Name: Jesse Gentry

Birth: 1757 in Albemarle County, Virginia
Death: 1834 in Possibly in Souther Kentucky, USA


Jesse and his brother Charles inherited by will from their grandfather, Philip Joyner of Albemarle County, Virginia, 200 acres of land each, being the same land on which the University now stands. Jesse sold his part of this land in 1783 and probably went to Tennessee. He is mentioned as a legatee in his fahter's will in 1811. It is probable that he finally settled in Southern Kentucky.

There are quite a number of Gentrys in Illinois, Missouri and Kansas who are descended from a Jesse Gentry, who was born about 1780 and lived in Kentucky, where his children were born.




Father: Robert Gentry b: 1730 in Pamunkey Neck, St. Paul's Parish, New Kent County, Virginia
Mother: Judith Joyner b: 1733 in Albemarle County, Virginia

Marriage 1 Tobitha Murphy
Children
1. Isaac Gentry
2. Mary Gentry b: 5 MAY 1785

Marriage 2 Elizabeth Young b: in North Carolina
Married: ABT 1778 in Albemarle County, Virginia 4
Children
1. William Gentry b: 1779 in Washington County, North Carolina, USA
2. Jesse Gentry b: 1780 in Albemarle County, Virginia
3. Thomas Gentry b: 1781 in Virginia
4. Silas Gentry b: 1782 in Washington County, North Carolina, USA
5. Elijah B. Gentry b: 1783 in Virginia
6. Anna Elizabeth Gentry b: 1787 in Virginia
7.John N. Gentry b: 1789 in North Carolina
8. Elizabeth Gentry b: 1792 in North Carolina
9. Robert Preston Gentry b: 1792 in Missouri
10. Mary Gentry b: 1784

Marriage 3 Sarah Eve Miller b: 1761 in Albemarle County, Virginia
Married: 1793 in Washington County, North Carolina 4
Children
1. Martin Gentry b: 26 APR 1794 in Jefferson County, Tennessee
2. Anderson Gentry b: 1797 in Knox County, Tennessee
3. Gentry b: 1799 in Knox County, Tennessee
4. Eleanor Gentry b: 1801 in Knox County, Tennessee, USA
5. Rebecca Gentry b: 1803 in Knox County, Tennessee, USA
6. Rachel Gentry b: 1807 in Knox County, Tennessee, USA



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