Deacon Thomas Kendel

• BIRTH 5 Oct 1618 England
• DEATH 22 Jun 1681 (aged 62) Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
• BURIAL Old Burying Ground, Wakefield, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Show Map
• MEMORIAL ID 18983050

Biography

Deacon Thomas Kendall, Son of John Kendall (1580-1660) of Norfolk, England and Elizabeth Sacherell (1584-1640) of Cambridge, England was born in the year 1617 in Norfolk, Norfolk, England. He arrived in New England in 1638. He was a Deacon of his church and a Sergeant in the Massachusetts Militia. Thomas married married Rebecca Paine (or Payne) 1618-1703 daughter of Anthony Paine (or Payne) 1585–1649 and Alice (Potter) Paine (or Payne) 1589–1643, about 1640 in Reading, Massachusetts. Together they were the parents of: (Above bio by Charlene Patton).

Between 1642 and 1665, Thomas and Rebecca had 11 children. All but one were girls; the only boy died as an infant. Of the ten daughters, two died as babies, giving the Kendalls a family of eight girls. One by one, they married, many staying in Reading and populating the town with their children. Knowing their father's name would die out, each daughter is said to have named one of her sons "Kendall." The name carried on for several more generations as a male given name, but when genealogies were later written about the Kendall family in America, Thomas was only given a brief mention with all focus on his brother Francis' line.

A family's legacy gets diluted when there's nobody to carry on the name. This is what happened to the descendants of Thomas Kendall, a man who may have been forgotten as the founder of a family in America by the mere fact he had no surviving sons. However. "he was one of the most influential of the early settlers" and indicates that he has many descendants through his eight daughters. [3] A founder of Reading Massachusetts.

Notes

Thomas was said to have been born in about 1617 in Norwich, England. His parents may have been John Kendall and Elizabeth Sacherall. It is known that he had a brother Francis who migrated to America with him. Thomas came over on the ship Defence, arriving in Boston on October 8, 1635. While Francis settled in Woburn, Thomas went to Reading, where he married Rebecca Paine in about 1640. He became freeman on May 10, 1645 and served as a deacon.

Thomas Kendall came from Charlestown, Massachusetts, to Lynn Village (later Reading), Massachusetts.[7] It cites no sources, and no record of him at Charlestown has been found. The earliest documentary evidence of him in New England is the birth of his first known child, Elizabeth Kendall, at Lynn Village on 17 Feb 1642. Because few ships crossed the North Atlantic in the winter, it is likely that he was in New England by 1641. Robert Charles Anderson does not include him in his Great Migration Directory, which lists all immigrants for which Anderson found documentation that they were in New England by 1640. No evidence has been found to support a claim that he was born in 1616/17 at Cambridge, Middlesex, England, as a son of a John and Elizabeth (Searth) Kendall. [6]

Inscription
UPON Ye DEATH OF THOMAS KENDEL
HERE IN Ye EARTH IS LAYD ON OF Ye 7 OF THIS CHURCH FOUNDATION
SO TO REMAIEN TELY.T POWRFUL VOICE SAY RIS IN HERE A GLORIS HABITATION
A PATARN OF PIATI & LOVE & FOR PEACE BUT NOW ALAS HOW SHORT HIS RACE
HERE WE MOURN & MOURN WE MOUST TO SE ZION STONS LIK GOLD NOW LAYD IN DUST

Gravesite Details
Cemetery is adjacent to the First Parish Congregational Church, One Church Street. The cemetery is located off of Church Street, and is marked by a sign. This stone is located with a group of others in a line at the opposite end of the grounds, nearer to Lake Quannapowitt. Is said that there is an interpretive marker near them as well. This stone originally was in the towns very first burying grounds and were then re-located to the current location. There is a nice description concerning the symbols on this tombstone by Ludwig. [4]

Genealogy

Parents
John Miles Kendall 1580 - 1659
Elizabeth Sacherell Kendall 1584 - 1640

Spouse
Rebecca Paine Kendall 1618–1703 (m. 1640

Siblings
Francis Miles Kendall - 1708
Mabel Kendall Read Summers 1605 - 1690
Thomas Kendall 1618 - 1681
Elizabeth Kendall Sommes 1623 - 1695

