Brief Life History of Abagail
When Abagail Kennedy was born about 1814, in Maine, United States, her father, John Kennady, was 39 and her mother, Phoebe Couch, was 34. She married Joshua Allen on 17 March 1838, in Jay, Franklin, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Jay, Franklin, Maine, United States for about 20 years. She died on 25 October 1870, at the age of 57, and was buried in Beans Corner Cemetery, Jay, Franklin, Maine, United States.
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- Abigail Allen in household of Joshua Allen, "United States Census, 1860"
- Abagail Kennedy, "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907"
- Abagail Allan in household of Joshua Allan, "United States Census, 1870"
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1816
Oldest Grave seen in the Memorials list.
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Name Meaning
Irish and Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Ceannéidigh ‘descendant of Ceannéidigh’ (from ceann ‘head’ + éidigh ‘ugly’); or from the Scottish Gaelic Mac Cinnèidigh, consisting of mac ‘son’ with an equivalent name. Compare Canaday , Cannady , Cannedy , Kannady , and Kenedy .
History: Kennedy ancestral lands are found both in Ireland and in Scotland, where the family's medieval ancestral seat is sited on the Ayrshire coast, facing the Irish Sea. — The great-grandparents of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917–63) came to North America as immigrants from Ireland in the 1840s. His paternal great-grandparents were Patrick Kennedy (1823–58), born in Dunganstown, County Wexford, Ireland, and Bridget Murphy, who was born probably in Owenduff, County Wexford, Ireland c. 1827; they came to Boston, MA, in 1849. His maternal great-grandparents were Thomas Fitzgerald (1823–85), who was born in Bruff, County Limerick, Ireland, and Rose Anna Cox, who was born probably in Tomregan or Kinawley, County Cavan, Ireland, c. 1835; they came to Boston, MA, in 1857. — An early Scottish Kennedy forebear of a quite different family was British colonial official Archibald Kennedy (1685–1763), the son of Alexander Kennedy of Craigoch, who emigrated to NY c. 1710.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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