Elizabeth Ann (Capers) Jenkins (abt. 1690 - 1780)

Born about 1690 in St. Helena Island, Beaufort, Province of Carolina

Ancestors

Wife of David Adams — married 1709 in Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina

Wife of John Jenkins — married 12 Apr 1727 in Charles Town, Province of South Carolina

Descendants

Died 1780 at about age 90 in South Carolina, United States

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Biography

Elizabeth was the daughter of Richard Capers and his wife Mary (probably Barnet). There is a Probate Court Conveyance Record in Charleston County Book, 1716-21, page 82 that states David Adams and Elizabeth, being one of the daughters of Richard Capers who was a Planter in Charleston County. ^[1][2]

She had by her first husband David Adams (d.?1720), four children, namely: ^[1]

• David Adams, born about 1718 and died about 1786, m. Ann Jenkins and Catherine Grimball
• Mary Adams, born 1712 or earlier, m. John Jenkins and William Mason
• Hannah Adams , m. John Frampton, Joseph Ellicott Capers, and Middleton Evans
• Nathaniel Adams, m. Mary Capers and Margaret Ellis

She married John Jenkins on 12 April 1727 in Charles Town.^[3] They had children:^[1]

• Thomas Jenkins
• Elizabeth Jenkins (?m. Ralph Bailey)
• Richard Jenkins (d. 1772, m. Abigail Townsend and Martha Rippon)
• Benjamin Jenkins (d. abt 1782, m. Mary Grimball)
• Charles Jenkins

Elizabeth survived her husband and was living in December 1776 when she gave a lot in Charlestown to her son Benjamin.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Webber, Mabel L. “Descendants of John Jenkins, of St. John’s Colleton.” The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine 20, no. 4 (1919): 223–51. http://www.jstor.org/stable/27569499
2. ↑ Bulloch, M.D., J. (1901). A History and Genealogy of the Habersham Family. South Carolina: The R. L. Bryan Company, pp. 55-7 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044086962164&view=1up&seq=70
3. ↑ Salley, A. S.. ed. Register of St. Philip's Parish Charles Town, South Carolina, 1720-1758 (1904), p. 157 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89067450395&view=1up&seq=7&skin=2021

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 19 July 2023, 15:55), entry for Elizabeth Ann Capers (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:G9WB-8MC ); contributed by various users.
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 19 April 2020, 04:04), entry for Elizabeth Capers (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LDF4-FDY ); contributed by various users.
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 19 July 2023, 15:55), entry for Elizabeth Ann Capers (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:G9WB-8MC ); contributed by various users.
• Phillips, J. (2007). The Good Intent: The Story and Heritage of a Fresno Family. New York: Magnolia Group Press.

• Title: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. APID: 1,2204::0

• Title: South Carolina Marriages, 1641-1965 Author: Hunting For Bears, comp. Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc APID: 1,7840::0

Acknowledgements

Capers-30 was created by Mary Pressley Carpenter through the import of Thomson-Luhman Family Tree.ged on Jan 26, 2014.