Posted on: Lenoir Co. NC Query Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/NC/Lenoir/10678 Surname: KENNEDY, BYRD, HARDEE ------------------------- Eugenia's response rang a bell. Am adding Kennedy information to my Hardee datatbase because of all the intermarriages so am still not real comfortable with this line. As she indicated, the Jesse Kennedy Bible states that Thomas Jefferson Hardee married Martha Allen daughter of William and Persis Westbrook Allen. THe Lemuel Byrd who was living in the household was Thomas' nephew. Jesse Croom Kennedy - of the Bible - married Elizabeth Hardee daughter of Thomas and Sarah Croom Hardee. Among their children were Thomas Jefferson Hardee who married Martha Allen - NOT Martha Byrd - and Mary Kennedy who married Benjamin G. Byrd and had two children Jesse and Lemuel. This is proven in the Benjamin Parrott Collection posted on the Lenoir Co Archives. Martha