UPDATE: I have found a Jeremiah Andros/Andrews in Concord who married Susannah Russell in Concord in December 1761. This is probably the above Jeremiah. Susannah's father was a James Russell of Concord who died in 1773, so he could be the James who gave bond. This does not solve the question of if or how these people were related to David Jenner, but the fact that they were son-in-law/father-in-law makes me think there is a link. Could David's mother have been one of the Russell daughters? That would make James Russell his grandfather. Andros/Andrews might have been an uncle or even, perhaps, a step-father. This is all speculation, however.
For now, I am under the impression that this is the correct David Jenner. Right place, right time, right age. Further research is needed, however.
The David we are interested in was born in Middlesex Co., Massachusetts about 1746 or so.
The next information we have is that David Jenner and his wife, Sarah Buttrick, had a son, Abiel, born 5 January 1774 in Concord, Massachusetts. I have not yet found a marriage record for David and Sarah, but we can guess they married sometime in 1772 or 1773.
A daughter, Hannah, was born to David and Sarah on 17 September 1776 in Concord.
David of Concord served in the Revolutionary War and most of the other information we have about him comes from these records. They are sparse, however. He is shown as a housewright (a builder of houses) and described as 5 foot 10 inches tall with light hair, blue eyes and a light complexion. His residence was Concord. He enlisted on 1 January 1777 for the duration of the war.
On 20 January 1777, he was mustered in by Col. James Barrett, for three years, into the Continental Army. He was shown as a resident of Concord. Ephraim Wood paid his bounty.
On 1 July 1777, he was listed as a sergeant in Capt. Adam Wheeler's company of the Regiment of Foot from Massachusetts, commanded by Thomas Nixon. He was shown as present in June 1777.
On 2 September 1777, he was listed as "Sergt. David Jenners" on a muster roll of Capt. Adam Wheeler's company, in the Battalion of Massachusetts Bay Forces in the service of the United States, commanded by Col. Thomas Nixon for Jan. 1 to Sept 2, 1777.
Apparently, David deserted the army. The entry reads, "Jenners, David, Concord. Sergeant, Colonel's co., Col. Thomas Nixon's regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan 1, 1777 to Jan 30, 1777; reported deserted; also Capt. Adam Wheeler's co., Col. Thomas Nixon's 6th regt.; return for clothing for the year 1777; engaged Jan 1, 1777; reported deserted; also, descriptive list of deserters, dated Camp Ten Eyck, Aug 27, 1780; Colonel's co., Col. Thomas Nixon's 6th reft; rank, Sergeant; age 34 years; stature, 5 ft 10 in; complexion, light; hair, light; eyes, blue; occupation, housewright; birthplace, Middlesex Co.; residence, Concord; deserted Jan 30, 1778." If he was 34 years old in 1780, he was born about 1746.
David must have gone back to Concord, at least for a little while, because his wife, Sarah, gave birth to a daughter, Mary Jenners, on 28 July 1779.
This is the last we know of him, for certain.
In March 1789, a guardian was appointed for his son, Abiel, and David was listed, not as deceased, but as having "absconded."
Then, in February 1792, his wife, Sarah (Buttrick) Jenners, remarried to Phineas Blood in Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. I don't know if David was actually deceased by that date, but apparently Sarah was free to marry again.
So, that is what we have about this mysterious David. I have not found a death date, nor a burial, or any other information on him. If he is the David who was the ward of Jeremiah Andros, that is the only clue we have to follow at this time.
So now for the speculation:
There were only a few families with the name Jenner(s) in early Massachusetts and I have not yet been successful in matching David (father of Abiel) to any of them.
There was a David of Charlestown who would be of the correct age/generation to be the father of David of Concord, however, I know little about him so far. This David of Charlestown was born 20 October 1732, a son of Thomas Jenner (1693-1775) and Joanna (Everton) Jenner. David of Charlestown died in 1754 at age 22. So it is possible he could have been the father of David of Concord, who was probably born about 1753. I've found no record, however, of a wife or children of David of Charlestown.
