John Kennedy

The newspaper death notice of his daughter, Mary, describes him as "the late Capt. John Kennedy, of the Nimble, of that port" [Whitehaven]. John Kennedy of the Nimble is listed under Coasting Traders to and from Liverpool in Baines, 1824 1:462.

Events

Date of Baptism: 11 November 1764.

Place of Baptism: Whitehaven, Cumberland, England (Holy Trinity).

The baptism is given in the bishop’s transcripts to the parish registers.

Date of Burial: 11 November 1830.

Place of Burial: Whitehaven (St Nicholas’).

The burial is given in the bishop’s transcripts to the parish registers.

Relationships

Father: Robert Kennedy (1724 - 1806).

John’s baptism record names his father.

Mother: Ann Kelly (1734 - 1801).

John’s baptism record names his mother as Ann. Her surname is given in her marriage record.

Spouse: Martha Bell. Married 15 December 1792 in Whitehaven (St James’).

This marriage is given in the bishop’s transcripts to the parish registers.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. The baptisms were at St James, Whitehaven.)

Francis Kennedy (baptized 13 November 1791).

Robert Kennedy (baptized 8 October 1793 - died 6 February 1860) married (1) Ann Sibson 17 February 1822 in Whitehaven (St Nicholas’); married (2) Jane Black 4 April 1825 in St Bees, Cumberland.

Sarah Kennedy (baptized 30 November 1794).

Mary Kennedy (born about 1795 - died 21 November 1839) married Samuel Hinde 17 November 1817 in Whitehaven (St James’).

John Kennedy (baptized 30 October 1796).

Archibald Kennedy (baptized 15 July 1798).

Martha Kennedy (born 10 June 1803) married Joseph Irvin 25 December 1830 in Whitehaven (St James’).

Evidence

from the Lancashire Archives catalogue:

Marriage bond, 15 December 1792

Groom: John Kennedy, 28, mariner, Whitehaven, St Bees, Cumberland

Bride: Martha Bell, 28, St Bees, Cumberland

Place of marriage: St James, Whitehaven, Cumberland

John Kennedy and Martha Bell marriage (Whitehaven St James’, 1792)

Decemb’r 16 John Kennedy & Martha Bell by Lc

from Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser (1 June 1819), under "Imports Since Our Last"

Nimble, John Kennedy, from Liverpool, 46 hhds. sugar. 5 qrs. pease, 10 firkins, 10 half do. soft soap for Charles Magee, 1 hhd. Sugar for John Ormandy, 12 hhds. sugar for Johnstons and Manley, 2 hhds. sugar for Thomas Fearon, 2 hhds. sugar for James Rawlns, 1 puncheon rum for H. Jefferson and Son, 1 cask brandy for Dorothy Hamilton. 5 crates, 1 half do. earthenware for James Goulding, 21 cw. copper, 2 tons oakum. 10 doz. bass mats for T. and J. Brocklebank. 1 tierce hardware. 3 tons iron for Heslop, Mead and co. 1 tierce hardware for T. Gordon. 1 box hardware, 4 barrels pot ashes for H. Birley and co. 1 bundle hardware, 1 ton iron for Joseph Allinson. 3 barrels pot ashes, 10 barrels flour for Peel and co. Egremont, 50 barrels flour, 15 qrs. barley for W. Birkett, 1 cask glass for Thomas Stubbs. 14 bags iron nails for Bell and Fisher. 2 hhds. leaf tobacco for W. Brown. 3 cwt. cheese for R. Moore. 2 casks Epsom salts, 3 casks oil for Randleson and Forester. 20 bushels salt for Joseph Sim. ½ cwt. copper for R. Gordon, and sundries.

from Pigot and Co.’s National Commercial Directory, for 1828-9

under Whitehaven, Ship Masters:

Kennedy, John, 35 Queen st.

A transcription of the will of John Kennedy

In the Name of God Amen I John Kennedy of Whitehaven in the County of Cumberland Mariner being of sound Perfect and disposing mind memory and understanding do make publish and declare this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following that is to say I will order and direct all my just Debts Funeral and Testamentary Expences shall be paid off and discharged by my Executor and Executrix hereinafter named I give devise and bequeath unto my four Children Robert Kennedy Mary the wife of Samuel Hinde John and Martha Kennedy All that my freehold messuage Tenement or Dwelling House situate in Queen Street in the Town of Whitehaven aforesaid Also all those my freehold messuages Tenements or Dwelling Houses situate in a Lane near to Mark Lane in the Town of Whitehaven aforesaid Also all those my two freehold messuages or Dwelling Houses with the Hereditaments situate in a new Street called Preston Street on the Road leading from Whitehaven aforesaid to the Ginns Also all other my real Estate whatsoever To Hold the same with the Appurtenances unto my said four Children their Heirs and Assigns for ever as as Tenants in Common and not as joint Tenants And in case of the Death of any of my said Children in my Life Time leaving Child or Children lawfully begotten then I give the Part of Share Parts or Shares of him or her as well original as accruing which the Parent so dying would have been entitled unto if living unto his or her Child if there shall be only one his or her Heirs and Assigns for ever and if more than one to his or her Children their Heirs and Assigns for ever as Tenants in Common But in case of the death of any of my said Children in my life Time without leaving lawful Issue him her or them surviving I give and devise the Part or Share Parts or Shares of him her or them so dying unto and to the Use of the Survivors and Survivor of them and the Child or Children of any of them who may die such Child or Children taking the Share the Parent or Parents respectively would have taken if living To Hold to them their Heirs and Assigns for ever as Tenants in Common And I give and bequeath unto my said two daughters Mary the Wife of Samuel Hinde and Martha Kennedy All my household Furniture Plate Linen China Liquors Provisions and other Stores with my Printed and other Books Prints Paintings and Pictures and all other my household Effects whatsoever absolutely And as to the rest residue and remainder of my Personal Estate and Effects whatsoever I give and bequeath the same unto and equally amongst my said four Children Robert Mary John and Martha share and share alike And in case of the death of any of them in my Life Time bearing lawful Issue I give and bequeath the Part or Share Parts or Shares as well original as accruing which he she or they would have been entitled unto if living unto his her or their Issue respectively And in Case of the death of any of my Children in my Life Time without leaving lawful Issue I give and bequeath the Part or Share Parts or Shares of him her of them so dying unto and equally amongst the Survivors and survivor of them and the Issue of any of them who may be dead such Issue taking the Share the Parent or Parents would have been entitled unto if living And of this my Will I appoint my said Son Robert and my Daughter Martha Kennedy Executor and Executrix Hereby revoking and making void all former Wills I declare this only to be my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I the said John Kennedy the Testator have to this my last Will and Testament contained on two Sheets of Paper set my hand and Seal that is to say my hand at the bottom of the writing on the proceeding Sheet and my hand and Seal to this second or last Sheet this sixth Day of May One thousand eight hundred and Thirty

John Kennedy

[Witnesses: Henry Askwith, Wm C Nicholson, Geo: Nicholson]

[proved 6 December 1832; executors Robert Kennedy of Harrothwaite near Whitehaven and Martha the wife of Joseph Irwin late Martha Kennedy]

References

Baines, Edward. History, Directory, and Gazetteer of the County Palatine of Lancaster volume 1. (Liverpool, 1824).

“Deaths”,Carlisle Journal 30 November 1839, page 3, column 5; digital image on Findmypast.co.uk (accessed 10 April 2014).

John Kennedy baptism, Whitehaven, Cumberland (Holy Trinity) bishop’s transcripts of the parish register; FHL microfilm 90678, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.

John Kennedy and Martha Bell marriage, Whitehaven, Cumberland (Holy Trinity) bishop’s transcripts of the parish register; FHL microfilm 90678, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.

John Kennedy burial, Whitehaven, Cumberland (St Nicholas’) bishop’s transcripts of the parish register; FHL microfilm 90682, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Pigot and Co.’s National Commercial Directory, for 1828-9. London: J. Pigot & Co. page 95.