John TENNISON

Male 1754 -


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  • Name John TENNISON 
    Born 10 Mar 1754  St. Andrews Parish, St. Mary`s Co, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Maryland, Births and Christenings Index, 1662-1911
      Name: John Tennison
      Gender: Male
      Birth Date: 10 Mar 1754
      Birth Place: Saint Andrews Parish, Saint Marys, Maryland
      Father's name: Absalom Tennison
      Mother's name: Susanna
      FHL Film Number: 14449

      Thanks to Maureen Williams.
    Gender Male 
    Person ID I161  Dennis/Tennison Families | Abraham, Family of Carl Dennis
    Last Modified 8 Aug 2020 

    Father Absolam (Absalom) TENNISON     (B: 1701    St. Mary`s Co, MD)    (D: 22 Oct 1759    St. Mary`s Co, MD) 
    Mother Susanna TENNISON (Mnu)     (B: ca 1702    St. Mary`s Co, MD)    (D: 13 Sept 1785    St. Mary`s Co, MD) 
    Married ca 1725 
    Family ID F67  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • === Ralph D. Smith

      May 4, 1785 - The St. Mary's Co., Md. will of Susanna Tennison, probated Sep. 13, 1785, leaves:
      --to children John Tennison, Justinian [a/k/a Jesse] Tennison, Susanna Tennison, and Eleanor Morgan, 3 Negroes named Peter, Charles, and Priss equally divided.
      --to dau. Margaret Tennison, a Negro boy named Jacob;
      --to son Joshua Tennison, a Negro boy named John;
      --to children Margaret Tennison and Joshua Tennison, the balance of my estate.
      Executor: son Justinian Tennison.
      Witnesses: Joseph Walker, Raphael Thompson, Arthur Thompson.
      Source: Reno, Linda D., "St. Mary's County, Maryland Wills, 1776-1791," pp. 119-120.