Ancestry of
William Jennings Bryan
41st U.S. Secretary of State
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- Great-grandmother of William Jennings Bryan — 4th Generation
- Ahnentafel No:
- 13
- Father:
- Josephus Waters
- Mother:
- Margaret Lansdale
- Birth Date:
- ABT 1773
- Birth Location:
- Maryland
- Christening Date:
- Christening Location:
- Death Date:
- 30 Oct 1845
- Death Location:
- Walnut Hill, Marion, Illinois
- Burial Date:
- Burial Location:
- East Lawn Cemetery, Salem, Marion, Illinois
- Spouse Name:
- Israel Jennings Jr.
- Marriage Date:
- 5 Nov 1802
- Marriage Location:
- Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky
- Child:
Charles Waters Jennings (Ahnentafel No:6 )
- Notes:
Mary Waters's given name is also seen as Polly.
Mary Waters
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Sources for Mary Waters
- 1 Biographical and Reminiscent History of Richland, Clay and Marion Counties, Illinois, Indianapolis, Indiana: B. F. Bowen and Company, Publishers (1909), 208.
- 2 General Society of Mayflower Descendants Membership Applications, 1620-1920, General No. 12072, Membership application for Mary Bryan Allen.
- 3 Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 02/16/2023).
- 4 Kentucky, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Marriage record for Israel Jennings and Polly Waters.
- 5 The Mayflower Descendant, 2011, Vol. 60, pp. 63-64.
- 6 Jennings, William Henry, A Genealogical History of the Jennings Families in England and America, Vol. 2, The American Families, Columbus, Ohio: Press of Mann and Adair (1899), 491.
- 7 Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 55.
- 8 White, Lillie Pauline, Jennings, Davidson and Allied Families: A Genealogical List and History of the Descendants of the . . ., Seattle, Washington: Sherman Printing and Binding Co. (1944), 16, 19-22.