searching for the father of Robert Jennings/Ginnings b. about 1745 in NC he married Catherine Sallee and he migrated to Madison county KY about 1799.

Maureen: Ashtabula, inc. Ashtabula co., Ohio. Latest info: Albert L. Jennings divorced wife Emily in 1866. Children: Oscar Orlando, George, & Daughter-name unknown. Dave -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, October 03, 1999 7:25 PM Subject: [JENNINGS-L] Re: JENNINGS-D Digest V99 #216 >Mary, I may have asked this of you before....where in Ohio did your >Jenningses live? Maureen > > >==== JENNINGS Mailing List ==== >List problems? Contact Jennings listowner [email protected] >

searching for info on Virginia Bell Chumbley b. 3-15-1865 married Andrew Jackson Jennings 12-25-1884 in wilson county Tn and she died 3-24-1939 in Rutherford county

Cousins, I have information on the following JENNINGS living in Somerset County NJ during the 1870 Census: Eliza, age 60 James, age 17 Jeremiah, age 41 John, age 45 Margaret, age 73 Morgan C, age 36 Thomas, age 20.....this might or might not be my GGrandfather I have sex, race, place born, county, Town, National Archives Roll & Gage #. If interested, please contact me direct. Ward Jennings Louisville, KY

--part1_2fd0bbfc.252a4c83_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_2fd0bbfc.252a4c83_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: [email protected] From: [email protected] Full-name: Reunionslu Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 14:17:37 EDT Subject: Thomas Jennings, New Jersey To: [email protected] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Windows AOL sub 41 Cousins, While searching for birth information on my GGrandfather, Thomas Randolph Jennings, Newark, NJ DOB Jan 1850 I obtained information and parents names on two (2) other Thomas' in NJ: Thomas Jennings, born in Bloomfield NJ 4 Feb 1853 Thomas H Jennings, born in Trenton NJ 15 Jan 1851 I have also dug up a Thomas Jennings, YOB 1850, living in Somerset County NJ, Bernards Twp. This was obtained from the 1870 Census. I can not prove or disprove this is my GGrandfather. Willing to share any of this information, please contact direct. Ward Jennings Louisville KY --part1_2fd0bbfc.252a4c83_boundary--

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unsubscribe [email protected] wrote: > Mary, I may have asked this of you before....where in Ohio did your > Jenningses live? Maureen > > ==== JENNINGS Mailing List ==== > List problems? Contact Jennings listowner [email protected]

Mary, I may have asked this of you before....where in Ohio did your Jenningses live? Maureen

I am looking for any information on: David Jennings (md. Phebe Wood) moved to Venango County, Pa. from Essex Fells, N.J. in the early 1800's. Daniel Wood Jennings (md. Martha Holder and Elizabeth Betsy Rice) Samuel K. Jennings (md. Jennie/Jean Austin) John McGinnet Jennings (md. Kate Estelle Patterson) This family lived in the area of Chapmanville, Venango County, Pa. in the early to mid 1800's. Samuel Jennings and family were in Chapmanville in1886. John and Kate lived in Ohio and Ok. I am interested in corresponding with anyone descended from or who has knowledge of this family. I am willing to share my information. Thanks. Mary Jennings [email protected]

To all the Jenning researchers: In answer to the roll call, my g grandfather Thomas Green, (1837 MO-1897) Cherokee, was married to Mary Elizabeth Jennings (1839 MO - 1890) . They lived in Calloway County, MO. and had two children. I know the lineage of Thomas Green but Mary seems to have appeared from nowhere. Her father is Samuel C. Jennings (no dates) who was married to a Mary (no dates). We were told she may be Comanche. This family owned land in Calloway County. Could Mary E. Jennings and Samuel be listed on any roles and, if so, maybe as black? Any advice you can give me will be appreciated. Lois -----Original Message----- -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Friday, October 01, 1999 12:23 PM Subject: JENNINGS-D Digest V99 #214

