Edward was a son of Stephen Jenkins and Barbara Buckley. He married Cecelia A. D. Myers in 1834. They had six known children. Edward died of lockjaw in 1856.
Household of Edward Jenkins, enumerated 1840, 1840 United States Federal Census, Washington, D. C., Frederick County, Virginia, National Archives and Records Administration, Series M704, Roll 555, sheet 77
Household of Edward Jenkins, enumerated 25 November 1850, 1850 United States Federal Census, Washington, D. C., Frederick County, Virginia, National Archives and Records Administration, Series M432, Roll 945, sheet 356, line 10
Edward Jinkins and Cecelia A. Myers Marriage Register No. 1, page 88, line 23., 9 January 1834 Frederick County Courthouse, Winchester, Virginia
Source: S97 John Vogt and T. William Kethley, Frederick County Marriages, 1738 - 1850, Virginia Historic Marriage Register (Athens, Georgia: Iberian Publishing Co., 1984/1987). page 126, Spelled "Jinkins" on marriage record; minister - John Allemong.
Edward Jenkins entry, Frederick County, Virginia, Death Register, page 144, Frederick County Courthouse, Winchester, Virginia.; lockjaw
Dee Ann Buck, compiler, Death Registry Frederick County, Virginia 1853-1870 (n.p.: Dee Ann Buck, 1997); page 19, Jenkins, Edward, died in Jul 1856, in Pine Hills, Frederick Co. VA, Lock jaw from nail in the foot, age of death 51 years born in Frederick Co. VA, House Carpenter, husband of Cecily Jenkins, parents Stephen & M. Jenkins reported by Lewis W. Hale, neighbor; Page 7, Line 9
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Edward by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Edward: