7th great-grandparent – 1 of 512 504 in this generation
(1683-1732)
David Kennedy (or Canady) was born on 7 July 1683 in Salem, Massachusetts, to Daniel Canady, 31, and Hannah Cook, 28.
When David was just 11 years old, his father passed away on 11 June 1695 in Salem, at the age of 38.
David was the first settler of Hampton, Connecticut, which at that time was called, “Canada Parish.”
In December, 1716, the town, in answer to a petition of the people, consented ” that the northeast part be a parish,” receiving one-fourth part of John Cates’ legacy, and having two hundred pounds returned to them as rebate on what they had paid toward the new meeting house at Windham. The town then petitioned the general assembly to grant a charter to the new parish. This petition was dated May 9th, 1717.. The petition was at once granted and the new society described in boundaries as follows: 11 Beginning at Canterbury line, to run westerly in the south line of Thomas Lasell’s lot, and so in direct course to Merrick’s brook, and then the said brook to be the line until it intersects the present road that leads from said town to the Burnt Cedar swamp, and from thence a straight line to the brook that empties itself into Nauchaug river about the middle of Six Mile Meadow, at the place where Mansfield line crosseth the said brook.” The new parish comprised all of Windham that lay north of this line. The name given to it was Canada parish, from the name of David Canada, who, it is believed, built the first house in this section and kept the first tavern. [emphasis added]
Source: History of Windham County, Connecticut, Bayles, Richard M.; New York: W.W. Preston, 1889
The first settler to arrive in the part of Connecticut later known as the Town of Hampton was David Canada, who came there from Salem, Massachusetts in 1709.[3]
Source: F.S.M. Crofut, Guide to the History and Historic Sites of Connecticut, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1937, v.2.
At the very respectable age of 35, David married Margaret Lambert in Windham, Connecticut, on 5 November 1718.
According to various sources available on the internet, Margaret (Lambert) Canada died in 1728. According to (mostly) the same sources, her son, Daniel, was born in 1730. I’m pretty sure that’s a problem (sigh), but I’m not prepared to resolve it at this time.
David died in Hampton, Connecticut on 28 November 1732, two years after Daniel was born.
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