Jennett White was born in Ireland around 1730. She may have been a daughter of John White (b. 1710) and his wife Margaret.[1]
On 25 Apr 1744, she married William James Taylor, Sr. at Saint Stephen and Saint Benet, Sherehog, London, London, England.[1] In 1767, they boarded the ship Earl of Donegal and sailed from Belfast to Charleston, South Carolina.[2] From there, they made their way to Laurens County, where a land grant awaited them.
The following is a list (unverified) of the children of William and Jennett White:
Mary A. (1749-1823)
Margerite (1750-1819)
William, Jr. (1750-1822)
Margaret (1754-1805)
Robert (1757-1806)
Margaret Jane (1760-1848)
Jannett, b. 1762
John, b. 1765
Alexander (1767-1821)
Henry (1768-1848)
Samuel
Richard (1768-1843)
Samuel, d. 1843
Elizabeth, b. 1778
Robert, b. 1778
Mary, b. 1781
The Taylors are listed in the 1790 U.S. Federal Census for Laurens County, South Carolina,[3] and also in the 1800 census.[4]
Jennett passed away in 1804 in Laurens County, South Carolina. She lies buried in Rocky Springs Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Laurens, Laurens County, South Carolina.[5]
↑Ancestry Record 7486 #862226 Place: Charleston, South Carolina; Year: 1767; Page Number: 704. Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010. Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012.
↑1790 U.S. Federal Census Ancestry.com. 1790 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data:First Census of the United States, 1790 (NARA microfilm publication M637, 12 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
↑1800 U.S. Federal Census Ancestry.com. 1800 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data:Second Census of the United States, 1800. NARA microfilm publication M32 (52 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Second Census of the United States, 1800: Population Schedules, Washington County, Territory Northwest of the River Ohio; and Population Census, 1803: Washington County, Ohio. NARA microfilm publication M1804 (1 roll).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jennet by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage (beta) of DNA with Jennet: