James Jennings
Birth 14 Feb 1757
Buckingham County, Virginia, USA
Death 4 Dec 1837 (aged 80)
Madison County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
George Family Cemetery
Mars Hill, Madison County, North Carolina, USA
James Jennings died in what was then Buncombe Co., NC. Fourteen years after his death, county lines were re-drawn and this portion of Buncombe Co. became Madison Co.
1st wife: Charity Burch
born ca. 1763 in Cumberland Co., VA
died ca. 1787 in Surry Co., NC
married in Surry Co., NC
James Jennings and Charity Burch had 3 children:
1. Charity Jennings Cockerham
2. Thomas Jennings
3. JOHN Jennings married Alcey Bills in 1886 in Surry Co., NC; possibly died in Tenn.
John and Alcey's children were: Thomas D. Jennings and John Nelson Jennings born about 1810 and died after 1880 in Fulton Co., Arkansas. John married Annie Stilwell.
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2nd wife: Hannah Martin
married March 10, 1788 in Surry Co.
They had 5 daughters:
1. Elizabeth Jennings George
2. Lucinda Jennings Carter married John Carter (brother of Daniel Ginnings Carter who married Lucinda's sister Margaret)
3. Margaret Jennings Carter
4. THERISA "Thursey" Jennings born 1803 in Surry Co.; died 1901 at age 98 in Madison Co.; married William Roberts
5. Hannah Jane Jennings Ray
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