Who was the Kincaid who wrote of his experiences in the Rifle Corps? He is the only prominent military Kincaid of that time that I can think of. Norman Kincaide --- On Wed, 1/5/11, Peter A. Kincaid <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Peter A. Kincaid <[email protected]> > Subject: [KINCAID] Kincaids of Utica was Re: Another "lurker" > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, January 5, 2011, 1:32 AM > Found a couple of interesting tidbits > on your family. The > first is a death notice of one of the sons, Rev. > William Morris > Kincaid. It states that his father was born in > Inverness, > Scotland. The other is of a son of James and it > states that the > family was of a a long military career in Scotland. > > > ***** > January 10.-New was received in this city yesterday of the > death of > Rev. Dr. William Morris Kincaid, former pastor of Central > Union Church, > who passed away at Charlottee, North Carolin, on the 2nd of > January, > 1911. At the time of his death he was pastor of the > First Presbyterian > Church of that City. > > Doctor Kincaid was born in Utica, New York, about sixty > years ago. > His father was George Kincaid, a Scotsman from Inverness; > his mother was > a French Huguenot. His boyhood was passed in Utica, > where he was > prepared for college in the public schools of the > city. After four years' > collegiate training at Williams College in Massachusetts, > under the great > educator, Mark Hopkins, he graduated with honors in 1872. > > His theological course he obtained at the Baptist Seminary > in Rochester, > New York, and his first pastorate was at Cortland, New > York, from > 1875 to 1878. He then went to Rondout, the same > State, and served > a pastorate there until 1881, when he accepted a call to > the First > Baptist Church of San Francisco. In 1890 he resigned > that position and > left the Baptist Church at the same time. In that > year he became a > Presbyterian and received a call from Minneapolis, where he > remained > until coming to Honolulu in September, 1898. He was > installed as > pastor of Central Union Church on the tenth of December of > that year, > and served here until June, 1906. when he accepted a call > from the > First Presbyterian Church of Charlotte, a congregation > having a membership > of nearly 1000. > > During his residence in Honolulu, Doctor Kincaid became a > prominent > personage, and his departure was regretted by a large > circle of friends. > He took a great interest in Hawaiian affairs, and his > address at the Mohonk > Conference in 1905, was but one of the notable occasions > upon > which he presented local subjects for the consideration of > the Nation. > He was credited also with doubling the membership of > Central Union > Church during his pastorate. The degreee of Doctor of > Divinity was > conferred upon him by William College in 1904. > > He was a warm friend of Harry Pratt Judson, president of > the University > of Chicago, and served as university preacher for that > institution > last spring. > [The Honolulu Times, Honolulu, Hawaii. Vol. IX. No. 5 > (1 February 1911), > p. 5, cols 2-3. > ***** > > ***** > KINCAID, FREDERICK W.--In June, 1841, George Kincaid came > to Utica > from New York city. He was a direct descendant of a family > once prominent > in Scotland military history, and was one of the pioneers > to California in > 1849, > where he attained prominence in quartz mining. He returned > in 1861 and from > that time his life was spent in Utica. He was a Mason of > high degree, and > for > many years was an officer of Utica Commandery Knights > Templar, and at one > time was its eminent commander. He had four sons and one > daughter, all > living. > He died in 1893. His oldest son, J. C. P. Kincaid, who has > spent his life in > Utica, was born in 1840 and was for many years a merchant. > In 1873 he was > appointed United States collector of internal revenue, and > served under > Presidents > Grant, Hayes, and Garfield and a short time under Arthur. > He was also for > six years a school commissioner of Utica and for four years > president of the > board. > First Lieutenant Frederick W. Kincaid, of the Utica Citizen > Corps, > Forty-fourth > Separate Co., N. G. S. N. Y., his oldest living son, was > born in 1867, and > has > attained a high reputation as an officer in the National > Guard. He, with two > brothers > now deceased, Alrick G. and J. C. P., jr., have with their > father been > active > members of that famous organization. Both > great-grandfathers on his mother's > side > were soldiers of the Revolution and one on his father's > side was a veteran > of > 1812. (p. 240-241) [Oneida County, New York > Biographies. Wager, Daniel. > Our County and Its People, Part III: Family Sketches. > Boston: The Boston > History > Company, 1896. > http://home.comcast.net/~richardson156/wagerk.html#kincaidfw]. > ***** > > Inverness is not a spot known for Kincaids. Perhaps > given the > military note, your George I's father was military and > stationed > at