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John Shepherd “Sugar or Praying John” Kinney

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John Shepherd “Sugar or Praying John” Kinney

Birth
Oromocto, Sunbury County, New Brunswick, Canada
Death
15 Dec 1872 (aged 69–70)
Greenfield, Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada
Burial
Wicklow, Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada Add to Map
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Married Northumberland Co., NB "...and after living there for a short period they removed to Greenfield, N. B. The pioneers of N. B. never lacked for romantic adventure. After the ice had formed solidly on the Saint John it is said that John Kinney brought his little bride of fifteen years down the river on a sled drawn by a large Newfoundland dog. At Greenfield he made his home along with his father Stephen and his uncles John and Andrew Kinney who occupied an important part of that thriving settlement. The rock maple trees grew plentifully on John S. Kinney's new farm. He was a tireless worker at anything he undertook to do and soon became famous for the great quantities of maple sugar he made. There were other Kinneys in the community named John and his friends soon found it easy to identify him as "Sugar John," a name that anybody might well be proud of." Bell, p. 13.
Also called "Praying John."

There were four other children born into this family making eleven in all, but where and in what order, I do not know. Probably in between Shepherd and Aaron as they are four years apart. Sarah Ann and Susan are six years apart and Adelia and Richard are six years apart:
Cyrus Kinney went bathing in the brook, caught cold and died.
Baby Kinney died (scalded) at one year.
Elizabeth died as a child of diptheria.
Amy died at two weeks, an infection of the navel.
Fern Gallup Kinney's Our kith and kin; the Kinneys, p. 27
Cover title: Kith and Kin of the Kinneys.
Transcribed by Duane E. Crabtree, 3 Mar 2023
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Married Northumberland Co., NB "...and after living there for a short period they removed to Greenfield, N. B. The pioneers of N. B. never lacked for romantic adventure. After the ice had formed solidly on the Saint John it is said that John Kinney brought his little bride of fifteen years down the river on a sled drawn by a large Newfoundland dog. At Greenfield he made his home along with his father Stephen and his uncles John and Andrew Kinney who occupied an important part of that thriving settlement. The rock maple trees grew plentifully on John S. Kinney's new farm. He was a tireless worker at anything he undertook to do and soon became famous for the great quantities of maple sugar he made. There were other Kinneys in the community named John and his friends soon found it easy to identify him as "Sugar John," a name that anybody might well be proud of." Bell, p. 13.
Also called "Praying John."

There were four other children born into this family making eleven in all, but where and in what order, I do not know. Probably in between Shepherd and Aaron as they are four years apart. Sarah Ann and Susan are six years apart and Adelia and Richard are six years apart:
Cyrus Kinney went bathing in the brook, caught cold and died.
Baby Kinney died (scalded) at one year.
Elizabeth died as a child of diptheria.
Amy died at two weeks, an infection of the navel.
Fern Gallup Kinney's Our kith and kin; the Kinneys, p. 27
Cover title: Kith and Kin of the Kinneys.
Transcribed by Duane E. Crabtree, 3 Mar 2023
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