Who married Deborah Richardson?

It looked simple to begin with, but then I found multiple sources that conflict with each other. It seems to center on which one of them married Deborah Richardson, and which one of them died young and could not have married her. The marriage record is of little help: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHVV-H9H , https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G979-HYDR?i=134&am... . Eventually, after much discussion we, as curators, decided to link Deborah to Lt. John Kendall, of Woburn . Sometimes, in genealogy, there is not a good answer. This answer is not written in stone. If you feel that you have solid evidence to support the other choice please contact the curator.

Texts and sites that favor Lt John Kendall, of Woburn :

https://archive.org/details/richardsonmemori00vint/page/56/mode/1up... , page 57

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30594918/john-kendall , connects to this John's parents, but also lists the parents of the other John

https://archive.org/details/kendallfamilyina00clem/page/5/mode/1up?... , page 5

https://books.google.com/books?id=e6UyAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA18&lpg=... Page 18

https://archive.org/stream/woburnrecordsofb04wobu#page/n107/mode/1up (shows other John died in infancy)

Texts and sites that favor John Kendall :

https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:John_Kendall_(47) (has a good discussion of the conflict)

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Kendall-397 (with sources)

https://archive.org/stream/historyofwoburnm00sewa#page/n655/mode/1up

https://books.google.com/books?id=J1tlAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA329&lpg...

https://mathcs.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr05/rr05_411.html

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96488143/john-kendall , shows son, John with the earlier birth date, but links to the other John. (Trying to ride the fence?)

Then Dean Richard Hobart pointed me to https://sgossfamily.wordpress.com/2017/07/04/the-kendall-family-mar... . This is the most comprehensive discussion to be found at this time and is included as a source on this profile in case it should disappear.

Please contact the curator with any questions about merges or data.

Jessica German, Geni Volunteer Curator

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Sites listed below may help in understanding the conflict.

