Crawford County, Pennsylvania


Military Affairs
REVOLUTIONARY WAR VETERANS

ABNER JENNINGS 
possibly ABNER JENNINGS
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  1. 1840 Census of Pensioners, p. 124:  Hayfield/Abner Jinnings, 82, Abner Jinnings
  2. Pension Abstracts, p. 1832:  JENNINGS, Abner, Betsey, W26159, BLW #26532-160-55, MA Line, wid’s 1st husband was Andrew Fordham who srv in the War of 1812 for which she rec’d BLW #87502-160-55, sol was a son of Henry Jennings & was b 1 Oct 1762 at New Bedford in Bristol Co MA & he lived there at enl, sol’s father srv as a Capt in the Rev, in 1804 sol moved from New Bedford to Batavia in Genesee Co NY & he appl there 16 Oct 1832 & was still there in 1836, on 20 Jun 1837 sol had moved to Crawford Co PA & he d there 7 Jun 1858, sol had m Mrs. Betsey Fordham wid of Andrew Fordham in Erie Co PA on 8 Sep 1833, wid appl 9 Aug 1858, sol in Crawford Co. PA aged 64, sol’s father d before 1832, a Timothy Jennings srv as an Ensign with Abner Jennings but no relationship was stated, wid m 1st to Andrew Fordham 31 Dec 1812 at LeRoy NY & her maiden name was Betsey Blodgett, the said Andrew Fordham d 22 Mar 1831 at Auburn NY, sol’s wid & her 1st husband’s children were; a daughter |not named) b 9 Jul 1814 & d 18 Jul 1814, Jane C. b 13 Jul 1815 & she signed her name Jane C. Little in 1859 & was living in Hayfield PA, a son |not named) b 17 Aug 1817 & d same day, Calista or Calistia D. b 21 Nov 1819, Perry D. b 26 Nov 1821 & d 11 Oct 1822, Mary Elvira b 8 Sep 1823, Nancy b 20 Dec 1825 & Loiza of [or?] Liza b 18 Apr 1828
  3. 1885 CCo. Hist., p. 1058
  4. DAR Patriot Index, Cen. Ed., 1598:  JENNINGS: Abner: b 10-1-1762 MA d 6-7-1858 PA m |1)Hannah Landers |2)Mrs. Betsey Fordham Pvt MA PNSR
  5. [what about early resident Solomon Jennings?]

JOEL JONES 
Sources
    1820 U.S. Census (Joel Joans)
  1. 1840 Census of Pensioners, p. 124:  Randolph/Joel Jones, 76, Joel Jones
  2. Crawford Democrat 26 Aug. 1845 (obit.)
  3. CCo. RD A:139; CCo.WB B:66
  4. 1885 CCo. Hist. p. 935
  5. Elbert Smith, The Descendants of Joel Jones and Lemuel Smith (Rutland, Vt.: Tuttle Co., 1925), 46-54
  6. DAR Patriot Index, Cen. Ed., p. 374:  Joel: b 7-7-1764 MA d 8-11-1845 PA m (1)Sally Southgate (2)Rhoda Sprague Pvt MA PNSR WPNS
  7. CCG 2(1979):42-43
  8. Joel Jones, b. 1763, d. 11 Aug. 1845, bur. lot K-1, Brawley Cem., Randolph Twp.; served 1st Regiment Phila. City Militia Inf.

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