Kilgore family collection, ca. 1700-1992.

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Kilgore family collection, ca. 1700-1992.

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Includes two series. Series 1: Contains information on the genealogy of the Kilgore family, descendants of Joseph Kilgore of Scotland. Genealogical records are organized into tables by family name. Also included are correspondence from Roy Killgore and Ben Kilgore, as well as the correspondence and genealogy of the Robinson family of York, Me., and information on William Shirley, royal governor of Mass. Series 2: Consists of the manuscript for the treatise A Maine Town In The Civil War, by Vernal Hutchinson, a Kilgore descendant, about the history of Deer Isle, Me. The published work is in the MHS collection (M D360.3)

1 linear ft.

Maine Historical Society Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8001470

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Shirley, William, 1694-1771

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Shirley was governor of Massachusetts from 1741 to 1757. From the description of Letter, 1745 June 1, Boston [Mass.], to Jacob Wendell, Boston [Mass.]. (New England Historic Genealogical Society). WorldCat record id: 50844670 Colonial Governor of Massachusetts. Shirley was active in colonial politics, served in the French and Indian War, and succeeded Braddock as commander of all British Forces in North America upon Braddock's death. Shirley attended a council of war in New ...

Kilgore, Joseph, 1690-

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Robinson family.

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Hutchinson, Vernal

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Kilgore family.

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Joseph Kilgore was born in Scotland in 1690, and immigrated to York, Me., in 1718. Two years later he purchased 20 acres and married Penelope Trueworthy, or Treworgy (1694-1764). They had three sons, Joseph Kilgore, Jr. (1730-1787), Benjamin Kilgore (1732-1808), and John Kilgore (1735-1818). They may also have had daughters, whose names and birth dates are not included in this collection. Joseph, Jr. and John fought in the Revolutionary War, and John served in the State Legislature from 1811-181...