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William
Jennings of Glusburn
William
Jennings was christened on 14 January 1578, the eldest son of Peter
and Agneta Jennings of Silsden and Glusburn
[1]
. His brother John soon followed in 1580, but
was buried in April of 1581
[2]
. William would only have been three years old
and too young to understand fully why his small brother and playmate
was being buried. A month later his small sister Agneta was also
buried
[3]
. This may have been as a cause of a local outbreak
of a childhood disease, which William was lucky to survive. Two years later, in 1583, when William was five years old
he saw his brother Dionisius buried as well
[4]
. This must have seemed to William that all his
siblings were buried when in 1586 his brother Edmund was also buried
[5]
. However, his sister Elizabeth was christened
in 1587 who lived to adulthood
[6]
. With an only sister William would have been
very close to her. However, within a year his mother had died and
ten-year-old William and his young sister would have watched their
mother’s coffin being lowered into Kildwick Parish Church graveyard
in March of 1588, just as the daffodils would have been blooming
[7]
. William married Agnet Wilkinson in Kildwick in 1602
[10]
. Their eldest son John arrived in October of
that year, and they were soon blessed by a daughter Euphemia in
1604
[11]
. However, in 1606
William lost his father Peter
[12]
. His wife had two small children under five and
was heavily pregnant with her third child Robert Jennings
[13]
. Within the next
ten years William and Agnes had four more daughters Maria, Elizabeth,
Susanna and Agnes, and another son William
[14]
. In 1616 William saw his young sister Elizabeth Jennings married to Robert Nubie just before Christmas
[15]
. Christmas that year would have been a very festive
one. By 1625 William and Agnes had had another
two daughters Isabella and Alicia and a young son Richard
[16]
. William’s daughter Euphemia Jennings and Robert Gathrop had a son Robert in 1628
[17]
. It appears that Euphemia was unmarried when
she had her son Robert christened. His daughter Maria also had an
illegitimate child Anne with a John Greenwood in 1634
[18]
. His daughter Elizabeth married Thomas Stot in
1642
[19]
. William’s eldest son John married Ann Smith in
1621, but died at the age of twenty-five in 1627 before they began
a family
[20]
. He died in poverty. William’s son William
Jennings married Grace and tried to set up a family in Kildwick in 1631.
Their first son William died in infancy and was buried in
1631
[21]
. William’s wife
Agnes was buried on 28 July 1637 in Kildwick, a widow, so William
must have died before this date
[22]
.
[1]
Kildwick Parish Registers.
[2]
John Jennings was christened on 26 April 1581and
buried on 26 April 1581. Kildwick Parish Registers.
[3]
Agneta Jennings was christened on 8/ May 1581,
and buried on the same day. Kildwick Parish Registers
[4]
Dionisius Jennings was christened on 24 March 1583, and buried on 15 September 1586. Kildwick
Parish Registers.
[5]
Edmund Jennings was christened 30 May 1586,
and buried 30 May 1586. Kildwick Parish Registers.
[6]
Elizabeth Jennings was christened on 26 June 1587.
Kildwick Parish Registers.
[7]
Agnetae Jennings was buried on 23 March 1588. Kildwick Parish Registers.
[8]
Peter Jennings married Elizabeth Parke on 13 January1589.
Kildwick Parish Registers.
[9]
Peter Jennings was christened on 18 October
1601.
Kildwick Parish Registers.
[10]
William Jennings married Agnet
Wilkinson on 10 December 1602. Agnes may be the daughter of Christopher and Janet Wilkinson of Stothill and
was christened on 16 October 1680. (She had an elder brother
Henry who was christened on 13 April 1578.
Stephen, christened 6 January 1582, William christened
11 April 1585.) OR Agnes Wilkinson daughter of John and Agnes
christened on 8 January 1580. (Siblings Elizabeth ch. 21 September
1582, John christened 12 July 1584, Thomas christened 13 March
1585, William christened 19 May 1588, Isabella christened
18 October 1590 Alice christened 9 July 1592, Anna, christened
15 April 1594 and buried 15 May 1594, Henry christened
20 May 1596, ) OR Agnes Wilkinson daughter of Thomas and
Isabella chrsitned on 9 May 1581. Thomas Wilkinson had married
Helena Lofthouse 9 October 1598. Kildwick Parish Registers.
[11]
John Jennings was christened on 28 October
1602, Euphemia Jennings was christened on 29 January 1604. Kildwick Parish Registers.
[12]
Peter Jennings was buried on
9 July 1606. Kildwick Parish Registers.
[13]
Robert Jennings was christened
on 27 July 1606. Kildwick Parish Registers.
[14]
Maria Jennings was christened on 17 January 1609, William Jennings was born 1 [15] Elizabeth Jennings married Robert Nubie on 17 December 1616. Kildwick Parish Registers.
[16]
Isabella Jennings was christened on 15 August
1619,
Alicia Jennings was christened on 9 February
1621, Richard Jennings
was christened on 30 January
1625.
Kildwick Parish Registers.
[17]
Robert Jennings was christened on 21 January
1629.
Kildwick Parish Registers.
[18]
Ann Jennings was christened on 14 December 1634. Kildwick Parish Registers.
[19]
Elizabeth Jennings married Thomas Stot on 17 January 1642. Kildwick Parish Registers.
[20]
John Jennings married Ann Smith in Kildwick on 6 November 1621. He was buried on 21 July 1627. A Pauper. Kildwick
Parish Registers.
[21]
William Jennings was buried on 25 July 1631.
An infant. Kildwick Parish Registers.
[22]
William himself was buried
on 28 July 1637 in Kildwick, a widower. Kildwick Parish Registers. |
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