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Jenney Jenney, Jenne, Jenny, Jennings, Geney Henry JENNEY born Norwich Norfolk ENG Spouse: ? Children: John born 1585 died 5/1644 Plymouth MA
John JENNEY born 1585 Norwich Norfolk ENG; brewer, died 5/1644 Plymouth MA; listed on distribution of cattle 22 May 1627 also Sarah and children Samuell, Abigaill, Sara; name spelled JENE; came on "Little James" 1623; fled to Holland due to religion in 1607-8. Spouse: Sarah CAREY born 1590 Monk's Soham (Moncksoon) Suffolk ENG; died 4/5/1656 Plymouth MA; married 11/1/1614 Leyden South Holland Children: Samuel married Ann Lettice; Ann; Abigail married Henry Wood; Sarah; John; Susannah married Benjamin Bartlett
Sarah JENNEY born circa 1621 Leyden South Holland Spouse: Thomas POPE born 1608 ENG; died 1683 Dartmouth MA; married 5/19/1646 Plymouth [American Marriage Records Before 1699] (Thomas married 1st Ann Fallowell 7/28/1637 [AMR Before 1699] child Hannah); sailed on "Mary & John", settled Dorchester MA 1630, at Dartmouth circa 1673 Children: Seth born 1647; Susannah born circa 1649 married Jacob Mitchell; Thomas born 1651; Sarah; John born 1652; Joanna; Isaac Topographical pg 118: JENNEY, John; Norwich Norfolk; "Little James"; Plymouth MA; Ref Mayf Desc 10/129 Mayflower Increasings pg 133: 1627 Cattle Division; the twelveth lott fell to John Jene & his companie joyned to him, his wife 2 Sarah Jene, 3 Samuell Jenne, 4 Abigall Jene, 5 Sarah Jene. Pg 111: Benjaminn Bartlett married (1) Susanna Jenney (her mother's will ment "son" Benjamin Bartlett) (dau of John Jenney & Sarah Carey) b aft 5/22/1627 prob Plymouth (not in the Cattle Division) d prob pre 4/4/1654 Plymouth (her mother's will gives to Elder Thomas CUSHMAN "the bible which was by Daughter Susannas"; definitely dec'd by 8/13/1655, her mother's codicil). Abigail married Henry Wood pg 60 Mayflower Increasings. Reg. Plymouth Families pg 162: Jenny, John, from Norwich Eng came in the "James" 1623. He m in Leyden 1614 Sarah Carey of Moncksoon Eng whom he brought w/children Samuel married Ann Lettice; Abigail m Henry Wood; and Sarah. He had here, John & Susanna. Pioneers of MA pg 258: JENNEY, JENNY, [JENNINGS], John, brewer's man of Norwich Eng m at Leyden Holland 9/5/1614, Sarah Carey of Monksoon Eng. Came to Plymouth in the James in 1623 [Mor] Drew lots for 5 persons. His wife Sarah and ch Samuel, Abigail & Sarah had shares in cattle in 1627. He was frm in 1633. Carried on a corn mill in 1638 which the widow continued in 1644. Will dated 12/28/1643, inv taken 5/25; will prob 6/30/1644; gives to wife and children mentioned above, also dau Susan. Dau Abigail had rec'd something by the will of her grandmother; and he consents to her marriage with Henry Wood after one year. The widow's will prob 8/18/1655, mentions daus Sarah Pope and Abigail Wood, son Samuel and son Benjamin Bartlett, and friends [Reg IV, 174 & V 262] Sarah m Thomas Pope; Susan m Benjamin Bartlett. Mayflower Families in Progress: Robert Bartlett: pg 2 Second Generation - 2 BENJAMIN BARTLETT (Robert1) b. Plymouth bef. 6 June 1633; d. Duxbury bet. 21 and 28 Aug. 1691. He m. (1) prob. Plymouth bef. 4 April 1654 SUSANNAH JENNEY, b. Plymouth after 22 May 1627; d. there bef. 18 Aug. 1655; dau. of John and Sarah (Carey) Jenney. The will of Sarah Jeney of Plymouth dated 4 April 1654 mentions son Benjamin Bartlett; "the Bible which was my Daughter Susannas"; and others. A codicil of 18 Aug. 1655 reduces Benjamin Bartlett's share to one cow. She mentions "my two Daughters" who would be Abigail and Sarah, proving Susanna is dead. Gen. Reg. of the First Settlers of NE pg 161: JENNY, John, Plymouth, came oven in the ship James in 1623 and was elected an assistant of Plymouth colony in 1637, 1638, and 1639. Dartmouth Records; Jenne, John (Jenney) died 4/10/1727 in 80th year. History of Bristol Co. MA: One of the oldest and most interesting landmarks hereabouts is the old
burying place on the hill just west of Acushnet village near the Parting
Ways Borne of the headstones of this old colonial cemetery established
in the reign of Queen Anne have dates nearly back to the seventeenth
century There are nearly six hundred and fifty tombstones with names and
dates upon them and more than one thousand unlettered ones The latter
mark the resting places not only of some of the earliest settlers of
Dartmouth but of Plymouth Colony The land for this burying ground was
given by John Jenne or Jenney as the name is now spelled He was
doubtless a son of John Jenne who came to Plymouth in the James in 1623
and who was one of the Governor's assistants at Plymouth in 1637 39
Since those days the name has been very numerous in this section The
deed of gift by which the ground was presented to the Presbyterian
parish is a curiously spelled old paper It is recorded in the North
Bristol registry of deeds office and reads as follows. 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: JOHNi
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.
