Sarah Fowlkes

Not the same as Elizabeth Hudson. Not the wife of George Hudson

Sarah Jennings

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Data from "Just Plain Fowlkes-Our Lineage from Gabriel I, 2nd Edition, 2006, by Stephen Fowlkes.

SARAH JENNINGS was born in 1730 @ Hanover Co., VA.

She died in 1782 @ Nottoway Parish which was a district of Amelia Co., VA. In 1788 this parish became Nottoway Co. according to nottoway.org.

SARAH's FATHER was:

"Col. William Henry Jennings" (1676-1775) who was born in England. Some books say he was the youngest son of 'Humphrey & Mary Milward Jennens' & was a British officer who came to Virginia to assist in the fight against the Indians. Others say this is not accurate.

SARAH's MOTHER was: "Mary Jane 'Polly' Pulliam Jennings" (1704-1774) who was born @ Hanover Co., VA to 'James & Mary Pulliam'.

"Mary Jane 'Polly' Pulliam" was thought to have "perhaps" been Col. William Henry Jennings' 2nd. wife because of the 28-year-age-difference between them. They married on 1-24-1724 @ Hanover Co., VA.

Col. William & Polly had 10 Children.

Here are SARAH's SIBLINGS:

• 1. William Jennings, Jr. (1726-1793) m: 1750 Agnes Dickerson. During The Revolutionary War, he supplied material aid to the war effort. according to DAR # A-062454.
• 2. Agnes Jennings (1727--); m: Henry Dickerson.
• 3. Elizabeth Jennings (1729-1799) m: 1746 George Walton.
• 4. SARAH JENNINGS (1730-1782) m: 1743 JOHN A. FOWLKES (1722-1799).
• ** She & her sister below married Fowlkes Brothers! ***
• 5. Mary Jennings (1732-1822) m: Joseph Fowlkes.
• 6. Robert Jennings (1733-1798) m: Elizabeth Childs.
• 7. John Jennings (1735-1784) m: Temperance Thompson.
• 8. Anne Jennings (1736-1795) m: Samuel Thompson, Jr.
• 9. James Jennings (1737-1795) m: Philadelphia Bruce; m: Martisha Crenshaw.
• 10. Joseph Jennings (1739-1804) m: 1767 Ann Billups.

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"Sarah Jennings" MARRIED "JOHN A. FOWLKES" in 1743 @ Hanover Co., VA. She was 13; he was 21.

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"JOHN A FOWLKES" was born in 1722 @ Hanover Co., VA. He died in 1799 @ 77 @ Nottoway Co., VA. (It was originally called Nottoway Parish, a district of Amelia Co. In 1788 it was named Nottoway Co. according to nottoway.org.)

He was listed as a Patriot during The Rev. War. SAR Patriot = P #161266.

HIS PARENTS were: "Gabriel Fowlkes I & Elizabeth Fowlkes".

Data from "Just Plain Fowlkes-Our Lineage from Gabriel I, 2nd Edition, 2006, by Stephen Fowlkes.

John's plantation was called "Old Field" (& later in mid-1800's was renamed "Hyde Park"); it had sheltered five generations of Fowlkes, one of the few to survive The Civil War.

JOHN A. FOWLKES & SARAH JENNINGS FOWLKES married in 1743 @ Hanover Co., VA & had 10 children.

THEIR 10 CHILDREN:

• This son was a Lt. under his Uncle Gabriel Fowlkes, Jr. who was a Col. during The Rev. War; he was in the Amelia Co., VA Militia. ~JOHN FIELD FOWLKES (1745-1824) m: Dicey Hall m: Edith 'Edy' Jeffress
  • * The Rev. War listed by the SAR as Patriot = P#161265. ~JENNINGS E. FOWLKES (1746-1802) m: Joyce Clark Motley

~JERUSHA FOWLKES (1747-1789) m: 1765 DAVID ELLINGTON, JR. *** This son-in-law = Patriotic Service, VA according to "Soldiers & Patriots of GA" website. ***

• ** This son served in the Amelia Co., VA Militia during "The Rev. War" as a Lieutenant. The SAR lists him as Patriot = P #334624. *** ~HENRY BASS FOWLKES, SR. (1750-1808) m: Tabitha Bass
  • * This son was a Sgt. & Lt. under 2 Gabriel Fowlkes during The Rev. War; he served in North Carolina & was @ The Battle of Guilford. *** ~WILLIAM 'Quality Bill' FOWLKES (1752-1835) m: Martha Bass m: Mary 'Polly' Clark m: Sarah 'Sally' Cralle

~SARAH FOWLKES (1755-1828) m: David Thompson

~MARY 'Molly' FOWLKES (1757-?) m: Robert Thompson m: Elijah Hudson

• ** The Rev. War & the SAR as a Sergeant & Patriot = P #161264. *** ~JAMES FOWLKES (1760-1833) m: Sally Foster

~NANCY FOWLKES (1763-1804) m: Spencer Betts (1759-1837). *** This son-in-law was a Revolutionary War Soldier from VA. ***

~ELIZABETH 'Betsy' FOWLKES (1764-1823) m: Charles Price, I *** This son-in-law was a Capt. under the Thomas Watkins Troop of Dragoons, VA during The Rev. War *** m: Benjamin Lewis Van Amburgh.

"Sarah Jennings Fowlkes" died in 1782 @ Nottoway Parish, then a district of Amelia Co., VA. She was buried @ the Fowlkes Family Cemetery @ Hyde Park. (Many of the headstones were dumped into a deep well there during The Civil War...according to the 2014 caretaker of the plantation/home.)

[Six years after her death, her husband remarried; she was a 41-yr.-old lady, "Judith Penick" (1747-1823); they had no children.]

SARAH left behind many descendants & apparently a plantation that survived The Civil War & 5 generations of Fowlkes!

"HYDE PARK is a tobacco plantation of old Nottoway Parish, a district of Amelia Co., VA dating to the 1700's whose property's main residence still stands in 2014...& legally called Nottoway Co. as of 1788.

According to The National Register of Historic Places:

"The core of the main house at HYDE PARK is a three-bay, three-story, vernacular interpreted Federal-style, central passage building with exterior gable-end chimneys. The earliest portion of the house, likely built between 1762-1782 by JOHN FOWLKES, exists solely in the Flemish bond portions of the first story & English bond portions of the cellar brick walls."

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~ Lynda, 5-great's-granddaughter to SARAH JENNINGS FOWLKES through her daughter, Jerusha Fowlkes Ellington.

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• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Aug 29 2021, 19:40:49 UTC