ANDREW KENNEDY is known to be the father of EDWARD KENNEDY from the Family Bible. ANDREW and his wife, LYDIA, were in the 1820 and 1840 censuses for Edmeston, Otsego, NY. ANDREW was living with his son, Nelson, at the time of the 1860 census.

ANDREW and LYDIA are buried in Jennings Cemetery, just north of Robinson's Corners (on Highway 80 near the Edmeston-Burlington town line). Five other family members are buried along side them.

This biography includes some facts about Kennedys who lived in Edmeston as early as 1794. There is evidence that they are all from the same family, but at the same time there is no absolute proof. A further discussion of the parentage of ANDREW can be found in the biography for JAMES KENNEDY.

The 1880 U.S. Census enumerates the family of Andrew P.[sic] Kennedy. He and his wife, Mary, are said to be 71 years of age. A third family member, Leroy, is 66 years old and is listed as Andrew's brother. The birthplaces of the parents of Andrew and Leroy are given as Connecticut and Rhode Island. This suggests the posibility that LYDIA is LYDIA CARPENTER of Providence, RI.

Andrew and Mary Sheldon married Sep. 13, 1830, in Edmeston. They had one child, Theodore, in Edmeston before moving to Lorain County, OH. They had seven more children and eventually moved to Knox County, IL.

Theodore D.                     born       c1831
  wife Marcy Jane Arnold        born       c1832       marr  04-29-1852
Andrew J.                       born  10-04-1832                              died  12-21-1908
  wife Catherine Ramey          born  12-05-1838       marr  02-12-1857       died  11-30-1924
Lucinda L. A.                   born       c1840
Lucetta Lynda Marie             born  02-24-1841                              died  02-09-1908
William Edwin                   born       c1840
  wife Gertrude Vandyke Deal    born  03-24-1842       marr  03-24-1905
John Thompson                   born  07-07-1847                              died  06-21-1922
  wife Harriet Painter          born  12-23-1856       marr  09-04-1872       died  09-13-1901  
Samuel                          born  06-08-1850                              died   infancy
Mary Jane                       born  09-27-1856                              died   infancy

Chauncey lived in Edmeston and is buried at Jennings Cemetery. Chauncey had two children. His grandson, Chauncey Eugene, settled in Philipsburg, Granite, MT, and had four children there.

Diane                           born       c1845
George                          born       c1848
  wife Clara A.                 born  04-  -1845

David died at age 17, and is buried at Jennings Cemetery.

Nelson Kennedy lived his entire life in Edmeston. His wife, Mehitable, was from Connecticut. They had two children, Lucy (b. c1836) and Emily (b. c1841). In the 1850 Edmeston census, Berna Stevens was living with the family. Berna was related to Freelove (Stevens) Kennedy, wife of William Kennedy.

In 1860, ANDREW was living with Nelson and his family. LYDIA had died in 1856.

Leroy married Polly Carey, from New York. They moved to Knox County, IL. In the 1880 census for Knox township, Knox, IL, Leroy was living with Andrew Kennedy (Jr.) and his wife Mary. Leroy was identified as the brother of Andrew.

Seven Kennedys are buried in this small, well kept cemetery on Robinson Road, north of Robinson's Corner (Highway 80, just west of the Edmeston-Burlington line). The gravesites are all contiguous to one another.

  Andrew and Lydia Kennedy
  David  and Chauncey Kennedy (sons of Andrew and Lydia)
  William and Freelove Kennedy
  Jared Kennedy (son of William and Freelove)