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GANINA/JENNINGS

Godinzo Ganina was born about 1680 in the Waldenses Valleys in northwest Italy. A Protestant, he fled Italy in the early 1700's to Switzerland. He was possibly a member of a group of 250 Protestant (Waldenses) refugees who fled 17 Apr 1730 from their northwestern Italy commune of Pragelas, west of Turin, to Bern, Switzerland. (Jennings-McMillan and Other Early Families of South Carolina, by Carnice Jennings Groves, 1971, p.13) 

Sieur Antoine Consul led 323 Waldenses from the northwestern Italy commune of Pragelas, west of Turin, 17 Apr 1730, arriving in Bern, Switzerland, in May, 1730.  The list of refugees included Pierre Jannin, 35, and his wife Marie; Jean Jannin, disabled; Pierre Ganin, 26, and his wife Marie; and Daniel Ganin, 18.  On 24 Feb 1735, Sieur Consul received permission to travel to Carolina with his group, and arrived on the Samuel 13 Jul 1735.  No record has been found of Godinzo Ganina being with him.  (Die Waldenser und Ihre Verhältnisse, by W. Dietrici, 1831, p.404)

Consider the name Godinzo Ganina, and the fact that he signed the petition of 1749 in favor of Rev. John Giessendanner as "Godens Jennins." "Giannino" is a diminutive form of Giovanni (John), and "Godin" and "Godino" seem to be common Waldensian family names, as variations of "Gaudin." Some by that name are listed among the refugees in Switzerland in 1688. (Dietrici, p.393)  So in the translation of his name from Italian to French (with strong German influence) and then to English, could his names have become reversed?  Could his original name have been Giannino Godin?

Gideon Jennings and the widows Ursula Woolf (1689-1756) and Zabilla Woolf (1686-1759) are supposed to have arrived in South Carolina together about 1737. (no source given)  He entered land in Orangeburg District, South Carolina, 1 Feb 1737, and eventually assumed the name Gideon Jennings. The record by Rev Giessendanner of his burial on 30 Mar 1751 describes him as "Gideon Jennings, an old Protestant Italian Liver in this Township these 14 years past, who died the day before, his age unknown."  A family tradition says his wife (Mary or Margaret) died about 1738, and he married Ursula Wolfe (1689-1756), a widow.  Ursula's burial record states "On Friday Sept 17th [1756]...Ursula, widow of Gideon Zanini alias Jennings late of Orangeburgh Deceased, aged Sixty seven Years." 
. 1. John Jennings (c.1715-bef 1787) m.1749 Barbara Dietrick (1720-1776), widow of Richard Hasfort
. 2. Philip Jennings (c.1720-1795) m.7 Feb 1746/7 Elizabeth Hasfort (c1723-c1795)
. . . 21. John Jennings (bapt.25 Aug 1748-22 Jan 1807)
. . . 22. Philip Jennings (1749) m.16 Feb 1773 Isabel (Elizabeth?) Baxter (1757-21 Aug 1792)
. . . 23. Gideon Jennings (17 Feb 1753-11 Feb 1814)
. . . 24. Mary Jennings (31 Dec 1754)
. . . 25. Margaret Jennings (9 Oct 1756)
. 3. Ursetta Jennings (c.1730-c.1780) married 1748 Brand Pendarvis (see below)
John Hasfort/Horsford (c1666-1706), immigrant to South Carolina, had at least four children:
. 1. Thomas Hasfort (c1688-1732) Indian trader, left a widow Sarah, who married William Cooper, 
. . . .and two half-white children of Indian slave Cate, father unproven.  Cate and her children then 
. . . .became the slaves of Joseph Hasfort.
. . . .11. Abraham Hasfort (c1723) 
. . . .12. Elizabeth Hasfort (c1723-c1795).m.1748 Philip Jennings
. 2. Joseph Hasfort (c.1690-1748) m.1725 Hannah Goring, widow of John Keys and John Pendarvis
 . . . .He married 1738 Naomi Carlisle, possibly the daughter of William Carlisle and Ann Pendarvis.  
. . . .He had several children, among whom:
 . . . .21. Hannah Hasfort (c1730) m.c1754 Thomas Pendarvis
 . . . .22. Joseph Hasfort (d.1763/73)
. . . .23. Anna Hasfort married Thomas Elmes
. . . .24. Rebecca Hasfort married Alexander Goodbee
. 3. Richard Hasfort (c1718-1748) m.1740 Barbara Dietrick (1720-1776);  She m.1749 John Jennings
. 4. William Hasfort seems to have died without issue
Ursetta Jennings (c1730-c1780) whose name was also written Ursula, Arketta, and Sertina married 28 Apr 1748 Brand Pendarvis (c.1725-1788). They lived in Orangeburg District. After Ursetta's death, Brand married Mary Frye. Some have claimed that Ursetta married Gian Luci Woolf (Lucas Wolfe) before Brand Pendarvis. But Woolf witnessed a deed in 1749, showing that he was still alive after Ursetta's marriage to Brand; and so is unlikely, in that time period, to have been her first husband.  Another thought is that she may have been the daughter of Ursula Wolfe by a marriage previous to Gideon Jennings.  She was alive in 1776 when her brother transferred property to her.  Brand remarried 26 Dec 1780.
. 1. Joseph Pendarvis (1748-1791) m. Anne Salley, (1752-1828) dau. of Henry and Magdalena
. . . 11. Ursula Pendarvis (1771-1840) married Philip Jennings, Jr.
. . . 12. James Pendarvis (died about 1828)
. . . 13. Elizabeth Pendarvis (11 Oct 1781-1826) m.1804 William Conrad Ziegler (1780-1841)
. . . 14. William Pendarvis married Elizabeth Zeigler
. . . 15. Mary Ann Pendarvis (1791-1881) m.1804 Jacob Ziegler (1782-1833)
. 2. Benjamin Pendarvis (1751-1783) married Sarah Salley (1758-1818)
. . . 21. Susannah Pendarvis (1774) married William Ham
. . . 22. Mary Pendarvis (1775-1844) married Joseph Cutrer (1772-1838)

Benjamin Pendarvis (1751-1783) married Sarah Salley (1758-1818)

Mary Pendarvis (1775-1844) married Joseph Cutrer (1772-1838)

Louis Benjamin Cutrer (1799-1879) m.1824 Nancy Ricks (1804-1846)

Mary Vernon Cutrer (1825-1892) m.1845 Thomas Edwards Tate (1821-1914)

Frances Mary Tate (1852-1881) m.1871 Walter Edwin Tynes (1848-1928)

Jeanne Marie Tynes (1878-1958) m.1913 Carson B Matthews (1874-1948)

Frances Mary Tate Matthews (1917) m.1949 Virgil Raymond Liptrap (1907-1977)

James Matthews Liptrap (1951)

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