Stebbins Jennings
1785 - 1848 (62 years)
Generation: 1
1. Stebbins Jennings was born on 14 Jan 1785 in Ludlow, Hampden County, Massachusetts; died in 1848; was buried in Flag Spring Baptist Church Cemetery, Flagg Spring, Campbell County, Kentucky. Notes:
From Ancestry Tree by sam97470_1
Lemuel Stebbins Jennings was Capt. of a ship out of Hartford CT at the outbreak of the war of 1812. He was commissioned as a privateer by the US gov. It has been stated that he was captured by the British. But being a "Free Mason", and his captor also one, a deal was made that if he was released, he would not fight anymore. He gave his word and kept it. Shortly there after he moved from Hartford.
LKH Note:
On 13 Dec 1832 Stebbins Jennings purchased 40 acres in Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois: Township 20N, Range 11W, Section 30, Meridian 2.
This is plot of land located north of Danville, west of Denmark Road near Country Club drive to the north of Old Ottawa Road.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62186436/lemuel-stebbins-jenningsStebbins married Sophia Mandaville on 15 Feb 1807. Sophia died on 23 Aug 1820. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Sophia Jennings was born on 14 Jan 1809.
- Eliza Jennings was born on 5 Nov 1811 in Connecticut; died on 25 Feb 1908 in Ottawa, LaSalle County, Illinois; was buried in Ottawa Avenue Cemetery, Ottawa, LaSalle County, Illinois.
- Elvira Jennings was born on 1 Feb 1813; died on 14 Apr 1813.
- Soami Jennings was born on 15 Mar 1815; died on 27 Aug 1833.
- Elvira Jennings was born on 25 Aug 1817.
- John C. Jennings was born on 29 Nov 1819; died on 25 Apr 1820.
- Joseph Jennings was born on 29 Nov 1819; died on 29 Nov 1819.
Stebbins married Martha Steele on 10 Mar 1821 in Campbell County, Kentucky. Martha died on 24 Jun 1831. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- John Jennings was born on 15 Apr 1822; died on 14 Aug 1831.
- William Griffith Jennings was born on 28 Mar 1824 in Versailles, Ripley County, Indiana; died on 31 May 1899 in Thomasville, Thomas County, Georgia; was buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Thomasville, Thomas County, Georgia.
- Robert Jennings was born on 14 Sep 1825; died on 20 Feb 1834.
- Solon Jennings was born on 3 Jun 1827; died on 10 Feb 1842.
- Louisa Jennings was born on 23 Jun 1829; died on 8 Oct 1834 in Illinois.
Stebbins married Sophronia Smith on 29 Apr 1832. Sophronia was born in 1802 in Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Jane Jennings was born on 7 Feb 1834 in Illinois; died on 12 Oct 1861.
- Isabella Jennings was born on 14 Mar 1836 in Illinois.
- George Jennings was born on 27 Mar 1838 in Illinois.