Submitted
by member:
Russ
Kenyon
Simon
KENYON (18 March 1789 – 27 May 1865) is Russ Kenyon’s Third Great
Grandfather. He was
the son of Benjamin and Sally (Worden) Kenyon. Simon was a native of
Hopkinton,
Washington
County,
Rhode Island
, and during his early life followed farming at Canonchet (a village
in Hopkinton), later carting goods from the mills at
Hope
Valley
, with an ox team. He was deacon of the
Rockville
Seventh
Day
Baptist
Church
, and a Whig in political sentiment. He married Mary BRIGHTMAN,
daughter of Thomas and Thankful (Nye) Brightman, and to them was born a
family of ten children. His descendants now number over 1000. Their
family home still stands in the
village
of
Canonchet
. On 5 November
1849, Simon Kenyon was appointed administrator of Horatio Burdick's
estate, and the widow, Thankful Burdick, Simon's daughter, was appointed
guardian of their three sons. Simon
is the subject of the book “Simon Kenyon of Hopkinton” authored by
Russ’ father, Kenneth E. Kenyon, in 1977.
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