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John JENKINS (1816 - 1899)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Charlotte M JENKINS (1844 - 1935)
William Henry JENKINS (1846 - 1923)
Ridley Walter JENKINS (1867 - 1887)
 John JENKINS (1816 - 1899)

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Maria RAY (1822 - 1924)
 John JENKINS (1791 - 1886) Henry JENKINS









Charlotte Elizabeth SURMAN ( - 1869)











John JENKINS Maria RAY
John JENKINS
John JENKINS Maria RAY John JENKINS
Pic P1. Inscription
Sacred to the Memory of JOHN JENKINS of Nangus. A pioneer and colonist of 70 years. Who departed this life 16th October 1898. Aged 83 years.

Pic 1. Inscription
Sacred to the Memory of JOHN JENKINS of Nangus. A pioneer and colonist of 70 years. Who departed this life 16th October 1898. Aged 83 years.

b. 06 Jan 1816 at East Malling, West Kent, England
m. 17 Aug 1841 Maria RAY (1822 - 1924) at Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia
d. 16 Oct 1899 at Buckingbong, Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia aged 83
Near Relatives of John JENKINS (1816 - 1899)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Grandfather Henry JENKINS

Father in Law William RAY abt 1759 17 Oct 1835 76
Mother in Law Sarah WADE 27 Sep 1793 Norfolk Island 05 Jul 1887 93

Father John JENKINS 22 May 1791 East Malling, West Kent, England 25 Aug 1886 Berrima, New South Wales, Australia 95
Mother Charlotte Elizabeth SURMAN 1869 Bong Bong, New South Wales, Australia

Self John JENKINS 06 Jan 1816 East Malling, West Kent, England 16 Oct 1899 Buckingbong, Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia 83

Wife Maria RAY 16 May 1822 22 Apr 1924 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 101

Daughter Charlotte M JENKINS 06 Jul 1844 Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia 22 Nov 1935 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 91
Son William Henry JENKINS 1846 Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia 26 Oct 1923 Junee, New South Wales, Australia 77
Daughter Ridley Walter JENKINS 28 Jan 1867 Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia 30 Jul 1887 Nangus, New South Wales, Australia 20

Brother Francis JENKINS
Brother Thomas Perrin Surman JENKINS 29 Jan 1812 East Malling, West Kent, England 22 Dec 1882 Narrandera, New South Wales, Australia 70
Sister Mary Ann JENKINS 1814 East Malling, West Kent, England 1898 84
Sister Elizabeth JENKINS 1818 East Malling, West Kent, England 1865 47

Uncle Francis JENKINS abt 1820 01 Aug 1902 Buckingbong, Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia 82
Aunt Rebecca HIGGINS 1854

Cousin Lydia A JENKINS 1844 New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Francis JENKINS 1845 New South Wales, Australia 1852 7
Cousin John JENKINS 1847 New South Wales, Australia 19 Sep 1872 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia 25
Cousin Ridley W JENKINS 1850 New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Robert James JENKINS 1852 New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Charlotte Elizabeth JENKINS 1854 New South Wales, Australia

Niece Eliza Elizabeth Eva RUDD 1853 Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia 28 Oct 1927 Tarcutta, New South Wales, Australia 74
Niece Hannah Mary RAY 04 Aug 1848 11 Jun 1881 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia 32
Nephew George Robert BOON 06 Mar 1859 Nangus, New South Wales, Australia 20 Jan 1924 Cowra, New South Wales, Australia 64
Nephew Alfred BOON 13 Jan 1861 Tumblong, New South Wales, Australia 17 Nov 1923 Granville, New South Wales, Australia 62