None of the other David Jenners that I've found records of in early Massachusetts fit correctly for age and other facts to be the father of David of Concord.
This is an interesting puzzle. A Revolutionary soldier who deserted both the army and his family. A man who apparently lost his father at a young age. I hope someday we find answers to this mystery.
I have listed below the descendants of David and Sarah as I currently have them.
Daughter, Hannah, married Eliphalet Fairbanks in 1794. Eliphalet remarried to a Rebecca Blood in 1801, so Hannah must have been deceased by that time. I have not found any children to date.
Daughter, Mary, married Peter Winn in 1799 and they had several children. I will probably do a post on them in the future.
David Jenner, b. before 21 May 1753 at Middlesex Co., MA, d. before Feb 1792
+Sarah Buttrick, b. 16 Apr 1752 at
Middlesex Co., MA, m. before 1774, d. 20 Nov 1831 at Middlesex Co., MA
├── Abiel Jenners, b. 5 Jan 1774 at Middlesex
Co., MA, d. 26 Sep 1824 at Loudoun County, VA
│
+Deborah Young, b. 15 Apr 1773 at Prince
Georges Co., MD, m. 17 May 1796 at DC, d. 14 May 1842 at Tippecanoe Co., IN
│
├── Henry Martin Holbrook Jenners, b. 25 Apr 1797, d. before
May 1844
│
├── William Morduit Jenners, b. 9 Nov 1798, d. 19 Aug
1863 at Tippecanoe Co., IN
│
├── Sarah Jenners, b. 3 Jun 1800, d. 27 Jun
1801
│
├── David Jenners, b. 23 Jul 1802 at Loudoun
Co., VA, d. 26 Feb 1881 at Tippecanoe Co., IN
│
├── Sarah Y. Jenners, b. 16 Mar 1804 at Loudoun
Co., VA, d. 10 Oct 1846 at Tippecanoe Co., IN
│
├── Mary Dulin Jenners, b. 19 Feb 1807 at Loudoun
Co., VA, d. 5 Sep 1863 at Clinton Co., IN
│
├── (--?--) Jenners, b. 19 Feb 1807 at Loudoun
Co., VA, d. 19 Feb 1807 at Loudoun Co., VA
│
├── Saurin Jenners, b. 26 Jun 1809 at Loudoun
Co., VA, d. 1 Jan 1879 at Tippecanoe Co., IN
│
├── (--?--) Jenners, b. 26 Jun 1809 at Loudoun
Co., VA, d. 26 Jun 1809 at Loudoun Co., VA
│
├── Alba Jenners, b. 15 Jan 1811 at Loudoun
Co., VA, d. 27 Feb 1880 at Tippecanoe Co., IN
│
└── Ann D. Jenners, b. 18 Apr 1813 at Loudoun
Co., VA, d. 5 Mar 1844 at Tippecanoe Co., IN
├── Hannah Jenners, b. 17 Sep 1776 at
Middlesex Co., MA, d. before 1801
│
+Eliphalet Fairbanks
└── Mary Jenners, b. 28 Jul 1779, d. 17 Nov
1872 at Middlesex Co., MA
+Peter Winn, b. 17 Mar 1776 at
Middlesex Co., MA, m. 12 Sep 1799 at MA, d. 31 Jul 1865 at Middlesex County, MA
├── Mary Winn, b. 18 Mar 1800 at MA, d.
2 Mar 1877 at MA
├── Sarah Winn, b. 26 Jan 1802 at
Middlesex Co., MA
├── Abiel Jenners Winn, b. 30 Mar 1805 at
Middlesex Co., MA
├── Eliza Ann Winn, b. 14 May 1807 at MA, d.
circa 1828
├── Adeline Winn, b. 19 Sep 1809 at MA, d.
11 Aug 1831 at MA
├── Abigail Winn, b. 10 Jan 1813 at MA, d.
7 Aug 1831 at MA
├── Joseph Winn, b. 9 Jul 1816 at Middlesex Co., MA
├── Alden Winn, b. 19 Nov 1818
└── Lucy Janette Winn, b. 22 Sep 1822 at
Middlesex Co., MA
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