Sarah Hanna Kennedy wife of George Boyle Hanna

[aaid]

Hi Julia - I guess we are - somehow - related.

Joice Kennedy - my 4xGGM - died on 12 May 1867 aged 81.   That would give her year of birth as c. 1786, so she would've been certainly would've been contemporary with some of those you mentioned.

I'm just looking at my research tree and my working assumption is that the Josias Kennedy (1770-1838) is her uncle rather than brother.   I have her father as most likely a John Kennedy.  That Josias Kennedy was father of Josias Kennedy (1811-1896) of Carnaught who was the executor of John Hanna's will.  It's not outwith the realms of possibilty that the older Josias is also Joice's father though.

There is another Josias Kennedy who was born in 1813 and died in Lisnevanagh on 19-Sep-1869.   Presumably he could be the son of the John Kennedy you mention below.

[Juliaka]

Thanks aaid, I am setting out below the details I took of the Kennedy graves at Connor. I suspect your John is John Kennedy of Lisnevanagh who I think is a brother or cousin of Josias. He could be a brother of my Jane and Margaret:

JOHN KENNEDY OF LISNEVANAGH (adjoins Kildrum), B C 1780
 
Margaret, d of above, b c 1814, D 21 Sep 1833, 19yrs
James, s of above, b c 1806, d 16 Jan 1842, 36 yrs
John, s of above, b c 1812, d 10 Apr 1845, age 35
William, s of above, b c 1802, d 5 Aug 1847, age 45
Josias, b c 1819, d 19 Sep 1869, age 50
Anthony, b c 1841, d 22 Oct 1889, age 48, grandson (s of Josias?)

JOSIAS KENNEDY OF CARNAUGHT, B C 1770, D 6 FEB 1838, Age 68
Sarah, wife, b c 1778, d 6 Feb 1846, age 68
Elizabeth, d in law, b c 1814, d 24 May 1888, age 74.
Josias, s of above, b c 1811, d 5 Jan 1896, age 85 (of Kildrum on death, Executors James
     Thompson and George R Hanna, both of Kildrum).
Mary Jane Thompson, niece of Josias jnr, b c 1880, d 9 Sep 1882.
(Obviously Josias snr and Sarah also had a daughter, married to Thompson)

WILLIAM KENNEDY, B C 1695, D 9 APR 1756, Age 61 (Grandfather of Josias?)
Helen, wife, b c 1701, d 10 Mar 1767, age 66
John, son, b c 1727, d 21 Feb 1783, age 56
Josias Kennedy of Carnaughts, b c 1770, d 6 Feb 1838. Josias seems to be son of John.

WILLIAM KENNEDY OF SLATT, B C 1756, D 19 Aug 1837, age 81.
John, son
Mary, wife of John, b c 1798, d 14 Aug 1838

WILLIAM KENNEDY OF CARNAUGHT (LATE BALLYMENA), B C 1812, D 29 Aug 1851, age 39 (Son of
     Josias?)
Anna, wife, d 1 Oct ? , age 57
Josias, son, d in infancy
Jane Hanna, granddaughter, d in infancy
Annie Jane Hanna, b 1870, d 16 Feb 1871, age 10 mths.
Josias Kennedy Hanna, b 1874, d 29 Jun 1874, age 7 wks.
(A daughter of William and Anna married Hanna)

It is very difficult to find any information on these families, though I am still trying to link them to the Cassilis descendants. It seems that Elizabeth Wilson, nee Kennedy, who can certainly be traced to that line, was living in Connor when she died in 1802.

[aaid]

Some of that I already had but there's a lot I didn't so thanks again.

I meant to add in my previous post that the possible Cassillis connection makes sense.  I'm pretty sure that I turned up some anecdotal evidence to support that but can seem to locate that at the moment.   

The Hannas here are descendants of the Sorbie Hannays who moved to Ireland in the 17th century - initially to Monaghan and then spread out.  Connections between them and the Kennedys of Cassillis go back centuries although they were feuding for a period - looks like they must have made up though.

[Juliaka]

Hi aaid, I am replying to your first message as well, in case Roots Chat thinks I'm not interested. I think these Kennedys are descendants of one of two brothers, clergy, Thomas and Gilbert Kennedy, who left Ayrshire around the 1640s. I have spent a lot of time trying to trace their descendants as I haven't got any other clues to the ancestry of Jane and Margaret Kennedy. Today I discovered that, Catherine, a daughter of Gilbert Kennedy must have been living in Connor with her husband, William Tennent, for some years in the early 1700s. At that time he was an Anglican clergyman but later joined the Presbyterian Church and went with his family to USA, set up Log Cabin College which later became Princeton University. All points to the Kildrum etc Kennedys being relatives.
Julia.

[Christy Hanna]

Hi! I have no idea currently if I am related to these individuals, but I am a Hanna! I was excited to see my name in the forum. I know names and birth/death dates of all my close relatives, but I am trying to trace my surname back to Ireland. I heard that if you go back far enough, the name was O'Hannaigh. The farthest back I am able to go is Andrew Jackson Hanna (1833-1880) born in St. Clair Alabama, USA and died in Sebastian, Arkansas, USA. He was married to Emily Thurber. A potential mother for Andrew is Mary Keaton (1797- 1874).

[Juliaka]

I think some of the other correspondents will be able to give you more information. However, I know that the Hanna's were an important family in the parish of Connor, town of Kells, and townland of Kildrum, County Antrim, at the time my family was there (maybe 1800 to 1850). They seem to have been major entrepreneurs in the linen industry with linen works there. It would be worth doing some research in that area although records are hard to find.
Julia.

[aaid]

Hi! I have no idea currently if I am related to these individuals, but I am a Hanna! I was excited to see my name in the forum. I know names and birth/death dates of all my close relatives, but I am trying to trace my surname back to Ireland. I heard that if you go back far enough, the name was O'Hannaigh. The farthest back I am able to go is Andrew Jackson Hanna (1833-1880) born in St. Clair Alabama, USA and died in Sebastian, Arkansas, USA. He was married to Emily Thurber. A potential mother for Andrew is Mary Keaton (1797- 1874).

There's a fairly active Hanna/Hannay group on Facebook called Clan Hannay Forum.  That might be a good place to start.

[Gortraney]

Sooooo much to catch upon in this thread! Just need a mo to wrap my head around it all.

[Gortraney]

I know that this is a really old post - - but I am related to the John Hanna (4x great grandfather) who started the John Hanna and Co Linen Co and have considerable information on the line - - -I do have a tree on ancestry but it is a private tree - though I am willing to share with interested family members - ancestry name catherinehale1 . . .and of course interested in learning new information I dont have!!!

*waves*

Hi Catherine Hope you are keeping well since we last spoke.