Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties

Edward Jenkins

Male 1671 - 1760  (89 years)


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  • Name Edward Jenkins 
    Birth 1671  Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 19 Nov 1760  Charles County, Maryland - probate Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I14206  Tree1
    Last Modified 29 Apr 2024 

    Father Thomas Jenkins,   b. 1642, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Oct 1727, Charles County, Maryland - probate Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Anne Spalding,   b. Abt 1646, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Dec 1729, Charles County, Maryland - probate Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 83 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1669  Jamestown, James City County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • marriage location not proved
    Family ID F6802  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary Cole,   b. Abt 1691, St. Mary's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft Nov 1760, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 69 years) 
    Marriage Bef 1717  Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Thomas Jenkins,   b. Abt 1720, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1797, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 78 years)  [Father: natural]
     2. Mary Anne Jenkins,   b. Bef 1730, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1782, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 52 years)  [Father: natural]
     3. Edward Jenkins,   b. 1738, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1776, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 39 years)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F3029  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Apr 2024 

    Family 2 Anne Gardiner,   b. Abt 1675, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1703, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 29 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1691  Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F8349  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Apr 2024 

  • Notes 
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      JENKINS, EDWARD, Charles Co. 7 Sep, 1760; 19 Nov, 1760
      To son Edward, tract called "Pore Chance," 225 A,
      To my beloved dau. Mary Anne Jenkins,
      To wife Mary Jenkins, dwelling plantation and all lands, except tract called "Pore Chance," already given to son; at decease of wife, to be equally divided between all my children.
      Exs: Wife Mary Jenkins, and son Edward Jenkins.
      Wit: James Montgomery., John Speak. 31.120
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      Jenkins, Ann, Charles County, 25th June, 1729; 3rd Dec., 1729.
      To Elizabeth Windsor (Windzer), personalty, some of which desc. as in poss. of Robert Doyne.
      To dau. Mary Norris, personalty.
      To sons Edward and William, exs., residue of estate.
      Test: Mathew Stone, Martha Walley. 19, 836,
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      Ann Jenkins 15.394 CH £284.1.6 Feb 17 1729
      Appraisers: Matthew Stone, Thomas Sanders.
      Creditors: George Thorold, S. Hanson.
      Next of kin: Susannah Jenkins, Henrietta Jenkins.
      Executors: Edward Jenkins, William Jenkins.

