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<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE> Jennings Family of Surry County, NC </TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#EBC79E"> <CENTER> <H2>The Jarvis Family and Other Relatives</H2> <B>If you have reached us from Ancestry.com or another cached site, <BR> please go to <A HREF="http://www.fmoran.com/jennings.html">http://www.fmoran.com/jennings.html</A> to see the latest version of this page.<BR> We welcome comments and inquiries. Please <A HREF="mailto:[email protected], [email protected]">write us</A>. </B><P> </CENTER> <H3><IMG SRC="coff.gif">Jennings Family (Surry County)</H3><P> <hr> <h4> The parentage and origin of Anthony Jennings are unknown.� Family lore had it that he came from England, perhaps from around Lichfield, Stratfordshire (about 15 miles due north of Birmingham) and settled in VA, but there is no documentation of this.<P> � Some family history from descendants who personally knew his son, William, recorded that William had said that he (William) was named after his grandfather, so Anthony's father could have been a William Jennings.� Unfortunately, there are records of a number of William Jennings of about the era of Anthony's birth, but no records have yet been found that any of them had a son named Anthony.<P> The earliest records of Anthony appear in the deed and other records on file in the office of the County Clerk of Surry County, NC.� The first record, entered on August 14, 1793, appears to be a land grant from the State of North Carolina for 150 acres in Surry County.� A number of other records appear there until about 1827, when Anthony apparently sold the remainder of his Surry County land and he and his wife, <a href="mcbride1.html">Martha McBride</a>, and a number of their family of ten children moved to Campbell County, GA.�<P> <HR> First Generation<P> Children of Anthony Jennings (1773-bef.1850) and Martha McBride<BR> Matilda Jennings (1797) m. Jesse Brown, s/o James Brown<BR> Anderson Jennings (1798-) m. Lydia (1804-?)<BR> Jesse Jennings (1800 m. 1) Nancy Noles/Nowles, 2) Mary Adams<BR> Kiziah Jennings (1803-?) m. Henry Farmer<BR> Mary Jennings (1805-?) m. Lee Allen <BR> William Jennings (1807-1872) m. 1) Nancy Trentham (1808-1849), <BR> 2) Elizabeth/Eliza Turner (1831-1864), 3) Ellen Yarbrough (1829-?)<BR> Elizabeth Jennings (1809-?) m. Cyrus Allen <BR> Daniel Jennings (1813-?) m. Teresa Ann Shoemaker<BR> Sarah Jennings (1817-?) m. David Smith <BR> Gideon Edward Jennings (1819-?) m. 1) Jane Whitley, <BR>2) Jane Demoney, 3) unknown Helms<P> (Is this the same William Jinnings born c.1825 married to Eliza (b. c. 1830) living in Surry County, NC in 1850?)<P> <HR> Second Generation <P> Children of Anderson Jennings and Lydia<BR> Stephen C. Jennings (1834-?)<BR> James A. Jennings (1837-?)<BR> Mary A. Jennings (1841-?)<BR> Henry M. Jennings (1844-?)<P> (all of these children born in Surry Co, NC)<P> -----------<P> Children of William Jennings and 1) Nancy Trentham<BR> Elizabeth Jennings (1829-1910) m. Benjamin Austin Camp (1828-1914)<BR> David Jennings (1832) m. Ludisky Turner<BR> Sarah Jennings (1834-1890) m. Nathan W. Camp (?-1888)<BR> Jonathan Jennings (probably died during Civil War)<BR> Ruhamah Ann Jennings (1839-?) m. Crawford N. Norton<BR> Martin Van Buren Jennings (1841-1863) (died in Atlanta during Civil War)<BR> James C. Jennings (1846-?) m. Mary Yarbrough (1832-1942)<BR> Thomas I. Jennings (1846-?) m. Nellie Hollyfield<P> ------------<P> Children of William Jennings and 2) Elizabeth/Eliza Turner<BR> Matthew "Toby" R. Jennings (1851-1863)<BR> William Sanford Jennings (1855-1872) m. Alice Yates<BR> Noah H. Jennings (1856-1935) (did not marry)<BR> Owen Jennings (1859-1950) m. Elizabeth Jane Cooley<BR> Leah Jennings (1861-?)<P> ----------<P> Children of William Jennings and 3) Ellen Yarbrough<BR> Mary Jennings (1866-1937) m. George Washington Dodson (1866-1943)<P> All of William's children were born in Campbell County, GA<P> <HR> Sources:<P> This record of ANTHONY JENNINGS and his descendants was compiled and assembled by Gordon L. Jennings, 726 Magdalene Drive, Houston TX, 77024-2624, emails address: ZOOM [email protected].�<P> The contributions and assistance of Mrs. Eva Camp Abercrombie and her daughter, Mrs. Mable Abercrombie Mansfield of Palmetto GA, and Mrs. Earlene McClure Cameron, 3 Bennington Drive NW, Rome GA, 30165, are particularly noted.� <P> Much credit must also be given for the invaluable assistance of Mrs. Charles C. (Hester) Jackson, P.O. Box 707, Dobson NC, 27017.<P> ©, 2001-2007 Faye Jarvis Moran<BR> [email protected]<P> <HR> <a href="index.html"> Return to Jarvis Family Page</a><P> <a href="family.html"> Return to List of Family Pages </a><P> <a href="mcbride1.html"> Return to McBride Family Page </a><P> </BODY> </HTML>