The following Kennedy listed as head of Household in Wash Co Indianna census 1820

James Kennedy 205 000010 10100 001 Age 26 t0 44

John Kennedy 219 510010 00010 020 Age 26 to 44

John Kennedy 213 010001 00001 100 over 45

Rueben Kennedy 214 000201 10001 300 over 45

Susannah Kennedy 211 100000 00100 000 Age 16to 18

William Kennedy 202 310101 112110 200 over 45

Glenn:

I didn't find anything for them in the 1889 Wash. Co. hist. I did find JOHN KENNEDY mentioned in:

Brown Twp cem book:

MATHER, ELIZABETH, b.____, d. 9 May 1852, Dau of John and Elizabeth (_____) Kennedy; wife of Abner Mather; m. ___ Nov 1810.

Gibson Twp. cem book:

KENNEDY, JOHN, b. 8 Feb 1832, d. 1 Mar 1912, single, son of _______ and Mary Stout.

Franklin Twp. cem book:

HUSTON, HANNAH, b. 1800, d. 16 Sep 1840, wife of James Brown Huston, nee Kennedy.

There is a note in the Obit book:

JOHN KENNEDY [1821 -- History of Washington County, Indiana, 1916-1976] --- John Kennedy was born around 1755 and died probably in Washington County, Indiana after 1821. He made pension application that year from Washington County, Indiana. His wife was named Martha, who was 60 years old in 1821. John Was a soldier in the American Revolution with Massachusetts service. NOTE: John and Martha Kennedy had a daughter named Elizabeth Kennedy. She married Abner Mather in Nov. 1810.

Children of Alexander Kennedy and Anna Crawford Are

John Kennedy Dob 1684 Ireland Died Philadelphia Date Unknown

Married Margarett Rowan Unkown Ireland

Archibald Kennedy Dob 1685 Scotland Died 1763 NY Married Massam Unknown Scotland

William Kennedy May 1 1690 Culzean Scotland Died June 06 1749 Johnson Co N. Caroline Note southern Branch

Thomas Kennedy Dob 1692 No History Shown

This is the 18 Generation of William De Bruce

Subject: Kennedy

I Have several Kennedy in my line trying to deterine area they came from The First is a John Kennedy in New York 1755 And A John Kennedy 1788 born in New York. What Area do you think that Kennedy in America Came from in the the Above Period. Sign Glenn Kennedy

RESPONSE:

1755 was right in the middle of the Penal Laws (1695-1829). If John

Kennedy was Irish he may have sailed direct from Ireland to New York under some sort of an indenture to an employer there. If he had a popular trade this is a possibility. Alternatively, he may have been a descendant of the Wild Geese (the Irish army) who left Ireland after the Treaty of Limerick in 1691 and went into exile in France and Spain and enlisted in armies there. His ancestor or himself would subsequently have travelled from the Continent to New York. I think it is more likely that he or his ancestor went direct from Ireland, his ancestor perhaps even earlier than 1700. "The Irish Kennedys" has references to Kennedys in America as early as 1633 and 1675. He may

even be descended from one of these.

Submitted by:  Glenn Kennedy   bobhil@home.com