Children
Elizabeth Kendall Eaton 1642–1688
Rebeckah Kendall Boutell 1645–1713
Mary Kendall Briant 1647–1688
Hanorath Kendall 1649-1689
Sarah Kendall 1652-1652
Sarah Kendall Dutton 6/22/1653-11/20/1734 m. Samuel Dutton 6/17/1673
Rebecca Kendall 1654-1691
Abigail Kendall Nickols 1655–1721
Susanna Kendall Wiley 1658–1732
Tabitha Kendall Pearson 1660–1711
Thomas Kendall 1663-1664
Ruth Kendall 1665-1665)
Thomas Kendall 1677-

Descendant Details
Thomas had another daughter also named Sarah that was born after the first one died. She was born on June 22, 1653 in Reading, Massachusetts. She married Samuel Dunton on June 17, 1673 in Reading, MA and she died on November 20, 1734 in Billerica, MA. [5]

References

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Kendall-28

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18983050/thomas-kendel#

Sources

[3] "Colonial Families of the United States of America," edited by George Norbury McKenzie, page 327

[4] "Graven Images - New England Stonecarving and Its Symbols, 1650-1815" by Ludwig. (Page 84)

[5] Kim Elder, a descended from their son, Ebenezer Dunton.

[6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Bay_Colony

[7] The Essex Genealogist in 1999

Additional Details== (add above if missing)

Deacon Thomas Kendall was born about 1618 [location unknown]. Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown] [sibling%28s%29 unknown]. He married Rebecca (UNKNOWN) Kendall before 17 Feb 1642 [location unknown]. He is the father of Elizabeth (Kendall) Eaton, Rebecca Kendall, Mary (Kendall) Bryant, Hannah (Kendall) Parker, Sarah (Kendall) Richardson, Abigail (Kendall) Nichols, Susanna Kendall, Tabitha (Kendall) Pearson, Thomas Kendall and Ruth Kendall. Thomas died on July 22nd 681 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Thomas Kendall was born in England about 1618, based on his age at death.[1] Nothing is known of his ancestry. No evidence has been found to support a claim that he was born in 1616/17 at Cambridge, Middlesex, England, as a son of a John and Elizabeth (Searth) Kendall.

Immigration
An article in The Essex Genealogist in 1999 claimed that Thomas Kendall came from Charlestown, Massachusetts, to Lynn Village (later Reading), Massachusetts.[2] It cites no sources, and no record of him at Charlestown has been found. The earliest documentary evidence of him in New England is the birth of his first known child, Elizabeth Kendall, at Lynn Village on 17 Feb 1642,[3] Because few ships crossed the North Atlantic in the winter, it is likely that he was in New England by 1641. Robert Charles Anderson does not include him in his Great Migration Directory, which lists all immigrants for which Anderson found documentation that they were in New England by 1640.[4] Marriage

Thomas Kendall married Rebecca (Unknown) by the birth of their first known child, at Lynn Village, Massachusetts, on 17 Feb 1642.[3] Residence at Lynn

Lynn Village became the town of Reading in 1644. Thomas Kendall served Reading as a selectman for many years and was a deacon of the church.[5] The house built by Thomas Kendall still stands, at One Prospect Street in Wakefield, although how much the current structure looks like the original is uncertain, because of extensive reconstruction following a 1786 fire. The home was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[6] Children

The day of 15 Sep 1663 must have been a day of great rejoicing for the Kendalls, for on that day, after the birth of nine daughters (eight of whom were to live to adulthood and marry), 45-year-old Rebecca Kendall bore Thomas Kendall a son, who was named after his father. The joy was short-lived, for young Thomas died less than 10 months later, and Thomas Kendall thus had no male line to carry on his name. Thomas and Elizabeth Kendall had the following children, all born at Reading (Lynn Village until 1644):[7]

1. Elizabeth Kendall bom 1642, married John Eaton
2. Rebecca born 1644. married 1661 James Boutwell
3. Mary bom 1647, married 1664.
4. Hannah bom 1650, married 1667
5. Sarah #1 bom and died 1650
6. Sarah #2 b. 1653, married Samuel Dunton
7. Abigail born 1655, married John Nichols
8. Susanna born 165S, married Nathaniel Goodwin
9. Tabitha born 1660, married John Pearson
10. Thomas bom 1663, died 1664.

Death and Burial

Thomas Kendall died, intestate, at Reading on 22 Jul 1681, aged 63 years, and he is buried as Sergeant Thomas Kendall at the Old Burial Place in South Reading, now in the town of Wakefield.[1] His “richly carved gravestone” is adorned with common secondary death symbols such as coffins, bones, picks, and shovels and includes the inscription “Fugit Hora” (“time flies”).[8] Probate

On 30 Sep 1681, the sons-in-law of Thomas Kendall, with the consent of his widow, disposed of his property. The agreement was signed by Jno. Eaton, Brother Jno. Parker, Brother Nathaniel Goodwin, Bro. Abraham Brient [Bryant], Bro. Jno. Niccols [Nichols], Bro: John Person [Pearson], Bro. Samll Dunken [Dunton], and Bro. James Bowtell [Boutwell].[9] Sources

↑ 1.0 1.1 Lilley Eaton, "Inscriptions from the Most Ancient Burial Ground, in South Reading, Ms.," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 7:25 (1853) (AmericanAncestors.org subscription required) ↑ Loea Parker Howard, “The Beginning of Reading and Lynnfield, Massachusetts,” The Essex Genealogist, 20:185 (1999) (AmericanAncestors.org subscription required) ↑ 3.0 3.1 Vital Records of Reading, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849 (Boston, 1912), page 136 ↑ Robert Charles Anderson, The great migration directory : immigrants to New England, 1620-1640 : a concise compendium (Boston, 2015) ↑ Lilley Eaton, Genealogical History of the Town of Reading, Mass., Including the Present Towns of Wakefield, Reading, and North Reading, with Chronological and Historical Sketches, from 1639 to 1874 (Boston, 1874), page 93 ↑ Wikipedia article, "Deacon Thomas Kendall House" ↑ Their births are all reported at Vital Records of Reading, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849 (Boston, 1912), page 136. See their individual profiles for sources for other details of their lives. ↑ Laurel K. Gabel, "Understanding Early New England Gravestones," The Essex Genealogist, 25:164 (2005) (AmericanAncestors.org subscription required) ↑ John William Linzee, The History of Peter Parker and Sarah Ruggles of Roxbury, Mass. and their Ancestors and Descendants, with the Best Wishes of the Author (Boston, 1913), page 483 See also: THE KENDALLS IN AMERICA. http://archive.org/stream/kendallfamilyina00clem/kendallfamilyina00... Roberts, Gary Boyd; Ancestors of American Presidents. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.

Sergeant in the Massachusetts Militia.

'Sgt Thomas Kendall

Birth: Oct. 5, 1618

Norfolk, England

Death: Jul. 22, 1681

Reading Middlesex County Massachusetts, USA

Deacon Thomas Kendall, Son of John Kendall (1580-1660) of Norfolk, England and Elizabeth Sacherell (1584-1640) of Cambridge, England

was born in the year 1617 in Norfolk, Norfolk, England.

He arrived in New England in 1638.

He was a Deacon of his church and a Sergeant in the Massachusetts Militia.

Thomas married married Rebecca Paine (or Payne) 1618-1703 daughter of Anthony Paine (or Payne) 1585–1649 and Alice (Potter) Paine (or Payne) 1589–1643, about 1640 in Reading, Massachusetts. Together they were the parents of:

Elizabeth (1642-1688)

Rebecca (1644-1713)

Mary (1647-1688)

Hanorath (1649-1689)

Sarah (1652-1652)

Rebecca (1654-1691)

Abigail (1655-1721)

Susanna (1658-1732)

Tabitha (1660-1711)

Thomas (1663-1664)

Ruth (1665-1665)

Thomas (1677-)

Maintained by: Sprague Originally Created by: Nareen, et al Record added: Aug 28, 2007 Find A Grave Memorial# 21229725 Added by: aberdeen

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' Reference: ancestry.com:

Thomas Kendall Found 10 Records, 5 Photos and 1,096,638 Family Trees Born in Kendal, Westmoreland, England on 1766 to John Kendall and Elizabeth Sacherell.

