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Rebecca (Richardson) Jenks (1742 - 1808)

Rebecca Jenks formerly Richardson
Born in Bucks County, Pennsylvaniamap
Ancestors ancestors
Daughter of and
Sister of , , , and
Wife of — married 22 Apr 1762 in Middletown Twp., Bucks Co. PAmap
Descendants descendants
Mother of , , , , and
Died at age 66 in Middletown Twp., Bucks County, Pennsylvaniamap
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Biography

Rebecca was a Friend (Quaker)

Rebecca Richardson was born on March 27, 1742 [1] Her parents were Joseph Richardson and Mary Paxson. She married Thomas Jenks on April 22, 1762[2] Some of their children are:

  1. Thomas Jenks
  2. Mercy Jenks
  3. Rachel Jenks
  4. Joseph Jenks
  5. Rebecca Jenks

She died on April 17, 1808 in Middletown Twp., Bucks County, PA[3]

Sources

  1. ↑ Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Minutes, 1754-1801; Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes; Call Number: MR-Ph 305 Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 Ancestry Record 2189 #99995023
  2. ↑ Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Minutes, 1754-1801; Collection: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes; Call Number: MR-Ph 305; Ancestry.com Ancestry Record 2189 #1099998998
  3. ↑ Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Burials, 1747-1935; Collection: Quaker Meeting Records; Call Number: MR Ph 301; Ancestry.com Ancestry Record 2189 #1675637
  • W.W.H. Davis, History of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, from the discovery of the Delaware to the present time , (Lewis Publ. Co. 1905), pg. 39.

"Obituary." Date: April 28, 1808 Location: Pennsylvania Paper: Poulson's American Daily Advertiser DIED, on the 17th. inst. in Middletown township, Bucks county, aged about sixty six years, Mrs. Rebecca Jenks, relict of Thomas Jenks, Esquire, deceased, formerly a Senator of this state. On the 19th, her body was interred in Friends' Burying Ground, Attleborough.

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