FOURTEENTH GENERATION

10752. John Kendall was born in 1580 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. He died on Mar 21 1659/60 in Cambridge, Middlesex, England. He has reference number AUD41952. From Vol. #II pages 423-425 The Kendall Family of Athol, MA, Lebanon, NY, Oxford, MA etc. the author states that Francis Kendall came from the town of Kendall on the river Kent, Westmoreland county, England. His father is listed as John Kendall who lived in Cambridge, England, in 1646. He died there in 1660.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
The John Kendall which most people say was b.1421 would have had his first child at 14 yrs. old, possibly, but likely, not necessarily! Perhaps someone has more concrete proof of his birthdate.
John Kendall b.c.1580 was married four times, a fact that has confused many.
William Kendall of Virginia was born in Norfolk England. This is not a city but an area on the eastern coast of England. An acquaintance of mine who hails from England has a historical map showing this area. It is just below what is today called the "Wash". There is a source which indicates William had a brother Thomas, mentioned in his will, and was living at Great Yarmouth which is in the area of Norfolk.
This same source claims that a John Kendall, b.1608 was the father of Francis and Thomas Kendall of New England. Since Thomas Kendall was born c.1618 to be son of this John is ludicrous. John would be 10 yrs. old!!
John is not Francis and Thomas father, but their brother. This John m.Elizabeth (Sacherell) Holly, widow of Samuel and resided in Cambridge,Middlesex,Ma.
John Kendall, the father of Francis and Thomas died March 21,1661 in Cambridge,England, located at the base of the River Ouse on a map of England, just below The Wash.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
This was written before all the on-line data was available. It clearly states that John Kendall died in Cambridge, England. It does not give a county.

Note: Francis was a freeman in 26 May 1647; in 1700 swore he was about
four score years old. His will was proven soon
after his death in 1708.He was one of 33 men who signed the town
orders for Woburn, Massachusetts, USA.
The name Miles could have been an alias. Family tradition
explains this alias by the fact that he was said to have left
England without the consent of this parents. His brother Thomas
seems never to have used a different name. After
he died, he left his corn mill to his sons John, Thomas and
Samuel.

Francis, born in England, is supposed to have been the common
ancestor of all of his name in New England. He was in
Charleston, 1640, where he subscribed the "Town Orders" for
Woburn in December of that year; and was taxed among
the earliest inhabitants of Woburn, 1645. The record of his
marriage there reads thus: "Francis Kendall, alias Miles, and
Mary Tedd (Tidd) maryed 24th. of 10 mo. (24 Dec) 1944;" which
lends support to the family tradition, communicated
many years ago by Rev. Dr. Kendall, of Weston, that in order to
conceal from his parents his intentions to emigrate
to this country, he embarked in England under a feigned name...

Mary, his wife, died in 1705. "Francis Kendall, sen.,
died...1708," when according to testimony given by him in Court,

1700, he must have been 88 years old. He was a gentleman of
great respectability and influence in the place of his
residence. He served the town, at different times, 18 years on
the Board of Selectmen; and often appointed on
different committees, especially on one for distributing the
common lands of the town, 1664; and on another,
respecting the erection of the second meeting-house, 1672.

In his Will, dated 9 May 1706, when he was "stricken in years,"
(he writes), "and expecting daily his change," he styles
himself a miller: and gives one-half of his mill, with a
proportionate interest in the streams, dams and utensils thereto

belonging, to his son John: one-quarter to Thomas, and
one-quarter to Samuel. This mill has ever since been in the
possession of his posterity. It's present owner and occupant,
Mr. Joseph R. Kendall, a descendant from
Thomas, second son of Francis, is of the sixth generation from
its original proprietor. (Kendall Family Papers)

Francis Kendall remembers likewise
in his Will the eight children of his brother Thomas, (one of
the first settlers of Reading, and deacon of the church
there) who were living, when he, his said brother died.
He was married to Elizabeth Sacherell on Nov 25 1605 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.

10753. Elizabeth Sacherell was born in 1584 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. She died in 1640 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. She has reference number AUD41953. Children were:

5376 i. Francis Miles Kendall.
ii. Thomas Kendall was born in 1618 in England. He died on Jul 22 1681 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts. He has reference number AUD42458. This is the information I have collected on Thomas-1 Kendall, the immigrant ancestor. Each factual statement is footnoted with the source from which I acquired the material, but GenForum does not support footnotes so if you have a question about sources please e-mail me and I'll be happy to provide them to you. Of course, I also welcome corrections or additions to any of the information which I do have.

Thomas Kendall, apparently the immigrant ancestor, was born in 1618 in England. Although his exact parentage is presently unknown, he had a brother named Francis. The IGI lists only one Thomas Kendall born around this time: Thomas Kendall, son of Alexander Kendall, baptized 5 November 1612 in Sudbrooke-by-Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. An Ancestral File in the LDS Family History Library lists him as the son of John Kendall and Elizabeth Sacherell of Cambridge, Middlesex, England; it must be remembered, however, that these files are notoriously inaccurate and there is no documentation in the file for this assertion. John Kendall married Elizabeth on 25 Novermber 1605 in Norfolk, Norfolkshire, and died in Cambridge on 21 March 1660.

He married REBECCA ------, probably around 1640. Although her parentage is not known for certain , it is known that she was born in 1618. It may be that she was Rebecca Paine, the daughter of Anthony Paine and Alice Potter. This information appears in an Ancestral File in the LDS Family History Library, which unfortunately does not contain documentary proof and therefore should not be accepted at face value. According to this LDS file, Anthony Paine was born in 1585 in Noroton, Lincolnshire, England, and died in Portsmouth,Newport County, Rhode Island, on 6 May 1649. He married Alice Potter in 1610 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island. The LDS file does not explain how Anthony or his daughter rebecca came to be in Reading, Massachusetts, from Rhode Island.

They had eight children, notably all daughters:

i Elizabeth b. 17 October 1642 m. John Eaton
ii Rebecca b. 10 February 1644/5 m. James Bowtell
iii Mary b. 24 December 1647 m. Abraham Bryant
iv Hannah b. 27 January 1649/50 m. John Parker
v Sarah b. 22 June 1653 m. Samuel Dunton
vi Abigail b. 20 June 1655 m. John Nichols
vii Susanna b. 27 June 1658 m. Nathaniel Goodwin
viii Tabitha b. 5 November 1660 m. John Pearson

There is little information available about Thomas, most likely because he had only daughters and no sons to carry on the family name. He appears to have settled first at Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay Colony, with his brother Francis around 1640. Francis removed to Woburn, Middlesex County, by 1642, while Thomas settled in neighboring Lynn, Essex County. He did not remain long, however, and by 1644 his name appears on a list of proprietors in Reading, Middlesex County.

He lived there at what later became the corner of Church and Cedar Streets. He had fourteen acres in the Great Meadow in 1647. In the land division of 1652, he received fourteen acres. His name appears on a 14 February 1658/9 list of those inhabitants with upland on the north side of the Ipswich River. In 1666 his name appears on the list of men receiving land in the division of the Great Swamp, and he was assessed £2.01.10 for the minister's rate the preceding year. The next year, 1667, the town ordered privileges of "land, timber, and commons to persons with houses and to none erected after;" Thomas' name appears on the list of householders.

He was made a freeman on 10 May 1648. He was a Deacon of the church for many years, and was chosen a Selectman in 1649, 1655, 1657, 1659, 1660, 1662, 1666, 1668-72, 1674-75, and 1677-78. In 1665, he was appointed Commissioner for Ending Small Causes.

Thomas died in Reading on 22 July 1681. His estate was inventoried on 12 August of that year:

" An Inventory of Serjeant Thomas Kendalls Estate who died intestate the 22 of July 1681

Imprimis 6 ckers of Meddow att Jno Parkers 28.00.00
8 Ackers of Meddow in ye 100 Acres att 36.00.00
14 acres of Meddow in Bear Meddow at 56.00.00
The Whomstead with ye house and Barne and 7 owne rights 100.00.00
6 acres of Meddow at ye Wigwams at 27.00.00
5 acres of meddow at or near ye Mill 32.00.00
100 acres of upland by Ipswich River 20.00.00
2 acres in ye Syder Swamp 6.00.00
7 ackers of Swamp in ye ash Swamp 7.00.00
4 acres of Swamp nere ye Mill 4.00.00
10 acres of land in ye Comon feild 40.00.00
10 acres of Rough Land joyning to ye whomstead att 20.00.00
4 oxen & six cows att 34.00.00
2 3 yeare olds 5.00.00
2 2 yearelings & 2 Calfes att 4.00.00
8 Sheep & Six Lambs 3.10.00
2 Mares & 17 Swine att 14.00.00
Carte & wheels working Tools & other husband Implemts 8.10.00
Cyder & some Shingles wrought 2.05.00
The Crops on ye Ground 20.00.00
The hey & grases 7.00.00
Horse Tacking att 1.00.00
1 Gun & Amunition at 1.05.00
3 Beds & bedding with 9 pair of Sheets 17.00.00
9 Pillowbeers 1 Table Cloath and 14 Napkins 3.12.00
1 Table 2 chaires and one forme 1.13.00
A Cobard one chest and 1 boxe 3.01.00
33 pounds of linning yarne & 20 pounds wollen yarne and wooll att 3.13.00
10 yard of linsey woolsey cloath 1.05.00
In Pewter brasses & Iron ware 8.03.00
Tubs Barrells Chaires & Spinning wheels 2.04.00
books 1.00.00
Corn & Malt 3.03.00
his wearing Cloaths at 10.06.00
Credditt:
Debts he doth ow is 17.00.00
The Totall is & debts payd 515.11.00

This is a true inventory of Serjt Thomas Kendalls Estate as it was taken In. by us The 12 of (6) mo 1681."

Because he died intestate, on 30 September his sons-in-law and widow entered into an agreement regarding a division of his estate:

" The humble Declaration of us whose names are underwritten

To this honored Court now sitting at Cambridge Humbly sheweth to this hond Court: forasmuch as that the Dispensations of God are a various to all, so to us; for it hath pleased the almighty to remove from us our hond father Kendall by sending Death & yt before he had set his house in order. Yet by ye advices of friends and ye consent of our hond mother Rebekkah Kendall relict of our deare father we say we ye son in Lawes of Thomas Kendell decesd have taken joynt administration of and upon ye whole Estate and have md an equall division of ye same amongst our selves: both of lands & of other estate: to ye good satisfaction of each of us. if this hond Court see Cause to ratifye & confirme this our disposall.
Wee humbly inform this Court that our mother is well satisfyed with what we have done: also we do agree to allow yt wch shee doth well like of ovr to her just satisfaction & yt during her naturall life & have given it undr all out hands & seales & have bound ourselves & our heires for ye prformance of ye same.
We have divided & disposed of ye land & meddow to each of us as followeth. To our Brother Jno Eaton four Acres of Meddow at ye place called ye Wigwames: To our Brother Jno Parker six Acres of Meddow by his own house. To our Brothr Nathaniell Goodwin three Acres & one third of an acre of land lying in the Plenen with 3: acres of land & one third of an Acre upon ye Hill: with 3 acres of Meddow at Beare Meddow. To our Bro: Abraham Briant: 2 acres of Meddow at the hundred Acres so calld: with 3 acres of land & one third of an acre: In ye Plenen: & with 3 acres of land & one third of an acre upon ye hill abovesd wth 2 acres of Meddow at Borough Meadow. To our Bro Jno Niccols 3 acres of land and one third of an acre upon ye hill before named: with 2 acres of Meddow at ye hundred: & 3 acres of Meddow at Beare Meddow. To our Bro. Jno. Person one hundred acres of land lying upon Ipswich River with 2 thirds of 2 acres of Ceder Swamp. To our Bro. Samll Dunken 2 acres & a half of Medow which lyeth neare ye Mill: and 3 acres & one third of an acre of land in ye Plenen abovesd. To our Bro: James Bowtell about 12 acres of land: and ye house barne & orchard with the Town rights: with 2 acres of Meddow in bever Meddow and 2 acres & a halfe of Meddow of meddow on ye Meddow by ye Mill abovesd: and with 2 acres of Meddow at ye Wigwams alsoe heare one third pt of 2 acres of Cedar Swamp: he the sd Bowtell to pay to us above named wt is more yn his pt in ye premises as we have agreed as may or will appeare undr sd Bowtells hand.
further we ye above named have joyntly agreed yt those of us brethren above sd who had land or meddow given to any of us from out father Kendall upon marrying of our now wifes his Daughters shall have & hold ye same for his or their own as full as if they had had legall Conveyances of ye same from our father now decesd: Namely To our [Bro] Nathaniel Goodwin given upon marriage 2 acres of Meddow in ye hundred acres of Meddow befroe named. 2ly To our Bro Jno Parker Given upon marriage 2 acres of Meddow in beare Meddow. To our Bro. Samuel Danton was given upon marriage two acres of Meddow at beare Meddow.
Lastly we do agree yt those of our Brethren that have bought land or Swamp of our father and pd for ye same as to us doth appeare shall have & enjoy ye same as truely as if our fether decesd had given deeds as ye law requires as namely: To our Bro James Bowtell 2 acres of meddow at ye hundred acres as also to ye aforesd Bowtell wth our Bro Abraham above named was sold 4 acres of Swamp lying by ye land of Samuell Duncan Senr and ye Meddow neare ye Mill abovesd also was sould to ye abovesd James Bowtell & Briant & to ym equally our fathrs Swamp divident wch is seven acres or thereaboute more or less was sould.
Hereto we & evry of us here joyntly agreed on. The disposall of our fathers Estate who is now decesd as also to ratifye & confirme to those of Brethren who either bought or had land & meddow given to ym upon marriage:
Humbly beseeching of this Hond Court to ratifye & confirme this our agreemt to us if your honors see cause for ye same. which will engage us yor humble Supplicants ar bound and duety is to pray for yor Honors while we live.

Dated this 30: of September 1681"

The court approved the agreement on 4 October of that year.

In 1688, Rebecca subscribed £1.10.0 to help pay pay for the new meeting house. She died on 17 July 1703 at the age of eighty-five. Her gravestone bore the following inscription:

" Here lyeth the mother of ten
who had 175 grand and great-grandchildren."