KILLEN FAMILY
1. Joseph1 KILLEN b.c. 1784,
Ireland, d. Dec 1839/Jan 1840, age 55 (Rev. James Gray's notes hereinafter
"Gray"), Sussex, NB.
Joseph KILLEN was in New Brunswick as early as 1821, the date of his
first marriage. He was granted 100
acres on 16 Oct 1822 at Musquash Brook, Sussex and another 100 acres on 10 Apr
1826 in Poodiac, Sussex. He sold
land on 23 Oct 1828 to Charles Ryne for 30 pounds with his wife Susan (Kings
Co. Deeds and Land Grants). Joseph
was a member of the Trinity Anglican Church where his two daughters were
baptised. His will (Kings Co, N.B.
Probate) is under the name of Joseph KELLING, although his brother clearly
signs his own name John KILLEN, and was dated 14 Nov 1839 and proved 27 Jan
1840. In his will he left the whole
of his property to his widow (not mentioned by name) and his daughters Eliza
and Mary. He married first in
Sussex, Susan KINNEY on 15 Dec 1821 (NB marriages). She must be the Mrs. Killen who died 4 Nov 1829 (Gray) age
35. John1 KILLEN had
children born in 1829 and 1831, before his second marriage in 1832. Therefore, his first wife was alive at
least until 1831. Joseph remarried
on 13 Dec 1829 (NB marriages) to Lydia ROBERTSON of St. John, who was born c.
1784 in Ireland and died in Sussex on 1 Apr 1874, age 89 (Gray). Lydia (ROBERTSON) KILLEN arrived in New
Brunswick in 1829 (1851 census), was living with her daughter Mary in 1851, at
age 67, and as a lodger, age 78 in the 1861 census in the household of George
McKEAN (on the same page as John QUIGLEY and James QUIGLEY, Sr.). On 25 June 1863 she co-signed a
mortgage with her daughter Eliza (KILLEN) QUIGLEY and William QUIGLEY (Kings
County Deeds). Clearly Eliza and
Mary KILLEN are Joseph's daughters from baptismal records and Joseph's will,
however, the following two are probably also his children:
probable
children by first marriage surname KILLEN:
i. Joseph2 KILLEN, Jr. b.c.
1825/6; married 30 Mar 1850 in Sussex, his probable first cousin Elizabeth2
(John1) KILLEN who was baptised 13 Jun 1833 at the Trinity Anglican
Church. Joseph2 is
listed in 1851 census with wife Elizabeth. Because he is not mentioned in the will of Joseph1
KILLEN in 1840, he is perhaps a cousin of the family, but is certainly not the
son of John1 KILLEN, whose son Joseph2 KILLEN was
baptised at Trinity Anglican Church on 22 July 1840.
ii. Sarah2 KILLEN b.c. 1826,
died 13 Jun 1833 age 7 (Gray). She
may be the daughter of John1 KILLEN.
children
by second marriage surname KILLEN:
iii. Eliza2 KILLEN b. 1831,
Sussex, baptised 21 Oct 1831 at Trinity Anglican Church, daughter of Joseph and
Lydia KILLEN. Married 29 Jul 1847 (NB Marriages) William T. QUIGLEY b. 1827,
Ireland d. 31 Jul 1895, Sussex, N.B., son of James Quigley, Sr. of Sussex. She is listed in both the 1851 and 1861
censuses. Eliza and her husband
buy land from Samuel KILLEN on 30 Nov 1858 for 100 pounds and mortage said
property to James QUIGLEY on 2 Dec 1858.
The mortgage was released on 25 Jun 1863. She co-signed a mortgage with her husband and mother on 25
Jun 1863 to Peter DUNN then vanishes from the records. She is not listed in the spotty 1871
census and must die before her husband remarries on 9 Jun 1876 to Sarah Anne
NEALY (NB marriages), which is witnessed by Samuel KILLEN (presumably Samuel2
KILLEN, Eliza's first cousin and brother-in-law). It is likely she died 1864/5 when there is a gap in the
Presbyterian church records for deaths.
