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William Kendrick (abt. 1704 - 1777)

William Kendrick
Born about in King William, King William, Colony of Virginiamap
Son of and [mother unknown]
Brother of , , , and
Husband of — married 1730 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Father of , , , , , , , and
Died at about age 73 in Warren, North Carolina, United Statesmap
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Biography

William was born about 1704.

William possibly had two or three sons with Mary H. Burwell: Jacob, George (b.~1728) and Burrell.

He married Sarah Elizabeth Jones about 1732.

The children with Sarah Jones were: James, John, Sarah, Mary, Mary, Rebecca, Martha, Jones, and Isham.

He passed away in 1777 in North Carolina.

Slaves

  • Linder, born sometimes before 1777 possibly in North Carolina. (mentioned in William's Will).
  • Nam, born sometimes before 1777 possibly in North Carolina. (mentioned in William's Estate Papers).

Marriage

He married Sarah sometime between 1730-1733 in King William, King William, Virginia, United States.

Known children:

Child: James Kendrick
Child: John Kendrick
Child: Sarah Kendrick
Child: Mary Kendrick
Child: Rebecca Kendrick
Child: Martha Kendrick
Child: Jones Kendrick
Child: Isham Kendrick

Not mentioned in William's Will, or elsewhere - should be removed from this profile w/o further evidence:

Child: Jacob Kendrick
Child: Burrell Kendrick
Child: Martin Kendrick
Child: Benjamin Kendrick
Child: William Kendrick

Will

1777 - North Carolina Estate File, Inventory of Estate. [1]

His will probated at the May Court, November 1777, in Bute County (later Warren County) North Carolina mentions his children as John, James, Mary, Sarah, Rebecca, Martha, Jones and Isham. His will is dated 12 January 1776. [1] [2]

HIS WILL

In the name of God Amen, I William Kendrick of Bute County in the Province of North Carolina being in perfect health and memory Thanks to God, and calling to mind the uncertainty of this life as knowing it is appointed to all men once to die and desirous to settle things in order to make constitute and appoint this and no other to be my last will and testament in manner and form following, that is to say, first and principally I give my soul to God the giver thereof in hopes to receive the same again at the Joyful Resurrection at the last day with a full and free pardon of all my sins and transgressions through the Death and merits of my blessed Savior and Redeemer Jesus Christ and my body to the earth from whence it was taken to be buried in a decent and Christian like manner, and as touching such worldly estate as the Lord in mercy hath lent me my will and desire is that the same be imployed first my will and desire is that all my just debts and funeral expenses be first paid.
Item: I leave and bequeath to my son John and James to them and each of them one shilling sterling.
Item: I leave and bequeath to my daughters Mary, Sarah, Rebecca, and Martha to them and each of them one shilling sterling.
Item: I leave and bequeath to my grandson Benjamin Thornton Forty Shillings Virginia money, to be paid to him when he shall arrive at the age of eighteen years.
Item: I leave and bequeath to my son Jones all that part of my land below the main branch running below the plantation whereon I now live it being the land my son James formerly lived on, to him and his heirs and assigns forever.
Item: I leave and bequeath to my son Isham after my wife's death my plantation whereon I now live together with all the land thereunto belonging not before mentioned to him, his heirs and assigns forever.
Item: I leave give and bequeath unto my son Isham aforesaid after my wife's decease my negro wench named Linder and all her increase to him and his heirs forever, and my will is that after my wife's decease the rest of my estate not before herein mentioned be equally divided between my two sons last mentioned (to wit) Jones and Isham to be divided in the effects and that nothing be sold of my estate on account of division and lastly I do nominate and appoint my well respected friend Captain Philip Burford Executor and my well beloved wife Sarah Kendrick Executrix to this my last will and testament utterly revoking and voiding all other will or wills by me made allowing this to be my last, in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 12 day of January 1776.
S/William Kendrick (SEAL)
Signed, Sealed and declared in Presence of: John White, Druery Jackson, Benja Edwards
Bute County November Count 1777
This account of the Estate of William Kendrick deceased was returned into Court by Philip Burford esquire, one of the Executors and on oath ordered to be recorded. Test: S/Thomas Machin C.C.

Research Notes

Benjamin Kendrick:
  • "A Kendrick family tree my dad gave me tree was listed Benjamin Kendrick as a son to William, 1739-1777, notes say he died before his father. Can not find any documents to attach Father and Son." (< Old note - Contributor unknown)
  • Benjamin is not mentioned in Will. A known Benjamin is his grandson Benjamin Thornton who -is- mentioned in the Will.
Jacob Kendrick:
  • Concerning William's two sons by Mary Burwell: Jacob Kendrick born 1722 and Burrell Kendrick born in 1731. There is no document proof that these are his sons and he was married to Mary. Sons and Mary not mentioned in his will. Please see Jacob's profile's research notes (By Charles Kendrick) showing a DNA match and other information.
  • New DNA Evidence - YDNA tests, coupled with documented genealogy of some other Kendrick males with closely matching DNA test results, have been of great assistance in determining who Jacob's ancestors were. These results point to William as Jacob's father. The tests are from a group of Kendrick men, originally 9 in number, but as of 2016, 14. While several members of the group do not have genealogy records reaching back to the late 1600’s or early 1700’s (some not even past the early 1800’s), there are several who have paper trails to William, and one has a paper trail to his brother, John.
  • The Y-DNA evidence is so strong that it can be said with certainty that if William was not Jacob’s father, his father had to be a brother, an Uncle, or another Kendrick surname ancestor of William’s. The age difference between Jacob and William's father, John born in 1670, would make him an unlikely candidate, but would not rule him out entirely. There are no siblings of William mentioned except for John and Mary (a James is sometimes mentioned, but without any supporting documentation). There are no Uncles of William that have come forward. In any case, we are reasonably assured that Jacob is a descendent of this Kendrick line, be it William or not who is his father.
- Brady Shea

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Probate/Inventory: "North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979"
    citing Digital film/folder number: 005328792; FHL microfilm: 002433688; Image number: 263
    FamilySearch Record: K78C-FN1 (accessed 25 March 2024)
    FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-G15F-NBL
    William Kendrick probate in 1777 in Bute, North Carolina, United States.
  2. ↑ Probate/Will: upperlevelgen.blogspot.com (Wayback Machine)
  • Probate: "North Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998" Image 264 of 585.
    Wills and Estate Papers (Bute County, North Carolina), 1764-1784; Author: North Carolina. Division of Archives and History (Raleigh, North Carolina); Probate Place: Bute, North Carolina
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 9061 #1186423 (accessed 3 June 2023)
    William Kendrick probate in 1777 in Bute, North Carolina, USA.
  • Book: "Historical Southern Families, Vol. I", pp. 34-35
  • Book: Warner, J. L. (1973). The Coneto Creek Taylors. United States: J. G. Stevenson., Citing page 38, page 69-70
  • Book: "William and Mary Quarterly Vol 20 page 266" (Google Books Link)

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Vickie (Kendrick) Miranda
As a member of the US Black Heritage Project, I have added a list of the slaves owned by William Kendrick on this profile with categories using the standards of the US Black Heritage Exchange Program. This helps us connect enslaved ancestors to their descendants. See the Heritage Exchange Portal for more information.
posted by Vickie (Kendrick) Miranda
Shea-2766 Brady Shea
Kendrick-45 and Kendrick-1094 appear to represent the same person because: Dates match. If not same please cancel merge and note why it isn't same person on this profile: Kendrick-1094 - otherwise merge this.
posted on Kendrick-1094 (merged) by Brady Shea
Shea-2766 Brady Shea
Profile "Notes" section above:
"Concerning William's two sons by Mary Burwell: Jacob Kendrick born 1722 and Burwell Kendrick born in 1731. There is no document proof that these are his sons and he was married to Mary. Sons and Mary not mentioned in his will."

Well, there is some marginal "documented proof" via Family Search - just not proof that everyone wants to accept. (Which I understand.)

Here are my cousin's notes on this subject:

Research Notes for JACOB KENDRICK
(by Charles Kendrick - ~2017)
(For the full document, see Jacob's profile / Research Notes)
"Scarce records for Jacob have made it difficult to answer the question of his ancestry with any degree of certainty.
Circumstantial evidence tends to indicate William Kendrick (born 1704, in Virginia) as his father. As for his mother, a Family Search (LDS) record has William as first marrying Mary Burwell. That record also had Jacob as their son, born around 1722. For whatever reason, some later versions have changed his birth date to 1730. No other "documentation" of the marriage of William and Mary has been found, but that is not unusual for the times.
Many do not consider the Family Search record as valid. Some people that do accept the Family Search record, however, suggest that William and Mary may have had two or even three children, namely: Jacob, b. 1722; George, b. 1728, King William, VA; and, Burrell (a variant of Burwell), b. about 1730 or 1731, King William, VA. In fact, some early Family Search records did show Burrell as their child. That is possible, but that there were other children is highly doubtful.
Mary Burwell supposedly died before 1730, perhaps about the time that Jacob (or possibly, Burrell/Burwell) was born. Other searches turn up numerous Mary Burwells in VA during that time period, but none that can be to connected with William or Jacob.
Burrell Kendrick is often listed as a child of William and Sarah, but interestingly, he is not mentioned with William's other children in B.C. Holtzclaw’s "Kendrick of Gloucester Co, VA and North Carolina (Zella Armstrong: "Notable Southern Families") or in William’s will. Nevertheless, the Burrell name turns up over and over in William’s grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, and great-great grandchildren, and so on down through the generations - - - and so does the name Jacob."
New DNA Evidence
YDNA tests, coupled with documented genealogy of some other Kendrick males with closely matching DNA test results, have been of great assistance in determining who Jacob's ancestors were. These results point to William as Jacob's father. The tests are from a group of Kendrick men, originally 9 in number, but as of 2016, 14. While several members of the group do not have genealogy records reaching back to the late 1600’s or early 1700’s (some not even past the early 1800’s), there are several who have paper trails to William, and one has a paper trail to his brother, John.
The Y-DNA evidence is so strong that it can be said with certainty that if William was not Jacob’s father, his father had to be a brother, a an Uncle, or another Kendrick surname ancestor of William’s. The age difference between Jacob and William's father, John born in 1670, would make him an unlikely candidate, but would not rule him out entirely. There are no siblings of William mentioned except for John and Mary (a James is sometimes mentioned, but without any supporting documentation). There are no Uncles of William that have come forward. In any case, we are reasonably assured that Jacob is a descendent of this Kendrick line, be it William or not who is his father.
posted by Brady Shea
edited by Brady Shea
Lee-5956 Robin Lee
Kendrick-1171 and Kendrick-45 appear to represent the same person because: same wife and same dates
posted by Robin Lee
Smith-62120 Ellen Smith
William Kendrick's DNA cannot possibly have been tested for genealogical purposes. He died more than 200 years before DNA testing became possible. Please remove the DNA test from his profile.
posted by Ellen Smith
Martin-36840 Suzan Martin
If it was straight Big YDNA FTDNA Kendrick male it might be acceptable - otherwise not- confusing when other people attach DNA - from all sides --
posted by Suzan Martin
Shea-2766 Brady Shea
Not exactly accurate, but I get your point. BTW, you are suppose to mark a profile "DNA confirmed" and a source if it's your MRCA triangulated between 3 or more people. (How I understand it anyway.) Also, what happens if I have a 200 year old tooth in good condition? ;-) DNA is tested all the time that has been excavated from tombs/etc.
posted by Brady Shea
edited by Brady Shea
Athey-67 Darlene (Athey) Athey-Hill
Kendrick-757 and Kendrick-45 appear to represent the same person because: same person; please merge.
posted by Darlene (Athey) Athey-Hill

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