1627 - 1690 (63 years)
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Name |
Humphrey Jennings |
Prefix |
Lord |
Birth |
23 Aug 1627 |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
6 Sep 1690 |
Person ID |
I85571 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
22 Jun 2020 |
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Notes |
- or Jennens, of Gopsall, Leicestershire
Humphrey Jennens was a wealthy iron mogul. He was the owner of Erdington Hall in Birmingham. In 1680 he was lord of the manor of Nether Whitacre, Warwickshire. The manor house is still standing, surrounded by a moat and 3 small square forts, with bridge and gate of the Tudor period.
During the 19th century, many fraudulent family trees were created to drum up financial support for the litigation over the Jennings estate. These family trees still circulate and are relied upon by unwitting descendants.
The accuracy of the folowing cannot be substantiated (by me)
1. HUMPHREY Jennens (1658-1725)
2. JUSTIN Jennens (1659-1659)
3. HENRY Jennens born 1661; died 1676 in England
4. CHARLES Jennens (1662-1748)
5. MARY Jennens (1664-1708)
6. ELIZABETH Jennens (1665-1737) married Jeremiah Smith
7. JOHN Jennens (1667-1733)
8. ANN Jennens (1668-1709) married Sir Clement Fisher
9. ESTHER Jennens born 1670; married William Hammer
10. ROBERT Jennens (1671-1725)
married 1700 to Ann Guidotte (died 1761)
11. FELECIA Jennens (1674-1724)
12. WILLIAM Henry Jennens born 1676; died November 10, 1775
- (Research):The steel tycoon Humphrey Jennings was one of the richest men in England during the 18th century. His grandson William was an eccentric bachelor who died in 1799 with an unsigned will tucked in his coat pocket. The battle over the estate dragged on for more than a century. Decades after Williams' death, potential heirs were still crawling out of the woodwork
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