Abel Jenkins Sr. (1779 - 1849)

Born 1779 in Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Tracy) Jenkins — married 25 Mar 1805 in Garrard County, KY

Descendants

Died 16 Jan 1849 at about age 70 in Franklin, Kentucky, United States

Biography

Abel was born in 1779. Abel Jenkins ... He passed away in 1849 and is likely buried in the Benson-Bridgeport area of Franklin County. ^[1]

Abel and brother David appear to have been a twin birth about 1779.

Abel Jenkins Sr. son of Jonathon Jenkins Sr. and his wife Margaret, was born about 1779, probably in Virginia. He came to Mercer County, Kentucky with his parents sometime prior to 1790.

Abel Jenkins, Sr. appears on the tax rolls of Mercer County, Kentucky in 1800 and remains through 1808. On March 25, 1805, in Garrard County, Kentucky, Abel married Elizabeth Tracy, born about 1789 in Culpepper County, Virginia, the daughter of George Tracy, Sr. and his wife Cealey. The family first appears on census in Shelby County, Kentucky in 1810 with three males under the age of 10 years. On October 4, 1810, Abel purchased 100 acres of land located on Brashear Creek. This land is reflected on the 1811-1817 Shelby County tax rolls.

On March 22, 1817, Abel sold his 100 acres and then returned to Mercer County, Kentucky, where he remained until the early 1830's. The Abel Jenkins family is listed on the census there in 1820 and 1830. By 1833, Abel Jenkins had moved his family to the Bridgeport area of Franklin, County. On September 6, 1833, Abel Jenkins purchased 260 acres on Benson Creek from Nathaniel Richardson, where he remained until his death.

The exact date and burial place of Abel Jenkins Sr. is not known. However a deed in Franklin County, between the heirs of Abel Jenkins to Nicholas Green places his death sometime in January 1849.

Sources

• Garrard County, Kentucky - Marriages on Rootsweb

• "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FW5D-FMC : accessed 13 Dec 2013), Abel Jenkins and Betsy Tracy, 25 Mar 1805.

• "United States Census, 1820," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHGC-WDM : accessed 27 June 2012), Abel Jenkins, Not Stated, Mercer, Kentucky.

• "United States Census, 1840," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHT8-BFS : accessed 15 Sep 2013), A Jenkins, 1840. Here we see "A. Jenkins" in close proximity to Morgan Jenkins (his son) and John Jenkins, Jr.(a brother of Abel) as well as Stephen Jenkins (another of Abel's brothers). All have families.

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1. ↑ Entered by Keith Baker.