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Will try again. Hope this is o.k. I have made the font smaller, too. Ted
One of my maternal ancestral families is a Kennedy family (sometimes
spelled Cannady, Kenedy). They appear in Massachusetts in the
1730's. According to several references, there was a migration of
Ulster Scots from northern Ireland at that time; and at least, five
ships of immigrants arrived in Boston. Among these was probably my
Thomas Kennedy.
Thomas Kennedy married Jane (Janet) Gilmore in Bridgewater,
Massachusetts, near Boston, in 1735. He eventually migrated to
western Massachusetts, settling in "New Glasgow," later called
Blandford, Massachusetts. The last record of Thomas is the 1790 tax
valuation. The family was Protestant.
Research uncovered two of Thomas and Jane Kennedy's children, Thomas
and Hannah, living with a family, comprising Robert, David and Isabel
Giffin. These people were two brothers and a sister who migrated to
Spencer, Massachusetts. David was born in the parish of
"Bellowilling" (the spelling used in the Giffin Will), County Antrim,
in 1686. Isabel was born there in 1695, and Robert, in 16??. They
were hard-working and acquired property in Spencer, but none of them
married. All three died within a space of seven months, between
December, 1769, and July, 1770.
(In one reference I found that a Protestant family named Giffen has
been located in Antrim since the seventeenth century. There is good
reason, according to the researcher, to believe that all the families
who spelled their name "Giffin" or "Giffen" belong to this Antrim
family. The coat-of-arms of the ancient Giffings family is given as:
azure fretty argent on a chief or two mullets gules.)
David Giffin deeded his property to his brother Robert and his sister
Isabel. Robert bequeathed to his "cousin" David Gilmore, then living
with him, "a comfortable support for life from the income of his real
estate," which he gave, half to Thomas Kenady (or Cannady), son of
Thomas Kenady, of Murrayfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, and
half to Robert Giffin, son of his brother John Giffin, late of county
Antrim, Ireland. (John remained in County Antrim when David, Robert
and Isabel migrated.) To get his share, Robert, son of John, must
come to this country, however, and I found that he came; lived in
Spencer and died there in 1795, having wasted his inheritance. The
personal estate of the older Robert Giffin, (Isabel and David's
brother) was divided between Thomas and Hannah Kenady, children of
the said Thomas Kenady, Sr., of Murrayfield.
Isabell Giffin's will was dated 1 May, 1770. She bequeathed to Thomas
Cannedy, Jr., then living with her, and to Robert Giffin, son of her
brother John, late of County Antrim, deceased, providing for the
support of David Gilmore, and giving her personal estate to Thomas
and his sister Hannah, also, living with her. The estate was
partitioned July 20, 1772, when Robert signed his assent to the
division by which he received a half.
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Researching my Southern Families: Roberson/Robertson/Robinson,Bonner,
Blakely,Wright, Sills, Thornton, Canterbury, Godbold, Solomon, Pate,
Grice, Herron, Regan, Sims, Boles, Jones.
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<div><font size="-1">Will try again. Hope this is o.k. I have
made the font smaller, too. Ted</font></div>
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<div><font face="New York" size="-1" color="#000000">One of my
maternal ancestral families is a Kennedy family (sometimes spelled
Cannady, Kenedy). They appear in Massachusetts in the 1730's.
According to several references, there was a migration of Ulster Scots
from northern Ireland at that time; and at least, five ships of
immigrants arrived in Boston. Among these was probably my Thomas
Kennedy. </font></div>
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<div><font face="New York" size="-1" color="#000000">Thomas Kennedy
married Jane (Janet) Gilmore in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, near
Boston, in 1735. He eventually migrated to western
Massachusetts, settling in "New Glasgow," later called
Blandford, Massachusetts. The last record of Thomas is the 1790
tax valuation. The family was Protestant.</font></div>
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<div><font face="New York" size="-1" color="#000000">Research
uncovered two of Thomas and Jane Kennedy's children, Thomas and
Hannah, living with a family, comprising Robert, David and Isabel
Giffin. These people were two brothers and a sister who migrated to
Spencer, Massachusetts. David was born in the parish of
"Bellowilling" (the spelling used in the Giffin Will),
County Antrim, in 1686. Isabel was born there in 1695, and
Robert, in 16??. They were hard-working and acquired property in
Spencer, but none of them married. All three died within a space
of seven months, between December, 1769, and July, 1770.</font></div>
<div><font face="New York" size="-1" color="#000000"><br></font></div>
<div><font face="New York" size="-1" color="#000000">(In one reference
I found that a Protestant family named Giffen has been located in
Antrim since the seventeenth century. There is good reason, according
to the researcher, to believe that all the families who spelled their
name "Giffin" or "Giffen" belong to this Antrim
family. The coat-of-arms of the ancient Giffings family is given
as: azure fretty argent on a chief or two mullets gules.)</font></div>
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<div><font face="New York" size="-1" color="#000000">David Giffin
deeded his property to his brother Robert and his sister Isabel.
Robert bequeathed to his "cousin" David Gilmore, then living
with him, "a comfortable support for life from the income of his
real estate," which he gave, half to Thomas Kenady (or Cannady),
son of Thomas Kenady, of Murrayfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts,
and half to Robert Giffin, son of his brother John Giffin, late of
county Antrim, Ireland. (John remained in County Antrim when
David, Robert and Isabel migrated.) To get his share, Robert, son of
John, must come to this country, however, and I found that he came;
lived in Spencer and died there in 1795, having wasted his
inheritance. The personal estate of the older Robert Giffin, (Isabel
and David's brother) was divided between Thomas and Hannah Kenady,
children of the said Thomas Kenady, Sr., of Murrayfield.</font></div>
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<div><font face="New York" size="-1" color="#000000">Isabell Giffin's
will was dated 1 May, 1770. She bequeathed to Thomas Cannedy, Jr.,
then living with her, and to Robert Giffin, son of her brother John,
late of County Antrim, deceased, providing for the support of David
Gilmore, and giving her personal estate to Thomas and his sister
Hannah, also, living with her. The estate was partitioned July 20,
1772, when Robert signed his assent to the division by which he
received a half.</font></div>
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<div><font face="New York" size="-1" color="#000000">Researching my
Southern Families: Roberson/Robertson/Robinson,Bonner, Blakely,Wright,
Sills, Thornton, Canterbury, Godbold, Solomon, Pate, Grice, Herron,
Regan, Sims, Boles, Jones.</font></div>
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