John KENNAN

1745 - 1778  (32 years)

• Birth	7 Apr 1745	Rutland, Worcester, MA   [1, 2]
  Land	29 Mar 1781  [1]
  	Received a deed from his brother John of a piece of land.
  Military Note	21 Apr 1775	Charlemont, Franklin, MA   [1, 3]
  	McKennan, John, Charlemont. Private, Capt. Sylvanus Rice's co. of militia, which marched April 22, 1775, in response to the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 6 days; reported enlisted into the army April 27, 1775. Served as a private in the Revolutionary War, in Lieut. Joseph Warren's company, which marched from Charlemont on April 21, 1775.
  Military Note	10 May 1777	Hampshire Co., MA   [1]
  	Served as a private in the Revolutionary War, in Lieut. Joseph Warren's company, which marched from Charlemont on April 21, 1775. He enlisted again on May 10, 1777, in Capt. Lawrence Kemp's company. The company was detached from Hampshire County militia for service under Col. David Wells in the Northern Department.
  Death	27 Jan 1778
  	John is said to have died in the war.

  
  

  Father	James MCKENNAN,   b. Between 1715 and 1720, Londonderry, Ulster, IRELAND d. Abt 1785, Charlemont, Franklin, MA (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Margaret SMITH,   b. Abt 1717, SCOTLAND
  Family ID	F1802	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Patience GOSS,   b. Abt 1754
  Marriage	25 Apr 1773	Worthington, Hampshire, MA   [4]
  Family ID	F1803	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 7 Apr 1745 - Rutland, Worcester, MA Marriage - 25 Apr 1773 - Worthington, Hampshire, MA Military Note - 21 Apr 1775 - Charlemont, Franklin, MA Military Note - 10 May 1777 - Hampshire Co., MA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S776] Thomas Lathrop Kennon, Kennan Family, (Canon Printing Company, Milwauee, Wisc., 1907), 776. [S777] Vital Records of Rutland, (Franklin P. Rice, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1905), 777. [S817] Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors, (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, Mass., 1899), 817. [S927] Holbrook, Jay and Delene, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts, Provo, UT), 927.