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Carey
Sarah CAREY born 1590 Monk's Soham
[Moncksoon] Suffolk
ENG; died 4/5/1656 Plymouth MA; came August 1623 on Little James
Spouse: John JENNEY
born 1585 Norwich Norfolk ENG; died 5/1644 Plymouth MA; married 11/1/1614 Leyden South
Holland; listed on distribution of cattle 22 May 1627 also Sarah and children Samuell,
Abigaill, Sara; name spelled JENE; came on "Little James" 1623.
Children: Child buried in Holland
6/16/1618; Samuel married Ann Littice; Abigail married
Henry Wood; Sarah born
circa 1621 Leyden married as second wife of Thomas Pope;
Ann ; John born
Monk's Soham circa 1610 married Elizabeth Godfrey 1644; Susannah
died 3/23/1654 married
Benjamin Bartlett
Mayflower Increasings: Susanna Jenney, dau of John Jenney
and Sarah Carey b aft 5/22/1627 prob Plymouth (not in cattle division) d prob pre 4/4/1654
Plymouth; married pre 4/4/1654 Benjamin Bartlett (son Rbt Bartlett & Mary Warren)
Pioneers MA pg 189: Frances Godfrey, carpenter,
Duxbury, Marshfield, Bridgewater will 10/29/1666 wife Elizabeth, dau Elizabeth Carye,
son-in-law John Carye, gchildren John and Elizabeth.
Genealogical & Family History of the
State of VT: John Jenny the progenitor of the
family in this country was born in Norwich England and having adopted
Puritanism for his faith and belief he was forced to escape from England
in the fall of 1607 or the spring of 1608 and he sought refuge in
Amsterdam Holland. In the fall of 1608 he removed to Leyden and became a
member of the church of which John Robinson was pastor. His trade was
that of a brewer and he followed this occupation for some years. On
November I 1614 at Leyden he was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Cary
of Mancksoon England. Three children were born to them in Holland Samue,
Abigail, and Sarah Jenny In the summer of 1623 a little vessel forty tons
was constructed for the Puritans at Leyden It was christened the Little
James and in this frail craft John Jenne and his family in company with
others sailed for Plymouth Massachusetts They arrived there safely in
August 1623 and Mr Jenny being a well read and highly educated man soon became
prominently identified with the affairs of Plymouth He served as deputy
governor for several years and was also appointed a member of important
committees and councils His duties were varied and important he
conducted the public affairs of the town during the absence of the
governor and served as justice at the terms of the general court he also
dealt out corn in payment of bounty for the killing of wolves and he
manufactured salt which is so essential to the wants of all mankind
Samuel Jenny son of John and Sarah Jenny was born about the year 1616 at
Leyden England He came to this country with his parents when quite young
and settled in Plymouth Massachusetts where he was united in marriage to
Miss Ann Littis of Plymouth Nine children were born of this union
Descendants of Edward Small of NE: JOHN
JENNEY JOHN 1 JENNEY came to New England in the Little James with wife
Sarah and three children Samuel, Abigail and Sarah landing at Plymouth in
the month of August 1623. He was with the Pilgrims in Leyden at the time
of his betrothal in 1614 and it is possible that he was there as early
as 1609 when a John Jennings witnessed the betrothal of Robert Peck to
Jane Merritt both from England. The record of his betrothal states that
John Jenney a brewer's drayman from Norwich in England but more recently
from Rotterdam was betrothed to Sarah Carey from Moncksoon on September
5 1614. Roger Wilson and Jane Lee accompanying them. The marriage took
place on the first day of November following .The erratic spelling in the
Leyden records arising from the unfamiliarity of the Dutch officials
with the English language leaves a doubt whether Moncksoon was intended
for Monk Soham County Suffolk or Monkton County Hants England. Roger
Wilson one of the witnesses was a say weaver from Cambridge England. Jane
Lee the other may have been a daughter or relative of Josephine Lee then
living in Leyden with a son Samuel and a daughter Bridget who was
betrothed in 1617 as his third wife to Samuel Fuller from London.
