Mother of Elizabeth Jennings Anderson (Courant + Seymour). Parents locked: Miles Lewis Peck × Mary Harriet Seymour Peck (Seymour genealogy).
Maiden Peck; parents LOCKED: Miles Lewis Peck × Mary Harriet Seymour Peck (American Seymour Genealogy — “second daughter of Mary Harriet (Seymour) and Miles Lewis Peck”). Styled Rachel Jennings in Dorothy Boyd Courant obituary.
Facts
- Name
- Rachel Kezia Peck Jennings
- Maiden name
- Peck
- Born
- 6 January 1883
- Birthplace
- Bristol, Hartford County, Connecticut
- Died
- 6 October 1972
- Place of death
- Bristol, Hartford County, Connecticut
- Generation
- 4
- Status
- confirmed
- Sex
- Female
Parents
Spouses
Children
Sources
- Corroboration (namesake): Dorothy Boyd Courant obituary — Rachel’s son Miles Peck Jennings / nephew Miles Peck Jennings Jr. — maternal grandfather Miles Peck.
She was born in Hartford on May 7, 1916 daughter of the late Newell and Rachel Jennings of Bristol. ... she and her sister Elizabeth would meet in the school garden to speak English. ... she leaves three nieces, Hilda Jennings of Princeton, NJ, Rachel Thompson of Hilton Head, SC ... two nephews, Sherwood Anderson of Burlington and Miles Peck Jennings, Jr. of Bristol ... She was predeceased by her sister Elizabeth Anderson Foster; and her brother Miles Peck Jennings.
- Gen-7 lead only (not locked): Seymour genealogy — Electa daughter of John Churchill × Laura Wells.
Rachel Kezia, b. 6 Jan. 1883; B.A. (Vassar, 1905); m. at Bristol, 28 June 1910, Newell Jennings ... Children: (1) Elizabeth Newell 11, b. in 1911; B.A. (Vassar, 1932); m. at Bristol, in 1932, Sherwood L Anderson, Jr., of Allentown, Pa. Children: A. Hilda Peck 12, b. 27 Mar. 1933. B. Sherwood L., b. 17 July 1934. C. Rachel Jennings, b. 20 Jan. 1936.
- 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 married on June 28, 1910, to Rachel K. Peck. On June 28, 1960, a host of friends gathered to celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary. Mrs. Jennings survives him along with two of their three children and seven grandchildren.
- Gen-7 lead only (not locked): Seymour genealogy — Electa daughter of John Churchill × Laura Wells.
RACHEL KEZIA 10 (PECK) JENNINGS (1883– ), second daughter of Mary Harriet (Seymour) and Miles Lewis Peck, was educated in Bristol schools and at Vassar College (B.A., 1905). MARY HARRIET, b. 22 July 1849; d. at Bristol, Conn., 31 Oct. 1926; m. at Bristol, 18 Oct. 1871, MILES LEWIS PECK, b. at Bristol, 24 July 1849, s. of Josiah Tracy and Ellen (Barnard) Peck. Children, b. at Bristol: … IV. Rachel Kezia, b. 6 Jan. 1883; B.A. (Vassar, 1905); m. at Bristol, 28 June 1910, Newell Jennings…