KG2 The sons of William Kingdom

1.  Edward Kingdom married Deborah/Dorothea Ross.  Her father was John Ross, and her mother Rebecca Wilcox.  Her family were Methodists in Stoke Demeral in Devon.

They had two daughters Louisa 1806 - 1877  and Caroline. 1808 - 1874

1.2  Caroline Kingdom married Frances Lean  1795 - 1873

Their children

1.    1.      Frances Lean                           1833     1902       m Lettice Ann Cumming 1834 - 1891 and                                                                                                     Florence Marryat
2.      Caroline Kingdom Lean           1837     1898
3.      Leslie James Lean                     1840
4.      Mary Lean                                1843 - 1932
5.      Letita Denny Lean                    1844 - 1913
6.      Elizabeth Lean                          1846 - 1932
7.      James Sedgwick Lean               1848 - 1876      m         Louisa Williams
8.      Edward Cronin Lean                 1850 - 1931      m         Eleanor Newman
9.      Ellen Theresa Lean                   1853 - 1935

1.2.1    Frances Lean was a Major  in Royal Marines, appointed 1875.

1.2.7     James Sedgwick Lean           was in the Royal Navy

LEAN. (Lieutenant, 1810. f-p., 18; h-p., 31.)

James Sedgwick Lean entered the Navy, in July, 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Kangaroo 18, Capt. Edw. Brace; and in the following Oct. was twice engaged, in a very gallant manner, with La Loire of 46 guns (part of a force originally under the orders of Commodore Bompart, and destined for the invasion of Ireland), previously to the surrender of that ship to the Kangaroo and her consort the Anson 44. He continued in the same vessel until the close of 1800; and in Sept. 1804, after an intermediate servitude in the Channel and North Sea on board the Clyde 38, Capts. Chas. Cunningham and John Larmour, he joined, as Midshipman, the Camel store-ship, Capts. Thos. Garth and John Joyce, under the latter of whom, having first visited the Mediterranean and Cape of Good Hope, he commanded a gun-boat during the unfortunate attempt made to recover Buenos Ayree in July, 1807.

In the course of 1808 Mr. Lean became in succession Master’s Mate, on the Home station, of the Invincible 74, Capt. Ross Donnelly, and.Redpole 10, Capts. John Joyce and Colin M‘Donald. While in the latter of those vessels we find him serving in the Zephyr fire-ship on the occasion of Lord Cochrane’s memorable attack on the enemy’s squadron in Aix Roads in April, 1809; and, among other services, commanding a boat on the river Scheldt during the siege of Flushing. Attaining the rank of Lieutenant 4 Jan. 1810, he served from that period until Dec. 1813 in the Thracian 18, Capts. Jas. Grant, John Lawson, Henry Hart, Joseph Symes, and John Carter, on the Channel and Baltic stations. His next appointment was, 4 Sept. 1826, to the Coast Blockade, in which service he continued for two years as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye.  Lieut. Lean at present holds the appointment of Emigration Agent in London.[1]


His namesake, James Sedgwick was a CMS Missionary who married Ellen Jennings, granddaughter of Thomas Mudge. 

Mary Kingdom, William's sister, married Dr Thomas Stewart, who had a practice in Plymouth.

His death was a sad affair in the town.  Unfortunately there is nothing further to be able to be found for him.

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[1] A Naval Biographical Dictionary by William Richard O'Byrne