Kinsey, John
jurist, journalist, state legislator, author, was born in 1693, in Philadelphia, Pa. Up to 1730 Kinsey resided in New Jersey, where he served in the assembly; but after this date he lived in Philadelphia, and in the same year was chosen to the assembly of Pennsylvania. He was attorney-general of the province from 1738 til 1741, and in 1743 was appointed chief justice, which post he held until his death. He published Laws of New Jersey, 1733. He died May 11, 1750, in Burlington, N. J.