When Edward Jenkins was born on 5 March 1568, in Coldred, Kent, England, his father, Henry Jenkins, was 43 and his mother, Margaret Perrott, was 38. He married Mary Phillips on 21 July 1592, in Wingham, Kent, England. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 17 August 1624, in Thanet, Kent, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 56, and was buried in Saint John in Thanet, Kent, England, United Kingdom.
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A State Lottery was recorded in 1569. The tickets were sold at St. Paul's Cathedral in London.
The Royal Exchange was organized in January 1571 by Sir Thomas Gresham. Gresham is known as the father of English banking.
England established its first colony in North America in 1585 as a way to generate additional wealth. The colony was named Virginia, after the virgin Queen Elizabeth I.
English and Welsh: variant of Jenkin , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. Jenkins is one of the most common surnames in England, especially southwestern England, but is also especially associated with Wales.
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