Fort George outside of Inverness. > > Best wishes! > > Peter Kincaid > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Frederick Kincaid" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 4:09 PM > Subject: [KINCAID] Another "lurker" > > > > I've been reading these posts for several > months with interest - > > especially after touring Scotland this past August and > staying overnight > > at the Kincaid House in Campsie. I have not had dna > testing and am unsure > > how it might benefit me or others. > > I am of the New York state Kincaids > (Utica area) and can substantiate > > my direct fraternal line back as follows: > > Frederick W. Kincaid III (me) > 02/26/1944 - > > Frederick W. Kincaid Jr. > 04/18/1904 - > 09/30/1974 > > Frederick W. Kincaid Sr. > 05/04/1867- > 01/26/1936 > > James Carlise Parshall Kincaid Sr. > 05/301840 - 09/15/1919 > > George Kincaid > > 10/12/1818 - 03/29/1893 > > (records indicate he was born at some point during his > parents' voyage > > from Dublin, Ireland to > > > > New York City.) > > George Kincaid > > I have no records > > concerning him but know that he and his wife (Margaret > Culbertson) were > > born in Scotland. > > > > > I would very > > much like to learn more about him and be able to trace > the line further > > back. > > Thanks for reading. Any help will be > appreciated. > > Fred Kincaid > > > > To see the Kincaid of all spellings DNA chart in > Excel: > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~adgedge/Research/April%202004/Kincaid%20%20DNA.xls > > > > To join the DNA project, go to: > > > www.familytreedna.com/group-join.aspx?Group=Kincaid&Code=J21027 > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > [email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > To see the Kincaid of all spellings DNA chart in Excel: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~adgedge/Research/April%202004/Kincaid%20%20DNA.xls > > To join the DNA project, go to: > www.familytreedna.com/group-join.aspx?Group=Kincaid&Code=J21027 > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message >
Sir John Kincaid of the Rifle Brigade known for his service during the Peninsular War and in particular for his accounts of the Battle of Waterloo. He was of the Falkirk Kincaids and of the Thomas Kincaid/Elizabeth Chiesly family we recently talked about. Peter ----- Original Message ----- From: "Norman Kincaide" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 9:44 PM Subject: Re: [KINCAID] Kincaids of Utica was Re: Another "lurker" Who was the Kincaid who wrote of his experiences in the Rifle Corps? He is the only prominent military Kincaid of that time that I can think of. Norman Kincaide --- On Wed, 1/5/11, Peter A. Kincaid <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Peter A. Kincaid <[email protected]> > Subject: [KINCAID] Kincaids of Utica was Re: Another "lurker" > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, January 5, 2011, 1:32 AM > Found a couple of interesting tidbits > on your family. The > first is a death notice of one of the sons, Rev. > William Morris > Kincaid. It states that his father was born in > Inverness, > Scotland. The other is of a son of James and it > states that the > family was of a a long military career in Scotland. > > > ***** > January 10.-New was received in this city yesterday of the > death of > Rev. Dr. William Morris Kincaid, former pastor of Central > Union Church, > who passed away at Charlottee, North Carolin, on the 2nd of > January, > 1911. At the time of his death he was pastor of the > First Presbyterian > Church of that City. > > Doctor Kincaid was born in Utica, New York, about sixty > years ago. > His father was George Kincaid, a Scotsman from Inverness; > his mother was > a French Huguenot. His boyhood was passed in Utica, > where he was > prepared for college in the public schools of the > city. After four years' > collegiate training at Williams College in Massachusetts, > under the great > educator, Mark Hopkins, he graduated with honors in 1872. > > His theological course he obtained at the Baptist Seminary > in Rochester, > New York, and his first pastorate was at Cortland, New > York, from > 1875 to 1878. He then went to Rondout, the same > State, and served > a pastorate there until 1881, when he accepted a call to > the First > Baptist Church of San Francisco. In 1890 he resigned > that position and > left the Baptist Church at the same time. In that > year he became a > Presbyterian and received a call from Minneapolis, where he > remained > until coming to Honolulu in September, 1898. He was > installed as > pastor of Central Union Church on the tenth of December of > that year, > and served here until June, 1906. when he accepted a call > from the > First Presbyterian Church of Charlotte, a congregation > having a membership > of nearly 1000. > > During his residence in Honolulu, Doctor Kincaid became a > prominent > personage, and his departure was regretted by a large > circle of friends. > He took a great interest in Hawaiian affairs, and his > address at the Mohonk > Conference in 1905, was but one of the notable occasions > upon > which he presented local subjects for the consideration of > the Nation. > He was credited also with doubling the membership of > Central Union > Church during his pastorate. The degreee of Doctor of > Divinity was > conferred upon him by William College in 1904. > > He was a warm friend of Harry Pratt Judson, president of > the University > of Chicago, and served as university preacher for that > institution > last spring. > [The Honolulu Times, Honolulu, Hawaii. Vol. IX. No. 5 > (1 February 1911), > p. 5, cols 2-3. > ***** > > ***** > KINCAID, FREDERICK W.