On June
16 1618 John Jenney buried a child in St Peter's Church at Leyden. He was
then living in the Veldesstraat Field Street. Upon his arrival in New
England in August 1623 he and his family shared with Experience1
Mitchell and others who came in the Anne and Little James the trials and
privations of that fateful summer the most distressing period of the
early settlement when they apparently faced starvation.
In 1626 27 Mr John Jenney with Mr Isaack Allerton, Thom
Cushman, Francis Cooke, Experience Michell and others became Purchasers
of the English merchants interest in Plymouth Colony. This enabled him
to share in the division of cattle May 22 1627. The twelueth lott fell to
John Jene & his companie joyned to him 2
his wife Sarah Jene 3 Samuell Jene 4 Abigail Jene 5 Sarah Jene Robert 6
Robert Hickes 7 Margret Hickes 8 Samuell Hickes 9 Ephraim Hickes 10
Lydia Hickes 1 1 Phebe Hickes 12 Stephen Deane 13 Edward Banges. To
this lott fell the greate white backt cow wch was brought our with the
first in the Ann to W cow the keepeing of the bull was joined for thes
psents to puide for heere also two shee goats.
On August
20 1644 after the death of her husband in the spring Mrs Jenney vpon
the psentment agst her pmiseth to amend the grinding at the mill and to
keepe the morters cleane and baggs of corne
from spoyleing and looseing. Her son Samuel practically carried on the
mill but other complaints followed at intervals until the long suffering
town took the matter into its own hands and ordered in Reference to the
Corn mill that Mr Edward Gray and two others should treat with Samuel
Jenings and the rest of the partners for the purchase of the mill but if
he refused they should signify to him that they Intend to Build another
mill. Samuel Jenney had been apprenticed by his father in January 1633
to Kenelm Winslow for a term of four years to learn the joyners
occupacon but during the following year John Jenney took two apprentices
John Smith and Thomas Higgins the former for seven years and the latter
for eight who were employed about the mill during his lifetime.
1644 The last Will and Testament of John Jenney of Plymouth gent lately
Deceased exhibited to the genrall Court the fift of June in the XXth
yeare of the now Raigne of our Sou aigne Lord Charles Kinge of England
&c I John Jenney of New Plymouth in New England being sick and weake
in body but through Gods speciall goodness in pfect memorie Do thinke
meete to settle that estate the Lord in mercy hath bestowed on me
according as I conceiue hee requireth at my hands And therefore Do
ordaine this my last will and testament And therefore haueing bequeathed
my soule to God that gaue it and my body to the earth whereof it is I do
give vnto my eldest sonne Samuell Jenney a Double porcon of all those
lands I stand possessed of or haue right vnto w hin the Gouernment of
New Plymouth my will being pformed next of all I giue vnto Sarah my
loueing wyfe whom I ordaine my Executrix my Dwelling house and Milte
adjacent together wth all the lands therevnto belonging my will being
that shee freely and fully enjoy it together wth all other my moueables
goods and chattells so long as God shalbe pleased to continue her life
except such as I shall after Dispose of or shee shall willingly and
freely part w h to any our children according to my will and Desire
Alsoe whereas Abi gaile my eldest Daughter had somewhat giuen her by her
grandmother and Henry Wood of Plymouth aforesaid is a suter to her in
way of marriage my will is that shee the said Abigaile will Dwell one
full yeare wth mr Charles Chauncy of Scittuate before her marriage
puided he be willing to entertaine her that then my said Daughter
Abigail haue two of my cowes and my full consent to marry wth the said
Henry Wood And in case mr Chauncey be against it then I would haue her
dwell wlh mri Winslowe of Careswell the said terme of one yeare ffurther
as I haue giuen to my eldest sonn Samuell a double porcon of all my
lands what soeuer after the death of his said mother so also I giue him
a Double po con of my whole estate wth the rest of my children vizi John
Abigatt Sarah and Susann My will being that after the death of my said
wyfe my house and mill and other my lands and goods be sold or valued to
the vtmost they are worth and that the estate be equally Distributed
amongst my said children Samuell
John Abigatt Sarah and Susan as followed Samuell to haue a double peon
and the rest of them eich a single & equall porcon of the same Last
of all I do ordaine my worthy frends mr Wm Bradford nowGouenor of
