Family register
Elizabeth Naomi Newell Jennings
née Newell
Elizabeth Naomi Newell Jennings (née Newell) (16 May 1856 – 18 October 1888) was born in Connecticut to Martha Judd Brewster Newell and Samuel Pomeroy Newell. She married John Joseph Jennings. Her child was Newell Jennings. She died in 1888, in Bristol, Hartford County, Connecticut.
Life and records
Daughter of Samuel Pomeroy Newell × Martha Judd Brewster (Brewster Genealogy Vol. II 1908 entry 783: child i Elizabeth Naomi); mother of Newell Jennings (CT Reports vol. 152).
Maiden Newell; CT Reports styles Elizabeth Newell Jennings; Political Graveyard Elizabeth Naomi (Newell) Jennings. Mother of Judge Newell; do not confuse with granddaughter Elizabeth Newell Jennings Foster. Parents locked 2026-09-16 via Brewster Genealogy. Marriage 1 Sep 1881 Bristol (Brewster). Maternal uncle Roger Samuel Newell is sibling v on same page. Newell Jennings birth Brewster March 12 vs CT Reports May 12 1883 — retain conflict.
Family
Sources
- 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).
He was the son of John J. and Elizabeth Newell Jennings.
- Identity lead (dates/burial; FAG alone does not lock parent link): FAG 44312089 Elizabeth Naomi Newell Jennings 16 May 1856 – 18 Oct 1888, West Cemetery Bristol; spouse John Joseph Jennings m. 1881; child Newell Jennings; sibling Roger Samuel Newell.
Elizabeth Naomi Newell Jennings; Birth 16 May 1856; Death 18 Oct 1888 (aged 32); Burial West Cemetery Bristol; Inscription Age 32; Spouse John Joseph Jennings (m. 1881); Children Newell Jennings; Siblings Roger Samuel Newell.
- 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).
Immediately following his admission to the Connecticut bar in 1907, he returned to Bristol and engaged in the general practice of law with his uncle, Roger S. Newell, and with William J. Malone.
- Corroboration (compiled genealogy): Brewster Genealogy Vol. II (1908) names John Joseph Jennings “son of Rev. William J. and Miranda (Greene) Jennings of Westport, Conn.”
783 MARTHA JUDD8 BREWSTER … married at Bristol, Conn., October 10, 1854, SAMUEL POMEROY NEWELL… Children, born at Bristol: i Elizabeth Naomi9, b. May 16, 1856; d. at Bristol, Oct. 18, 1888; m. there, Sept. 1, 1881, John Joseph Jennings… His son-in-law, John J. Jennings, was his law partner.