Nathaniel Jenkins Jr. (1710 - 1770)

Born 1710 in Cape May, New Jersey [uncertain]

Husband of Esther Stites — married 15 May 1735 in Cape May County, New Jersey

Descendants

Died 1770 at about age 60 in Cape May, New Jersey [uncertain]

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Biography

Nathaniel Jenkins Jr. was the second minister of Cape May Baptist Church; according to a 2012 history of the church, he was minister there 1747-1753, but was suspended for alcoholism.

Nathaniel Jenkins, Jr. first married Elizabeth Seeley. ^{[citation needed]}

Nathaniel's second was Esther Stites ^{[citation needed]}

Nathaniel Jenkins of Cape May County wrote his will 21 Nov 1755; will was proved 3 May 1770; inventory was conducted after will was proved on 5 Aug 1771.

Children (named in will)

1. Nathaniel
2. Jonathan
3. Ephraim
4. Phebe Smith, widow
5. Hannah Stites, wife of Thomas Stites
6. Mary Smith, wife of John Smith
7. Rhoda Jenkins
8. Ansis Jenkins

HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS STATE OF NEW JERSEY published 1846^[1][2] page 129 & 130

"The Baptist church at Cape May took its origin from a vessel which put in there from England, in the year 1675: Two persons, to wit, George Taylor and Philip Hill, though not ministers, officiated as such in private families, until the Rev. Elias Keach ordained one Ashton to be a deacon. After him, the Rev. Nathaniel Jenkins took the oversight, and a church was constituted by Rev. Timothy Brooks, of Cohansey, in 1712. The elders were Dickison Sheppard and Jeremiah Bacon. The names of the male constituents were, Rev.' Nathaniel Jenkins, Arthur Cressee, Seth Brooks, Abraham Smith, William Seagreaves, Jonathan Swain, John Stillwell, Henry Stites, Benjamin Hand, Richard Bowns, Ebenezer Swain, William Smith, John Taylor, Abraham Hand, Christopher Church, Charles Robinson, and their wives. In 1714, the settlement had well-nigh been depopulated by a grievous sickness, which swept off a vast number of their people. Jenkins had by his wife, whose name was Esther Jones, nine children, viz : Hannah, Phebe, Nathaniel, (his successor,) Tabitha, David, Jonathan, Esther, Abinadab, and Jonadab ; these married into the families of the Shaws, Serleys, Downeys, Harrises, Pooles, Lakes, and Taylors. Nathaniel Jenkins (Jr.) succeeded his father in the ministry, and died in 1769, and was succeeded by Rev. Samuel Heaton, and he by the Rev. John Sutton, and he by Rev. Peter Peterson Vanhorn, and he by Rev. David Smith, and he by Rev. Artis Seagreave, who took the oversight of the church in 1755. and resigned in 1788 — (Johnson's History of Salem) In 1789. John Stancliff came and remained until his death in 1802. That year came Jonathan Germain, who died in 1808; then Jenkins David, and continued until 1822; then Mr. Robinson, till 1831; Samuel Smith, until 1838; and Peter Powell, until 1843. The present brick Baptist church was erected on the site of that built in 1719.

Sources

1. ↑ https///tile.loc.gov/storage-services/public/gdcmassbookdig/historicalcollec00henr/historicalcollec00henr.pdf
2. ↑ https://www.loc.gov/item/01007740/

• Calendar of Wills, Administrations, Etc. 1761-1770. Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. (Trenton, NJ: Archives of the State of New Jersey), volume 33, page 218
• Armour, Susan. 1712-2012: The First Baptist Church of Cape May. Exit Zero Publishing, 2012, pages 20-21, https://issuu.com/exitzero/docs/fbccm/25