Rev. David Jennings (1691-1762) was the Congregational minister at Wapping New Stairs and tutor at the Coward Trust Academy at Wellclose Square; he was also a subscriber to Volume 1 of Doddridge's Family Expositor in 1739. He was the brother of John Jennings, Sr., nonconformist minister and tutor at Kibworth. David Jennings's son was Joseph Jennings, who subscribed to Volume 4 of Doddridge's Family Expositor in 1753. A Francis Jennings of Bedford, along with a Mr. Jennings (no other appellations) subscribed in 1756 to Volume 5.