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Sir Francis Jennings 1581–1652 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1581

Birth Location: Derry, Cavan, Ireland

Death Date: 1652

Death Location: Derry, Cavan, Ireland

Father: Johannes Jennings

Mother: Lady Spenser

Spouse(s): Lady Jennings

Children(s): Jane Jennings, Christiane Scot, Frances Jennings, Jane Jennings

Sir Francis Jennings was born in 1581 in Derry, Cavan, Ireland, the child of Johannes Humphrey Jennings And Lady Alice Kitson Spenser. Sir Francis Jennings married Lady Jean Loose Scott Jennings, and had children including Christiane Scot, Frances Jennings, Jane Jennings, Jane Mary Cary Jennings. Sir Francis Jennings passed away in 1652 in Derry, Cavan, Ireland.

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Biography

  • Sir Francis Jennings was born in 1581 in Derry, Cavan, Ireland, the child of Johannes Humphrey Jennings And Lady Alice Kitson Spenser.
  • Sir Francis Jennings married Lady Jean Loose Scott Jennings, and had children including Christiane Scot, Frances Jennings, Jane Jennings, Jane Mary Cary Jennings.
  • Sir Francis Jennings passed away in 1652 in Derry, Cavan, Ireland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Johannes Jennings
1550–1611
Birth Location: Kildwick, Yorkshire, England
JJ
Lady Spenser
1550–1610
Birth Location: Derry, Cavan, Ireland
LS

Spouses(s)

Lady Jennings
1580–1652
Birth Location: Londonderry, Derry, Ireland
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Children(s)

Jane Jennings
1632–1742
Birth Location: Northampton, Virginia
JJ
Christiane Scot
1598–
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
CS
Frances Jennings
1610–1652
Birth Location: –
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Jane Jennings
1600–1631
Birth Location: Stevenstown, Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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Sir Jennings's Ancestors

Self
Sir Jennings
1581–1652
Birth Place: Derry, Cavan, Ireland
Parents
Johannes Humphrey Jennings
1550–1611
Kildwick, Yorkshire, England
Lady (Alice Kitson) Spenser
1550–1610
Derry, Cavan, Ireland
Grandparents
Margaret Barkham
1524–1620
Kildwick, Yorkshire, England
Knight (Sir John Spencer II, High Sheriff of Northamptonshire, England) (14thgg)
1517–1586
Fawsley, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
Lady (Frances Catherine Kitson - Baroness Spencer) (14thgg)
1524–1586
St Edmundsbury Borough, Suffolk, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Jennings's Descendants

1.
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Sir (Francis) Jennings (1581–1652) m. Lady (Jean Loose Scott) Jennings (1580–1652)
  1. 1. Jane (Mary Cary) Jennings 1632–1742 m. Leonard Hensley 1630–1684
    1. 1. Martha (Jane) Hensley 1640–1730 m. Peter Garland 1630–1694
      1. 1. Elizabeth (Agnes) Garland 1654–1739 m. Francis Hester---DNA 1650–1720
        1. 1. Robert (H. Hester) Sr. 1686–1748 m. Rachel McAllister 1686–1748
  2. 2. Christiane Scot 1598–
  3. 3. Frances Jennings 1610–1652
  4. 4. Jane Jennings 1600–1631

Sir Jennings's Timeline

2 Records

1581
1581
Birth of Sir Francis Jennings in Derry, Cavan, Ireland
Derry, Cavan, Ireland
1652
1652
Age 71
Death of Sir Francis Jennings in Derry, Cavan, Ireland
Derry, Cavan, Ireland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1581
    Event Place: Derry, Cavan, Ireland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1652
    Event Place: Derry, Cavan, Ireland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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