Individual Details
Benjamin Kissam
( - )
The Kissam Family in America from 1644-1825
by Edward Kissam
New York
Dempsey & Carroll's Art Press
36 East 14th Street
1892
on Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
p19
Benjamin was the son of a farmer and leading citizen of Cow Neck (now Manhasset), Long Island, where he was born; settled in New York and became a distinguished lawyer. He was a member of the Safety Committee of One Hundred and of the First and Second Provincial Congresses. His wife was a daughter of Peter Rutgers of New York City.
He married Catherine, dau of Petrus Rutgers of NYC on 5 Oct 1755.
Benjamin d 25 Oct 1782
p21In the book "The Kife of Gov. John Jay" by his son there is a reference to Benjamin Kissam. John Jay was accustomed to speak of Benj Kissam as one of the best men he ever knew and one of the best friends he ever had.
Children
Peter Rutgers
Joseph
Benjamin
Joseph
Richard Sharp, MD
Adrian a lawyer
Samuel unmarried
Helena
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Benjamin Kissam's will, 173, Nov 26, 1782, specifies his children. Their aunt Ann Sharpe names the same children. New York Wills, 39, 431 and 786.
from The Duyckinck & Allied Families by Whitehead Cornell Duyckinck and Rev John Cornell. New York. Tobias A Wright, Publisher. 1808
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by Edward Kissam
New York
Dempsey & Carroll's Art Press
36 East 14th Street
1892
on Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
p19
Benjamin was the son of a farmer and leading citizen of Cow Neck (now Manhasset), Long Island, where he was born; settled in New York and became a distinguished lawyer. He was a member of the Safety Committee of One Hundred and of the First and Second Provincial Congresses. His wife was a daughter of Peter Rutgers of New York City.
He married Catherine, dau of Petrus Rutgers of NYC on 5 Oct 1755.
Benjamin d 25 Oct 1782
p21In the book "The Kife of Gov. John Jay" by his son there is a reference to Benjamin Kissam. John Jay was accustomed to speak of Benj Kissam as one of the best men he ever knew and one of the best friends he ever had.
Children
Peter Rutgers
Joseph
Benjamin
Joseph
Richard Sharp, MD
Adrian a lawyer
Samuel unmarried
Helena
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Benjamin Kissam's will, 173, Nov 26, 1782, specifies his children. Their aunt Ann Sharpe names the same children. New York Wills, 39, 431 and 786.
from The Duyckinck & Allied Families by Whitehead Cornell Duyckinck and Rev John Cornell. New York. Tobias A Wright, Publisher. 1808
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Families
| Spouse | Catherine Rutgers ( - ) |
| Child | Peter Rutgers Kissam (1756 - 1799) |
| Child | Richard Sharpe Kissam (1761 - 1822) |
| Child | Adrian Kissam (1765 - ) |
| Child | Samuel Kissam ( - ) |
| Child | Helena Kissam (1769 - ) |
| Child | Benjamin Kissam (1759 - ) |
| Father | Joseph Kissam ( - ) |
| Mother | Deborah Whitehead ( - ) |