Individual Details

They came to New Brunswick from Brooklyn, N.Y. where James taught school. They are both buried at Gondola Pt. Kings Co. N.B. [Pedigree of the Kierstede Family]

(There may be errors in records of AMOS, EMILY, and ANN. In a record in the Mormon Library in Salt Lake City is mention of another daughter, AMY 6 SHAW KIERSTEAD.) The Isaiah Kierstead above was drafted in the was of 1812, but he, being the father of 4 small children, had his younger brother, Peter, go in his stead. Peter got a wound which caused him to be lame ever after. [Pedigree of the Kierstede Family]

Birth	24 Sep 1756	Jamaica, Long Island, Queens County, New York
Marriage	5 Jan 1774	ELIZABETH SHAW
Death	3 Oct 1846

Spouse	ELIZABETH SHAW (1755 - 1845)
Child	MARY KIERSTEAD (1779 - )
Child	SAMUEL KIERSTEAD (1781 - )
Child	JAMES KIERSTEAD (1782 - 1794)
Child	ISAIAH KIERSTEAD (1784 - 1844)
Child	PETER KIERSTEAD (1785 - )
Child	ELIZABETH KIERSTEAD (1789 - )
Child	LYDIA KIERSTEAD (1792 - )
Child	JAMES KIERSTEAD , JR. (1794 - )
Child	AMOS KIERSTEAD (1795 - )
Child	Living
Child	ANN KIERSTEAD (1798 - )
Child	CATHERINE KIERSTEAD (1800 - )

Father	SAMUEL KIERSTEDE , JR. (1719 - 1778)
Mother	Living
Sibling	SAMUEL KIERSTEAD , III (1751 - )
Sibling	JOHNSON KIERSTEAD (1755 - )
Sibling	CATHERINE KIERSTEAD (1758 - )
Sibling	ISAIAH KIERSTEAD , SR. (1761 - 1852)
Sibling	BENJAMIN KIERSTEAD (1763 - 1825)
Sibling	HEZEKIAH KIERSTEAD (1765 - )
Sibling	LUKE KIERSTEAD (1768 - )
Sibling	MARY KIERSTEAD (1770 - )
Sibling	DAVID KIERSTEAD (1772 - )