Sarah (Eyre) Jenkins (1685 - 1746)

Born 1685 in Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Nock — married 1705 in Accomak County Or Northampton Co, Colony of Virginia 

Wife of Jabez Jenkins — married 21 Feb 1726 in Kent, Delaware

Descendants

Died 13 Jan 1746 at about age 61 in Murderkill Hundred, Kent, Delaware

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Biography

Sarah was a Friend (Quaker)

Sarah was the daughter of Daniel Eyre and Anne Neech. ^[1]

She married, first, Thomas Nock. In 1720, her brother, Daniel Eyre, left 10 shillings to his sister Sarah Nock, the wife of Thomas Nock of Kent County, Delaware. Thomas died before January 1725, making Sarah his executor.

Sarah then married Jabez Jenkins in Kent county, Delaware, in February 1725/26. ^[2] In 1732, Sarah was administrator of Jabez Jenkins's estate^[3]

She wrote her will in January, 1746, and it was proved on 3 February 1746. In it, she left bequests to her children Ezekiel, Daniel, and Thomas Nock; Jabez Jenkins, and a number of grandchildren.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S65 Page: Ancestry Family Trees
2. ↑ U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935. Database and images, Ancestry.com Ancestry Record 2189 #1100830317, accessed 27 Apr 2021

   Duck Creek Monthly Meeting, Kent, Delaware. Women’s Minutes, 1711-1830, page 45; image 24.

   21 February 1725/26: Marriage of Jabez Jenkins reported accomplished in an orderly manner”

3. ↑ Calendar of Kent County, Delaware probate records, 1680-1800, page 68. database and images at Ancestry.com Image accessed 27 Apr 2021

   Jenkins, Jabez. Admin. of, to Sarah Jenkins. Feb. 12, 1732. Reg. of Wills, Liber H, folio 101.

• Delaware, Wills and Probate Records, , 1676-1971: Sussex: General index, 1682-1948; Wills, book A, 1682-1781. Image 372. Images available at FamilySearch.org: [1], accessed 13 Oct 2019

Will of DANIEL EYRE, of Sussex County

Signed: 14 Sep 1720; proved 16 May 1720

Heirs: wife, Elizabeth Nock; sister Sarah Nock wife of Thomas Nock of Kent County, Delaware; sister Mary Mifflin wife of Edward Mifflin of Northampton County, Virginia; Margret Booth wife of Joseph Booth of Kent County

Executors: wife, Elizabeth Eyre

Witnesses: Henry Hall,, Thomas ?Thorne, John Murphy, William Rodney

10 shillings to sisters, tract of land for wife of 733 acres in Northampton, Virginia, where my mother Anne Eyre deceased lately dwelled; £7 for Margaret Booth

• Calendar of Kent County, Delaware probate records, 1680-1800, page 46. database and images at Ancestry.com Image accessed 27 Apr 2021.

NOCK, THOMAS. Yeoman. Will (copy). Made Oct. 26, 1724. Heirs: wife Sarah; sons Ezekiell, Daniel & Thomas; daus. Patience, Ann, Sarah. Exec’x, wife. Trustees, Joseph Booth, Sr., Daniel Needham, Jabez Jenkins. Wits. William Rodeney, Jabez Jenkins, George Medcalfe, Benjamin Shurmer. Prob. Jan. 4, 1724/25. arch. vol. A38, page 34. Reg. of Wills, Liber D, folio 68

• Calendar of Kent County, Delaware probate records, 1680-1800, page 109. Database and images at Ancestry.com Image accessed 27 Sept 2021.

JENKINS, SARAH. Widow. Will (copy). Made Jan 13, 1745/6. Heirs: sons Ezekiel Nox, Daniel Nox, Thomas Nox, Jabez Jenkins; granddaus. Rachel & Sarah (daus. Of James Willson), Mary Willson (dau. Of George), Anne Willson (dau. Of George). Exec’rs, Ezekiel & Daniel Nox. Appraisers, John Holliday, James Gorrell Prob. Feb. 3, 1745. Arch. vol A26, page 240. Reg. of Wills, Liber I, folios 120-121. Note: -- Will mentions second husband Jabez Jenkins, dec’d.

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Acknowledgments

Thank you to Sandy Harris for creating WikiTree profile Eyre-286 through the import of Clark Goudy Odenbaugh Price Family Tree_2013-02-04.ged on Feb 4, 2013.

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