Phineas Jenkins1

M, #11976, * 5 Apr 1785, + 19 Nov 1840
FatherWilliam David S. Jenkins2 * 17 Aug 1755, + 8 Nov 1813
MotherMary Thompson2 * 24 Apr 1763, + 7 May 1839

Family

Mary Furnas * 12 Jan 1793, + 8 Feb 1889
Children
     Phineas Jenkins was born on 5 Apr 1785 in Newberry County, South Carolina.1 He married Mary Furnas, daughter of Thomas Wilkinson Furnas and Rachel Coate, on 13 Jan 1811 at Monroe Township, Ohio.1,3 He died on 19 Nov 1840 in Winamac, Indiana.1 He was buried at Winamac on his own land. This land became later the Winamac Cemetery.4

Other information:
As early as Apr 1840, the family resided in Winamac, Indiana.5

He is listed in the following census:
1790 Fed. census (2 Aug): Household of William David S. Jenkins, Newberry District, South Carolina. Phineas Jenkins was probably included in the Free Males under 16 years of age.6
1820 Fed. census (7 Aug): Household of Phineas Jenkins, Monroe Township, Miami County, Ohio. Household consists of 1 male and 1 female 26-45 (prob. Phineas and his wife), and 1 male and 3 females <10 (prob. Thomas, Sally and Rebecca). One person was engaged in agriculture. Thomas Wilkinson Furnas is on the previous line.7
1840 Fed. census (1 Jun): Household of Phineas Jenkins, Pulaski County. Household consists of 1 male 50-60 (prob. Phineas himself), 1 female 40-50 (prob. his wife Mary), 1 female <5 (prob. Emily), 1 male 5-10 (prob. William), 1 male and 1 female 10-15 (prob. RF:Age10-15]), 2 females 15-20 (prob. Polly and Emily), 1 male and 3 females 20-30 (prob. Thomas, Sally, Rebecca and Rachel.)8

Name variants: Phineas Thompson Jenkins (full name.)1

Citations

  1. [S137] Rick Jenkins, Jenkins, pg. 61.
  2. [S137] Rick Jenkins, Jenkins, pg. 56. Based on recearch by Connie Jo Geary.
  3. [S956] Miami Couty Biographies, John Furnas <http://www.thetroyhistoricalsociety.org/Stories/Biograph/biog-fl/8002.htm>, quoting Tanzy R. Furnas, Genealogy of the Furnas Family, 1899, pg. 11, 133., online: http://www.thetroyhistoricalsociety.org/Stories/Biograph/biograph.htm#index
  4. [S137] Rick Jenkins, Jenkins, pg. 62.
  5. [S137] Rick Jenkins, Jenkins, pg. 82.
  6. [S108] Fed. Census: 1790. South Carolina, Newberry District, page 77. (NARA: M637, Roll 11, Page 77). Household of William Jenkins.
  7. [S108] Fed. Census: 1820, Ohio, Miami County, Monroe Twp, line 17. Household of Phineas Jenkins. "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (<https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBS-916Y> : 16 July 2015), Ohio > Miami > Monroe > image 3 of 3; citing NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  8. [S108] Fed. Census: 1840, Indiana, Pulaski County, no township stated. Household of Phineas Jenkins. "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (<https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YB3-9LJZ> : 24 August 2015), Indiana > Pulaski > Not Stated > image 8 of 12; citing NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  9. [S137] Rick Jenkins, Jenkins, pg. 64.