Plymouth and mr Thomas Prence of the same now Ourseers of this my last
will and testament and Do giue eich of them a paire of gloues of fiue
shillings price And in witnes that this is my Will I haue herevnto sett
my hand & scale the XXViij of December Anno Dm 1643 JOHN JENNEY HIS
SEALE Witnesses herevnto EDWARD WINSLOWE THOMAS WILLETT WILLIAM PADDY A
true Inventory of all the goods chattels and cat tells wch were mr John
Jeneys lately Deceased taken and apprise by Wiltm Paddy and Nathaniell
Sowther the zxvth Day of May Anno Dm 1644 The
value of these early inventories in showing something of the habits and
customs of the times cannot be overestimated John Jenney was a man of
position and wealth yet there was a bed probably the best bed with all
its proper furnishings in the parlor while what is called the Dwelling
house appears to have been the common living room with the great
fireplace for cooking purposes. Here too he had his few cherished books
and globe his three fowling peecs or muskets a pistol & a paire of
bandeliers The latter more correctly spelled bandaleer or bandoleer from
the Dutch band and leer leather was a broad leathern belt formerly worn
by soldiers over the right shoulder and across the breast under the left
arm to support their muskets and cases of ammunition Then again napkins
and tablecloths were possessed only by the more wealthy and utensils of
pewter and brass were treasured possessions The dairy though primitive
in its appointments was probably a room in the lean to at the northwest
corner of the house where it would be the coolest John Jenney had also
more cattle than was common at that period 1644 Few had been brought to
New England and their increase was scattered among the later comers The
valuation of his two cows at 10 06 08 and the three oxen at 19 seems low
when we consider that at that very time in Boston and elsewhere cattle
were sold for 25 apiece Mistris
Jeney occupying the position due to her as the widow of John was not
forgotten in the division of land at Acushena Dartmouth among the
Purchasers or old Comers in 1652 when she was allotted one whole share
Mistris Warren Widow of Richard also received the same Although Mistris
Jeney had died early in the year 1655 her name appeared in 1657 in a
list of those who had an interest in the Townes Plymouth land att
Punckateesett over against Road Hand later known as Little Compton which
was laid out March 22 1663 f The exact date of her death is not known
Her will was as follows A Will t Appointed to bee Recorded Aprill the
4th 1654 Mris Sarah Jeney of Plymouth being sicke and weake in body
being otherwise by gods goodnes of pfect memory doeth think good to
despose of som smale thinges that is my owne proper goods leaveing my
husbands will to take place according to the true Intent and meaning
therof J beqveath to my daughter Pope my bed and furniture thervnto
belonging one bolster two pillows and pillowbeers three blanketts one
old Rugg one paire of sheets further J beqveath to my daughter Sarah
Pope all my wearing Clothes to despose of them to my daughter Abigail
Wood and to my grandchild Sarah Wood for theire vse as they haue need
excepting two of my petticoats which have not been worne which J giue to
my daughter Sarah Pope for her paines further J beqveath to my son
Samuell Jeney and to my daughter Abigaill Wood my mare eqvally to bee
divided between them further J beqveath to my son Benjamin Bartlett all
my f of Cattle that is in the hands of Josepth Warren att the Eel riuer
further my will is that my sheep bee kept together till my legacies bee
paid And my will further is to giue vnto the Teacher Mr John Reyner one
ewe lamb further J giue to the Elder Mr Thomas Cushman one ewe lamb and
the bible which was my daughter
Susannas further J beqveath to my loveing frind good wife Clarke one ewe
lambe and also J giue one ewe lambe to Thomas Southworth Witnesse SARAH
JENEY THOMAS SOUTHWORTH her I marke Alt the generall Court held att
Plymouth the fift of march 1655 Leiftenant Thomas Southworth Testified
vpon his oath that the Will aboue written is all the Will of Mrs Sarah
Jeney deceased which shee left with him August the i8lh Ann i655 An
Addition to my late Will left in the hands of Leiftenant Southworth My
Will is that That which is my owne since the death of my husband I give
to my two daughters and the Children of my son Samuell Excepting what I
give as followeth one Colt I give to the three daughters of my Children
viz Sarah Wood, Susanna Pope, and Sarah Jeney if shee come hither to abide
or ells not to have any pte of this Colt or any thing ells of my estate.
