Roger Jenyns
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Sir Roger Jenyns (1663-1740) of Bottisham, was Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and was knighted.
He was the son of Thomas Jenyns of Hayes (1609-1656) and his wife Sarah Latch (d 1703, daughter of Joseph Latch. He married Martha widow of John Mingay and they had three children - Roger, Veare, Sarah - who all died in infancy. After his wife's death in 1701, he married Elizabeth Soame, daughter of Sir Peter Soame, 2nd Bt. Their children were:
- Soame Jenyns, (1704 - 1787) the MP and writer.
- Sarah Jenyns (1667-1670) died aged 3 years
- Thomas (1670-1696) unmarried
- Dorothy (?-?) married Thomas Biggs
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