--In June, 1841, George Kincaid came > to Utica > from New York city. He was a direct descendant of a family > once prominent > in Scotland military history, and was one of the pioneers > to California in > 1849, > where he attained prominence in quartz mining. He returned > in 1861 and from > that time his life was spent in Utica. He was a Mason of > high degree, and > for > many years was an officer of Utica Commandery Knights > Templar, and at one > time was its eminent commander. He had four sons and one > daughter, all > living. > He died in 1893. His oldest son, J. C. P. Kincaid, who has > spent his life in > Utica, was born in 1840 and was for many years a merchant. > In 1873 he was > appointed United States collector of internal revenue, and > served under > Presidents > Grant, Hayes, and Garfield and a short time under Arthur. > He was also for > six years a school commissioner of Utica and for four years > president of the > board. > First Lieutenant Frederick W. Kincaid, of the Utica Citizen > Corps, > Forty-fourth > Separate Co., N. G. S. N. Y., his oldest living son, was > born in 1867, and > has > attained a high reputation as an officer in the National > Guard. He, with two > brothers > now deceased, Alrick G. and J. C. P., jr., have with their > father been > active > members of that famous organization. Both > great-grandfathers on his mother's > side > were soldiers of the Revolution and one on his father's > side was a veteran > of > 1812. (p. 240-241) [Oneida County, New York > Biographies. Wager, Daniel. > Our County and Its People, Part III: Family Sketches. > Boston: The Boston > History > Company, 1896. > http://home.comcast.net/~richardson156/wagerk.html#kincaidfw]. > ***** > > Inverness is not a spot known for Kincaids. Perhaps > given the > military note, your George I's father was military and > stationed > at Fort George outside of Inverness. > > Best wishes! > > Peter Kincaid > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Frederick Kincaid" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 4:09 PM > Subject: [KINCAID] Another "lurker" > > > > I've been reading these posts for several > months with interest - > > especially after touring Scotland this past August and > staying overnight > > at the Kincaid House in Campsie. I have not had dna > testing and am unsure > > how it might benefit me or others. > > I am of the New York state Kincaids > (Utica area) and can substantiate > > my direct fraternal line back as follows: > > Frederick W. Kincaid III (me) > 02/26/1944 - > > Frederick W. Kincaid Jr. > 04/18/1904 - > 09/30/1974 > > Frederick W. Kincaid Sr. > 05/04/1867- > 01/26/1936 > > James Carlise Parshall Kincaid Sr. > 05/301840 - 09/15/1919 > > George Kincaid > > 10/12/1818 - 03/29/1893 > > (records indicate he was born at some point during his > parents' voyage > > from Dublin, Ireland to > > > > New York City.) > > George Kincaid > > I have no records > > concerning him but know that he and his wife (Margaret > Culbertson) were > > born in Scotland. > > > > > I would very > > much like to learn more about him and be able to trace > the line further > > back. > > Thanks for reading. Any help will be > appreciated. > > Fred Kincaid > > > > To see the Kincaid of all spellings DNA chart in > Excel: > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~adgedge/Research/April%202004/Kincaid%20%20DNA.xls > > > > To join the DNA project, go to: > > > www.familytreedna.com/group-join.aspx?Group=Kincaid&Code=J21027 > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > [email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > To see the Kincaid of all spellings DNA chart in Excel: > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~adgedge/Research/April%202004/Kincaid%20%20DNA.xls > > To join the DNA project, go to: > www.familytreedna.com/group-join.aspx?Group=Kincaid&Code=J21027 > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message > To see the Kincaid of all spellings DNA chart in Excel: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~adgedge/Research/April%202004/Kincaid%20%20DNA.xlsTojoin the DNA project, goto:www.familytreedna.com/group-join.aspx?Group=Kincaid&Code=J21027-------------------------------To unsubscribe from the list, please send an [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without thequotesin the subject and the body of the message