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Grand father of James Bunting Kenley, George Teagle BUNTING, Born July 1851 Portsmouth VA Died 1 Feb 1916 Portsmouth VA Heart Disease
Grand mother of James, Missouri Frances PINNER BUNTING, Born 15 Feb 1853 Portsmouth VA Died 15 Sep 1927 Portsmouth VA Heart
Attack 11 490

PORTLOCK CEMETERY at OAK GROVE CEMETERY,
PORTSMOUTH, VA.

My grand parents lived in Battery Park  a community located in Isle of Wight County, Virginia . Some of the Isle of Wight County BUNTINGS were Quakers . Missouri Frances Pinner attended the Friends church when she moved to Portsmouth and so did my mother . I was considered a "birthright Quaker"

The Quakers had a strong following in Isle Of Wight County at an early date. They had a large meetinghouse in what was then and is now known as "Leevy Neck." They were probably the earliest Quakers in the New Country.  They owned slaves. One Bunting family had nine house servents.

The leading men of the county were not disposed to be harsh in carrying out the laws of non-conformity against the Quakers, and although a few of them were fined, they generally met when and where they wished, and in 1699, their meeting houses were regularly licensed and the only complaint they had was that they were taxed to support the Established Church.

There is no Quaker church in this county at the present time, but there is one not many miles from the line in the county of Southampton, once a part of this county. JBK

Origin of Our Name
Clothing of the Anglo-Saxons was called “Bunt”; ing or inge meant descendant or family of. We are descendants of the people who wore the Bunt.

OLD ENGLISH LULLABY : Bye Baby Bunting, Daddy's Gone A Hunting, Gone to Get A Rabbit Skin, To Wrap The Baby Bunting In.

Bunting Field - Our Ancestral Home
Our ancestral home was rediscovered in 1990. Bunting Field was given to John Bunting by King Edward I in 1285 as a land grant. It is located in Derbyshire (middle England) between Matlock and Chesterfield. In the 1600’s, the King looked for it to destroy it as it was a meeting place for Quakers. It stayed in the Bunting family until 1819 when another John Bunting sold it and moved 15 rooms of the house to Chesterfield where it served as a school and hospital. This building was demolished in August of 1990. “Bunting Field” is still on the gate today. It is currently owned by Mr. E.Joseph Lee. One part of the house is stucco with a seal, “B, I&E, 1638”, on the front. This part was built by Isaac and Elizabeth Bunting who are buried in the family cemetery behind the house. The newer part is built of red brick and is dated 1819. It consists of 112 acres and is used as a dairy farm. Mr. Lee also raises sheep and horses. It is a beautiful estate. Many Buntings have visited over the years.

Tartan
Some of the Bunting Family settled in Scotland. There were not enough to form their own clan, therefore, they became a sept under Clan Graham of Menteith. We are qualified to wear this tartan. It is blue and black.

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Kenley, Tobitha Jane

Birth : 23 Apr 1823 , Rockinghan County, North Carolina Death : 29 May 1904 , Carroll County, Virginia

Parents: Father: Kenley, John, Mother, Caulson, Elizabeth

Alexander, Martha Jane Birth : 20 May 1843 , Rockinghan County, North Carolina Death : 22 Aug 1889 , Carroll County, Virginia

Parents: Father: Alexander, Joseph H. Mother: Kenley, Tobitha Jane

Wife of Charles H. Kenley,LUCRETTA LONGWITH dauaghter of Burgess Longwith and Keziah Davis

CIVIL WAR 1861

THERE WAS A DEPRESSION IN THE US FROM 1862 TO 1885 ,

US CENSUS

The Bunting Family in the Census

Census               Freqency of the Surname Bunting

1841 Census              83              

1851 Census              560              

1861 Census              961              

1871 Census              1513              

1881 Census              2317              

1891 Census              2208              

1901 Census              3328              

The Kenley Family in the Census

Census               Freqency of the Surname Kenley

1841 Census              8              

1851 Census              8              

1861 Census              26              

1871 Census              43              

1881 Census              54              

1891 Census              115              

1901 Census              126              

The Pinner Family in the Census

Census               Freqency of the Surname Pinner

1841 Census              19              

1851 Census              160              

1861 Census              274              

1871 Census              370              

1881 Census              585              

1891 Census              557              

1901 Census              662              

The Jennings Family in the Census

Census               Freqency of the Surname Jennings

1841 Census              413              

1851 Census              2863              

1861 Census              4831              

1871 Census              7941              

1881 Census              11669              

1891 Census              12849              

1901 Census              16476              

This is the site of the Naval Ammunition Depot where my DAD, Andrew Sampson Kenley Sr. worked from the time of his discharge from the Navy until after WWII. It was very dangerous work and he became disabled from nitrite poisoning. Each year of retirement he improved and lived into his eighties.

Great grandson Hunter Monroe Simpkins

May you grow up to be RIGHTEOUS,

may you grow up to be  TRUE,

may you always be courageous,

stand upright and strong.

May you stay forever young! GDK 2011