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((A)) David, lord of Brechin (d 1320) m1. Margaret de Bonkyl (d 1304, dau of Sir Alexander de Bonkyl)
((i)) David, lord of Brechin (dsp 1320)§D
((ii)) Margaret de Brechin .. m. (26.03.1315) Sir David Barclay of Brechin (d 1350/1) ..
m2. ? Bruce (sister of King Robert I)

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2 Martha Harrell b: Bet. 1750 - 1767 + Curtis; Martha Curtis -- spouse may be Thomas but need to do more to verify this.....

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"The earliest known owners of the land that would eventually become "Ashland" and later "Belle Helene" were William Kenner, a New Orleans merchant and planter, and his brother-in-law, Philip Minor. By 1830, William Kenner and Philip Minor had consolidated a sugar plantation of more than 1,800 acres, including a portion of the future Ashland tract. After William Kenner's death in 1830, his share of the plantation eventually ended up under the control of his two sons, Duncan F. Kenner and George R. Kenner. The Kenner brothers immediately began to expand their holdings." http://www.crt.state.la.us/crt/ocd/arch/greathou/found.htm

"The area we know as Kenner was once a wilderness of cane reeds, some of which were over six feet in height. The French observed the natives burning these wild reeds to flush out rabbits and other small game animals. Cannes Brulees - the land of burnt cane reeds - referred to the area along the Mississippi from the Chapitoulas Coast up to what is today the St. Charles Parish line. It was one of the first sites in the lower Mississippi Valley to be named by European explorers.

William Kenner arrived at Cannes Brulees at the turn of the century. The population of New Orleans at that time was just a little over 8,000 people. But the city was on the verge of an economic boom. Kenner established a very successful mercantile and commission business.

In 1803 the Louisiana territory became part of the United States. William Kenner became a member of the legislative council and later helped organize a militia to repel the British in the Battle of New Orleans. The Governor of Louisiana, William C. C. Claiborne referred to Kenner as "An honest man, a respectable merchant, a man of sense and property." According to Kenner's descendants, the first steamboat to leave New Orleans carried a consignment from Kenner and Company.

Kenner played an important role in organizing a company which received a franchise from the United States Congress to dig a large canal across New Orleans. The canal was never started, but Canal Street received its name from the aborted project.

In 1810 Kenner purchased a sugar plantation in Ascension Parish. The growth of the sugar industry made this a very profitable investment, the income from which far exceeded Kenner's mercantile business.

Kenner had married Mary Minor, the 14 year old daughter of a an officer with the Spanish troops stationed at Natchez. She gave birth to four sons. Minor Kenner was born in 1808, William Butler Kenner in 1810, George R. Kenner in 1812 and Duncan F. Kenner in 1813.

Mary Minor Kenner died at the age 27 in 1814, a year after giving birth to Duncan. William Kenner's tragedies were made worse six years later when a trusted business partner absconded with most of his company's assets. William Kenner died three years later at the age of 47. http://www.eastjeffersonparish.com/history/KENNER/EARLY/EARLY.HTM

The Kenner Brothers: The Kenner brothers were orphaned at the ages of 10, 11, 13 and 15. A Creole lawyer and family friend, Etienne Masareau, salvaged enough of from the embezzlement disaster to provide each boy with an inheritance. These young men were destined to own all of Cannes Brulees.

Duncan Kenner, the youngest brother, eventually took over William's sugar plantation in Ascension. On this property he built a splendid mansion surrounded on all four sides by a magnificent white colonnade. The building was designed by James Gallier, the most famous Southern architect of the day. Duncan named it Ashland after the home of Henry Clay.

The area now called Kenner consisted of three large plantation properties known by the names Oakland, Belle Grove and Pasture. Farthest upriver, bordering St. Charles Parish, was the Oakland tract, owned by Louis Trudeau. After a decade of persistent effort the Kenner brothers acquired the entire Trudeau property. The Oakland Plantation was acquired by William Butler Kenner in 1841.

Down river from Oakland was Belle Grove Plantation, located about where the modern Williams Boulevard meets Jefferson Highway. Minor Kenner acquired this property from through his wife, Eliza, who was heir to the property through her widowed mother Maria Holliday.

The Kenners acquired Pasture Plantation in parcels. By 1845 the Pasture Plantation property was owned entirely by Minor Kenner.

The Founding of Kenner
By 1845 New Orleans had a population of about 110,000, making it the nation's fourth largest city. New Orleans had become a major economic hub with dozens of steamboats departing daily carrying sugar, cotton, grain and other goods.

Norbert Rillieux had perfected the "multiple effect" process for refining sugar, revolutionizing the industry and providing for significant financial rewards to those who held lands able to grow the cane. Duncan Kenner prospered, listing sales of 1.5 million pounds of sugar in 1850.

In 1953 a Yellow Fever epidemic struck New Orleans and the surrounding area. 11,000 died, including William Butler and his 12 year old son. Minor Kenner became the executor of William Butler's estate.

It was around this time that Railroad Fever had struck the Delta reagion. A coalition of New Orleans business owners had put up 3 million dollars toward a railroad that would run to Jackson, Mississippi. They purchased some of the Kenner's property and began laying trackbed from Manchac to Osyka.

Minor Kenner was possessed by the idea that Cannes Brulees could become a city. First, there was the proximity to New Orleans. Second, was the presence of the railroad. He hired a surveyor, W.T. Thompason to lay out a plan for the development of Oakland and Belle Grove. The plan was completed on March 2 of 1855, a date generally condidered the city's birthday. Kenner and Thompson's vision would take time to develop, but today the basic layout of Old Kenner is very similar to the plan layed out in 1855.

References: Leavitt, Mel. Kenner, An Historical Sketch by Mel Leavitt, commissioned by Merchants Bank, 1980.
Swanson, Betsy. Historic Jefferson Parish, From Shore to Shore. Pelican Publishing, Gretna, 1975.

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Virginia Marriages, 1740-1850: JAMES ALMOND + ELIZABETH ROACH 10 May 1824 Campbell.

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Another researcher, [email protected], says she is dau of James Valentine b. 1610 England immigrated to Isle of Wight VA abt 1635, dau Mary Valentine b.1852 m. James Mayo.

My Southern Family

Linda

Sir DAVID BRECHIN Lord of Brechin

ABT 1260 - 1320

ID Number: I88917

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Lucretia COTTON

ABT 1770 - ____

ID Number: I33201

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Effiarilla "Effie" CURTIS

ABT 1716 - 1803

ID Number: I3132

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Thomas DYSON Jr.

ABT 1680 - ____

ID Number: I73379

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Martha HARRELL

BET 1750 AND 0000 - ____

ID Number: I96154

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Grace Truman HURST

ABT 1870 - ____

ID Number: I102820

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Ann JOHNSON

ABT 1725 - AFT 1782

ID Number: I83550

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William KENNER

ABT 1776 - ABT 1823

ID Number: I71009

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Gregory Shane MEADE

John R. MUNDY

ABT 1850 - ____

ID Number: I48175

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Willie King PENDLETON

ABT 1865 - ____

ID Number: I60775

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Elizabeth ROACH

ABT 1790 - ____

ID Number: I79634

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Cassandra TUCKER

ABT 1670 - AFT 1715

ID Number: I64096

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Mary VALENTINE

1652 - ____

ID Number: I35571

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