Richard KENNON, Sr.

1650 - 1696  (46 years)

• Name	Richard KENNON
  Suffix	Sr.
  Born	1650	Conjurors Neck, Henrico, Virginia, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	20 Aug 1696	Conjurors Neck, Henrico, Virginia, USA
  Person ID	I521	Wisser and Bryant 2013
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2015

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth WORSHAM,   b. 1656, Chesterfield, Virginia, USA ,   d. 1705, Conjurers Neck, Henrico, Virginia, USA  (Age 49 years)
  Children	+ 1. Martha KENNON,   b. 1681, Conjurors Neck, Henrico, Virginia, USA ,   d. 1735, Conjurors Neck, Henrico, Virginia, USA  (Age 54 years)   2. Mary KENNON,   b. 29 Jun 1679, Conjurers Neck, Henrico, Virginia, USA ,   d. 29 Jun 1727, Cobbs, Henrico, Virginia, USA  (Age 48 years)
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2015
  Family ID	F473	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Occupation: Doctor Richard Kennon, or Cannon as the name was pronounced and sometimes spelled, was a merchant resident at Bermuda Hundred as early as 1680. In 1685, he was factor and attorney for Mr. William Paggen, a merchant of London, who had extensive trade with Virginia. To provide his storehouse at Bermuda, Kennon visited England repeatedly. He married Elizabeth Worsham, daughter of William Worsham, and Elizabeth his wife. (Henrico co. Records). His mother-in-law married 2ndly. Lt.Col. Francis Eppes (son of Lt. Col. Francis Eppes, the emmigrant). In a grant of land to Mr. Francis Eppes in 1680 the latter was allowed to count Richard Kennon 8 times. It was the policy of Virginia at that time to encourage immigration by allowing 50 acres for every time a person passed to Virginia, and it would seem from the grant that Kennon crossed the ocean as many as eight times prior to 1680. He was justice for Henrico in 1680 and 1683. In 1686 Capt. William Randolph and Mr. Richard Kennon were paid as burgesses for 32 days. In 1686(June 1), he made a power of attorney to his brother-in-law, Mr. John Worsham. The preamble of the deed states that he was then about to sail again to Europe. In 1691 he made a deed of gift to his children, Mary, Elizabeth, Martha, William and Sarah. His will was proved in Henrico Co., August 20, 1696" (Gen. of VA Families, v. III, p. 265,of Wm. & Mary Q.).