John Jennens II (son of John Jennens I and Mary Green) was born 08 December 1706 in Warwickshire, England, and died 1760 in Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania County, Virginia. He married Ann Barton on 19 October 1732 in St Martin's Parish, Whitehaven, England.
Notes for John Jennens II: A Genealogical History of the Jennings Families in England and America (Fourth to eighth generation) by William Henry Jennings, Civil Engineer, Columbus, Ohio, 1899 Page 461 CHAPTER XI.
THE JENNINGS FAMILY OF VIRGINIA. From report to the Jennings Association, A. D. 1863, made by Columbus Smith and C. M. Fisher, Agents.
This family of Jennings have claimed to be descended from Humphrey Jennings, the great Ironmaster of Birmingham, who died A. D. 1690, and claimed to be entitled to the property left by William Jennings of Acton Place.
They say they are descended from John Jennings, who was the grandson of Humphrey, and the son of John. John Jennings, with Ann, his wife (then pregnant) and their children, Elizabeth, (about 10 years old) Luke and John, and perhaps Grace and Dolly, with a nurse called Marjory, embarked at Whitehaven, England for America, and landed about the 1st of December, 1754, at Fredericksburg, Va. Thomas, their eldest son and next child to Elizabeth, having been left behind with a rich uncle, supposed to be named Cenors, Cenos or Zenos. This family became very numerous in Virginia, and their descendants there are among the most noted families in the Old Dominion.
More About John Jennens II and Ann Barton: Marriage: 19 October 1732, St Martin's Parish, Whitehaven, England.
Marriage Notes for John Jennens II and Ann Barton: The Jennen's name changed to Jennings when they came to America. In 1754, he, his wife and their children sailed for America. The sailed from Whitehaven, England, and landed about December 1, 1754 at Fredericksburg, Virginia. John and wife, Ann Barton, continued to live in Fredericksburg, VA until his death in 1760. After his death Ann married William White of Fredericksburg. Ann Barton Jennings White died in 1779 or 1780 at the home of her son, Thomas and Sarah Carter Jennings in Spotsylvania County, VA.
Children of John Jennens II and Ann Barton are:
+Thomas Jennings, b. 27 April 1747, Birmingham, Worcester County, England, d. 08 March 1821, Louisa, Louisa County, Virginia.
John Jennens II (b. 08 December 1706, d. 1760)
Notes for John Jennens II: