.LOG http://www.maybole.org/familyhistory/Books/CarricksCapital/famousfolks.htm Archibald, 11th Earl of Cassillis distinguished himself as a naval commander and raised the seige of Lisbon in 1760 and the people of that city presented him with a handsomely engraved silver platter which is still in the possession of the present Marquess of Ailsa. After he retired from the sea, Archibald, lived in No. 1 Broadway, New York, but, on his refusal to take part in the Boston Tea Party, George Washington evicted him from his home and took possession of it for himself. The Earl married Anne Watts, daughter of John Watts of New York and part of her dowry is said to have been Long Island in New York State but the Earl lost all his American property during the War of Independence. When Glenlyon's Regiment carried out the massacre at Glencoe in September, 1692, a young ensign in the regiment refused to take part in the slaughter and he was taken back to Fort William and ignominiously discharged. Tradition has it, truth or not, that the name of the young ensign was Archibald Kennedy of Maybole. http://www.trentu.ca/library/archives/97-016.htm TRENT UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES Fonds Level Description Kennedy, Judge John de Navarre 97-016 TITLE Judge John de Navarre Kennedy fonds. -- 1952-1978. -- 20 cm of textual records and other material. BIOGRAPHY / HISTORY Judge John de Navarre Kennedy, son of Gilbert and Alice Kennedy, was born on May 31, 1888 in London, England. He graduated from Cambridge University with a B.A. in 1909. In 1914, Kennedy married Elsie Margaret Pinks and they had one daughter, Anne Macomb (Mrs. Dudas). In 1970, after the death of his first wife, Kennedy married Marjorie Helen Troop. Kennedy was called to the Bar in B.C. in 1918, and in Ontario in 1921. He practised with the law firm Manning, Mortimer and Kennedy in Toronto. Judge Kennedy held the position of judge in the Court of Peterborough from 1952-1963. Kennedy was well-known for his work in the Canadian Federation of Humane Societies where he was president, and in the Humane Trap Development Committee where he was chairman. He was also involved in several recreational activities, such as painting in watercolours, exhibiting his works at the Roy Canadian Academy, National Gallery of Canada. Kennedy is author of "In the Shadow of Cheka", "Crime in Reverse", "Aids to Jury Charges", and several other books and publications. He was also the editor of Chitty's Law Journal. In 1978 Kennedy received the Queen's Jubilee Medal. Kennedy died in the 1980's. CUSTODIAL HISTORY This fonds was in the custody of Marjorie Kennedy before it was donated to Trent University Archives via her daughter, Anne L. Dudas. SCOPE AND CONTENT This fonds consists of typescripts of "Aids to Jury Charges (Criminal)" and "Aids to the Small Claims Court Acts" written by Judge Kennedy. Also included are miscellaneous documents regarding the Canadian Federation of Humane Societies and the Humane Killing Trap Development Committee; various certificates and appointments; a Judge Kennedy portrait; a photo of Judge Kennedy and Harry Deyman in the opening ceremonies procession at Trent University; and one photo of a courtroom scene with Judge Kennedy. NOTES Title based on the contents of the fonds. Includes 1 portrait, 1 watercolour, 2 photographs. This fonds was donated by Anne L. Dudas. Restrictions: N Finding aids: Y FINDING AID 97-016 Box 1 Folder 1: Correspondence concerning the translation of "Aids to Jury Charges (Criminal)" into French, 1975 - 1976 2: First draft of "Aids to the Small Claims Court Acts", 1976 3: "When the war had nearly ended and victory for the Allies was in sight. ..." - typescript [could be part of one of his novels] 4: Photograph of the procession for the Opening Ceremonies in Trent University, Oct 17 - 18, 1964. Judge Kennedy with Judge Harry Deyman 5: "Aids to Jury Charges (criminal)" by J.De N. Kennedy, 1974 6: Humane Killing Trap Development Committee: minutes, correspondence, financial documents, newspaper clippings, 1969 - 1970 7: Same as above, 1969 - 1977 8: Canadian Federation of Humane Societies: minutes, correspondence, administrative documents, etc., 1968 - 1970 9: Same as above, 1968 - 1977 In Large materials cabinet: 1: Watercolour by Marjorie Kennedy of a white owl with a chick 2: Poster for M. Kennedy's exhibit in the Art Loft Galleries, Peterborough 3: Certificate of merit from the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, April 10, 1964 for J. De N. Kennedy 4: Same as above, May 30, 1975 5: Life membership in the John Howard Society of Ontario, April 29, 1964, for J. De N. Kennedy 6: Honorary appointment for J. De N. Kennedy to the Council in Ontario, December 16, 1948 7: Certificate of appointment of J. De N. Kennedy as Judge of the County Court of Peterborough in the Province of Ontario, recorded July 3, 1952. Has seal of Canada affixed and signature of Vincent Massey 8: Certificate of appointment of J. De N. Kennedy as Local Judge of the High Court of Justice for Ontario, recorded July 3, 1952. Has seal of Canada affixed and signature of Vincent Massey 9: Photograph of undated courtroom scene with Judge J. De N. Kennedy 10: Watercolour portrait of J. De N. Kennedy by Gordon R. Wilson, 1978 -------- http://www.mlloyd.org/Gen/macomb/text/kennedy/AmerColo.htm English Origins of American Colonists --------- http://www.mlloyd.org/Gen/macomb/text/kennedy/roygen3.htm Sir John Johnson -------- Subject: Re: John de Navarre Kennedy papers Creation Date: 6/17/01 11:21PM From: "Warren Stanton" I had no idea there were Kennedys in Canada. I have newspaper pieces re Ludwig Kennedy and the old family estate in England (can't remember the name). I believe he married Moira Shearer, the ballerina. That is stuff that was long ago in my brain. How great to see the name J deN used with the Kennedy name as well as that of Anne Macomb. #1 Broadway had an interesting history Don't quote me, but I believe General Gage [Shirley later corrects to "where Sir William Howe and other British officers lived during the occupation" not the HQ] used it as headquarters when the British occupied NYC. I have a photocopy of an etching that shows the house down on the Battery. Thanks, Shirley I spoke too soon and had turned off computer. Re # 1 Broadway, What I have in a caption under a symbolic drawing by Charles Buxton showing Bowling Green is: ". . . the Kennedy house, No. 1 Broadway, where Washington had lived during the early days of the Revolution and where Sir William Howe and other British officers lived during the occupation." Also, I recall the name of the descendant was Ludovich Kennedy, ma. Moira Shearer; he was a jounalist. Somewhere I have a newspaper clipping showing them in front of the family home in England named something like"Culjean". The book from which I copied a bunch of pages a few years back, is in our library, a pictorical history of NYC compiled I believe by Kovenhoeven. Don't trust the spelling! Sorry for the mis-information before. I have a copy of letter written by Alexander I to Jane Macomb Kennedy on Christmas 1814. They were estranged for many years...many always. SSS ------- http://www.tartans.com/clans/Kennedy/kennedy.html On the death of the tenth Earl the title passed to a kinsman who had settled in America. Captain Archibald Kennedy was an officer in the Royal Navy who held estates in Hoboken in New Jersey and became the greatest property owner in New York. He tried to be neutral during the American War of Independence, and was accordingly mistrusted by both sides. Half of his New York properties were confiscated, including number 1, Broadway, which was appropriated by George Washington. His son, the twelfth Earl, was a close friend of the Duke of Clarence, who, on his coronation as William IV, created him Marquess of Ailsa. The second Marquess, Archibald Kennedy, was killed in a hunting accident in 1870. His son succeeded to the title at the age of twenty-two, and after his death in 1938 the family title was borne by each of his three sons in turn. ------ http://freespace.virgin.net/andrew.jones39/kennedy.htm If we could go far enough back in history, we could be certain of the origins of the Kennedys. Some sources suggest that the original base is Irish, others that the family is completely Scottish. We can only go by the documentation which is available, the rest is supposition. Claiming descent from the Earls of Carrick and affinity with the Bruce family. The earliest official mention of the Kennedys in south Ayrshire (or Carrick, as it used to be called), was the granting of land to John Kennedy of Dunure in 1358. He was recorded as being Steward of Carrick in 1367, although as early as 1243 the steward of Carrick was Gillescop MacKenedi. There were other mentions of the name in various guises at around the same time (MacKenedy / Makenedy / MacKenede) demonstrating the rising importance of the family. The very earliest mention that I have come across is that of "Gilbert MacKenedi who witnessed a charter of the Doon Fishings in William the Lion's reign (1165-1214)" (The Kennedys, Sir James Fergusson of Kilkerran, 1958, p6). The first Lord Kennedy was Gilbert in 1458. Earl of Cassillis (taken from the ownership of Cassillis House - since 1373 through marriage) was the title given to David in 1509. He died at the Battle of Flodden in 1513. "Cullean" was the name of a manor house owned by Sir Thomas Kennedy, brother of the 4th Earl and guardian (known as the "Tutor of Cassillis") of his son the 5th Earl. Sir Thomas acquired the ruined tower house of "Coif" in the 1590s, rebuilt it and brought the name with him from his former home. It was around two centuries later that the spelling acquired the "z". Every family needs its "Black Sheep" - The Tutor of Cassillis achieved notoriety through his part in the family feud which set one branch against another resulting in 'murder & mayhem' and eventually in his own murder. The "Roasting of the Abbot of Crossraguel Abbey" is a famous tale whereby the Abbot was roasted alive by the Earl and the Tutor, in "the black vaults of Dunure Castle" in a bid to obtain the ownership of the Abbey lands. The abbot later reneged on the forced signature but the family did acquire the lands and I'm pleased to say that the Abbot lived to tell the tale! The Tutor is painted in a much kinder light by the author S R Crocket, in "The Grey Man" - but I think that he looks decidedly 'shifty' (I certainly wouldn't buy a second hand horse and carriage from him!), but you must judge for yourself! Upon the death of the 8th Earl of Cassillis, the nearest male relative was a descendant of the Tutor - another Thomas, who became the 9th Earl. He was a bachelor who had great plans for Culzean, he liked the place so much that instead of moving to Cassillis House on his inheritance, he decided to stay and make improvements. The old tower house had grown considerably over the last 200 years and the result was rather a hotch-potch. Thomas had plans drawn up by the architect Robert Adam, but sadly he died before they could be put into effect. It was his unmarried brother, David, on becoming the 10th Earl who put aside these plans and went on to create Culzean much as we see it today. He also commissioned Adam to design the new building - in a much grander manner than before. After David's death in 1792 (the year that the Castle was completed), the title passed to an 'American' branch of the family (Captain Archibald Kennedy of the Royal Navy, living at 1 Broadway, New York). Sadly, the new Earl lived for only 2 years and the title then passed to his son, who went on to be created firstly, Baron Ailsa of Ailsa and then 1st Marquess of Ailsa (1831). His great grandson, the 3rd Marquess (founder of the Ailsa Shipbuilding Company- 1885), made alterations to Culzean during his long lifetime and some of these have been incorporated into the Culzean which you will find today. It was he who displayed the 716 flintlock pistols and 367 swords (you can count them if you like and let me know if I'm right!)on the walls of the Armoury in a most dramatic array. These along with the canon outside, were to 'fight off Napoleon', and issued to the local volunteer force The West Lowland Fencible Regiment. This force was disbanded soon afterwards and the Ayrshire Yeomanry was formed. ------- http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/NYNASSAU/2000-06/0961200093 NYNASSAU-L Archives From: Subject: Old NY Pt 3 Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 20:01:33 EDT BROADWAY In 1745, Archibald KENNEDY purchases the lots Nos 1, 2, and 3 Broadway, from Peter BAYARD, a member of the BAYARD family, into which Peter Stuyvesant had married. In 1750 the Kennedy mansion was completed, it had a parlour 50 ft long. Come the Revolution Kennedy left for England, being a Loyalist. --------- http://www.impressions.uk.com/clans/clan_168.shtml KENNEDY A brief History: This name comes from the old Irish Gaelic, Œcinneidigh¹, literary meaning Œugly headed¹. The family came from Ireland to Celtic Dalriada, now Strathclyde, but are mainly associated with the district of Carrick in Ayrshire. They claimed descent from the Earls of Carrick and kinship to the Bruce family, whom they supported against the Comyns and throughout the War of Independence. John Kennedy of Dunure acquired lands at Cassillis about 1360, and witnessed a