William Jenkins (bef. 1704 - 1758)

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Died Feb 1758 after age 54 in Edisto Island, Province of South Carolina

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Biography

William was the son of John Jenkins and his first wife.^[1]

He married first, after 1728, a daughter of Jeremiah Clark (either Mary or Phoebe). They had children: ^[1]

• John (d. abt 1764)
• William (d. abt 1760)

His second wife was Mary, daughter of David and Abigail Townsend. They had children: ^[1]

• Abigail (1749-1812, m. Joseph [or James] Murray and Ephraim Mikell)
• Mary

His third wife was Sarah, widow of William Sealy. They had a son:^[1]

• Joseph, Jr. (b. abt 1753, d. 1789, m. Martha Grimball and Elizabeth Bailey Clark)

William Jenkins of Edisto Island wrote his Will on 6 February 1758, and it was proved 17 February 1758. He names his wife Sarah, sons John, William, and Joseph, and daughters Mary and Abigail.^[2]

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. ↑ Will of William Jenkins-1758 "South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-JXS8-94?cc=1919417&wc=M6N4-F29%3A210905601%2C211616501 : 21 May 2014), Charleston > Wills, 1767-1771, Vol. 013 > image 236 of 394; citing Department of Archives and History, Columbia.