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      Liber 31, folio 120
      7 Sept. 1760
      JENKINS, EDWARD, Charles Co.
      To my son Edwd. Jenkins, Pore Chance 225a, 4 negroes - James, Jeremy, Agness, & Monaca - & a bed.
      To my dau. Mary Ann Jenkins, negro woman Margret, 3 other negroes [not named], & a bed.
      To my wife, Mary Jenkins, for life, my dw. house & all lands but sd. Pore Chance, & on her d., to son Edwd.; also the residue of my Page e., & on her d., equ. div., to all my chldn.
      To my sd. wife, my son Edwd., & my dau. Mary Ann, the profit of my water mill, & on sd. wife's d., to my son Edwd.
      Extrs: sd. wife, Mary Jenkins, & sd. son Edwd. Jenkins.
      Witn: James Montgomory, John Speak, George Harley.
      19 Nov. 1760, sworn to by Montgomory & Speak in presence of the heir at law [not named], & the extrs. accepted the execution of the will.
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      1743-1744 Charles County, Maryland Land Records; Liber X#2 [TLC]; Page 159.
      At the request of Thomas Jenkins, the following division was recorded on Nov 8, 1744.
      Know that Thomas Jenkins deceased, of CC, by his will, left to his 2 sons, Edwd & William Jenkins, a tract of land called Pyehard Shift, lying in CC, containing 333 acres, to be equally divided between sd Edwd and William .. said land called the Miry Branch & the said Wm Jenkins to have all the remaining part of the said land lying on the east side of the sd branch. Signed Nov 2, 1744 - Edward (±± his mark) Jenkins. wit Edwd Edelin, James Edelin.
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      1744-1753 Charles County, Maryland Land Records; Liber Z#2 [TLC]; Page 65.
      At the request of John Cawood Jr, the following deed was recorded on Oct 14, 1745,
      Oct 8, 1745 from John Cawood Sr of CC, planter, to John Cawood Jr of CC, planter, for 3000 lbs tobacco and for divers other good causes, a tract of land in CC called Nutwell, bounded by a fork of the Cabbin Branch near to the land of Edward Jenkins, containing and now laid out for about 160 acres. Signed - Jno (f his mark) Cawood. Wit - George Dent, Robt [blank].
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      1765-1770 Charles County, Maryland Land Records; Liber O#3 [TLC]; Page 299. Agreement. We, being appointed by Mrs. Mary Jenkins, Edward Jenkins, and Igna Jenkins, to equally divide a tract of land in their possession called pyes hardship, agreeable to the will of Thomas Jenkins, late of CC, between Edward Jenkins and William Jenkins, sons of sd Thomas, upon running the land, we divided the tract. Signed Nov 17, 1767 - J Hawkins, Joshua Sanders. Recorded Nov 28, 1767.
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      1786-1790 Charles County, Maryland Land Records; Liber D#4 [TLC]; Page 605. Dec 2, 1789 from Thomas Andrew Dyson, as Sheriff of CC, to Alexander Hamilton of Prince George's County. Whereas sd Dyson, by a writ of venditioni exponas from the General Court of Maryland to him directed, exposed to public sale about 249 acres of land, being a tract of land called the Maze, which sd land was by CC deed, conveyed by Thomas Gantt to Edward Jenkins, now decd, dated Aug 21, 1738, and sd Hamilton was the highest bidder at 249 £. The writ afd was in consequence of a Judgment obtained in the General Court afd by Robert Dreghorn and others, against Edward Jenkins. Sd land was bought by sd Alexander Hamilton last Sep 30, and the writ was returned to last Oct term. Now in order to confirm Hamilton's title, this deed further witnesses that ad Dyson, as CC Sheriff, conveys to sd Hamilton, the afd land. Signed - Thomas Dyson, Shff Chas County. Wit - Henry Barnes*, Alexr McPherson*. Recorded Dec 2, 1789.
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      1642-1753 Rent Rolls Charles County, Maryland [Mike Marshall]; Hundred - Newport: Rent Roll page/Sequence: 397-127: MAZE, THE: 294 acres; Possession of - 294 Acres - See Notes: : Surveyed 10 Jan 1720 for Thomas Gant on the West side of Zachia Swamp adjoining to the land of Edward Jenkins beginning at a bounded Red Oak standing on a plain near the plantation of the said Edward Jenkins to the Northward thereof.: Conveyance notes - {mm Note; not identified to a specific Hundred. Location identified by watercourse or nearby tract.}, 249 Acres - Edward Jenkins from Thomas Gant; 21 Aug 1738,15 Acres - Thomas Windsor from Thomas Gant; 21 Aug 1738,
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      1642-1753 Rent Rolls Charles County, Maryland [Mike Marshall]; Hundred - Port Tobacco: Rent Roll page/Sequence: 408-211: NUTWELL: 160 acres; Possession of - 160 Acres - Cawood, John: Surveyed for John Cawood, 4 Dec 1725, beg at a bounded Spanish Oak.: Conveyance notes - {mm Note; not identified to a specific Hundred. Location identified by watercourse or nearby tract.}, Guessing at "Port Tobacco Hundred",160 Acres - John Cawood Jr from John Cawood Sr; 8 Oct 1745,
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      1642-1753 Rent Rolls Charles County, Maryland [Mike Marshall]; Hundred - Port Tobacco: Rent Roll page/Sequence: 333-222: PYES HARDSHIFT: 323 acres; Possession of - 323 Acres - Tuckings, Thomas: Surveyed 15 May 1703 for Charles Pye beginning at a bound White Oak on the East side of a branch called Jordan.:

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      1689-1695 Cavaliers and Pioneers, Patent Book No. 8; [Nell Marion Nugent]; Page 381
      THOMAS RICE, 35 acs., Gloster Co., in Kingston Par; adj. Edward Boram; Mark Thomas; & Mr. John Man; 29 Apr, 1693. Page 261. Imp. of: Edward Jenkins

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