Mumford Kenyon

Brief Life History of Mumford

Mumford Kenyon was born about 1793, in North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States. He married Mary Bicknell on 1 December 1811. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters.

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Family Time Line

Mumford Kenyon
1793–
Mary Bicknell
1794–
Marriage: 1 December 1811
Elizabeth Kenyon
1813–1897
Abby Marcenia Kenyon
1815–1901
Charles E Kenyon
1817–1882
Sally A. Kenyon
1819–
Mary Elizabeth Kenyon
1823–1912

Sources (7)

  • Mumford Kenyon, "Rhode Island, Vital records, 1846-1898, 1901-1955"
  • Mumford Kenyon in entry for Charles E. Kenyon, "Rhode Island, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1630-1945"
  • Mumford in entry for Mary Elizabeth Reynolds, "Rhode Island Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950"

World Events (8)

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

1811 · USS Revenge

On January 9, 1811, the USS Revenge hits a reef off of Watch Hill, Rhode Island. The load the ship is carrying is handed off to other ships and the USS Revenge is tied down by tow ropes. It brakes free from the ropes and later sinks. In 2011 divers find what are believed to be the remains of the ship.

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

Name Meaning

English (Lancashire): habitational name from a place near Warrington, which is of uncertain etymology. There was formerly an ancient burial mound there and Ekwall has speculated that the name is a shortened form of a British name composed of the elements crūc ‘mound’ + a personal name cognate with Welsh Einion (see Eynon ).

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Coinín ‘son of Coinín’, a byname based on a diminutive of cano ‘wolf’, also Anglicized as Canning and Cunneen . The similarity to the borrowed word coinín ‘coney, rabbit’ has sometimes caused this name to be Anglicized as Rabbitt .

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Fhinghin, ‘son of Finghen’, a personal name meaning ‘fair-born’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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