cette's Christian Casuist: — 3. Godeau's Pastoral Instruc- tions : — 4. Pascal's Thouyhts on Reliyion, to which he pre- fixed an account of the manner in which those thoughts were dehveretl by the author : — 5. Balzac's A ristijipus, with an account of his life and writings : — 6. The Mar- riaye of Thames and Isis, from a Latin poem of iMr. Cam- den. I)r. Basil Kennet is said to have been a very amia- ble man, of exemplary integrity, generosity, and mod- esty. See AUibone, Diet. Enyl. and A mer. A uthors, s. v. ; Gen. Dictionary ; Hook, Eccles. Bioy. vi, 433. (.J. H. W.)
Kennet, White, D.D., an eminent English prelate and writer, was born at Dover Aug. 10, 1660. He stud- ied at St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, and while there at- tracted attention by publishing in 1680 a pamphlet against the Whig party, entitled Letter from a Student at Oxford to a Eriend in the Country, in Vindication of his i\fajesi'y, the Church ofEnyland, and the University, Through the influence of sir William Glynne he was appointed vicar of Ambrosden, C)xfordshire, in 1684, and obtained a preljend in the church of Peterborough, but returned to Oxford, where he became vice-principal of. Edmund Hall, the college to which Hearne belonged. He was decidedly opposed to the concessions in 1688, and was of the number in the Oxford diocese who re- fused to read the declaration for liberty of conscience. He subseciuently (1700) resigned Ambrosden, and settled in London as minister of St. Botolph's, Aldgate, where he became a very popidar preacher. He was made suc- cessively archdeacon of Huntingdon in 1701. and in 1707 dean of Peterborough, and finally, in 1718, bijhop of Peterborough. He died Dec. 19, 1728. Bishop Kennet was a man, as his biographer says, " of incredible dili- gence and application, not only in his youth, but to the very last, the whole disposal of himself being to perpet- ual industry and service, his chiefest recreation being varietj' of employment." His published works are, ac- cording to his biographer's statement, fifty-seven in number, including several single sermons and small tracts ; but perhaps not a less striking proof of the in- defatigable industry ascribed to him is to be seen in his manuscript collections, mostly in his own hand, now in the Lansdowne department of the British Museum Li- brary of Jlanuscripts, where from No. 935 to 1042 are all his, and most fif them containing matter not incor- porated in any of his printed works. The principal among the latter are: Parochiid Antiquities attempted in the History of Ambrosden, Burcester, etc. (Oxford, 1695, 4to; 1818, 4to) : — Ecclesiast. Synods, etc., of the Church ofEnyland vindicated from the 3Iisrep7-esentations, etc. (Lond. 1701, 8vo) : — An occasional Letter on the Subject of Enylish Convocations (Lond. 1701, 8vo), and a num- ber of occasional letters and sermons : — Jllonitioiis and A dvices delivered to the Cleryy of the Diocese of Peter- borouyh, etc. (London, 1720, 4to) : — On Lay Impro- priations (see below) : — Complete History of England (Lond. 1719, 3 vols. foL), etc. Bishop Kennet, in 1713, had made a large collection of books, maps, etc., with intent to write A full History of the Propayntion of Christianity in the Enylish American Colonies, hut, for some reason unknown to us, the j)lan was never execu- ted. It is to be regretted that the bishop failed to carry out the project; to judge from vol. iii of the History of England which he pre]iared, the contribution would have been valuable to American Church hi!-tory. In 1.S50, S. F.AVof)d and Ivl. Baddeley published from bish- op Kennet's ^MSS. his Lay Dnj.i-opriaiions ( Lond. 12mo). See William Newton. Life (f the Riyht Per. Dr. White Kennet (London, 1730, 8 vo) ; 'SXooA, Athenm Oxonienses, vol. ii ; Chalmers, Gen. Bioy. Dicticnai-y ; Hoefer, Kom: Bioy. Generate, xxvii, 563 ; English Cyclopa'dia ; AUi- bone, Diet, of Engl, and A mer. Authors, s. v.
Kenney, Paishox T., a IMethodist Episcopal min- ister, was born iu New Bedford, Mass.. Se])t. 5, 1810. He embraced religion at the tender .ige of seven, but grad- ually became indifferent to its personal enjoyment until his nineteenth year, when he was restored to the di-
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vine favor. He was licensed to preach in 1830; entered "Wil'oraham Academj', and in 1832 iSIiddlctown Univers- ity, lu 1833 he joined the New England Conference, was appointed to Thompson Circuit; 1834, Hebron; 1835, East Windsor; 1830, IMystic; 1837, North Nor- wich; 1838-39, Chicopee Falls ; 1840-41, Willimantic; 1842, located ; 1844, readmitted and sent to Manchester; 1845-4(;, Mystic Bridge : 1847, Westerly Mission ; 1848, Falmonth ;"l849, East Harwich ; 1850-51, 1'rovincetovvn Centre ; 1852-55, Sandwich District ; 185G-57, North Manchester; 1858-59, Stafford Springs; 1800-Gl, Allen Street, New Bedford ; 1862-65, Sandwich District; 1866 -68, New London District. In 1869 he removed to Ne- braska City, Neb., and started a school, with the pros- pect of its becoming a Conference Seminary, but died shortly after, Nov. 11, 1869. As a preacher, he was em- inently practical, lucid, fervent, and spiritual, and his labors were attended with success. As a presiding el- der, his executive ability gave general satisfaction. — Minutes of Conferences, 1871, p. 72.