unknown Kenyon

Biography

John Kenyon did not marry “Anna” Mumford

"One of the most persistent genealogical myths is that John Kenyon, immigrant ancestor of most Kenyons in the United States, married Anna Mumford. The source of this myth is the 1935 Kenyon genealogy, American Kenyons, by Captain Howard N. Kenyon. Shortly after Capt. Kenyon published his book, Meredith Colket, refuted Capt. Kenyon's assertion regarding this marriage in an article published in The American Genealogist."

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Mumford-88

It has been proven that John Kenyon had only one wife.[1]. The name of John Kenyon's wife has been in dispute for many years, but it is known that she was a daughter of Thomas Mumford.[1][2][3]

She was probably born about 1664, assuming she was 18 at the time of her marriage. Since she is not mentioned in her husband's will, it can be assumed that she died before 1732.

John Kenyon married Unknown (Mumford) Kenyon in Rhode Island is established also by the deed records. These deeds (there is more than one) are dated ca 1712, about 17 years after the birth of Jonathan, John's youngest son.[4]. Land evidence records in North Kingstown and South Kingstown show that John Kenyon was brother-in-law of Thomas and Peleg Mumford.

Children:

1. John Kenyon born about 1682 in Westerly, Rhode Island. Married Elizabeth Remington.
2. James Kenyon, exact birth unknown[3]. Married 1) Mary Place 2) Sarah Gardiner
3. Joseph Kenyon b. exact birth unknown[3]. Married Marcy G. Hazelton
4. Enoch (Kinyon) Kenyon (abt.1688-abt.1781)[3]. Married Married 1) Sarah Eldred 2) Ann Auckmudy
5. David Kenyon exact birth unknown[3]. Married Mary Sanford.
6. Jonathan Kenyon exact birth unknown[3]. Married 1) Sarah Rogers 2) Mary Gardiner
7. Samuel Kenyon, died before 1724, unmarried.

Sarah Kenyon Was not the wife of John Webster, of Westerly and not the daughter of John Kenyon, of Westerly

It has been proven that the John Kenyon of Glodick (Oldham), born 1655, and the John Kenyon of Westerly were not the same person, nor is he the one married to a woman named Anna.[1] The family from Lancashire never left England and death records have been found for all of them.[1]

Old notes

From http://users.hal-pc.org/~wmewrght/kenyon.html

Some time later, after Anna had died, old John Kenyon married a Miss Mumford (given name unknown), sister of Thomas Mumford, Jun. and Peleg Mumford. This second wife may have died and John Kenyon possibly married a widow Webster with a son, John Webster. Alternatively, old John Kenyon may have had a daughter (name uncertain) who did marry John Webster

References

1. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Kenyon-1162 Cites
   1. The American Genealogist, Volume 79 (2004): 207-208 Revisiting the English Origins of John Kenyon and James Kenyon of Rhode Island by Michael J. Wood. $ "Mr. Parsons third scenario as put forth in TAG 78(2003):227 is the accurate one. John Kenyon of Glodwich, weaver, is not same man as his namesake in Rhode Island and the origin for the family outlined by Capt. Kenyon must be rejected."
2. Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004. $
   1. Austin, John Osborne, 1849-1918. The genealogical dictionary of Rhode Island : comprising three generations of settlers who came before 1690 : with many families carried to the fourth generation. Albany : J. Munsell's sons. 1887. pg 116
3. #American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) Volume 78 (2003) pg 226 $
   1. Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9079/images/007649...). Rhode Island, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1582-1932 [database on-line], Town Council and Probate Records, Vol 2-4, 1699-1736, image 418-419. Westerly, Council and Probate Records, 1731-1736, No. 4, Restored book Page 26-29. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Free Ancestry.com image of Will
   2. Kenyon, Howard Nathaniel. American Kenyons : history of Kenyons and English connections of American Kenyons, genealogy of the American Kenyons of Rhode Island. Rutland, Vt.: Tuttle, 1979. pg 51
   3. Kenyon, Howard Nathaniel. American Kenyons : history of Kenyons and English connections of American Kenyons, genealogy of the American Kenyons of Rhode Island. Rutland, Vt.: Tuttle, 1979. pg 55
   4. The Genealogical Quarterly Magazine (Eben Putnam, Danvers, Mass., 1916) Vol. 3: Dec. 1915 - Sept. 1916, Page 120
4. Sherman, Ruth Wilder. Descendants of John Tyler of Portsmouth, R.I., The American Genealogist (The American Genealogist, Barrington, RI, 1976) Vol. 52, Page 221
   1. See discussion about "Question, b. c1665-72; m. before 1697 John Inion". Question may not be her real name, and John's last name might be Kinyon/Kenyon, both in Rhode Island.
   2. See Also: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KNH4-2LX
   3. DNA - Test results for many of his descendants can be viewed at the Kenyon Project at FTDNA and shows conflicting evidence of Lancashire origins with two distinctly different Haplogroups, both claiming an original ancestor from Lancashire. Only one can be correct. However, neither can be fully verified if their trees are based on the book, American Kenyons.

"KENYON, JOHN, b. ca. 1657, d. Westerly, R.I., 1732. TAG 78:222-27, 79:207-8 (revision of English origins and early generations)."

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