ANNETP@aol.com wrote: >I have been searching for the parents of Gideon Jennings (1767 - 1843) -- >supposedly Benjamin Jennings and Rebecca ??. The earliest documentation I >have been able to find: Widen is on the first tax record of Tuscarawas >County in Ohio. Here's a thought. Just because Gideon is an unusual enough name, I checked to see how many I had in my JENNINGS folder. I'm mentioning these 'Yankees' because CT/MA to NY to Ohio was a very common migration pattern. [and I can call them Yankees because I am one.<g>] From looking at 100 or so RevWar pension files, VA to OH is not so common. [the VA'ans that I've seen ended up in NC, PA, KY & TN] I hesitate to mention this one, but I will since I just read in one of the pension files that a JENNINGS soldier was registered as JENNE. There was a Gideon JENNE in Saratoga Co, NY in 1790. From the 1800 Census Index from NY; Gideon JENNINGS, Orange County, NY p441 02010-02 [those numbers are the cut off data from the census; 2 males 10-15, 1 male 26-44 2 females 10-15 [and who knows how many more females] Then between 1816-1822 a Gideon Jennings left a will in Saratoga County NY. Another Gideon is from the RevWar pension files on NARA Films M804-1412 & 1413. I browsed through all the JENNINGS/JINNINGS, JENNE & every variation I could imagine. [though I haven't hit the GENNINGS, GINNINGS, etc yet]. I took pretty good notes on all with a NY or CT mention & looked through all the files and noted where the pensioners were filing from. Here's the only Gideon I saw; Pensioner Peter JENNINGS, CT W24746 62 pps BLW t 30766-160-55 [frame #0534] [ancestry- Joshua & Esther Burr/Joshua/Joshua/ - see catchall] Wife; Sarah WAKEMAN Applied 1832 Peter Jennings, 23 July 1832 was 68 yo; resident of Fairfield, CT. In 1780 as a resident of Fairfield he served as a substitute for Aaron Jennings for 2 months under Capt. Thomas Nash in the State troops and was stationed at Cyprus Farms [widows application] Married Sarah WAKEMAN [of Westport, CT in 1843] July 1, 1792 by Rev. [Hezekiah?] Ripley 'pastor of the [?Consociated?] church in Greenfarms [then a part of Fairfield- in 1843 part of Westport] Declaration by the Widow of a Deceased Person Who has not had a Land Warrant; June 16, 1855 [ae81] Served in Coast Guard of Fairfield Peter Died May 5, 1841 p6 [0540] [April 21, 1843 declaration of Gideon M. Jennings p1 of 1] Gideon M. JENNINGS ae42; neighbor of Peter Jennings & with him when he died; knows the widow & she has not remarried; Gideon states that he is "but distantly related to Peter Jennings"; signed Gideon M. Jennings; witnessed by Thomas Robinson, Justice of the Peace, Westport] [this is probably Gideon Morehouse Jennings, son of Jesse/David/Joshua/Joshua/Joshua/Joshua b.1620] > >We all know he did not "fly" there. He purchased his land with cash. Oral >history and Beers History of Miami County has him coming from Rockingham >County, VA. Have you checked to see if one of the other Rockingham Counties was around either when he moved or when the book was written? There are Rockingham Co's in NC & NH. Just thought I'd throw out some thoughts. Jim [researching the JENNINGS who passed through Saratoga Co, NY in the late 1700 & early 1800s from Fairfield, CT]