Lucy (Jennings) Howell (1767 - 1848)

Born 19 Oct 1767 in Camden District, South Carolina

Wife of Benjamin (Parton) Partain — married 1786 in Fairfield, South Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died 10 Jul 1848 at age 80 in Saluda, Abbeville County, South Carolina, United States

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Biography

Lucy Coleman Jennings was born the 19th of October, 1767^[1]. Lucy was the daughter of John Jennings Sr.

Lucy married Benjamin Partin in 1786 in Fairfield District, South Carolina.

Lucy appears in the appropriate age brackets in the household of Benjamin Partin in the 1800 Federal census in Edgefield District, South Carolina.^[2] Benjamin's household appeared as follows:

1 male under age 10

1 male age 26 to 44

2 females under age 10

1 female age 26 to 44

Lucy's husband Benjamin Partin died intestate sometime before the 7th of September, 1810. Benjamin's surname is consistently spelled "Partin" through the documents. Lucy applied for administration on Benjamin's estate on the 7th of September, 1810.^[3] Benjamin's estate records show Lucy's father, John Jennings Sr along with Aaron Etheridge, Samuel Clark and Spear Price were named by the court to inventory Benjamin's estate. Aaron Etheridge, Samuel Clark and Spear Price were the men who did the inventory of Benjamin's estate that was submitted to the court. Lucy's brother's Jesse Jennings and James Jennings were her securities on her bond as administrator for her husband's estate. The family relationship of Lucy's family members listed in the estate records of Benjamin Partin are not stated in the estate records.

Lucy married a second time to a Mr. Howell.

Lucy made her last Will & Testament on the 18th of May, 1844 in Abbeville District, South Carolina. Lucy's will reads as follows: "South Carolina Abbeville District} In the name of God Amen - I Lucy Howell being of sound and disposing mind and memory but weak in body and calling to mind the uncertainty of life and being disirous to dispose of all such worldly estate as it hath pleas'd God to bless me with do make and ordain this my last Will in manner following that is to say - I give to my son John Partan one dollar- I give to my Daughter Nancy Walton one dollar - I give to my Daughter Mary Elliot one dollar - I give to my Daughter Rebecca Brown one dollar - I give to my Daughter Katharine Howell one dollar - I give to my son James Partan one dollar - I give to my Grand Daughter Sarah Ann Elizabeth Mitchell one feather bed and bed clothing one spinning wheel and all my kitchen furniture - I give to my Daughter Lucy B. Mitchell all the money that was left me by my Father in the hands of William Jennings I desire out of the money I have left to my Daughter Lucy B. Mitchell that all my just debts and funeral expenses be paid. - and lastly I constitute and appoint Saml Mitchell Executor of this my last Will and Testament by me here to fore made and in Testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this the 18th day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Forty four signed sealed published and declared as and for the last Will and Testament of the above named Lucy Howell in the presence of us [signed] Lucy her X mark Howell Test. Thomas W. Garett, J H Charpings, J F Underwood Proven before me 12 October 1848 by Thos. W. Garet [signed] David Lesly O.A.DC. Qualified before me 12 October 1848 Samuel Mitchell Executor to this Will [signed] David Lesly O.A.DC"^[4]

William Jennings who held the money left to her by her father is assumed to be Lucy's brother.

Sources

1. ↑ Lucy is listed as a child of John and Mary as listed on page 832 of the "Documented notes on Jennings and allied Families," by Beatrice Mackey Doughtie; https://openlibrary.org/works/OL186484W/Documented_notes_on_Jennings_and_allied_families
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRH-RJS : accessed 29 April 2022), Benjn Partin, Edgefield, South Carolina, United States; citing p. 155, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 47; FHL microfilm 181,422.
3. ↑ Edgefield County, South Carolina Probate Records Benjamin Partin Box 43 Pkg 1810; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9P1-LXZN
4. ↑ Will of Lucy Howell, page 224, Vol. 3 (1837-1855) Abbeville District, South Carolina: "South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-F6QN-W?cc=1919417&wc=M6NW-WNL%3A210902801%2C210926001 : 21 May 2014), Abbeville > Wills, 1837-1855, Vol. 03 > image 144 of 286; citing Department of Archives and History, Columbia.

See Also

• The Parton Family: Benjamin Parton & Lucy Jennings Parton. https://theberrongfamily.tripod.com/thepartonfamily.htm [Use this site with great caution - No sources are listed for the information given. Lucy Jennings Partin is shown with a date of death of 10 July 1848 in Macon County, North Carolina, when her will was written in South Carolina in 1844 and probated in South Carolina in 1848. No dates of death or place of death is given for Benjamin Partin. Benjamin Partin and Lucy Jennings Partin are listed on this site with 4 children who are listed as being born in Haywood county, North Carolina and 1 child listed as being born in South Carolina. Records show that Benjamin Partin was living in South Carolina at the time several of the listed children are being born in North Carolina.]

• Summer, George Leland (1980). Newberry County, South Carolina: Historical and Genealogical Annals. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company.