I'm looking for a John JOHNSON who died before 1767 in Frederick Co, MD - I believe he lived near what is now Harmony, in the Myersville area. The one I'm looking for had a daughter, Ann, who married James FLEMING - they moved to Hampshire Co, (W)VA in the late 1700s. Jim Bartlett/Gaithersburg, MD [email protected] surnames: ALLEN, BAKER, BARTLETT, BUTCHER, FISHER, FLEMING, GLAZE, GREER, MEANS, MITCHELL, MORTON, NEWLON, PLUNKETT, UNDERWOOD, WEHRLE, WELCH

Roll Call for Jennings - If you can connect please e-mail me at [email protected] Jennings Family 1776 MD Census for Frederick County, MD (area later became Montgomery Co.MD) My ancestor John Jennings Sr.,lived at or near Rockville with his family. The children of this John moved to Front Royal area. I have checked some of the Family History library on-line and found one, but not the right one. He is said to have been born in England. John Jennens or Jennings b. 7 October 1720-24, died ca. 1800 married Sarah Beasley b. ca. 1741, died 17 May 1791, near Rockville, MD. children: Elizabeth b. 12 Apr 1762 married William Potter of MD Ann b. 23 Oct 1764, married George Wilson of MD and second ____Sparrow Sarah b. 4 Jan 1768, married Benjamin Nicols of MD John b. 27 Nov 1769, married Ruth Boyd, Frederick Md, 1809. John Jr., died before 1850 in Warren Co. VA Mary b. 17 Apr 1772, married Abraham Brown of Brownsville,Washington Co., MD Rachel b. 1774, married Harmon Hall Margaret b 1776, married Samuel Brown of Brownsville, Washington Co.,MD Abagail b. 1778, after Margaret died, married Samuel Brown, Brownsville, Wash.Co.MD George b. 3 June 1781, died 1848 on his farm near Brownsville, Washington, Co.,MD married Elizabeth "Betsy" Brown I have many of the descendants up to date, but would like to go back another generation. Warren County, VA (formed 1836),Front Royal VAarea would have been Shenandoah Co. VA before 1836. Elizabeth moved to Front Royal area Browntown and back to MD; Ann and Sarah went to TN & Kentucky. John Jr., settled in Front Royal Browntown area after living in Brownsville, Washington Co., MD a while with brother George. Mary lived and died at Front Royal Browntown area. Rachel, Margaret and Abagail also lived in Warren County area of Browntown, VA ref: Wilson file, Rockville Historica Society, Rockville, MD 1776 Frederick County, MD

I saw a question on the line,"Does anyone know the origin of the Jennings name?" On page one of"Documented Notes on Jennings and Allied Families" by Beatrice M. Doughtie, published in 1961 by Bowen Press of Decatur, Ga. the following explanation is offered; "Anglo Norman Influence is show in this familiar surname, Jennings. It is derived from the form Jenin, which in turn comes from the like Christian name, a diminutive of Jean, earlier French Jehan, other variants being seen in the old English Jhon, later John, Jan and Janin. The early list which provide much of our present day information show that a Janyn le Breton is in the Lay Subsidy of Lancashire, A> D> 1332, Janyn de Gynes and Jenyn de France are to be located in the Poll Tax of Yorkshire in 1379. We likewise find that John Genens or Jenens, citizen of Oxford, in the Register of the University in 1573. (Bardsley; Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames) See also, ; Americana, Vol 26,(1933) pg; 161 Perhaps you have seen this or perhaps it has been offered before I subscribed to the list. I haven't seen any other suggestions, but I would like to see anything anyone else might have. Regards, Walter

Maureen; Thanks for the note. I certainly meant no offense with my words in reply to somebodys message about making up a line. I appreciate your thought. Good luck on your search for those elusive Jennings. Walter.

Hello Frustrated searchers, I recognized Walter's gentle way of keeping us on track and I also recognize Maureen's sense of humor! The Jennings genes are alive and well! I am looking for the parents of my great grandfather - Sialas H. Jennings married to Anna Drake in 1885. any information would be appreciated. They lived near Washington, PA -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, September 29, 1999 6:34 AM Subject: [JENNINGS-L] Re: JENNINGS-D Digest V99 #212 >Walter, in response to your warning not to make up family history, please >know that the e-mail I received suggesting we "create" a family history >because we are at a brick wall trying to trace our Jennings lines was >strictly in jest. I have been meticulous documenting my line; it would be >easy to "assume" who the next generation back was, but I, like many others, >want the proof before I lay claim to an ancestor. The humor helps to relieve >the frustration often encountered when researching the family. >Thanks for your interest. Maureen > > >==== JENNINGS Mailing List ==== >This list is brought to you by the dedicated folks at Rootsweb. >To ensure that the list continues, please visit and subscribe at >http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > >

Here is some info below...I re-sent it because it did not come through the first time. Hope it helps, See message below: Caren -----Original Message----- From: Caren Tidwell <[email protected]> To: Walter A. Dreier <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, September 28, 1999 11:53 PM Subject: Re: [JENNINGS-L] Frustration of Jennings Researchers; >Here are all of the Obediah/Obadiah's that I know of. Also, have you tried >searching for Ginnings/Gennings or a variation of the Jennings surname in >Census, etc. This tricked me for a while. > >Hope you can find something that you see as familiar. > >Caren >************************* >Marriage Records from Pittsylvania County, Virginia >Obediah Jennings, September 15, 1823 married to Agnes Richardson. >Sarah Jennings, March 14, 1851 married to John Ricketts, Pittsylvania >County, Virginia; daughter of Obediah Jennings. >************************** >Documented Notes on Jennings and Allied Families by Doughtie >Page 906 >Obidiah Jennings, Sr. married Ruth Dodson, a daughter of Jesse Dodson of >Halifax and Pittsylvania County, Virginia to Hawkins County, Tennessee >settling in the part that later became Grainger County. He is buried in the >Matlock Cemetery in McMinn County, Tennessee. Obidiah Jennings, Sr. and >Ruth Dodson had a son Obidiah Jennings who married Minnie McGee. Obidiah >Jennings, Sr. had a sister who married Marion Clendening Drake in Warren >County, Tennessee. >*************************** >Quoting from Volume 1, page 148, Old Northwest Genealogical Quarterly: >"Reverand Jacob Jennings was a minister of the Presbyterian Church who >united the character of the clergyman and physician. It is said he served >as surgeon in the Revolutionary War and continued to parctice medicine after >he became an intenerant Presbyterian Minister. Shortly after 1779, Rev. >Jacob Jennings went from New Jersey to Virginia, where he resided for >several years on the Potomac. He later went to Fayette County, >Pennsylvania. Jacob Jennings married Mary Kennedy." >Known Children of Jacob Jennings and Mary Kennedy >2. Dr. Samuel Kennedy Jennings (1771-1854) >3. Reverand Obadiah Jennings (1778 - 1832) >4. Johnathan Jennings (1784 - 1834) > >2. In 1792, one Samuel K. Jennings appears on the Tax List of Henry County, >Virginia with 3 White Tithes, 1 black, 2 horses. He continued to appear on >the Tax List through 1796. > Dr. Samuel Kennedy Jennings (1771-1854) is known to have resided in >Baltimore, Maryland and Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He married Hannah Hood, widow. >She died in Tuscaloosa, Alabama in June of 1850 - Funeral on Saturday, the >22nd. He died in Tuscaloosa, Alabama in 1854." (Howard A. Kelley: American >Medical Biog.: page 622). >Known Children of Samuel Kennedy Jennings and Hannah Hood: >Dr. Samuel Kennedy Jennings, Jr. (1796-1877) >Samuel, Jr. appears in Marengo County, Alabama July 1, 1820. Sale of land >January 3, 1831, Demopolis Land Office. (State of Alabama: Department of >Archives and History: Mss. Room) > >3. Reverand Obadiah Jennings was born December 13, 1778 near Baskingridge >New Jersey, the fourth son of Reverand Jacob Jennings. "Reverand Samuel K. >Jennings of Baltimore, brother of Obadiah Jennings, wrote to his nephew >regarding Obadiah Jennings as follows: He was no less amiable when a youth >than he was benevolent and deserving of affection when a man. I shall never >forget the cheerfulness with which he was accustomed to divide his little >stores of fruits and nuts with his brothers, when he was at anytime better >furnished than they." > Reverand Obadiah Jennings was sent to Cannonsburg, at the time the seat >of a flourished Academy, which in 1802, was organized into a College and >called Jefferson College. Having acquired the best education the western >country could afford, he commenced the study of law with John Simonson, Esq. >of Washington when he was first admitted to the bar in the Fall of 1800. He >immediately removed to Steubenville (Ohio) where he commenced practice, >where he remained until 1811, when he went to Washington, Pennsylvania; >though he still continued to practice to a considerable extent in the courts >of Ohio until his introduction in the ministry. > Soon after his removal to Steubenville, Ohio, he married Miss Becket, a >daughter of Col. Becket of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. She died >shortly