charter by Robert II in 1384. His son, Sir Gilbert, was one of the hostages for the release of David II by the English in 1357. Gilbert¹s son, James, married Princess Mary, second daughter of Robert III. Their son, another Gilbert, was created Lord Kennedy in about 1457 and was one of the six regents during the minority of James III. A brother of the first Lord Kennedy, James Kennedy, was one of Scotland¹s best-loved bishops. He served briefly as High Chancellor of Scotland and was Bishop of Dunkeld, and later Archbishop of St Andrews. At St Andrews he founded St Salvator¹s College in 1455. Hugh Kennedy of Ardstinchar served as commander of the Scots mercenary troops who fought for Joan of Arc at the siege of Orleans: hence Joan figure on the arms of Kennedy of Bargany. Sir David, third Lord Kennedy, was created Earl of Cassilis in 1509 and died at Flodden in 1513. Gilbert, third Earl, was one of four Scottish commissioners who were poisoned at Dieppe on their return from the marriage of Mary, Queen of Scots, to the Dauphin in 1558. The sixth Earl of Cassilis, John, was Lord Justice General of Scotland from 1649 to 1651. He was a zealous Protestant, as was his son, the seventh Earl, and both were firm supporters of Parliament during the civil war. The Justice General sat in Cromwell¹s House of Lords. They suffered for their beliefs, but their estates remained largely intact. When the eighth Earl died without heirs there was a three-year court dispute to determine the succession. The House of Lords finally found in favour of Sir Thomas Kennedy of Culzean in preference to William, Earl of March and Ruglan. Sir Thomas¹s brother, David, an advocate, succeeded him in 1775 as tenth Earl, and was an active improver. He commissioned the architect Robert Adam to build the castle at Culzean, considered to be Adam¹s masterpiece. On the death of the tenth Earl the title passed to a kinsman who had settled in America. Captain Archibald Kennedy was an officer in the Royal Navy who held estates in Hoboken in New Jersey and became the greatest property owner in New York. He tried to be neutral during the American War of Independence, and was accordingly mistrusted by both sides. Half of his New York properties were confiscated, including number 1, Broadway, which was appropriated by George Washington. His son, the twelfth Earl, was a close friend of the Duke of Clarence, who, on his coronation as William IV, created him Marquess of Ailsa.

The Kennedys of Kermuck were hereditary constables of Aberdeen from at least 1413. The family was outlawed in 1652, when the father and son of the family mortally wounded John Forbes of Watertown in a fracas. The family first went to Stroma in Pentland Firth and eventually to Burry in Orkney. Some then served with the Hudson Bay Company. Captain William Kennedy, who was part Cree Indian, led an expedition to search for Sir John Franklin, the explorer seeking the Northwest passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Franklin¹s frozen remains were only found in the latter part of the twentieth century. The Moray Kennedys came north with the possession of the earldom of Moray by Janet Kennedy and her son by James IV. She was sister to the third Lord Kennedy. The Clan Ulric in Lochaber are said by tradition to be descended from Ulric Kennedy, who had fled from Ayrshire because of his lawlessness. These Kennedys became a sept of the Camerons. Lieutenant General Sir Clark Kennedy of Knockgray served throughout the Peninsula War. At Waterloo in 1815, he was in command of the centre squadron of the Royal Dragoons and personally captured the eagle and colours of the 105th Regiment of French Infantry. His arms were augmented to incorporate these honours with the word ŒWaterloo¹. The fifth Marquess presented Culzean Castle to the National Trust, but the chiefs still live on family land in Ayrshire. ------ http://www.maybole.org/history/articles/kennedy/portraits.htm The Earls of Cassillis David, 3rd Lord Kennedy, who was created Earl of Cassillis in 1509, took his men from Maybole to fight at Flodden in 1513. He was killed, as was his sovereign, James IV, in that disastrous battle and his body was brought back for burial in the Old College in the Kirkport. Gilbert, 3rd Earl of Cassillis, was a famous Scottish statesman and he was appointed Lord High Treasurer in 1554. He was one of the Commissioners who went to France to arrange the marriage of Mary, Queen of Scots, with the Dauphin, and, because he refused to agree that the Scottish crown should go to the French heir, he was poisoned at Dieppe and his body was also brought back for burial in the "Auld College". Gilbert 4th Earl of Cassillis, was a confidant and adviser to Mary, Queen of Scots and was with her when she visited Carrick in August, 1563. Tradition has it that the Maybole people gathered at the Howmoor to see their tall Queen with her retinue pass on her way from Dunure Castle to Ardmillan where she stayed before journeying to Ardstinchar. Queen Mary gave Gilbert a necklace as a keepsake and this necklace is still in the possession of the present Marquess of Ailsa. It was his daughter Jane Kennedy who tied the handkerchief round Queen Mary's eyes before she knelt to be beheaded at Fotheringhay that Wednesday morning on the 8th February, 1587. Archibald, 11th Earl of Cassillis distinguished himself as a naval commander and raised the siege of Lisbon in 1760 and the people of that city presented him with a handsomely engraved silver platter which is still in the possession of the present Marquess of Ailsa. After he retired from the sea, Archibald, lived in No. 1 Broadway, New York, but, on his refusal to take part in the Boston Tea Party, George Washington evicted him from his home and took possession of it for himself. The Earl married Anne Watts, daughter of John Watts of New York and part of her dowry is said to have been Long Island in New York State but the Earl lost all his American property during the War of Independence. When Glenlyon's Regiment carried out the massacre at Glencoe in September, 1692, a young ensign in the regiment refused to take part in the slaughter and he was taken back to Fort William and ignominiously discharged. Tradition has it, truth or not, that the name of the young ensign was Archibald Kennedy of Maybole. Text above from the book Maybole - Carrick's Capital. http://www.maybole.org/history/books/CarricksCapital/carrickscapital.htm ------ http://www.celticstudio.com/CelticStudio/database/clans/055.htm Twixt Wigtown and the town of Ayr, Portpatrick and the Cruives of Cree, No man need think for to bide there Unless he court with Kennedy. Cunedda, a chieftain of the Votadini tribe of Lothian, was sent