Herbert JENKINS 1858 Clearwell (General)

by tonyjenkins , Sunday, October 09, 2011, 17:43 (4790 days ago) @ unknown

George Jenkins b 1820 is my 2nd cousin 5 x removed, the GGgrandson of my 6 x GGrandfather Guillimus latin for William b abt 1707.

I have traced the family back to the mid 1600's. During a ecent visit to Aberyswith I came across some wills which may take the family back to 1543

The father of William b 1707 is Evan Jenkins.

Evan came to Clearwell with Franicis Wyndham from Cowbridge/Llanblethian, South Glamorgan.

The Jenkins family are linked to both Sir Leoline Jenkins Chancellor to King Charles and Judge David Jenkins of Hensol.

William Jenkins b 1707 married a Elizabeth Pritchard of Mordiford Herefordshire.

Mordiford is very close to Holme Lacy. I am presently researching connections to Holme Lacey and the Scudamore family, I believe Holme Lacy house, currenltly part of the Warner Leisure group hotels was rebuilt using stone from FoD about 1700.

A memorial plaque in Llanblethian church dedicated to the father of Sir Leoline Jenkins William, is also made of stone quarried in the FoD, and carries the initials of the mason, WJ. The plaque was carved about 1730. The base of the pulpit in Llanblethian church also carved about the same date is of forest stone.

I have photographs of the plaque if anyone is interested

The family were stone cutters/masons right through to the mid 1800's

Hope this information helps any one researching the Jenkins family.

Kind Regards

Tony Jenkins