HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



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rstate. His other wives were Mary Can- 

 by, Ann Higgins and Sarah Leeclom. 



4. Eliza Pearson Jenks, born 2 mo. 14, 

 1797, died 12 mo. 13, 1884; married 10 

 mo. 13, 1825, George Yardley. 

 • 5. Charles, born 12 mo. 31, 1798, died 

 8 mo. 5, 1823; married 4 mo. 16, 1823, 

 Mary Ann Newbold. 



6. Margery, born 8 mo. 5, 1800, died 

 I mo. 31, 1802. 



y1 Hannah, born 6 mo. 17, 1802, died 9 

 Ano. 17, 1822, unmarried. 



8. Mary Palmer Jenks, born i mo. 25, 

 1804, died 2 mo. 15. 1875; married 12 mo. 

 27, 1827, Edmund Morris. 



9. Margaret, born 9 mo. 24, 1806, died 

 12 mo. 20. 1825, unmarried. 



ID. William Pearson, born 12 mo. 17, 

 1807, die*d 9 mo. 17, 1886, married 5 mo. 

 t6, 1837, Elizabeth Story; see forward. 



11. Ann, born 2 mo. 26, 1810, died 4 

 mo. 15, 1870, married 10 mo. 12, 1831, 

 Charles M. Morris. 



12. Susan W., born 6 mo. 3. 1812, died 

 7 mo. 25. 1857; married 7 mo. 4, 1838, 

 Franklin Fell. 



WILLIAM PEARSON JENKS, the 

 tenth child of William and Mary (Hutch- 

 inson) Jenks, was born and reared in the 

 old homestead at Bridgetown, in Middle- 

 town township. After finishing school he 

 went to Paterson, New Jersey, where 

 he learned the trade of a machinist. In 

 1828 he became interested in the manu- 

 facture of cotton yarns at New Hope, 

 where he remained until 1832. In 1833 

 he went to Madison, Indiana, in the in- 

 terest of the firm in Paterson with whom 

 he had learned his trade, and remained 

 there two years, establishing a factory 

 -for the manufacture of cotton goods. In 

 1835 he accepted the position of man- 

 ager of the Union Factories near Elli- 

 cott's Mills, Maryland, then the largest 

 plant for the manufacture of cotton 

 goods south of New England. He re- 

 mained there until the autumn of 1846, 

 when he was obliged to resign his posi- 

 tion on account of failing health, and 

 took a trip to Brazil to recruit. He re- 

 turned in the summer of 1847 and joined 

 Tiis wife and three children in Phila- 

 delphia. Having regained his health, he 

 was desirous of again engaging in busi- 

 ness, and in the fall of that year joined 

 Evan Randolph and formed the firm of 

 Randolph & Jenks, cotton merchants, 

 and did an extensive and prosperous bus- 

 iness. He retired from active participa- 

 tion at the close of the year i860. The 

 firm continued, however, under the same 

 name, the present members being his 

 two sons. John Story Jenks and William 

 H. Jenks, Evan Randolph, his partner, 

 who married his only daughter, Rachel 

 Story Jenks, in 1864, having died 12 mo. 

 3, 1887. William Pearson Jenks died 9 

 mo. 17, 1886, aged nearly seventy-nine 

 years. He was a man of marked ability 



as a merchant, and his life was full of 

 active and intelligent energy. He pros- 

 pered in his business and business enter- 

 prises, and took an interest in many of 

 the financial institutions in Philadelphia. 

 His wife, Elizabeth Story, born 3 mo. 6, 

 1807, was a daughter of David and 

 Rachel (Richardson) Story, of New- 

 town, and a great-granddaughter of 

 Thomas Story, a native of Northumber- 

 land, England, who came to Pennsyl- 

 vania with William Penn on his second 

 visit, in the ship "Centerbury," arriving 

 at Chester 10 mo. i, 1699. He settled in 

 Bucks county, and in i mo., 1718, mar- 

 ried Elizabeth (Wilson) Buckman, widow 

 of William Buckman, of Newtown, who 

 bore him one son, John Story. Thomas 

 Story died 9 mo. 10, 1753, at the age of 

 eighty-two years. His son, John Story, 

 was born 11 mo. 26, 1718-19. He married 

 5 mo., 1747, Elizabeth Cutler, daughter of 

 Thomas and Eleanor (Lane) Cutler, and 

 lived all his life in the neighborhood of • 

 Newtown. He died 11 mo. 10, 1804, at 

 the age of eighty-six, and is buried at 

 Wrightstown. His son, David Story, 

 was born 4 mo. 20, 1760, and died 2 mo. 

 23, 1833. He married 4 mo. 19, 1792. 

 Rachel ^Richardson, daughter of William 

 and Elizabeth (Jenks) Richardson. They 

 had six children: i. Rebecca, born i mo. 



15, 1793. died 9 mo. 22, 1870; married 5 

 mo. 20, 1824, Dr. Ralph Lee, of Newtown. 

 2. Hannah, born 3 mo. 23, 1794, died 4 

 mo. 13, 1876: married 5 mo. 16, 1837, John 

 C. Parry, of New Hope. 3. John, born i 

 mo. 15, 1796, died 10 mo. 22, 1844:. mar- 

 ried 4 mo. 28, 1831, Esther A. Allibone. 4. 

 William Story, born 9 mo. 10, 1797, died 

 9 mo. 16, 1822. unmarried. 5. Mary, born 

 3 mo. 23, 1800, died 5 mo. 22, 1846, un- 

 married. 6. Elizabeth, born 3 mo. 6. 

 1807, died I mo. 11, 1878, married 5 mo. 



16, "1837, William Pearson Jenks. 



John Story Jenks was born near Elli- 

 cott City, Maryland,' 10 mo. 29, 1839, and 

 came with his parents to Philadelphia 

 in 1846. He married, 10 mo. 27, 1864, 

 Sidney Howell Brown, and has three 

 daughters, all of whom are married and 

 reside in Philadelphia. 



William H. Jenks was born in Mary- 

 land, II mo. II, 1842, and married in 

 Philadelphia, 9 mo. 9, 1869, Hannah Mif- 

 flin Hacker He has two sons, William 

 Pearson Jenks and John Story Jenks, 

 both of whom are business men of New 

 York City, and two daughters who are 

 married and reside in Philadelphia. 



John Story Jenks and William H. 

 Jenks, as before stated, succeeded their 

 father, William Pearson Jenks, in the 

 firm of Randolph & Jenks, and now com- 

 prise that firm. They have been pros- 

 perous merchants, and are interested in 

 many of the financial, beneficial, social 

 and political institutions of the city. 

 They are worthy descendants of their 

 Bucks county ancestors, for whom they 

 entertain the most profound love and re- 