by the Saxon leader, Vortigern, to south west Scotland to establish settlements intended to resist Picto-Scottish sea raids. These settlements spread down the west coast as far as north Wales. In the Celtic language Cunedda was rendered as Cinneidigh (meaning ugly- or grim-headed), and the name gradually became especially associated with the district of Carrick in Ayrshire. Gilbert Mac Kenedi witnessed a charter granting lands in Carrick to the abbey at Melrose in the early part of the reign of William the Lion, while Gillespie Kennedy is named as senechal of Carrick in charters during the reign of Alexander II. The Kennedys claimed blood kinship with the Earls of Carrick and supported Bruce in the War of Independence. They were rewarded when Robert II confirmed John Kennedy of Dunure as chief of his name and baillie of Carrick in 1372. His direct descendent, Gilbert, was created Lord Kennedy around 1457, was one of the regents of infant James III. His brother James, the Bishop of St. Andrews, was one of the most outstanding prelates in Scottish mediaeval history who expanded Scotland's first university by adding the College of St. Salvator's. Sir David, 3rd Lord Kennedy, was created Earl of Cassillis in 1509 and died at Flodden in 1513. The 6th Earl of Cassillis, John, was Lord Justice General of Scotland from 1649 to 1651. He earned a place in folklore when he stopped his wife from eloping with Sir John Faa of Dunbar who was perhaps a gypsy king. The Earl imprisoned her for life and hanged Sir John and his followers. When the 8th Earl died without heirs, there was a three-year court dispute to determine the succession. The House of Lords finally found in favour of Sir Thomas Kennedy of Culzean in preference to William, Earl of March and Ruglan. Sir Thomas's brother, David, an advocate, succeeded him in 1775 as 10th Earl, and was an active improver. He commissioned the architect Robert Adam to build the castle at Culzean, now considered to be Adam's masterpiece. On the death of the 10th Earl, the title passed to a kinsman who had settled in America, Captain Archibald Kennedy. He tried to be neutral during the American War of Independence, and was accordingly mistrusted by both sides. Half of his New York properties were confiscated, including Number 1, Broadway, which was appropriated by George Washington. His son, the 12th Earl, was a close friend of the Duke of Clarence, who, on his coronation as William IV, created him Marquess of Ailsa. Lieutenant General Sir Clark Kennedy of Knockgray served throughout the Peninsular War. At Waterloo in 1815, he as in command of the centre squadron of the Royal Dragoons and personally captured the eagle and colours of the 105th Regiment of French Infantry. The 5th Marquess presented Culzean Castle to the National Trust of Scotland. Archibald Kennedy, 7th Marquess of Ailsa (b. 1925), is the present Chief. The name became more prevalent with the influx of Irish Kennedys in the 1850's; it is now the 50th most common name in Scotland. http://longislandgenealogy.com/1760-1766.html [NOTE.--Archibald Kennedy was Receiver General and Collector of Customs in New York, and one of the prominent men of his day, and for many years was member of Council. This position he resigned a few months before his death "on account of age and other employments." He died after a few days illness June 14, 1763, aged about 78. His dwelling house was No. 3 Broadway. This belonged to Arent Schuyler, and descended to his daughter Eve, who married Peter Bayard. They sold it to Archibald Kennedy in June, 1745. He married Mary Schuyler, widow of Arent Schuyler, and she survived him about a year. The house and lot was left to his daughter, Katharine Kennedy, who married Dr. Jonathan Mallet. He and his children, Thomas, Anne, and Catharine, went to England, and they sold the house and lot to John Watts in 1792. The lot was 40 feet wide, and on it there were two houses, in one of which Archibald Kennedy kept the Custom House. The lot No. 1 Broadway was in early times owned by Colonel William Smith, of St. George's Manor, Long Island. He left it to his daughter Martha, wife of Colonel Caleb Heathcote. She sold it to Charles Sleigh, who conveyed it to Colonel Abraham De Peyster, and he sold it August 26, 1756, to Archibald Kennedy, Jr., who was afterward Earl of Cassilis. Upon this was erected the Kennedy mansion, one of the finest houses in the city, a view of which may be found in all histories of New York. His sons, John and Robert Kennedy, of Teignmouth, England, sold it to Nathaniel Prime December 13, 1810, for $35,000.] ---------- http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/spe/art/print/exhibits/movingup/labelii.htm Center for the Humanities The Miriam & Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection --Current Exhibition Broad Way from the Bowling Green. Probably 1826 William James Bennett (American, b. England, 1787–1844) Aquatint and etching, from Megarey's Street Views in the City of New York, published about 1834 The Phelps Stokes Collection The landmarks recorded in Bennett's masterful aquatint include, starting on the left: Kennedy House at No. 1 Broadway, where George Washington lived during the early days of the Revolution, and later the home of Sir Henry Clinton, Sir Guy Carleton, and Sir William Howe during the long British occupation of the city. Washington lived in the large white building two houses up the block during his first term as President. Further along the street, in the distance, are the steeples of Trinity and Grace Church. Bowling Green, the oldest public park in Manhattan, is just visible on the right. At this date the park was still the domain of the local residents; later, when the town houses were replaced by shipping offices, the park was opened to the public. http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/spe/art/print/exhibits/movingup/no8.htm ----------- Kennedy, Archibald - (1685-1763) Born in Wigtownshire and a relative of the Earl of Cassilis, he was a real estate speculator. He was collector of Customs of the Port of New York and Member of the Provincial Council. In his letters to headquarters and in his reports he urged the importance of the American Colonies to the mother country and advocated measures which, if carried out, would undoubtedly have strengthened their loyalty and added to their wealth and prosperity. Kennedy was also a prophet of the revolution, saying that 'one country could not continue its subjection to another simply because their grandmothers were acquainted'.1 He was the richest property owner in colonial New York but tried to stay neutral during the revolution. He found himself accused as a Loyalist and had