Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher
Family Group Record
Rev. Robert Kennedy and Jane Herron
Husband Rev. Robert Kennedy 1 2 3
Born: 4 Jul 1778 - Lancaster Co, PA 1 2 3
Christened:
Died: 31 Oct 1843 2 3 4
Buried:
Father: James Kennedy (1730-1799/1799) 1 5 6
Mother: Jane Maxwell (1742-1784) 1 6 7
Marriage: 17 Feb 1801 3 8
Other Spouse: Mary Davidson (1785-1845) 2 3 9 - 5 Jun 1806 3 9
• Biographical Sketch: Alfred Nevin, D.D., LL.D., Men of Mark of the Cumberland Valley, Pa. 1776-1876 (Philadelphia, PA: Fulton Publishing Co., 1876).
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Wife Jane Herron 2 3 8
Born: 1777 - Herron's Branch 3
Christened:
Died: 31 May 1803 3 9
Buried:
Father: John Herron, Esq. ( - ) 10 11 12
Mother: Mary "Polly" Jack ( - ) 3 12
Children
1 M Rev. John Herron Kennedy 3 13
Born: 11 Nov 1801 - Franklin Co, PA 14 15
Christened:
Died: 15 Dec 1840 15 16
Buried:
Spouse: Harriet McCalmont ( - ) 15 17
Marr: 15 Feb 1827 or 1828 15 17
2 M Robert Kennedy 3
Born: 11 May 1803 3
Christened:
Died: 1 Oct 1804 3
Buried:
Spouse: Did Not Marry
General Notes: Husband - Rev. Robert Kennedy
He was educated under the Rev. Nathan Grier, of Brandywine Manor, and was graduated at Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in 1797. He was licensed to preach at Upper Octoraro, Aug. 20, 1799, and was ordained pastor of the Greencastle and Welsh Run Presbyterian churches, Aug. 13, 1803. In 1816, he removed to Cumberland, Maryland, but returned to Welsh Run in 1825, where he remained until his death. He was a man of vigorous intellect and a fine scholar, especially in the classics.
He had two sons with his first wife; with his second he had ten children, all of whom, but one son, were deceased before 1876.
Sources
1
Alfred Nevin, D.D., LL.D., Men of Mark of the Cumberland Valley, Pa. 1776-1876 (Philadelphia, PA: Fulton Publishing Co., 1876), Pg 167.
2
Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 1054.
3
Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 42.
4
Alfred Nevin, D.D., LL.D., Men of Mark of the Cumberland Valley, Pa. 1776-1876 (Philadelphia, PA: Fulton Publishing Co., 1876), Pg 175.
5
Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 1058.
6
Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 40.
7
Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 1053, 1058.
8
Alfred Nevin, D.D., LL.D., Men of Mark of the Cumberland Valley, Pa. 1776-1876 (Philadelphia, PA: Fulton Publishing Co., 1876), Pg 170.
9
Alfred Nevin, D.D., LL.D., Men of Mark of the Cumberland Valley, Pa. 1776-1876 (Philadelphia, PA: Fulton Publishing Co., 1876), Pg 171.
10
Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 268.
11
—, Encyclopaedia of Contemporary Biography of Pennsylvania, Vol. II (New York: Atlantic Publishing & Engraving Co., 1889), Pg 258.
12
J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 1002.
13
Alfred Nevin, D.D., LL.D., Men of Mark of the Cumberland Valley, Pa. 1776-1876 (Philadelphia, PA: Fulton Publishing Co., 1876), Pg 171, 361.
14
Alfred Nevin, D.D., LL.D., Men of Mark of the Cumberland Valley, Pa. 1776-1876 (Philadelphia, PA: Fulton Publishing Co., 1876), Pg 361.
15
Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 45.
16
Alfred Nevin, D.D., LL.D., Men of Mark of the Cumberland Valley, Pa. 1776-1876 (Philadelphia, PA: Fulton Publishing Co., 1876), Pg 365.
17
Alfred Nevin, D.D., LL.D., Men of Mark of the Cumberland Valley, Pa. 1776-1876 (Philadelphia, PA: Fulton Publishing Co., 1876), Pg 363.