Robert Jenkins (July 10, 1769April 18, 1848) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Biography

Early life

Robert Jenkins was born at Windsor Forge Mansion in Caernarvon Township in the

Province of Pennsylvania The Province of Pennsylvania, also known as the Pennsylvania Colony, was a British North American colony founded by William Penn after receiving a land grant from Charles II of England in 1681. The name Pennsylvania ("Penn's Woods") refers to W ...

. He attended the common schools and the select school of Dr. Robert Smith of Pequea. He was an ironmaster in Caernarvon Township, and a member of the

Pennsylvania House of Representatives The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. There are 203 members, elected for two-year terms from single member districts. It ...

in 1804 and 1805.

Career

He was elected as a

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to the Tenth and

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Congresses. He was a member of a Group of Horse, and took an active part in suppressing the

Whisky Insurrection The Whiskey Rebellion (also known as the Whiskey Insurrection) was a violent tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791 and ending in 1794 during the presidency of George Washington. The so-called "whiskey tax" was the first tax impo ...

in Pennsylvania.

Personal life

He married Catherine Carmichael (1775–1853).Ancestry.com
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John Carmichael Jenkins John Carmichael Jenkins (1809–1855) was an American plantation owner, medical doctor and horticulturalist in the Antebellum South. Biography Early life Jenkins was born on December 13, 1809, at the Windsor Forge Mansion in Churchtown, Pennsy ...

(1809–1855), Elizabeth Jenkins (1803–1870), Mary Jenkins (1805–1859), Martha Jenkins (1805–1890), Phoebe Ann Jenkins (1807–1872), Catharine Jenkins (1812–1886), and Sarah Jenkins (1817-unknown).

Death

He died at Windsor Forge in 1848. He was buried in the Caernarvon Presbyterian Churchyard in

Churchtown, Pennsylvania Churchtown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Caernarvon Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States, along Pennsylvania Route 23. The population was 470 as of the 2010 census. History The first sett ...

Legacy

He was a grandfather of noted American sculptor and poet Blanche Nevin (1841–1925). ''Note:'' This includes

Sources

1769 births 1848 deaths People from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Federalist Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania Members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives American ironmasters {{Pennsylvania-Representative-stub