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Francis Jenness (abt. 1634 - 1716)

Francis Jenness
Born about in Hampton, Englandmap
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[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 15 Feb 1669 in Rye, Rockingham, New Hampshiremap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 82 in Rye, Rockingham, New Hampshiremap
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Biography

The History of the Town of Rye, New Hampshire has the following information:

Francis Jenness, born about 1634, came to Hampton [New Hampshire] as early as Feb 15, 1670. He married, in 1671, Hannah, daughter of William Swaine. He married, second, Feb 4, 1701, widow Salome White of Portsmouth. He died Aug 27, 1716. Hannah died in 1700. Children by his first wife [four are listed].[1]

Sources

  1. “History of the town of Rye, New Hampshire : from its discovery and settlement to December 31, 1903” by Parsons, Langdon Brown. Rumford Print. Co., Concord, N.H. 1905. (Page: 381).
  • Marriage: "U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900"
    Source number: 730.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: GRG
    Ancestry Record 7836 #646281 (accessed 16 July 2023)
    Francis Jenness marriage to Hannah Swain in 1670 in Ro.
  • Author: Edward Norris Wentworth, Jr. Title: The Genalogy of Edward Norris Wentworth Junior. Publication: Location: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; Date: June 1928. NOTE:Special Project Submitted in Courses in Community Life and Advance Biology at the University High School, University of Chicago. Heritage Quest.

Acknowledgements

  • This person was created through the import of fitzmaster032511.ged on 27 March 2011. The following data was included in the gedcom. You may wish to edit it for readability.




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While he lived at Hampton, NH, I doubt he was born Hampton, England. Hampshire, England is more likely, and his parents are unknown. The parents here are a confusion with Richard Swaine and Baselle, his wife, we now know to be Basille Saunders.
posted by James Scamman
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