Descendants of Henry & Ann KITCHEN



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8. Henry KITCHEN 1 (Wheeler5, Henry1) was born on February 1, 1750 in Amwell, Hunterdon, New Jersey, USA,1,4 died on September 22, 1822 in Ancaster, Wentworth Co, Ontario, Canada1 aged 72, and was buried in Copetown, Wentworth Co, Ontario, Canada.

Henry married Rachel HIXON, daughter of Joseph HIXON and Mary MORSE, in 1778 in , , New Jersey, USA. Rachel was born on March 11, 1756 in Amwell, Hunterdon, New Jersey, USA,4 died on March 20, 1819 in Ancaster, Wentworth Co, Ontario, Canada4 aged 63, and was buried in Copetown, Wentworth Co, Ontario, Canada.

Children from this marriage were:

+ 17 M    i. Andrew Henry KITCHEN was born on November 30, 1779 in Greenwich Twp, Sussex, New Jersey, USA,4,5 died on April 8, 1828 in Ancaster Twp, Wentworth Co, Ontario, Canada4 aged 48, and was buried in Copetown, Wentworth Co, Ontario, Canada.

   18 M    ii. Joseph KITCHEN

   19 M    iii. Henry KITCHEN .

   20 M    iv. William KITCHEN .

   21 F    v. Rachel KITCHEN .

   22 M    vi. John KITCHEN .

   23 M    vii. Amos KITCHEN .

   24 F    viii. Sarah KITCHEN .

   25 F    ix. Mary KITCHEN .

   26 M    x. Reginald KITCHEN .

14. Richard KITCHEN (Wheeler5, Henry1) was born in 1765 in Greenwich Twp, Sussex, New Jersey, USA1 and died in July 1826 in Townsend Twp, Norfolk Co, Ontario, Canada1 aged 61.

Richard Kitchen, was the seventh son of wheeler and Mary ( Heath) Kitchen. Richard was born in 1765 on his father's ( Wheeler Kitchen) farm in Greenwich Township. The land originally belonged to his grandfather, Henry Kitchen of Amwell. Living next door was Richard's Uncle Henry Kitchen & family
On August 5, 1770, Richard and his two brothers William and John, along with his mother Mary and his Aunt Jane, wife of Henry Kitchen, were all baptized by Rev. William Frazer an Anglican minister. In late 1785 Richard's father, Wheeler, died in Greenwich, soon after Richard married Easter(Esther) Osmun, daughter of Ziba and Rachel Osmun. Soon after they were married they moved to the Schooleys mountain area in Sussex Co, New Jersey. In 1793 Richard appears on the Militia list of Roxbury Township, N.J. In 1794, Jabea Culver and many of his children, John Heath (brother of Mary Heath Kitchen)& family, also other Kitchen families, left for Townsend, Ontario, Canada. By 1797 Richard and family were living on land situated on Chillisquaque Creek, Bloomsburg, Columbia Co. Pa. Over a decade would pass before Richard Kitchen & his family would rejoin his Heath, Culver, and Kitchen kin this time in Townsend Upper Canada. Richard died in Townsend, Ontario, Canada, in July of 1826.
Living near by in Bloomsburg, were Richard's brothers, Henry, Wheeler, Samuel, and John, also his uncle Henry Kitchen, and his four sons & their families. Soon after the "Christ Episcopal Church", was built on land belonging to Richard's Uncle Henry. In early 1810 Richard, sold his land to Joseph Eves for the sum of eighteen hundred and seventy dollars, for one hundred and sixty-nine acres of land. Very soon after Richard, Joseph and their families headed north for Canada. A petition was filed for 200 acres, Lot 7 Con. 12 of Townsend. Richard was drafted in the "War of 1812 as a private in Medcalf's Co. at some point during the war in consideration of his fathers age Richard's son William, offered himself as a substitute being a large boy of 15 years of age. He was accepted in his father's place. In 1815 Richard purchased 100 acres in Townsend Lot 8 Con. 13. Richard and family founded a town in Townsend. They named it Bloomsburg, after their home in Bloomsburg, Pa. Richard and Easter were the parents of eleven children.

Richard married Esther OSMUN, daughter of Ziba OSMUN and Rachel (__?__),.

Children from this marriage were:

+ 27 M    i. Heath KITCHEN was born about 1788 in Greenwich Twp, Sussex, New Jersey, USA1 and died on February 11, 1858 in East Flamborough Twp, Wentworth Co, Ontario, Canada1 aged about 70.

+ 28 M    ii. Wheeler KITCHEN was born in 1790 in Greenwich Twp, Sussex, New Jersey, USA1 and died on May 16, 18616 aged 71.

   29 M    iii. Ziba KITCHEN was born in 1798 in , , New Jersey, USA.1

   30 F    iv. Sarah KITCHEN was born in 1796 in , , New Jersey, USA1 and died in July 1826 in Townsend Twp, Norfolk Co, Ontario, Canada7 aged 30.

Sarah married Morris HEATH, son of John HEATH and Anna SOVERIGN,. Morris was born in 17947 and died in 18697 aged 75.

   31 F    v. Nancy KITCHEN was born in 1797 in , , New Jersey, USA.1

   32 M    vi. William KITCHEN was born in 1799 in , Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA1 and died on October 9, 1883 in Townsend Twp, Norfolk Co, Ontario, Canada1 aged 84.

+ 33 M    vii. John Green KITCHEN was born on September 17, 1799 in , Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA1,7 and died on August 2, 1872 in , Norfolk Co, Ontario, Canada7 aged 72.

   34 M    viii. Henry KITCHEN was born in 1804 in , Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA.1

   35 M    ix. Richard KITCHEN was born in 1805 in , Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA1 and died on August 17, 1869 in Townsend Twp, Norfolk Co, Ontario, Canada1 aged 64.

   36 F    x. Mary KITCHEN was born in 1807 in , Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA.1

   37 M    xi. Philip KITCHEN was born on December 6, 1809 in , Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA.1,7

Philip married Esther HEATH, daughter of John HEATH and Anna SOVERIGN,. Esther was born in 1811 in Townsend Twp, Norfolk Co, Ontario, Canada7 and died on September 13, 18777 aged 66.

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