Ancestors
The Kennedy family originally came from Dunganstown, County Wexford, Ireland. In 1848, Patrick Kennedy left his farm and boarded a ship in New Ross bound for Liverpool on his way to Boston. It was here he met the woman he was to marry, Bridget Murphy. Patrick Kennedy came to Boston, took a job as a migrant worker, and died within eight or nine years, of cholera. He left behind a widow and children to carry on.
Ancestors of John F. Kennedy| 16. James Kennedy | ||||||||||||||||
| 8. Patrick Kennedy | ||||||||||||||||
| 17. Maria Kennedy | ||||||||||||||||
| 4. P. J. Kennedy | ||||||||||||||||
| 18. Philip Murphy | ||||||||||||||||
| 9. Bridget Murphy | ||||||||||||||||
| 19. Mary Barron | ||||||||||||||||
| 2. Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. | ||||||||||||||||
| 10. James Hickey | ||||||||||||||||
| 5. Mary Augusta Hickey | ||||||||||||||||
| 11. Margaret Field Hickey | ||||||||||||||||
| 1. John F. Kennedy | ||||||||||||||||
| 12. Thomas Fitzgerald | ||||||||||||||||
| 6. John F. Fitzgerald | ||||||||||||||||
| 13. Rosanna Cox | ||||||||||||||||
| 3. Rose Fitzgerald | ||||||||||||||||
| 14. Michael Hannon | ||||||||||||||||
| 7. Mary Josephine Hannon | ||||||||||||||||
| 15. Mary Ann Fitzgerald | ||||||||||||||||
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