Ancestry of
John F. Kennedy

35th U.S. President

Patrick Kennedy

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• • Great-grandfather of John F. Kennedy — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 8 
  • Father:
  • (probable) Patrick Kennedy 
  • Mother:
  • (probable) Mary Johanna -----   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1823 
  • Birth Location:
  • Dunganstown, County Wexford, Ireland 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 22 Nov 1858 
  • Death Location:
  • East Boston (now Boston), Suffolk, Massachusetts 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Cambridge Catholic Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Bridget Murphy
  • Marriage Date:
  • 26 Sep 1849 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Holy Cross Cathedral, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts 
  • Child:

  Patrick Joseph "P.J." Kennedy (Ahnentafel No:4 )

• Sources for Patrick Kennedy

  • ¹ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 122, Page 15.
  • ² New England Historical and Genealogical Register, July 1985, Vol. 139, Pages 211-213.
  • ³ The American Genealogist, 1977, Vol. 53, p. 146.
  • ⁴ Goodwin, Doris Kearns, The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys, New York: Simon and Schuster (1987), charts preceding the table of contents.
  • ⁵ O'Brien, Michael, John F. Kennedy: A Biography, New York: St. Martin's Press (2005), 8-9.
  • ⁶ Pierce, Richard Andrew, "Murphys and Barrons of Cloonagh, Parish of Owenduff, co. Wexford: Further Ancestors of President John F. Kennedy".
  • ⁷ Pierce, Richard Andrew, "Patrick Kennedy of Dunganstown, co. Wexford, Great-Grandfather of the President", June-August 1990.
  • ⁸ Wikipedia, "Patrick Kennedy (1823-1858)", (accessed 08/25/2011).