Individual Details
John Jennings
(Bef 1620 - 1678)
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== Biography =='''Birth:''' before 1620 (estimated) ''He was transported into Virginia in 1635. Assuming he was at least 15 at the time, he must have been born before 1620.''
'''Residence & Property:'''
'''9 Nov 1635''' in James City County, Virginia - ''John Jennings was 1 0f 16 persons transported as headrights for Francis Fowler.''Early Virginia Families Along the James River: Their Deep Roots and Tangled Branches; Compiled by Louise Pledge Heath Foley; reprint by: Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., Baltimore, Maryland; https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/49136/images/FLHG_EarlyVAFamJamesRiv3-0025?pId=32356 ''Vol. III, page 9 of source''
'''25 Oct 1637''' - James City County, Virginia - John Jennings was one of 20 people transported as headrights for Francis FowlerNugent, Nell Marion. Cavaliers and pioneers; abstracts of Virginia land patents and grants, 1623-1666, Volume One; Originally published 1934, Richmond, VA; Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1963, 1969, 1974, 1979, 1983, 1991, 2004; ISBN 0-8063-0264-X ; Original data: Patent book 4 page 386
'''11 Apr 1649''' on GREYes (Gray's) Creek, James City County, Virginia -'' John Jennings was granted 211 acres for transportation of 5 persons, 39 acres still due.''''Vol. III, Pages 44 & 90 of source. This area became Surry County in 1652 and is adjacent to the plantation of Bartholomew Owen, future son-in-law of John Jennings.''
'''25 Feb 1652''' - Surry County, Virginia - John Jennings gave power of attorney to John Orchard to assign over to William Rose, all right to patent on the 211 acres granted in 1649,Surry County Records, 1652-1684; by Eliza Davis; first published in 1950's by Clearfield; reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland. page 4 of Davis book; taken from Page 23 of original record.
'''4 Sep 1653''' - Surry County, Virginia - ''John Blackbourne assigns to Jno. Jennings his patent (whole right and title) for 151 acres of land'' ''page 6 in book. Page 23 in original record.''
'''23 Jan 1653''' - Surry County, Virginia - ''John Jennings witnessed an assignment of patent to 670 acres of land'' ''page 12 in Davis book.''
'''3 Sep 1655''' - Virginia - ''Ann Toulson of Gloucester, spinster, bound to John Jennings of Virginia, planter''Peter Wilson Coldham; The Complete Book of Emigrants 1607-1660; copyright 1987, Surrey, England; Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland; ISBN 0-8063-1192-4page 294
'''1 May 1657''' - Surry County, Virginia - "John Jennings witnessed an indenture ''page 21 in book. Page 106 in original record''
'''Sep 1657''' - Isle of Wight County, Virginia - ''John Grove of the cittye of Bristol, merchant, makes John Jennings of Isle of Wight County, Va., gent., his attorney to take possession of all his land and plantations in Virginia.'' page 23 in Davis book; taken from original Surry Record Book I, page 109;''
'''28 Feb 1658''' - New Kent County, Virginia - ''John Jennings and William Walker were among 55 people transported as headrights by Charles Edmonds.'' page 72
''John Jennings is probably the father of Joanna Jennings. Prior to her death, Joanna lived on land owned by William Walker.''
'''From 1662 to1677''' - Isle of Wight County, Virginia -'' John Jennings was Clerk of the Court.''Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight County Virginia by John Bennett Boddie III; Janaway Publishing Co., Santa Maria, California, 1938; reprinted 2012; ISBN 978-1-59641-263-7
'''Marriage''': to Martha Harris
'''Child:''' Joanna Jennings (unproven)
''Martha Harris was the daughter of Robert Harris and sister of Mary (Harris) Spilltimber.''
'''Intrigue?'''
From a Surry County Court record dated Jul 1657:
Thomas Sowerby, aged 23 years or thereabouts, makes a deposition about buying a rundlett (cask or keg) of powder when aboard one of Rawlings with Col. John Jennings, from the gunner of the ship.
John Maive servant to Mr Charles Ford. aged 20, while servant to William Jennings, went aboard Rawlings his ship, lying in Warwicksqueak Bay and carried a small parcel of boards and carried powder to John Jennings' house not knowing it was powder (in package)
''What was going on here? Were John & William Jennings involved in a plot? Are John & William related? At that time, Virginia had declared its loyalty to Oliver Cromwell and parliment. But there was a movement afoot in England and the colonies to restore the monarchy by placing Charles II on the throne. Could this have been the motive for John and William to obtain gunpowder? More research needed. ''
'''Bacon's Rebellion:'''
John was a follower of Francis Bacon in the 1676 armed rebellion against the colonial government of Virginia. For his part in the failed rebellion, John Jennings was banished from the colony. Pleading ill health and poverty, he was given until September 1677 to remove himself. However, he died before leaving.
'''Death:''' Sometime between 10 Sep 1678 (wrote his will) and 10 Sep 1678/79 (will was probated)Wills and Administrations of Isle of Wight Gounty, Virginia, 1647-1800 by Blanche Adams Chapman
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== Research Notes ==On 29 Nov 1635, John Jennings, age 18 appeared on a list of persons to be trnsported from London to Barbados on the ship ''Enterprise''. page 171. This does not appear to b our John Jennings because he was already in Virginia begore this date.
== Sources ==
* Surry County Record Book I
== Biography =='''Birth:''' before 1620 (estimated) ''He was transported into Virginia in 1635. Assuming he was at least 15 at the time, he must have been born before 1620.''
