| Description | (i) n.d. Part Copy Letter ; Greene Kendrick, town attorney and ex-mayor of Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S.A., to ?, concerning his projected history of the Kendrick or Kenrick families. Consists of a questionnaire requiring information under 3 headings : recipient's own marriage, wife and family; his ancestors or what he knows of them; and anything he might know of other branches of the family than his own.
(ii) 1900 March 5 Letter : G. Kendrick in Connecticut, U.S.A., to Mrs [Minnie?] Kenrick. He is about to publish a history of the Kenrick - Kendrick family; he is seeking information which will aid him in compiling the pedigree.
(iii) 1900 November 10 Copy Letter : Greene Kendrick at Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S.A., to A. H. Kenrick, regarding the American branches of the family. Is delighted to hear of the whereabouts of the pedigree owned by Jarvis Kenrick at Reigate, Surrey; the acquaintance of the writer's father with Samuel Kenrick of Birmingham, c. 1854; the Kenrick families of Wynn Hall, Nantclwyd, Shropshire, Surrey and Kent; the Rev. John Kenrick of York; the Rev. Timothy Kenrick of Exeter (younger brother of the recipient's father John Kenrick of Wynn Hall); Edward Kenrick of Gwersyllt (will dated 1674); J. Arthur Kenrick of Birmingham (whose father Archibald was cousin to the said Samuel); claims that the "Rt. Hon." [sic] William Kenrick of Birmingham will vouch for the writer's care with borrowed records; the Warrington Kendricks; the Welsh Kenricks' descent from John Kenrick of Shropshire (pedigree filed 1623); Sir David Kenrick, standard-bearer to the Black Prince; arms of the Kenrick families; Edward Kenrick died 1899 at Monroe, Michigan; the enthusiasm for the Kenrick pedigree of Mary Kenrick of Chester (died 1819); the copy of her pedigree made by Judge Wm. Kenrick; his brother the Rev. Jarvis Kenrick, father of the said J. K. mentioned above; etc.
With typed copy. 2 documents
(iv) c. 1901 Advertisement over the name of Greene Kendrick, of Waterbury, Corr., U.S.A., concerning his Kenrick - Kendrick History, which he now proposes to issue in 2 volumes. With an earlier fragment. |