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The ^Disgrace of John F^Insey, Quaker Politician, 1739-1750 The ^Disgrace of John F^insey, Quaker Politician, 1739-1750 EW students of provincial Pennsylvania have remembered John Kinsey; at most he is just a name. He is mentioned in Fworks touching upon the political scene between 1740 and 1750, but writers have never made an exhaustive study of his career.1 When Kinsey's accomplishments are arrayed, they make a notable list and merit a place in colonial history alongside David Lloyd, James Logan, and Andrew Hamilton. The time has come to make public one unknown episode in his career as an explanation for his fall into oblivion. First, however, his attainments must be summarized to place the single incident in its proper perspective. John Kinsey was born in Philadelphia in 1693, and was probably the son of John and Sarah Stevens Kinsey.2 His father was an active Friends minister and a carpenter by trade. He frequently traveled in the ministry: he made a journey to Long Island with Thomas Chalkley, was very active in the Monthly Meeting in Philadelphia, and helped to establish Woodbridge Preparative Meeting in New Jersey. He moved to Woodbridge, near Rahway, between 1702 and 1704, following the death of his wife, and there married a widow, Grace Fitz Randolph. In New Jersey he was one of the Middlesex 1 Two brief biographical sketches were printed early in the present century: Joseph S. Walton, John Kinsey (Philadelphia, 1900), and "Jonn Kinsey," in Isaac Sharpless, Political Leaders of Provincial Pennsylvania (New York, 1919). The article in the Dictionary of American Biography followed these studies. 2 Samuel Smith, History of the Colony of Nova-Caesaria, or New Jersey (Burlington, N. J., 1765), stated on page 103 that John Kinsey, the commissioner to New Jersey who died aboard ship in 1677, had a son John who arrived in Burlington the following year. Smith added that John Kinsey (1693-1750), later Chief Justice, was the third John in the family. However, John Kinsey of Burlington died in 1689. New Jersey Archives, First Series (Newark, 1880- 1906), XXTTT (Abstracts of Wills, 1670-1736), 276. Furthermore, John Whitehead, in The Judicial and Civil History of New Jersey (Boston, 1897), suggested that Kinsey came to New Jersey from England in the year 1716. Because the Philadelphia Kinseys moved to New Jersey, it is difficult to search out the truth. These statements are elaborated in E. M. Kinsey's "Genealogical Notes," Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania. 400 1951 THE DISGRACE OF JOHN KINSEY 4OI County Commissioners, a member of the provincial Assembly, and Speaker of that body.8 Little is known about the boyhood of his son John Kinsey. He very likely attended the Friends Public School (what is now William Penn Charter School), for his father was interested in it and served on committees to oversee its condition, physical, spiritual, and intellectual. The first direct reference to young John which has been found is his signature on the marriage certificate of Edmund Kinsey and Sarah Osborne, or Ogburn, on the twenty-first of November, 1708, in Woodbridge. In addition to the signature of John Kinsey, there is the name "John Kinsey, Jun'r," written by the fifteen-year- old lad in letters half an inch high and in capitals of one and one-half inches.4 A letter written at the time of Kinsey9s death recorded the follow- ing facts concerning his youth: "He [the elder John Kinsey] put the son we are speaking of, apprentice to a Joiner in New York, with whom he worked at that business a considerable time, but having an Inquisitive disposition, and a Genius for something above his then employ, he left his master before his time was out, & applied himself to the Study of the Law, in which he soon gained great Reputation."5 It is thought that Kinsey studied law in Philadelphia, since he was admitted to the bar in Pennsylvania in 1724, and to the bar in New Jersey somewhat later. The year 1725 was marked by two events in the life of John Kinsey, one personal and the other of a public nature. On Seventh Month [September] 9, 1725, he married Mary Kearney, daughter of Philip Kearney, at Philadelphia, and took her back to Woodbridge.6 The public event involved the time-honored Quaker testimony of "hat honor." Kinsey appeared in the Court of Chancery at Philadelphia with his hat on, and Governor William Keith, who was presiding, ordered it taken off. The Governor acquiesced to the practice, how- 3 Minutes of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, 1689-1702, printed in the first six volumes of the Publications of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania (1895-1917), passim; Joseph W. Dally, Woodbridge and Vicinity (New Brunswick, N. J., 1873), 59-69. 4 This marriage certificate is in the Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College. 5 John Smith to Dr. William Logan, Fourth Month 2, 1750, Correspondence of John Smith, 1740-1770, The Historical Society of Pennsylvania (HSP). 