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Ancestor Table of Jean Margaret Kennedy

We briefly summarize here, without documentation, some of the ancestry of my grandmother, Jean Margaret Kennedy, wife of Richard Harry Mitchelson, Jr., of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The ancestry of her paternal grandmother, Margaret Comfort, is presented in greater detail in the latter’s own table. Consequently the present table is truncated at the seventh generation, since at present the other lines cannot be extended further. Persons marked * are known to be the immigrant heads of their families in North America (in some cases, it is not known what generation of a line was the immigrant).

The two sides of Margaret’s ancestry could hardly be more different in the circumstances leading to their discovery, or in the extent of the results obtained. Her father was fortunate enough to be uncle to the late Cecelia (Coon) Botting, who made their shared ancestry the object of nearly a lifetime of study. Her mother, on the other hand, was a secretive woman whose concealed background would not be revealed until the necessary records were released and indexed in the late twentieth century. Thus the maternal side of the pedigree is entirely a modern reconstruction, produced without benefit of traditional information.

In February 2005, Margaret Kennedy was added to the well-known Genealogics database by Leo van de Pas, who kindly informed us of the fact. His treatment of some of her ancestral lines currently extends further than ours.

    Generation I

  1. Jean Margaret Kennedy, b. 13 June 1917 at Melita, Manitoba, Canada, d. 4 Jan. 2000 at Winnipeg, d. 4 Jan. 2000 at Winnipeg. Margaret was born and raised at Melita, living there until moving to Winnipeg at the age of 16, when she enrolled in Wesley College (now the University of Winnipeg). She m. 15 Aug. 1937, Richard (“Dick”) Harry Mitchelson, Jr., of Winnipeg, b. 31 Dec. 1914, d. 13 Feb. 1998 at Winnipeg, son of Richard Harry Mitchelson, of Winnipeg and Vancouver, by his wife Kathleen McBride.

    Generation II

  2. John Kennedy (V), of Melita, Manitoba, Canada, b. 13 April 1862 at St. Anns, Gainsborough Tp., Lincoln Co., Ontario, d. 13 July 1939 at Winnipeg, and buried there in Elmwood Cemetery. He m. 22 Jan. 1916 in Westminster Presbyterian Church (now Westminster United Church), Winnipeg, Manitoba,
  3. Susanna Samantha Helena Young, b. 26 March 1882, presumably in Williamsburg Tp., Dundas Co., Ontario (but her birth appears to have gone unregistered), d. 12 Oct. 1937 at Winnipeg, and buried there in Elmwood Cemetery.

    Generation III

  4. John Kennedy (IV), of St. Anns, Gainsborough Tp., Lincoln co., Upper Canada, farmer, b. 29 Feb. 1832, d. 11 Oct. 1897, and buried at St. Anns. He m. 23 Oct. 1856,
  5. Margaret Comfort, b. 11 Dec. 1833, bapt. 18 May 1834 in Clinton Presbyterian Church, d. 20 Jan. 1916, and buried in St. Anns Cemetery.
  6. Joseph Young, of Williamsburg Tp., Dundas Co., Ontario, b. there 26 April 1846, living 1901. No record of his death has been found between that year and 1932. He m. 11 Aug. 1875 at the Parsonage, North Williamsburg (the chief village of Williamsburg Tp.), by license,
  7. Jane McMillan, b. 30 Nov. 1850 in Williamsburg Tp., d. 1937, and buried in the Old Williamsburg Union Cemetery.

    Generation IV

  8. John Kennedy (III), of St. Anns, Gainsborough Tp., Lincoln Co., Upper Canada, b. 4 March 1787 in New Jersey, d. 18 April 1874, and buried in St. Anns Presbyterian Churchyard. He m. 11 Feb. 1816,
  9. Barbara Dean, b. 16 June 1791 at Fox Hill, New Jersey, d. 27 June 1861, and buried in St. Anns Presbyterian Churchyard.
  10. Francis Comfort, of Beamsville, Clinton Tp., Lincoln Co., Upper Canada, b. 28 Aug. 1800 at Montgomery, Montgomery Tp., Orange Co., New York, bapt. 11 Jan. 1801 in the Goodwill Presbyterian Church, Montgomery, d. 18 or 19 June 1880 near Beamsville, and buried in Clinton Presbyterian Cemetery. He m. 20 Feb. 1822,
  11. Jemima Wilcox, b. 27 Dec. 1801 in Grimsby Tp., Lincoln Co., d. 5 Nov. 1876 near Beamsville, and buried in Clinton Presbyterian Cemetery.
  12. * Samuel Young, b. probably ca. 1805-6 in Ireland, d. 26 July 1890 in Williamsburg Tp., Dundas Co., Ontario, aged 88 years, and buried with his wife. He m. by 1843, and if (as there seems no reason to doubt) she was the mother of all his children, by 1833,
  13. * Elizabeth Clark, b. about September 1809 in Ireland, d. 13 Feb. 1874 in Williamsburg Tp., aged 64 years, 5 months, and buried in Old Williamsburg Union Cemetery.
  14. * David McMillan, of Williamsburg Tp., b. ca. 1791-92, d. some time in 1871-81, but his death appears to have gone unrecorded. He m. before 1830, presumably in Ireland,
  15. * Frances [Cawley?], b. probably ca. 1805-08, in County Derry (the original and restored name of the county for some time known as Londonderry), Ireland (according to her death record), d. 21 June 1887 of “old age.” Her husband’s great-great grandnephew, Rae Myers (1925-2002), states in notes made in the 1970s that her name was Frances Cawley, and points out that in the 1861 census a James Cawley, born about 1839, was working for the widow of David’s brother Daniel. We have not, however, found an explanation for Myers’s belief as to the maiden surname of David McMillan’s wife.

