MEMOIR OF FLEEMING JENKIN 



CHAPTER I 



The Jenkins of Stowting — Fleeming's grandfather — Mrs. 

 Buckner's fortune — Fleeming's father ; goes to sea ; 

 at St. Helena ; meets King Tom ; service in the West 

 Indies ; end of his career — The Campbell-Jacksons — 

 Fleeming's mother — Fleeming's uncle John. 



In the reign of Henry viii., a family of the name of 

 Jenkin, claiming to come from York, and bearing 

 the arms of Jenkin ap Philip of St. Melans, are 

 found reputably settled in the county of Kent. 

 Persons of strong genealogical pinion pass from 

 William Jenkin, Mayor of Folkestone in 1555, to 

 his contemporary 'John Jenkin, of the Citie of 

 York, Receiver General of the County,' and thence, 

 by way of Jenkin ap Philip, to the proper summit 

 of any Cambrian pedigree — a prince ; ' Guaith 

 Voeth, Lord of Cardigan,' the name and style of 

 him. It may suffice, however, for the present, that 

 these Kentish Jenkins must have undoubtedly 

 derived from Wales, and being a stock of some 

 efficiency, they struck root and grew to wealth and 

 consequence in their new home. 



Of their consequence we have proof enough in 



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