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An American Family History

Ensign Stephen Jennings and Hannah Stanhope
 
Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
  
Spellings of Jennings: Jennings, Gennings, Jenyns, Jennens
Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts was first known as Danforth’s Farms. In 1701 the  Framingham Church was organized with the Rev. John Swift as the town's first minister. In 1706 the town hired its first schoolmaster and in 1716 the first schoolhouse was built.

Ensign Stephen Jennings and Hannah Stanhope married on April 1, 1686 or January 1, 1685/86 in Sudbury.

Their first two children were born in Sudbury. Eunice Jennings Fiske Johnson was born on December 12, 1686 and Stephen Jennings was born about 1688.

The family moved to Framington in 1690. Martha's father came to Framingham in 1690. They settled near Saxonville.

The last three children were born in Framingham. Hannah Jennings Walker was born on  March 11, 1690, Martha Jennings Dedman was born on September 18, 1696, and Sarah Jennings was born on  September 3, 1699.

Ensign Stephen died in 1701.

January 6, 1702-03, Hannah bought from James Brewer and Caleb Johnson part of the Appleton farm lying between Lake Cochituate and Cochituate brook. Stephen and Hannah's descendants lived there until after the revolution. The place was known as the Luther Eaton place. Martha (Jennings) Dedmun and her children were living there with Hannah 1718. 

Lady Day Before 1752 the year began on March 25th. Dates between January 1st and March 24th were at the end of the year, not the beginning.

Sudbury in Middlesex County, Massachusetts was incorporated in 1639 with a population of 476. A major battle of the King Philip's War was fought in Sudbury in 1676.
     

 

     

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