6 Recorded Book A, no, Department of Records, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 304 Arch Street, Philadelphia. 4O2 EDWIN B. BRONNER October ever, when Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting petitioned him to refrain from such actions and to remember the historic position of the Society of Friends.7 Between 1727 and 1730, Kinsey served as a member of the As- sembly of New Jersey, and was Speaker of that body during his last year of service. Of him Governor John Montgomerie wrote: "Mr. Kinsey one of their profession [Quaker] is chose Speaker, he is a Man of sense and honesty, has a great regard for His Majesties Service, and the prosperity of the Province: I know he will do all he can to keep his Brethren in a good temper . ,"8 A recent author gave Kinsey credit for many reforms in New Jersey in 1727-1728, and said, "The ninth assembly had been intoxicated by the generous supply of liberal ideas served up by its favorite, Kinsey . ."9 Persons opposed to the reforms, however, left less complimentary remarks for posterity. Kinsey returned to Philadelphia late in 1730 or early in 1731. In January of the latter year he was chosen a member of the Assembly to replace David Potts, deceased,10 and he continued as a member until his own death in 1750. In recognition of his experience he was named to several committees in 1731, and on occasion served as chairman of the Committee of the Whole. In the intervening years until he became Speaker of the Assembly on October 15, 1739, he was a leading figure in all phases of its work. He replaced Andrew Hamilton in the Speaker's chair, and served for eleven years as both presiding officer and head of the Quaker element in the government. This was a troublesome decade, after years of comparative quiet upon the political scene. The prime source of conflict was the out- break of war between England and Spain, the so-called War of 7 Robert Proud, The History of Pennsylvania ... (Philadelphia, 1797,1798), II, 197-201. In 1745, while attending a conference at Albany between the colonies and the Indians, Kinsey reaffirmed his belief in the testimony against removal of the hat as a sign of deference. Minutes of Thomas Lawrence and John Kinsey, Oct. 5, 1745, Department of Records, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. 8 Perth Amboy, May 22, 1730. New Jersey Archives, First Series, V, 270. 9 Donald L. Kemmerer, Path to Freedom, The Struggle/or Self-Government in Colonial New Jersey, 1703-1776 (Princeton, 1940), 131. 10 He and his wife were admitted to membership in Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Eleventh Month 21, 1730/1. Recorded Book A, 139, Department of Records, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting; Pennsylvania Archives, Eighth Series [Votes of Assembly] (reprinted, Harris- burg, 1931), III, 2061; hereafter cited as Votes. 1951 THE DISGRACE OF JOHN KINSEY 403 Jenkins' Ear. War with France, King George's War, followed in due time. The second point of trouble was the conflict with the Pro- prietors and their representative the Governor over the preroga- tives of the Penns and the rights of the colonists. Frequently the two became intertwined. In 1739 England appealed to the colonies for both manpower and monetary aid. Pennsylvania, often in com- mon with her neighbors, answered such calls to the colors in a very grudging manner, and the Assembly, under the leadership of Kinsey, demurred on economic, constitutional, and religious grounds. George Thomas arrived as Governor of Pennsylvania in August, 1738, shortly before Kinsey became Speaker, and remained in office until May of 1747. The official correspondence between Thomas and Kinsey was marked by an acrimonious partisanship which did no credit to either.11 When, in the summer of 1740, indentured servants were allowed to enlist in companies of soldiers recruited to fight in the West Indies, constitutional grounds were given for refusal to appropriate funds. It was said that if servants, purchased with hard- earned money, should be taken from their masters, it would con- stitute a serious threat to property rights.12 On other occasions the religious convictions of the Quaker members of the Assembly were held up as a reason for not aiding the war effort.13 At still other times the pleas against appropriating money rested upon the economic hardships the colony faced, and attempts were made to portray the contributions of Pennsylvania in a favorable light in comparison with neighboring provinces. This difference took on a more personal meaning to Kinsey, when he was suddenly removed as Attorney General in the midst of the conflict. He had replaced Joseph Growden, Jr., as Attorney General of the province on July 6, 1738, and had conducted the duties of office until some time in October, 1741, when Tench Francis was named to replace him.14 Kinsey refused to resign on the grounds that 11 Thomas Penn to Col.
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