JENKINS Licensee of The Prospect Inn/Hotel 1792

[edinjam]

Hi there, this is a new line of enquiry for me with my JENKINS line so my first time on this board. 

My Jenkins line were mainly based in Birmingham and the ancestor I am interested in and have drawn a blank with is WILLIAM JENKINS b. circa 1800.

Until last week all I knew was that he was 'Not of the County' in the 1841 CS he appeared on in Birmingham, living with his wife ELIZABETH nee YARDLEY and their children. I found a possible marriage between an Elizabeth Yardley and a William JENKINS  in York St Margarets in 1830 which I was always suspicious of because it was so far from Birmingham.

I have his death certificate from 1849 where he died (buried Birmingham St Bartholemews) just before his last child was born. Via the wonders of Ancestry DNA I have had contact with a JENKINS descendent who is in possession of the JENKINS family bible transported to Toronto by the elderly, widowed Elizabeth Jenkins in the 1870s. I am so excited by this discovery! I have looked for her burial but had no clue that she emigrated to Canada in her late 60s so this is a huge breakthrough.

I am awaiting some scans of the bible but it would appear that it is written in it that  WILLIAM JENKINS was born in 1799 in St Johns parish Margate, Kent and was born in the Prospect Hotel in Zion place.  This is a major breakthrough after 10 years of family history research.

I immediately did some quick research online and found that in 1792 the Licensee of this property was a John JENKINS. I am obviously excited by this but not getting too excited because Jenkins was as common a surname in Kent as it appears to be in Birmingham.

I was just wondering what I should do next. I looked to see if there were parish records online and it appears that there might be some on Find my Past.  I am not a subscriber to this site and wondered whether it would be worth my while asking for a Look Up. I wanted to introduce myself on this board first. I am just wondering whether there were any other records I could be looking up, Are there local Kent that might have further details on Licensees?  My local library (in Glasgow) provides free access to the British Newspaper Archive and I would love to explore this and see if there are any local papers online from this period. Unfortunately the access is only provided on site so I won't be accessing that until the libraries open again.

Any help or advice on where I should take my research next would be gratefully received!

[chempat]

William Jenkins son of John and Ann...

[chempat]

Children of John and Ann at St John in Thanet (Margate), St John the Baptist,

Amelia  1795
Ann Elizabeth 1791
John  1799
John Manley  1796
Martha  1793
Philip  1792
William  1798 birth 1799 christening

[edinjam]

Thank you so much for looking this up for me and what a find! All those lovely siblings to track forward in the census records and see if any landed up in Birmingham to support the theory that this is in fact my William Jenkins. Honestly this line of enquiry has been dead for 10 years and suddenly there’s a glimmer of an opening. Much appreciated Chempat - you’re a star!!

[hanes teulu]

Kentish Gazette,9 Mar 1798
MARGATE
Lease, Stock and Household Furniture
TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, by James Hall
By order of the Assignees of John Jenkins, a bankrupt, on the premises, the Prospect Hotel and Bowling Green, Hooper's Hill

There's a full description of the premises

The bankruptcy was reported in the London Gazette, 1797 and 1798 - but doesn't mention the Prospect.

[edinjam]

Hi Hanes teulu and thanks so much for this interesting piece of information. Where did you find it if you don’t mind me asking? Is it on the British Newspaper Archive? Would love to read more about it!

[hanes teulu]

It's on British Newspaper Archive or FindMyPast

[edinjam]

Thanks again