Death and Legacy
After the Convention, Jenifer retired to Stepney, his great plantation near Annapolis, where he died in 1790. In his will, he passed his roughly 16,000-acre (65 km2) land holdings to his nephew, Daniel Jenifer, and instructed that all his slaves be freed six years after his death. His family home was Retreat, located in Charles County, Maryland.
Jenifer Street in Madison, Wisconsin is named in his honor.
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