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Abigail Jenny (b. 1619)

Ted's 11th-great-grandmother. Born in the Netherlands to Plymouth Colony settler John Jenny.

Facts

  • Born: 1619, Netherlands (likely Leiden)
  • Father: John Jenny (1583–1644)
  • Mother: Sarah Carey (1596–1656)
  • Husband: Henry Wood (1594–1670)
  • Son: David Wood (b. 1651, Middleborough, MA)

Context

Abigail was born in the Netherlands, almost certainly in the Leiden community of English Separatists — the same religious group that would send the Mayflower to the New World the following year. She came to Plymouth Colony as a child with her family around 1623.

She married Henry Wood, another early settler from Norwich, England. Their son David Wood was born in Middleborough, Massachusetts in 1651, establishing a family line in Plymouth Colony that would continue for centuries.

Line to Ted

Abigail Jenny → David Wood → Jabez Wood → Jabez Wood → Philip Wood → Samuel Wood → Franklin Wood → Samuel Franklin Wood → Estelle Wood → Virginia W. Quinn → Judith Estelle Quinn → Theodore Hayes Barnett

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