When Benjamin Prince Jenne was born on 16 May 1806, in Hadley, Saratoga, New York, United States, his father, Prince Elisha Jenne, was 24 and his mother, Olive Lincoln, was 23. He married Sarah Comstock Snyder on 20 January 1830, in St. Lawrence, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Wanship, Summit, Utah, United States in 1880 and Susanville, Grant, Oregon, United States in 1934. He registered for military service in 1852. He died on 18 February 1896, in Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
English and French: nickname from Middle English, Old French prince (from Latin princeps).
Americanized form (translation into English) of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Prinz ‘prince’, or its Czech, Slovak, Slovenian or some other Slavic cognate Princ, from princ ‘prince’.
Americanized form of Slovenian Primc: status name for one who lives in the house of his father-in-law, from a derivative of primiti ‘to accept, to take over’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesCannon Family Historical Treasury Published by George Cannon Family Association 1967 Sarah Jane Jenne Cannon By Janath Russell Cannon Sources: Biographical sketch by Sarah Jane’s daughter Rosannah …
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