thereafter leaving a daughter (who married a physician). Obadiah >Jennings married second, before December 28, 1810, Ann Wilson, daughter of a >Clergyman of Delware. > In 1810, he connected himself with the Presbyterian Church by a >profession of his faith and soon after removed to Washington, Pennsylvania. >He was elected to the office of Ruling Elder and was once a delegate to the >General Assembly. Having accepted of the call he removed to Steubenville in >1817, and was Ordained and Installed a pastor where he remained for six >years. The congregation for Washington, Pennsylvania, having become vacant >by the resignation of their former pastor, Mr. Jennings was called there in >the Spring of 1823. Here he continued for five years. He received a call >from Nashville, Tennessee, where he removed in April of 1828 and remained in >Nashville until his death. When his son, Thomas, who had been his constant >nurse and physician said "Father you are dying," he replied "Bless the Lord, >O my Soul." > A short time before the death of Obadiah Jennings, the College of New >Jersey conferred on him the degree of Doctor of Divinity. (Virginia State >Library: Obadiah Jennings, D.D., Debate on Campbellism, Held at Nashville, >Tennessee: A Memoir of the Author by Reverand D. M. Brown, D.D.) > Obadiah Jennings signed his will on July 3, 1830, Washington, >Pennsylvania, pr. December 3, 1832, Nashville, Tennessee: >My wife Ann, "household furniture and movables of every kind," >My "two sons" (names not mentioned) "to have my Encyclopedia," >My son Thomas Read Jennings, "My oldest son" >Wills to: John T. McKennon of Brownsville, Pennsylvania, Thomas McKennon and >T. McKennon of Wasshington and Alexander McDowell of Steubenville, Ohio, >"All my real estate in fee simply in trust for my wife during her widowhood >and for the education of my children until they shall become of age." >Witnesses: Samuel Cunningham, Edward Naret >Codicil: To my Nephew: Samuel C. Jennings: "All of my theological books in >token of great regard and sincere affection." (Davidson County, Tennessee: >Wills and Inventory: 1832-36, Volume 10, page 59). >Tombstone Inscriiptions, City Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee >Reverand Obadiah Jennings >Pastor of >First Presbyterian Church >Born in New Jersey >December 13, 1778 >Died >January 12, 1832 >(Ackle: Tombstone Inscriptions and Historical Mss. page 8) >Children of Reverand Obadiah Jennings by his 1st wife: >Daughter Jennings that married a physician >Known Children of Second Wife: >Thomas Reid Jennings (1805-1874) >Son Jennings >Ann E. Jennings >******************* > James Harvey (if this is you Jennings line, the Harvey's and Jennings >had a big connection in Bermuda which was considered coming from "England" >because it is a British Isle so you might want to look into Bermuda) of >Hebron, Ohio, wrote the Jennings Family Convention in 1850, "he represents >the family of Samuel Jennings, who lived in Sussex Co., New Jersey. I am >informed to that said Samuel came from England, where he had brothers, on >named William (this was for the law suit trying to claim the millions that >was left with no will). He married Sophia Garner in New Jersey and had six >children: >Mary >William >Hannah >Samuel >Charlotte >Elizabeth > Mary Jennings married Samuel Hand whose son, Samuel was the father in >law of James Harvey. There was a Dr. Jennings who once lived in Fait (sic) >County, Pennsylvania whose father was doubtless a brother of Mary and son of >old Samuel Jennings. The children of this Dr. Jennings are: >Reverand Obadia Jennings of Nashville, Tennessee >Johnathan Jennings of Indiana >David Jennings of Belmont County, Ohio >(Also see French Tipton Papers in possession of Dr. J. T. Davis, Richmond, >Kentucky.) >****************************** >Simon P. Jennings was born August 1840, Wayne County, Indiana, a son of Mary >and Obadiah Jennings, natives of Pennsylvania; who in pioneer times left >their state with all of their possessions in a wagon drawn by a single horse >and moved over the mountains into Ohio. Their other son was Levi A. >Jennings. > >Hope you see something that can help you figure them out. And I do note as above that there are more than one Obadiah. I know >frustration, I've been searching along time too. Here is my Mystery >Jennings Line. Let me know if you see anything on them. > >Happy not frustrated Hunting, >Caren

