Category Archives: Jenks

Happy 339th Grandfather Hall!

Posted on January 25, 2020 by Pat Shaul

In Taunton, Massachusetts, on 25 January 1681, my 7th great grandfather, George Hall, was born to Samuel and Elizabeth White Hall.  Today marks the 300th anniversary of his Jack Benny birthday (older readers will understand).  Grandfather married Lydia Dean and … Continue reading →

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Big Wedding Day for the Ancestors

Posted on January 8, 2020 by Pat Shaul

8 January seems to have been a favorite day for a number of my ancestors to wed. In 1595 [425 years ago in England], John Jenks, son of William and Alicia Jenks, married Sarah Fulwater, daughter of Henry and Margaret … Continue reading →

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Happy 155th Birthday, Aunt Myra!

Posted on December 4, 2019 by Pat Shaul

Hannah Almira Lee, called Myra, was born on 4 December 1864, in Southfield, Oakland County, Michigan, to Charles Norton and Esther Jenks Lee.  Aunt Myra was the younger sister of my great grandmother, Effie Clarissa Lee, appearing fourth in birth … Continue reading →

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Happy 104th Anniversary Cousin Euphie and Robert!

Posted on December 1, 2019 by Pat Shaul

104 years ago, 1 December 1915, in Redford, Wayne County, Michigan, my second cousin, twice removed, Euphie Gertrude Jenks married Robert Gresehover, the son of James and Emma Turner Gresehover.  Cousin Euphie was born 21 May 1896, in Southfield, Oakland … Continue reading →

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Happy 209th Birthday, Aunt Pru!

Posted on November 29, 2019 by Pat Shaul

Prudence Jenks, my third great grandaunt, was born 209 years ago, 29 November 1812, in Caroline, New York, to Laban and Prudence White Jenks.  Aunt Prudence was the thirteenth child of fourteen and the seventh daughter.  At around the age … Continue reading →

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Happy 150th Birthday, Cousin Albert!

Posted on November 28, 2019 by Pat Shaul

150 years ago, 28 November 1869, my third cousin, 3 times removed, Albert Ernest Jenks was born in Ionia County, Michigan to Stillman Leek and  Sophia Parnell Keeny Jenks.   Albert was the last of their family of six children. He … Continue reading →

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Remembering 4 times great grandmother, Esther Clark Botsford.

Posted on November 21, 2019 by Pat Shaul

Esther Clark Botsford, daughter of Stephen and Miriam Thayer Clark was born on 19 September 1771 in Wrentham, Massachusetts.  Esther Clark, my four times great grandmother, married Simeon Botsford in Stockbridge, Berkshire, Massachusetts, on 3 January 1792.  They were the … Continue reading →

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Happy 221st Uncle Seth!

Posted on November 11, 2019 by Pat Shaul

221 years ago, my third great-granduncle, Seth Jenks was born on 11 November 1798, in Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts, to Laban and Prudence White Jenks.    Uncle Seth was one of the children of Laban and Prudence, my 4th great grandparents, … Continue reading →

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Happy 294th Anniversary, Cousin Ebenezer and Experience Jenks!

Posted on November 10, 2019 by Pat Shaul

And they said it wouldn’t last! Ebenezer Jenks, my first cousin, 8 times removed,  was born on 17 September 1699 to Ebenezer Jenks and Mary Butterworth.  For those paying attention, that makes his grandmother, MRS. BUTTERWORTH!!! Cousin Eb married Experience … Continue reading →

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Happy 159th Anniversary, Cousins Marion and Francis Seymour!

Posted on November 8, 2019 by Pat Shaul

My first cousin, 4 times removed, Marion Iona Botsford married Francis Deo Seymour 159 years ago on 8 November 1860.  Marion was the daughter of Levi W. and Mary Amanda Park Botsford and was born 8 July 1838 in Michigan … Continue reading →

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