Family register
Rev. William Jesup Jennings
Rev. William Jesup Jennings (7 April 1822 – 5 October 1895) was born in New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut. He married Miranda Greene Jennings. His child was John Joseph Jennings. He died in 1895, in Bristol, Hartford County, Connecticut.
Life and records
Father of John Joseph Jennings (Yale Obituary Record 1890–1900: “son of Rev. William Jesup Jennings (Yale 1843) and Miranda D. (Greene) Jennings”).
Yale necrologies and FAG use Jesup; some FAG child-bio text spells Jessup. Styled Rev.; Congregational/Presbyterian pastor (Black Rock, Seneca Falls, North Coventry, Redding). Father Jesup T. Jennings × Isabella (Lee) per own Yale necrology (FAG Seeley — Gen-7 conflict retained, not hunted).
Family
Sources
- 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.
William Jesup Jennings… was born… April 7, 1822… He had married, on the 26th of the preceding month [March 26, 1850], Miranda D., daughter of Russell Greene, of Miller's Place… died… on October 5, 1895… His wife died on August 9, 1892… Two of the sons are graduates of Yale College (1876 and 1884)…
- 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.
- 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.
- Identity lead (dates/burial; FAG bio not sole lock): FAG 20922535 Rev William Jesup Jennings 7 Apr 1822 – 5 Oct 1895, Redding Center Cemetery; links child John Joseph.
Birth 7 Apr 1822 New Canaan; Death 5 Oct 1895 Bristol; Burial Redding Center Cemetery; spouse Miranda Dimon Greene Jennings; child John Joseph Jennings.
- 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.
He had married, on the 26th of the preceding month, Miranda D., daughter of Russell Greene, of Miller's Place.