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I would like to correspond with anyone who might be related to this couple. Seems like once they left Vermont, the records are slim pickins' if you know what I mean. I would appreciate hearing from anyone related, because this family will be included in one of our "Families of Cavendish" books for the Cavendish (Windsor Co) Vt. Historical Society. Thanks.
James Kendall (5) {Reuben (4), Ebenezer (3), Samuel (2), Francis (1)}, was born in Shirley, Massachusetts, ca. 1765/6. James m. in Mason, NH, ca. 1793, Dolly Tarbell (b. Mason, NH, 29 Dec., 1773, son of Edmund & Molly (Hildreth) Tarbell).
From Rushford People: “Aunt Dolly used to wear a scarlet red cloak when she lived in Vermont. Their farm in West Windsor was stony and had steep hills. James Kendall used to sharpen the noses of the sheep that grazed their land so they could feed between the rocks. Glowing reports were coming back to Vermont that the Holland Purchase land was new, good, cheap, and a man and his family could grow rich. 9 June, 1816, with ox team and loaded wagon and eight children, they set out to New York. They traveled with other Windsor County, Vermont families who had decided to relocate to what was then known as the “Holland Purchase.” Mr. John Hoyt from Windsor traveled with them and settled on the Genesee Flats. James and Dolly and arrived at Caneadea, NY on 3rd July, 1816. They settled on Lot #44 up away from the River. “James Kendall was a man of unusual strength, never sparing himself. Once he hitched himself to a load of ashes and started for the ashery when the horse and wagon were going in the same direction.” Mr. Kendall excelled in gardening and farming. He was a Whig and in religion, the family embraced the creed of the Methodists. Dorothy was quite religious and “used to burn suphur on coals to impress her children with a fear of hell. When the circuit riding minister came to their home, the Kendall children were always on their best behavior.”
James Kendall was a true New England pioneer —restless and fearless —always believing there were better opportunities over the next hill. He was self-motivated and driven. He traveled back and forth West a good many times, but usually came back to the old homestead in Rushford. The Kendall family were friends with another pioneer settler family of the Holland land, Mr. Ephraim Morrison. Morrison with his wife and five children (Rachel, Betsy, John, James, and David), arrived in Rushford about 1815, a year before James Kendall. Ephraim had been a soldier of the Revolution and received a pension for his service. The Morrison’s built a log house with a fireplace that was formed by a large rock on the property. The three sons bought the land by walking to the land office at Ellicottville. There were no roads in those times, people found their way through the thick forested land by marked trees. The Rushford land cost 20 shillings an acre, paid for with black salts and potash. It is understandable that three of Kendall’s daughters who become wives of the three Morrison men. It was a pioneer settlement and eligible marriage partners quite scare in those early days. Families lived in tight-knit community based survival in this backwoods —each year working harder to prosper and entice others to join their midst. Like the Kendall’s, the Morrison’s were devout Methodist.
When the 1850 census was taken, James (age 84, farmer), and Dorotha (age 75, wife), were living on the same farm (valued at $400) with their widowed daughter Harriet and her children in Kirtland (Lake County) Ohio.
Dolly died in Cotton, Indiana 19 May, 1856 (age 84). James decided to remarry after her death, but before he got to the altar, he died in Cotton Township (Switzerland Co.) Indiana, 19 May, 1857 (age 91).
Children:
1. Frances "Fanny" b. 30 Sept., 1794, m. John Morrison
2. Lucy, b. 18 June, 1795. She m. Charles Hapgood.
3. James Jr., b. 21 March, 1797. Went back to Vermont
4. Emerson, b. 5 April, 1800 m. Amanda Gillette
5. Mary, b. 22 Dec., 1802. She m. Jonathan Dunham, the Mormon
6. Laura Diane,b. 29 March, 1805. She m. James Morrison
7. Harriet, b. 1807. She m. David Morrison.
8. Permelia, b. 1811. She m. Chauncy Moore of Rushford.
Thanks so much.
Linda M. Welch, Cavendish Historical Society
Email: Linda.Welch@Dartmouth.edu
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