Samuel Jenney was born circa May 1623 in Onboard the Little James, Atlantic Ocean to John Jenney (1596-1644) and Sarah Carey (1595-1660) and died circa 1688 Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts of unspecified causes. He married Susanna Wood (1622-1655) 1647 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He married Ann Lettice (1630-1687) 1657 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
Biography
1623 Birth on Little James

John Jenney grist mill in Plymouth MA today.
The family of John Jenney (1596-1644) were passengers on the English ship Little James, which sailed from London in April, 1623, bound for Plymouth Colony. The ship was one of two to arrive safely that year and would remain in local waters to help with fishing and other chores. The Little James had two young men in charge – Master John Bridges, master mariner, and a novice Captain, Emmanuel Altham, a Merchant Adventurer.
He was a cooper (barrel maker) by occupation. Leiden records call him a “brewer’s man” of Norwich, Norfolk. He was ship’s cooper on Little James. Arrived on the Little James with wife Sarah and children Samuel, Abigail, and Sarah. Son Samuel was born on the ship. Captain Altham wrote on September 7, 1623 that “Good wife Jennings was brought abed of a son aboard our ship.” And: “was delivered of a child in the Ship a month before we cam [sic] a shore and both are well yet, God be praised.”
Children
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
John Jenney (1647-1727) | |||
Job Jenney (1649-1702) | |||
Sarah Jenney (1652-) | |||
Jonathan Jenney (1653-1733) | |||
Sarah Jenney (1654-1664) |
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
Susannah Jenney (1657-1714) | |||
Samuel Jenney (1659-1718) | |||
Elizabeth Jenney (1660-1754) | |||
Lettis Jenney (1662-1734) | |||
Ruth Jenney (1663-1742) | |||
Mark Jenney (1663-1740) |
Siblings
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
Child Jenney (1614-1618) | |||
Child Jenney (1618-1618) | |||
Abigail Jenney (1621-1674) | 1621 Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands | 1674 Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States | Henry Wood (1615-1670) |
Sarah Jenney (1622-1683) | |||
Samuel Jenney (1623-1688) | May 1623 Onboard the Little James, Atlantic Ocean | 1688 Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts | Susanna Wood (1622-1655) Ann Lettice (1630-1687) |
John Jenney (1627-1650) | |||
Susanna Jenney (1634-1654) | 1634 Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts | April 1654 Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts | Benjamin Bartlett (1633-1691) |
References
- 1623 Plymouth Land Census
- Plimoth Grist Mill - Plimoth Plantation Historical Site.
- 'The Jenney Book: John Jenny of Plymouth, and His Descendants; Compiled from the Manuscripts of Bertha W. Clark and Susan C. Tufts with a Chapter on the Jennings Branch by Herman Winslow Jennings