Joshua Jennings 1650Dan Jennings 1700-1778Mathew Jennings 1731-May 27, 1797Aaron Jennings 1770-1850Jennings Brothers 1771-1897 (southport)Jennings & Sherwood 1771-1897Michael Jennings early 1800 sJ. Jennings & Son 1840-1872John B. Jennings mid 1800 sJennings & Phillips 1839-1892Joseph Jennings 1863-1938Annie Burr Jennings 1863-1938

family occupations: store keepers, sea captains, farmers, land owners

Annie B. & Oliver G. are benefactors of the collectionnote: Rebecca Morehouse not Hanna Rowland was married to Mathew on

Feb 5, 1756 (sisters)

Jennings & Philips consisted of Hezekiah Philips & John B. Jennings

Hezekiah later sold his share to Albert Sherwood and the company turned intoJennings & Sherwood

Jennings Brothers: paper manufactoring 1860Japanese paper ware 1867. changed name to hemp fiber ware in 1890 sAgustus and Isaac were involved in paperware

Jennings & Sherwood December 29, 1837 - July 13, 1826

J. Jennings & SonCaptain Gould & Captain Elliotnames of the ships: Sloop Ganges, Sloop Fairfield, Sloop Eliza, Schooner OK?,Schooner Charles Hawley, Sloop Empire, Sloop Mary Elizabeth, Sloop Sterling?.They sailed to New York, Williamsburg, Albany, Brooklyn, Philly, Providence,Baltimore

BOX # 1(deeds)

Captain Abraham Jennings (5)

Daniel Jennings (5)

John B. Jennings (8)

Jennings Brothers (to be moved)

Jennings & Son (to be moved)

Jessup T. Jennings (9)

Mathew Jenningsbox I (9)box II (9)box III (9)box iv (9)box v (11)

Joseph Jenningsbills (4)insurance (11)checks 1847-1849 (45)checks 1850-51 (61)

Michael Jennings (6)

Aaron Jennings (10)

Nehimiah Jennings (10)

Charles Jennings (8)

George P. Jennings (3)wedding certificates

Emma Jennings (1)rememberance book

BOX 2(Annie B. Jennings)

BOX 3(Jennings & Phillips)

folder #

1 insurance papers

2 January/ February 1839 - bills (28) ale, bread, cheese, flour, salt, coal, wine

3 March 1839 - bills (12) wine, flour, fruit, oil, coffee, bread

4 April 1839- bills (29) seeds, rum, palm leaf hats, rifles, scythes, flour, bread, ale, ship repairs?, sail rigging

5 May 1839- bills (19) fruit, brooms, brandy, sugar, starch, bread, NY Journal of Commerce

6 June 1839- bills (25) ham, pork, fire crackers, topsail, ale, flour. codfish

7 July 1839 - bills (24) peanuts, brooms, beef, coffee, cheese, nails, wallpaper, fruit, ale

8 August 1839 - bills (22) salt, beef, lead, codfish, bread, sulfur flour, ale

9 September 1839 - bills (15) pork, mackrel, cigars, flour, rye

10 October 1839 - bills (22) groceries, mackerel, candles, ale, salt

11 Nov & Dec 1839 - bills (28) ham, butter, groceries, bread, coal, crackers, manilla rope

12 Jan & Feb 1840 - bills (16) ashes, ham, water, oil, almonds, knives, tobacco, brandy

13 March 1840 - bills (24) nails, shovels, rope, pencils, washboards, winter oil, clover seed

14 April & May - bills (25) fruit, cheese, wine

15 May 12 - June - bills (25) almonds, butter, ham, brushes, beer

16 July & August - bills (20) salt, coal, bread, rum, ledgers, tea, oats

17 January - December 18, 1838 (52) checks

18 December 18-31, 1838 (51) checks

19 1839 checks (48)

20 1840 checks (40)

21 1841 checks (30)

BOX 4(Jennings & Sherwood)

Folder #1 Jan 1835 - 1836 bills (17)

