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Miles Harris Jennings Jr. (abt. 1738 - 1798)

Miles Harris [uncertain] Jennings Jr.
Born about in Goochland, Goochland, Colony of Virginiamap
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Husband of — married 1762 in Halifax, Halifax, Virginia Colonymap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 60 in Goosepond Area, Oglethorpe, Georgia, United Statesmap
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Biography

Miles Jennings was born about 1738,[1][2] in Goochland, Virginia. He is also thought to have been born in Halifax, Virginia.[1] He was the son of Miles Jennings and Nancy Thomas. He was the first child of seven known children.
He married Susannah Hanby in 1762, in Halifax, Halifax County, Virginia.[2]

Miles is mentioned as father of the bride in his daughter Hannah's 1779 marriage to George Taylor in Henry, Virginia.[3]

He died October 16, 1798 in Oglethorpe County, Georgia, at the age of 60, and was buried in the Jennings Cemetery, Vesta, Oglethorpe County, Georgia.[1] His will was probated on November 28, 1798 in Oglethorpe, Georgia.[4]

Name

Name: Miles Jennings[2] [5]

Birth

Birth Date: 1738[2]
Birth Place: Goochland, Goochland, Colonial Virginia.

Residence

Residence Date: 1790
Residence Place: Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States[5]

Marriage

Husband: Miles Jennings
Wife: Susanna Hanby
Child: Elizabeth Althia Jennings
Marriage Date: 1762
Marriage Place: Halifax, Halifax, Virginia, United States

Miles was born about 1738. Miles Jennings ... He passed away October 16, 1798. [1]

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Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 9 April 2020), memorial page for Miles Jennings (1738–16 Oct 1798), Find A Grave: Memorial #140019396, citing Jennings Cemetery, Vesta, Oglethorpe County, Georgia, USA.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900; Source number: 3823.060; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1; Ancestry's U.S. and International Marriage Records Ancestry Record 7836 #646962
  3. "Virginia, Vital Records, 1715-1901", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6J2P-TJJ6 : Sat Nov 04 00:32:37 UTC 2023), Entry for George Taylor and Hannah Jennings, 24 Jun 1779.
  4. Georgia, Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992; Ancestry's Georgia, Wills and Probate Records Ancestry Record 8635 #902604
  5. 5.0 5.1 1790 United States Federal Census Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Year: 1790; Census Place: Orangeburg, South Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 11; Page: 386; Image: 235; Family History Library Film: 0568151.; Ancestry's 1790 Census Image

See Also:

  • Georgia Tax Index, 1789-1799 Author: Jeffery, Alice Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc. ; Ancestry's Georgia Tax Index Ancestry Record 3467 #5437

Acknowledgements

  • Jennings-2726 was started by Bill Sigmund through the import of Sigmund Family Tree.ged on Jul 1, 2014.




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Jennings-2726 and Jennings-3449 appear to represent the same person because: They have the same approximate birth date, Parents, and siblings.
posted on Jennings-3449 (merged) by Helen (Thornton) Holt

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