Her grave has not been located and must be with either her parents or
husband (whose grave is conspicuously missing from Kirk Hill Cemetery, although
his second wife's grave is there as is his father's James QUIGLEY and brother's
John and Robert).
children
surname QUIGLEY:
a. Margaret QUIGLEY b. 1848, Sussex m. 16
Dec 1869 (NB marriages) Robert BASKIN.
She and her husband both die previous to 1895 when they are noted as
deceased in the will of her father William QUIGLEY. Two children are noted in the will, but not by name. One Gilford BASKIN was baptised 26 Nov
1871 by Rev. James Gray. She was a
resident of Amherst, Nova Scotia prior to her death as stated in the King's Co.
Record ("KCR") on 14 Apr 1893 "William QUIGLEY received a
telegram from Amherst, Nova Scotia that his daughter, Mrs. Robert BASKIN, was
at the point of death."
b. Joseph QUIGLEY b. 1851, Sussex, more
than likely the Joseph QUIGLEY who killed blacksmith George M. TIERNEY on 17
Jan 1877 and described as single age 24 (NB Newspapers). Evidently acquitted he was a resident
of Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia at the time of his father's death in
1895.
c. James QUIGLEY b. 1853, Sussex, dies
before 1895 and is not mentioned in the will of his father.
d. John QUIGLEY b. 10 Apr 1855, Sussex, d.
22 Dec 1929, Westbrook, Maine.
Married 28 August 1887 in Westbrook, Maine, Agnes Jane SMITH b. 6 Sep
1864, Alma, N.B., d. 28 Jul 1930, Westbrook, Maine, the daughter of James and
Amy Ann (CLEVELAND) SMITH. John
QUIGLEY was a worker in the S.D. Warren paper mill in Westbrook for 40 years. The bible presented to him and his wife
on their marriage is in the possession of the author. He had one child Lila Mae QUIGLEY, b. 2 Jul 1888, Westbrook,
Maine, the great-grandmother of the author. Both John and Agnes (SMITH) QUIGLEY are buried at the
Woodlawn Cemetery in Westbrook, Maine.
e. Robert QUIGLEY b. 1857, Sussex d. 11
Oct 1923, Yarmouth, Maine m. 31 Oct 1889 in Portland, Maine, Jane E. LESTER,
daughter of George and Sarah (LEMON) LESTER. A fireman and truck driver in Portland, Maine, he had three
children, Robert, Jr., Alice and Clifford QUIGLEY, who died in 1987 and was an
acquaintance of the author.
f. Mary QUIGLEY b. 1859, baptised on 28
Jan 1886 with her illegimate daughter Annie (born Oct 1877) whose father was ( ) Moore
(Gray). She was alive and a
resident of Amherst, Nova Scotia in 1895 at the time of her father's death and
was still living there in 1929, when she is mentioned in the obituary of her
brother John. She subsequently
married after 1895 a Joseph MacDONALD and had a daughter Jeraldine who was a
resident of Westbrook, Maine in 1929.
iv. Mary2 KILLEN b. 1832,
Sussex, baptised 28 Feb 1832 at the Trinity Anglican Church, daughter of Joseph
and Lydia KILLEN. Married 19 Mar
1851 in Sussex her first cousin Samuel2 (John1) KILLEN
(see below). She died Apr 1859 age
28 (Gray).
2. John1
KILLEN born c. 1798, Ireland, d. 19 Mar 1849, Sussex, age 52 (Gray). Because of naming patterns, the same
day land grants and locations, he is undoubtedly the brother of Joseph1
KILLEN. John also received 100
acres on both 16 Oct 1822 and 10 Apr 1826 next to his brother Joseph in
Sussex. John married first who died about 1831 in Sussex. John remarried on 18 Feb 1832 in Sussex
to Aseneth (ROSS) RYAN, a widow.