    Generation V

  16. John Kennedy, Jr., of St. Anns, Gainsborough Tp., Lincoln Co., Upper Canada, school-teacher, b. 8 May 1761 in New Jersey, probably at Newton, Sussex Co., d. 12 April 1847 at St. Anns. He was m. (1) 9 April 1786 at Frankford, Sussex Co., New Jersey, by “Squire” Francis Price, J.P., to
  17. Charity Wurts, b. 23 March 1768, presumably in New Jersey, d. 30 April 1799.
  18. John Dean, of Gainsborough Tp., Lincoln Co., Upper Canada, to which he came from Fox Hill, Roxbury (now Washington) Tp., Morris Co., New Jersey, in 1801. He was b. 1 March 1754, and d. 19 Sept. 1827. He m. 19 March 1781 in the Evangelical Lutheran Church, New Germantown (now Oldwick), Hunterdon Co., New Jersey,
  19. Margaret Flach, b. ca. 22 March 1752 in New Jersey, d. 6 March 1839, “aged 86 years, 11 months, 14 days,” and buried in the Presbyterian Churchyard, St. Anns, Gainsborough Tp.
  20. John Comfort, Jr., of Digby Tp., Annapolis (now Digby) Co., N.S., Montgomery Tp., Orange Co., New York, and finally of Clinton Tp., Lincoln Co., Upper Canada, b. in or shortly before 1755, d. Jan. 1830 in Lincoln Co., Upper Canada He m. by New York licence dated 13 July 1782,
  21. Catharine Harris, b. 5 Oct. 1767, bapt. 4 Nov. 1767 in Hopewell Dutch Church, Hopewell Junction, East Fishkill Tp., Dutchess Co., New York, d. 10 Aug. 1846 in Lincoln Co., Upper Canada
  22. Daniel Wilcox, of St. Anns, Gainsborough Tp., b. 1770-71, presumably in New Jersey, d. 6 March 1857, aged 86 years. He m. 18 June 1795,
  23. Mary (“Polly”) McIntyre, b. 29 Sept. 1775 somewhere in the U.S.A., living June 1816.
  24. (Young)
  25.  
  26. (Clark)
  27.  
  28. ____ McMillan
  29. * (probably) Betsy ____, b. 1769-70 (aged 82 in 1852), possibly in co. Londonderry, Ulster, d. in Canada, probably before the beginning of civil registration in 1869. As Betsy McMullen she is found in the household of her daughter Jane (McMillan) Hyndman in the 1852 census of Mountain Tp., Dundas Co., Ontario. She is thus almost certainly the unnamed member of this daughter’s household who died in 1860 at the age of 94 years, of old age.

