Saturday, December 20, 2014

Surname Saturday -- KENDALL (England to colonial Massachusetts)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  


I am in the 8th great-grandmothers and I'm up to Ancestor #1071 who is Ruth KENDALL (!675-1730) 
[Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 8th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through four generations in this KENDALL family line is:


1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)

16. Isaac Seaver (1823-1901)
17. Lucretia Townsend Smith (1827-1884)

32. Benjamin Seaver (1791-1825)
33. Abigail Gates (1797-1869)


66.  Nathan Gates (1767-1830)
67.  Abigail Knowlton (1774-1855)

132.  Simon Gates (1739-1803)
133.  Susannah Reed (1745-1833)

266.  Nathan Reed (1719-1802)
267.  Susannah Wood (1724-1784)

534.  Josiah Wood (1687-1753)
535.  Ruth Walker (1692-1752)

1070.  John Walker, born 02 July 1665 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 29 April 1699 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 2140. Samuel Walker and 2141. Sarah Reed.  He married 9 November 1691 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
1071.  Ruth Kendall, born 17 February 1675 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 29 July 1730 in Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  

Children of John Walker and Ruth Kendall are:
*  Ruth Walker (1692-1752), married 1710 Josiah Wood (1687-1753)
*  Edward Walker (1694-1787), marred 1718 Esther Pierce (1696-1761).

2142.  Thomas Kendall, born 10 January 1649 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 25 May 1730 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He married  1673 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
2143.  Ruth Blodgett, born 28 December 1656 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 18 December 1695 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  She was the daughter of 4286. Samuel Blodgett and 4287. Ruth Eggleton.

Children of Thomas Kendall and Ruth Blodgett are:
*  Ruth Kendall (1675-1730), married (1) 1691 John Walker (1665-1699); (2) 1700 Henry Walker (1679-????).
*  Thomas Kendall (1677-1771), married 1701 Sarah Cheever (1686-1761).
*  Mary Kendall (1681-1760), married 1699 Joseph Whitmore (1671-1720).
*  Samuel Kendall *1682-1764), married (1) 1706 Elizabeth Pierce (1688-1742); (2) 1751 Mehitable Parker (????-1755).
*  Ralph Kendall (1685-1753), married 1707 Abigail Carter (1690-????).
*  Eleazer Kendall (1687-1767), married (1) 1712 Hannah Howe (1683-1761); (2) 1767 Sarah (1706-????).
*  Ephraim Kendall (1690-1728), married 1712 Judith Walker (1691-1742).
*  Jane Kendall (1692-1778), married 1712 Joseph Russell (1685-1763).
*  Jabez Kendall (1692-1725), married 1716 Rebecca Parker (1692-????).
*  child Kendall (1695-1695).

4284.  Francis Kendall, born about 1617 in Norfolk, England; died 09 May 1708 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 8568. Henry Kendall and 8569. Gabriel Armstrong.  He married 24 December 1644 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
4285.  Mary Tidd, born before 23 November 1620 in Hertford, Hertfordshire, England; died 20 May 1676 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  She was the daughter of 8570. John Tidd and 8571. Margaret.

Children of Francis Kendall and Mary Tidd are:
*  John Kendall (1646-1732), married (1) 1668 Hannah Bartlett (1643-1681); (2) 1681 Elizabeth Comey (1662-1701); (3) 1701 Eunice Brooks (1655-1732).
*  Thomas Kendall (1649-1730), married (1) 1673 Ruth Blodgett (1656-1695); (2) 1696 Abigail Rayner (1648-1716).
*  Mary Kendall (1651-1722), married 1669 Israel Reed (1642-1711).
*  Elizabeth Kendall (1653-1713), married (1) 1675 Ephraim Winship (1643-1696); (2) 1698 Joseph Pierce (1647-1713).
*  Hannah Kendall (1655-1706), married William Green (1653-1717).
*  Rebecca Kendall (1658-1690), married 1678 Joshua Eaton (1653-1717)
*  Samuel Kendall (1660-1749), married (1) 1683 Rebecca Mixer (1662-1691); (2) 1692 Mary Locke (1666-????).
*  Jacob Kendall (1661-1744), married (1) 1683 Persis Heywood (1664-1694); (2) 1695 Alice Hassell (1665-????).
*  Abigail Kendall (1666-1734), married 1686 William Reed (1662-1718).


Information about these Kendall families was obtained from:

*  Mary Lovering Holman, The Ancestry of Colonel John Harrington Stevens and his wife Frances Helen Miller (Concord, N.H., Rumford Press, 1948).

*   Helen Schatvet Ullman, A Mills and Kendall Family History, American Ancestry and Descendants of Herbert Lee Mills and Bessie Delano Kendall (Boston, Mass. : Newbury Street Press,  2002).

*  Various Massachusetts town vital record books.

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1 comment:

Bill West said...

Another cousin connection. I'm descended from Hannah Kendall &
William Green.