Solomon Kenniston (1733 - 1785)

Born 1733 in Rockingham, New Hampshire

Descendants

Died 1785 at about age 52 in Parsonsfield, York, Maine, United States

Biography

Solomon Kenison, son of Samuel Kenison, was born in 1733 and removed from Stratham or Greenland, New Hampshire to Parsonfield, Maine. He was of Parsonfield, 1785, the only man of the name in that town.

His farm is now known as “Hasty Farm.” He signed the petition of all the inhabitants asking for a town charter from the legislature in 1785, and his name was sixth on the list, indicating that he was a man of some prominence and property.

Lots purchased of Mr Parsons in 1771, Range 8, Lot 143 Owner: Solomon Kenison

Family links: Children: Jeremiah Kenison (1769 - 1844) Solomon B. Kenison (1799 - 1873)

Burial: Parsons-Emerson Cemetery Parsonsfield York County Maine, USA

Sources

• Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts” William Richard Cutter Published in 1908
• “History of Parsonfield, Maine”

Solomon Kennison Pages 185, 190, 235 (https://archive.org/stream/ historyoffirstce00dear#page/n307/mode/2up)

• • Page 185 shows Solomon Keniston, Hasty Farm
  • Page 190 Petitioner “Solomon Keniston” for Town Charter, Jan 1785
  • Page 235

“In returning from Lord’s Mills to the Emerson Schoolhouse, the neighborhood settled and still occupied by the Chase Family is at the left. From the schoolhouse, the ascent to the highlands is up, past the old homes of William Sanborn, Joseph Huckings, Solomon Kenison…..”

• Find A Grave Memorial# 136898078