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William Robert Kennedy (1732 - 1813)

William Robert Kennedy
Born in Augusta, Virginiamap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 1757 in Augusta County, Colony of Virginiamap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 80 in Washington, Virginia, United Statesmap
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Biography

William was born about 1732. He was the son of Joseph Kennedy and Elizabeth Edmondson.

Marriage: William married Martha Campbell bef. 1757- Prob. Augusta County, Virginia

Children: 1 John Kennedy - b. abt. 1757 prob. Augusta County, Virginia

2. Robert Campbell Kennedy - b. 25 Aug 1761 Augusta County, Virginia d. 25 Feb 1815 Lincoln County, Tennessee

3. William Kennedy, Jr. - b. abt. 1769 Washington County, Virginia

William passed away about 1813.

Research Notes

Property Transactions

  • Early Land Acquisition in Augusta County, VA

Acquisition of Land from Chalkley's:

Page 549.--18th March, 1755. Joseph Kennedy to his son Wm. Kennedy, 402 acres purchased by Joseph from James Trimble, farmer, and by James from Borden on Moffett's Creek in Borden's tract; corner John Fulton; corner Alexander Logan; corner Wm. Berry.

Page 244.--19th May, 1761. William Kennedy and Martha to William Clarke, £120, 402 acres of Borden's large tract, on Moffet's Creek; cor. William Fulton (except two acres sold to William Adams). Teste: Hugh Wardlaw, Ro. Lusk. Delivered: Robert Clarke, March, 1763.

Vol. 1 - MARCH 28, 1771. (208) William Kennedy, returned no inhabitant. Page 481.--4th June, 1775. Robert Campbell's will, farmer--To wife, Sarah, executrix, 390 acres home plantation; Hugh Fulton, son-in-law, executor; to daughter, Mary Richey, daughter Martha Kennedy; to daughter, Sarah Fulton; to Rebecca Crawford, daughter of James Crawford and Isabella Crawford, daughter of testator; to Isabella Crawford, daughter to George and Isabella above; to James Crawford's second wife, 5 shillings to be paid each by Isabella and Rebecca when they come of age; to daughter, Mary Richey, Wm. Kennady, and Hugh Fulton. (Date at end is 4th July, 1775.) Teste: Pat. Buchanan, James Ewing, James Burnsides, Mathew Wilson. Proved, 18th March, 1777, by Buchanan and Wilson. Executors qualified. (Note: this record proves William Kennedy's wife as Martha Campbell, Robert Campbell's daughter).

Page 300.--28th December, 1788. William Kennedy, of Washington County, to Daniel Miller, of Rockbridge (Samuel Miller in body of deed). Delivered to Mary Martin, formerly widow of grantee, 16th October, 1811. (Note: if this record is for this Kennedy, it appears he had migrated to Washington County, VA by 1788).

Page 238.--15th October, 1790. Edward Hall's will--To wife, Eleanor; to son, Alexander; to son, Benjamin; to children, viz: Isaac Hall, Sarah Fulton, Thomas Hall, Elizabeth Fulton, already provided for; to son, John. Executors, friends Benj. Stuart, Andrew Fulton, Archibald Stuart. Teste: Archibald Stuart, Wm Kenedy, Alex. Stewart, Eleanor Stuart, Elizabeth Stuart. Proved, 20th September, 1796, by Alex. Stuart and Wm. Kennedy.

Vol. 2 - Page ___--William Kennedy deposes, ditto (18th April, in Washington County, 1806). He first became acquainted with the land about 40 years ago, hunting deer over it; resided in Borden's grant 30 years; he was 72 or 73 on 15th of last March. Samuel Edmonston deposes, ditto. He lived on the land from time he was a very small boy until he was 25 years old. He came on the land with his father's family and his brother William. Edmiston says they were living on the land 1740-1745. Deponent will be 68 years old 3d of next May. (Note: this record establishes William Kennedy's birthdate as either 15 March, 1733 or 1734).

Vol. 2 - Page ___--- William Kennedy deposes, 18th October, 1806, in Washington County, he knew the land when Patterson lived on it, during Borden's, senior, lifetime. Deponent was acquainted with the land when a small boy. He is 73 years old last March. (Note: this record clearly establishes William Kennedy's birthdate as in March, 1733)

Retrieved from[1]

Page 211--19th May 1761. William Kennedy and Martha to William Clarke. £120, 402 acres of Borden’s large tract, on Moffet’s Creek; cor. William Fulton (except two acres sold to William Adams). Test: Hugh Wardlaw, Ro. Lusk. Delivered: Robert Clarke, March 1763. [2]

March 1774 - Page 370 - "Wm. Edmonson, heir-at-law of John Edmonson, deceased, and Wm. Kennedy, heir-at-law of Joseph Kennedy, deceased, vs. Silas Hart, heir-at-law of John Hart and executor of Benjamin Borden. — Chancery writ, 24th August 1772. John Hart was agent of Benjamin, Jr., and Benjamin sold land to John Hart, who sold to John E. and Joseph K. Bill for title. [3]

Sources

  1. http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:William_Kennedy_%2873%29 Category: Early Settlers of Old Augusta
  2. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hn4x4i&view=1up&seq=380 Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish settlement in Virginia, extracted from the original court records of Augusta County, 1745-1800, by Lyman Chalkley. Pub. by Mary S. Lockwood. v.3
  3. https://archive.org/details/chroniclesscotc00lockgoog/page/370 Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish settlement in Virginia by Augusta Co., Va. [from old catalog]; Chalkley, Lyman, [from old catalog] comp; Lockwood, Mary S. (Mary Smith), 1831-1922.

Acknowledgments

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import. Kennedy-5473 was created by James Edmondson through the import of James Edmondson family tree(4).ged on Jun 1, 2014.





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Kennedy-23501 and Kennedy-5473 are not ready to be merged because: Some data matches, but imprecisely, sourcing isn't great; these need to be researched, sourced, and unteased or merged.
posted by Nathan Kennedy
William's 23 Nov 1806 deposition taken in Washington County in which he states that he was raised on Borden's Tract from the age of 7/8 until 1770 can be found on pp.1197-1199 here available here. This different than the one cited above.
posted by Bob Pickering
edited by Bob Pickering

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