Although a resident of Leyden for so many years John Jenney did not
become a citizen as did William Bradford, Isaac Allerton, Edmond Chandler,
and others. Dexter states that sixty five of the Pilgrim Company were
made citizens there thirty three before the sailing of the Speedwell in July 1620 and thirty
two between 1621 and 1642. He estimates that the whole number of members
belonging to that Company previous to July 1620 was four hundred and
seventy three and the other English of whom some perhaps belonged to the
colony numbered one hundred and fifty three making a total of six
hundred and twenty six .Yet not more than two thirds of that number
appear in the Leyden records. Among the varied occupations followed by
the Pilgrims but two persons chose such an arduous calling as that of a
brewer's man and while some changed their employment John Jenney
remained a brewer's man or brewer so long as he remained in Leyden. He
was more familiar with the Dutch language than many of Pastor Robinson's
Company for Winslow wrote. As for the Dutch it was usual for our members
that understood the language and lived in or occasionally came over to
London to communicate with them as one John Jenny a Brewer long did his
wife and family &c and without any offence to the Church. 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. Although John
Jenney's years of usefulness terminating in his death were but twenty in
number his services to the Colony were many and conspicuous. He was one
of the few who were early styled gentlemen and on March 25 1633 34 he
paid the third largest tax in the town of
Plymouth a tax of 1 16 oo rated in corn at vi p bushel. The name John
Jenney appeared in the first list of freemen of the Incorporacon of
Plymouth in 1633 and John Jenney gen in a later list of March 7 1636 37.
John Jenney Sen, Samuel Jenney and John Jenney Jur were among the males
in August 1643 who were able to bear arms from xvj yeares old to 60
yeares. On Oct I 1634 Francis Cooke, John Jenney and five others were
appointed for laying out of highways in the town of Plymouth. On January
5 1635 36 John Jenney was on a committee of seven who were chosen to
assiste ye Gouer & Counsell to sett shuch rates on goods to be sould
& labourers for their hire as should be meete & juste. On March 6
following Captain Myles Standish, John Jenney and three others were a
committee to select a suitable location for the two meeting houses. In
1636 John Jenney was a Deacon of the Plymouth Church. Mr John Jenney on
March 20 1636 37 was appoynted to view the hey grounde from the town of
Plymouth to Hand Creeke. Mr John Jenney, Francis Cooke and John Cooke with
four others were chosen May 5 1640 to view the meddows about Edward
Doteys & to compute the numbers of acrees & make report thereof
to this Court. In 1641 and 1642 he was among those authorized by the
General Court to grant lands in Plymouth. John Jenney gent was chosen
Governor's Assistant on January 5 1635 and was continuously reelected to
that office for seven years with Winslow, Bradford and Prince
successively Governor. At the time of his election in 1638 John Jenney
was away on one of his many voyages to England and it was provided by
the General Court on June 5 that Forasmuch as Mr Edward Winslow & Mr
John Jenney were elected Assistants the last Court and were now absent
& so could not bee sworne the Court doth order that the Gounr and
rest of the Assistants shall administer the oath vnto them if they
returne home before the next Court. Two months later on August 7 Mr John
Jenney was sworne for an Assistant according to the form elecon and the
order of the Gefial Court. He also was Deputy to the General Court in
1641 42 and appeared as Deputy. September 27 1642 at a special session
occationed by the Indians to guide forces against them for an offensiue
& defenciue warr and though all the inhifs inhabitants were warned
yet they appeared by their seuerall deputies as they had liberty to doe.
