Brief Life History of Joseph
When Joseph Jennings was born on 17 July 1784, in Borough of Haddonfield, Camden, New Jersey, United States, his father, Jacob Jennings, was 58 and his mother, Ann Albertson, was 38. He married Sarah Mathes on 2 December 1803, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 9 daughters. He died in 1845, in Hilliar, Knox, Ohio, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Salem, Henry, Iowa, United States.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Joseph Jennings - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Joseph Jennings
- Joseph Jennings in the U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
- Joseph Jennings children in the U.S., Hinshaw Index to Selected Quaker Records, 1680-1940
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1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
1787 · New Jersey Plan
Also referred to as the Small State Plan, the New Jersey Plan was an important piece of legislation that William Paterson presented during the Constitutional Convention. The plan was created because states with smaller populations were concerned about their representation in the United States government. The New Jersey plan proposed, among other things, that each state would have one equal vote. This was in contrast to the Virginia Plan, which suggested that appointment for Congress should be proportional to state population. The Connecticut Compromise merged the two plans, allowing for two "houses" of congress: one with proportional representation, and the other with equal power from each state (as the New Jersey Plan had suggested).
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Jenning , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
German: patronymic from a pet form (see Jenning ) of the personal name Johannes (see John ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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