and Anne Kitchen Husband of Hannah Kitchen and Mary Kitchen Father of Henry Kitchen, (1750-1822); Sarah Ann Green; Wheeler Kitchen, (1755-1835); ??? Kitchen; Ann Kitchen; John Kitchen; Richard Kitchen; Samuel Kitchen; William Kitchen and Andrew Kitchen, of Ancaster Brother of Samuel Kitchen; Joseph Kitchen; Henry Kitchen, Jr. and Richard Kitchen |
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Introduction
The story of Richard Kitchen is one of a large cohesive family grouping with a complexity of inter-relationships. The individual parts, besides being kin, lived as neighbours and friends. When one family moved to a new location, some of the others followed. At various times there were combinations of the inter-related Kitchen, Heath, Collver, Barber and Slaght families in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and in the Long Point Settlement in Upper Canada. The Background
Richard Kitchen was born around 1765 on his father Wheeler Kitchen’s farm in Greenwich Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, land which originally belonged to his grandfather Henry Kitchen. A carpenter from England who settled firstly at neighbouring Amwell Township before 1720, Henry purchased a 600 acre tract at Greenwich. Henry married Anne Wheeler, daughter of Gilbert Wheeler, whose ferry at “The Falls” of the Delaware River in Bucks County, Pennsylvania carried passengers to the New Jersey side where present Trenton is located. Before another century passed, many of the New Jersey pioneer couple’s grandchildren migrated north to the Canadian colonies and their descendants constitute most of Ontario’s Kitchen families today. Samuel Kitchen, Henry’s eldest son, had two sons: Henry of New Brunswick, a loyalist; and William of Grimsby. Wheeler Kitchen, the second eldest son of Henry had several children who moved to Canada- Henry of Ancaster, Andrew of Ancaster, Richard of Townsend, and John of Kent County. The next oldest in the Amwell family, Joseph Kitchen had four grandsons who settled in Upper Canada- Joseph of Charlotteville; and James, Richard, and Edward of South Dumfries. Of the children of the youngest, Henry Kitchen, Jr. only Joseph came to Upper Canada, settling at Townsend Township. Richard’s father married Mary Heath, a daughter of Andrew Heath, Jr., whose brother John’s family also pioneered in the Long Point Settlement at the end of the eighteenth century. Young Richard grew up among his uncles, aunts, and cousins. Besides Richard’s father, his uncles Henry and Joseph Kitchen shared in grandfather Henry’s land. Two more uncles, Samuel and Richard, lived at Amwell. The emphasis on the importance of family connections played a lifelong role in the younger Richard’s actions. Early Life
Reverend William Frazer rode through the district as an Anglican clergyman serving several jurisdictions, including Greenwich. His home church, St. Andrews Episcopal in Ringoes, Amwell Township counted as its founders Richard’s uncle Samuel. One by one, Samuel’s children were baptized there, including Joseph Kitchen, who later joined his cousin Richard in the Long Point Settlement. On August 5, 1770, Richard Kitchen and his two brothers William and John, along with his mother Mary and his Aunt Jane, wife of Henry Kitchen, all were baptized by the Reverend Frazer.1 In late 1785, Richard’s father, Wheeler Kitchen died in Greenwich. Probably that soon after that event Richard married Easter Osmun, daughter of Ziba and Rachel Osmun of Alexandria Township. Ziba died in 1777 after which Ziba, Jr. with his wife Joanna (Bird) Osmun moved to Greenwich, presumably accompanied by his mother if still alive and sister Esther and possibly other sisters and brothers. Richard and Easter Kitchen’s eldest son Heath, named for Richard’s mother’s surname, was born in 1788 or before at Greenwich Township. The second son Wheeler, born about 1790 received his name for his paternal grandfather, the third son Ziba for his maternal grandfather. Schooley’s Mountain, New Jersey
Exactly when Richard and Easter Kitchen moved to the Schooley’s Mountain, Roxbury Township, Morris County, New Jersey from Greenwich is unclear but it is certain they lived there by 1793 at which time Richard appeared on the 1793 Militia List of Roxbury Township.2 This move included many relations, including Richard’s uncle David Heath and several of his children. One Heath cousin present was John Heath (later of the Long Point Settlement), born in 1763 who married Anna Sovereign, daughter of Frederick Sovereign and Lavinia Collver of Schooley’s Mountain about 1793. John’s brother, Joseph Worthington Heath started one of the earliest and most important tourist resorts in the United States, “Heath Hall” on Schooley’s Mountain. Derry, Pennsylvania
In 1793, a number of Kitchen family members led by Richard’s uncle Henry left Greenwich for Derry Township, Northumberland County in north central Pennsylvania. Their pioneer settlement was nestled among the mountains in the Susquehanna River Valley near the village of Bloomsburg. Later in time Northumberland County was divided and this part named Columbia County. Richard joined the move to Derry arriving by 1793. His son Ziba born about that year later recorded in the Townsend Census of 1852 that he was born in Pennsylvania. Richard and his family lived on a piece of land “situate on the head waters of the Chillisquaque Creek” a 169 acre farm in Derry Township. On nearby farms were his brothers Henry, Wheeler, Samuel and John and also uncle Henry with his four sons and their families. Sometime between 1793, and almost certainly by 1797, Christ Episcopal Church was erected on land donated to the trustees by Henry Kitchen, Sr. The subscribers to the church included, among others: 4 William Kitchen (cousin of Richard) Henry Kitchen, Jr. (cousin of Richard) Joseph Kitchen (cousin of Richard) Henry Kitchen, Sr. (uncle of Richard) Richard Kitchen John Kitchen (cousin of Richard) Samuel Kitchen (brother of Richard) Later confusing census records in Townsend indicated that Richard’s second son Wheeler was born in Pennsylvania in 1790, that third son Ziba was born there in 1793, that son William was born in New Jersey in 1798, and that Henry was born back in Pennsylvania in 1804. The records during Richard’s life indicate that he and his family lived at Schooley’s Mountain, New Jersey as late as 1793 and that they settled at Derry Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania sometime before 1797. They lived at Derry in the following census: 1800 Census of Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania P. 782 Kitchen, Richard 3 males under 10: Wheeler, Ziba, William 1 male 10-16: Heath 1 male 25-44: Richard 2 females under 10: Sarah, Nancy 1 female 25-44: Easter Settlement in Upper Canada
In the early summer of 1810, in preparation for a migration north from Pennsylvania to Upper Canada, Richard Kitchen sold his land in Derry Township. The deed dated May 18, 1810 from Richard and “Hester” (spelled Easter elsewhere) sold the property to Joseph Eves for the sum of 1,870 dollars.4 Very soon afterwards, Richard and his cousin Joseph and their families headed north to join Heath and Collver relations. Four months later, at Woodhouse Township, Norfolk County, Upper Canada, Richard Kitchen petitioned the Government for a grant of land on which to settle: 5 The petition of Richard Kitchen of Townsend, Yeoman, Humbly Sheweth, That your petitioner, a Native of Pennsylvania in the States of America Came to this Country in the present year for the purpose of settling and becoming an inhabitant there-of bringing with him Eight Sons and three Daughters—… Your Petitioner therefore hopes that your Excellency will see fit to order him a grant of Two Hundred Acres of the Waste Lands of the Crown… Woodhouse 24 Sept. 1810 Richard Kitchen Having lived among family relations all his life, it seems logical that he chose a location among those who earlier settled at Townsend Township. On June 24, 1811 a location ticket and a survey document describing lot 7 in the twelfth concession of Townsend Township were made out to Richard Kitchen by the Surveyor General’s Office.6 He patented his lot in the Norfolk registry office the next day.7 The Kitchen farm was situated about a mile east of the main road which ran south from Brantford through Waterford, Simcoe, and then to Lake Erie. In those times the locals called this busy thoroughfare the Mount Pleasant Road. When the highway numbering system came into being the road became Highway Number 24, which held until a new highway was built a few miles to the west.  The Richard Kitchen Homestead was situated on Lot 7 Concession 12, Townsend Twp. (marked with an `X` east of Bloomsburg. Map from Historical Atlas of Norfolk County (H.R. Page & Co., Toronto: 1877), P. 21 At the time of the Kitchen family’s arrival, the nearest village was the bustling mill seat of Waterford a few miles north along the road. Later, the Kitchens’ nearest village, Bloomsburg was founded by Richard’s son William, the naming reminiscent of the family’s location in Pennsylvania. The War of 1812
Although the Richard Kitchen family established itself in Upper Canada less than two years before the War of 1812 broke out, they defended their new home with all the vigour of a family settled much longer. In 1812, Captain Nisbett Collver recruited a company for the Second regiment of the Norfolk County Militia. Several came from his relations near Waterford. On a Muster Roll of the Company for the period July 1 to September 12, 1812, Richard’s son, Heath held the rank of Corporal and, besides Richard, the privates in the company included John Heath, Timothy Collver and Jacob and Dennis Shoff, also Collver relations. On August 16, 1812, Richard’s second son Wheeler Kitchen served in the British and Canadian troops under General Sir Isaac Brock that marched on, besieged, and took Fort Detroit for which he received a medal in 1847. After Captain Collver died in October 1812, the men of his Company joined that of Captain Henry Medcalf’s Company In a Muster Roll of May 24, 1814, Richard and his older sons Heath and Wheeler and son-in-law Morris Heath were all listed. E. A. Owen in his Pioneer Sketches of Long Point Settlement wrote that Richard’s son William, aged 15, offered himself as a substitute for his father in 1814 and was accepted.8 Later Life
On January 12, 1814, Richard assisted in the appraisal of the estate of Ebenezer Collver, attaching his signature to the document.9 Later in the year he performed a similar function in the estate of Abraham Beemer.10 With a growing family, on April 24, 1815, Richard purchased from Benjamin Sharp for £75 another 100 acre farm, the north half of lot 8 in the thirteenth concession of Townsend.11 This eventually became the home of his youngest son, Philip. Richard’s civic service included a tour as a Grand Juror of the London District Court held at the old district capital of Charlotteville on December 12, 1815 and as a Petty Juror on October 13 and 14, 1818.12 Richard Kitchen died in July 1826, the date mentioned in a petition for Letters of Administration over his estate filed by William Kitchen on January 9, 1828.13 Presumably his wife predeceased him as the custom of the day required mention of the widow in the petitions, her dower rights on the land giving her first right of inheritance. The burial place of this pioneer couple of Townsend is unknown. Greenwood Cemetery of Waterford lies close to the Kitchen farm. This cemetery may have been named after Greenwood Township in Pennsylvania. It is also possible that they were buried in the Collver Cemetery. The Baptist Influence
Despite their strong Episcopal Church background in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, the second generation of the Kitchen family came under the influence of the Baptist Church at Townsend then became its staunch supporters. In 1828, the Culver Plains Baptist Church was established on Lot 6 Concession 11, Townsend next to the Kitchen farm. Several children of Richard and Easter were recorded as members of this Church in a list dated February 2, 1828:14 “The Church met at the School House near Timothy Colvers agreeable to a previous agreement to transact business. Elder Simon Mabee preached from 3 chapter of the Epistle of John 2nd verse. Beloved now we are the sons of God and it doth not yet appear what we shall be etc. Voted that Elder John Harris serve as Moderator and Benjamin Hazelton Clerk of this meeting… by the request of the Brethren of this place. Voted to set them apart as a Branch of our Church [Boston Baptist] whose names are here underwritten: Bretheren: Sisters: John G. Kitchen Polly Kitchen William Kitchen Lovina Kitchen Henry Kitchen Betsy Kitchen Nancy Kitchen Other relations on the list included Timothy Collver, Frederick Heath, Polly Collver, Charity Heath, Unice Culver Schuyler, Nancy Heath, Anna Heath, Esther