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Jennett Burns 1745–1798 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1745

Birth Location: Cumberland County, Pennsylvania

Death Date: 23 Feb 1798

Death Location: Chester County, Pennsylvania

Father: Laird Burns

Mother: Jennett Pock

Spouse(s): James Oakes

Children(s): John Rev

Jennett Burns was born in 1745 in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, the child of Laird Burns And Jennett Pock. Jennett Burns married James Daniel Oakes, and had children including John David Oakes Oaks Rev. Jennett Burns passed away in 1798 in Chester County, Pennsylvania.

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Biography

  • Jennett Burns was born in 1745 in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, the child of Laird Burns And Jennett Pock.
  • Jennett Burns married James Daniel Oakes, and had children including John David Oakes Oaks Rev.
  • Jennett Burns passed away in 1798 in Chester County, Pennsylvania.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Jennett Burns's Ancestors

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Jennett Burns
1745–1798
Birth Place: Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
Parents
Laird Burns
1716–1784
Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA
Jennett Pock
1720–1756
, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA
Grandparents
John (B) Burns
1681–1760
Alyth, Angus, , Scotland
Ann (Chisholm) Jonet
1685–1756
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
James Pocke
1700–1800
Cumberland, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA
Elizabeth JATT
1700–1800
Virgina Colony
Great-Grandparents
Paul Jonat
1650–
Marie Pitaureau
1662–1760
Margaret MacKay
1670–1758
Francis Jett
1683–1724
Sarah Sexton
1682–1717
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Nicolas Joannet
1629–1666
Rolf GG
1653–1710
Issobell Bruice
1656–1710
Elizabeth HOSKINS
1643–1699

Jennett Burns's Descendants

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Jennett Burns (1745–23 Feb 1798) m. James (Daniel) Oakes (1745–27 Jul 1797)
  1. 1. John (David Oakes Oaks) Rev 1785–1854 m. Mary (Ann Polly) Romans 1789–1879
    1. 1. Virginia (Jennette Jane) Oakes 1808–1880 m. Bailey (Corder) Shofner 1807–1891
      1. 1. Robert (Bailey) SHOFNER 1844–1927 m. Susan Wright 1846–1926
        1. 1. Johnnie (Jefferson) Shofner 1881–1972 m. Nora (Lee) Skaggs 1881–1948
        2. 2. Susan (Parthine) Shofner 1870–1915 m. George (DeWitt 2) 3x 1872–1914
        3. 3. William Shofner 1877–

Jennett Burns's Timeline

3 Records

1745
1745
Birth of Jennett Burns in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
1780
1780
Age 35
Jennett Burns was married in South Carolina, USA
South Carolina, USA
1798
23 Feb 1798
Age 53
Death of Jennett Burns in Chester County, Pennsylvania
Chester County, Pennsylvania

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1745
    Event Place: Cumberland County, Pennsylvania

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1780
    Event Place: South Carolina, USA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: South Carolina

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 Feb 1798
    Event Place: Chester County, Pennsylvania

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