Person:John Kenrick (2)

"Kendrick, John: [Origin] Unknown; [Emigration] 1639; [Resided] Boston, Cambridge [BChR 24, 30; MBCR 1:377; NEHGR 2:191; DChR 23, 44 (as 'John Kimwright'); SPR Case #1490; Parker-Ruggles 274-76]."

"John (Kenrick), Boston 1639, adm. 11 Aug. of that yr. into the ch. so that he had come, prob. the former yr. if not earlier, and there is no slight reason to think he came with Mather in the James from Bristol, 1635; by w. Ann, sis. prob. of Robert Smith, from London, had Hannah, bapt. 9 Feb. 1640, wh. d. soon; John, 3 Oct. 1641; Elijah, 21 Jan. 1644, then six days old, d. soon; Elijah, again, or Elisha, as the false rec. has it, 18, bapt. 19 Oct. 1645; and Hannah, again, 20 Mar. 1652, wh. m. 10 Apr. 1674, Jonathan Metcalf. He liv. after 1652, when he sold his est. in Boston proper, in that part of B. call. Muddy riv. now Brookline, where his w. d. 15 Nov. 1656; but rem. 1658 to Cambridge vill. now Newton, there d. 29 Aug. 1686, aged 80, if we may reckon from his will of 21 Jan. 1684, call. hims. a. 78. His wid. Judith d. says Roxbury rec. 23 Aug. 1687."

"I. Kenrick, John, born in England; 1605, was in Boston as early as 1639; then a member of the ch.; took the Freeman's oath, 1640; owned a wharf on the easterly side of the Town Dock, sometime called Tyng's wharf, which he sold in 1652. In 1658, he purchased of Richard Parker, of Boston, two hundred and fifty acres of land, in the southerly part of Camb. Village, previously owned by Thos. Mayhew, bounded W.. by Charles river, and N. by Gov. Haynes' farm of one thousand acres, granted by the Gen. Court, 1634, with farm house and barn thereon. This house was near the bridge, crossing Charles river, called 'Kenrick's bridge.' His first w. Anna d. at Boston, Nov. 1656. 2d w. Judith, d. at Rox., Aug. 23, 1687. He d. Aug. 29, 1686, æ. about 81, leaving a will, dated Jan. 21, 1683, in which he states his age to be 'about 78.' Gives his w. Judith the west end of his house, &c.; gives his s. in law Jonathan Metcalf, fifty acres of land at the S. E. part of his farm, which he purchased of Dea. John Jackson, and the rest of his meadow, at Cow Island, containing ten acres. To Rev. Nehemiah Hobart, four acres of meadow, adjoining the meadow of John Parker N. and Charles river W., or £10, at the option of his s. John. To John Kenrick, eldest s. of his s. Elijah, deceased, £5, and to each of the other chil. of his s. Elijah, twenty shillings, as they come of age. To s. John, his dwelling house, barn and out houses, and all his lands and estate, not disposed of in his will. Appoints s. John and s. in law Jonathan Metcalf, executors. William Adams, Samuel Truesdale and Nehemiah Hobart, witnesses. Proved Sept. 23, 1686. He had by w. Anna, in Boston, Hannah, 9. 12. 1639: John, 3. 8. 1641; Elijah, 1643; (this name is erroneously spelt Elisha, on the Boston Record.) Hannah [a second Hannah born 1652] m. Jonathan Metcalf, of Dedham."

"Kenarick, … John Sr. [dup. Kenrick], [died] Aug. 29, 1686."