Nicholas Kenne, Kenny or Kenney went with the cadets of many Somersetshire families to Dublin. (Burke landed Gentry of Ireland 1912) the most ancient of the several coats of arms which have been bestowed at various times on the members of this family is that of Kenne of Somerset County. It is described as follows: Arms: Ermine (sometimes argent), three crested gules Crest: A unicorn's head, azure bezantee, maned Or, horned of the last and sable. (Burke's heraldry, 1844) Motto: "Tereat, luceat, foreat." (Let it hold, shine and flourish.)

Descendants of Daniel Kinne

Generation No. 1

Generation No. 2

 Child of DAVID KENNEY and ELIZABETH is:

Generation No. 3

19 Sep 1974, p. 15

Israel Kinney appears to have been the most remote ancestor in New Brunswick of the

Kinney family. It is believed he was born in Ireland, probably in Belfast. His parentage is

unknown. His birth date likewise, but it was likely about 1740.

The original spelling of the family name seems to have been Kenny, but Kenney and

Kinney are more common today. For this sketch I will use Kinney. All three are

synonymous.

Edwin W. Bell, in Israel Kenny, His Children and their Families, 1944, tells us that the

Kinneys were workers in metal for several generations. Israel Kinney was a blacksmith,

and an artist with wrought iron. He made all manner of cooking utensils for use in the

fireplace: long handled fry pans and skillets, trivets (stands for pots and kettles over the

fire), andirons, etc. And he made builders hardware: bolts, angle hinges, nails sliced

from old scythe blades; even locks and keys. He was also a gunsmith. It is said he was

the first to set up a forge in Maugerville (although that seems unlikely since he did not

arrive until four years after the first permanent English settlers there), and that his son

Stephen, and his grandson Israel Kinney, followed the trade.

Israel Kinney married, Jun. 9, 1763, at Topsfield, Mass., Susannah, daughter of

Nathaniel & Abigail (Potter) Hood. She was born at Topsfield, Oct. 27, 1745. Her sister,

Sarah Hood, had married, Dec. 9, 1762, Alexander Tapley; and her sister, Abigail

Hood, had married, Jul. 18, 1761, Stephen Hovey.

The three sisters, with their husbands, removed from Topsfield to the Township of

Maugerville, N.B. Alexander and Sarah Tapley, and Stephen & Abigail Hovey, came in

the schooner "Eunice" which arrived at Saint John Apr. 26, 1767. Israel and Susannah

Kinney arrived later the same year.

Alexander and Sarah Tapley were fortunate enough to secure land in Maugerville the

year they arrived, but apparently there was none available for the Kinneys and Hoveys.

They probably stayed at first with the Tapleys, or with the Barlows who had arrived in

1765. Richard Barlow was in charge of the store established in Maugerville by the Saint

John River Society, and his wife was Abigail, widow of Israel's brother, Asa Kinney.

It was probably about 1768 when Israel Kinney first went to Oromocto. There was built

shortly after that time a blockhouse, called Fort Hughes, at the mouth of the Oromocto

on its southerly bank. It was occupied by about 25 men under the command of Lieut.

Constant Connor, and was used to control traffic on the Oromocto water route. Israel

Kinney built his log house just above the blockhouse, and his land stretched up the hill

where the Town of Oromocto is now located.

Family tradition has it that Susannah Kinney sailed to Mass. during the summer of 1791

to visit her relatives in Topsfield. She was still there Christmas Eve that year when Israel

crossed to Maugerville on the river ice, perhaps to pick up a few things at Barlow's

store, although another report says to deliver a set of chains that he had made for a

customer. On his return, probably after dark, he got into an "air hole" as he neared

home, and was drowned. He was buried in the old "Morrison Grave Yard," located near

where the Baptist Church was later built in Oromocto.

His youngest son, Andrew, was born in Topsfield shortly after Israel's death. His widow

returned to Oromocto with Andrew, and later married her widower brother- in-law,

Alexander Tapley of Maugerville.

Israel & Susannah Kinney had 14 children, several of whom removed to Carleton Co.

They were:

1. Deborah Kinney, b. in 1764; m. Benen Foster. They removed to old Wakefield

shortly after 1800. Their farm was Lot 31 at Somerville, about three-quarters of a mile

south of the covered bridge at Hartland. They had 12 children.

2. Sarah Kinney. She married Richard Kimball. They lived at Oromocto, but at least

two of their sons moved to Carleton Co.

3. Stephen Kinney, b. in 1771; m. Merab, daughter of Capt. David Ives, a Loyalist from

Conn. Stephen & Merab removed to Greenfield, Carleton Co., shortly after 1890. They

had 10 children.

4. Israel Kinney. He married, Mar. 6, 1793, Abigail Cram. They remained in Oromocto.

He died at an early age, leaving Abigail with 5 young children.

5. Nathaniel Kinney. He married, Jul. 18, 1794, Elizabeth Mills. She was born in

Boston and came to N.B. with the Loyalists in 1783. They too remained in Oromocto

where they had 9 children.

6. Susan Kinney. She married, Jul. 6, 1793, Elisha, son of John & Mary (Burrell) Shaw.

They removed to what is now the Parish of Northampton, Carleton Co., shortly after

1800. They had 12 children. (see the third in this series).

7. John Kinney, b. in 1778. He married Phoebe, daughter of Edmund Tompkins of the

Parish of Canterbury, York Co. They removed to Greenfield, Carleton Co., where they

raised their family of 12 children.

8. Elizabeth Kinney, b. in Oct. 1780. She married, Feb. 26, 1796, Charles E. Boyer.

They came to Victoria Corner, Carleton Co., and were the ancestors of the Boyers who

live there these 170 years later, more or less.

9. Eunice Kinney, b. Apr. 9, 1782; m. in 1797, Nathaniel Churchill. They removed from

Oromocto to old Wakefield shortly after 1800, and in 1831 they moved with most of their

12 children to Ontario.

10. Elijah Kinney. He never married; lived at Oromocto with his brother, Nathaniel. It is

said he died at the age of about 26 years.

11. Asa Kinney, b. in May 1785; m. Aug. 19, 1808, Elizabeth, dau of Edmund

Tompkins. He took his young bride to the log house he had built at the mouth of the

Shiktehawk, just north of Bristol, and it was there that they lived the remainder of their

lives. They had 8 children.

12. Mary Kinney, b. in Mar 1785, twin of Asa. She married a Sipprell, perhaps James,

son of William and Sarah (Foster) Sipprell.

13. Abigail Kinney, b. May 18, 1789; m. Sep. 20, 1807, Henry A., son of John & Mary

(Burrell) Shaw. They lived all their married lives at Lower Wakefield, and it was there

that their 11 children were born. (see the third in this series).

14. Andrew Kinney, b. in 1762, after his father's death. He married, Feb. 22, 1815,

Martha Webb. They lived in Oromocto until about 1825 when they removed to

Greenfield, Carleton Co., where they lived the remainder of their lives. They had 10

children.

Later in this series there will be more on at least some of the descendants of the

children of Israel and Susannah (Hood) Kinney.

Complied by George H. Hayward, C.G., on Aug. 5, 1974.

Generation No. 4

9. Eunice Kinney, b. Apr. 9, 1782; m. in 1797, Nathaniel Churchill. They removed from

Oromocto to old Wakefield shortly after 1800, and in 1831 they moved with most of their

12 children to Ontario.

 Child of EUNICE KINNEY and NATHANIEL CHURCHILL is: