Elijah Burr Jennings

Almost all record of him name him as "Burr Jennings", although the death record of his son Edward calls him "Elijah Burr Jennings". Note the likely brother, Edward, in his household in the 1870 census, which may help pin down parentage. !Census 1850: New Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Conn, household 105, family 107, p. 60, enum 11 Sep 1860: Burr Jennings, 48 Conn, $3000, farmer Julia, 39 Conn Harriet A., 22 Conn Edward, 15 Conn !Census 1860: New Fairfield Twp., Fairfield Co., Conn, p. 353, enum 23 July 1860, household 1663, family 1648: Burr Jennings, 52 b. Conn, Farmer $1200/$300 Julia A., 52 b. NY Rosalie 18 b. NY !Census 1870: New Fairfield, Conn., p.689, enum 12 Jul 1870, household 112, families 118 and 119: [Fam 118] Genning, Burr, 69, Farmer, $3500/$800, Conn. --, Julia, 58, Housekeeping, New York [Fam.119] --, Edward, 72, Farmer, --, $7500, Conn. --, Rosalie, 31, housekeeping, Conn. --, Charles, 8, Conn. BURIAL: From [http://208.47.164.200/gerow1.htm]: The Gerow Cemetery is located on Quaker Road off Route 37 in the northeast section of town. The oldest legible stone in this burial ground is Anna Elizabeth Gerow who died March 30, 1834. There are 42 unmarked graves. Same of these being buried in a former public ground in the late 1800's. Some tombstones and remains were moved here from a Quaker cemetery one mile to the west just over the New York State line, when that cemetery was abandoned. BURIAL: The tombstones in the Jennings plot read: A. Augusta Jennings / 1851 - 1916 / (dau. of Gilbert & Rebecca) BURIAL: Burr Jennings / born 8th of 9th mo. 1802 / died 4th of 2 mo. 1873 / BURIAL: Caroline E. / dau. of / Gilbert & Rebecca Jennings / died / May 22, 1841 / aged 4 yr. & 25 ds. / BURIAL: Daniel E. Jennings / 1840 - 1929 / Harriet A. Wanzer / his wife / 1840 - 1900 / BURIAL: David Jennings / died /Aprs. 25, 1861 / ae 36 yrs 5 mos. & 1 day / BURIAL: Eli Jennings / born Sept. 29, 1822 / died July 15, 1913 / BURIAL: Harriet Ann / his wife / born Apr. 26, 1827 / died Nov. 29, 1903 / BURIAL: Gilbert Jennings / died / Nov. 16, 1897 / aged 87 yrs. / BURIAL: Hannah M. / wife of / Peter H. Jennings / died / April 6, 1872 / aged 55 yrs. 1 mo. & 4 dys. / BURIAL: Henry B. / Jennings / born / Nov. 28, 1850 / died / April 8, 1893 / BURIAL: Jesse L. Jennings / died / Aug. 25, 1882 / aged 74 yrs. 5 mos. & 4 dys. / (Jesse Lane) BURIAL: Julia A. / wife of / Burr Jennings / died / Aug. 18, 1889 / age 85 yrs. / BURIAL: Lyman Jennings / died July 4, 1872 / age 78 yrs. 4 mos. & 2 dys. / BURIAL: Maria / wife of / Jesse L. Jennings / died / Feb. 11, 1875 / aged 64 yrs. 1 mo. & 15 dys. / (Maria Haynes) BURIAL: Nicholas W. Jennings / died / Nov. 29, 1899 aged 63 yrs. / Emma J. his wife / died / June 28, 1915 aged 81 yrs. / (Emma Jane) BURIAL: Peter H. Jennings /Oct. 15, 1818 / Aug. 25, 1910 / BURIAL: Rebecca H. / wife of / Gilbert Jennings / died March 9, 1882 / aged 68 yrs. 3 mos. & 28 d's. / BURIAL: Sally B. / wife of / Lyman Jennings / died Sept. 9, 1899 / age 101 yrs. 11 mos. & 7 dys. / BURIAL: Sarah / wife of / Silas Jennings / died / Aug. 24, 1869 / ae 90 yrs. 4 mo. & 16 dys. / (parents of Jesse & Gilbert) BURIAL: In memory of / Sila Jennings / who died / Nov 16, 1854 / aged 75 yrs. 6 mos. & 12 dys. / (parents of Jesse & Gilbert) BURIAL: Willis J. / son of / Gilbert & Rebecca Jennings / died / Jan. 22, 1850 / aged 2 yrs. & 3 dys. / ______________________________ Research: * Isaiah Jennings m. 6 May 1804 Hannah Burr [The First Extant Parish Record of Christ's Church, Fairfield, Conn., http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jdevlin/source_files/christ_ch_fairfield7.htm]. Appears to be too late to be Burr's parents -- also Fairfield is not New Fairfield. * Edward Jennings results with Burr in 1870 -- age indicates likely brother.