Person:Alexander Kennedy (6)

 The Kennedys, though some historians have stated that they came originally from Ireland, were probably indigenous to southwest Scotland. Leonardo Andres, a genealogist who prepared D.A.R. application papers for a Kennedy descendant, stated that Alexander Kennedy was an Irishman whose family originated in Killokennedy, Ireland near Killaloe in and around Glenomura. The clan later crossed the Shannon River and settled in Upper and Lower Ormond where the head of the clan became the Lord of Ormond. Sometime soon after 1600 one branch of the O'Kennedy clan migrated to County Antrim and from County Antrim to the Fairfield County, South Carolinas this set of Kennedys came. The Kennedys have been i n America since the early 17th century. Many of the American Kennedys are descendents of Robert and William Kennedy (b rothers) who came from Ireland to Bucks County, PA in 1730 . Others are descendants of David Kennedy of Butler County , PA. Alexander was prompted to leave County Antrim in Northern Ireland by the prospect of religious freedom and economic opportunity. Many of the people left because of the potato famines of the late 1700's. The Bounty Act passed by th e General Assembly of the South Carolina Colony on July 25 , 1761 encouraged many Protestants to come to South Carolina. The Royal Land Grants from King George III of England, a llowed the head of the family to receive 100 acres of land , with an additional 50 acres for the wife and each child under 15 . In return the settler promised to support the Protestant House of Orange in religious controversy. Alexander Kennedy was in Charleston, S. C. by January 24, 1764 base d on the South Carolina Council Journal, Volume 30, pp.20-31. They had arrived in Charleston on the ship Prince Henry , commanded by Capt. James Egger. Alexander petitioned for 400 acres, indicating he was petitioning 100 acres for himself and 100 acres each for his wife and 5 children under age 16 . The children were listed as Alexander who was over 16 and granted 100 acres for himself in Craven District, per Royal Land Grants, Vol. 15, pp. 564, Elizabeth, Robert, Agnes, William and John. He was granted 400 acres in Granville County on a branch of Great Rocky Creek on Mar . 2 , 1768 , surveyed by John Pickens on July 30, 1767. See Royal Land Grants, Vol. 15, pg. 564 and Land Surveys or Plats, vol . 17, pg 416. This was located in the present Abbeville County.

From Family Tree Maker CD 354, Passenger and Immigration Index 1500-1900, 2001 edition:

Place: Charles Town, SC Year: 1763 Primary Immigrant: Kennedy, Alexander Source Code: 7343 Source Publication: REVILL, JANIE. A Compilation of the Original Lists of Protestant Immigrants to South Carolina, 1763-1773. Columbia [S.C.]: State Co., 1939. 163p. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1981. Source Annotation: From the Journals of the Council of the Colony of South Carolina. Names and land allotments under the Bounty Act of 1761. Source Page Number: 11

Place: Charles Town, SC Year: 1763 Primary Immigrant: Kennedy, Alexander Source Code: 7343 Source Publication: REVILL, JANIE. A Compilation of the Original Lists of Protestant Immigrants to South Carolina, 1763-1773. Columbia [S.C.]: State Co., 1939. 163p. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1981. Source Annotation: From the Journals of the Council of the Colony of South Carolina. Names and land allotments under the Bounty Act of 1761. Source Page Number: 13

Place: Charles Town, SC Year: 1763 Primary Immigrant: Kennedy, Alexander Source Code: 7343 Source Publication: REVILL, JANIE. A Compilation of the Original Lists of Protestant Immigrants to South Carolina, 1763-1773. Columbia [S.C.]: State Co., 1939. 163p. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1981. Source Annotation:

From the Journals of the Council of the Colony of South Carolina. Names and land allotments under the Bounty Act of 1761. Source Page Number: 9 Place: Charleston, SC

Place: Charleston, SC Year: 1764 Primary Immigrant: Kennedy, Alexander Source Code: 3627.37 Source Publication: JONES, JACK MORELAND, and MARY BONDURANT WARREN. South Carolina Immigrants, 1760 to 1770. Danielsville, GA: Heritage Papers, 1988. 430p. Source Annotation: Place and date of immigrants' or discharged military person's petition requesting reimbursements of passage, additional land, headrights, bounty, etc. from the South Carolina government or of letter expressing satisfaction with the voyage to America. Extracted from The South-Carolina Gazette, "The Governor and Council Journal" (located at the South Carolina Archives), and "Records of the Public Treasurers of South Carolina" (also at the SC Archives in Columbia). Source Page Number: 70

Year: 1763-1764 Primary Immigrant: Kennedy, Alexander Source Code: 3627.37 Source Publication: JONES, JACK MORELAND, and MARY BONDURANT WARREN. South Carolina Immigrants, 1760 to 1770. Danielsville, GA: Heritage Papers, 1988. 430p. Source Annotation: Place and date of immigrants' or discharged military person's petition requesting reimbursements of passage, additional land, headrights, bounty, etc. from the South Carolina government or of letter expressing satisfaction with the voyage to America. Extracted from The South-Carolina Gazette, "The Governor and Council Journal" (located at the South Carolina Archives), and "Records of the Public Treasurers of South Carolina" (also at the SC Archives in Columbia). Source Page Number: 65 - ----------------------------- Place: Charleston, SC Year: 1768 Primary Immigrant: Kennedy, Alexander Source Code: 3627.37 Source Publication: JONES, JACK MORELAND, and MARY BONDURANT WARREN. South Carolina Immigrants, 1760 to 1770. Danielsville, GA: Heritage Papers, 1988. 430p. Source Annotation: Place and date of immigrants' or discharged military person's petition requesting reimbursements of passage, additional land, headrights, bounty, etc. from the South Carolina government or of letter expressing satisfaction with the voyage to America. Extracted from The South-Carolina Gazette, "The Governor and Council Journal" (located at the South Carolina Archives), and "Records of the Public Treasurers of South Carolina" (also at the SC Archives in Columbia). Source Page Number: 316

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