John Kennedy (abt. 1774 - bef. 1871)

Born about 1774 in Canna, Inverness-shire, Scotland

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Descendants

Died before 1871 before about age 97 in Broad Cove, Inverness, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Notes

"In 1791 six Kennedy brothers came from Canna, Scotland, and landed at Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, with other Scottish immigrants." I think this sentence in particular is misleading. I don't think these brothers were adults.. if their father was Angus Kennedy from the Census of the Small Isles he was only 33 at this time.

This John is referred to as "Red John" in History of Inverness County below and also I believe as "Old John" in Mabou Pioneers.

Biography

About the year 1810 Alexander Kennedy with his brother Murdoch came to Sight Point. In 1791 they came from Canna, Scotland, to Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, with two other brothers, John and Donald. The two last named came to Broad Cove in 1808 and Alexander and Murdoch came to Sight Point a couple of years afterwards.^[1]

John Kennedy (Red) lived and worked on a farm adjacent to his brother Donald. He bought this farm with a grist mill on, the first in Northern Inverness from James Ban McDonnell. He got married to Elizabeth Fraser of Antigonish and had a family of five sons and two daughters. The sons were Angus, Archie, John, Alexander and Donald The daughters were Mary and Jessie. ^[2]

1817 (Kennedy, John) Petition to Ainslie: Petitioner has received 200 acres of land and has built a fine flour mill. He has no landing place on his lot, and asks the adjoining land which has been abandoned by Niel McLellan as it has been destroyed by fire. Note: refused. [Petition is unsigned, undated, with no indication of situation.]^[3]

1820 (Kennedy, John) Petition to Stewart: Petitioner, a native of Nova Scotia, has lived two years in Cape Breton. He has a grist mill at Broad Cove, for which he obtained 200 acres from the Crown. He wishes to build another mill at Lake Ainslie and asks for a lot there. Note: not granted.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ History of Inverness County, JL MacDougall, 1922 pg. 338 accessed via https://archive.org/details/historyofinverne00macduoft/page/338/mode/2up
2. ↑ History of Inverness County, JL MacDougall, 1922 pg. 356 accessed via https://archive.org/details/historyofinverne00macduoft/page/356/mode/2up
3. ↑ Cape Breton Island Petitions 1787 - 1843, Cape Breton number: 1653, Microfilm: 15794 accessed via https://archives.novascotia.ca/cape-breton-land/
4. ↑ Cape Breton Island Petitions 1787 - 1843, Cape Breton number: 2384, Microfilm: 15797 accessed via https://archives.novascotia.ca/cape-breton-land/