James Kinsey (March 22, 1731 – January 4, 1802) was an American lawyer from

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. Kinsey was born in

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on March 22, 1731. He was a

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. He attended the common schools, studied law, was admitted to the New Jersey bar in 1753 and practiced in the courts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, with residence in Burlington County, New Jersey. He was a member of the

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from 1772–1775, and was a member of the

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for Burlington County in 1774 and 1775. He was a member of the

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from July 23, 1774, until his resignation effective November 22, 1775, and was one of the signers of the

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. He was appointed chief justice of the

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on November 20, 1789, and served until his death. Kinsey also served as a Member of the

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representing Burlington County in 1791. He died in Burlington on January 4, 1802, and was buried at Friends Burying Ground in Burlington, Section XVII, Number 1.Rowland J. Dutton
Friends' Burial-Ground, Burlington, New Jersey
1900, page 154

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