Wrenacres
Ancestors and Family of Brian Scott Dickson and Kathleen Ann Boyle Dickson
Tennison
Abt 1788 - Yes, date unknown
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
1. Tennison was born about 1788 in Maryland, United States (daughter of Ignatius Nevitte Tennison and Lucrecia); and died. Other Events and Attributes:
- _AMTID: 162485319883:1030:191555462
- _UID: 575DE4FFB333415B892324AC224C5996F2C5
married John Atwell on 20 Dec 1807 in North Carolina, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
2. Ignatius Nevitte Tennison was born about 1745 in Prince Georges, Maryland, British America (son of Ignatius Tennison, Sr. and Elizabeth Nevitte); died about 1812 in Green, Kentucky, United States. Other Events and Attributes:
- _AMTID: 162485319910:1030:191555462
- _UID: 648344CC3BBF4066A669AF2AE2E8E078A183
- Residence: 1776, Prince Georges, Maryland, British America
- Census: 1786, Caswell, North Carolina, United States
- Residence: 1786, North Carolina, United States; found on tax lists
- Possessions: 1795, Caswell, North Carolina, United States; purchases 200 acres on Dobbins's Creek
Notes:
Ignatius middle name was either Nevil, Newil, Navie, or Nevin. All are seen from time to time.
According to a the tax collection to build the first school house and pay a teacher in Green County, KY (about 1803-1806). The tax collector searched for each male in the area and collected $1. It appears that the tax collector went down the Little Barren river looking for males. The first farm North of the Green County line on the Little Barren river had two males living there alone, Richard N. Atwell and Ignatius Tennison. The second farm North of the Little Barren river was James Forbis and his wife Phoebe Bryan. She was the daughter of William Bryan and Mary Boone. William Bryan was the brother of Daniel Boone's wife and Mary Boone was the sister of Daniel Boone.
In the will of James Forbis. Richard N. Atwell and Ignatius Tennison,neighbors of James Forbis watched him write his will and signed it as witnesses. In the will James Forbis divided up all his land and slaves among his children. It stated that he owned land on both sides of the Little Barren river. It named which slaves each child would receive.James Forbis left his wife nothing except the right to live on his land the rest of her life.
Richard N. Atwell and Ignatius Tennison left Sarah Tennison in Caswell County, NC before 1803 and went to Green County, Ky and purchased land on the Little Barren River just North of the Green County line. They built a home and started a farm there. In 1812 they both returned to Caswell County, NC to get Sarah Tennison and all their possessions and bring them back in wagons to Green County, KY. Neighbors and relatives in Caswell County heard about it and joined the wagon train back to Green County, KY (thirteen wagons in all through the Cumberland gap).
On any good map of KY you can find the Little Barren crossing the Green County and Metcalfe County line near Sulphur Well, KY. Metcalfe County was not created until 1859. The Little Barren river at Sulphur Well is about 20 feet wide and you can cross it without getting your knees wet. However, back in 1803 that water may have been very valuable.
Richard N. Atwell and Ignatius Tennison also started a church called the Shady Grove Meeting House at a point on the map called Shady Grove. That church is now call the Shady Grove Baptist Church.
Residence:
PG County census in 1776
Census:
Caswell County Census, 1786.
3 males under 20, 5 females
northeast part of the county, Caswell DistrictIgnatius married Lucrecia about 1767. Lucrecia was born in CA 1743; died on 5 Mar 1829. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Lucrecia was born in CA 1743; died on 5 Mar 1829. Other Events and Attributes:
- _AMTID: 162485323971:1030:191555462
- _UID: 400A129B05FC401E966A670950A449ACAFA6
- Residence: 1776, Prince Georges, Maryland, British America
Children:
- Jenny Dennis was born about 1773 in Maryland, British America; died in 1834 in Caswell, North Carolina, United States.
- John B. Tennison was born on 8 Dec 1774 in Prince Georges, Maryland, British America; died on 11 Nov 1857 in Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States.
- Asa Thomas Tennison was born before 1783 in Maryland, United States; and died.
- Elizabeth Tennison was born about 1773 in Maryland, British America; died on 26 Feb 1861 in Hart, Kentucky, United States.
- Sarah Tennison was born about 1785 in Maryland, United States; and died.
- 1. Tennison was born about 1788 in Maryland, United States; and died.
- Lucreatia Tennison was born in 1779 in Caswell, North Carolina, United States; and died.
- Mary A. Tennison was born before 1790 in Maryland, United States; and died.
Generation: 3
4. Ignatius Tennison, Sr. was born in 1695; and died. Other Events and Attributes:
- _AMTID: 162485323965:1030:191555462
- _UID: B56FF7754D1B4FA29A251526525FB569B218
- Residence: 1744, Prince Georges, Maryland, British America
- Residence: 1758, Saint Charles, Maryland, British America
Ignatius married Elizabeth Nevitte in 1741 in Saint Charles, Maryland, British America. Elizabeth and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Elizabeth Nevitte and died. Other Events and Attributes:
- _AMTID: 162485323967:1030:191555462
- _UID: 984FD46F0CB84DCFBE70AF7BD52898574EF1
Children:
- 2. Ignatius Nevitte Tennison was born about 1745 in Prince Georges, Maryland, British America; died about 1812 in Green, Kentucky, United States.