Martin Parry Kennard (July 24, 1818 – November 13, 1903) was a Boston businessman (by occupation a silversmith[1] and jeweler[2]), abolitionist, and U.S. federal government employee.
[3] He started his career as a jeweler with the Boston firm Jones, Low & Ball, and later became a principal at Bigelow Bros. & Kennard.
"[6] The business operated under this name until 1971, and Harvard University holds some of the firm's records in their library special collections.
[7] In 1854, Kennard moved to Brookline, Massachusetts, and, along with figures such as Ellis Gray Loring and William I. Bowditch, was an the activist with the Boston Vigilance Committee, which was dedicated to protecting fugitive slaves.
[14][15][4] Their son, Frederic Hedge Kennard was a landscape architect and naturalist involved in birding and in the preservation of the American bison.