most of his property confiscated. His townhouse at 1 Broadway was appropriated by George Washington and served as his headquarters in 1776.14,17 ------ http://www.camelotintl.com/heritage/castles/scotland/culzean/culfamily.html ------ http://beatl.barnard.columbia.edu/kingsv1/documents/charter.htm EXTRACT FROM THE ORIGINAL CHARTER OF KING'S COLLEGE, OCTOBER 31, 1754. --------- http://www.bytenet.net/titanictournyc/day1.html ADJOINING THIS SITE WAS THE FIRST DUTCH FORT ON MANHATTAN ISLAND, KNOWN AS FORT NEW AMSTERDAM. THE FIRST HOUSE WAS ERECTED HERE BEFORE 1664. IN 1771 CAPTAIN ARCHIBALD KENNEDY BUILT HERE HIS RESIDENCE WHICH WAS USED IN 1776 BY GENERAL WASHINGTON AS HIS HEADQUARTERS AND LATER BY GENERAL HOWE DURING THE BRITISH OCCUPATION. IT WAS LATER USED AS A HOTEL. TORN DOWN IN 1882, IT WAS REPLACED BY THE WASHINGTON BUILDING WHICH WAS TRANSFORMED IN 1920-21 INTO THIS BUILDING FOR OCCUPANCY BY ITS OWNERS THE INTERNATIONAL MERCANTILE MARINE COMPANY AND KNOWN AS NO. 1 BROADWAY ------ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kennedychronicle/page4.html The Earl of Cassilis died in 1795, and was succeeded by a Captain Kennedy of New York city, who, our authorities inform us, deposed before his peers that all the descendants of Rev. Samuel Kennedy of America, whom the Earl had declared his heirs, were dead. He himself was of illegitimate birth, but as the true heirs did not appear, he was invested with the titles and estates as the eleventh Earl of Cassilis. Harper's Magazine for March 1882 has this little account of himself and the house he built - I believe he built it in New York City. "The Kennedy House, No. 1 Broadway. There is nothing to mark it as a historic house. There was no plate let into the wall - no marble slab. It has lost the air of a Patrician Mansion. It was called the Washington Hotel, as one of the houses Washington lived in while in New York. It was here that Washington received Col. Patterson, who came to treat with him from Gen. How, with a letter with three etc's. Sir Harry Clinton succeeded Washington as its occupant. But Washington returned to it after the British evacuation, and from it went to Fraunce's tavern to take leave of his officers. Putnam had occupied the house as his headquarters April 1 1776. No other interesting old house remains on Broadway but St. Paul's. Captain Kennedy tried to serve two masters and was suspected by both sides. He had married the lovely Anna Watts, whose father lived in the next house. On gala days and nights, they were connected by a bridge. He was afterward the eleventh Earl of Cassilis, and his eldest son was the twelfth, also first Marquis of Ailsa." -------- http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/state/fire/1-10/ch4pt4.html History of the Fire Department of the City of New York Chapter 4, Part IV By Holice and Debbie The old Kennedy House (the Washington Hotel of later times) was located at No. 1 Broadway. This building was an object of great historic interest. It was, during the Revolution, occupied successively by Cornwallis, Clinton, Howe, and Washington, and here André commenced his correspondence with Arnold. The house was erected in 1760, by Hon, Captain Kennedy, afterwards Earl of Cassilis. The great fires in 1776 and 1778 occurred while the British held possession of the city. This building was pulled down by Cyrus W. Field, who built a more pretentious structure on its site. ------ http://www.peterwestern.f9.co.uk/database%20md2000/dat627.html#1 3:11 PM 9/15/2001 3:54 PM 9/15/2001 11:23 AM 8/20/2002 Destroying the statue of King George III After hearing the Declaration of Independence read on July 9, the American army destroyed the statue of King George III at the foot of Broadway on the Bowling Green in New York City. The French lithographer portrayed the "wild" American soldiers as Turkish Moors, dressed in pantaloons and turbans. Attributed to André Basset l'aîné. La Destruction de la Statue Royale a Nouvelle Yorck/Die Zerstorung der Konglichen Bild Saule zu New Yorck. Paris: Chez Basset, 177-. Copyprint of hand-colored etching. Prints and Photographs Division (52) Kennedy house on left http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/declara/declara4.html A contemporaneous print representing the destruction of the statue of King George III in New York City following the reading of the Declaration of Independence to the American army, July 9, 1776 The destruction of the statue of King George III at the foot of Broadway on the Bowling Green occurred on the night of July 9 after the American army had heard the reading of the Declaration of Independence. (The tail of the horse is in the New York Historical Museum.) kennedy house on left http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kennedychronicle/page4.html On page 583 of Snell's History of Hunterdon and Somerset Counties, the first mention is made of Mr. Kennedy in the biographical notice of Andrew Kilpatrick, lawyer and jurist, who was graduated at Princeton in 1776, and commenced the study of divinity with the Rev. Mr. Kennedy, "A distinguished theologian." It is also highly probable that Chief Justice Kilpatrick (born at "Mine Brook" in Bernard township in 1756 - died 1831) prepared for college under the tuition of Rev. Mr. Kennedy, who was his father's pastor. Again he is spoken of as one of the medical profession, on page 594, I think. "He, Mr. Kennedy, established a classical school at Baskingridge, which was of a high order, and extensively patronized. In addition to his calling as a pastor and teacher, he was a practicing physician, and acquired reputation in the treatment of disease. He was in consequence call Doctor. He joined the State Medical Society two years after its formation. (Sprague's Annals.) On page 746, under the head of Baskingridge Classical School - "The Rev. Samuel Kennedy, M.D. was the founder of a classical school during his pastorate at Baskingridge which under his administration and that of the Rev. Robert Finley, his successor, became somewhat famous. Dr. Kennedy was for a considerable time at the head of this school. Being a highly accomplished scholar, and possessing great wisdom and energy as a disciplinarian, his school was extensively patronized, and sent many of its pupils to the College of New Jersey." There was a parsonage farm, which was rented for nine pounds, for some years, and afterward for twelve pounds, which swelled the salary to about £120. The last year of my grandfather's life, the salary was raised to £120, with the "benefit of the parsonage free, the house and land kept in repair, and firewood cut and delivered without any of his expense." I have never been able to learn the maiden name of Mr. Kennedy's wife, nor anything of her character. She was the mother of seven children, one of whom, Allen, died in his youth. Besides him there were two sons, Samuel and Robert. The four daughters married; one - Dr. Jennings, of Maryland, was the mother of two sons, one of whom, Samuel Kennedy Jennings, was President of Asbury College, Md. In 1816. (I have been informed that the Wises of Virginia are related to the family of Jennings.) One was married to Judge Absalom Martin, of Martinsville, Somerset Co., N.J., who left one son, S. Kennedy martin, who in the year 1855 was a member of the legislature of N.J. and died in 1868, aged 60. Another one was the wife of a Mr. Miller, of Elizabeth, N.J., and had one son, S. Kennedy Miller. The remaining daughter was married to a Mr. Henderson, and I imagine did not do as well as her sisters, as her daughter, and as far as I know, her only child, became dependent on her Uncle Samuel while she was still young. She was an orphan probably. She was rather imbecile and married a John Earl, an idle worthless fellow. I remember seeing her at my Grandmother's when I was a child. Her children inherited all her weakness. Dr. Samuel Kennedy, Jr., was the oldest son, and it was he, instead of his father, as I have misstated, who, as he and all his family believed, became heir to the Cassilis title and estates, by the will of the last Earl, who died in the 1795. (See Mr. Claney's latter, dated Dec. 21st, 1872, written at Sharpsburgh, Penn.) While on this subject, I will write all I have to say about it. - Dr. Kennedy, my grandfather, lived about nine years after the death of the Earl, and he declared that he was the rightful heir, and intended that his second son, Samuel, should, when of suitable age, go to Scotland to establish his claim. The reason he gave for not going himself was, I have been told, that he could not leave his patients, as there was no physician in all Sussex County to fill his place. No doubt it was as he said. He had directed the medical studies of several incipient M.D.'s besides two of his three sons, whom he brought up to his profession. But they were all young, and he thought not to be trusted with the care of the health and life of so many persons. His being a fiery Republican in principle, doubtless influenced him somewhat. From what I have heard of him, I think nothing would have induced him to live under Kingly government. His oldest son Robert, I never heard mentioned in connection with the heirship. I cannot imagine why, unless his opinions prevented him from becoming a British subject, which does not seem very likely, as he was so young, and one would suppose, not se set in his ways as his father was. But these older Kennedys were stirring youths, and thought and acted for themselves at an early age. Robert was a practicing physician, had loved a young girl, whose mother did not favor his suit, as he had not as much money as another aspirant to her daughter's hand, and consequently forbade his attentions to "Mary." She, from disappointment, fell into decline, and Robert was recalled, - but too late, though he nursed her for months with all the skill he was possessed of. After her death, he too was smitten with consumption and after lingering a year or two, died at the age of twenty-five. But he outlived by two whole years his younger brother Samuel, who was married before he was nineteen and died before he was twenty-one, thus destroying his father's hopes that he would some day succeed to the wealth and honors of the family. But the old doctor adopted Samuel's only surviving child - a son - and regarded him as the future representative of the family. This was before the death of the possessor of the title and estate. On the death of his Grandfather, when the boy was twelve years old (his name was also Samuel) his Mother resumed the charge of him, and took him with her to Canada, where he lived to a good old age, troubled occasionally (is seems by his letters to my father) by word from Scotland - from some agent for securing the rights of those who were kept out of their lawful possessions - as he had reason to believe he was. He once employed a man to go to Scotland to look after his interests, but I think without any success. The Earl of Cassilis died in 1795, and was succeeded by a Captain Kennedy of New York city, who, our authorities inform us, deposed before his peers that all the descendants of Rev. Samuel Kennedy of America, whom the Earl had declared his heirs, were dead. He himself was of illegitimate birth, but as the true heirs did not appear, he was invested with the titles and estates as the eleventh Earl of Cassilis. Harper's Magazine for March 1882 has this little account of himself and the house he built - I believe he built it in New York City. "The Kennedy House, No. 1 Broadway. There is nothing to mark it as a historic house. There was no plate let into the wall - no marble slab. It has lost the air of a Patrician Mansion. It was called the Washington Hotel, as one of the houses Washington lived in while in New York. It was here that Washington received Col. Patterson, who came to treat with him from Gen. How, with a letter with three etc's. Sir Harry Clinton succeeded Washington as its occupant. But Washington returned to it after the British evacuation, and from it went to Fraunce's tavern to take leave of his officers. Putnam had occupied the house as his headquarters April 1 1776. No other interesting old house remains on Broadway but St. Paul's. Captain Kennedy tried to serve two masters and was suspected by both sides. He had married the lovely Anna Watts, whose father lived in the next house. On gala days and nights, they were connected by a bridge. He was afterward the eleventh Earl of Cassilis, and his eldest son was the twelfth, also first Marquis of Ailsa." After Dr. Kennedy's death, the executors of the will he left, objected to having anything to do with the affair, as they assured my grandmother (the second wife) that there was no hope of obtaining justice. Her stepsons went west - they were of the same opinion, I suppose, and nothing was done for some years. 