 In 1773 he married his cousin , Mary Kenyon , with whom he had three sons ; Lloyd , who predeceased him , George , and Thomas . Kenyon was noted by John Campbell , 1st Baron Campbell as " a man of wonderful quickness of perception , of considerable intellectual nimbleness , of much energy of purpose , and of unwearied industry " , although Campbell noted that , thanks to Kenyon 's lack of a university education , he knew only " the corner of jurisprudence which he professionally cultivated ; he had not even the information generally picked up by the clever clerk of a country attorney " . He was noted as arrogant , despising things he did not understand and condemning any opinions he disagreed with regardless of his knowledge of them . He never attempted to reform the judicial system , and " his habits of sordid parsimony brought discredit on the high station which he filled " . Despite this , as a judge he was seen as " profound in legal erudition , patient in judicial discrimination , and of the most determined integrity " . 