'''Residence & Property:'''
'''9 Nov 1635''' in James City County, Virginia - ''John Jennings was 1 0f 16 persons transported as headrights for Francis Fowler.''Early Virginia Families Along the James River: Their Deep Roots and Tangled Branches; Compiled by Louise Pledge Heath Foley; reprint by: Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., Baltimore, Maryland; https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/49136/images/FLHG_EarlyVAFamJamesRiv3-0025?pId=32356 ''Vol. III, page 9 of source''
'''25 Oct 1637''' - James City County, Virginia - John Jennings was one of 20 people transported as headrights for Francis FowlerNugent, Nell Marion. Cavaliers and pioneers; abstracts of Virginia land patents and grants, 1623-1666, Volume One; Originally published 1934, Richmond, VA; Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1963, 1969, 1974, 1979, 1983, 1991, 2004; ISBN 0-8063-0264-X ; Original data: Patent book 4 page 386
'''11 Apr 1649''' on GREYes (Gray's) Creek, James City County, Virginia -'' John Jennings was granted 211 acres for transportation of 5 persons, 39 acres still due.''''Vol. III, Pages 44 & 90 of source. This area became Surry County in 1652 and is adjacent to the plantation of Bartholomew Owen, future son-in-law of John Jennings.''
'''25 Feb 1652''' - Surry County, Virginia - John Jennings gave power of attorney to John Orchard to assign over to William Rose, all right to patent on the 211 acres granted in 1649,Surry County Records, 1652-1684; by Eliza Davis; first published in 1950's by Clearfield; reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland. page 4 of Davis book; taken from Page 23 of original record.
'''4 Sep 1653''' - Surry County, Virginia - ''John Blackbourne assigns to Jno. Jennings his patent (whole right and title) for 151 acres of land'' ''page 6 in book. Page 23 in original record.''
'''23 Jan 1653''' - Surry County, Virginia - ''John Jennings witnessed an assignment of patent to 670 acres of land'' ''page 12 in Davis book.''
'''3 Sep 1655''' - Virginia - ''Ann Toulson of Gloucester, spinster, bound to John Jennings of Virginia, planter''Peter Wilson Coldham; The Complete Book of Emigrants 1607-1660; copyright 1987, Surrey, England; Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland; ISBN 0-8063-1192-4page 294
'''1 May 1657''' - Surry County, Virginia - "John Jennings witnessed an indenture ''page 21 in book. Page 106 in original record''
'''Sep 1657''' - Isle of Wight County, Virginia - ''John Grove of the cittye of Bristol, merchant, makes John Jennings of Isle of Wight County, Va., gent., his attorney to take possession of all his land and plantations in Virginia.'' page 23 in Davis book; taken from original Surry Record Book I, page 109;''
'''28 Feb 1658''' - New Kent County, Virginia - ''John Jennings and William Walker were among 55 people transported as headrights by Charles Edmonds.'' page 72
''John Jennings is probably the father of Joanna Jennings. Prior to her death, Joanna lived on land owned by William Walker.''
'''From 1662 to1677''' - Isle of Wight County, Virginia -'' John Jennings was Clerk of the Court.''Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight County Virginia by John Bennett Boddie III; Janaway Publishing Co., Santa Maria, California, 1938; reprinted 2012; ISBN 978-1-59641-263-7
'''Marriage''': to Martha Harris
'''Child:''' Joanna Jennings (unproven)
''Martha Harris was the daughter of Robert Harris and sister of Mary (Harris) Spilltimber.''
'''Intrigue?'''
From a Surry County Court record dated Jul 1657:
Thomas Sowerby, aged 23 years or thereabouts, makes a deposition about buying a rundlett (cask or keg) of powder when aboard one of Rawlings with Col. John Jennings, from the gunner of the ship.
John Maive servant to Mr Charles Ford. aged 20, while servant to William Jennings, went aboard Rawlings his ship, lying in Warwicksqueak Bay and carried a small parcel of boards and carried powder to John Jennings' house not knowing it was powder (in package)
''What was going on here? Were John & William Jennings involved in a plot? Are John & William related? At that time, Virginia had declared its loyalty to Oliver Cromwell and parliment. But there was a movement afoot in England and the colonies to restore the monarchy by placing Charles II on the throne. Could this have been the motive for John and William to obtain gunpowder? More research needed. ''
'''Bacon's Rebellion:'''
John was a follower of Francis Bacon in the 1676 armed rebellion against the colonial government of Virginia. For his part in the failed rebellion, John Jennings was banished from the colony. Pleading ill health and poverty, he was given until September 1677 to remove himself. However, he died before leaving.
'''Death:''' Sometime between 10 Sep 1678 (wrote his will) and 10 Sep 1678/79 (will was probated)Wills and Administrations of Isle of Wight Gounty, Virginia, 1647-1800 by Blanche Adams Chapman
'
== Research Notes ==On 29 Nov 1635, John Jennings, age 18 appeared on a list of persons to be trnsported from London to Barbados on the ship ''Enterprise''. page 171. This does not appear to b our John Jennings because he was already in Virginia begore this date.
== Sources ==
* Surry County Record Book I
Events
| Birth | Bef 1620 | ||||
| Death | 1678 | Isle of Wight, Virginia | |||
| Reference No | 28695922 | ||||
| Reference No | 31528175 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Child | Johanna Ann Jennings (1650 - 1700) |