Walter, in response to your warning not to make up family history, please know that the e-mail I received suggesting we "create" a family history because we are at a brick wall trying to trace our Jennings lines was strictly in jest. I have been meticulous documenting my line; it would be easy to "assume" who the next generation back was, but I, like many others, want the proof before I lay claim to an ancestor. The humor helps to relieve the frustration often encountered when researching the family. Thanks for your interest. Maureen

Let me tell all of you Jennings Frustrated searchers a story. For 22 years I have been trying to find the parents of one Obadiah Jennings, roadbuilder and farmer of Warren Co. Tenn. My earliest record is Obadiahs signature in 1796 0n the first Marriage bond recorded in Claiborne Co. Tenn. He moved on to Warren Co, married, raised a large family and died in 1830. I have his will--but have never found his birthplace, or parents. Ironically there was another Obadiah Jennings, a Presby, Minister, well educated and prominent in Church affairs in Nashville, Tenn. He is buried in Nashville, and there is a large tombstone marking his grave. If you were to go and look at the marker, you would see a new plaque on the side of the original tombstone placed recently. The Rev. Obadiah also died in 1830--the same year as our Obadiah of Warren Co. A researcher spent 20 years trying to find the line of our Obadiah of Warren Co. Finally, in a state of near mental insanity he decided that the Preacher Obadiah and the farmer Obadiah were one and the same. He theorized that Preacher Obadiah worked the Church in Nashville on the weekend, but during the week he came out to McMinnville and was a consort to Elizabeth Dodson Jennings, wife of Farmer Obadiah.. As a result, he placed a plaque on the tombstone in Nashville reeading, "Obadiah Jennings, Consort of Elizabeth Dodson Jennings" The moral of the story is; "Just because you and I can't find the necessary records to establish our Heritage, we shouldn't make-up or invent a heritage. Someday we'll meet those people and I for one don't want to explain some cockeyed story that I dreamed up just to get in SAR or some other organization. Have faith and patience and keep looking. Regards, Walter, husband of Madge , ggg granddaughter of Obadiah Jennings and his yet to be discovered family.

-----Original Message----- From: antoinette vawter <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, September 28, 1999 9:42 AM Subject: Orphan Jennings >Have been pulling up roots in Richland Co., IL for years but have yet to >unearth the female Jennings of my line. There were three great Jennings >clans in the locale in the last half of the 1800s. Arthur C. Jennings >(various spellings), Wm. & Martha Tucker Jennings, and Wm. M. and Eliza >Tungate Jennings. Eliza and Mattie Jennings were also growing up there at >the time but I cannot succeed in attaching them to any parents as yet. >Mattie md. a man named Garton & Eliza md. David Debra Toles of Jasper and >Crawford Co., IL. By 1891, Eliza had d. of Bright's disease, leaving her >two surviving dau. Eva and Maude. My "orphans" begat orphans. Frustrated >leaving them out there in the void. > AWV > >

Have been pulling up roots in Richland Co., IL for years but have yet to unearth the female Jennings of my line. There were three great Jennings clans in the locale in the last half of the 1800s. Arthur C. Jennings (various spellings), Wm. & Martha Tucker Jennings, and Wm. M. and Eliza Tungate Jennings. Eliza and Mattie Jennings were also growing up there at the time but I cannot succeed in attaching them to any parents as yet. Mattie md. a man named Garton & Eliza md. David Debra Toles of Jasper and Crawford Co., IL. By 1891, Eliza had d. of Bright's disease, leaving her two surviving dau. Eva and Maude. My "orphans" begat orphans. Frustrated leaving them out there in the void. AWV