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Aria Kennedy, was probably given the name Ariabelle, but called Aria for short. Also Ari and Ary are in the records. She was born in 1781 in Bedford County, Virginia, probably in the same year her father died. She was mentioned in Perrins History of Fayette County, Kentucky, page 803:
(Nicholas Talbotts) wifes name was Aria, daughter of John Kennedy, who had emigrated from Ireland and lived in Virginia during the Revolution. He was taken as a soldier by the draft of the fifteenth man, and served his time in the ranks. Turning out again to repel an English attack, he was captured by the enemy at Guildford Court House, N.C., on March 5, 1781, and his death, on board a British prison-ship on June 26, is said to have been from starvation. His daughter subsequently came to Kentucky, where an uncle, after living in the fort at Strodes Station with his wife and family for five years, on account of Indian incursions, had located, in 1785, on the stream now known as Kennedys Creek.
Perrin erred in the above account by not distinguishing between the John Kennedy, Sr., who came from Ireland, and the John Kennedy, Jr., who died on the prison ship.
Aria Kennedy married Nicholas Reagan Talbott on May 19, 1799, in Bourbon County. They settled on Kennedy Creek, and had fifteen children. One of the children, Courtney Talbot, was featured in a biographical sketch in the History of Montgomery County, Indiana, pages 232-234. Here is an abstract of Kennedy material:
Nicholas Talbot...removed to Kentucky while young and married Miss Aria Kennedy, a daughter of John Kennedy, who was captured by the British at the battle of Guilford Court House, in North Carolina, March 15, 1781, and died soon after on board of a British prison-ship, from the effects of the bad treatment he received from his captors. The day before he started on the campaign, which resulted in his capture and death, he wrote a letter from Virginia to his brother Thomas, then in Kentucky, the original of which, in a beautiful plain hand, is yet preserved, and is now in the possession of Eli M. Kennedy, of Dover, LaFayette County, Missouri. In this letter he breathes a spirit of the most fervent patriotism and devotion to the cause of the colonies, but expresses some misgivings as to the final result of the contest for independence.
Nicholas Talbott died in Bourbon County on May 1, 1828. Aria Kennedy Talbott died between January and April 1861. They are ancestors of this writer. For more, see the chapter on the Talbotts.
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Nicholas Reagan Talbott was born on November 10, 1776, according to family records. He was baptized at Falls Church, Truro Parish, in Fairfax County, Virginia. After his father's second marriage and coming to Kentucky, he lived with his grandmother Mary Magdalina de Movielle in Fairfax County until her death in 1791. Then he came to Kentucky and lived with his uncle DMoville Talbott. Nicholas married Ariabelle "Aria" Kennedy in Bourbon County, Kentucky, on May 19, 1799. Aria was born in 1781, the daughter of John Kennedy, Jr., and Esther Stilly Kennedy. Nicholas served in the War of 1812 as a Captain. He and his wife became charter members of the Paris Baptist Church in 1820. He and Aria lived in a log house on Kennedy Creek, farmed and raised their family. In H.E. Everman's History of Bourbon County, 1785-1865, the author says this of the Talbotts: (p. 83)
"Hugh Talbott served as a trustee after 1815 and Lewis Vimont joined the small cadre in 1817. During this era the Talbotts emerged as political leaders in the Millersburgh precinct. Nicholas Talbott served on the Bourbon Court from 1811 to 1828. Daniel Talbott, a town trustee, opened one of the burgh's most popular taverns in 1809 and served customers for almost thirty years. Due to his brother's power, Daniel often served as an overseer of roads. John Talbott served as tax commissioner. Hugh Talbott served three successive terms as trustee of Millersburgh. Richard and William Talbott received ordinary licenses to keep taverns during the 1810s.
W.H. Perrin stated in his sketch, mentioned above, that Nicholas Talbott "was a farmer, also a wheelwright and shoemaker. He represented his county in the Legislature in that body in 1821. His wife's name was Aria, daughter of John Kennedy..." (p. 803)
Nicholas Talbott died on May 1, 1828. The "Paris Weekly Advertiser" carried this obituary on May 3, 1828: "Talbott, Mr. Nicholas, died Thursday morning last, an aged and respected citizen and for many years member of the Baptist Church."
On August 8, 1856, Anthony, a slave, was born to Mary, and Aria Talbott was recorded in the Birth Record as owner of the slave. This is the last reference we have of Aria. According to Edna Whitley, Aria died between January and April 1861.
Here, then, are the children of Nicholas and Aria Kennedy Talbott, according to the family Bible, cemetery and court records:
1. Sophia Talbott was born on August 29, 1800. She married William B. Morris on November 24, 1824; and died on October 29, 1833.
2. Louis Talbott was born on August 15, 1802. More later.
3. Courtney Talbott was described in the W.H. Perrin sketch, mentioned above: "Nicholas and Aria (Kennedy) Talbott had a son called Courtney, born September 3, 1804, in Bourbon County. This lad learned shoemaking from his father, all the shoes, as well as all the furniture used by the family, being made at home. Excepting only four months in school, he was also educated at home by his father, while working at the shoe bench or lathe. December 16, 1830, he married Elizabeth Harp..." This marriage is recorded in Fayette County. Courtney moved to Montgomery County, Indiana, where he died on September 11, 1867. He was featured in a biographical sketch in the History of Montgomery County, and this information was included: "His grandfather, Samuel Talbot, was born in Virginia, March 17, 1756. He married Costantine Reagan, also a native of Virginia, in 1775. Nicholas Talbot, the father of the subject of this sketch, was their only son. He removed to Kentucky while young and married Miss Aria Kennedy..." The 1850 Fayette County, Kentucky, Census gives this information: Courtney Talbott 46, Elizabeth 37, Nicholas 19, Elizabeth 17, Emily 15, Margaret 13, Rebecca 11, HH. (male) 9, Nancy 6, J.W. (male) 1, Rufus 29. According to Edna Whitley, Courtney and Elizabeth had 13 children: Nicholas Reagan Talbott, Emily, Elizabeth, John, Margaret, Rebeckah Ashurst Talbott, Henry Harpe Talbott, Aria Kennedy Talbott, Mary Nancy Talbott, Benjamin Franklin Talbott, Joseph Ware Talbott, Alice, and Daniel Webster Talbott.
4. Tibathia Talbott was born on August 21, 1806. She married Jessie Scott on September 7, 1824. They lived on the Lexington-Paris Pike, and had four children, two sons and two daughters.
5. Elizabethann Talbott was born on January 11, 1808. She died a few months later, on September 9, 1809.
6. Coleman Talbott was born on July 13, 1809. He married Duesella Bolls on April 26, 1831. According to Jennifer Gibbons, a descendant, they left Springfield, Illinois in 1855 in a wagon train west. In California they took up a Spanish land grant of 160 acres in Sonoma County. They had 10 children. Coleman died on May 10, 1896, in Bennett Valley, Sonoma.
7. Willis Talbott was born on February 8, 1811. He married Nancy McCoun, daughter of Robert and Rachel Clay McCoun, on November 26, 1840. According to Tom Talbot, a descendant, Willis and Rachel went by horseback to Hendricks County, Indiana, in February 1841. There they settled, farmed, and had eleven children. The Hendricks County Ledger noted the death by consumption of their eldest daughter, Aria Talbott, aged 17 years, in February 1859. It was cited in The Western Citizen of Paris, Kentucky, March 4, 1859.
8. Louisa Talbott was born on April 6, 1813. She died a few months later on May 18, 1814.
9. Charles Perry Talbott was born on February 23, 1815. He was a member of the Kentucky Legislature 1846-1847 and 1857-1859. He was elected sheriff in 1876. His obituary was published in the "Western Citizen" of Bourbon County on December 15, 1865: "Talbott, Charles P. aged 51, he was the fifth son of Nicholas Talbott, and Aria Kennedy. He married Rebecca Ashurst and second married Miss Elizabeth Sparks of Harrison County in 1857. Left one son and a daughter." (Edna Whitley said he married Polly G. Saddler on January 31, 1833) The Western Citizen noted his death from typhoid pneumonia on Thursday, December 7, 1865. He was aged 51. He is buried in the family graveyard, behind his house on the Clintonville Road.
10. Marie Louisa Talbott was born on July 25, 1817. She married Carlo Grimes on June 17, 1838. According to Whitley, he was her third cousin through the Kennedy line. They lived east of Winchester, and had two daughters and four sons.
11. Helena Talbott was born on July 23, 1819. She died on December 26, 1832.
12. Rufus Talbott was born on October 6, 1821. In 1850 he was living with his brother, Courtney. (See above) According to Whitley, he then lived in Illinois, but died in Indiana in an Institution for the Infirm after 1861.
13. Nancy Talbott was born on January 13, 1824. She married (1) Rev. John W. Kenney on October 29, 1846. He was born March 10, 1820; and died June 6, 1852. She married (2) Judge Jay Hall of Henry County on September 1, 1857.
14. John Talbott married F. Harris on April 27, 1836. They settled in Indiana.
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