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middle of the seventeenth century, lie was in his day one of the most prominent men in North Carolina, which state he served as governor the second time, from 1680 to 1681, and died December 17, i8i, while in ofhce. His wife, Johannah Jenkins, bore him a numl^er of children, among whom were: Johannah, Elizabeth, Henry, of whom fur- ther, Thomas, John. His widow returned to England and on April 13, 1682, married Thomas Harvey, Esq., the private secre- tary of her late husband. Governor Jenkins. Mr. Harvey and his wife, after their mar- riage, returned to Perquimans Precinct, North Carolina. Mrs. Harvey died in Per- quimans county. North Carolina, March 27, 1688.

(II) Dr. Henry Jenkins, son of Governor John and Johannah Jenkins, was born in Berkley Precinct (now Perquimans county), North Carolina, about the middle of the seventeenth century. He lived in that pre- cinct until about 1697, when he moved to Nansemond county, Virginia, and set- tled not far from the dividing line be- tween the province of Virginia and North Carolina. The old records of Perquimans county between 1680 and 1697 show that he often had business in the county. During the days of the early settlers it was neces- sary to have marks for their stock and to have them recorded in court. At a court held in Perquimans county, April 4, 1690, Tymothy Cleare recorded his mark, also re- corded Henry Jenkins' mark, Mr. Cleare probably being the agent or overseer of Mr. Jenkins plantation. The name of the wife of Henry Jenkins is not on record, but he was survived by sons : Edward. Charles, of whom further, and John.

(HI) Charles Jenkins, son of Dr. Henry Jenkins, was born in Nansemond county, Virginia, in the early part of the eighteenth century. After his marriage he moved to the adjoining county of Chowan, North Carolina, where he settled. In 1743, at a meeting of the council at Edenton, he proved seven rights to take out patents for land in Bertie county. After that he settled in that part of Bertie county now known as Hertford county, near the line of the new county of Northampton, which had about two years prior thereto been created out of the northern part of Bertie county. He mar- ried Elizabeth Winborne. of Nansemond county, Virginia, daughter of Major Henry

Winborne, who came to North Carolina as a very young man in 1742 from Nansemond county, Virginia, was the son of John Win- ])orne, of the Upper Parish of Nansemond, \'irginia, and was a vestryman of the Estab- lished Church of England in that parish from 1744 to 1760, and was selected as one of the church wardens in 1748. He voted, in 1746, for the rebuilding of the church in Suffolk, Virginia, which was completed in 1748. Mr. Jenkins died in Hertford county about 1773, and his wife died about 1765. His will was dated September 26, 1772, and probated November 25, 1773. He bequeathed all his negro slaves to his children and grandchildren. Children : Henry, Charles, of whom further, Elizabeth, Winborne, Wil- liam.

(IV) Charles (2) Jenkins, son of Charles

(1) and Elizabeth (W'inborne) Jenkins, lived and married in Hertford county. North Carolina. On account of the destruction of the records of Hertford county in August, 1830, and again in 1862, it is impossible to learn of his marriage, but he left sons : Charles, Winborne, of whom further, John, and possibly others.

(V) Winborne Jenkins, son of Charles

(2) Jenkins, married (first) Anne Walters, daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth W^alters, of Gates county. North Carolina. Children : Isaac H., John Cole, Wiley Winborne, Jethro A., of whom further. Winborne Jen- kins married (second) Nancy Lewis, daugh- ter of Luton and Priscilla (Cross) Lewis. The will of \\^inborne Jenkins was dated" January 17, 1813, and probated at May court, 1815.

(VI) Jethro A. Jenkins, son of Winborne and Anne (Walters) Jenkins, was a mer- chant in Portsmouth, Mrginia. He married (first) Margaret Benthall ; (second) Jean- ette Cox; (third) Eliza O'Donnelly Walker. By his second mariage he had several daughters, who died without issue, and a son, John Summerfield, of whom further.

(VII) John Summerfield Jenkins, son of Jethro A. and Jeanette (Cox) Jenkins, was born October 25, 1832. He was educated in the L^niversity of Virginia, whence he was graduated in the class of 1856, at once be- ginning the practice of law in Portsmouth, Virginia. The beginning of the civil war called him from his profession to enlistment in the Fourteenth Regiment of Virginia In- fantry, which formed a part of Armistead's