Ancestry of
William Jennings Bryan

41st U.S. Secretary of State

Israel Jennings Jr.

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• • Great-grandfather of William Jennings Bryan — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 12 
  • Father:
  • Israel Jennings 
  • Mother:
  • Charity Freeman   
  • Birth Date:
  • 3 Jul 1776 
  • Birth Location:
  • Connecticut 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 7 Aug 1860 
  • Death Location:
  • Walnut Hill, Marion, Illinois 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • East Lawn Cemetery, Salem, Marion, Illinois 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Mary Waters
  • Marriage Date:
  • 5 Nov 1802 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky 
  • Child:

  Charles Waters Jennings (Ahnentafel No:6 )

• Additional marriages for Israel Jennings Jr.

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  • Spouse:
  • Lear Sterling
  • Marriage Date:
  • BEF 13 Sep 1850

• Sources for Israel Jennings Jr.

  • ¹ Biographical and Reminiscent History of Richland, Clay and Marion Counties, Illinois, Indianapolis, Indiana: B. F. Bowen and Company, Publishers (1909), 208.
  • ² Federal Census, IL, Marion County, 1850, District 11, Image 62 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 Kentucky, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Marriage record for Israel Jennings and Polly Waters.
  • ⁶ The Mayflower Descendant, 2011, Vol. 60, pp. 63-64.
  • 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.
  • 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), 16, 19-22.