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'''Thomas Jennings and Alice Bright'''

Thomas Jennigs was a draper of Abingdon.  He was the son of William Jennings by his wife Alice Bostock and thus by his mother was a 17th generation descendent of [[Henry I, King of England]].

Thomas Jennings married Alice Bright and they had at least two daughters:
*Catherine Jennings (buried 25 Aug 1597 St Helen's, Abingdon) married William Branch of Abingdon, MP in 1593 who died Apr 1602
*Joan Jennings married Thomas Smith who was Mayor of Abingdon in 1584

Catherine and William Branch are ancestral to that Christopher Branch who immigrated to Henrico County, Virginia and died there between Dec 1681 and Jan 1682;

while

Joan Jennings and Thomas Smith are ancestral to both [[Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York]] and her deceased sister-in-law [[Diana Spencer]], Duchess of Wales