Ancestry of
Charles Waters Jennings

(1802–1872)

Charles Waters Jennings

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• • 1st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1 
  • Father:
  • Israel Jennings Jr. 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Waters   
  • Birth Date:
  • 11 Jan 1802 
  • Birth Location:
  • Nelson County, Kentucky 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 18 Aug 1872 
  • Death Location:
  • Marion County, Illinois 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • East Lawn Cemetery, Salem, Marion, Illinois 
  • Notes: 

  • Charles Jennings's birth date is given as 11 JAN 1802 by his granddaughter. It is possible that the year is off as his parents didn't get married until 10 months after his birth date.

• Marriages for Charles Waters Jennings

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  • Spouse:
  • Mariah Woods Davidson
  • Marriage Date:
  • 14 Dec 1826
  • Marriage Location:
  • near Salem, Marion, Illinois

• Sources for Charles Waters Jennings

  • ¹ Biographical and Reminiscent History of Richland, Clay and Marion Counties, Illinois, Indianapolis, Indiana: B. F. Bowen and Company, Publishers (1909), 208-209.
  • ² Federal Census, IL, Marion County, 1850, District 11, Image 57 of 160.
  • ³ General Society of Mayflower Descendants Membership Applications, 1620-1920, General No. 12072, Membership application for Mary Bryan Allen.
  • ⁴ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 02/16/2023).
  • ⁵ Nebraska and Midwest Genealogical Record, Lincoln, Nebraska: Nebraska Historical Libray, FHL 8702903, Image 76, 1935, Vol. 13, pp. 22-23, "Charles Waters Jennings Bible".
  • ⁶ The Mayflower Descendant, 2011, Vol. 60, p. 64.
  • ⁷ 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), 491-492.
  • ⁸ 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.
  • ⁹ 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), 19, 28-29.