James MCKENNAN

1720 - Abt 1785  (70 years)

• Birth	Between 1715 and 1720	Londonderry, Ulster, IRELAND   [1, 2]
  Immigratn	Abt 1743  [2, 3]
  	"James MacKennan appears to have been the American ancestor of the Northern branch of the Kennan family. Little is known of him, except that he married at Rutland, Mass., May 25, 1744, Margaret Smith, of the town of Holden. The Kennans were all of Scotch descent, and were Protestants, and some of them, or perhaps most of them, were driven out of Scotland with thousands of others by religious persecution, and fled into the North of Ireland where many Scotch refugees located, mostly in the province of Ulster. This class of Scotch emigrants filled up that province after it had been emptied of its half barbarous native inhabitants. They there founded Londonderry, which soon became famous as the home of Scotch Presbyterians. A century later more than three thousand of the decendants of those refugees emigrated to America. The first boat landed at Boston on the 4th of August, 1718. Many of them located in Worcester County.."
  Note	Abt 1771	Charlemont, Franklin, MA   [1]
  	The James Kennon family moved to Charlemont, MA where they owned a farm of 51 acres, the southern border being formed by the Deerfield River.
  Residence	3 Sep 1767	Paxton, Worcester, MA   [4]
  	The town of Paxton was set off from Rutland on this date.
  Death	Abt 1785	Charlemont, Franklin, MA   [1, 2]

  
  

  Father	James MCKENNAN,   b. Abt 1693
  Family ID	F6570	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret SMITH,   b. Abt 1717, SCOTLAND
  Marriage	31 May 1744	Holden, Worcester, MA   [2, 5, 6]
  	Apr. 13, 1744, James McKennan of Rutland entered his intention of marriage with Margaret Smith of Holden. May 25th 1744, Then gave certificate that J. McKennan and Margaret Smith have been published in order to marriage as the law directs. May 31, 1744 Arrangements had to be made for a 2nd preacher as the 1st was killed by Nipmuc Indians Note: Thomas Lathrop Kennan in his book "Genealogy of the Kennan Family" states that James and Margaret had 4 sons and 4 daughters, all of whom eventually married and yet lists nine children (6 sons and 3 daughters).
  		James & Margaret (Smith) Kennan
  Children	1. John KENNAN,   b. 7 Apr 1745, Rutland, Worcester, MA d. 27 Jan 1778 (Age 32 years)   2. Agness KENNAN,   b. 3 Aug 1746, Rutland, Worcester, MA d. 2 Sep 1785, Heath, Franklin, MA (Age 39 years)   3. James KENNAN,   b. 4 Mar 1748, Rutland, Worcester, MA d. Bef 1770, MA (Age < 21 years)   4. Jean KENNAN,   b. 12 Feb 1750, Rutland, Worcester, MA d. Aft 1820, Jericho, Chittendon, VT (Age > 71 years)   5. George KENNAN,   b. 2 Jan 1752, Rutland, Worcester, MA d. 1830, Waterbury, Washington, VT (Age 77 years)   6. Andrew KENNAN,   b. 20 Apr 1754, Rutland, Worcester, MA d. 1 Jul 1830, Holden, Worcester, MA (Age 76 years)   7. Isaac KENNON,   b. 6 Dec 1757, Rutland, Worcester, MA d. 3 Mar 1845, Plattsburgh, Clinton, NY (Age 87 years)   8. Daniel KENNAN,   b. 21 Sep 1759, Holden, Worcester, MA   9. Mary KENNAN,   b. 12 Feb 1761, Rutland, Worcester, MA   10. Margaret KENNAN,   b. 12 Feb 1761, Rutland, Worcester, MA
  Family ID	F1802	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Between 1715 and 1720 - Londonderry, Ulster, IRELAND Marriage - 31 May 1744 - Holden, Worcester, MA Residence - 3 Sep 1767 - Paxton, Worcester, MA Note - Abt 1771 - Charlemont, Franklin, MA Death - Abt 1785 - Charlemont, Franklin, MA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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• Sources

  [S818] George F., Kennan, An American Family, (W. W. Norton & Co., New York, New York, 2000), 818. [S776] Thomas Lathrop Kennon, Kennan Family, (Canon Printing Company, Milwauee, Wisc., 1907), 776. [S816] Immigrants to New England, 816. [S1343] Jonas Reed, A History of Rutland; Worcester County, Massachuse, (Mirick & Bartlett, Printers, Worcester, MA, 1836), 1343. [S777] Vital Records of Rutland, (Franklin P. Rice, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1905), 777. [S927] Holbrook, Jay and Delene, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts, Provo, UT), 927.