John Kendrick (1772 - 1821)

Born 10 Apr 1772 in South Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Wilkerson (Darwin) Kendrick — married 28 Jan 1803 in South Carolina

Descendants

Died 14 Jul 1821 at age 49 in Spartanburg County, South Carolina

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Biography

John was born in 1772, South Carolina.

He married Mary Wilkerson Darwin 28 Jan 1803, South Carolina

Resident 1790 - North Carolina.^[1]

He passed away in 1821, South Carolina.^[2]

Buried at Skull Shoals Baptist Cemetery, Gaffney, Cherokee County, South Carolina.^[2]

Notes

Documenting this John has been tricky. He has long been and often confused with Captain John Kendrick of Harwich, Massachusetts. There are no documents that indicate the South Carolina John Kendrick ever lived in or moved to Massachusetts, knew anything about sailing/being a ship captain or married anyone in Massachusetts.

I have yet to find any DNA cousins who are descendants of this New England Kendrick family. I do however have many who are descended both from earlier Virginia and North Carolina-based Kendricks (John's father Isham in particular) and this John Darwin family of York, SC.

Probably more salient is that Capt. John was born in 1740. This John was born in 1772, he was only 4 years old when war broke out, and so never participated in the Revolution while Capt John's participation is well documented. Only this John's father and uncles were old enough to participate in the war and they all already have documented descendants at the DAR (and many are recent enough to meet the current documentation standards).

I therefore believe these are in fact two different John Kendricks.

So in the search to prove the existence of the SC John Kendrick, I found the followed pieces of data:

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/a rk:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YY8-SPY7?cc=1803959&wc=3XTM-BX5%3A1584071002%2C1584071659%2C1584070607 : 14 May 2015), North Carolina > Warren > Not Stated > image 9 of 16; citing NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Find A Grave - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69616950/john-kendrick

• Mary W. Darwin is mentioned in her father's, John Darwin, will. He bequeathed land next to his to his daughter, Mary Kendrick.

• Mary lived on that land until she died with one of her sons and his family (Turner). John died in 1821 (per the headstone). In the 1830 census, she is living with Turner and his family as a widow.

• Turner's older brother is named John (presumably named after his father).

• Copies of the Darwin-Kendrick_Inman Bible indicates Mary Wilkerson Darwin married John Kendrick on 1/28/1803 (will post pics of the bible pages when I get a chance)

• The John Kendrick Headstone in Skull Shoals Baptist Cemetery with DOD of 7/14/1821 (pictured on this profile) is the John Kendrick who married Mary Wilkerson Darwin. His death date is noted in the DAR Application for John Darwin #A029902 (Descendancy through Mary Wilkerson Darwin)