    Generation VI

  30. * John Kennedy, of Newton, Sussex Co., New Jersey, b. ca. 1731, d. 1817 at St. Anns, Lincoln Co., Upper Canada (where he lived the last few years of his life). He m. before 1761,
  31. Elizabeth ____, living 1795.
  32. (perhaps) [John?] Conrad Wirtz (V), of Roxbury Tp., Morris Co., New Jersey, b. apparently in 1736-43, who d. testate between 23 Aug. 1766 and 17 Oct. 1767, naming wife Anna in his will. He was a son of the Rev. Johannes Conrad Wirtz (IV) (1706-1763) by his wife Anna Goetschius (1716-).
  33. (perhaps) Anna (Waldorff) Coeck, widow of Georg Coeck and daughter of Anthony Waldorff (ca. 1704-1777), of Roxbury Tp., by his wife Maria Gertraud (“Charity”) Kil (ca. 1702-1768).
  34. (Dean)
  35.  
  36. * Andreas Flach, who came with his wife and four eldest children from Wurtemberg on the Speedwell in 1749, stayed briefly at Philadelphia, Pa., then went to New Jersey, where he founded Flocktown, German Valley (now Long Valley), Roxbury (now Washington) Tp., Morris Co. He is said to have been b. 9 Sept. 1712, d. 1779 at Schooley’s Mountain, Roxbury (now Washington) Tp., and buried at Long Valley. He m. by 1736,
  37. * Anna Maria Schüler, b. ca. 1717, d. 1810 at Long Valley.
  38. John Comfort, of Montgomery, Ulster (now Orange) Co., New York, b. say 1725, probably at Newtown (now Elmhurst), Queens Co., L.I., d. shortly before Oct. 1795. He m. in 1750-51,
  39. Anna Maul, bapt. 17 April 1734 in the Montgomery Dutch Church, living 3 Nov. 1794.
  40. Francis Harris, of Sandy Cove, Digby Tp., Annapolis (now Digby) Co., Nova Scotia, bapt. 9 May 1740 in the Poughkeepsie Dutch Church, d. in Nova Scotia in 1816, between 1 April (when he made his will) and 27 Dec. (when it was proved). He m. (1) 10 Jan. 1763 in the Rumbout Presbyterian Church,
  41. Catharina Lent, b. say 1743, d. 1767-74.
  42. Benjamin Wilcox, who came from New Jersey to Grimsby Tp., Lincoln Co., Upper Canada, in 1787, b. 21 Aug. 1737 at Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts, d. 1816, and buried in the old Windham Methodist Cemetery, near Simcoe, Woodhouse Tp., Norfolk Co. (where he lived with a son the last few years of his life). He m. before 1759,
  43. Elsie Lanning, b. 1739, d. 1805, and buried in St. Anns Cemetery, Gainsborough Tp., Lincoln Co., Upper Canada
  44. * Daniel McIntyre, (Sr.), U.E.L., of Grimsby Tp., Lincoln Co., Upper Canada; he was one of the soldiers in the 78th Regiment of Foot (Fraser’s Highlanders), brought to America in 1757 to fight in the French and Indian Wars, and eventually came to Canada, where he received a grant of land on the basis of this service; b. ca. 1736 in Scotland, d. 8 Jan. 1825 in Grimsby Tp. He m. (1) before 1767, presumably in the U.S.A.,
  45. Mary ____, b. ca. 1730, d. 12 Sept. 1802.

    Generation VII

  46. (Kennedy)
  47.  
  48. (Wurts/Wirz)
  49.  
  50. (Flach)
  51.  
  52. Benjamin Comfort, of Newtown (now Elmhurst), Queens Co., L.I., and Montgomery Tp., Ulster (now Orange) Co., New York, tailor, an adult in 1716, living 1737 and probably 1756. He m. (1) 7 March 1724 in Newtown Presbyterian Church,
  53. Elizabeth Haywood, d. before 1731.
  54. Christoffel Maul, of Montgomery, Ulster (now Orange) Co., New York, who with his wife and parents was among the party of Palatines who came on the ship John in the summer of 1710, was bapt. 15 Jan. 1688 at Driedorf, near Herborn, in Hessen, Preussen (now in Germany), living 1751. He m. probably in 1709-10,
  55. Anna Juliana Sergius, bapt. 24 March 1689 in the Reformed Church, Nordhofen, Germany, living 1751.
  56. Joseph Harris, of Poughkeepsie, bapt. 12 June 1709 in the First Church of New London, Connecticut, living 1746. He m. before 1739,
  57. Catharina Hegeman, b. say 1711, living 1737-45.
  58. Isaac Lent, of Westchester Co., New York, and later of Fishkill, Dutchess Co., New York, said to have been bapt. 14 April 1707, d. shortly before June 1771. He m. by 1732,
  59. Sarah Luyster, b. 31 Jan. 1714, probably at Newtown, d. 27 Dec. 1767.
  60. William Wilcox, of Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts, blacksmith, b. there 22 Nov. 1711, d. shortly before 18 Oct. 1743 (when application was made for administration of his estate). He m. 8 Feb. 1732/3 at Darmouth,
  61. Dorothy Allen, b. 16 Jan. 1707 at Dartmouth, said to have d. (testate) in 1782, between 19 Sept. and 30 Nov.
  62. Isaac Lanning, of Hardwick Tp., Sussex Co., New Jersey, d. June 1781 in Hardwick Tp. He m. by 1741,
  63. Sarah Hunt, b. say 1713, living Jan. 1774.
  64. (McIntyre)
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This page written 28 April 1999
last revised 15 March 2009