b abt 1620
Francis and his brother Thomas immgrated to Massachusetts about 1640, settling in the town of Woburn (Charlestown).
Francis Kendall married Mary Tidd on December 24, 1644.
The registry of the town of Woburn has the entry: "Francis Kendall, alias Miles, and Mary Tedd (Tidd) maryed 24th of 10th mo. (24 Dec.) 1644"
They had nine children. John (b. July 2, 1646), Thomas (b. Jan. 10, 1649), Mary (b. Jan. 20, 1651), Elizabeth (b. Jan. 15, 1653), Hannah (b. Jan. 26, 1655), Rebecca (b. May 21, 1657), Samuel (b. Mar. 8, 1660), Jacob (b. Jan. 25, 1661), and Abigail (b. April 6, 1666).
Francis Kendall was by trade a miller and owned 189 acres. At his death his dwelling house and half the interest in his corn mill passed to the eldest son John. The remaining interest appears to have already been given to sons Thomas, Samuel and Jacob.
He held the position of selectman for 18 years [1659-1688] and subscribed the town orders. Francis was fined for being late to one such selectmen's meeting in 1674. He was also on the committee to lay out common lands in 1667.
"Was one of the original signers of "The Town Orders of Woburn, 18 December 1640.
Served 18 years as Town Selectman. Source: . Temple, JH; Framingham Families; Town of Framingham, 1887
"He was one of the thirty-two men who at Charlestown, Mass. December 18, 1640, subscribed to the Town Orders for Woburn," The New England Ancestry of Dana Converse Backus Author: Mary E. N. Backus
Thirteen citizens of Woburn were prosecuted before the Middlesex Co Court in December 1671 for publicly manifesting contempt for the ordinance of infant baptism and attending the assemblies of Ana-Baptists which were then not allowed by law. One of the thirteen was Francis Kendall.
info from CJ BAGLEY
www.newenglandkendalls.com CJ BAGLEY
“In 1657, Francis Kendall is released from all “Ordnary Tarynings.” – Middlesex County Court Records, Vol. 1 page 143. See note under Tottingham. There is a well-authenticated tradition in the Kendall Family that Francis Kendall was stolen from a Ralph Miles in England and brought to this county
https://archive.org/details/woburnrecordsofb03wobu/page/150
Francis and his brother Thomas immgrated to Massachusetts about 1640, settling in the town of Woburn (Charlestown).
Francis Kendall married Mary Tidd on December 24, 1644.
The registry of the town of Woburn has the entry: "Francis Kendall, alias Miles, and Mary Tedd (Tidd) maryed 24th of 10th mo. (24 Dec.) 1644"
They had nine children. John (b. July 2, 1646), Thomas (b. Jan. 10, 1649), Mary (b. Jan. 20, 1651), Elizabeth (b. Jan. 15, 1653), Hannah (b. Jan. 26, 1655), Rebecca (b. May 21, 1657), Samuel (b. Mar. 8, 1660), Jacob (b. Jan. 25, 1661), and Abigail (b. April 6, 1666).
Francis Kendall was by trade a miller and owned 189 acres. At his death his dwelling house and half the interest in his corn mill passed to the eldest son John. The remaining interest appears to have already been given to sons Thomas, Samuel and Jacob.
He held the position of selectman for 18 years [1659-1688] and subscribed the town orders. Francis was fined for being late to one such selectmen's meeting in 1674. He was also on the committee to lay out common lands in 1667.
"Was one of the original signers of "The Town Orders of Woburn, 18 December 1640.
Served 18 years as Town Selectman. Source: . Temple, JH; Framingham Families; Town of Framingham, 1887
"He was one of the thirty-two men who at Charlestown, Mass. December 18, 1640, subscribed to the Town Orders for Woburn," The New England Ancestry of Dana Converse Backus Author: Mary E. N. Backus
Thirteen citizens of Woburn were prosecuted before the Middlesex Co Court in December 1671 for publicly manifesting contempt for the ordinance of infant baptism and attending the assemblies of Ana-Baptists which were then not allowed by law. One of the thirteen was Francis Kendall.
info from CJ BAGLEY
www.newenglandkendalls.com CJ BAGLEY
“In 1657, Francis Kendall is released from all “Ordnary Tarynings.” – Middlesex County Court Records, Vol. 1 page 143. See note under Tottingham. There is a well-authenticated tradition in the Kendall Family that Francis Kendall was stolen from a Ralph Miles in England and brought to this county
https://archive.org/details/woburnrecordsofb03wobu/page/150
b abt 1620
Francis and his brother Thomas immgrated to Massachusetts about 1640, settling in the town of Woburn (Charlestown).
