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Oliver Peter Jenness 1820–1897 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 05 Jan 1820

Birth Location: Rye, NH

Death Date: 10 Mar 1897

Death Location: Rye, NH

Father: Captain Jenness

Mother: Clarissa Jenness

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Drake

Children(s): Cotton Jenness, Charles Jenness

Oliver Peter Jenness was born in 1820 in Rye, NH, the child of Captain Samuel P Jenness And Clarissa Jenness. Oliver Peter Jenness married Elizabeth Dow Drake, and had children including Charles Austin Jenness, Cotton Ward Drake Jenness. Oliver Peter Jenness passed away in 1897 in Rye, NH.

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Biography

  • Oliver Peter Jenness was born in 1820 in Rye, NH, the child of Captain Samuel P Jenness And Clarissa Jenness.
  • Oliver Peter Jenness married Elizabeth Dow Drake, and had children including Charles Austin Jenness, Cotton Ward Drake Jenness.
  • Oliver Peter Jenness passed away in 1897 in Rye, NH.

Immediate Family

Parents

Captain Jenness
1794–1895
Birth Location: Rye, NH
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Clarissa Jenness
1800–1842
Birth Location: prob Rye, NH
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Drake
1823–1888
Birth Location: Rye, NH
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Children(s)

Cotton Jenness
1849–1897
Birth Location: Rye, NH
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Charles Jenness
1843–1922
Birth Location: Rye, NH
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Oliver Jenness's Ancestors

Self
Oliver Jenness
1820–1897
Birth Place: Rye, NH
Parents
Captain Samuel P. Jenness
1794–1895
Rye, NH
Clarissa Jenness
1800–1842
prob Rye, NH
Grandparents
Peter (Jenness) Esq.
1755–1836
prob Rye, NH
Abigail Drake
1761–1840
prob Rye, NH
Nathaniel Jenness
1760–1824
Hampton, Rockingham Co., NH
Mary Wedgewood
1764–1833
North Hampton or Rye, NH
Great-Grandparents
Samuel Jenness
1724–1800
Abigail Garland
1723–1763
Captain Jenness
1725–1812
Hannah Dow
1726–1771
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Captain Jenness
1686–1769
Mary Dow
1686–1755
John Jenness
1678–1740
Mary Mason
–1741
Simon Dow
Mary Lancaster

Oliver Jenness's Descendants

1.
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Oliver (Peter) Jenness (05 Jan 1820–10 Mar 1897) m. Elizabeth (Dow) Drake (21 Dec 1823–11 May 1888)
  1. 1. Cotton (Ward Drake) Jenness 1849–1897 m. Alice (E.) Foss 1853–1921
  2. 2. Charles (Austin) Jenness 1843–1922 m. Eliza (Ann) Brown 1845–1877 m. Hattie (Bates) Weeks 1855–1929
    1. 1. Howard (Latrobe) Jenness 1874–1876
    2. 2. Herbert (Leon) Jenness 1887–
    3. 3. Fannie (Weeks) Jenness 1885–1987
    4. 4. Thornton (Weeks) Jenness 1889–1948 m. Carrie (Elizabeth) Nettles
      1. 1. John (Springstead) Jenness 1923– m. Lavinia (Ann) Bowman 1919–

Oliver Jenness's Timeline

2 Records

1820
05 Jan 1820
Birth of Oliver Peter Jenness in Rye, NH
Rye, NH
1897
10 Mar 1897
Age 77
Death of Oliver Peter Jenness in Rye, NH
Rye, NH

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 05 Jan 1820
    Event Place: Rye, NH
    Record Source: Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Footnote: KathyJones Apr il 1996 disk Footnote: FTW file , William D. Jenness Jan, 1997 Foot note: FTW file , William D. Jenness Jan, 1997 Footnote: FTW file , Wi lliam D. Jenness Jan, 199

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 Mar 1897
    Event Place: Rye, NH
    Record Source: Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Footnote: KathyJones Apr il 1996 disk Footnote: FTW file , William D. Jenness Jan, 1997 Foot note: FTW file , William D. Jenness Jan, 1997 Footnote: FTW file , Wi lliam D. Jenness Jan, 199
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