1815 or 1816, Grandfather's younger brother, Robert Kennedy, was empowered by the family, and furnished with all the documents in their possession and dispatched to Scotland to prosecute their claim. I do not know how long he was absent, but on his return it was found that he had accomplished nothing. He confirmed what was already understood, that the title and estates were in possession of one who was not the lawful heir. He was very reticent on the subject of what he had seen and heard. Some believed he had been bribed to remain quiet, and others thought he had been frightened away from Scotland by threats of violence. He returned to New Jersey and to the house of my Grandmother, but the proofs to establish the claim she had entrusted to him were not returned to her keeping. Probably they were extorted from him in Scotland. Since then there have been many attempts to establish the claim by different branches of the family, and one individual wrote me that all that was wanting was sufficient proof that Dr. Samuel was the son of Rev. Samuel. We do not know whether Grandfather was born in Scotland, on the Atlantic, or in this country. The record of his birth cannot be found. About the year 1871, a Mr. Howel, a native of New Jersey, but then residing in Canada, who had been employed by some parties to look after possessions in the old Country, to which they believed themselves entitled, visited my father, to inform him that he was entitled to estates in Scotland, as he had discovered while searching for missing documents in some repository for legal matters in Edinburgh. Howel had some knowledge of Father before he left New Jersey, and I suppose that he was especially the heir. Father was at that time the only surviving son of Dr. Samuel. To return to my Grandfather. Since writing the reasons that he gave for not securing his inheritance during the nine years that intervened between the death of the Earl, and his own decease, I dimly recollect having heard that he did not know that he was more than prospective heir till almost the close of his life. Certainly he did not know of the Earl's death when it occurred, as the agent sent to America to find the heirs got no further than Captain Kennedy, who stopped him with the information that he was the rightful heir; that the family of the Rev. Samuel Kennedy were all dead. He, Dr. Samuel was married to Miss Elizabeth Beavers, of Greenwich, Warren Co. (as it is now), New Jersey, October 8, 1768. I have spoken of their oldest son Robert and the second son Samuel, whose brief lives were so soon ended. Then followed William, also a physician, (a talented man, but addicted to drinking, and yet standing high in his profession). He died in the eastern part of Ohio. I remember hearing that he was still living when I was a young woman. He must have been an old man when he died, as he was born in the year 1774. The fourth son, Moses Washington, envinced the business turn of the family by marrying before he was twenty years old. He went to Ohio where he died at an advanced age. (Inserted in other handwriting, Born 1776. - Ada) Achilles was a practicing physician at Hackettstown, Warren Co., N.J. While there he formed a connection with the Methodists - became a member of the church probably. He, as well as others of the family, inherited consumption from his mother. He returned to his Father's house when no longer able to attend to his business. A Methodist minister called there to visit him in the absence of Grandfather - seeking that opportunity not wishing to encounter the sturdy Scotch Presbyterian elder. The old Doctor was very indignant because of the clandestine manner of the visit, he said, and I can well believe him and sympathize with him too. No doubt with his strong prejudices, and small knowledge of Methodist doctrines and usage's, he was little pleased to see one of his sons a proselyte to the new sect. He was not entirely unacquainted with Methodism though, for the family of my Mother's father lived but a few miles from his residence and her Grandfather's house was a preaching place, and he the oldest, or one of the oldest Methodists in that part of the country. I have heard my Mother tell that after Dr. Kennedy's second marriage, he accompanied his young wife to a quarterly meeting held at her (my mother's) grandfather's and was very angry at being excluded from the love feast which at that time, and long after was a meeting for Methodists only. Achilles was educated at the College of Princeton. Whether his older brothers enjoyed the privileges of that famous school is not known to me. He was a gay youth, full of the spirit of mischief, and was the leader in some mad pranks while at school. An old black woman I knew when young, who had been a slave to Dr. Kennedy during the six last years of his life, used to say that he was not alone among his brothers in his love of fun, and of playing practical jokes. Most of her stories are forgotten. The personation of a ghost, or spook by one of them, gotten up to scare a dishonest hanger-on of the house, seems like a dream. She said that Grandfather had a strange custom of putting out the candles after the Bible reading, but before the prayer at family worship in the evening, and that the enforced quiet of the occasion and the length of prayer, sent the boys to sleep, and that she made it her business to watch for certain known signs that the exercises were about to close, and moved swiftly from one to the other, waking them all, and getting back to her own chair before the candles were relit. An Aunt, an older sister of my father's, used to say that she thought some of old Sylvia's stories were somewhat apocryphal, but Aunt was a little girl when her Father died and could not remember much that happened before that event, and once or twice waking up at prayer time may have seemed to Sylvia's recollection as of frequent occurrence. One story of hers recurs to me as I write, that seemed to indicate that Achilles was not only careless, but cruel, but a he appears to have been beloved in the family, that could not have been the case. One of the woman slaves, who, it would seem from her oddity to have had a strange kink in her brain, was bending down stirring the clothes in the pounding barrel one washday, when Achilles was passing through the out-kitchen - when, giving her a sudden push, she went in head foremost. "O Massa Achilles" she said, as soon as she could extricate herself, "you shall never have enough of my hair to make you a pair of white silk stockings!" Poor boys! Most of them lived such a brief space that they had little time for either mirth or sorrow. The date of Achilles death is not given in the family records, but he was born in 1778, and died before his Father did - some time before probably. The next brother, Ebenezer, died in 1799. "Archibald Stewart Kennedy, their seventh living son, but the eleventh in order of succession, was born on Monday, the 2nd of February, A.D. 1784." So wrote his Father in the family record. He lived to be married, but not till he was about twenty-eight years old, which must have seemed a great age in the family. He died in middle age. The only daughter by the first wife, came next in order, but lived only eleven years. Then followed a