Lemuel Jenkins

Other Events and Attributes:

• History: birth to death, Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Notes:

Death: Tufts (1963) states he died in 1736.

Birth:
Father: Joel Jenkins
Mother: Sarah ______

History:
He was a farmer, and resided all his life at Maiden, where he was one of the proprietors in the sixth division of land,

On 15 December 1674, he was admitted as a freeman.

On 14 June 1714, the widow Mercy and "two of his Sons by a former venter," Ezekiel and Lemuel, were made administrators of his estate. Two thirds of the real estate were "set over" to Lemuel Jenkins, eldest son, he to make certain payments to the other children, viz.: Ezekiel, Nathaniel, Joseph, and Sarah.

Lemuel married Elizabeth Oakes on 12 Jul 1670. Elizabeth was born on 26 May 1650 in Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lemuel married Mercy Tufts on 11 Jun 1694 in Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Mercy (daughter of Peter Tufts and Mary Pierce) was born in 1666 in Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 19 Jul 1736 in Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; was buried in Bell Rock Cemetery, Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]