Born about in Richmond County, Virginia
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Jenkins
and Elizabeth (Skelderman) Jenkins
Sister of
Martha (Jenkins) Davis, Elizabeth Jenkins, John Jenkins, Mansfield Jenkins, Mansfield Jenkins [half], Harmon Jenkins, Mary (Jenkins) Carpenter and James Jenkins
Wife of
James Story
— married
about 1731 in Virginia
Descendants 
Died about
at about age 80
in Halifax County, North Carolina
Profile last modified
| Created 25 Sep 2019
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Biography
Sarah Jenkins was born about 1716 in Richmond Co., VA. She was the daughter of William Jenkins and Elizabeth Skelderman.
Sources
1776-1777 North Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998, Halifax County, Wills and Probate Records:
- Name: James Story
- Date of Will: 7 Feb 1776, page 60
- Probate Date: [Nov 1777], page 61
- Probate Place: Halifax, North Carolina, USA
- Inferred Death Year: Abt 1777
- Inferred Death Place: Halifax Co., North Carolina, USA
- Item Description: Wills, Vol 1-2, 1759-1781
- Those Mentioned: 1. Loving wife Sarah, 2. Son, William Story, Two Daughters: Sarah Story and Martha Story, Executor of the will: My Son William Story, Tested by: John Jenkins and Mary Jenkins
- See uploaded pages: https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Jenkins-13932
1796 North Carolina, Will Abstracts, 1760-1800
- Name: Sarah Story
- Probate Year: 1796
- Estimated Death Year: Abt 1796
- Inferred Place of Death: North Carolina, USA
- Full Abstract: 1796 STORY, SARAH, George, James, William, Martha and Sarah.
- Familysearch.org Website: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-VL7Q-MW?cc=1867501&wc=32L2-4WL%3A169767701%2C170235201
1790-1796 Wills of Halifax County North Carolina 1758 - 1824,page 102
- Will #548 pg 269 Sarah Story 16 May 1790 Aug Ct 1796
- Sons George Story, James Story and John Story. . .
- Daughter Elizabeth Story. . .
- son William Story. . .
- daughters Sarah Story and Martha Story. . .
- Wit. W. C. Ballard, James Carter X his mark, Sarah Carter X her mark
- Extrs. son William Story and Robert Carter, Jr.
Other Sources
North Carolina Digital Collections, State Archives of North Carolina, Book: "Jenkins Family History", by Judy Jenkisn Harward, Dated 1686, pages 9- 12, Chapter III- "William and Elizabeth S. Jenkins"
- See uploaded page 9: 9:https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Skelderman-5
- See uploaded page 10: https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Skelderman-5-1
- See uploaded page 11: https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Skelderman-5-2
- See uploaded page 12: https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Skelderman-5-3
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sarah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sarah:
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~0.78%
Don Nolen
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A693327 [compare], Ancestry member davidkopka
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~0.39%
Pam Mckee :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A296577 [compare], Ancestry member pam_glander
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~0.39%
Leah (McCarthy) Kopka :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A454941 [compare], Ancestry member davidkopka
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~0.39%
Glenda (Warren) Harp :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #716589
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