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So shall it be with my father: he shall be called a prince over his posterity, holding the keys of the patriarchal priesthood over the kingdom of God on earth, even the Church of the Latter Day Saints, and he shall sit in the general assembly of patriarchs, even in council with the Ancient of Days when he shall sit and all the patriarchs with him and shall enjoy his right and authority under the direction of the Ancient of Days. |
KENNEDY, John Eddie Sr.[1]
1803 - 1884 (81 years) 
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Name KENNEDY, John Eddie Suffix Sr. Birth 1803 Brighton, Fife, Scotland 
Gender Male WAC COMPLETED SLAKE _TAG Reviewed on FS Burial Jun 1884 Death 7 Jun 1884 Egremont, Gray, Ontario, Canada Headstones 
Submit Headstone Photo Person ID I1745 Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith Last Modified 23 Jan 2022
Father KENNEDY, John , b. 1 Feb 1772, Ireland Irelandd. 1832, Falkirk, Scotland (Age 59 years) Mother ADA, Mary , b. 1773, Scotland Scotland Marriage 1792 Scotland Notes - ~SEALING_TO_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 27 Sep 1984, PROVO.
Family ID F1068 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family BURNS, Jean , b. 28 Aug 1806, Kilsyth, Stirlingshire, Scotland Kilsyth, Stirlingshire, Scotlandd. 24 Aug 1887, Richmond, Macomb, Michigan, United States (Age 80 years) Marriage 15 Feb 1822 Cumbernauld, Dunbartonshire, Scotland Notes - ~SEALING_TO_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 26 Apr 1962, SLAKE.
Children6 sons and 6 daughters Family ID F13 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 24 Jan 2022
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RLDS Baptism of John Eddie Kennedy & Jean Burns.jpg
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Notes - 1841 Scotland Census - Residence: Skipperton / Occupation: Hand Loom Weaver He has been an invalid for twenty-five years and for the last three has been confined to his bed…" John was baptized in November 1879 - and if you subtract 25 years from that, you have the year 1854 when they emigrated to Canada - this was not a robust man clearing the wilds of Grey County to build his family a better life. Also mentioned in the letter is Ann Gordon, this is John's sister, Ann Kennedy, widow of Robert Moffat Crisp Godon, who emigrated to Canada after her husband's death. The 1881 Census for Egremont had her working as a dressmaker - so the limb lost was likely one of her legs. John Kennedy born Barony, Lanarkshire, served in the 94th Foot Regiment [Scotts Brigade]; 96th Foot Regiment. Discharged age 24. Served 1823/1828. [Source: The Index # WO97/1041/25 was from the Royal Hospital of Chelsea records. This is an index of all soldiers who were medically discharged through the hospital and so received a pension.] Bridgeton is in the Barony. If John Eddie was born c 1803 this would fit. It is likely that Jean went with him as in 1813 it was ordered that: "when a Regiment embarks for Garrison Duty on Foreign Service, the lawful Wives of Soldiers shall be permitted to embark, in the proportion of Twelve per Company, including the Wives of Non-commissioned Officers....for active Field Service, the number of Soldier's Wives...must be limited to six per company. When a Royal Veteran Battalion embarks for Foreign Garrison Duty, all Soldier's Wives of good characters, who are desirous of accompanying their Husbands, are to be permitted to embark." [Source: "A Soldier's Family in the British Army during the War of 1812" by Robert Henderson as posted on http://www.warof1812.ca/family.htm ] However, it should be noted that the 96th Regiment, before departing for the West Indies [which included Bermuda], encouraged parents to take advantage of the charity at the Royal Military Asylum at Chelsea to leave their children behind as it was often a death sentence to take children to the West Indies. That being said John went initially to Halifax, so this may not have come into play. Regiments: The 94th was amalgamated into the 96th in 1824 A new 96th was raised five years later on 6 February 1824 at Salford Barracks, Manchester. It was allowed to carry the battle honours awarded its predecessor - Peninsular, Egypt and the Sphinx. The Regiment was very quickly made up to its establishment of 619 non-commissioned officers and men by transfers from the 94th and 95th Regiments already raised and by 124 English, Scots and Irish recruits. No sooner had it reached its full strength than it was ordered on Foreign Service. They embarked from Liverpool during June/July 1824 landing in Halifax, Nova Scotia in August/ September 1824. 