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• The Kendall family in America (1919)
• http://www.archive.org/details/kendallfamilyina00clem
• http://www.archive.org/stream/kendallfamilyina00clem#page/5/mode/1up
  • THE KENDALLS OF WOBURN.
  • I.
• 1. FRANCIS KENDALL married 24 December, 1644, Mary Tidd. He died Woburn, 1708. She died 1705.
• Children :
  • 2. JOHN KENDALL, born 1646, married (1) Hannah Barlett 1668. (2) Eliz. Comy, 29 March, 1681. (3) Eunice (Brooks) Carter.
  • Children :
    • 11. Mary, born 1 Sept., 1671.
    • 12. Lydia, born 23 April, 1674; m. John Wright.
    • http://www.archive.org/stream/kendallfamilyina00clem#page/n14/mode/1up
    • 13. Francis, born 4 Dec, 1678; died young.
    • 14. Francis, born 11 April, 1682.
    • 15. John, born 7 Oct., 1684; m. Deborah Richardson.
    • 16. David, born 14 Nov., 1686.
    • 17. Elizabeth, born 23 Feb., 1688; m. Amos Knight.
    • 18. Jonathan, born 28 Nov., 1690.
    • 19. Rebecca, born 22 March, 1693 ; m. Bowman.
    • 20. Nathaniel, born 27 Feb., 1694; m. twice.
    • 21. Hannah, born 8 July, 1699; m. Thos. Lippinwell.
• 14. FRANCIS KENDALL, born 11 April, 1682; m. 1714, Abigail.
• .... etc. _________________
• The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 39
• https://books.google.com/books?id=e6UyAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA18&lpg=PA18&dq=...
• https://archive.org/details/newenglandhistorv39wate
• https://archive.org/stream/newenglandhistorv39wate#page/17/mode/1up
  • KENDALL FAMILY OF WOBURN, MASS.
• By WILLIAM R. CUTTER, Esq., Librarian of the Public Library, Woburn, Mass.*
  • [Supplementary to Sewall's History of Woburn.]
• https://archive.org/stream/newenglandhistorv39wate#page/18/mode/1up
• .... etc.
• 2. JOHN2 KENDALL (Francis1), married (1st) Hannah Bartlett, 1668 (Sewall); (2nd) Elizabeth Comy, March 29, 1681, who died Dec. 1701 ; (3d) Eunice, widow of Samuel Carter [Sibley, Harv. Graduates, ii. 65-67], and daughter of John Brooks (Sewall) — [see Reg. xxix. 153]. He was a soldier in Philip's War, 1675. Will, dated March 9, 1726, proved March 28, 1735 (lodged April 10, 1732), to wife gives improvement of dwelling-house, and names his sons Francis (eldest son and executor), John, Jonathan and Nathaniel ; his daughters Elizabeth Knight, Rebecca Boman and Hannah Leppinwell ; also the five children of his daughter Lydia Wright, deceased, namely, John, Joseph, Nathan, David and Abigail Wright. Had :
  • i. .... etc.
  • v. JOHN, b. Oct. 7, 1684 ; m. Deborah Richardson, March 25, 1718. Had 1. Deborah,4 b. Feb. 9, 1718-19. 2. Mary,4 b. March 16, 1721. 3. John,4 b. April 25, 1723. 4. Zebedee,4 b. March 30, 1725.
  • vi. .... etc. ______________________
• KENDALL, John
• b. 7 OCT 1684 Woburn, Middlesex, Mass.
• Parents:
• Father: KENDALL, John
• Mother: COMEE, Elizabeth
• Family:
• Marriage: 25 MAR 1718 Woburn, Middlesex, Mass.
• Spouse: RICHARDSON, Deborah
• b. 8 MAR 1694/5 Woburn, Middlesex, Mass.
• d. 3 MAR 1738/9 Dunstable, Middlesex, Mass.
• Parents:
• Father: RICHARDSON, John
• Mother: BROOKS, Deborah
• Children:
  • KENDALL, Deborah
  • KENDALL, Sarah
  • KENDALL, Jacob
  • KENDALL, Temple
  • KENDALL, Edward
• From: http://www.genealogyofnewengland.com/f_286.htm#69 ______________________
• Woburn records of births, deaths, and marriages ... Part III - MARRIAGES (1890)
• http://www.archive.org/details/woburnrecordsofb03wobu
• http://www.archive.org/stream/woburnrecordsofb03wobu#page/151/mode/1up
• KENDALL.
• Francis Kendall,* alias Miles, and Mary Tidd, Dec. 24, 1644
• Thomas Kendall and ___ , 1673.!
• John Kendall and Elizabeth Comey, March 29, 1681.
• Jacob Kendall and Persis Hayward, Jan. 2, 1683.
• Samuel Kendall and Rebecca Mixer, Nov. 13, 1683.
• Abigail Kendall and William Reed, May 24, 1686.
• Ruth Kendall and John Walker, Nov. 9, 1691.
• Samuel Kendall and Mary Locke, March 30, 1692.
• Jacob Kendall and Alice Temple, Jan. 10, 1694.
• Thomas Kendall and Abigail Broughton, March 30, 1696.
• Lydia Kendall and John Wright, Sept. 21, 1698.
• Mary Kendall and Joseph Whitmore, Feb. 13. 1699.
• Isaac Kendall and Hannah Walker, both of Woburn, Oct. 9, 1706.
• Mr. Ralph Kendall X and Miss Abigail Carter, May — , 1707.
• Jane Kendall and Joseph Russell, Nov. 3, 1712.
  • * In 1657, Francis Kendall is released from all "Ordnary Traynings." — Middlesex County Court Records, Vol. I., page 143. See note under Tottingham. There is a well authenticated tradition in the Kendall family that Francis Kendall was stolen from a Ralph Miles in England and brought to this country.
  • ! See N. E. Hist, and Gen. Register, Vol. 39 (1885), page 388.
  • X He was a tailor. In 1718 he sold his homestead of 120 acres in Woburn to Samuel Green, bounded on the east "by the highway to Charlestown from the West End of said Woburn, and northerly and northwest by the land and medow of Thomas Kendall, Jr." Ralph Kendall, with his wife, Abigail, then removed to Lancaster, where six of his children, including Benjamin, were born. Benjamin lived in Sherborn. He died testate in 1805, leaving a widow, Eunice; children, Benjamin, Timothy, Kezia Boden (wife of William), Lydia Holbrook (wife of Micah), Eunice Burbank (wife of Samuel), Elizibeth Houghton (wife of Benjamin); granddaughter, Asenath Pratt, and only brother, Elisha Kendall. But was Benjamin of Sherborn the son of Ralph? Apparently not.
• http://www.archive.org/stream/woburnrecordsofb03wobu#page/152/mode/1up
• John Kendall and Deborah Richardson, both of Woburn, March 25, 1718.
• Abigail Kendall of Woburn and William Nichols of Reading, Jan. 14, 1719.
• Nathaniel Kendall and Abigail Locke, both of Woburn, March 16. 1720.
• Elizabeth Kendall and Amos Knight, both of Woburn, Aug. 9, 1720.
• Sarah Kendall of Woburn and Benjamin Whitmore of Boston, Dec. 10, 1723.
• Hannah Kendall and Thomas Lepingwell, both of Woburn, May 10, 1725.
• Rebecca Kendall of Woburn and Raham Bancroft of Reading, Jan. 2, 1729.
• .... etc. ______________________
• Woburn records of births, deaths, and marriages ... Part I - BIRTHS.
• https://archive.org/details/woburnrecordsofb00wobu
• https://archive.org/stream/woburnrecordsofb00wobu#page/27/mode/1up
• https://archive.org/stream/woburnrecordsofb00wobu#page/138/mode/1up
• KENDALL
• John, s. Francis, July 2, 1646.
• .... etc.
• John, s. John, Oct. 7, 1684.
• .... etc.
• https://archive.org/stream/woburnrecordsofb00wobu#page/139/mode/1up
• Deborah, d. of John and Deborah, Feb. 9, 1719.
• https://archive.org/stream/woburnrecordsofb00wobu#page/140/mode/1up
• .... etc.
• Mary, d. of John and Deborah, March 16, 1721.
• .... etc.
• John, s. of John and Deborah, April 25, 1723.
• .... etc.
• Zebedee, s. of John and Deborah, March 30, 1725.
• .... etc. ___________________________