Francis Kendall married Mary Tidd on December 24, 1644.
The registry of the town of Woburn has the entry: "Francis Kendall, alias Miles, and Mary Tedd (Tidd) maryed 24th of 10th mo. (24 Dec.) 1644"
They had nine children. John (b. July 2, 1646), Thomas (b. Jan. 10, 1649), Mary (b. Jan. 20, 1651), Elizabeth (b. Jan. 15, 1653), Hannah (b. Jan. 26, 1655), Rebecca (b. May 21, 1657), Samuel (b. Mar. 8, 1660), Jacob (b. Jan. 25, 1661), and Abigail (b. April 6, 1666).
Francis Kendall was by trade a miller and owned 189 acres. At his death his dwelling house and half the interest in his corn mill passed to the eldest son John. The remaining interest appears to have already been given to sons Thomas, Samuel and Jacob.
He held the position of selectman for 18 years [1659-1688] and subscribed the town orders. Francis was fined for being late to one such selectmen's meeting in 1674. He was also on the committee to lay out common lands in 1667.
"Was one of the original signers of "The Town Orders of Woburn, 18 December 1640.
Served 18 years as Town Selectman. Source: . Temple, JH; Framingham Families; Town of Framingham, 1887
"He was one of the thirty-two men who at Charlestown, Mass. December 18, 1640, subscribed to the Town Orders for Woburn," The New England Ancestry of Dana Converse Backus Author: Mary E. N. Backus
Thirteen citizens of Woburn were prosecuted before the Middlesex Co Court in December 1671 for publicly manifesting contempt for the ordinance of infant baptism and attending the assemblies of Ana-Baptists which were then not allowed by law. One of the thirteen was Francis Kendall.
info from CJ BAGLEY
www.newenglandkendalls.com CJ BAGLEY
“In 1657, Francis Kendall is released from all “Ordnary Tarynings.” – Middlesex County Court Records, Vol. 1 page 143. See note under Tottingham. There is a well-authenticated tradition in the Kendall Family that Francis Kendall was stolen from a Ralph Miles in England and brought to this county
https://archive.org/details/woburnrecordsofb03wobu/page/150
Francis and his brother Thomas immgrated to Massachusetts about 1640, settling in the town of Woburn (Charlestown).
Francis Kendall married Mary Tidd on December 24, 1644.
The registry of the town of Woburn has the entry: "Francis Kendall, alias Miles, and Mary Tedd (Tidd) maryed 24th of 10th mo. (24 Dec.) 1644"
They had nine children. John (b. July 2, 1646), Thomas (b. Jan. 10, 1649), Mary (b. Jan. 20, 1651), Elizabeth (b. Jan. 15, 1653), Hannah (b. Jan. 26, 1655), Rebecca (b. May 21, 1657), Samuel (b. Mar. 8, 1660), Jacob (b. Jan. 25, 1661), and Abigail (b. April 6, 1666).
Francis Kendall was by trade a miller and owned 189 acres. At his death his dwelling house and half the interest in his corn mill passed to the eldest son John. The remaining interest appears to have already been given to sons Thomas, Samuel and Jacob.
He held the position of selectman for 18 years [1659-1688] and subscribed the town orders. Francis was fined for being late to one such selectmen's meeting in 1674. He was also on the committee to lay out common lands in 1667.
"Was one of the original signers of "The Town Orders of Woburn, 18 December 1640.
Served 18 years as Town Selectman. Source: . Temple, JH; Framingham Families; Town of Framingham, 1887
"He was one of the thirty-two men who at Charlestown, Mass. December 18, 1640, subscribed to the Town Orders for Woburn," The New England Ancestry of Dana Converse Backus Author: Mary E. N. Backus
Thirteen citizens of Woburn were prosecuted before the Middlesex Co Court in December 1671 for publicly manifesting contempt for the ordinance of infant baptism and attending the assemblies of Ana-Baptists which were then not allowed by law. One of the thirteen was Francis Kendall.
info from CJ BAGLEY
www.newenglandkendalls.com CJ BAGLEY
“In 1657, Francis Kendall is released from all “Ordnary Tarynings.” – Middlesex County Court Records, Vol. 1 page 143. See note under Tottingham. There is a well-authenticated tradition in the Kendall Family that Francis Kendall was stolen from a Ralph Miles in England and brought to this county
https://archive.org/details/woburnrecordsofb03wobu/page/150
