Edmund Jenings

1705, Aug. 15.Edward Nott, Lieutenant Governor. Born in England, 1634; died in Virginia, Aug.23, 1705. 1706, Aug. Edmund Jenings, President of the Council. Born in England, 1659; died in Virginia, December 5, 1727. (1707, Aug. 14.Col. Robert Hunter, was commissioned Lieutenant Governor; but was captured on his voyage by the French and never came to Virginia.) 1710, June 23.Col. Alexander Spotswood, Lieutenant Governor. Born 1676 at Tangier, Africa, (where his father was surgeon to the English garrison) ; died June 7, 1740, at Annapolis, Md., when about to embark for the campaign against Carthagena.

SECRETARY OF STATE EDMUND JENINGS 1702-1712 1720-1722

ATTORNEY GENERAL EDMUND JENINGS 1680-1691

Governors or Lieutenant Governors of Virginia 706, Aug. Edmund Jenings, President of the Council. Born in England, 1659; died in Virginia, December 5, 1727.

1684: Served as Attorney General of Virginia 1684: Served as Member of the Council 31 Jul 1684: Served as delegate to conference with Oneydes, Onondages and Cayugas Indians 1691: Served as Member of the Council 1698: Served as Member of the Council 1704: Served as Secretary of the Council Bet. June 1706 - 23 Aug 1710: Served as President of the Council and Acting Governor of the State

Lee's of Virginia 1642-1892, Biographical and Genealogical Sketches of the Desc. of Col. Richard Lee, by Edmund Jennings Lee MD, Higginson Book Company

Gov. Edmund JENNINGS Frances CORBIN Husband: Edmund JENINGS / JENNINGS Birth: 1659, England Death: 2 Jun 1727, VA Father: Sir Edmund JENNINGS of Ripon, Yorkshire Mother: Margaret BARKHARN, d/o Sir Edward BARKHARN Marriage: Wife: Frances CORBIN Father: Henry CORBIN Mother: Alice ELTONHEAD Children: 1. Frances JENNINGS; m. Charles GRYMES \emdash ancestors of Gen. Robert E. Lee 2. Elizabeth JENNINGS; m. Robert PORTEUS \emdash returned to England 3. Edmund JENNINGS; m. Anna VANDERHEYDEN \emdash grandparents of Edmund RANDOLPH, U.S. Attorney-General

Sources: 1. Marriage Record: Anon. 1915. Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography. Richmond, VA (online at Ancestry.com): II—Colonial Presidents and Governors Name: Jenings Edmund president of the council and acting governor from June, 1706, to August, 1710, was son of Sir Edmund Jenings, of Ripon, Yorkshire, England, and his wife Margaret, daughter of Sir Edward Barkharn, lord mayor of London, 1621-22. He was born in 1659, and died June 2, 1727. He came to Virginia at an early age, and settled in York county. He was appointed attorney-general in 1680, and retained the office till after 1692. He was appointed to the council in 1701, and remained a member till his death. In 1704 he was appointed secretary of state, and from June, 1706, till August 23, 1710, he was acting governor. Later, after the death of Hugh Drysdale, he would have again become acting governor, but was set aside on account of his feeble health. He married, Frances, daughter of Henry Corbin, of Buckingham House, and had issue (1) Frances, married Charles Grymes, of Moratico, Richmond county, and was ancestress of General R.E. Lee; (2) Elizabeth, married Robert Porteus, of New Bottle, Gloucester county, who afterwards removed to England, where she became the mother of Beilby Porteus, Bishop of London; (3) Edmund, secretary of Maryland, married in 1728, Anna, widow of James Frisby and Thomas Bordley, and daughter of Matthias Vanderheyden, by which marriage he was father of Ariana (who married John Randolph of Virginia, father of Edmund Randolph, first attorney-general of Virginia and of the United States), and a son Edmund, who died unmarried in 1819.

"Colonial and Revolutionary Lineages of America" Edmund Jennings came to Virginia around 1680. He served as the colony's Attorney General in 1684, and was a delegate to Albany, New York from Virginia to negotiate with the Oneydes, Onondages and Cayugas Indians. In 1684, 1691 and 1698 he was a member of the Council, and was Secretary of State from 1702 to 1712, and again from 1720 to 1722. From 1706 to 1710 he served as Acting Governor. He returned to England in 1713 to settle the estate of an elder brother, and on his return (1716) resumed his place on the Virginia Council.

Families of the Southern States of America: JENNINGS FAMILY, p. 301 Hon. Edmund JENNINGS, of "Ripon Hall," York County, Virginia., b. 1659, in England; d. June 2, 1727, in Virginia; the son of Sir Edmund and Margaret (Burkham) Jennings, of Ripon, York County, England, and grandson of Sir Jonathan Jennings, of Ripon, and Sir Edward Burkham, Lord Mayor of London, 1621-22. He came to Virginia at an early age, and took an active part in affairs of both Church and State; was a liberal supporter of the Established Church; served as Attorney General, 1680–92; of the King's Council, 170 1-27; Secretary of State, 1704-6; Acting Governor from June, 1706, to Aug. 23, 1710; again Secretary of State, 1720–22; and later he would have again become Acting Governor, but was set aside on account of feeble health. He m. Frances Corbin, b. 1651, dau. of Hon. Henry and Alice (Eltonhead) Corbin, of "Buckingham House," Middlesex County,Virginia.

Jamestowne Ancestors, by Virginia Lee Hutcheson Davis; GPC; 2006; p. 66 "Jenings, Edmund; Ripon Hall, York; 1680-1691, 1699; Attorney General, Councillor"   Events

• Title: Attorney General, York County, Virginia Colony. 1 • Title: Councillor, York County, Virginia Colony. 1 • Title: Jamestowne Ancestor. 1 • He has conflicting death information of 5 Dec 1727 and England.

Edmund married Frances Corbin, daughter of Henry Corbin and Alice Elizabeth Eltonhead, about 1690 in Christchurch, Middlesex, Virginia. (Frances Corbin was born in Dec 1671 in Christchurch, Middlesex, Virginia, died 22 Nov 1713 in London, Middlesex, England and was buried in Temple Bar - St Clement's Cemetery, London, England.)

Sources

1 Virginia Lee Hutcheson Davis, Jamestowne Ancestors 1607-1699 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2006), 66.

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