Jennie Nealley1,2,3,4
#159, b. 22 September 1772, d. 26 March 1866
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Jennie Nealley was born on 22 September 1772 at Nottingham, Rockingham, New Hampshire.3,4 She was the daughter of Joseph Nealley and Susanna Bowdoin.3 She married Major Greenleaf Cilley, son of General Joseph Cilley and Sarah Longfellow, on 22 May 1788 at Nottingham.1,3 She died on 26 March 1866 at Nottingham at age 93.3,4,2 She was buried at Nottingham Square Cemetery, Nottingham, Rockingham, New Hampshire.2
Jennie Nealley was also known as Jane Neally.4
Jennie Nealley appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of Nottingham in the household of Colonel Joseph Cilley, she is 76 years old, born in New Hampshire.5
Jennie Nealley appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Nottingham in the household of Colonel Joseph Cilley, she is 87 years old, born in New Hampshire.6
A pattern of domestic excellence. After the death of Col. Cilley's wife, his mother took charge of the household, caring for tender children in all their various wants, and holding them all bound to her by tenderest affection and unquestioning obedience to the last. With complexion fair, voice melodious, intellect vigorous, and affections strong, she lived to be ninety-three years old, with the hearts of all who had known her life, and shared in her delicate ministrations, still clinging to her as in earlier years.4
Jane, writes one of her grand-children, had a very pleasant blue eye, and was a very intelligent woman. Married when 15 years of age, raised a large family and retained her sight, hearing and mental powers till the full age of 94 years.
To the very last she maintained her interest in all her children and grandchildren and knew intimately the affairs of each, so that visits to her after years of absence would find her fully informed and prepared to converse with them on any part of their lives during the absence. She seemed short and was considerably bowed down with the weight of years, but her voice, eye, and hearing showed little diminution of power till the very day of her death. After she was 90, she made a bed-quilt for each one of her grand-daughters. She was never but once sick, and occupied her accustomed place at the fireside table, till the day before her death, when she quietly remarked, as they prepared a bed for her down stairs, that she desired no change to be made, as she should need a bed but a day or two.3
Jennie Nealley was also known as Jane Neally.4
Jennie Nealley appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of Nottingham in the household of Colonel Joseph Cilley, she is 76 years old, born in New Hampshire.5
Jennie Nealley appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Nottingham in the household of Colonel Joseph Cilley, she is 87 years old, born in New Hampshire.6
A pattern of domestic excellence. After the death of Col. Cilley's wife, his mother took charge of the household, caring for tender children in all their various wants, and holding them all bound to her by tenderest affection and unquestioning obedience to the last. With complexion fair, voice melodious, intellect vigorous, and affections strong, she lived to be ninety-three years old, with the hearts of all who had known her life, and shared in her delicate ministrations, still clinging to her as in earlier years.4
Jane, writes one of her grand-children, had a very pleasant blue eye, and was a very intelligent woman. Married when 15 years of age, raised a large family and retained her sight, hearing and mental powers till the full age of 94 years.
To the very last she maintained her interest in all her children and grandchildren and knew intimately the affairs of each, so that visits to her after years of absence would find her fully informed and prepared to converse with them on any part of their lives during the absence. She seemed short and was considerably bowed down with the weight of years, but her voice, eye, and hearing showed little diminution of power till the very day of her death. After she was 90, she made a bed-quilt for each one of her grand-daughters. She was never but once sick, and occupied her accustomed place at the fireside table, till the day before her death, when she quietly remarked, as they prepared a bed for her down stairs, that she desired no change to be made, as she should need a bed but a day or two.3
Children of Jennie Nealley and Major Greenleaf Cilley
- Susanna Cilley+3 b. 8 Oct 1788, d. 10 Dec 1858
- Colonel Joseph Cilley+3 b. 4 Jan 1791, d. 16 Sep 1887
- Greenleaf Cilley3 b. 10 Jan 1793, d. 8 Dec 1811
- Frederick Augustus Cilley3 b. 28 Oct 1796, d. 6 Oct 1815
- Sarah Longfellow Cilley+3 b. 14 Aug 1799
- Honorable Jonathan Longfellow Cilley+3 b. 2 Jul 1802, d. 24 Feb 1838
- Elizabeth Ann Cilley+3 b. 11 Jul 1804, d. 5 Oct 1876
Citations
- New Hampshire Marriages, 1720-1920. FamilySearch. Greenleaf Cilley & Jenny Nealley.
- Nottingham Square Cemetery, Nottingham, Rockingham, New Hampshire. Gravestone, Jenney Cilley.
- J. P. Cilley. The Cilley Family. Augusta, ME: n.pub., 1878.
- Rev. Elliott C. Cogswell. History of Nottingham, Deerfield, and Northwood, NH. Manchester: John B. Clark, 1878.
- 1850 Federal Census of Rockingham County, New Hampshire, population schedule. Micropublication M432:437. Washington: National Archives.
- 1860 Federal Census of Rockingham County, New Hampshire, population schedule. Micropublication M653:678. Washington: National Archives.