Abigail (Grumman) Jennings (1685)

Born 1 Aug 1685 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Jennings — married 20 Jan 1709 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

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Biography

• 29. ELIZABETH BOSTWICK (Joseph , John) was born on 13 Sep 1713 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut. She died on 10 Dec 1785 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut. She married Joseph Jennings, son of Joseph Jennings and Abigail Grumman on 30 Aug 1744 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut. He was born on 11 Jul 1716 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut. He died on 05 Aug 1780 in Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut.

--From the Descendants of John Bostwick,

• Jennings, Joseph, s. of Joshua. Married Abigail Turney, dau. Of Robert, b. 25 Feb 1661. He was bapt. At Fairfield Church, 14 May 1699. He conveyed, 9 Nov 1721, to son Joseph, two acres that “was his grandfather Turnies,” reserving life use to my wife Abigail, and referring to brother Matthew Jennings. Adm’n on his estate was granted 1 Aug 1727, to Abigail and Ebenezer Jennings.

Children, bapt. At Fairfield:

1. Joseph, b. (no record), d. in 1768; will 9 May 1768, proved 2 Aug 1768; m. 20 Jan 1709, Abigail Grumman, b. 1 Aug 1685.

Sources

• Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, New Haven, Conn., 1930) Vol. 2, Part 5, Page 532.
• Holman, Mary. Ancestry of Colonel John Harrington Stevens and His Wife Frances Helen Miller (Rumford Press, Concord, N.H., 1948) Vol. 1, Page 498.
• The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records (NEHGS, Boston, 2011) Vol. Fairfield, Page 47. Birth record. Marriage record.