Jenkins (Y-DNA)

Status summary

Completed as of March 28, 2021:

• Recruiting direct male-line descendants of Joseph Jenkins for NGS/WGS testing - anyone interested in submitting their DNA for testing should contact MayflowerDNA1620@gmail.com

Biography

First Generation

Joseph Jenkins was born Barnstable the "last of" Mar 1669 and died there 13 Oct 1734. He married Barnstable Oct 1694 Lydia Howland (daughter of Joseph Howland) and they had nine children (born Barnstable): Abigail (1695), Bathsheba (1696), Ann (1701), Joseph (1703), Lydia (1705), Benjamin (1707), Reliance (1709), Prudence and Hannah.

Second Generation

Joseph Jenkins (II) was born Barnstable 29 Feb 1703/4 and died there 16 Jan 1749. He married Barnstable 15 Jul 1736 Mercy Howland (daughter of Shubael Howland) and they had six children (born Barnstable): Mercy (1737), Joseph (1739), Bathsheba (1741), Mary (1742), Abigail (1745) and Zaccheus (1748).

Benjamin Jenkins was born Barnstable 30 Jun 1707 and died Barre 1 Jun 1787. He married Barnstable 29 Oct 1730 Mehitable Blish and they had ten children (born Barnstable): Ann (1731), Hannah (1733/4), Lydia (1735), Mehitable (1737), Benjamin (1740), Southworth (1742), Timothy (1744), Bethiah (1747), Sarah (1750) and Abigail (1753).

===Third Generation Joseph Jenkins (III) was born Barnstable 3 May 1739. He married three times, first Remember Stuard, second Bethia Bursley and third, Hannah Foster

Zaccheus Foster was born Barnstable 8 Feb 1748/9. He married twice, first Sarah Hinckley then Olive Conant.

Benjamin Jenkins (II) Esq. was born Barnstable 12 Apr 1740 and died Barre in Jun 1808. He married New Braintree 23 Nov 1775 Hannah Robinson but they had no surviving children.

Southworth Jenkins was born Barnstable 29 Nov 1742 and died Barre 13 Dec 1820. He married Hardwick 15 Nov 1770 Huldah Wright and they had (Barre): Tabitha (1771), Abraham (1773 m Molly Lord), Southworth (1775 d.y.), Sarah (1776), Patience (1778-1779), James Wright (1780 m Elizabeth Whipple & Aura Rice), Joseph (1781 m Wealthy Ann Daggett), Benjamin (1784 m Hannah Atwood), Charles (1786 m Ruth Benjamin & Amelia S. Leavitt), Huldah (1788 d.y.) and Lucia (1793).

Timothy Jenkins was born Barnstable 28 Jan 1744. He married twice, first Barre 24 Jan 1771 Mary Cunningham, then Barre 11 Jun 1789 Abigail Perry. By his first wife he had six children (Barre): Robert (1771 d.y.), Anna (1773-1781), Mary (1775), Hannah (1777), Sarah (1779) and Lydia (1781-1782). By his second wife he had seven more children (Barre): Timothy (1790 d.y.), Lot (1791 d.y.), Heta Blish (1793), Mercy Freeman (1794), Josiah (1796 m Harriet A. ___), Timothy (1799 m Florilla Tuttle & Harriet Tuttle) and Abigail (1801).

DNA results R1a-FT345509

Current results

The Jenkins Surname DNA Project Group: Unm_R and the [1] Group: XX - Cooke, Francis YDNA/FF Tests document one individual claiming their Most Distant Known Paternal Ancestor (MDKPA) was John Jenkins (father of Joseph). This individual has apparently taken a Big Y test and has been assigned to the following haplogroup: R1a-M417>PF6162>Z283>Z282>Y2395>Z289>Z284>S4458>S5301>S6842>YP670>S7759>YP1187>FGC42407>Y9077>FT345509

NGS/WGS testing

NGS/WGS testing of additional Y-DNA descendants of Joseph Jenkins would likely further refine this haplogroup and possibly create subclades for different branches of the family.

External links & References

Lainhart, Ann Smith and Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 23 (Howland) Part 1 (First 4 generations of some children), General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA 2006