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James Jenkin and Family
James Jenkins (1901 Census), a Grocer and Shopkeeper, born about 1837 at Carlton Hall, Derbyshire, married Clara J. born about 1847 at Denaby, Doncaster. Their son James S. Jenkins was born in Rotherham about 1874.
James Jenkin was listed as a Feoffee of the Common Lands of Rotherham in 1894. A very ancient body, it has always been considered to be one of the highest honours that could be paid to a townsman to be elected thereon. This governing body dates back nearly 400 years. The term 'Feoffee' means a person in whom is vested a fief or lands under certain conditions, and the Greave of a body of Feoffees is, for the time being, the responsible collector of revenues. The original duties of the Feoffees included the application of their revenues to the relief of the poor. The Feoffees devoted their annual income to benevolent, educational, and patriotic purposes. Since 1778 their number was fixed at twelve. To become a Feoffee was an object of local ambition, and the body was said to be composed of the most influential men in the town.
He lived with his wife and son who was described in the 1901 census as Grocer Manager, at Carter Villa, Clifton Bank, Rotherham.
Sheffield Archives, Reference: SY/457/F2/2, hold details of:
New exclusive and economical cookery recipes specially compiled for and issued gratis by James Jenkin, high grade grocery, tea and provision merchant, 79 Wellgate, Rotherham
Note: In White's Directories the surname is Jenkin. The family is referred to as Jenkin in Reminiscences of Rotherham. The 1901 Census records the name as Jenkins.
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