Zebulon Jennings

Abt 1709 - 1777  (68 years)

• Name	Zebulon Jennings  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1709  [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1777	New Jersey, USA   [1]
  Will	24 Jul 1777  [1]
  	In the Name of God, Amen, the Twenety fouth Day of July, one thousand, Seven Hundred Seventy and Seven, I, Zebulon Jennings, in the Borough of Elizth. County of Essex, in the East Division of New Jersey, Being in a week State of Helth but of Perfect Memory, thanks be to God Therefore; Calling to Mind the Mortality of my Body and knowing that it is appointed for all Men to Die, do Make and ordaine this My Last Will and Testament, And first of all I Recommend My Soul in the hands of God who Give it and My Body I Recommend to the Earth to be Buried in a Christian Like Manner, Nothing Douting but I Shall Receive it again By the mighty Power of God at the Resurrection And Touching Such Worldly Estate Wherewith it hath Pleased God to Bless Me in this Life, I Do Dispose of the Same in the following forme and Manner: It is My will that all my Just Debts and Funeral Charges Be Paid first of all. Item, I Give and Bequeath Unto Rebacca, my well Beloved wife, the whole Use of my Plantation Where I Now Live as Long as She Remains My Widow in the Law, with the Use of Fier wood and Timber off the Place to keep it in Repare; Likewise I Give Unto My wife Rebacca all of the Remainder of My Movable Estate Which I have Not Give away heretofore to her heirs and Assigns, for Ever; Item, I ??ve and Bequeath Unto my three Grand children to wit: Henn ??ennings, Jonathan Jennings and Jacob Jennings the Who?? My Plantation Where I Now Live, Equally Divided in quan?? and quallity Between My three Grand Sons Above Naimed to th??n thore heirs and Assigns for Ever. Further More I Constitute Will And appoint My Trusty friends, My well Beloved Wife, Rebacca Jennings, and Doctor Jedidiah Swan to be Executors of this my Last Will And Testament and do hereby Disannul and Revoke all other former wills and Testaments, Legacies and Executions by Me Any way Before this Time Naimed, Willed and Bequeathed But Confairming of it to be My Last Will and Testament.
  Burial	Westfield, Essex Co., New Jersey, USA   [1]
  Notes	The descendants of Zebulon seem to have come to Pennsylvania between the years of 1780 and 1790, and settled in the vicinity Fayette Co., Green Co., and Washington Co., PA; all bordering the Monongahela River.
  Person ID	I50	Rumsey/Ballou Family Tree | Bret's lineage
  Last Modified	27 Dec 2019

  
  

  Father	Benjamin B. Jennings,   b. England d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F43	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sarah [Unknown],   b. Abt 1724   d. 31 Mar 1770, Westfield, Essex Co., New Jersey, USA (Age 46 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1735
  Children	+ 1. Zebulon Jennings,   b. 26 Nov 1735, Westfield, Essex Co., New Jersey, USA d. 16 Oct 1776, Westfield, Essex Co., New Jersey, USA (Age 40 years)
  Family ID	F18	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Jan 2009

  
  

  Family 2	Rebecca Clark Squire   d. Abt 1777, New Jersey, USA
  Marriage	20 Sep 1770	Westfield, Essex Co., New Jersey, USA   [3]
  Family ID	F42	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Nov 2011

  
  

• Event Map		Marriage - 20 Sep 1770 - Westfield, Essex Co., New Jersey, USA Death - 1777 - New Jersey, USA Burial - - Westfield, Essex Co., New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S610] William Henry Jennings, A Genealogical History of the Jennings Families, (Mann & Adair), 12. [S610] William Henry Jennings, A Genealogical History of the Jennings Families, (Mann & Adair), 4,12. [S85] Ancestry World Tree, (Ancestry.com), 9 September 2001, tree #1773197.