1825 the Regiment moved to Bermuda for three years... While in Bermuda, the 96th assisted the Royal Engineers, under the command of Major Thomas Blanshard, in building the Martello Tower at Ferry Reach. (Ferry Reach is a three mile (five kilometre) long channel in the north-east of Bermuda, which lies between St. George's Island in the north and St. David's Island in the south south-west of the town of St. George's.) It is the Island's only egg-shaped fort and with walls as thick as nine to 11-feet, the fort remained largely resistant to cannon fire. Restored in 2008, including bringing in an "18-pounder" cannon from Fort St. Catherine and creating a cannon mound on top of the building so it would look as it did in the 19th Century. Most of the area is, today, a public parkland, but is still used extensively for military training by the Bermuda Regiment [photos on the disc] This is the only Tower in Bermuda, it was built as part of the unique system of British military fortifications that at one time was prominent along the English coast from Kent to Sussex and spawned their own name in British history. Two others were planned but never built as British Army fortifications protecting the old Royal Naval Dockyard. This one was built after the one on the island of Barbuda in the Caribbean, after those in England. Archaeological definition of a Martello Tower: A type of gun tower designed solely as a defence against ships armed with guns attacking the southeast coast of England during the Napoleonic Wars. Built in the period 1805 to 1812, the 105 freestanding towers are set at intervals along the coast from Seaford, Sussex, to Aldeburgh, Suffolk. The towers are squat, built of stone or rendered brick, circular in form, with two floors and a roof-top gun platform designed to carry a single large cannon capable of all-round traversing. A moat was sometimes constructed around the tower for additional protection from land forces. Details of the stonework at the military fortifications at Ferry Reach, shows how closely the coral blocks were fitted - working with coral can produce some nasty abrasions and cut that can be very slow healing, which can lead to nasty infections if not cared for properly… [photos on the disc] This may be where John learned the masonry skills that his sons continued. 1828 Regiment returned to Halifax from Bermuda 1835 Regiment returned to England from Halifax John would have been discharged during the time his regiment was in Bermuda. Coming back to Britain in 1827 and being medically discharged through the Royal Chelsea hospital (London) in 1828. This fits with the Scottish Census for 1851, Margaret Kennedy's place of birth is listed as England in December 1827. An application has been made for the proper record. This should provide a full description of the soldier including height, build, skin colour [fair, dark, freckled etc], and any distinguishing marks. We should also get place and year of birth, and how, where and when he received his injury. Most importantly it will provide his army number. With the army number, we will be able to access other records, including the muster rolls for the 94th and the 96th, and his army. The army record contains a complete detail about a soldiers army life, home leave, punishments, jobs within the army, injuries, countries served in, plus sometimes details of a soldiers family. It should be noted that there was an 1831 Act of Parliament, designed to reduce the huge number of Chelsea Pensioners resulting from the Napoleonic Wars, allowed Chelsea pensioners to turn in their pensions in exchange for passage to Canada for them and their families, a 100 acre land parcel and a years worth of supplies. It was not a hugely successful program because the physical health of the majority of Pensioners precluded them from being able to clear and work the farms. There were a number of lawsuits whereby the government of Upper Canada sued to have pensions reinstated because the Pensioners were obviously not able to physically cope with the demands of pioneering. However, the program was not scrapped and John may have accessed it to bring the family over. The military records should be able to shed light on this. I have also located a whole batch of amazing etchings and paintings of the Royal Chelsea Hospital that are on the disc. Interestingly Margaret Kennedy's husband Alexander McIntyre was also a Chelsea pensioner - he collected his pension for 49 years! So the work continues... Liane
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Sources - [S56] THe Kennedy Family Tree Project.
- [S56] THe Kennedy Family Tree Project.
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