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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 Joan Bostock and thus by his mother was a 17th generation descendant 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; 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; this couple is ancestral to both myself and [[Thomas Jefferson]], 3rd US President;
*Joan Jennings married Thomas Smith who was Mayor of Abingdon in 1584; 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

==See also==
*[[Sarah Ferguson to Thomas Jennings]]