When the Court met having intelligence of a general conspiracy by the
natives to cutt off all the English in this land they tooke the same
into serious consideration and agreed to make speedy pparacon throughout
the gouerment for defence. Yet with all their many threats no serious
uprising occurred among the Indians previous to 1675. In the first
distribution of ground by lot to those who came over in the Anne and
Little James in 1623 John Jenney or Jenings as his name was spelled in
the list was allotted five acres out of forty five that lye beyond the
brooke to Strawberie hill later known as Mill Hill and now Watson's Hill.
The Indians called it Cantaughcantiest or Planted Fields. Davis says that
these forty five acres were situated on both sides of what is now Cold
Spring Brook. In 1626 27 Mr John Jenney with Mr Isaack Allerton, Thom
Cushman, Francis Cooke, Experience Mich ell 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. In
the assignment of the heyground for the year 1636 it was ordered That
John Jenny and Edw Holman with him for a cow & calfe have the grounde
fro Joh Wynslow downeward to Mr Allertons howse or the creeke there and
the following year the same plot was given to him where he had the last
yeare and to edge more vpon the sedgy place that there may be hey also
gott there for the teame of the towne. On January 6 1636 37 it was agreed
that the six acrees of the lands of John Jen ney and the two acrees of
Mris Fuller lying at Strawberry Hill enclosed by Mr Ralph Smyth shalbe
yeilded vpp vnto them this yeare that they may ymproue them to the
settling of corne prouided that the said John Jenney shall erect a
dwelling house neare or vpon the said six acrees wch are to belong vnto
the said house as long as it shalbe a dwelling. John Jenney also received
a grant September 16 1641 of as much more vpland as will make his farme
at Lakenhame now Carver two hundred acres and when that is used then to
haue more added to yt in lue of some land he hath yeilded vp at the
towne to Gabriell Fallowell. The
first mill on Town Brook was proposed January 8 1632 by Stephen Deane
who at once erected it and kept it in operation until his death in 1634.
The inventory of his estate taken October 2 1634 gave the valuation of
the mill as 20. Two years later John Jenney undertook to build a mill for
grinding corn on about the same site and the permit to do so dated March
7 1636 was as follows. It is concluded vpon by the Court That Mr John
Jenney shall haue liberty to erect a Milne for grinding and beating of
Corne vpon the brook of Plymouth to be to him & his heires for euer
And shall haue a pottle of Corne towle vpon euery bushell for grinding
the same for the space of the two first yeares next after the said Milne
is erected and afterwards but a quart at a bushell for all that is
brought to the milne by others but if he fetch it & grind it himself
or by his servants then to haue a pottle toule for euery bushell as
before. Grist mills at first were scarce and to build such a mill
required more skill as well as capital than was possessed by most of the
townsmen hence the miller usually was a man of much importance. Yet this
mill was not altogether a success. On September 4 1638 Mr John Jenney was
psented at Court for diging downe the highway before his mill to the
endangering of man and beast and six months later he was psented for not
grinding corne ser uiceable but to greate losse & damnage both in
not grinding it well as also causeing men to stay long before it can be
grounde except his servant be feede. These accusations were not sustained
by the evidence and the Court ordered the defendant Released. 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. For
trading with the Indians against the law John Jenney was presented at
Court on January 6 1636 37 in the following manner. Whereas John Jenney,
Thomas Willett, and George Watson did contrary to the auncient lawes of
this colony trade wth the Indians for corne and thereby both the
quantitie of corne & the value thereof was forfaited to the collony
and that there vpon the corne so traded contrary to law was seized to
the vse of the collony and that afterwards by a publicke order made in
Court it was referred to the bench the said bench doth now order that
thone the one halfe of the said corne and the for faiture besides shalbe
freely giuen to them againe and thother the other halfe of the corne
shalbe deliuered to the Treasurer for the vse of the collony to be
disposed as the bench shall think fit. On April 20 1641 John Jenney
obtained permission to make salt on Clark's Island and to use such wood
on the Island
as he may but there is no further mention of the venture. |
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