Eighteenth Generation


54. James KENYON Sr. was born on 2 May 1633 in Oldham, Lancashire, England.1,2 He may have been born in Droylsden, Manchester Parish, in Lancashire County. About 1655 he was in Oldham, Lancashire, England.1 He was a linen weaver. He died in 1670 at the age of 37 in South Kingstown Township, Washington County, Rhode Island Colony, British Colonial America.1,2

James KENYON Sr. and Esther Sherman SMITH were married on 2 May 1654 in Oldham, Lancashire, England.2,3,4 in the Oldham Parish Church. Esther Sherman SMITH, daughter of John SMITH and Sarah Joan SHERMAN, was born about 1633 in Glodwick, Oldham, Lancashire, England.1,2,4 She died in 1715 at the age of 82 in South Kingstown Township, Washington County, Rhode Island Colony, British Colonial America.1

James KENYON Sr. and Esther Sherman SMITH had the following children:

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John KENYON Sr..

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James KENYON Jr..

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Mary KENYON was born in 1660.1

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Abigail KENYON was born in 1660 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island Colony, British Colonial America.1,4 She died on 20 May 1707 at the age of 47 in South Kingstown Township, Washington County, Rhode Island Colony, British Colonial America.1 She was buried in Narragansett, Washington County, Rhide Island Colony, British Colonial America.1

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(Unknown Child) KENYON was born in 1662 in Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island Colony, British Colonial America.1 He/she died on 19 November 1665 at the age of 3.1