Jennet (Roberts) Pengry (abt. 1612 - aft. 1694)

Born about 1612 in Wales

Wife of Robert Starkweather — married about 1641 in Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Province

Wife of Aaron Pengry — married after 1674 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died after 1694 after about age 82 in Massachusetts

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Biography

Jennette Roberts, daughter of John and Elizabeth Roberts, born in Wales, England about 1612; died after 1696; married first in Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony, about 1641, Robert Starkweather, four children; married second, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, after 1674, Aaron Pengry, no children.

Timeline

About 1612. Birth of Jennette Roberts in Wales, England.^[1] Some sources state the birth date as about 1622.^[2]

1620. Plymouth founded by the Pilgrims.

1628. Massachusetts Bay Colony founded. The population was strongly Puritan. Wikipedia.

1630. Founded by English colonists in 1630, Roxbury began as an independent community, connected to Boston only by a narrow neck of land along Washington Street. Today, after massive landfill and annexation to Boston, Roxbury is at the city's geographical center. It contains buildings and landmarks that tell the story of three centuries. Even with dense urban development, Roxbury has much open, green space, a legacy of its days as a farming town and as an early suburb. Roxbury History.

1635. Arrival of Jennette in Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony from Wales, England. She traveled with her parents, grandmother, and eight siblings.^[1]. (Dr. Starkweather says her arrival was in 1636.^[3])

1636 - 1638. The Pequot War. Wikipedia.

About 1641. Marriage of Jennette Roberts and Robert Starkweather in Roxbury.^[1][3][4]

1643 - 1648. Birth of all four of Jennette's children in Roxbury.^[3]

1651, November 27. Death of Jennette's father, John Roberts in Roxbury.^[3]

1674. Death of husband Robert Starkweather in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony.^[1][3]

1674, October. Jennette is listed as Administratrix on her late husband's estate.^[3]

After 1674. Marriage of Jennette (Roberts) Starkweather and Aaron Pengry.^[2][5][6]

1675 - 1678. King Philip's War. Wikipedia.

1691. The charter for the Province of Massachusetts Bay was issued which combined the Massachusetts Bay territories with those of the Plymouth Colony and proprietary holdings on Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard (along with present day Maine). Wikipedia.

1694. Death of husband Aaron Pengry. Jennette survived her second husband. Her death date is unknown.^[2][5]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Michigan Daughters of the American Revolution. Bible Records and Genealogical Notes. 1941, p 189. [Ancestry.com]
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Pingry, William M. A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Moses Pengry, of Ipswich, Mass., So Far As Ascertained; Collected and Arranged. Ludlow, VT: Warner & Hyde, 1881. p 9. [Available at Internet Archive.]
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5} Starkweather, Carlton Lee, M. D.. A Brief Genealogical History of Robert Starkweather of Roxbury and Ipswich, Massachusetts Who Was the Original American Ancestor of All Those Bearing the Name of Starkweather and of His Son John Starkweather of Ipswich, Mass. and Preston, Conn. and of His Descendants in Various Lines, 1640-1898. Auburn, NY: Knapp, Peck and Thomson, 1904. pp 11-16. [Digital copy available at Internet Archive.]
4. ↑ Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700, (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. Reference Volume 2, page 1436
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} New England Marriages Prior to 1700, database online, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co. Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700, p. 587, Ancestry.com.
6. ↑ Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700, (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. Reference Volume 2, page 1198

See also

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 29 June 2019), memorial page for Jennet Roberts (1622–unknown), Find A Grave: Memorial #196502396, ; Maintained by Janice Chipman (contributor 47946727) Burial Details Unknown.
• https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/169191150/person/202193330805