Descendants of Capt. Arthur Fenner

Jeremiah Fenner

[b 31 Aug. 1794 at Arkwright, RI; d 20 Apr. 1851, age 56] Jeremiah Fenner m Elsie Barber [b 8 Apr. 1801; d 2 June 1864 in her 64th yr.] at Exeter, RI on 21 Sept. 1817. She was the daughter of Wilcox Barber and Patience Teft. In 1850, Jeremiah was living with Elsie, Jeremiah, and John at Sterling, CT.

  1. Henry Greene [b 2 June 1818; d 19 Mar. 1890] m Laura Smith.

  2. Sally E. [b 14 Mar. 1821; d 3 July 1857 at East Lyme, CT] m George Ross.

  3. Elsie Ann [b 6 May 1823] died young.

  4. Susan Maria [b 1 Feb. 1827; d 25 Jan. 1907] m William Lee Pratt [b 29 Aug. 1824; d 24 Jan. 1856] on 2 July 1846. William was the son of Israel and Mary C. Perkins Pratt. They had Henry Lee Pratt [b 3 Apr. 1847] who m Jane Emma Johnson [b 28 May 1847; d 17 Sept. 1918], daughter of John Love and Eunice Johnson, on 18 Apr. 1872.

  5. Jeremiah Lillibridge Barber [b 6 Oct. 1829; d 23 Jan. 1899] m 1st Polly Brown, m 2nd Amanda Baton.

  6. John Benjamin [b 5 June 1835; d 22 May 1921] m Fannie Winsor.

Lineage:
Arthur | Thomas | Richard | Jeremiah | Benjamin | Jeremiah

Notes:

  1. Email from Liz Runkle, 13 Dec. 2000. www.ancestry.com shows Jeremiah’s date of death as 1850, and Elsie’s last name as Baker.

  2. Martha Benns, Notes on the Fenner Family of R.I. (1941), pp. 37, 54. Martha spells Elsie’s last name as Barker, and her daughter’s name as Alcy Ann.

  3. Jeremiah’s memorial at Findagrave.com, no. 15582663