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Kennard, Philip, mcht., Kent Co., 28th Nov., 1731; 17th Aug., 1732.
To John, eldest son of Philip Kennard, Jr., and hrs., dwell. plan. ; sd. John dying without issue, to pass to next son of sd. Philip.
To Philip, son of Philip Kennard afsd., and hrs., lands adj. to plantation where sd. Philip Kennard now lives.
To Joseph, son of Philip Kennard afsd., "Lynn," on n. side Steelpone Ck. Shd. Philip Kennard afsd. die without male hrs., lands bequeathed his sons to descend to daus. of sd. Philip Kennard and their hrs.; shd. all child. of sd. Philip Kennard die during his lifetime, leaving no issue, the real and personal estate herein devised shall be vested in Philip Kennard, the father of the afsd.. children.
To Ruth Barney, personalty.
To Philip Kennard afsd., ex., share of personal estate during
To child. of Philip Kennard afsd., residue of personal estate. his life; at his decease to be divided among his children.
Test: Aaron Alford, Robert Meekes, Vyvian Beck. 20, 421.
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A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature 1635-1789 by Edward C. Papenfuse, et. al.
KENNARD (KENARD), PHILIP (?-1732). BORN
probably in Scotland; of age by 1685. IMMI-
GRATED, probably from Scotland. RESIDED.
probably at "Drayton," Kent County.
MARRIED
first, by 1688, Sarah, widow of Capt. Joseph Hopkins, a Cecil County commissioner. Sarah was the
sister of Col. Edward Carter of Nansemond County, Virginia.
MARRIED second, on December 8, 1708, Elizabeth (Mary), widow of William Bailey (Bally, Bayley), daughter of Charles James (?-1698). Her brother was Charles James. Elizabeth subsequently married John Mowell of Kent County, a cooper.
CHILDREN. SON. Philip Kennard (?-ca. 1739/40).
STEPSONS: Joseph Hopkins, Jr.
(?-1717), who married Sarah Pearce; William Bailey (Bayley), Jr. (1704-1735), a bricklayer.
STEPDAUGHTERS: Judith Hopkins, who married Joseph Skidmore; Ann Hopkins, who married
George Warner; and Sarah Hopkins.
PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate by 1709. In 1690, however, he was fined for refusing to take the oath of office as a Cecil County justice, claiming that he could neither read nor write.
RELIGIOUS AF FILIATION: Anglican, St. Paul's Parish, Kent County.
SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: Mr., by 1732; Gent., by 1732.
OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: planter; merchant by 1716. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House, Kent County,
1722-1724, 1725-1727, 1728-1731. LOCAL OFFICES: commissioner/surveyor to lay out Chester Town, 1730; justice, Kent County, 1729-1732.
STANDS ON PUBLIC/PRIVATE ISSUES, at his death he provided for the manumission of a male slave
after one year's time. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME.
LAND AT FIRST ELECTION, at least 1,194 acres in Kent County and possibly Cecil County (894 acres through personal acquisition, at least 300 acres through marriage, plus unspecified acreage that his wife inherited). SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND
BETWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH: purchased and patented 474 acres in Kent County between 1723 and 1731; deeded as a gift 170 acres in Kent County to his stepson, 1725; obtained from this same stepson 300 acres in return for unspecified acreage over which Kennard had control through his marriage, 1727. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED, between November 28, 1731, and August 17, 1732; will probated in Kent County. PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV, £2,409.10.3 current money (including 15 slaves, 4 silver spoons valued at £2.8.0, and a pair of hand millstones); FB, £2,059.4.4. LAND: ca. 1,498 acres in Kent and possibly Cecil counties.
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