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EDMUND JENINGS.
Edmund Jenings, son of Sir Edmund Jenings, of Ripon, Yorkshire,
England, Member of Parliament, is first mentioned in Virginia annals,
August 1, 1684, as Attorney-General of the Colony. Captain Peter
Jenings, of Gloucester county, probably a relative, was an "Adjutant-General"
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He died in 1671. John Jenings appears as a grantee of land in James
City county in 1649. Edmund Jenings married Frances (died in London,
November 22, 1713), daughter of Henry Corbin, emigrant ancestor
from England of the family of his name in Virginia. Jenings
was, in 1696, Deputy Secretary of Virginia, and, a little later, the
agent of the proprietary of the Northern Neck. He was long a member
of the council, and, as its president, upon the death of Governor Nott,
became, August 23, 1705, the executive of Virginia. He was one of the
commissioners the same year for laying off the city of Williamsburg.
His daughter Ariana became the wife of John Randolph, Attorney-General
of Virginia, and their son, Edmund Randolph, became the Governor
of Virginia and Attorney-General of the United States under
Washington. Another daughter of Edmund Jenings married William
Hill, of the family of the Marquis of Downshire. The blood of Edmund
Jenings has intermingled with that of the worthiest families of Virginia,
comprising the honored names of Randolph, Carter, Lee, Ludwell,
Meade and others. Jenings continued the executive of Virginia until
the arrival of Lieutenant-Governor Spotswood, June 23, 1710.
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