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George was born in 1803.[i]
He Joined
the East India Company Army in 1822 arriving in India on 26 May 1823 on the
company’s ship the Farquharson.[ii]
He held the
rank of Gunner when he
married Catherine Jacob on 16 July 1827 in Saint Andrew Church, Bombay, India.[iii]
The couple
began their married life in Matoonga,
Bombay, India and moved to Ahmednuggur, after the death of their son
George.
Together the couple had seven children:
- Sarah Jennings born 7 July & baptised 10
August 1828 in Matoonga, Bombay, India.[iv]
- George Jennings born 20 July & baptised 23 August 1829, Matoonga, Bombay, India.[v] George died at the age of 2 months on 17 September 1829, before the family left Matoonga.[vi]
- Mary Ann Jennings born 3 July & baptised 27 July 1831, Ahmednuggur, Bombay, India.[vii]
- James Jennings born 25 January and baptised 24 February 1833 in Ahmednuggur, Bombay, India.[viii]
- Caroline
Jennings born 3 July and baptised 2 August 1835 in Ahmednuggur, Bombay, India[ix]
Caroline died at the age of 11 on 10 September 1847 in Bycullah, Bombay, India.[x]
- Isabella Jennings was born 26 Dec 1837 and baptised 14 January 1838 in Ahmednuggur, Bombay, India.[xi]
- Catherine Jennings born 10 August and baptised 13 August 1840 in, Bombay, India.[xii]
George’s
career flourished as he rose to the rank of Sergeant Depot Instructor on 31
October 1832 and then Sub-Conductor in the Ordnance Department of Ahmednuggur
Arsenal in 1833. He was seconded to
Ordnance Assistant's Department on 6 August 1833 and discharged 8 April 1836.
He was transferred to the Town Major's List as Sub-Conductor on 18 May 1841,
reaching the level of conductor by the time of his death in 1844.
“There are numerous comfortable situations open
in the Company’s service for deserving soldiers, and such, too, as suit them
better commissions. The first of these are warrant officers, estimated at about
200, and styled sub-conductors, conductors, and deputy assistant commissaries;
and all are promoted from the ranks. Their duties are to superintend in
ordnance and commissariat stores. They take the name conductor from being
frequently employed in conducting stores from one station to another.”[xiii]
While
residing in Ahmednuggur, George also joined the Freemason’s Lodge of Hope in Ahmednuggur which met in the Barrack Rooms, The Fort, Ahmednuggur (Aurungabad), Bombay, India
where he was working.[xiv]
[xv]
George died
on 15 September 1844, [location yet to be determined].[xvi] [xvii]
He left his wife with six children between the ages of sixteen and four years
of age. Unfortunately for the children their mother passed away a year later at
the age of 30 and was buried in Back Bay Burial Ground on 21 February 1845,
leaving them orphans.[xviii]
My second
great-grandmother would have only been eight years of age at the demise of her
mother.
WikiTree profile for George Jennings
[i] Ancestry.com. England, United Grand Lodge of
England Freemason Membership Registers, 1751-1921 [database on-line]. Provo,
UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Membership 15th unnumbered entry
on page 802 in the United Grand Lodge of
England Freemason Membership Registers for
Lodge of Hope, Ahmednuger for George Jennings who joined on 2 February 1835 at
the age of 32; Original data: Membership registers 1751-1921 from the
collection of the United Grand Lodge of England held by the Library and Museum
of Freemasonry. Images reproduced by courtesy of the Library and Museum of
Freemasonry, London. Rights reserved.
[ii]
FIBIS website, “Registers
of Bombay Army European Soldiers”(index without images) Entry for George
Jennings enlisted 1822, Registers of
Bombay Army European Soldiers 1793-1839 A-K
(https://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_detail.php?id=2290703 accessed 16 April 2020) citing IOR Reference
L/MIL/12/109
[iii]
Findmypast, British India Office Marriages, Parish register transcripts from
the Presidency of Bombay, 1709-1948, Entry for the Marriage of George
Jennings(Gunner in the Honourble Company’s Regiment of Artillery) &
Catherine Jacob married by banns on 18 July 1827, from the offical copy of the
Register of Marriages for the Chaplaincy of Matoonga in the Archdeaconry of
Bombay between 31 December 1827-1 January 1828, entry 65, page 193 citing IOR
Reference Z/N/3, Volume Number 8, Folio 193).
[iv]
Findmypast, Parish register transcripts from the Presidency of Bombay,
1709-1948, Baptism of Sarah Jennings
born 7 July 1828 and baptised 10 August 1829, daughter of George(Gunner) &
Catherine Jennings, residing in Matoonga, Register for the baptisms in the
Chaplaincy of Matooya, Archdeanery of Bombay from 1 July to the 31 December
1828, entry 90, p. 267; FindmyPast
British India Office Ecclesiastical Returns (database with images); citing
British India Office Births & Baptisms N-3-8 folio 267
[v]
Findmypast, Parish register transcripts from the Presidency of Bombay,
1709-1948(database with images), Baptism of George Jennings born 7 July 1829
and baptised 2 August 1829, son of George(N.C Arty.) & Catherine Jennings,
residing in Matoonga, the Register for baptisms in the Chaplaincy of
Ahmednuggur, Archdeanery of Bombay from 1 July to the 31 December 1829, entry
100, p.225; citing British India Office Births & Baptisms N-3-9 folio 225
[vi]
Findmypast, Parish register transcripts from the Presidency of Bombay,
1709-1948(database with images), Death of George Jennings died 17 September
1829 at the age of 2 months, while residing in Matoonga, Register for burials
for the Chaplaincy of Matoonga, Archdeanery of Bombay, 5th
unnumbered entry page 335 citing British India Office Deaths & Burials
N-3-9 page 355
[vii]
Findmypast, Parish register transcripts from the Presidency of Bombay, 1709-1948(database
with images), Baptism of Mary Ann Jennings born 3 July 1831 and baptised 27
July 1831, daughter of George(Serjearnt Artillery) & Catherine Jennings,
residing in Ahmednuggur, Register for baptisms in the Chaplaincy of
Ahmednuggur, Archdeanery of Bombay from 1 July 1832 to the 1 July 1833, entry
19, page 186; citing British India Office Births & Baptisms N-3-10 folio
186
[viii]
Findmypast, Parish register transcripts from the Presidency of Bombay,
1709-1948(database with images), Baptism of James Jennings born 25 January 1833 and baptised 24 February 1833, son of
George(Draftsman Artillery Depot) & Catherine
Jennings, residing in Ahmednuggur, Register for baptisms in the Chaplaincy of
Ahmednuggur, Archdeanery of Bombay from 1 July 1832 to the 1 July 1833, entry
5, page 4; citing British India Office Births & Baptisms N-3-11 folio 4
[ix]
Findmypast, Parish register transcripts from the Presidency of Bombay,
1709-1948(database with images), Baptism of Caroline Jennings born 3 July 1835 and baptised 2 August 1835, daughter
of George(sub Conductor, Ordinance) & Catherine
Jennings, residing in Ahmednuggur, Register for baptisms in the Chaplaincy of
Ahmednuggur, Archdeanery of Bombay from 1 July to the 31 December 1835 entry
14, page 3; citing British India Office Births & Baptisms N-3-12 folio 3
[x]
Findmypast, Parish register transcripts from the Presidency of Bombay,
1709-1948(database with images), Death of Caroline Jennings died 10 September
1847 at the age of eleven years, two months twenty-eight days, Daughter of the
late Sub Conductor Jennings of the Ordinance Department, Register for burials for the Chaplaincy of
Matoonga, Archdeanery of Bombay, 3rd unnumbered entry page 335; citing British
India Office Deaths & Burials N-3-9 page 355
[xi]
Findmypast, Parish register transcripts from the Presidency of Bombay,
1709-1948(database with images), Baptism of Isabella Jennings born 26 Dec 1837
and baptised 14 January 1838, daughter of George(Gunner,
Artillery) & Catherine Jennings, residing in Ahmednuggur, Register for
baptisms in the Chaplaincy of Ahmednuggur, Archdeanery of Bombay from 1 July to
the 31 December 1838, entry 1, page 271; citing British India Office Births
& Baptisms N-3-13 folio 271
[xii]
Findmypast, Parish register transcripts from the Presidency of Bombay,
1709-1948(database with images), Baptism of Catherine Jennings born 10 August
1840 and baptised 13 August 1840, daughter of George(actg [unable to read] sub
Conductor artillery Rep7[?]) & Catherine Jennings, residing in Ahmednuggur,
Register for baptisms in the Chaplaincy of Ahmednuggur, in the service of
Bombay from 1 July to the 31 December 1840, entry 24, page 257; citing British
India Office Births & Baptisms N-3-14 folio 257
[xiii]
Quinney, Thomas. 1853. Sketches of a soldier's life
in India. Glasgow: D. Robertson. http://books.google.com/books?id=q9xGAAAAIAAJ. Page
89 (https://books.google.com.au/books?id=vTsBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA89#v=onepage&q&f=false : accessed 17 April 2020)
[xiv]
Ancestry.com. England, United Grand Lodge of England Freemason Membership
Registers, 1751-1921 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations, Inc., 2015. Membership 15th unnumbered entry on page 802 in the United Grand Lodge of England
Freemason Membership Registers for Lodge
of Hope, Ahmednuger for George Jennings who joined on 2 February 1835 at the
age of 32; Original data: Membership registers 1751-1921 from the collection of
the United Grand Lodge of England held by the Library and Museum of
Freemasonry. Images reproduced by courtesy of the Library and Museum of
Freemasonry, London. Rights reserved.
[xv] According to Lane’s Masonic Records the Lodge of Hope, Ahmednuger met
in the Barrack Rooms, The Fort,
Ahmednagar (Aurungabad), Bombay, India
[https://www.dhi.ac.uk/lane/record.php?ID=1756#]
[xvi]
Findmypast, “British India Office Wills & Probate” (database with images);
Entry for the Inventory of G. Jennings, Conductor, Bombay , 2nd unnumbered
entry on page 315 & 316 deposited on 4 October 1841; citing Treasury
deposits, Bombay vol 1 L-AG-34-33-22
[xvii]
FIBIS website, “Registers of Bombay Army European Soldiers”(index without
images) Reference to data contained in the Entry for George Jennings enlisted
1822 giving his death date as 15 September 1844, Registers of Bombay Army European Soldiers
1793-1839 A-K (https://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_detail.php?id=2290703 accessed 16 April 2020) citing IOR Reference
L/MIL/12/109
[xviii]
Findmypast, Parish register transcripts from the Presidency of Bombay,
1709-1948(database with images); Burial of Catherine Jennings(relic of the late Mr Conductor
Jennings) buried 21 February 1845, Back Bay Burial ground, 4th unnumbed entry
for Burials at Bycullah, Bombay page 57 1845; citing British India Office
Ecclesiastical Returns, British India Office Deaths & Burials N-3-19
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