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Post by cathy on Mar 26, 2012 14:21:37 GMT -5
Hello all,
Been bitten by the Family Tree bug again and this time I'm following the Sennett branch. My line is Anne Sennett, daughter of Jephthah Sennett and Thomasin Roberts who married at St Hilary in 1727. Anne was baptised in 1716 and married Philip Rogers in 1748 in St Hilary.
I am following up on Anne's siblings and have so far found Elizabeth (bap 1714) and John (bap 1716 on same day as Anne). Their Mother, Thomasin, died in 1727 and I think Jephthah married again but I need to prove that!
I believe Jephthah was from St Michael's Mount as I found reference to that in the National Archives index however once again I haven't proven it!
So, does anyone else have an interest in this line and do they have any more info please?
Many thanks, Cathy
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Post by marychown on Mar 27, 2012 2:32:50 GMT -5
Hello Cathy,
I am looking at Chart 1 of three charts on the Sennett family of St. Michael's Mount which details the early generations of the Sennett family and which can be found in the book 'The Mount People' by Jane Mason (research done by Barbara D.G. Steet). Although this book has been out of print for several years, I was able to purchase a used copy via Amazon.
On Chart 1, it shows that JEPHTHAH SENNAT was married three times. Wife no. 1 was THOMASINE ROBERTS who he married at St. Hilary on 28 June 1708. She was buried 6 April 1727 as 'wife of Jephthah'. Jephthah's wife no. 2 was MARY (no family name given) who was buried on 26 December 1731. By Mary, Jephthah is said to have had two girls (no names given). Wife no. 3 was ANN GERMON of Sancreed who he married at Gwinear on 12 May 1734 - no children indicated from this marriage. Jephthah Sennat was buried on St. Michael's Mount on 27 April 1769. From his marriage to Thomasine Roberts, Jephthah is shown to have had six children: 1.JOHN SENNETT baptised 8 May 1709 who died young; 2.THOMASIN SENNETT baptised 4 June 1710 at Marazion; married 16 May 1730 at St. Hilary OBADIAH TEAGUE (baptised 19 June 1709 Marazion and buried 10 July 1780 'pauper' on St. Michael's Mount). Thomasin was buried on St. Michael's Mount on on 16 July 1754; 3. ELIZABETH SENNETTT baptised 25 April 1714 at Marazion; married STEPHEN SQUIRE 2 June 1742 at St. Hilary; 4. JOHN SENNETT baptised 8 April 1716 at Marazion; married ANN GILBERT 12 January 1736 at St. Hilary. John was buried 'a pauper' on St. Michael's Mount on 7 December 1783. Ann was buried 'a pauper' at St. Michael's Mount on 24 March 1790. 5. ANN SENNETT. According to Chart 1, ANN SENNETT was baptised at Marazion on 8 April 1716 and died young - being buried on 10 November 1723. OPC also has a burial record for ANN SENNAT d/o JEPHTA SENNAT 'of the town' on 10 November 1723. So I do not think it could have been this Ann Sennat d/o Jephtah who married Philip Rogers at St. Hilary on 2 October 1748. 6. SUSANNA SENNETT baptised at Marazion on 22 July 1718; buried 28 July 1738.
OPC has a St. Hilary baptism record for ANN SENNAT d/o JEPHTHAH 'of the town' on 5 October 1729 with mother JANE, and it must have been this Ann Sennat who married Philip Rogers at St. Hilary on 2 October 1748. It appears that this Ann Sennat was by Jephthah's second wife (one of the two girls mentioned in Chart 1). So it does look as though Jephthah's wife no. 2 may have been called Jane and not Mary. Unfortunately, OPC only has the first marriage record of Jephthah to Thomasine Roberts and I don't know where Barbara D.G. Steet, who did the research for Jane Mason author of 'The Mount People', got the information on Jephthah's two further marriages from. Phillimore's Gwinear Marriage Registers do, however, list for 12 May 1734 a marriage between Jeptha Sennat of St. Hilary and Anne Germon of Sancreed and the OPC website does have a St. Hilary burial record for Mary Sennett 'of the town' for 26 December 1731 - presumably Jehpthah's second wife and mother of Jephthah's second daughter called Ann baptised in 1729.
The two other charts deal with later Sennett family members. Chart 2 of the Sennett family of the Mount deals with the descendants of Jonathan Sennett who married Elizabeth Jacka at St. Hilary on 13 May 1767. Chart 3 follows the descendants of William Sennett who married Elizabeth Williams (3rd wife) at St. Hilary on 24 September 1809.
I quote from the opening chapter on the SENNETT family in 'The Mount People':
'The Sennett records begin with Jephthah who was born in 1687. Unfortunately, it has not been possible to find a record of his baptism despite his biblical first name and the rarity of the surname. In the Protestation Returns of 1641-42 only two records of the name, both in variant form, are listed. Robert Seannatt shows at Gunwallow and John Sinatt at St. Endellion, but we will have to assume that our Jephthah was a migrant from a nearby parish or possibly from another county. Unlike the other Mount families considered, Jephthah is the only father who did not pass on his christian name to his sons, and it was not repeated among any of his descendants. Perhaps Jephthah did not like his name. During his long lifetime he married three times. Jephthah's great-grandson, William, also married three times.'
That is the only information given in the book about early members of the Sennett family of the Mount.
All the best,
Mary
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Post by Cornish Terrier on Mar 27, 2012 5:40:12 GMT -5
The St Hilary Parish Register shows the following two baptisms which would appear to be from the second marriage:-
Mary daughter of Jeptha & Mary Sennett, Town bp. 13th October 1728 Anne daughter of Jeptha & Jane Sennett, Town bp. 5th October 1729
Note that there are two different names for the mother! The most obvious reason for this would be that with the child's name being Mary this name was entered in error as also the name of the mother .............. BUT you go on to say that there is a burial in 1731 for Mary Sennett. I notice there is no reference to Jeptha in this record so perhaps that burial is for the daughter?
CT
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Post by cathy on Mar 27, 2012 14:37:15 GMT -5
Wow Mary! Thank you very much for that - I am now a lot clearer on how they all link in, or at least I think I am! It seems that my Ann is the daughter of Jeptha and Mary and that they would have married sometime between Jep's first wife dying and him marrying the third wife Ann.
My Ann did have a son called Jep so at least we can prove the name was repeated somewhere further down the line!
I will try and order a copy of the book, I'd be interested to read it.
I notice on Ancestry that some of the trees have Jepthah's parents names, perhaps I'll try and contact them for more info.
Many, many thanks to you and CT for the help. Cathy
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Post by fudgereedoo on Oct 8, 2012 14:04:47 GMT -5
Hello all, Been bitten by the Family Tree bug again and this time I'm following the Sennett branch. My line is Anne Sennett, daughter of Jephthah Sennett and Thomasin Roberts who married at St Hilary in 1727. Anne was baptised in 1716 and married Philip Rogers in 1748 in St Hilary. I am following up on Anne's siblings and have so far found Elizabeth (bap 1714) and John (bap 1716 on same day as Anne). Their Mother, Thomasin, died in 1727 and I think Jephthah married again but I need to prove that! I believe Jephthah was from St Michael's Mount as I found reference to that in the National Archives index however once again I haven't proven it! So, does anyone else have an interest in this line and do they have any more info please? Many thanks, Cathy
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Post by fudgereedoo on Oct 8, 2012 14:05:22 GMT -5
Hello all, Been bitten by the Family Tree bug again and this time I'm following the Sennett branch. My line is Anne Sennett, daughter of Jephthah Sennett and Thomasin Roberts who married at St Hilary in 1727. Anne was baptised in 1716 and married Philip Rogers in 1748 in St Hilary. I am following up on Anne's siblings and have so far found Elizabeth (bap 1714) and John (bap 1716 on same day as Anne). Their Mother, Thomasin, died in 1727 and I think Jephthah married again but I need to prove that! I believe Jephthah was from St Michael's Mount as I found reference to that in the National Archives index however once again I haven't proven it! So, does anyone else have an interest in this line and do they have any more info please? Many thanks, Cathy
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Post by marychown on Oct 9, 2012 3:33:50 GMT -5
Hi there,
I have a copy of 'The Mount People' by Jane Mason and with research by Barbara D.G. Steer which was published in 1990 and which is now sadly out of print.
In the book there are several charts of the Sennett family of St. Michael's Mount. Chart 1 is headed by Jephthah Sennat 'of the town' (i.e. of Marazion) thrice married and buried 27 April 1769 on the Mount. His first wife is named as Thomasin Roberts whom he married on 28 June 1708 at St. Hilary and who was buried on 6 April 1727 'wife of Jephthah' at St. Hilary. OPC have a burial record for her: St. Hilary 6 April 1727 - Tamson Sennet of the town, wife of Jephtha.
The same chart names Jephthah's second wife as Mary and she was buried on 26 Dec 1731. The OPC does have a burial record for Mary Sennett of the town at St. Hilary on 26 Dec 1731. According to the chart Jephthah had two girls (unnamed) by his second wife Mary.
The book's researcher states that Jephthah married his third wife Ann Germon of Sancreed on 12 May 1734 at Gwinear but I can find no OPC marriage record.
According to the Sennett chart Ann Sennett daughter of Jephthah and Thomasin Roberts who was baptised at Marazion on 8 April 1716 died very young. Her burial is given as 10 November 1723. Indeed OPC have a burial record for her at St. Hilary on 10 November 1723 - Ann Sennat of the town 'daughter of Jephtha'. If your line of descent is through Ann Sennett daughter of Jephthah, surely this would be through his daughter Ann Sennett baptised at St. Hilary on 5 Oct 1729 by his second wife? There is an OPC baptism record for this Ann Sennett - Anne Sennat 'daughter of Jepthah and Jane' at St. Hilary on 5 Oct 1729. Jane is probably an error in recording the name of Jephthah's second wife. Although the book's researcher names Jephthah's second wife as Mary and there is an OPC burial record for Mary Sennet of the town at St. Hilary on 26 Dec 1731, there is, however, no mention in her burial record of her having been Jepthah's wife. Unfortunately, I can find no record of a second marriage for Jephthah Sennat between 1727 and 1731. MARY was most probably Jephthah's second wife because they had a daughter Mary baptised at St. Hilary on 18 Oct 1728. It was surely Ann Sennet daughter of Jephthah and his second wife who was baptised on 5 Oct 1729 who married Philip Rogers at St. Hilary on 2 Oct 1748.
As already stated, I believe it was Ann Sennett daughter of Jephthah and his second wife who is the Ann Sennett whose line you are following. This Ann had a sibling Mary Sennett who according to the OPC was the daughter of Jeptha and MARY of the town and was baptised at St. Hilary on 18 Oct 1728. I believe it was Mary and Ann who were the two unnamed daughters of Jephthah by his second wife mentioned on the Sennatt chart.
If you are also researching the children from Jepthah's first marriage to Thomasin Roberts, I can help you with details of them from the Sennett chart: 1. John Sennett s/o Jepthah of the town baptised 8 May 1709 at St. Hilary - died young; 2. Thomasin Sennett baptised 4 June 1710 at Marazion, married Obadiah Teague at St. Hilary 16 May 1730, buried 16 July 1754 on the Mount; 3. Elizabeth Sennett baptised 25 April 1714 at Marazion, married Stephen Squire at St. Hilary 2 June 1742, buried 19 March 1747 at St. Hilary; 4. John Sennett baptised Marazion 8 April 1716, married Ann Gilbert 12 Jan 1737 at St.Hilary, buried on the Mount 7 Dec 1783 'pauper'; 5. Ann Sennett, baptised 8 April 1716 at Marazion, died very young and buried 10 Nov 1723; 6. Susanna Sennett, baptised 22 July 1718 at Marazion, buried 28 July 1738 at St. Hilary.
All the best,
Mary
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Post by fudgereedoo on Oct 9, 2012 6:37:04 GMT -5
hi cathy i am a sennett living in cornwall ... a decendant of all the st. michaels mount sennett's starting with jephthah sennett, i have alot of information regarding the family ..... mostly involved in fishing boat building royal navy. after st michaels mount most moved to devonport and then on to liverpool. let me know what information you would like and i would be happy to oblige.
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Post by Cornish Terrier on Oct 9, 2012 8:56:18 GMT -5
From the Gwinear Parish Register:-
1734 Jeptha Sennat of St Hilary & Anne Jermon of Sancreed Marr May 12
CT
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Post by fudgereedoo on Oct 10, 2012 13:29:11 GMT -5
just a bit of information i have on the sennett name jephthah had 3 wives
wife 1 thomasin roberts b 1685 st hilary m. june 28 1708 bur 6 april 1727
children
1. elizabeth b 1714 marazion d. march 1747 st hilary married stephen squire
2.john b.1716 marazion bur 7 dec 1783 married anne gilbert
3. anne b. 1716 marazion died nov 10 1723
4. susanna b. 1718 marazion died nov 1723
5.william b. 1720
6. thomasin b. 1710 st hilary married 16 may 1730 to obadiah teague d. jul 16 1754
7. john b. 1709 st hilary died young
8. jonathan b.1722 st hilary
wife 3. anne jerman married 12 may 1734 gwinear
wife 2. mary jane ?
children mary b. 1728 marazion
anne b. 1729 st hilary
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Post by Cornish Terrier on Oct 10, 2012 13:39:23 GMT -5
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Post by fudgereedoo on Oct 10, 2012 13:59:23 GMT -5
sorry slight mistake..... on wife 2 and wife 3
my family line comes from ... john sennett + anne gilbert who had 8 children
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Post by angie on May 27, 2016 8:23:36 GMT -5
Hello all, Been bitten by the Family Tree bug again and this time I'm following the Sennett branch. My line is Anne Sennett, daughter of Jephthah Sennett and Thomasin Roberts who married at St Hilary in 1727. Anne was baptised in 1716 and married Philip Rogers in 1748 in St Hilary. I am following up on Anne's siblings and have so far found Elizabeth (bap 1714) and John (bap 1716 on same day as Anne). Their Mother, Thomasin, died in 1727 and I think Jephthah married again but I need to prove that! I believe Jephthah was from St Michael's Mount as I found reference to that in the National Archives index however once again I haven't proven it! So, does anyone else have an interest in this line and do they have any more info please? Many thanks, Cathy
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Post by angie on May 27, 2016 8:30:52 GMT -5
hello everyone
I know this is a very old thread but here goes.
I am also part of the Sennett tree,
my branch is the branch who moved on to Wirral / Liverpool area. head of our branch James Sennett 1863.
I have traced all way up to st m/mount with Jepthah Sennat but cant get further as I cant find information on his birth.
any ideas.
I have seen couple of trees with his parents and further generations on but I cant find records to confirm them .
any help in the right direction would be great.
thanks in advance
angie
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Post by white on May 28, 2016 3:14:26 GMT -5
Jeptha Sennat married Anne Germon 12 may 1734 at Gwinear, He of St.Hilary and she of Sancreed This is on Cornwall opc
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