son, Ira Condict, who lived to manhood, was married at nineteen, and died while still young. The wife of Dr. Kennedy died in 1790, and one year and a month - hardly a month from that time - he married Anna Shafer. Their oldest daughter, Mary, lived to be twenty-four years old - the second, Katherine, lived but little more than a month, the third, Sarah Axford, lived to the age of seventy-five years. Bernard Shafer, the oldest son of the marriage, survived all his brothers and sisters, dying when eighty years and seven months old. Eliza lived to be twenty-four. She was for two years the wife of J.W. Snyder, but left no child. Mary and Sarah were unmarried. Thomas Jefferson, the youngest of the family, was sixty-two years old when he died. He left one daughter, who outlived him but a short time. His wife, formerly Isabella Reading, daughter of Montgomery Reading, had died some time before, and all the three were buried in the old Presbyterian Cemetery at Hackettstown. ====== http://pws.prserv.net/usinet.declair/bartlett/jonasbartlett.htm 2:41 PM 8/20/2002 http://www.maybole.org/history/books/CarricksCapital/famousfolks.htm Archibald, 11th Earl of Cassillis distinguished himself as a naval commander and raised the seige of Lisbon in 1760 and the people of that city presented him with a handsomely engraved silver platter which is still in the possession of the present Marquess of Ailsa. After he retired from the sea, Archibald, lived in No. 1 Broadway, New York, but, on his refusal to take part in the Boston Tea Party, George Washington evicted him from his home and took possession of it for himself. The Earl married Anne Watts, daughter of John Watts of New York and part of her dowry is said to have been Long Island in New York State but the Earl lost all his American property during the War of Independence. When Glenlyon's Regiment carried out the massacre at Glencoe in September, 1692, a young ensign in the regiment refused to take part in the slaughter and he was taken back to Fort William and ignominiously discharged. Tradition has it, truth or not, that the name of the young ensign was Archibald Kennedy of Maybole. ====== January [1776.], Washington, then at Cambridge, was informed that General Sir Henry Clinton was about to sail on a secret expedition. He doubted not that New York was his destination, where Tryon was ready to head the Loyalists in a formal demonstration in favor of the crown. Fearing that province might be lost to the patriots, Washington readily acceded to the request of General Charles Lee, then in Connecticut, to embody volunteers in that colony, and march to New York. Governor Trumbull lent his aid to the service, and within a fortnight Lee, having the bold Isaac Sears for his adjutant general, was in rapid march toward New York with twelve hundred men. His approach produced great alarm, and many Tories fled, with their families and effects, to Long Island and New Jersey. The Committee of Safety, yet dozing over the anodyne of disaffection, were aroused by fear, and protested against Lee’s entrance into the city, because Captain Parker, of the Asia, had declared his intention to cannonade and burn the town if rebel troops should be allowed to enter it. 63 Lee was unmoved alike by Parker’s threats and the committee’s protest, and encamping the larger portion of his troops in "the fields" (the present City Hall Park), he made his head-quarters at the house of Captain Kennedy, No. 1 Broadway. 64 === www.fortklock.com/Bio.htm Sir William Johnson Sir William Johnson, the son of Christopher and Anna Warren Johnson. was born in the county of Meath, Ireland in 1714. At the age of twenty he came to America to act as an agent for his uncle, Peter Warren. Admiral Warren had married the daughter of Stephen De Lancey, a wealthy aristocrat of the provincial metropolis, and built there a new home, now known as No.1 Broadway, later the head quarters of Generals Howe, Clinton and Carleton. It was from this home that Major Andre set out on his mission to aid Arnold, with whom he ad been intimate for years, to consummate his treachery. At the time of Johnson's coming Capt. Warren had acquired a title to a tract of fifteen thousand acres of land in the present town of Florida (Montgomery Co.). In correspondence his uncle Peter speaks of William as a wayward youth in the home land who is being sent out to the new world in the hope that its experience will discipline him. One of the elements, perhaps the chief one, that called for this chastisement was his attachment to an Irish colleen which met the serious objection of both his parents and his uncle. Thus it happened that when the lad was ready to take up his new work in America he left behind him in the port town of Drogheda a broken-hearted girl, to whom, however, he pledged a sure return for marriage. But the girl knew that it was to break up this alliance that he was being sent away and instinctively she felt that they would never see each other again. We shall see how this incident colored the whole after life of William Johnson and gave him an unenviable reputation among the settlers of those days. Soon after the arrival of Johnson he was made the agent of the English government for the Iroquois or Six Nations. This was in June, 1738, the birth year of King George III. He began an extensive fur trade with the Indians and in various ways secured large tracts of land. He adopted not a few of the customs of the Mohawks, learned their language, and in 1746, was formally adopted into the tribe and given the title, Wa-ra-i-ya-ge,-i. e. "chief director of affairs." While advancing his own personal interests he kept the Americans loyal to the English cause. 3:56 PM 8/20/2002 - No. 1 Broadway 1776, a watercolor by Henry A. Ogden, depicting British troops with an officer descending the stairs of No. 1 Broadway, the Kennedy Mansion, which was Washington’s headquarters before the Battle of Long Island and became the British headquarters, with the American withdrawal from Manhattan. Anonymous Colored lithograph Eno Collection This panorama begins with The Washington, the 18th-century Kennedy mansion at No. 1 Broadway, which survived the 1845 fire only to be leased as a hotel in 1848. The view extends to the Franklin Hotel, just beyond Dey Street (not far from the intersection captured in the Baroness Hyde de Neuville's watercolor of Greenwich and Dey. The Old City Hotel, probably the first built expressly as a hotel in New York, now bears the name Swift and Company (first listed as grocers at this address in 1860–61). Wholesale trade was replacing retail shops and hotels, which had moved north, a pattern which seemed to be the natural order of New York urban succession.