2 April - October 1836 bills (24)

3 November 1836 bills (24)

4 December 1836 bills (24)

5 January - February 1837 bills (28)

6 March 1837 bills (36)

7 April 1837 bills (28) dolls, liquor, prayer booklets

8 May 1837 bills (38)

9 June 1837 bills (38)

10 July 1837 bills (23)

11 August 1837 bills (38)

12 September 1837 bills (32)

13 October - December 1837 bills (37)

14 1838 - 1841 bills (20)

15 January - February 1842 bills (26) tuition bill

16 March 1842 bills (27)

17 April 1842 bills (29)

18 May 1842 bills (27)

19 June 1842 bills (27)

20 July 1842 bills (37)

21 August 1842 bills (27)

22 September 1842 bills (26)

23 October - November 1842 bills (27)

24 1843 bills (29)

BOX 5(Jennings & Sherwood)

Folder #1 1835 checks (56)

2 Jan & Feb 1836 checks (50)

3 March - May 1836 checks (56)

4 June - September 1836 checks (48)

5 October - November 1836 checks (48)

6 December 1836 checks (42)

7 January 1837 checks (52)

8 February - December 1837 checks (34)

9 August 1841 checks (31)

10 Bank Books (2)

note: in 1836 an account appears for Jennings & Sherwood at the union bank inNYC. as well as at the CT Branch Bank in Southport

BOX 6( J. Jennings & Son)

Folder #1 insurance

2 customs and lading forms (18)

3 March 1843 bills (27) soap, flour, curacoa salt, forks, tea, cloves, slate pencils, slates, codfish

4 April 1843 bills (46) ginger, nails, superfine flour, honey, sail twine, mapping paper, geography, arithmatic, grammar books

5 May 1843 bills (36) coards, oak wood, cheese, hats, linseed oil, rum, corn

6 June 1843 bills (38) pupils 1st & 2nd books, history book, philosophers, algebra, quills, salt, coca nuts, looking glasses, apples, roman candles, rackets, triangles, bowls, chambray

7 July 1843 bills (36) triangles, candles, rackets, brandy, salt, codfish, manilla rope, salt, flour, cheese, tobacco, oats, citron, wash boards

8 August 1843 bills (25) ale, ginger, cheese, mackrel, pine plank, lemons, oranges, tea

9 September & October 1843 bills (40) coal, linseed oil, cider brandy, wine, oats, almonds, veal, lamb, steak, rasins

10 November & December 1843 bills (39) milk, rope, indigo, grapes, laudamin, flower pots, jugs, seaman s fund & retreat, pipe, teakettle, funnel, tuition, meals

question? when did the use of fireworks become popular for the 4th

of July? bought fireworks from M. Bennett who was importing fromhavana

11 January & February 1844 bills (21) ny journal of commerce, flour, codfish, wharf space

12 March 1844 bills (34) tuition, pills, caster oil, tobacco, seaman s fund, clover seed, linen towels, wicks, christian

advocates journal, chocolate, rum, brushes13 April 1844 bills (41) poudrette, fuel, soap, sail repair, mapping,

bible covers, fish hooks, hay

14 May 1844 bills (32) albums, poudrette, rice, manilla rope, rye

15 June 1844 bills (39) aquaduct mills, grain, bread, molasses

16 July 1844 bills (33) flour, biscuits, codfish, bolts

17 August 1844 bills (31) shingles, siding, mahogany, molasses, wharfage

18 September 1844 bills (16) ham, candles, laudamn, shirts

19 October 1844 bills (36) bread, brooms, coffee, wharfage

20 November & December 1844 bills (32) ny daily express, candy

21 January - July 1845 bills (33) hay, jugs, labor slip, fruit, wharf space

22 August & September 1845 bills (41) ladum, ale, pepper, flour, coffee, cheese, mapping, tobacco, pipes, sugar, gunpowder

23 October - December 1845 bills (22) flour, codfish, coal, stoves, rope, timber

24 January - December 1846 bills (30) boat repairs, wharfage, candles, coal, sugar, note: there is a bill for Henry Clay

25 April 1846 bills (37) blacking, nails, compass, tuition, ham, butter, manilla rope

26 May - July 1846 bills (39) wharfage, carving, bread, soap, syrup, tobacco, paper

27 August - September 1846 bills (41) sugar, rum, Eliza s tuition rudder braces.

28 October - December 1846 bills (22) tuition, candy, sugar, flour, coal

Box 7(J. Jennings & Son)

