William
Jenkins
Born in Charles County, Maryland
Ancestors 
Son of George Jenkins
and Susannah (Cole) Jenkins
Husband of
Elizabeth Mitchell
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Elizabeth (Mitchell) Jenkins
— married
1739 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Thomas Mitchell Jenkins, Frances Jenkins, Henrietta Jenkins, Cloe Jenkins, Ann Jenkins, George Jenkins, Susannah Jenkins, Ignatius Jenkins, Dorothy Jenkins, Mary Jenkins and John Jenkins
Died
at about age 80
in Charles County, Maryland, USA
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Biography
This profile is part of the Jenkins Name Study.
William JENKINS was born in 1713 in Charles County, Maryland, his father, George Jenkins, was 38 and his mother, Susannah Cole, was 21. He died on August 26, 1782, in Charles County, Maryland, at the age of 69.
Note: His Will was written on the 13th April 1782 and proven on the 16th of August 1782. He died sometime in between. His death date of August 26, 1793 needs to be corrected.
Birth
- Date: 1713 in Charles, Maryland
- Source: THOMAS JENKINS OF MARYLAND 1670 by Edward Felix Jenkins, O.S.A .(1985) p. 22: Jenkins, William (1713 - 1782) - male b. 1713 d. 26 AUG 1782 in , Charles, MD father: Jenkins, George (1675 - 1727) mother: Cole, Susannah (*1685 - 1763) [1]
Marriage
- Wife: Susannah Cole
- Date: 698 St Marys, St Mary's, Maryland
- Place: 1675 Popes Creek, MD
- Child: Thomas Jenkins
- Child: Samuel Jenkins
- Child: George Jenkins
- Child: John Jenkins
- Child: Henrietta Jenkins
- Child: William Jenkins
Death
- Date: 26 July 1782 in Port Tobacco, Charles, Maryland
Burial
- Place: Pomfret, Charles County, Maryland
Residence
- Date: 1778
- Place: Charles County, MD
- Date: 1790:
- Place: Charles, Maryland
- Source: 1790 Census [2]
Sources
Descendants of William Jason Jenkins of Anglesay, Wales reprinted from "Colonial Families of the US of A by George Norbury Mackenzie, 7 Vols" It states: "William Jenkins, of Prince George's County Maryland b. 1713 d. 1793 m. Elizabeth Mitchell."
- Mother’s 1760 WILL Maryland Wills, Charles County. Vol 5, page 240.
- Susannah Jenkins, of Charles County, Maryland
- Children:
- Son: George Jenkins
- Son: William Jenkins, and his wife, Elizabeth Jenkins
- Daughter: Henrietta Semmes
- Son: John Jenkins
- Executors: three sons, John, George and William
- Witnesses: Richard Barnes; Margaret Garner
- Will Written: 8 August, 1760
- Will proven: 29 January, 1763
- Children:
- 1782 WILL Maryland Wills, Charles County 1782-1785. Page 48
- William Jenkins, of Charles county, Maryland
- Five daughters, (all single)
- Henrietta Jenkins
- Ann Jenkins,
- Susanna Jenkins,
- Dorothy Jenkins,
- Mary Jenkins,
- Sons:
- Thomas Jenkins
- John Jenkins
- George Jenkins
- Executor: son, Captain Thomas Jenkins
- Witnesses: Luke Wheeler; Joseph Wheeler; George Mills.
- Five daughters, (all single)
- Will written: 13th April 1782
- Will proven: 16 of August 1782
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Frances Doyle
Frances Doyle
Before merging could someone please verify the place of birth. I have a copy of Descendants of William Jason Jenkins of Anglesay, Wales reprinted from "Colonial Families of the US of A by George Norbury Mackenzie, 7 Vols" It states: "William Jenkins, of Prince George's County Maryland b. 1713 d. 1793 m. Elizabeth Mitchell."
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