Moreover my will is that if my son Samuell take away his Children that
are now heer with mee then my will is that none of them shall have any
thinge of myne estate but it shall bee Reserved for the two boyes if
they doe well when they come to age. It I give vnto Benjamin Bartlett
onely the Starred Cow which is att Thomas Popes Realizing whatsoever
ells is men cioned in my former Will alsoe I give vnto my daughter Sarah
Pope the bed I now lye on and the two pillows and three blanketts and
the Rugg and also two petticoates one being of Turkey Moheire
Confeirming whatsoever ells is in in my former Will In Witnesse whereof
I have put to my hand the day and yeare above written and I give vnto
Lieftenant Southworth one ewe lamb In the presence of SARAH C JENEY
WILLIAM BRADFORD wt her J marke ALICE BRADFORD her marke And
I desire my loveing ffrinds capt Standish, Elder Cushman, Thomas Clarke,
and Thomas Pope to bee the overseers of this my will. Alt the generall
Court held att Plymouth the fift of March 1655 MF William Bradford senir
and M Alice Bradford did Testify vpon their oathes that this next before
written was the last will and Testament of Mrs Sarah Jeney deceased An
Inventory taken the i8th of ffebrewary 1655 of the goods of Mu Sarah
Jeney which shee died possessed.
ISSUE I A child2 b in Leyden and buried June 16 1618 in St
Peter's Church at Leyden II Samuel 2 b in Leyden came to New England
with his father in the Little James in 1623 mar in Plymouth Mass Ann
daughter to Thomas Lettice. The prominence he enjoyed during his early
life appears to have deserted him since in April 1679 the town granted
unto Samuell Jenney the watch house Upon the ffort hill in Respect of
his destitute Condition to be a house for him to dwell in not to be sold
nor estranged to other use but to be moved if he so desired In 1683 he
removed to Dartmouth Issue i Samuel b July 3 1659 in Plymouth 2 Another
son These were mentioned in their grandmother Jenney's will as the two
boyes 3 Ruth mar Nathaniel Jackson and probably other children III
Abigail b in Leyden came in the Little James with her parents. She was
mentioned in her father's will as my eldest Daughter mar April 28 1644
Henry Wood. They were of Plymouth Issue i Samuel Wood b May 25 1647 2
Jonathan Wood b Jan 1 1649 3 David Wood b Oct 17 and probably others. IV
Sarah 2 b in Leyden and came over in the Little James mar May 29 1646 as
his second wife Thomas1 Pope of Plymouth. The first wife of Thomas Pope
whom he mar July 28 1637 was Anne Fallowell. The date of Anne's death is not
known.. Issue seven V John b in Plymouth was mentioned in his father's will dated
Dec 28 1643 DUI was not remembered in the will of his mother in 1654.
Probably he was not then living VI Susanna 2 b in Plymouth. The death of
Susanna Jennings is recorded March 23 1654 at Plymouth. On April 4
following her mother bequeathed to the Elder Mr Thomas Cushman one ewe
lamb and the bible which was my daughter Susannas.
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