Sister in Law Mary RAY 16 Sep 1809 1837 28
Sister in Law Sophia RAY 28 May 1812 Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia 1877 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia 65
Brother in Law William RAY 07 Dec 1814 30 May 1885 Marrickville, Sydney, Australia 70
Brother in Law John RAY 12 Oct 1817 Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia 10 Sep 1859 41
Brother in Law Nathaniel BOON 14 Sep 1825 11 Feb 1911 Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia 85
Sister in Law Margaret BOON 17 Sep 1826 09 Jul 1904 77
Brother in Law Thomas BOON 12 Aug 1828
Brother in Law James BOON 20 Nov 1830
Brother in Law Jonathan BOON 20 Nov 1830 15 May 1901 70
Brother in Law Nicholas BOON 20 Nov 1830 18 Nov 1899 68
Sister in Law Sarah Ann BOON 02 Jun 1832 12 Oct 1854 22
Brother in Law Daniel BOON 25 Nov 1852 19 Jul 1876 23
Sister in Law Jane DUNSDAN
Events in John JENKINS (1816 - 1899)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
06 Jan 1816 John JENKINS was born East Malling, West Kent, England 85
17 Aug 1841 25 Married Maria RAY (aged 19) Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia 85
06 Jul 1844 28 Birth of daughter Charlotte M JENKINS Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia 76
1846 30 Birth of son William Henry JENKINS Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia 76
28 Jan 1867 51 Birth of daughter Ridley Walter JENKINS Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia 76
1869 53 Death of mother Charlotte Elizabeth SURMAN Bong Bong, New South Wales, Australia 32
25 Aug 1886 70 Death of father John JENKINS (aged 95) Berrima, New South Wales, Australia
30 Jul 1887 71 Death of daughter Ridley Walter JENKINS (aged 20) Nangus, New South Wales, Australia 76
16 Oct 1899 83 John JENKINS died Buckingbong, Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia 85
Source References:
76. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Find a Grave, Title: Find A Grave, Locn: https://www.findagrave.com/
- Reference = https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/183181616/john-jenkins (Name, Notes)
85. Type: Book, Abbr: Mary Wade to Us, Title: Mary Wade to Us, Auth: Mary Wade Family History Association, Publ: Mary Wade Family History Association, Date: 1986, Locn: https://www.marywadefamily.org/items/show/1
- Reference = page 18 (Name, Notes)
- Notes: In 1841, in St Peter's Campbelltown, Maria was married to John Jenkins (who had arrived free aboard the Grenada in 1826) who, with his brother Francis, had taken up the runs of ‘Buckingbong' and 'Gillenbah' near Narrandera on the Murrumbidgee, in 1832. Family history has it that she rode the entire distance to her new home, thus escaping the weary jolting of a dray. The Jenkinses survived the drought and depression of the 1840's to make a fortune running sheep and cattle to feed the hungry Victorian goldfields of the fifties. This was the period that saw the rise of the bushranger and one story tells of Maria sewing sovereigns into her little daughter's petticoats in case of a hold-up. As she made regular trips to Campbelltown, it must have been a most necessary precaution.

In the mid-1850's John purchased 'Nangus' at Gundagai (a property of fifty-seven thousand acres) from William and Hannibal MacArthur and built an imposing house of Georgian design in which to house their large family. The next forty years were prosperous ones. Whilst John interested himself in flour milling, the steamer trade and wine-making besides his pastoral activities, Mafia saw to the laying out and cultivation of a fine garden and to the education of her children, several of whom had outstanding musical ability. Tutors and governesses were not wanting, nor was she behind in the new technology - in a time when all clothes were laboriously hand-sewn she boasted the ownership of the first sewing machine on the River.
- Reference = page 20 (Death)
- Reference = page 20 (Birth)
- Reference = page 18 (Marriage)
- Notes: Maria, the youngest but the most long lived of the Ray children, was brought up in the Boon household, the increasing prosperity of which probably enabled her to go to the Rev. Reddall's parochial school for she signed the register in a fair hand on her marriage day. She was a woman of great strength, both of body and character, for she bore twelve children, mostly in primitive conditions, raising ten to adulthood and was respected for her commanding personality being, as it was, leavened by religious tolerance and a generous charity. 11 is to be hoped she also had a sense of humour.
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