Robert KENDAL was born in Sedbergh in 1770. He was a husbandman and in lived in Marthwaite, a hamlet in the township and parish of Sedbergh; half a mile from Sedbergh, Yorkshire near the border with Westmorland. The 1829 guide describes Sedbergh thus: "Sedbergh is a small market-town... ...10 miles from Kendal; situated in a secluded and fertile vale, among rugged mountains. The principal manufacture here is cotton, and there is a mill a short distance from the town, at which a considerable number of persons are employed."
Robert married Nancy DICKENSON in April 1811. Robert and Nancy KENDAL probably lived at High(er) Oaks Farm, near Marthwaite, Sedbergh as this is where Nancy was living in 1841-1861. They had thirteen children born between 1811 and 1831.
Robert was the tenant of Richard Willan, Esq, who in 1831 advertised the sale of wood from the Oaks.
We know that Robert had died by the time of his daughter Jane's marriage to John MACHELL, and a burial record in the parish records suggests he died 15 June 1835 aged 65. This tallies with his birth record and a probate record of 20 Sep 1835 containing a administration bond only for a Robert KENDAL of Oakes, Marthwaite, Sedbergh.
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Family
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Date
Age*
Event
Place
4 Jan 1770
0
Sedbergh, Yorkshire
4 Feb 1770
0
Sedbergh, Yorkshire
Occupation: Husbandman 
2
frm 1770 to 1835
0
Sedbergh, Yorkshire
11 Sep 1797
27
Sedbergh, Yorkshire
16 Feb 1802
32
Killington, Westmorland
30 Apr 1811
41
Sedbergh, Yorkshire
3 Jun 1811
41
Sedbergh, Yorkshire
14 Jun 1812
42
28 Sep 1812
42
The Oaks, Marthwaite, Sedbergh, Yorkshire, England
aft Sep 1812
42
27 Mar 1814
44
Sedbergh, Yorkshire
22 Jan 1816
46
Marthwaite, Sedbergh, Yorkshire
2 Nov 1817
47
Sedbergh, Yorkshire
5 Dec 1819
49
Sedbergh, Yorkshire
btw 1820 and 1821
50
Sedbergh, Yorkshire
29 Dec 1822
52
Sedbergh, Yorkshire
1 Aug 1824
54
Sedbergh, Yorkshire
Mar 1826
56
Marthwaite, Sedbergh, Yorkshire
8 Oct 1826
56
Sedbergh, Yorkshire
25 Nov 1827
57
Sedbergh, Yorkshire
18 Oct 1829
59
Sedbergh, Yorkshire
31 Jul 1831
61
Sedbergh, Yorkshire
14 Sep 1833
63
4 Jul 1834
64
Sedbergh, Yorkshire
15 Jun 1835
65
Marthwaite, Sedbergh, Yorkshire
1 May 1836
66
Killington, Westmorland
20 Oct 1836
66
Sedbergh, Yorkshire
4 Oct 1841
71
Kendal, Westmorland
btw 1843 and 1844
73
Low Oaks, Marthwaite, Sedbergh, Yorkshire, England
26 Feb 1849
79
Finkle Street, Kendal, Westmorland
31 Dec 1850/51
81
Sedbergh, Yorkshire
7 Dec 1858
88
Sedbergh, Yorkshire
1860
90
22 Dec 1867
97
Killington, Westmorland
8 Jul 1870
100
Sedbergh, Yorkshire
15 Dec 1874
104
St Catherine's, Edge Hill, West Derby, Lancashire
1876
106
North America
Jan 1892
122
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