Son of Rev. William Jesup Jennings × Miranda D. (Greene) Jennings (Yale Obituary Record 1890–1900); father of Newell Jennings (CT Reports vol. 152).
Styled John J. Jennings in Connecticut Reports memorial and 1900 death notice; John Joseph on Political Graveyard and FAG. Prominent Bristol / Hartford County lawyer; partner/preceptor of Roger S. Newell until death 1 Apr 1900. Parents locked 2026-09-16: Rev. William Jesup Jennings × Miranda D. (Greene) Jennings (Yale Obituary Record). Academic Yale Class of 1876 (not Yale Law as Brewster briefly states); studied law in Newell & Pierce office; bar 1881.
Facts
- Name
- John Joseph Jennings
- Born
- 30 January 1855
- Birthplace
- Black Rock, Fairfield County, Connecticut (FAG 41083220 identity lead; matches Bridgeport-area / Yale 1876 notice)
- Died
- 1 April 1900
- Place of death
- Bristol, Hartford County, Connecticut (home on High Street per 1900 notice)
- Generation
- 5
- Status
- confirmed
- Sex
- Male
Parents
Spouses
Children
Sources
- Identity enrichment: Political Graveyard expands John J. to John Joseph Jennings; married Elizabeth Naomi (Newell) Jennings.
Relatives: Son of John Joseph Jennings and Elizabeth Naomi (Newell) Jennings; married, June 28, 1910, to Rachel K. Peck.
- Identity enrichment: husband’s Yale necrology — married 26 Mar 1850 Miranda D., daughter of Russell Greene of Miller's Place; wife died 9 Aug 1892.
John Joseph Jennings, son of Rev. William Jesup Jennings (Yale 1843) and Miranda D. (Greene) Jennings, was born at Black Rock, a village in the suburbs of Bridgeport, Conn., January 30, 1855… He died at his home in Bristol, April 1, 1900… He married, September 1, 1881, at Bristol, Elizabeth Naomi, daughter of Samuel P. and Martha J. Newell.
- Corroboration: same memorial states Newell practiced law with his uncle Roger S. Newell — maternal uncle (Roger Samuel Newell, brother of Elizabeth Naomi Newell per FAG family links / historicbuildingsct).
Judge Jennings was born in Bristol on May 12, 1883, and lived there until his death on February 17, 1965. He was the son of John J. and Elizabeth Newell Jennings.
- Identity: contemporary death notice — John J. Jennings, prominent Hartford County lawyer, died Bristol High Street after pneumonia, aged 45; born Bridgeport; Yale 1876; leaves two sons.
Bristol. Conn., April 2.—John J. Jennings, one of the most prominent of Hartford county lawyers, is dead at his home on High street after a week's illness with pneumonia, aged 45 years. He leaves two sons. Deceased was born in Bridgeport, Conn., graduated from Yale in 1876…
- Identity lead (dates/burial only; FAG family tabs do not lock): FAG 41083220 John Joseph Jennings 30 Jan 1855 – 1 Apr 1900, West Cemetery Bristol.
Birth 30 Jan 1855 Black Rock, Fairfield County, Connecticut; Death 1 Apr 1900 Bristol; Burial West Cemetery Bristol.
- Corroboration: Brewster Genealogy Vol. II — Miranda (Greene) Jennings of Westport as mother in “son of” sentence for John Joseph.
m. there, Sept. 1, 1881, John Joseph Jennings, son of Rev. William J. and Miranda (Greene) Jennings of Westport, Conn., b. at Bridgeport or Fairfield, Conn., Jan. 30, 1855; d. at Bristol, Apr. 1, 1900.