Birth, Marriage, and Death Records
Baptismal Record
No birth or baptismal records
Marriage Records
No marriage records.
Child Records
sarah
No birth records for Sarah. Married George Flannigan in 9 Dec 1736. No death record.
deborah
No birth record for Deborah. Married Isaac Burroughs 14 April 1742. No death record.
elizabeth
No birth records for Elizabeth. Married Aaron Lippincott in February 1745
jacob
No birth records for Jacob. Married Mary Norris Smith on 03 Dec 1761 and Ann Albertson Hopkins in 24 July 1783. No death record.
Death Records and Will
Will of Isaac Jennings
Source: William Henry Jennings 1899
I Isaac Jennings of the Township of Gloucester in the County of Gloucester in the Province of New Jersey Yeoman, Being in Perfect mind and memory Do this twenty Eighth day of the Tenth Month in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty Eight made and published this my last Will and Testament Hereby Revoking and making void all other Wills by me heretofore made, Ratifying and Confirming this to be my Last Imprimis
I Do in the first place Recommend my Soul To God my Creator and my Body to be Decently Buryed at the Discretion of my Executrix herein after named. Item I give and Devise unto my son Jacob Jennings all my Lands Tenements & Heriditaments whatsoever & wheresoever with their appurtenances to hold to him his heirs & assigns for Ever To whom I also give And Bequeath one Good Feather Bed and Furniture my negro boy Julius and Two hundred pounds Proclamation money, to be paid him by my Executrix in one Year after my Decease.
Item Bequeath unto my Daughter Sarah Flanningham Fifty pounds money aforesaid.
Item I give and Bequeath Unto my Daughter Deborah Burroughs fifty pounds money aforesaid, & my Negro Girl Violett Both which Legacys to be paid by my Executrix in one year after Decease.
Item all the Remainder of my Estate I Give and Bequeath unto Judeth Jennings my Beloved wife whom I appoint & Constitute the Sole Executrix of this my Last will & Testament. In witness whare of I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the day and year first above written.
Isaac Jennings (L.S.)
Signed Sealed and published pronounced and Declared by the Said Isaac Jennings as his Last will & testament in The presence of us who have hereunto Subscribed our names In his presence.
Josiah Albertson
John Gill
John Hinchman
Gloucester sct.
Josiah Albertson & John Hinchman Two of the witnesses the within written will who being both of the people called Quakers on their solemn affirmation which they took according to Law did declare am affirm that they saw Isaac Jenings the Testator there in named sign and seal the same and bear him publish pronounce and declare the within Instrument to be his Last will & Testament and at the doing thereof the said Testator was of sound and disposing mind memory and understanding to the best of their knowledge & belief and at the same time John Gill the other subscribing Evidence was present and subscribed his name as witness to the said Will together with them and said affirmants in presence of the said Testator.
Josiah Albertson
John Hinchman
Affirmed the twenty ninth day of January ano Dom 1759 Before me. John Ladd Surrogate
Judeth Jennings the Executrix in the within written will named who being one of the people Called Quakers on the Solemn affirmation which shee Took according to Law did declare and affirm that the within written Instrument Contains the True Last will am Testament of Isaac Jennings the Testator therein named so far as she knows and as she verily Believes and that she will well and Truly perform the same by paying first the debts of the said deceased and then the legacys in the said will specified so far as the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased will Thereunto Extend.
Affirmed the twenty ninth day of January ano Dom 1759 Before me.
John Ladd Surrogate
Box of Gloucester Wills 1739. Recorded in Liber 9 of Wills, page 157 &c. office of the Secretary of State, Trenton, N.J.
Miscellaneous Sources and Records
MINUTES OF HADDONFIELD (N.J) MONTHLY MEETINGS 1731-1761.
Isaac Jennings was appointed to many committees. This was not done except in case of very responsible members. 1740. Isaac Jennings “at ye request Friends consent that be should set in our meetings of business, and that Ephraim Tomlinson is to acquaint them therewith.”
William Henry Jennings 1899
WHJ ’99 In 1715 Isaac Jennings bought land of John Hugg (Executor of Margaret Jennings) at the head of Timber Creek. Where this land is situate we know not. Isaac owned land south of Haddonfield and it is believed that he lived a short distance beyond the Phila. & Atlantic City R.R. on the road from Haddonfield to Clements Ridge. His son Jacob, in 1784, bought the farm at Barrington recently sold by Burr Haines, and his father’s we believe was not far to the south of this tract.
Isaac and his wife Judith were members of Friends Meeting in Haddonfield and both we believe are buried in the graveyard belonging to it.
Cushing and Sheppards History of Gloucester, Salem and Cumberland Counties
1724 -1727. From Cushing and Sheppard’s History of Gloucester, Salem and Cumberland Counties, P. 124, we learn that Isaac Jennings was Justice of Gloucester during these years. Editor’s Note: The actual page is 139