James KENNY 
James was born before 1745 in Ireland. James' father was Mogue KENNY. His paternal grandfather was ? KENNY. He had two brothers named William and Philip. He was the oldest of the three children. He died before 1827 in Kilcaven, Kennystown, County Wicklow, Ireland.General Notes
Note that all children of james except bartholomew and Thomas are guesses. These others were on these plots in Kennystown, and were the same generation as Batt and Thomas.
From John O'Neil, Dublin researcher.
JAMES KENNY and BARTHOLOMEW KENNY of KILCAVAN were given a lease at
> KILCAVAN and this was in the LIFE of THOMAS KENNY supposedly born c.1802.
> I am fairly certain this is the genelogy of this family:
>JAMES KENNY BORN pre. 1746
> This JAMES KENNY had two known sons and one of them BARTHOLOMEW was with
> him on the lease of 34 acres 10 perch from Fitzwilliam estate in 1808.
> THOMAS KENNY was named as a LIFE in this lease. JAMES KENNY probably had a
> brother called WILLIAM KENNY.
> 1.
> THOMAS KENNY born c. 1769
> He was aged 58 in 1827 and his wife was aged 60. He had 11 acres and 2
> daughters living with him in 1827.
> 2.
> BARTHOLOMEW KENNY born c. 1767
> married to ANNE BREEN
> These had 3 sons and 3 daughters
> BARTHOLOMEW was aged 60 in 1827 and his wife was aged 57.They had 4 acres
> and he was a MASON.
> Their known children:
> 1.
> RICHARD KENNY aged 32 in 1827 with his wife aged 20.
> He had 11 acres in 1827. He may have had one son in 1839 living with him
> but a blob of ink obscures this.This RICHARD KENNY had 17 acres 1 rod in
> 1839.In 1850 RICHARD KENNY had 2 sons 3 daughters and was aged 52 with his
> wife aged 31.
> RICHARD KENNY was bapt. 8th JUNE 1795 sp: WILLIAM and SARAH KENNY.
> 2.
> PHILIP KENNY aged 24 in 1827 and his wife aged 22.
> They had 4 acres and also had 2 daughters with them in 1827.
> There was an ELLEN KENNY widow living here in 1848 aged 40
> with 5 acres 3 rod and she was gone by 1850.
> There was also an ELLEN KENNY senior aged 56 here in 1848 who lived in a
> house only.
> 3.
> THOMAS KENNY bapt. 5th AUGUST 1794 SP: THOMAS and ELIZABETH KINSELLA.
> son of BARTHOLOMEW KENNY and ANN BREEN.
> This Thomas Kenny was missing from the family farm in 1827 and I suspect
> it is the same THOMAS KENNY who was at MOTABOWER on ROCHE family farm as a
> shoemaker before 1839. I think even though this THOMAS KENNY was named as
> a LIFE in the LEASE of 1808
> he actually went to his second brother RICHARD KENNY and his age was wrong
> in 1808 as well.
> 4.
> SALLY KENNY married THOMAS BALF and this THOMAS BALF was found with these
> KENNYS in 1839. SALLY was age 28.They had 3 daughters.He was 36 .The
> tenant living with them was MICHAEL HUSSEY aged 54 in 1839. Also livi
> with BALFS was a widow aged 80 and I suspect that this is ANNE BREEN KENNY
> widow of BARTHOLOMEW KENNY and this ANNE KENNY was aged 57 in
> 1827.Obviously her age is wrong in 1839 as she would have been 69-70 not
> 80. MARY BALF was bapt. 5th SEPT. 1832 dau of TOM BALF and SALLY KENNY of
> KENNYSTOWN. sp: TOM KENNY and MARY BALF.
>
> This SPONSOR maybe the same THOMAS KENNY at MOTABOWER as he did not live
> at KILCAVAN in 1827 or 1839. When he was named in 1839 THOMAS KENNY gave
> his age as 40 but he was actually 45 and married to a very much young
> woman and perhaps this may have given rise to problems with his family.The
> FAMILY FARM is all important in those areas. It could be of course that he
> just had no interest in farming.
>
>
> NOTE:
> So I think its fairly definite that THOMAS KENNY at MOTABOWER in 1839 is
> of this family.
They had a son named Bartholomew.
He had four biological sons and a biological daughter, named Richard, Thomas, William, Philip and Sarah.
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