I have James B Kendall b. 1815 DE m. Amanda B in my database. Here are my notes on the source of my info:
"Msg 10 Jul 2001 from Christine Shriver "Hi Fred, I saw your offer to do Kendall look ups, and I thought I would see if you have any info on the ancestry of my gg-grandfather, James B. KENDALL.He was born in DE, ca. 1815 and moved some point prior to 1843 to NY.I have no records for him before the 1850 Fed. census for Freedom, Cattaraugus Co, NY, according to which, he, age 35 and his wife, Amanda B, age 28, (b. NY, maiden name unknown to me) had two children living with them, both born in NY:Mary A. KENDALL, age 7 and John H. KENDALL, age 4.There was also a Samuel KENDALL, 22, Blacksmith, b. PA living with them.In 1860 the family lived in Randolph, Cattaraugus Co, NY and had four children, Mary, 17; John, 13; Robert, 8; and James, 10/12 (my g-grandfather).If they had other children, I am unaware of them. My g-grandfather married Etta MILLER, b. 1868, Hinsdale, Cattaraugus Co, NY on 12 Oct 1884.They had nine children:four sons, Robert, William, Arthur, Harry, and five daughters, Myrtle, Florence (my grandmother), May Bell, Grace, and Alice.James d. 1940 and Etta d. 1951; both are buried in Batavia, NY.This is the town where my mother and I were both born. I am wondering if you have any information on KENDALLs from DE, who moved to NY.I have run across one possibility: a Methodist minister named Caleb (sometimes called by his middle name Robert) KENDALL who was born in DE in 1760, married Elizabeth WOLF in 1800, and had 10 children (I have the names of 6:Charlotte S, 1807; Thomas C; Elizabeth HIGGINS; Mary Ann SEDGEWICK;UNK female, married a WOODWORD; and youngest, John, b. 1822, Wilkes Barre, PA).At least some of the children were born in DE before the family moved to PA.At some point before 1840 (appears on Tompkins Co, NY census), he moved from PA to Ithica, NY and died there on 18 Oct 1844.His wife Elizabeth did not die until Jan 1864.The DE/NY migration connection, the PA Samuel living with James in 1850, the birthdate range of the children, as well as the repeating first names make me wonder if my James might have been one of the remaining 4 children of Caleb and Elizabeth. Thanks in advance for your time and consideration of my request. Sincerely, Christine Shriver"
Reply 12 Jul 2001:"Hi, Christine--I found a William Kendall born 1833 Cattaraugus Co, NY & d.unknown date Grand Traverse Co, MI. His parents were William Kendall/Mary Doyle.William Kendall b.1833 married Bethany King b. MA. They had several children.Don't see a DE connection, but being from Cattaraugus Co, NY there should be some sort of connection with your Kendalls.Sources =
(1) Laury Kendall & home page: "William & Bethany Kendall"[ www.angelfire.com/mi/factsandfigures/index.ht ]
(2)See also: www.geocities.com/RainForest/Andes/2091which has Wilbert DeWitt Kendall/Elizabeth Ann Valencourt family info.
I have the Caleb Robert Kendall/Elizabeth Wolf you noted in my database but don't see any connection with yours. Here are the sources of that info:
(1) "Per Lisa Marker--see Rin-14716.Later, 30 Aug 99, Lisa Marker sent further info on this family. She referenced another Kendall researcher:
(2) who Lisa said descends from Thomas C Kendall, another son of Caleb Kendall.
(3) --Elizabeth Wessex Search Form 22 May 2000 on this family. She adds Robert as Caleb's middle name. She notes that she descends from Caleb's daughter Charlotte S Kendall/Jacob Walker. She notes that another child of Caleb/Eliz was:_____ Kendall (female) who m. _____ Woodward and had a child.Good luck and adios from Fred in Folsom CA"