"Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR49-TZ4 : 5 December 2014), Charles Brightwell in entry for William M. Jenkins and Elizabeth Ann Brightwell, 21 Jan 1819; citing Prince Edward, Virginia, reference ; FHL microfilm 33,254.
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFGQ-SRR : 12 April 2016), Wm M Jenkins, Virginia, United States; citing p. 173, family 1270, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,172.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William: