Kendall
It was the pedigree of Elizabeth Kendall, ggg-grandmother of Cordelia Pickering, that first caught my eye because this line purportedly went back as far as the early 1400's to one John Kendall who was born 1421 in Westmoreland. Much of the information regarding the Kendall line from Elizabeth Kendall comes from Samuel Sewall's "The History of Woburn, Middlesex County, Mass". Presented below is the line from Elizabeth Kendall to her 6th great-grandfather, John Kendall.
Elizabeth Kendall was born on 17 February 1642 at Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts. She married John Eaton, son of William Eaton and Martha Jenkins, on 8 March 1658 at Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts. She died on 7 October 1688 at Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, at age 46.
Thomas Kendall, father of Elizabeth Kendall, was born in 1617 at Norfolk, Norfolk, England. He married Rebecca Paine, daughter of Anthony Paine and Alice Potter, in 1640 at Charlestown (Woburn), Massachusetts. He died on 22 July 1681 at Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
The Kendall family came originally from the town of Kendall, on the river Kent, Westmoreland county, England. The emigrants to this country were Francis and Deacon Thomas Kendall, who sailed from England under the alias of Miles, again taking the name of Kendall on reaching this country. Their father, John Kendall, lived in Cambridge, England, in 1646, and died there in 1660. Francis Kendall is the common ancestor of all the Kendall's in this country, Deacon Thomas having ten daughters but no sons. Francis Kendall, above mentioned, was in Charlestown, Massachusetts, prior to 1640. He was a large landholder and a miller by occupation. He died in 1708. He married, at Woburn, Massachusetts, December 24, 1644, Mary Tidd, and their sons, born in Woburn, Massachusetts, were: John, July 2, 1646; Thomas. January 10, 1648 ; Samuel, March 8, 1659 and Jacob, January 25, 1660. John Tidd (Tead, Ted or Teed), embarked May 12. 1637. at Yarmouth. England, aged nineteen, as a servant of Samuel Greenfield, of Norwich. He was of Charlestown that year, subscribed there in December, 1640. (Town Orders' for Woburn, taxed at Woburn, 1645, chosen surveyor of fences 1646). His wife Margaret died in 1651. He had a second wife Alice, daughters Mary and Elizabeth, and a son John. His daughter Mary was doubtless wife of Francis Kendall.
�"Francis Kendall remembers likewise in his Will the eight children of his brother Thomas, (one of the first settlers of Reading, and a deacon of the church there) who were living, when he, his said brother died. It seems that this brother of Francis Kendall, of Woburn, Deacon Thomas Kendall, of Reading, and Rebecca, his wife, had had ten daughters, but no son that lived. But these daughters, in order to preserve their maiden name, Kendall, among their posterity, directed, each of them, when married, that her first born son should have the given name, Kendall, prefixed to his surname; as Kendall Peirson, Kendall Boutwell, Kendall Eaton, Kendall Briant, etc., etc., etc., which gave occasion to the following lines respecting these daughters in a Poem written by Lillie Eaton, Esq., of South Reading, and published with Flint's Historical Address upon the 200th Anniversary of the founding of Reading. In mentioning the venerable matron, their mother, he observes : ' She had ten daughters; and each one, When married, christened her first son Kendall; and thus we may infer Why 'tis these names so oft occur.' Flint's Address, p. 64".
John Kendall, grandfather of Elizabeth Kendall, was born in 1580 at Norfolk, Norfolk, England. He married Elizabeth Sacherell, daughter of Henry Sacherell, on 25 November 1605 at Norfolk, Norfolk, England. He died on 21 March 1660 at Cambridge, Middlesex, England.
It is interesting that if Cordelia Pickering is in fact the mother of Della Gaume DeBacker, then John Kendall is my 10th great grandfather and if this is the case then former President George Herbert Walker Bush is my 11th cousin, Barbara Pierce Bush, my 10th cousin, once removed and their son, President George Bush is my 10th cousin. It seems that both George Bush, Sr. and Barbara Pierce are Kendall descendants. George Bush, Sr. is a descendant of Francis Kendall (1612-1708), who was brother of John Kendall, and Barbara Pierce Bush is a descendant of Mabel Kendall (1606-1690), sister of John and Francis, making the President and First Lady 9th cousins.
John Kendall, great grandfather of Elizabeth Kendall, was born in 1548 at Norfolk, Norfolk, England. He married Mary Miles in 1574 at Norfolk, Norfolk, England. He died in 1628 at Norfolk, Norfolk, England. William Kendall, gg-grandfather of Elizabeth Kendall, married Sarah Brayne. He was born in 1527 at Norfolk, Norfolk, England. He died in 1601 at Norfolk, Norfolk, England. James Kendall, ggg-grandfather of Elizabeth Kendall, was born in 1504 at Westmoreland, England. He married Elizabeth Miles in 1525 at Norfolk, Norfolk, England. He died in 1578 at Norfolk, Norfolk, England.
Francis Kendall, gggg-grandfather of Elizabeth Kendall, was born in 1480 at Westmorland, England. He married Mary in 1500 at Westmorland, England. He died in 1561 at Westmorland, England. Henry Kendall, 5th great grandfather of Elizabeth Kendall, was born in 1441 at Westmoreland, England. He married Elizabeth in 1478 at Westmorland, England. He died in 1520 at Westmorland, England.
John Kendall, 6th great-grandfather of Elizabeth Kendall, was born in 1421 at Westmoreland, England. He married Margaret in 1434 at Westmorland, England. He died in 1501 at Westmorland, England.
"[The Kendall name] is of local derivation from the town of Kendall, Westmoreland county. The town's name was doubtless derived from that of the river Ken, on which it is located. The family in England is very large and widely distributed, in many of the branches bearing arms and having distinguished members. The name is found common in Bedfordshire, at Basing- borne, Essex ; in Lancashire ; at Smithsby, Derbyshire; in Cornwall; in Devonshire; and Hertfordshire. In 1575 a branch of the family settled in Thorpthules, Durham, a younger son of the Kendall family of Ripon, Yorkshire, where the family lived at an early date. Among the early Kendalls who were prominent was John Kendall, sheriff of Nottingham, killed in the battle of Bosworth in 1485, fighting in the army of Richard III. (I) John Kendall, progenitor of the American family, lived in the county of Cambridge, England, in 1646, died there in 1660. Two of his sons came to America: 1. Francis, mentioned below. 2. Deacon Thomas, who was a proprietor of Reading, Massachusetts, in 1644; was admitted freeman May 10, 1648; had ten daughters and no sons, thus leaving no descendants bearing his name.".
If Cordelia Pickering is in fact the mother of Della Gaume DeBacker, then John Kendall (1421-1500) is my 16th great grandfather.
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