Heath, Betsy Collver and possibly Ephraim and Lucretia Wheeler. Lebbenus Kellum, another on the list, later became related when he married Sylvia Ann, daughter of Aaron Collver. In fact only a handful ssem not related one way or another. In 1831 “the 2nd Townsend Church” became a charge separate from Boston Baptist Church and a new frame building at Culver Plains served the congregation as both church and school. The Baptist Society formed in 1839 included John Kitchen, Mary Eunice Kitchen and Deacon Henry Kitchen (Treasurer). The land for the present brick church at Bloomsburg came to the congregation as a donation from William Kitchen in 1850.15 Some in the Kitchen family embraced neither the Anglican nor the Baptist religion but joined other faiths. Wheeler Kitchen reported “Universalist” and Ziba stated Methodist at the time of the 1852 Census of Townsend. Family Marriages and Settlement
The Kitchen, Collver, Heath and Barber families lived as neighbours and fellow Baptists at Townsend as they had been in New Jersey, some of them related by marriages in New Jersey. More combinations of the four families were formed by unions in the second generation in Upper Canada. Wheeler and John Green Kitchen married Esther Ann and Martha Collver. Sarah, William and Philip Kitchen married Morris, Lavinia and Esther Heath. Henry and Richard Kitchen married Elizabeth and Miriam Barber. In the third generation, still more marriages occurred among these families. As they came of age, most of Richard and Easter’s children settled near them and only two moved away during the couple’s lifetime. Oldest son Heath chose farms near Hamilton, firstly at Nelson Township then at East Flamborough. Wheeler purchased a part of the homestead from his father. Ziba bought the farm immediately to the north in the eleventh concession. William went for a time to pioneer in Kent County but then returned to found Bloomsburg. John took over the north half of the homestead. Henry purchased a farm a few miles northeast on the ninth concession. After the couple’s death, the younger sons Richard and Philip also continued to make their home in Townsend. The youngest daughter, Mary pioneered a farm with her husband to the north in South Dumfries Township, Brant County. Sources
1. “Records of the Rev. Wm. Frazer, of the Anglican Clergy, appointed to Amwell, Kingwood and Musconetcong”, in Pennsylania Magazine, Vol. 12, 1882. The baptismal records covered May 1768 when the pastorate began to 1772. 2. Norton, James S. New Jersey in 1793, P. 25 3. Historical and Biographical Annals of Columbia and Montour Counties (Beers: 1915) 4. Northumberland County Deeds: Grantor Index: Richard and Easter Kitchen to Joseph Eves: Q79: 18 May 1810; Registered 20 Aug 1810; Derry Township. 5. National Archives of Canada. Upper Canada Land Petitions, “K” Bundle 10, Document Number 5 6. Township Papers, Townsend Township, Norfolk County, Archives of Ontario RG 1, C-IV, MS 658, Reel 484, P. 1184, 1394 7. Abstracts of Deeds Register, Townsend Township, Norfolk County, Vol. A, Archives of Ontario GS 2610 8. Owen, E. A., Pioneer Sketches of Long Point Settlement. (William Briggs, Toronto: 1972), P. 557 9. London District Surrogate Registry, First Series, Number 44 10. London District Surrogate Registry, First Series, Number 45 11. Memorials of Deeds of Norfolk County, Old Series Number 1122 12. Fraser, Alexander, “Minutes of the Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the London District”, in Department of Public Records and Archives, Twenty Second Report (King’s Printer, Toronto, ON: 1934), P. 147, 193, 194 13. London District Surrogate Registry, First Series, Number 151 14. Blythe, Christopher, Sarah Brown & David Judd. Townsend and Waterford: A Double Portrait. Waterford and Townsend Historical Society. (Niagara Regional Library System: 1977), P. 46 15. Ibid. P. 46-47 |
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James Kitchen
Born [date unknown] in England
Son of William Kitchen and Patience (Hope) Kitchen
Brother of Thomas Kitchen and Henry Kitchen
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died about 1761 in Amwell Township, Hunterdon, NJ, USA
Thomas Kitchen
Born [date unknown] in England
Son of William Kitchen and Patience (Hope) Kitchen
Brother of James Kitchen and Henry Kitchen
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died about 1770 in Amwell Township, Hunterdon, NJ, USA
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Hannah Kitchen Pence
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Wife of Johannes Eberhart Pence. From Fred Lathrop, expert on Hunterdon Co., NJ, Jan. 2006: “According to my notes from a book, “The Hartpence Family in America” by Esthere Heer 1989, p. 21, in our library, Elizabeth Hartpence born 30 Oct 1764, died 17 June 1838 had a fther born in Wurtemberg, Germany on 29 Jan 1736 and died in Quakertown, Hunterdon County, 29 Jan 1810 named Johannes Eberhart Pence.”Her mother was Hannah Kitchen from a book “The Brays of New Jersey” by Dee Thompson in 1999 p. 135, born 20 Sep 1742 in Hunterdon County and died 14 Jan 1818 in Kingwood, Hunterdon (which is next door to Quakertown)”Her parents were James Kitchen born 26 Feb 1680 in Amwell, Burlington County (hunterdon wasn’t split off until 1713) and died 28 Jun 1761 (or when his will was probated, Amwell. She had 6 sibs. and Elizabeth Furman born 1695, probably Trenton, Burlington then, then Hunterdon, now Mercer, and Sarah Way.”Family links: Parents: James Kitchen (1679 – 1761) Elizabeth Furman Kitchen (1695 – 1776)Spouse: Johannes Eberhardt Pence (1734 – 1818)Children: Mary Hartpence Lake (1770 – 1835)* Elijah Hartpence (1773 – 1842)**Calculated relationship |
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Kitchen Cemetery GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 39.41560, Longitude: -92.71080
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Robert Kitchin who commanded the "Mayflower" in 1679. This was not the original Mayflower of the pilgrim voyage, but another vessel in use during the 1600's. Map_Zoom
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Historical New Jersey Revolutionary War Maps
| Battles & Skirmishes of the Revolutionary War Map |
| Battles & Skirmishes of the Revolutionary War Text by David C. Munn |
| Seat of War 1777 |
| General Washington’s Ops. 1777 (SMALL) |
| General Washington’s Ops. 1777 (BIG FILE) |
| American Retreat 1776 (Battle of Long Island) |
| Battle of Trenton 1776 |
| Fort Mifflin attacks 1777 |
| Battle of Monmouth 1778 |
| Rochambeau’s army route 1782 LoC Biblio info |
| Middlesex County during the American Revolution recto |
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Cornell's ffettB when it was changed to " Coryell's Ferry," as previously stat- ed ; and this name it bore until towards the close of the eight- eenth century, as a letter (still existent) to Benjamin Parry, addressed " Coryell's Ferry," and dated the 6th of July, a.d. 1787, is in the possession of the speaker's father ; and in 18 10 it was described as New Hope, lately " Coryell's Ferry." An ancient private map of New Hope, made for Benjamin Parry, bears in colors as follows : "Map of New Hope, 1798." The change was made probably about a.d. 1790, and for reasons noted later on. Amid the present quiet and peaceful surroundings about us to-day, it is difficult to realize that at several periods of the Re- volution the whole section around Coryell's Ferry was bristling with arms and the tramp and tread of armed men, as our patriot sires advanced into, or were driven out of New Jersey, and that during most of the month of December, 1776 (just prior to the battle of Trenton), a large portion of the Continental Army were there and in close proximity. Within the limits of that ancient borough the eye rested everywhere upon the valley, hillside and fields, dotted with the tents of the Continental soldiers, and " Coryell's Ferry" became a military camp. Within ten minutes' ride, below New Hope, at the Neeley (Thompson) farmhouse, were quartered Lieut. James Monroe, aftewards President of the United States, and other officers, including Captain James Moore, of the New York Artillery, who died there of camp fever and lies buried on the farm with a number of others, including several officers whose graves are unmarked. Nearby, at " Chapman's," were General Knox and Captain Alexander Hamilton (killed later on by Aaron Burr in their memorable duel). At "Merrick's" farmhouse were General Greene and his staff, and the General (especially fond of good cheer) de-
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