Congleton lookup request: KENNERLEY

[familytree29]

Hello
I am trying to find the parents of my Owen KENNERLEY, born about 1816 in Congleton.  He married in 1836 in Astbury Church Sarah Bailey.
I believe he may have been baptised in the same Church
Many thanks in advance
Jane

[Ken4]

Hello

I'm the group admin for the Kennerly (and variations) DNA project thru Family Tree.  Our website is at:  http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Kenerley/default.aspx?/publicwebsite.aspx

It's been sometime since I researched the English lines of our family but I might be able to help.  Any other info on Owen such as the specific church?  Check the website and you can email be thru it, too.

Cheers
DR

[Treelover]

Hi

My Great Grandmother was Mary Ellen Kennerley b 1860.  I have got my Kennerley's back to Edward Kennerley 1570 born Lower Peover, Cheshire & his wife Anna Carter.  If you start finding Randle Kennerley's in your tree let me know, we just may be related. 

I have a tree on Ancestry and have made contact with another couple of branches.

Joan

[Ken4]

Joan

I would like to learn more about your tree back to the 1500s!  I'm a member of Ancestry, too.  I may have contacted you in the past about the Kennerley family.

I'm the group administrator for the Kennerly - Kenerley DNA project thru Family Tree.  I live in the US and my family line changed the spelling in the 1800s in North Carolina.  But the DNA project to date has shown that no matter what the spelling variation, all Kennerley's are related and most likely from the Cheshire area.  In fact, the DNA shows a relationship to the Romans, as the DNA indicates a  Thracian origin.  So, it would most likely have been with the Romans that the common ancestor came to England.  We'll never find that proof!  But we are interested in figuring out several lineages from the US back to England.  As I've said, even our Cheshire DNA project participants are related ... so far, with more testing.

I can send you our previous newsletters if you'd like.  My email address is:
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Regards
DR

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[Ken4]

Joan

A second note, we've found at least 2 Randall or Randol Kennerly's in America; both in the late 1600 to 1700 timeperiod.  He appears in some records, first in Pennsylvania, where there are letters in a Post Office that he hasn't picked up and so there was a notice in the newspaper; and another in Virginia where a Randol Kennerly was a surveyor or at least a "chain-holder" for a surveying party.  However, there are no descendant records.  We can't find proof of many of the early American Kennerly's except for scant excerpts that indicate they passed through areas migrating elsewhere.  It's a real mystery and hunt for early info over here in the US.

DR

[familytree29]

Thank you both for your replies.
I have very little information on Owen Kennerley, I have an approximate birthdate from census entries, and believe the parish may be Astbury.
He married Sarah (nee Bayley)
I wil let you know if I find any links to Randle Kennerley
Thanks

[Treelover]

Hi

Although I cannot help you with Owen, I presume you have found all their census records, including the 1851 for Sarah with son Jesse and eldest daughter Julia  living with her mother Barbara?

Joan