Birth Name: Waylon Albright Jennings
Place of Birth: Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Date of Birth: May 19, 1979
Ethnicity: English, Scottish, German, Swiss-German, Welsh, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Anglo-Irish, Irish, more distant Cornish, Dutch, Manx, Danish, French/French Huguenot, Norwegian, Belgian [Flemish, Walloon], Finland-Swedish, Finnish, Swedish, Luxembourgish, and Spanish, possibly remote Native American [Cherokee, Comanche, Mohawk, Powhatan, Lenape], and/or Black Dutch/Melungeon/Lumbee, African-American, Romanichal, and Scottish Romani/Traveller
Shooter Jennings is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He is known for blending outlaw country with rock, alternative, and psychedelic influences, and for carrying forward the musical legacy of his parents, country singer, songwriter, and actor Waylon Jennings and country singer Jessi Colter (born Mirriam Johnson). In addition to his solo career, he has worked extensively as a producer and collaborator across multiple genres.
His uncle was country musician Tommy Jennings. Shooter is married to Misty Brooke Swain. He has two children with his former partner, actress Drea de Matteo. Shooter lives in Los Angeles, California. He is a half-uncle of country singer Whey Jennings and rapper Struggle Jennings (born William Curtis Harness, Jr.).
Shooter’s paternal grandfather was William Albert Jennings (the son of Gus Jennings and Tempie Armenta Reed). William was born in Padgett, Young, Texas. Gus was born in Brown, Texas, the son of William Albert Jennings and Celia Ragsdale. Tempie was born in Throckmorton, Texas, the daughter of Elkin/Elkins Clay Reed and Martha “Mattie” Biggs. Gus was said to have had Black Dutch/Melungeon heritage. Tempie was said to have a small amount of Powhatan Native American ancestry.
Shooter’s paternal grandmother was Lorene Beatrice Shipley (the daughter of Alfred Blevins Shipley, Jr. and Dessie Bell West). Lorne was born in Leon, Love, Oklahoma. Alfred was born in Leon, the son of Alfred Christopher Blevins Shipley and Delilah/Delila Brown. Dessie was born in Oklahoma, the daughter of Wiley Matt West and Nora Green. Shooter’s great-grandfather Alfred was said to have been of partial Cherokee and Comanche Native American descent, as well as Romanichal, Scottish Romani, and African-American.
Shooter’s maternal grandfather was Arnold Hobson Johnson (the son of Sylvester Johnson and Mary Elizabeth Coulter). Arnold born in Indiana, and was a racecar driver. Sylvester was born in Indiana, the son of Norvan Johnson and Hannah Marshall. Mary was the daughter of Jesse Coulter and Mary Jane Margaret Miller.
Shooter’s maternal grandmother was Helen D. Perkins (the daughter of William Dolphus Perkins and Emma Nesbit). Helen was born in Indiana, and was a Pentecostal preacher. William was born in Indiana, and was of Colonial American [English] heritage. He was the son of William Franklin Perkins and Esther Smith. Esther was the daughter of Thomas Smith and Martha Ann Howerton.
Sources: Genealogy of Shooter Jennings – http://www.wargs.com
Genealogy of Shooter Jennings (focusing on his father’s side) – https://www.geni.com
Genealogies of Shooter’s father – https://www.familysearch.org
https://www.findagrave.com
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