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Kennedy & Rines Family Windsor & Maitland, Hants Co Nova Scotia >>Portland Maine

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Kennedy & Rines Family Windsor & Maitland, Hants Co Nova Scotia >>Portland Maine

Posted: 13 Feb 2008 3:23PM GMT
Classification: Query
Recently I discovered that my great great grandfather THOMAS KENNEDY b abt 1825-30 prob Windsor, Hants Co Nova Scotia Canada, was the son of JOHN KENNEDY b abt 1800 Ireland and ELIZABETH BETSEY RINES b abt 1800, Maitland, Hants Co, Nova Scotia Canada. They were married about 1818 in probably Maitland.

According to an 1887 letter by HENRY J RINES b 1826 Nova Scotia died 1871 Portland Cumberland Co ME, JOHN KENNEDY & his family lived at Windsor NS and then moved to Lubec, Washington Co ME, where John Kennedy died. I have found him there 1840 US census Lubec, Washington Co ME, with his eldest son JEREMIAH KENNEDY b abt 1818 prob Windsor NS.

JOHN KENNEDY's widow, my ggg grandmother ELIZABETH RINES KENNEDY, moved with some of her children, including my gg grandfather THOMAS KENNEDY, to Portland, ME by 1850. She is in census there 1850-1870.

I have copies of the original 1887 document, as well as a transcription by Kathy Waters, the researcher who sent them to me.

My ggg grandmother ELIZABETH BETSEY (RINES) KENNEDY b 1800 Maitland NS was the daughter of JOHN RINES Jr b 1766 and ELIZABETH McDONALD;
and the grandaughter of JOHN RINES b 1730s-40s & ELIZABETH TOAL. I am uncertain at this time if these two JOHNs were born Nova Scotia or in Massachusetts.

I have just begun to research my family in Nova Scotia. The 1887 letter does, however, give a full list of the children of all these couples and names most of their spouses.

Would be interested in comparing notes with anyone researching these families in Hants Co Nova Scotia

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BettyTartas22... 13 Feb 2008 10:23PM GMT 
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