James Kenyon

Brief Life History of James

When James Kenyon was born on 23 June 1772, in Dutchess, New York Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Benjamin B Kenyon, was 25 and his mother, Lydia Hawkins, was 25. He married Margaret Hoxsie in 1795, in Dutchess, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He died on 17 June 1850, in Moravia, Cayuga, New York, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Indian Mound Cemetery, Moravia, Cayuga, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Kenyon
1772–1850
Margaret Hoxsie
1774–1846
Marriage: 1795
Benjamin I Kenyon
1796–1873
Eliza Kenyon
1805–1851
Dorcas Kenyon
1813–1849
Susanna Kenyon
1816–1848

Sources (7)

  • United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850
  • U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
  • James Kenyon, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776

New York is the 11th state.

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

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

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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