Person:William Tenney (9)

Deacon William Tenney
m. 29 Oct 1599
  1. John Tenney1600 - Bet 1658 & 1660
  2. Robert Tenney1608 -
  3. Elizabeth Tenney1610 - Bef 1685
  4. Thomas Tenney1612/13 -
  5. Ensign Thomas Tenney1615 - 1699/00
  6. Deacon William Tenney1616 - 1685
  7. Edward Tenney1618/19 - 1624
m. Bef 1643
  1. Elizabeth Tenney1643 - 1689
  2. Mary Tenney1646 - 1731
  3. Samuel Tenney1650 - 1660
  4. Sarah Tenney1652 - 1653
  5. Ruth Tenney1653/54 - 1689
  6. Sarah Tenney1656 -
Facts and Events
Name[1][2][3] Deacon William Tenney
Gender Male
Christening[1] 23 Dec 1616 Great Limber, Lincolnshire, England
Marriage Bef 1643 Estimate based on date of birth of eldest known child.
to Katherine Unknown
Ordination[2][3] 3 Feb 1667/68 Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United StatesOrdained deacon of Rowley church.
Will[2][3] 3 Aug 1685
Death[1][2] 5 Aug 1685 Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Probate[3] 29 Sep 1685 Will proved.
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Richardson, Douglas. The Tenney Family of Lincolnshire and Rowley, Massachusetts. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Jul 1997)
    151:340-41.

    [Deacon] William1 Tenney (JohnA, ThomasB, HenryC) was baptized at Great Limber, Lincolnshire, 23 December 1616, and he died at Rowley, Massachusetts, 5 August 1685. He married, say 1642, presumably in New England, Katherine _____, who died at Bradford, Massachusetts, 31 October 1700.

  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 196. Dea. William1 Tenney, in Jewett, Amos Everett, [Editor], and George Brainard [Compiler] Blodgette. Early Settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts: A Genealogical Record of the Families who Settled in Rowley before 1700 with Several Generations of their Descendants. (Rowley, Mass.: Amos Everett Jewett (Newcomb & Gauss Co., Printers, Salem, Mass.), 1933)
    381-82.

    196. Dea. William1 Tenney, brother of Thomas, had an acre and half house lot in the second division, lying between the lots of Mark Prime on the north and Thomas Miller on the south, with the east end on the street. He was ordained deacon of Rowley Church, 3 Feb., 1667-8. His wife was Katherine _____. He died 5 Aug., 1685 (see inventory). His will, dated 3 Aug., 1685, mentions wife (unnamed); four daughters, Elizabeth, Mary, Ruth, as married, Sarah as unmarried; nephew Samuel Tenney to have £20 if he "stay with his aunt till he arrives at the age of 21 years" (Essex Probate).

  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Tenney, M. J. (Martha Jane), and Jonathan Tenney. The Tenney Family or the Descendants of Thomas Tenney of Rowley, Massachusetts, 1638-1904: Revised, with Partial Records of Prof. Jonathan Tenney. (Concord, New Hampshire: Rumford Press, 1904)
    626-27.