Jemina was born in December 1791 in Howells Depot, Orange County, New York. He was the son of Enos Mapes and Irena Vail.
Citations
[S76] Frank Mapes Ham, Mapes Family of America, pp.
[S464] Henry Hobart Vail, Genealogy of some of the Vail family descended from Jeremiah Vail at Salem, Mass., 1639, page 52 - page 52 - Jemima Mapes, b. in Dee., 1791.