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(Thomas Kennedy and John Gilmore always seemed to have been close to
each other. They were both allowed to have 100- acre allotments when
a proprieter settled Murrayfield, now Chester, Massachusetts. And,
Thomas married Jane Gilmore, possibly the daughter of John Gilmore.
The older Robert Giffin left his estate to his cousin David Gilmore,
who was Jane's brother. To be cousins, I assume that Robert's and
David's mothers or grandmothers were sisters.
Because the Kennedys were so close to the Giffins, as were the
Gilmores, it seems reasonable to believe that these Kennedys and
Gilmores may also have come from Antrim, possibly even from the same
parish.
The source of the Giffen will information is Cutter's Genealogical
and Personal Memories of Families of Massachusetts, p. 2117. A number
of genealogists caution about Cutter's work, so I checked the
Spencer, Massachusetts, wills on microfilm at Salt Lake, and I found
Cutler's data to be absolutely correct.
Next, I dealt with the problem of "Ballywilling." An e-mail
correspondent from County Antrim, Ireland, Nevin Taggart, advised me
that the correct spelling should be "Ballywillen," and that there
were several townships by the same name in the Antrim area. The one
he believed to be the most likely is the Townland of Ballywillin in
the Parish of Aghadoway, County Londonderry, just to the west of the
River Bann, about eight miles south of Coleraine. This Townland
contained a Gilmore family in the 1860's, with a Kennedy family
nearby.
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<div><font face="New York" size="-1" color="#000000">(Thomas Kennedy
and John Gilmore always seemed to have been close to each other. They
were both allowed to have 100- acre allotments when a proprieter
settled Murrayfield, now Chester, Massachusetts. And, Thomas married
Jane Gilmore, possibly the daughter of John Gilmore.</font></div>
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<div><font face="New York" size="-1" color="#000000">The older Robert
Giffin left his estate to his cousin David Gilmore, who was Jane's
brother. To be cousins, I assume that Robert's and David's
mothers or grandmothers were sisters.</font></div>
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<div><font face="New York" size="-1" color="#000000">Because the
Kennedys were so close to the Giffins, as were the Gilmores, it seems
reasonable to believe that these Kennedys and Gilmores may also have
come from Antrim, possibly even from the same parish.</font></div>
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<div><font face="New York" size="-1" color="#000000">The source of the
Giffen will information is<u> Cutter's Genealogical and Personal
Memories of Families of Massachusetts,</u> p. 2117. A number of
genealogists caution about Cutter's work, so I checked the Spencer,
Massachusetts, wills on microfilm at Salt Lake, and I found Cutler's
data to be absolutely correct.</font></div>
<div><font face="New York" size="-1" color="#000000"><br></font></div>
<div><font face="New York" size="-1" color="#000000">Next, I dealt
with the problem of "Ballywilling." An e-mail correspondent
from County Antrim, Ireland, Nevin Taggart, advised me that the
correct spelling should be "Ballywillen," and that there
were several townships by the same name in the Antrim area. The one he
believed to be the most likely is the Townland of Ballywillin in the
Parish of Aghadoway, County Londonderry, just to the west of the River
Bann, about eight miles south of Coleraine. This Townland contained a
Gilmore family in the 1860's, with a Kennedy family
nearby.</font></div>
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