Thomas married Rebecca Paine and had 12 children.

He passed away on 1681.

Family Members

Parents John Kendall 1579-1659

Elizabeth Sacherell 1602-1618

Spouse(s)

Rebecca Paine 1622-1703

Children Agnes Annis 1633-1692

Elizabeth Kendall 1640-1688

Rebecca Kendall 1647-1713

Mary Kendall 1642-1687

Hannah Kendall 1649-1689

Sarah Kendall 1652-1652

Abigail Kendall 1653-1692

Susanna Kendall 1648-1732

Tabitha Kendall 1660-1711

Tabbitha Kendall 1660-1711

Thomas Kendall 1663-1681

Ruth Kendall 1665-1665

https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LZJ2-QW1/thomas-kendall-sr.-1...

Thomas Kendall Sr. 1616–22 July 1681 (Age 65) Cambridgeshire, England

The Life Summary of Thomas

When Thomas Kendall Sr. was born in 1616, in Cambridgeshire, England, his father, John Kendall, was 36 and his mother, Elizabeth Margaret Sacherell, was 32. He married Rebecca Payne in 1639, in Lynn, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 9 daughters. He died on 22 July 1681, in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 65, and was buried in Old Burying Ground, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

Spouse and Children

Thomas Kendall Sr. Male 1616–1681

•  Male

Rebecca Payne Female 1618–1703

•  Female

Marriage 1639 Lynn, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

Children (10)

Elizabeth Kendall Female 1642–1688

•  Female

Rebeckah Kendall Female 1644–1713

•  Female

Mary Kendall Female 1647–1688

•  Female

Hannah Kendall Female 1649–1689

•  Female

Sarah Kendall Female 1652–1652

•  Female

+5 More Children

Name Meaning

Kendall

Thomas 1 English: habitational name from Kendal in Cumbria, recorded in 1095 as Kircabikendala ‘village with a church in the valley of the Kent river’.2 From an Anglicized form of the Welsh personal name Cynddelw, which was borne by a famous 12th-century Welsh poet. It probably derives from a Celtic word meaning ‘exalted’, ‘high’ + delw ‘image’, ‘effigy’.

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

Possible Related Names Kendell Kendle Kindall Kindell Kindle

Parents and Siblings

John Kendall Male 1580–1659

•  Male

Elizabeth Margaret Sacherell Female 1584–1645

•  Female

Siblings (9)

Mabel Kendall Female 1605–1690

•  Female

John Kendall Male 1607–1690

•  Male

Martha Kendall Female 1611–1638

•  Female

Rachel Kendall Female 1614–1726

•  Female

Thomas Kendall Sr. Male 1616–1681

•  Male

+4 More Children

Sources (3)

Thomas Lindall, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"

Thomas Kendall in entry for Thomas Kendall, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"

Thomas Kendall in entry for Daniel S. Kendall and Mary Hall Rhoades, "Massachusetts Town Records, ca. 1638-1961"

Family Time Line

Spouse and Children

Parents and Siblings

1600 1620 1640 1660 1680 1700 1720 1740

Thomas Kendall Sr.

1616–1681 Rebecca Payne

1618–1703 Marriage: 1639

Elizabeth Kendall

1642–1688 Rebeckah Kendall

1644–1713 Mary Kendall

1647–1688 Hannah Kendall

1649–1689 Sarah Kendall

1652–1652 Sarah Kendall

1653–1734 Abigail Kendall

1655–1721 Susannah Kendall

1658–1732 Tabitha Kendall

1660–1711 Thomas Kendall Jr.

1663–1664

World Events (2)

1620 · The Pilgrims Board the Mayflower

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1642 · The English Civil War Age 27 A series of conflicts regarding England's governance during the years 1642 to 1651 is now known as The English Civil War. Charles I summoned supporters to join him against his enemies in Parliament. In October 1642, nearly 10,000 men fought for Charles I and chased Parliament across the River Tamar. Fighting continued for years and was finally ended at the Battle of Worcester on September 3, 1651, with a Parliamentarian victory.