Kennaday, John, D.D., a noted minister of the ISIethodist Episcopal Church, was born in the city of New York Nov. 3, 1800. In early life he was a printer, devoting even then, however, his leisure, as far as prac- ticable, to literary pursuits. He was converted, under the ministry of the Kev. Dr. Heman Bangs, in the John Street Methodist Episcopal Church ; was licensed to ex- hort the year following; joined the New York Confer- ence in 1823 ; was stationed Vm Kingston Circuit in 1823 ; 1825, Bloomingburgh Circuit ; 182(5, transferred to Phil- adelphia Conference, and appointed that and the follow- ing year at Patterson, N. J. ; 1828-29, Newark, N. J. ; 1830-31, Wilmington, Del. ; 1832, Morristown, N. J. ; in 1833, retransferred to New York Conference, and sta- tioned in Brooklyn ; 1835-3(>, preacher in charge of New York East Circuit, embracing all the churches east of Broadway; 1837-38, Newburgh, N. Y. ; 1839, retrans- ferred to Philadelphia Conference, and that and tlie fol- lowing year stationed at Union Church, Philadeliihia ; 18-11-42, Trinity Church, Philadelphia ; 1843-14, second time to AVilmington, Del. ; at the close of his pastoral term the Church was tlivided peacefully, and a new Church organized, called St. Paul's, and for the t-ivo fol- lowing years Dr. Kennaday was its pastor; 1847-48, again pastor of Union Church, Philadelphia ; 1849, Naz- areth Churcli, in that city; 1850, transferred to New York East Conference, and tliat and the following year was pastor of Pacific Street Church, Brooklyn ; 1852-53, returned to Washington Street Church ; 1854-55, First Church, New Haven, Conn. ; 185G-57, second time to Pa- cific Street Church, Brooklyn ; 1858-59, third time to Washington Street Church, Brooklyn; 18G0-C1, reap- pointed to First Church, New Haven, Conn. ; 18G2, Hart- ford, Conn. ; and in 1803 he was appointed presiding elder of Long Island District, which office he was admin- istering at the time of his decease. The noticeable fact of this record is the number of times Dr. Kennaday was returned as jiastor to churches that he had ]ireviously served. Of the forty years of his ministerial life, twenty- two years, or more than half, were sjient in live church- es. No fact better attests his long-continued popularity and his power of winning the affections of the people. "As a Christian pastor," says bishop Janes, "Dr. Ken- naday was eminent in his gifts, in his attainments, and in his devotion to his sacred calling, and in the seals. God gave to his.ministrj^ In the pulpit he was clear; ill the statement of his subject, abundant and most felic- itous in his illustrations, and pathetic and impressive in his applications. His oratory was of a high order. , . . Out of the pulpit, the ease and elegance of his manners, the vivacity and sprightliness of his conversational pow- ers, the tenderness of his s3-mpafhy, and the kindness of his conduct towards the afflicted and needy . . . made him a greatly beloved pastor." He died Nov. 13, 1863. —Conference Minutes, 1804, p. 89. (J. II. W.)
Kennedy, B. J., a Methodist Episcopal minister, ■was born in Bolton,Yt., Aug. IG, 1808; was converted in 1842; served the Church faithfully as a local preacher until 1800, when he joined the I*;rie Annual Conference, and tilled with great success the pulpits at Baiubridge, Maytield, Bedford, Twinsburgh, and Hudson successive- ly. He died at Hudson, Ohio, Nov. 30, 18C9. Tke chief elements of Kennedy's power with the people were puri- ty of life, cheerfulness, broad Christian sympathies for fallen humanity, and strong convictions of the saving efficacy of Jesus and his Gospel. He sustained a high position among the brethren of his Conference. — Chris- Han Advocate'(N.Y.), 1870.
Kennedy, James, a Scotch prelate, grandson, by his mother,iiti;ol)ert HI of Scotland, was Iwrn in 1405 (V). After studying at home, he was sent to the Continent to finish his education, entered the Church, and as early as in 1437 became bishop of Dunkeld, and in 1440 ex- changed for the more important see of St. Andrew. He next made a journey to Florence, to lay before pope Eu- genius IV the plan of the reforms he intended introduc- ing in the administration of his diocese. On his return (1444) he was made lord chancellor, and as such took an active part in the affairs of Scotland. Pained at wit- nessing the discords which marked the first years of the reign of James II, he again applied to the pope for ad- vice ; but the latter's intervention, which he thought would restore peace, did not have this result. During the minority of James HI he sat in the council of the regency, and, according to Buchanan, used his infiueiice there for the public good. He died at St. Andrew, May 10, 1406. Kennedy founded and endowed the college of San Salvador, wliich afterwards became the Univer- sity of St. Andrew. He is reputed to have written a work entitled iMonita Politico, and also a history of his times, both of which are ])robably lost. See Mackenzie, Lives ; Crawford, Lires of Statesmen ; Buchanan, History of Scotland ; Chambers, Illustrious Scotsmen; Hoefer, Nouv. Biorj. Ginerule, xxvii, 560, (J. N. P.)
Kennedy, John, an English divine, who flourished about the middle of the 18th century (he died aliout 1770). rector of Bradley, Derbyshire, is noted for his works on Scripture chronology, of which the following are best known : Complete SifStem of A stronomical Chro- nolofiii mfoldinri the Scriptures (London, 1702, 4to) : this work Kennedy dedicated to the lung, and the dedica- tion was composed by Dr. Samuel Johnson : — Explana- tion and Proof of diko (1774, 8vo), addressed to James Ferguson. — Allibone, Dictionary of Enylish and Ameri- can Authors, vol. ii, s. v%