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Edmund
Jennings of Stirton
Finding Edmund Jennings, the father of John Jennings of Skipton, is problematic as there are two Edmund or Edward Jennings who are born within two years of each other in Kildwick Parish. One Edmund Jennings was christened on 19 May 1652,
son of Edmund and Agnetae Jennings of Silsden
[1]
. He joined his one-year-old brother William
and three year old sister Maria in Silsden
[2]
. His father Edmund Jennings was the eldest son
of William and Grace Jennings of Silsden
[3]
. Edmund’s grandfather William Jennings
was the only known son of William and Isabella Jennings of
Silsden
[4]
. Edmund himself set up home in Kildwick and then
Swartha from 1695. He married Anna mason of Gargrave and they had
a large family of eight children of whom only one daughter Margaret
survived
[5]
. The real Edmund Jennings, father of John Jennings, was christened in Kildwick on 10 February 1655 [6] . He was the youngest son of Robert Jennings and Margaret Tillotson of Kildwick [7] . His sisters Elizabeth and Agnes would have been fifteen and eight years old when he arrived and would probably have helped to care for him [8] . His eleven year old brother John may have had little time for the new baby, but his five-year-old brother Robert and three-year-old brother Peter may have looked forward to the new playmate [9] . Edmunds’s oldest brother John Jennings moved to Eastburn and married
Maria,
they had two sons
Robert and William
[10]
. Edmund’s nephew Robert married and had one son
Peter who had a large family in Skipton
[11]
. Edmund’s brother Robert died and was
buried aged only nineteen in 1670
[12]
. Of his brother Peter Jennings there is at present
no trace
[13]
. His sister Agneta Jennings was buried in 1675,
aged only twenty-seven, a spinster
[14]
. His sister Elizabeth married Edward Smith and
started a family in Kildwick
[15]
. Edmund Jennings married Grace Cryer in Skipton, on 7 January
1674
[16]
. Edmund Jennings is recorded as a farmer of Thorlby
from 1674 to 1683, and from 1683 onwards as a farmer of Stirton
[17]
. As Edmund’s family originated from Kildwick
it is highly likely that this marriage gave Edmund access to lands
in Thorlby and Stirton. Thomas Cryer of Thorlby had been farming
there since the early seventeenth century and it is highly probable
that Grace Cryer was the daughter of Thomas and Mercy Cryer of Thorlby
[18]
. Alternatively Grace Cryer may have been the
daughter of Richard and Margaret Cryer of Brunthwaite near Silsden
in Kildwick Parish
[19]
. If so, she would have been at least ten years
older then Edmund and this may have been a marriage of convenience
[20]
. Whatever the connection Edmund and Grace’s first
daughter Agnes was christened in 1679
[21]
. Four more children, Peter, Anne, John and Edward,
followed Agnes within ten years
[22]
. In 1706 Edmund’s daughter
Agnes married William Gill in Kildwick
[23]
. Their first son was born in August 1708
[24]
. Edmund’s oldest son John married
Rebecca Cockshott
in Kildwick Parish Church, in 1708
[25]
. This may have been a shotgun marriage as Rebecca
was already four months pregnant with their first son John who was
born in June of 1708
[26]
. John was recorded as an agricultural labourer
of Silsden in 1709 and he may have moved from Stirton to Sildsen
on his marriage to Rebecca. They seem to have made a comfortable
home as their second son Joseph arrived two years later in 1710
[27]
. However, 1711 was not a joyous year as Edmund’s
daughter Ann Jennings was buried in November of that year
[28]
. She was only twenty-eight years old. Life continued
for John and Rebecca and their third son was christened in 1715
[29]
. Edmund was buried in 1721, aged sixty-five
[30]
.
[1]
Kildwick Parish Registers.
[2]
Maria was christened 5 March
1649 and buried 26 April 1702. William Jennings was christened
on 5 May 1651. William later married Isabella and they had
one son and three daughters of whom only two daughters survived.
Edmund christened 13 May 1677 was buried 16 April 1687, father
described as of Glusburn. Hannah was christened on 11 April 1675 and buried on 11 December 1684, Martha
christened 1673 and Susanna christened 16 august 1668. William
Jennings was buried on 5 January 1688 and his wife Isabella
later married William Spencer on 3 May 1688. Kildwick Parish
registers.
[3]
Edmund Jennings was christened
on 30 September 1627. He married Agnetae who was buried on
3 May 1687. Edmund Jennings was buried on 7 February 1752.
His older sister Grace had been christened on 5 October 1624
and buried on 9 January 1637. His sister Elizabeth was christened
on 16 January 1633 and buried on 15 June 1639. Another infant
had been buried on 11 January 1629. Edmunds only other surviving
sibling was his brother Peter who was christened on 4 March
1630. Kildwick Parish Registers.
[4]
William Jennings of Silsden
married Grace who was buried on 1 February 1648. willima Jennings
was buried on 19 March 1644. He may have been the son of William
Jennings and Isabella Bawdwen. William and Isabella married
on 14 February 1603. Kildwick Parish registers.
[5]
Edmund Jennings married Aana
Mason of Gargrave on 22 April 1680. She died a widow and was
buried on 15 May 1735. They had John christened on 5 May 1695
and buried 2 February 1706, Margareta christened 23 July 1691,
Elizabeth buried 14 February 1693, Elizabeth buried 6 February
1692, Elizabeth christened 27 April 1693 and buried 21 March
1703, Maria buried 20 June 1704, Maria buried 26 April 1704,
Edmund buried November 1718. Kildwick Parish Registers.
[6]
Kildwick Parish Registers.
[7]
Margaret Tillotson and Robert
Jennings married on 19 October 1640. Kildwick Parish Registers.
[8]
Elizabeth Jennings
was christened on 18 July 1641.
Agnes Jennings was christened on 14 May 1648. Kildwick Parish
Registers.
[9]
Robert Jennings
was christened on 13 April 1651.
Peter Jennings was christened on 9 April 1653. Kildwick Parish
Registers.
[10]
John Jennings married Maria
and they
Robert Jennings
christened 26 December 1668.
William christened 11 January 1675. Kildwick Parish Registers.
[11]
Robert Jennings married Margaret.
They had one son Peter christened on 21 July 1717. Kildwick
Parish registers Peter married twice. First to Mary Lambert
on 10 February 1744 in Skipton. She was buried on 11 January
1762. Peter then married Elizabeth Rawson on 20 December 1762.
She was buried on 18 February 1769. His children by his first
wife were John christened 27 October 1744 and buried 29 November
1745, Ann christened 4 September 1748 and buried 15 September
1748, John christened 25 January 1747 and buried 8 April 1747,
Sarah christened December 1749 and buried in 1750 and William
christened 24 March 1750. Frances Jennings is also recorded
as a child of Peter Jennings. Frances had three illegitimate
children. Frances buried 16 April 1799 aged 4, Elizabeth christened
31 December 1794 and buried on 31 December 1794 and Nancy
christened 14 July 1799. Holy Trinity Skipton
Parish registers.
[12]
Robert Jennings
was buried on 5 June 1670 in
Kildwick. Kildwick Parish Registers.
[13]
He may have married Anne Milner
on 30 April 1681 in Bingley. Or Isabel Beanland in Morton
on 17 July 1784. IGI.
[14]
Agneta Jennings was buried
on 2 September 1675 in Kildwick. Kildwick Parish Registers. [15] Elizabeth Jennings married Edward Smith on 29 August 1668. They already had a young son born out of wedlock Hugh christened 16 April 1666. Kildwick Parish Registers.
[16]
Grace Cryer and Edmund Jennings
married on 7 January 1674. Holy Trinity Skipton Parish Registers.
[17]
From Baptismal entries of his
children. Holy Trinity Skipton Parish Registers. [18] Thomas Cryer had married Mercy backhouse in Skipton on 16 February 1629. They had the following children, Mercy Cryer christened 10 June1633, Mercy later married James Mawson of Kirkby Malhamdale 1664, Grace Cryer christened 4 September 1629 and buried 27 June 1635, Mary christened 3 July 1631, George christened 4 October1635, he later married Janet Briggs on 12 May 1663 in Kirkby Malham and was buried on 12 September 1685 in Kirkby Malham. William christened 3 October 1638, John christened 7 May 1643. Holy Trinity Skipton Parish registers. Kirkby Malham parish registers. Although their first daughter Grace was buried in 1635 it is possible that they had another daughter of the same name. Mercy Cryer wife of Thomas was buried on 18 April 1659 in Skipton. Holy Trinity Skipton Parish Registers.
[19]
Grace may have been christened
in Addingham as detailed below. Grace
was christened in Addingham 20 December 1646. She was the daughter of Richard Cryer
and Margaret Dawson
. Richard Cryer and Margaret Dawson
had married on 18 July 1630. Addingham Parish Registers.
[20]
If Grace was christened in
Addingham she had one brother William christened 27 May 1632
and a sister Margaret christened 27 October 1639. Addingham
Parish Registers
[21]
Agnes Jennings
was christened on 30 March 1679,
Holy Trinity Skipton Parish Registers.
[22]
Petter Jennings
was christened on 30 June 1682,
Ann Jennings
was christened on 18 February
1683. She was buried on 12 November 1711 in Skipton. John Jennings was christened
on 16 October 1687. Edward Jennings
was christened on 24 August
1689.
Holy Trinity Skipton Parish Registers.
[23]
Agneta Jennings married Gulielmus
Gill on 6 December 1706. Kildwick Parish registers.
[24]
John Gill was christened on
27 August 1708. William Gill was christened on 2 December
1711. Martha Gill was christened on 6 June 1714. Kildwick
Parish Registers.
[25]
John married Rebecca Cockshott
in Kildwick Parish Church on 18 January 1708. She
was the daughter of John and Maria Cockshott
and christened on 31 December 1682. Kildwick Parish Registers.
[26]
John Jennings
was
christened on 25 June 1708. Kildwick
Parish Registers.
[27]
Joseph Jennings
was christened on 10 August
1710. Joseph probably
died young. Kildwick Parish Registers.
[28]
Ann Jennings
was buried on 12 November 1711
in Skipton.
Holy Trinity Skipton Parish Registers.
[29]
Edmund Jennings
was christened on 20 March 1715.
Kildwick Parish Registers.
[30]
Edmund Jennings was buried
on
7 February 1721 in Skipton. In 1725 John Jennings was described as a
Labourer Stirton. Holy Trinity Skipton Parish Registers. |
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