John Joseph Jennings

Life and records

Son of Rev. William Jesup Jennings × Miranda D. (Greene) Jennings (Yale Obituary Record 1890–1900); father of Newell Jennings (CT Reports vol. 152).

Styled John J. Jennings in Connecticut Reports memorial and 1900 death notice; John Joseph on Political Graveyard and FAG. Prominent Bristol / Hartford County lawyer; partner/preceptor of Roger S. Newell until death 1 Apr 1900. Parents locked 2026-09-16: Rev. William Jesup Jennings × Miranda D. (Greene) Jennings (Yale Obituary Record). Academic Yale Class of 1876 (not Yale Law as Brewster briefly states); studied law in Newell & Pierce office; bar 1881.

Family

Sources

1. Corroboration (compiled genealogy): Brewster Genealogy Vol. II (1908) names John Joseph Jennings “son of Rev. William J. and Miranda (Greene) Jennings of Westport, Conn.”

   m. there, Sept. 1, 1881, John Joseph Jennings, son of Rev. William J. and Miranda (Greene) Jennings of Westport, Conn., b. at Bridgeport or Fairfield, Conn., Jan. 30, 1855; d. at Bristol, Apr. 1, 1900.

2. Identity enrichment: own Yale Obituary Record necrology (Class of 1843) — birth 7 Apr 1822 New Canaan; ordained Black Rock 10 Apr 1850; married Miranda D. daughter of Russell Greene 26 Mar 1850; died Bristol 5 Oct 1895; names Yale sons of 1876 and 1884.

   John Joseph Jennings, son of Rev. William Jesup Jennings (Yale 1843) and Miranda D. (Greene) Jennings, was born at Black Rock, a village in the suburbs of Bridgeport, Conn., January 30, 1855… He died at his home in Bristol, April 1, 1900… He married, September 1, 1881, at Bristol, Elizabeth Naomi, daughter of Samuel P. and Martha J. Newell.

3. Identity lead (dates/burial only; FAG family tabs do not lock): FAG 41083220 John Joseph Jennings 30 Jan 1855 – 1 Apr 1900, West Cemetery Bristol.

   Birth 30 Jan 1855 Black Rock, Fairfield County, Connecticut; Death 1 Apr 1900 Bristol; Burial West Cemetery Bristol.

4. Identity of father: Connecticut Reports memorial (vol. 152) — Newell Jennings married Rachel K. Peck 28 Jun 1910; survived by wife and two of three children (does not name Elizabeth).

   Judge Jennings was born in Bristol on May 12, 1883, and lived there until his death on February 17, 1965. He was the son of John J. and Elizabeth Newell Jennings.

5. Identity enrichment: Political Graveyard expands John J. to John Joseph Jennings; married Elizabeth Naomi (Newell) Jennings.

   Relatives: Son of John Joseph Jennings and Elizabeth Naomi (Newell) Jennings; married, June 28, 1910, to Rachel K. Peck.

6. Identity: contemporary death notice — John J. Jennings, prominent Hartford County lawyer, died Bristol High Street after pneumonia, aged 45; born Bridgeport; Yale 1876; leaves two sons.

   Bristol. Conn., April 2.—John J. Jennings, one of the most prominent of Hartford county lawyers, is dead at his home on High street after a week's illness with pneumonia, aged 45 years. He leaves two sons. Deceased was born in Bridgeport, Conn., graduated from Yale in 1876…