John Jenness (1678 - 1740)

Born 14 Jun 1678 in British Colonial America (now Rye, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States)

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Foss) Jenness — married 25 Jun 1702 in Rye, Rockingham, New Hampshire

Descendants

Died 27 Sep 1740 at age 62 in British Colonial America (now Rye, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States)

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Biography

John was born in 1678, firstborn son of Francis Jenness and Hannah (Swaine) Jenness, born 14 June 1678 in Hampton, NH.. He married first, Hannah Foss, in 1702. Second, in 1718, he married Mary Mason of Portsmouth. John was a blacksmith. By his first wife he had seven children, by his second wife he had three.

He grew up to become a blacksmith [Parsons, p. 382]. At age 24, he married Hannah Foss on 25 June 1702. Together they had seven children. After Hannah's death, John remarried on 25 November 1718 Mary Mason of Portsmouth NH [Parsons, p. 382]. Together they had three more children.

John married Hannah Foss on 25 June 1702 in New Hampshire.^[1]

Jno married Mary [Edmans, widow of Francis Mason] on 27 November 1718 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States.^[2]

John Jenness and brother Richard carried on a dispute with their follow commoners in Hampton NH that had started with their father Francis. The "Jenness dispute" [Dow, pp. 181-182] centered around whether a portion of land, fenced in by the Jenness family, lawfully belonged to them or to the "common." Both the Jennesses and the commoners agreed to binding arbitration in June 1720. The story then goes as follows [Dow]:

After a two days' hearing and a careful examination of all the evidences, and papers relating to the premises, they made their award August 31: The said John and Richard Jenness, and their heirs and assigns forever to hold unmolested, all the land they had fenced in, on the south side of a certain brook running from Cedar Swamp; and they were to quitclaim all right to any other land in the North Division, on either side of the brook, than that which was fenced in; and all controversies, lawsuits and differences, relating thereto, was thenceforth to be at an end. John Jenness' land was rezoned in 1730 from Hampton NH to become part of Rye NH [2, p. 193]. Disputes over land between Hampton and Rye carried forward into at least 1737 [Parsons, pp. 44-46].

Name

John /Jenness/^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

Jno /Jenness/^[8]

Found multiple versions of NAME. Using John /Jenness/.

Birth

14 JUN 1678

Rye, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States^{[9][10][11][12]}

14 JUN 1678

Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States^[13]

Death

27 SEP 1740

Rye, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States^[14][15]

27 SEP 1741

Rye, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States^[16]

27 AUG 1716

Rye, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States^[17]

27 SEP 1741

Rye, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States^[18]

Rye, New Hampshire^[19]

Found multiple copies of DEAT DATE. Using 27 SEP 1740Array

Residence

BET 1726 AND 1903

Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA^[20]

BET 1638 AND 1892

Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA^[21]

Event

civil

Rye, New Hampshire^[22]

Burial

New Hampshire, United States^[23]

15 FEB 1670

Hampshire, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States^[24][25][26]

15 FEB 1671

Hampshire, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States^[27]

15 FEB 1671

Hampshire, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States^[28]

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage: "New Hampshire, U.S., Marriage Records, 1700-1971"
   New Hampshire Department of Health & Human Services; Concord, NH, USA; New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1700-1969
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61836 #123151 (accessed 18 December 2023)
   John Jennis marriage to Hannah Foss on 25 Jun 1702 in New Hampshire.
2. ↑ Marriage: "The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011"
   Original data: New England Historic Genealogical Society. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston: The New England Historic Genealogical Society
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2129 #177705 (accessed 18 December 2023)
   Jno Janins marriage to Mary Mason on 27 Nov 1718 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA.
3. ↑ Source: #S45 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Francis Jenness
4. ↑ Source: #S45 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Hannah Swaine
5. ↑ Source: #S45 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Francis Jenness
6. ↑ Source: #S34 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for John Jenness
7. ↑ Source: #S45 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for John Jenness
8. ↑ Source: #S40 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Jno Jenness
9. ↑ Source: #S45 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Francis Jenness
10. ↑ Source: #S45 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Hannah Swaine
11. ↑ Source: #S34 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for John Jenness
12. ↑ Source: #S45 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for John Jenness
13. ↑ Source: #S45 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Francis Jenness
14. ↑ Source: #S45 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Francis Jenness
15. ↑ Source: #S45 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for John Jenness
16. ↑ Source: #S45 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Hannah Swaine
17. ↑ Source: #S45 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Francis Jenness
18. ↑ Source: #S45 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Francis Jenness
19. ↑ Source: #S40 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Jno Jenness
20. ↑ Source: #S45 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Francis Jenness
21. ↑ Source: #S45 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Francis Jenness
22. ↑ Source: #S40 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Jno Jenness
23. ↑ Source: #S40 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Jno Jenness
24. ↑ Source: #S18 Page: Database online. Source number: ; Source type: ; Number of Pages: ; Submitter Code: . Data: Text: Record for Francis Jenness
25. ↑ Source: #S45 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Hannah Swaine
26. ↑ Source: #S45 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Francis Jenness
27. ↑ Source: #S45 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Francis Jenness
28. ↑ Source: #S45 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Francis Jenness

• Source: ^[29]

• Source: ^[30]New Hampshire : from its settlement in 1638, to the autumn of 1892. unknown: L.E. Dow, 1893, c1894. Text online at Ancestry.com.

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• Source: S18 Author: Yates Publishing Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004; Repository: #R1
• Repository: R1 Name: www.ancestry.com Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
• Source: S34 Author: Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. Title: American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.Original data - Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library.Original data: Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genea; Repository: #R2
• Repository: R2 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
• Source: S40 Author: Ancestry.com Title: New Hampshire, Death and Burial Records Index, 1654-1949 Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654–1947." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010. New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records. "Death Records, 1654–1947." Bureau of; Repository: #R2
• Source: S45 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; Repository: #R2 NOTEThis information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Jake Foster for creating WikiTree profile Jenness-101 through the import of Jacob Foster family tree.ged on May 27, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Jake and others.

• WikiTree profile Jenness-80 created through the import of Brooks_ME_NH_England_2013-01-16.ged on Jan 16, 2013 by Paula Jacunski. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Paula and others.