Peter Jenison (1750 - 1816)

Born 6 Jan 1750 in Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Mehitable (Singletary) Jenison — married 31 Mar 1769 in Hardwick,Worcester,Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 9 Dec 1816 at age 66 in New Berlin, Chenango, New York, USA

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Biography

Peter Jenison was born 6 January 1750 in Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, the son of Joseph Jenison and Martha Twiss.

Peter married Mehitable first or thirty-first of March 1769 in Sutton, Massachusetts.

Revolutionary War Veteran: Revolutionary War records of Massachusetts show that Peter Jennison was a private on the Lexington alarm in Captain John Growl's company, Colonel Larned's regiment, April 19, 1775. The company was reported as belonging to the new parish taken off from Leicester, Worcester, Sutton, and Oxford, Massachusetts."

Peter and Mehitable had the following children:

• Lucy
• Orange Twiss "Twist"
• Peter Jr.
• Mehitable
• Sylvanus
• Rufus
• Luther
• Anna
• Galvena
• Dolly
• Purly Samuel
• Chloe
• John

He died 9 December 1816 in New Berlin, Ontario (now Chenango), New York. He is buried in Norwich, Chenango County, New York in the Jenison Family Plot.

Source

• United States Census, 1790, Peter Jennison, 1790. Charlton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, p.149.

• United States Census, 1800, Peter Jennison, Charlton City, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, p. 332.

• Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910, citing reference p 339; FHL microfilm 721190.

Peter Jennison and Mehitable Singletary, 31 March 1769;

• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 S.A.R. membership number 41218

• New England Families Genealogical and Memorial, Volume II, pages 852 and 853.

• Find a Grave Memorial #126912370 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126912370/peter-jenison)

• Find a Grave Memorial #126912456 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126912456/mehitable-jenison)

• Jennison Surnames Topics

• Jane Jennison Brooks Lincoln Cemetery

• Malloure Family Genealogy

Direct Descendants

4th Great Granddaughter Susan Fitzmaurice source of family stories shared through cousins and others.