Jennyson History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Jennyson family

Early History of the Jennyson family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Jennyson research. Another 124 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1153, 1510, 1525, 1584, 1587, 1590, 1597, 1600, 1607, 1613, 1649, 1652, 1654, 1656, 1677, 1679, 1680, 1683, 1684, 1688, 1700, 1701, 1705, 1734 and 1772 are included under the topic Early Jennyson History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Jennyson Spelling Variations

The English language only became standardized in the last few centuries; therefore,spelling variations are common among early Anglo-Saxon names. As the form of the English language changed, even the spelling of literate people's names evolved. Jennyson has been recorded under many different variations, including Jenison, Jennison, Jenyson, Jennyson and others.

Early Notables of the Jennyson family

Distinguished members of the family include Robert Jenison or Jennison (1584?-1652), English Puritan, son of Ralph Jenison, who died mayor of Newcastle, 16 May 1597, and cousin of Robert Jenison [q. v.], Jesuit, was born at Newcastle about 1584, and was educated at St. John's College, Cambridge, where he was admitted fellow in 1607. 2 Robert Jenison (1590-1656), was an English Jesuit, born in 1590, was the eldest son of William Jenison, Esq., of Walworth Castle in the county of Durham, by Jane, daughter of Barnabas Scurlock, Esq., of Ireland, and grandson to Thomas Jenison [q. v.], Auditor-General of Ireland. 2 Robert Jenison...
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Migration of the Jennyson family

For many English families, the political and religious disarray that shrouded England made the far away New World an attractive prospect. On cramped disease-ridden ships, thousands migrated to those British colonies that would eventually become Canada and the United States. Those hardy settlers that survived the journey often went on to make important contributions to the emerging nations in which they landed. Analysis of immigration records indicates that some of the first North American immigrants bore the name Jennyson or a variant listed above: the name represented in many forms and recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands..