Person:James Kendall (18)

Source:Memorial of Josiah Kendall, one of the first settlers of Sterling, Mass., and of some of his ancestors, and of his descendants says that he believes there was a third marriage due to finding a stone in James' burying lot "in memory of Pierson, son of James and Lydia, who died Sept. 22, 1736, aged 9 years and 3 months". The first objection to this assertion is that according to Source:The Birth, marriage, and death register, church records and epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1643-1850, p. 418, the stone actually has the date "Sep'r ye 22 1756", which then is entirely consistent with the known marriage to Lydia Richardson and does not require postulating a third marriage. The second objection is that 1736, aged 9, would require a birth in 1727, when James was only 17, which is very unlikely.

1. ↑ Johnson, Edward F. Woburn Records of Births, Deaths, and Marriages . (Woburn, Massachusetts: Andrews, Cutler & Co., 1890-1919)
   1:139.

   (Kendall) James, s. of Samuel and Elizabeth, April 28, 1710.

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Kendall, Oliver. Memorial of Josiah Kendall, one of the first settlers of Sterling, Mass: and of some of his ancestors, and of his descendants. (Providence, RI: Published by the Author, 1874)
   14.

   James b. 28 Apr 1710, d. 25 Nov 1796, aged 87.