Saturday, June 23, 2018

Surname Saturday -- JENNISON (England to colonial Massachusetts)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  


I am working in the 9th great-grandmothers by Ahnentafel number, and I am up to Ancestor #2129 who is Elizabeth JENNISON (1637-1665). 
[Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 9th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts.]

My ancestral line back through two generations in this JENNISON family line is:


1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)

16. Isaac Seaver (1823-1901)
17. Lucretia Townsend Smith (1827-1884)

32. Benjamin Seaver (1791-1825)
33. Abigail Gates (1797-1869)

66.  Nathan Gates (1767-1830)

67.  Abigail Knowlton (1774-1855)

132.  Simon Gates (1739-1803)
133.  Susanna Reed (1745-1833)


266.  Nathan Reed (1719-1802)
267.  Susanna Wood (1724-1780)

532.  Ebenezer Reed (1690-1767)
533.  Huldah Blodgett (1689-1777)

1064.  George Reed (1660-1756)
1065.  Abigail Pierce (1660-1719)

2128.  George Reed, born before 04 October 1627 in Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire, England; died 21 February 1706 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 4256. William Reed and 4257. Mabel Kendall.  He married 04 October 1652 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
2129.  Elizabeth Jennison, born 04 April 1637 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 26 February 1665 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of George Reed and Elizabeth Jennison are:
*  Elizabeth Reed (1653-1718), married 1675 David Fiske (1650-????).
*  twin male Reed (1654-1654).
*  Samuel Reed (1656-1709), married 1679 Elizabeth Mousall (1659-1728)
*  Abigail
Reed (1658-1711), married 1694 Nathaniel Richardson (1673-1728).
George Reed (1660-1756), married (1) 1685 Abigail Pierce (1660-1719); (2) 1721 Sybil Collins (1671-1756)
*  William Reed (1662-1718), married 1686 Abigail Kendall (1666-1734).
*  Sarah Reed (1665-1703), married 1685 George Robinson (1658-????).

4158.  Robert Jennison, born about 1610 in Colchester, Essex, England; died 04 July 1690 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He married before 1637.
4159.  Elizabeth LNU, born about 1608 in England; died 30 October 1638 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

Child of Robert Jennison and Elizabeth is:

Elizabeth Jennison (1637-1665), married 1652 George Reed (1627-1706).

Information about this Jennison family was obtained from Massachusetts vital records and these books:

*  Howard Jennison, Jennison Family History (Ponca City, Okla. : the author, 1994)

*  Nora Emma Snow, The Snow-Estes Ancestry (Hillburn, N.Y. : the author, 1939)

I have done no original research on this Jennison line.  

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