re Thomas JENKINS who married Maria Priest (General)

by janethowell, Monday, June 23, 2014, 18:52 (3807 days ago) @ MPGriffiths

The Thomas Jenkins I am looking for was 55 years on the 1841 census and living at Mill Hill. He died before the 1851 census as Maria Jenkins nee Priest lists herself as a widow.

1841 census Mill Hill
JENKINS Thomas 55
JENKINS Maria 45
JENKINS Thomas 20
JENKINS Daniel 15
JENKINS James 15
JENKINS Shadrach 10
JENKINS Kezia 8
JENKINS Ann 5
JENKINS Meshach 5
JENKINS Alice 2

1851 (Mill Hill, nr Bream’s Eaves)
JENKINS Maria Widow/er 55 West Dean
Meshach ?12 Coal Miner West Dean
Alice 11 West Dean

The 1841 census rounds the ages of those over 15 down to the nearest 5
(under 15s recorded accurately).

Since the census was taken on 6th June 1841, I have been looking for dates of birth for Thomas Jenkins from 1782 to 1786. Thomas Jenkins and Maria Priest were married in 1811 which fits nicely with their first born child Elizabeth Jenkins in 1812.
There are a few possibles for Thomas in this time frame including George x Sarah Jenkins at Bream, and Thomas x Sarah Jenkins also at Bream.

The George x Sarah parentage fits best giving Thomas Jenkins a dob of May 1785 and this fits with a listed death in March 1845 aged 59 at Oakwood Mill.

The facts so far fit but I don't have much to connect them.

There is an entry in the freeminer's register which fits the dates too

Record_Number: 23
Thomas JENKINS
Calculated Year of Birth: 1785
Age: 53
Day: 1 Sep 1838
Residence: Breams Eaves

The only other tenuous "evidence" I can make fit is this ...

George and Sarah Jenkins have a son Isaac Jenkins in 1778 who has a son Josiah in 1816 at Elwwod who marries Annie Beach in 1838.
George and Sarah Jenkins have a son Thomas Jenkins in 1785(who marries Maria Priest in 1811)
George and Sarah Jenkins have a son James Jenkins in 1793 (who marries Susannah Phipps in 1817)
James, Thomas and Josiah Jenkins are in adjacent houses on the 1841 census at Mill Hill.

ANY snippet of information to help indicate that this is more than an hypothesis would be great

Many thanks for reading this far

Janet