----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 2:39 PM Subject: Re: JENNINGS-D Digest V00 #31/David > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 12:18 PM > Subject: Re: JENNINGS-D Digest V00 #31/David > > > > In a message dated 2/14/2000 7:22:17 AM Eastern Standard Time, > > [email protected] writes: > > > -------------------- > > X-Message: #1 > > Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 11:46:18 -0500 > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > Subject: [JENNINGS-L] David Jennings, Western PA /VA > Guernsey Co., > Noble > > Co., OH > > Content-Type: text/plain; > > charset="Windows-1252" > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > > Still searching for parents of David Doyle Jennings, b. bet. 1797 > (g/s) > > and 1802. He married Ruth WRIGHT, also from Westmoreland, PA. According > to > > a history published by David Alonzo Jennings in 1918, "Two branches of > the > > Jennings family settled in that part of Virginia in the century before > the > > birth of David D. Jennings, but we are not certain to which he belongs. > The > > most numerous are John Jennings who located at Fredericksburg in 1754 and > > who traced his ancestors to Humphrey Jennings, the iron master of > > Birmingham, England. The others are descendants of William Jennings, > born > > in Yorkshire, England in 1676, married to Mary J. Pullium in Hanover > County, > > Virginia in 1724, and who died in Nottoway County, Virginia in 1775. He > had > > been a British officer." > > "David D. Jennings lived in Westmoreland County, Virginia until after > > their two oldest children, Abram, b. 1818, m. Louisa Foreman and Jane, b. > > 1819, m. Jobe Westcott were born." > > Someone earlier was asking if all the children of John Jennings had > been > > found. Is there some Jennings researcher who could answer that question? > > Once again, I appreciate and welcome your thoughts. > > > > Connie Chancellor > > [email protected] >> > > Connie, > > > > Do you happen to know if my line to Gideon has been considered a third > branch > > of Jennings, living in VA,PA,OH??? > > > > I have not been able to get beyond Gideon (1767 - 1843). Information was > > sent to familysearch.org by distant cousins re Benjamin and Rebecca, but > is > > only partially correct. Rebecca married David McIntire/McIntyre after the > > death of Benjamin. Mary McIntire was Gideon's half sister, married Aaron > > Reeves, and traveled to OH, becoming some of the first settlers of New > > Philly, Tuscarawas County. > > > > Thank you. > > > > Anne Thompson Payne ([email protected]) Winter Park, Fla. > > > Annette, I really wish I could answer your question. The information I > provided in my message came from an obituary for Asbury P. Jennings, written > by his son who was a newspaper editor and lawyer. > > In "Early Ohio Settlers - Purchasers of Land in East and East Central, Ohio > 1800-1840" there is mention of the following Jennings: > Benjamin, David, David D., Gideon, Isaac, Jesse, Levi, Mahlon, S. Jennings, > and Simon. > > 1814 - Benjamin Jennings, residence of Coshocton Co. purchased land in > Range 7, Township 7, Section 25 > 1816 - Benj'm Jennings, res. of Muskingham Co. purch. land in Rg.12, Tp. > 09, Sec. 03 > 1828 - Benj. Jennings, res. of Perry Co., OH purch. land in Rg. 15, Tp. 15 > Sec. 15 > > 1804 - Gideon Jennings, res. of Muskingham Co. purch. land in Rg. 01, > Tp. 09, Sec. 04 > 1808 - Gideon Jennings, res. of Tuscarawas Co. purch. land in Rg. 01, > Tp. 09, Sec. 05 > 1814 - Gideon Jennings, res. of Tuscarawas Co., purch land in Rg. 03, > Tp. 09, Sec. 05 > > Your Gideon and Benjamin appear to have been in Ohio earlier than my David > as they were already living in Ohio at the time they purchased land. > My David Jennings was born in 1802 in Westmoreland, PA according to the > article written by his great-grandson (David's gravestone says 1797). It is > certainly within the realm of possibility that they could be brothers. > You may be aware of the dispute involving lands bordering counties of Penn > sylvania and Virginia in the 1700's. A person could have been born in one > county and state and found themselves living in another after the dispute > was finally settled. > I haven't been able to find a will naming my David but maybe one will > turn up someday and answer a lot of questions for many of us stuck in > Virginia. > > 1822 - David Jennings, res of Monongahala Co, VA, purch. land in Rg. 08, > Tp. 08, Sec. 31 > 1823 - David Jennings, res of Monongahala Co., VA, purch. land in Rg. 08, > Tp. 08, Rg. 31 > > Best of luck > Connie C. > [email protected] > > > >