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John Anderson Kennedy I

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Biography

Owner of Mount Oliphant in Manchester, Jamaica. Deceased by 1826.

  1. John Anderson Kennedy of the parish of St Ann, esq., and Margaret Sill of the parish of Manchester, spinster, were married by licence at Great Pond Plantation, 23/11/1825.

  2. Will of John Anderson Kennedy of Manchester Lancashire [sic: in fact Jamaica] [made in 1826] proved 27/10/1830. In the will he left £500 each to three of his nephew and nieces, and his estate in trust for his wife Margaret for life and then to his half-sisters Elizabeth Anderson Kennedy and Ann Kennedy.


Sources

T71/915 Manchester Nos. 413 and 415; Manchester claim no. 412.

  1. Familysearch.org, Jamaican parish registers, Manchester baptisms, marriages and burials 1816-1838 p. 4.

  2. PROB 11/1777.

We are grateful to Paul Hitchings for his assistance with compiling this entry.

Further Information

Spouse
Margaret Sill

Associated Estates (3)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1817 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Trust beneficiary
Mount Oliphant [ Jamaica | Manchester ]
1823 [EA] - → Owner
Mount Oliphant [ Jamaica | Manchester ]
1826 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Previous owner
Mount Oliphant [ Jamaica | Manchester ]

Relationships (1)

John Anderson Kennedy I
Deceased Husband → Widow
Margaret Kennedy then Gray (née Sill)
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