Samuel Jenney

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Samuel Jenney (1616 - 1685)

Samuel Jenney

Born 1616 in St Peters, Leyden (Leiden), Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

Son of John Jenney and Sarah (Carey) Jenney

Brother of Unknown Jenney, Ann Jenney, Abigail (Jenney) Wood, Sarah (Jenney) Pope, Unknown Jenney, John Jenney and Susannah (Jenney) Bartlett

Husband of Susanna (Wood) Jenney — married about 1645 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Husband of Anne (Lettice) Jenney — married about 1657 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Father of Sarah Jenney, John Jenney, Job Jenney, Jonathan Jenney, Susanna (Jenney) Vaughan, Samuel Jenney, Elizabeth (Jenney) Bonham, Lettice Jenne, Mark Jenney and Ruth (Jenney) Jackson

Died 25 Nov 1685 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay

Profile last modified 29 Oct 2019 | Created 31 Mar 2011

Samuel Jenney migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1620-1640).

Biography

Samuel Jenney[1], who was born in about 1616 in Leyden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands[2], had his name spelled in various ways throughout his life. "Gene, Jene, Geine, Gennie, Gennings, Jenninges, are only a few of the name spellings found in Rhode Island records."[3] He was called the oldest son in his father John Jenney's will.[4] The family came to Plymouth aboard the "Little James" in 1623. Samuel married Susannah Wood in about 1637.[5] (He is called son-in-law by the wife of John Wood.)[6] He was an "arms bearer" in Plymouth in 1643.[7] He moved to Portsmouth, Rhode Island, by at least July 10, 1648, when he, "Samuell Jenne," and his wife's father, "John Woode," were admitted as freemen. [8] On July 8, 1650, he was chosen to serve on a jury for "the towne Corte."[9] On January 30, 1658, Thomas Hazard mentions land "being butted and bownded by the land of Samuel Gine ...." [10] "His wife died early in 1654, his mother in early 1656; and then he had to return to Plymouth to take charge of the Jenney mill and of his children, who had been living in his mother's home, as we know from her will."[11] We don't know precisely when Samuel's mother Sarah died, but a codicil to her will was was signed on August 18, 1655, and her will was probated on March 5, 1655/56.[12] On March 14, 1655, when he sold land at Strawberry Hill in Plymouth to Henry Wood, his mother was recently deceased, but he still called himself "Samuell Jenney of Road Iland." [13] Anne Lettice and Samuel were married by 1657, as Susannah, "Daughter to Samuel Ginney and Ann his wife of New Plimouth, shee was born at the ad new plimoth the 22nd day of ye ninth mo. November in ye year 1657." This is recorded in an affidavit regarding the marriage of Susannah and Daniel Vaghan.[14] In his will of 1678, Thomas Lettice refers to his daughter "Anne the wife of Samuell Jenney...."[15] "In 1636, Jenney was authorized to "erect a mill for grinding and beating of corn upon the brook of Plymouth." ... John operated the mill until his death in 1644. After his death, Sarah operated the corn mill. The mill was then carried on by their son Samuel and then by outsiders, until its demise in 1847. Sarah died in late 1655 or early 1656."[16] An unknown sources stated that Samuel ran the mill until 1683. The date of Samuel's death is not known, however his will was signed on November 25, 1685, the inventory was taken on April 12, and it was probated at Plymouth on April 16, 1692. In it, he called himself a yeoman "of Dartmouth." He mentioned wife Anne; five sons: John, Job, Samuel, Lettice and Mark; and three daughters: Susanna, Jenney, Elizsbeth Jenney and Ruth Jenney. The witnesses were Abraham Jackson, Sr. and Nathaniel Clarke.[17] Sources

↑ #S459 Vol 2, p. 1092-3 ↑ #S459 Vol 2, p. 1092-3 ↑ #S56 at page 70 ↑ #S459 Vol 2, p. 1091 ↑ #S459 Vol 2, p. 1091 ↑ #S55 Pages 188-189 ↑ #S-199 http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=macen&h=10471024&ti=0... ↑ #S57 Pages 37-38 ↑ #S57 Page 46 ↑ #S57 Pages 383 ↑ #S56 at page 71 ↑ #S459 Vol 2, p. 1092 ↑ #S55 Vol. 10. Page 71-72 ↑ #S56 at page 72 ↑ #S55 Vol. 14. Page 54 ↑ #S61 at John and Sarah Jenny ↑ #S125 Vol. 33 (1935) Pages 79-80 Source: S125 Title: "The Mayflower Descendant: A Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy and History. Boston, MA: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1899- . (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010) Source: S459 Title: Great Migration Begins - Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, The, Edition: first Author: Robert Charles Anderson Publication: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA, 1995 Source: S55 Title: American Genealogist, The. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) Repository: #R63 Source: S56 Title: Clark, Bertha W. "Jenney of Plymouth and Rhode Island" The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) Vol. 35, Pages 70-72 Source: S58 Bertha W. Clark, Susan C. Tufts, The Jenney Book: John Jenney of Plymouth, and his Descendants, ed. Judith Jenney Gurney, (Gateway Press Inc., Baltimore, 1988) pgs. 25- 37. Available without charge at: Open Library Source: S57 Title: The Early Records of the Town of Portsmouth Editor: The Librarian of The Rhode Island Historical Society Publication: E. L. Freeman & Sons, State Printers, Providence, 1901. Available without charge at Internet Archive. Source: S61 Title: Pilgrim Hall Museum Website URL: http://www.pilgrimhallmuseum.org Source S-199 Massachusetts, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890 Ancestry.com. [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data: Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. Massachusetts Census, 1790-1890. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.Repository: #R-199 Author: Yates Publishing Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. http://www.genealogyofnewengland.com/f_15d.htm#70 Early New England Families. (Original Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013. (By Alicia Crane Williams, Lead Genealogist.) Samuel Jenny Acknowledgments

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