Folder #1 January & February 1849 bills (19) sails, biscuits, brooms, beer,

cheese, wharfage

2 March 1849 bills (34) nails, bread, codfish, flour, rice

3 April 1849 bills (31) bread, codfish, rum, tills

4 May & June 1849 bills (50) lord & taylor, iron stocks, butter, bread, toll for ct. river, codfish, rum, crackers, brooms

5 July 1849 bills (41) ny daily express, corn, codfish, nails, cement, oranges, labor, linseed oil

6 August 1849 bills (49) suffir flu?, cheese, bread, soda crackers, beer, decanter stops, tumblers, china plates, candles,

milk

7 September & October 1849 bills (37) soap, pails, nails, codfish, cement, coffee, seaweed, meat, shovels, milk

8 November & December 1849 bills (27) tolls, cement, tobacco

9 January 1850 bills (37) laudaum, molasses, yarn, tobacco, varnish

10 February 1850 bills (31) sail, ale, flour, cheese, butter

11 March 1850 bills (are feb & mar combined) sugar, tea, spades, nails, wharfage, beer

12 April 1850 bills (49) butter, figs, hats, wharfage, brazil nuts

13 May 1850 bills (42) wine, ham, rye, wharfage, labor, brushes

14 June 1850 bills (34) harbor master s fees, codfish, yarn, indigo, rope, beer

15 July 1850 bills (41) wharfage, snuff, codfish, ham, lead glass, stained glass, nails, rakes

16 August 1850 bills (52) flour, hay, castor oil, pails, cement, corn, gin, yarn

17 September 1850 bills (41) candles, rope, brooms, tuition, wharfage, soap, brandy

18 October 1850 bills (35) butter, towing, wharfage, beer, grain scoops, segars

19 November & December 1850 bills (44) pants, vest, jacket, cigars, buck mitts, tobacco, tea, wharfage

20 January & February 1851 bills (32) doctor bills, pills, nutmeg, rope

21 March 1851 bills (31) doctor bills, pills, nutmeg, rope

22 April 1851 bills (40) double bed sacking, yarn, rice meal, beachwood, whale oil, hooks & knives, wharfage

23 May - July 1851 bills (45) cigars, turpentine, manure, codfish, cider brandy

24 August - November 1851 bills (16) transportation, coal, codfish

Box 8(J. Jennings & Son)

Folder #1 January & February 1852 bills (37) timber, oil mill, chocolate,

molasses, grass scythe

2 March 1852 bills (41) coal, beer, caulking, linseed oil, wharfage, nails

3 April 1852 bills (23) plow, tobacco, sisal yarn

4 May 1852 bills (46) pails, gin, wharfage, corn, ny daily express, stones

5 June 1852 bills (36) beer, linseed oil, lumber, codfish, pork, varnish, rakes, rockets

6 July 1852 bills (31) rifles, flag of the union, labor, harbor master s fees, cherries, ale, ham

7 August 1852 bills (32) bricks, sugar, wine, bowls, stove, candy, codfish

8 September & October 1852 bills (45) straw, timber, wharfage, corn, gin, coal, minerals

9 November & December 1852 bills (55) molasses, candles, codfish, cigars, flour

10 January & February 1853 bills (35) doctor s bills, onions, ny dailyexpress, labor, yarn, codfish, molasses, stove

11 March 1853 bills (36) peanuts, timber, iron, paper, cheese, bones

12 April 1853 bills (24) pipes, molasses, cheese, ribbon

13 May & June 1853 bills (38) tobacco, beer, corn, pork, manilla rope,hay, flag of the union, coffee

14 July 1853 bills (30) rakes, molasses, corn, brandy, tobacco, china

15 August 1853 bills (24) rum, cement, timothy seed, butter, beer, paper, wrapping paper, codfish

16 September 1853 bills (32) lumber, fire snuff, candles, corn, wheat feed

17 October 1853 bills (32) beer, coffee, lumber, grates

18 November 1853 bills (33) pills, wharfage, towing from baltimore, lard

19 December 1853 bills (24) spirit gas, palm leaf paper, coal

Box 9(J. Jennings & Son)

Folder #1 January 1854 bills (30) rice meal, coffee, apples

2 March 1854 bills (45) highway tax, spikes, ham, scythes, soap, labor

3 April 1854 bills (42) sail, cigars, sheets, towels, blacksmith, beef

4 May 1854 bills (50) syrup, wharfage, candles, plaster

5 June 1854 bills (47) rum, codfish, labor, cloth, printing

6 July 1854 bills (42) rum, hooks, cement, rope

7 August 1854 bills (32) blacksmith, corn, coffee, rope

8 August 1854 bills (33) towing, labor, codfish, pork, ham

9 September 1854 bills (32) soap, nails, codfish, wharfage, ham

10 October 1854 bills (31) codfish, corn, pork, nails

11 November 1854 bills (45) coffee, ham, oats, codfish, pork, apples

12 December 1854 bills (31) wharfage, rope, topmast, candles, tobacco

13 January 1855 bills (28) candles, ny daily express, rope, rye, cotton duck

14 March 1855 bills (52) rice, labor, peaches, peas, corn, figs, brazil nuts

Box 10(J. Jennings & Son)

Folder #1 April 1855 bills (38) soda biscuits, ham, codfish, perry davis

vegtable pain killer (providence)

2 May 1855 bills (45) coal, ham, wharfage, butter, ham, eggs, codfish

3 June 1855 bills (52) towing, harbor master s fees, ham, coffee, super phosphate snuff

4 July 1855 bills (42) codfish, oats, wharfage, cheese, ham, towing, pass book, writing books

5 August & September 1855 bills (32) harbor master s fees, timothy seed, sugar, cotton duck, garden seed, candy

6 October - December 1855 bills (44) codfish, pigs, pork, rope, 1rasins, lime

7 January & February 1855 bills (27) republican farmer, coal, topmast, hay yarn

8 March 1855 bills (21) clover seed, transportation

9 April 1855 bills (33) cotton sail duck, codfish, transportation, soap, slate

10 May 1855 bills (37) varnish, paint, cheese, washboards

11 June 1855 bills (27) cloth & trimmings, codfish

12 July 1855 bills (33) harbor master s fees, rope, sail repair, pails

13 August & September 1855 bills (44) corn, harbor master s fees, sugar, soda biscuits, towing, ale, cheese, topmast

14 October 1855 bills (36) ale, cotton duck cloth, lard, cement, beef, butter, labor, wharfage, locks

15 November & December 1855 bills (31) lead, nails, wharfage, ashes, flour, linseed oil, thrasher seperator

16 January & February 1857 bills (34) transportation, ny daily express, flour, yarn, flag of the union, tea, coffee, figs, citron, clover, blocks

17 March & April 1857 bills (47) peaches, peas, bolts, ale, tobacco, tacks, bran, linseed oil, bone sawings, grain, shovels

18 May 1857 bills (32) hay rakes, stained glass, pigs (set in ice for voyage), mars almonds, Herring safe

Box 11

(J. Jennings & Son)

folder #

** 1 June 1857 bills (30) Henderson s intelligence office- payment for a letter for servant passage, wharfage, salt, coffee, cheese, varnish, wheat feed, cement

2 July 1857 bills (40) corn, hammers, towing, salt, printed envelopes& cards, whiskey, gingham, capimers & trimming, shoes, tablecloths, bills from Greenwich for repair to ships

3 August 1857 bills (39) oats, family soap, oil, bolts, bottled ale, ink, harbor master s fees, candles, whale oil, manilla rope, sugar, rice, tea

4 September 1857 bills (40) bank draft, flour, snuff, preserving jars, labor, wheat feed, ham, bone sawings

5 October 1857 bills (30) coffee, sugar, ale, buckwheat flour, cement, ticking

6 November 1857 bills (49) payment stubbs, molasses, ancor, nails,raisins, ny daily express, brooms

7 December 1857 bills (31) sugar, wheat feed, ale, figs, flag of the union, ny journal of commerce, rigging

** 8 January & February 1858 bills (42) wheat feed, cloth, cheese, chew, varnish, blacksmith blankets (lord & taylor), sugar, corn, rice, Henderson s intelligence- servant s fees

** 9 March 1858 bills (53) Mrs. Jennings employment office card, wheat feed, peas, varnish, molasses, soap, butter, bone shavings, knives

10 April 1858 bills (49) harbor master, hams, pork, nails, corn, gaff saddle, paint, pocket knives

11 May 1858 bills (37) castings, corn, rope, sugar, coffee, labor

12 June 1858 bills (31) oats, corn, wheat feed, oil, whiskey, ham, linseed oil, nails

13 July 1858 bills (27) wheat feed, oats, ham, flour

14 August 1858 bills (35) flour, codfish, wheat feed, syrup, lime, ham, cheese

15 September 1858 bills (42) salt, wheat feed, oats, flour, new sails

16 October 1858 bills (27) corn, rye, oats, flour, cotton duck, copies, rope, seeds

17 November 1858 bills (46) coffee, pepper, oats, butter, anchor, salt, molasses, tobacco, wheat feed

18 December 1858 bills (20) gravel, ny journal of commerce, wheat feed, flag of our union, ale, labour

Box 12(J. Jennings & Son)

Folder #1 January & February 1859- bills (37) butcher, coal, silver parlor

grates, bath bricks, wheat feed, wharfage, barrels of molasses, grain scoops, segars, double straw paper, winter whale oil, mustard, dried apples, sage

2 March - bills (38) casks ale, railroad transportation (nagatuck Rail Road company), mackrel, flour, cheese, oats, champagne, linseed oil, bone sawings, blacksmith, repairs to schooner ok

3 April- bills (34) wharfage, rye, perry davis vegtable pain killers (1 box = 9 bottles) flour, ham, hemp carpet, corn, labor, anchor

4 May- bills (26) wheat feed, towing, wharfage, brushes, potatoes

5 June- bills (33) soda biscuits, corn, paint, maccaronie, cheese, wharfage, wages, repairs

6 July & August- bills (51) Flag of our Union subscription, ham, lounge?, cheese, oats, corn, labor, transportation, rye, sugar, coal, french codfish, linseed oil, ink & quills

7 September - bills (35) stovepipe parts, coal, tea, soda, corn, towing, soap, oats, ale, bones

8 October- bills (42) wharfage, mast hoops, barrels cement, ship repairs, ham, ashes, wheat flour, Republican Farmer, corn

9 November- bills (41) wheat flour, wheat feed, oak high table chair, codfish, ale, candles, cigars, towing, winter whale oil, tile

10 December- bills (20) soda, varnish, NY journal of commerce, Albany Evening Journal, leather ledger, calendar, shoe nails

11 January -March 1860- bills (42) Republican Farmer, harbor master fees, wheat feed, Flag of the Union, hay rope, ale, scythe, figs, clover seed, onion seed, caster oil, corn, bone savings, rice, glass

12 April- bills (29) church nails, carriage, flower pots, towing, trundle bed, timothy seed

13 May - bills (39) compasses, wheat feed, towing (between piers) pigs, corn, cheese, pocket knives, linseed oil

14 June- bills (28) candles, towing, wharfage, soda biscuit, ship repair (Greenwich), sugar, oranges, pails

15 July- bills (32) rake, wheat feed, corn starch, comissions on cargo, scythes, rifles, linseed oil

16 August- bills (38) lead, carbon oil, towing, rice, plaster, soda biscuits, molasses, wheat, irishman s ashes**, winter whale oil

17 September- bills (36) timothy seed, towing, phosphate, wash boards, ale, chocolate

18 October- bills (49) wharfage, sugar, cheese, nails, saw, brandy

19 November- bills (40) labor, mending of anchor, wheat feed

20 December- bills (27) wharfage, NY journal of commerce, forks, ale,labor, hay rope, raisins, sugar, lime

21 1861- bills (11) towing, coffee, lumber (spruce), postage on journal of commerce

Box 13(J. Jennings & son)

Folder#1 January 1862- bills (16) ny journal of commerce, wharfage, labor,

postage, The World & Morning Courier & NY Enquirer

2 February- bills (41) citron, wharfage, cheese, stove pipe, scythes, butter, soap, saddle, oats, molasses

3 March- bills (42) soda biscuit, reaming pump, bone savings, linseed oil, wharfage, illustrated newspaper, pot ashes, brandy

4 April- bills (44) hams, butter, coal, cod, sugar, spruce boards, tuition, oats

5 May- bills (42) ale, republican farmer, linseed oil, cement, lime, sacks, family soap, dishes, bone savings

6 June& July- bills (36) stoves, corn, coffee, coal, butter, tuition, oat

7 August- bills (34) ragg stones, cheese, chimneys, candles, burningfluid, brandy, H.W. feed

8 October- bills (42) bath bricks, molasses, lime, tuition, wheat feed, nails

9 November- bills (41) blasting powder, salt, brooms, wharf, smoked ham, wash boards, scoops, burning fluid, chew

10 December- (37) burning fluid, labor, salt, soda, ny journal ofcommerce, cotton duck cloth, ale, garden seed, oars

11 1863 bills (21) labor, repairs to ship, hat, Providence daily post

12 January - March 1864- bills (25) beef, spoons, sugar, pails, shovels, oats, corn, repairs

13 April - May - bills (23) rock salt, hay rakes, figs, nails, indigo, nectar leaf foil

14 June - August - bills (36) flour, cheese, starch, butter, segars, shivels, brandy, linseed oil, lime, soap, plates

15 September- bills (31) candles, bourbon, rope, oats, sugar, starch, cement

16 1865- 1870 -bills (35) grindstone fixtures, cheese, brooms, sugar, salt, manilla rope, oats, firecrackers, Republican Farmer, oats, molasses, labor, varnish, journal of commerce

Box 14(J. Jennings & Son)

Fairfield the biography of a community: 1639-1989Thomas J. Farnhampublished for the FHS by phoenix publishing in west kennebunk, maine@1988

Annie B.218: Fairfield lacked a high school, elementary & high school were in one

building. Annie forced Fairfield to establish a separate high school. while theschool disputed the merits & difficulty of this project, annie bought a house onunquowa road and gave it to the town in 1916

224: 1914 est of Birdcraft sanctuary. driving force behind the anti-suffragesociety. she tried to convince women that they were better off with mencontrolling the nation s political life. (failed august 1920)

227: annie b. lived at sunnie-holm, created in 1910 by combining twohouses built by John B. Steenbergen in the mid-century.

251: opposed concern over the power of the town plan comission260: annie b. would go without sewers, rather than encourage new deal

investment in town. (her opinion was important)263: gave 16 acres to town to be used for a public park264: annie b. died on July 1939 2 months before fairfield celebrated

tercentenary. her death marked the demise of a lifestyle

Agustus179-189: agustus & isaac set up japanese paper ware plant in 1870. they

were “light but durable dishes & pails made by hydraulically pressing hemp fibresinto various shapes.” main plant was in ny until 1892-1893, charles b.consolidated manufactoring operations in a single mill in farifield. continued toproduce products until 1910 when the firm closed down.

Oliver B.188: census lists oliver b. as a merchant worth $100,000 (1870)188: oliver burr jennings born in 1825. sold dry goods in ny. moved to cali

in 1849 accumulated his wealth in west. partners with william rockefeller(brother-in-law) and john p. rockefeller in organization & management ofstandard oil.

194: co-formed fairfield beach comapany, a private club215: contributed $ with other wealthy people in order to pave roads in front

of the house.

Rufus P.helped to fund a poor farm

Oliver G. (oliver g. s son)

215: got into a competition with frederic bronson to see who could“macadamize” more feet of road.

222: concieved of the improvement association of fairfield & vicinity.formed to attack the mosquito. spent $ to drain suspected mosquito breedinggrounds, reducing the # of mosquitoes.

226: in 1906 o.g. jennings razed a mansion and spent a million dollars tobuild mailands. french chateau on 76 acres. later donated? to fairfield u. nowmcauliffe hall

252: owned 300 feet of beachfront property, leased to fairfield pavillioncompany

255: controlled republican party. controlled board of finance.

Walter194: part of fairfield beach co.

shipping69-71: exported flaxseed to ireland via ny trade was important, agricultural

goods consumed on board of the ship; products were neeeded to feed crews &livestockone of eight lawful ports in the colony of ct.