His will in Kings County Probate appoints his wife Aseneth as executrix,
and names sons John (Jr.), Samuel, Joseph, daughters Elizabeth and Frances
KILLEN, daughter Margaret CRIPPS and stepson Solomon RYAN.
children by first
marriage surname KILLEN:
i. Margaret2 KILLEN b.c. 1818
d. 11 Dec 1903, Jeffries Corner, N.B. m. bef 1849 Andrew CRIPPS. Named in her father's will, her
obituary states that she left one son Henry CRIPPS of Jeffries Corner, N.B.
(KCR).
ii. John2 KILLEN, Jr. b.c.
1828 Appears in father's will as
an adult in 1849. Not listed is
the 1851 census for Sussex and no other records in Sussex appear for him.
iii. Samuel2 KILLEN b. 1830,
Sussex, d. May 1910, Sussex age 81 (Gray). Married first 19 Mar 1851 his first cousin Mary2
(Joseph1) KILLEN (see above). He married secondly prior to 1861 Anne
( )
CUNNINGHAM, a widow, b. 1817, d. 9 Jun 1899 age 82 (Gray). This family is listed in the 1861
census with stepdaughter Sarah CUNNINGHAM, age 18. Anne KILLEN's obituary states that she left five children
(KCR).
children by first
marriage surname KILLEN:
a. Elizabeth3 KILLEN b. 1852/3,
Sussex, married 11 Sep 1879 Daniel SHRIEVES (1853-1885). She died in 1930 and had at least one
daughter Alice SHRIEVES (1882-1964).
All are buried at the Kirk Hill Cemetery. Elizabeth's obituary states she left one sister, Mrs. J.A.
McNEILL of Portland, Maine (KCR).
b. Margaret3 KILLEN b. 1853/4,
Sussex d. 4 Apr 1935, Portland, Maine m. J.A. McNEILL. Her obituary states that she left one
son and two daughters (KCR).
c. Mary3 KILLEN b. 1855/6,
Sussex
d. John3 KILLEN b. 1857/8,
Sussex
e. Samuel3 KILLEN b. 1859/60,
Sussex, married 2 Dec 1885 Mary Anne COGGIN (1859-1927); listed in the 1891
census. Her obituary notes her
four COGGIN brothers but no children (NB Newspapers).
children
by second marriage surname KILLEN:
iv. Elizabeth2 KILLEN b. 1833,
Sussex, baptised 13 Jun 1833 at the Trinity Anglican Church, daughter of John
and Aseneth KILLEN. She married
her probable first cousin Joseph2 (Joseph1) KILLEN on 30
Mar 1850. (see above).
v. Frances2 KILLEN b. 1835,
Sussex. She is listed in her
father's will and is living with her mother and brother in the 1851 census age
16.
vi. Louisa2 KILLEN b. 1837,
Sussex, baptised 6 Dec 1837 at the Trinity Anglican Church, daughter of John
and Aseneth KILLEN. She is listed
in the 1851 census with her mother.
No other records.
vii. Joseph2 KILLEN b. 1840,
Sussex, baptised 22 Jul 1840 at the Trinity Anglican Church, son of John and
Aseneth KILLEN. He is listed in the 1851 and 1861 censuses with his mother
(called Sena in 1851 and Cenith in 1861).
He married on 11 Jul 1876 Mary Elizabeth McLEOD.
children surname
KILLEN (possibly others):
a. Sarah Anne3 KILLEN, born 13
Apr 1873, baptised 18 May 1877
b. Albert3 KILLEN, b. 12 Feb
1877, baptised 18 May 1877, d. 23 May 1877.
c. Frances Alice3 KILLEN born 4
Mar 1878, baptised 14 May 1885.
d. Joseph Allan3 KILLEN born 10
Jan 1880, baptised 14 May 1885.
March 1995
Sources:
New
Brunswick Marriages
Kings
County Deeds and Probate records
Rev.
James Gray's Notes
Vital
Statistics in NB Newspapers
Sussex
Presbyterian and Trinity Anglican Church Records
1851,
1861, 1871 and 1891 NB Censuses
IGI
(International Genealogical Index)
Maine
Vital Records
Portland
Press Herald (obituary)