Family register
Miranda Greene Jennings
née Greene
Miranda Greene Jennings (née Greene) (4 August 1827 – 9 August 1892) was born in Miller's Place, Long Island, New York. She married Rev. William Jesup Jennings. Her child was John Joseph Jennings. She died in 1892, in Connecticut.
Life and records
Mother of John Joseph Jennings (Yale Obituary Record 1890–1900: “son of … Miranda D. (Greene) Jennings”).
Yale: Miranda D. (Greene). Brewster: Miranda (Greene). FAG: Miranda Dimon Greene. Sibling Charles Jesup Jennings Yale necrology OCR/print reads “Matilda D. (Greene)” — CONFLICT vs Miranda; John’s and father’s Yale entries both Miranda — prefer Miranda; do not merge Matilda as separate mother. Middle Dimon from FAG; D. from Yale.
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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)…
- Identity lead: FAG 20922528 Miranda Dimon Greene Jennings 4 Aug 1827 – 9 Aug 1891, Redding Center; gravesite “wife of Rev. W. Jennings.” Death year conflicts with Yale 1892.
Birth 4 Aug 1827; Death 9 Aug 1891; Burial Redding Center Cemetery; wife of Rev. W. 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.
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.
- 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.
He had married, on the 26th of the preceding month, Miranda D., daughter of Russell Greene, of Miller's Place.