Hi. I think Jonas may be the brother of my 4th great grandfather, Nicholas Jenkins, who was born in Torpoint in 1811. Their father was also Jonas.....this explains the confusion in the posts below and I have found multiple Jonas Jenkins in my research. I have the marriage cert of Nicholas, so am quite sure that Jonas Sr was a Naval Officer.
The Cornwall OPC database lists the marriage banns of a Jonas Jenkins adn Jane Bickford in St Just in Roseland. At this time (1834) this Jonas was living in Romney Kent, which is where my Nicholas was based at the time (he married in Kent in 1837) so I suspect the Jonas and Jane marriage banns are for the Jonas born in Torpoint in 1808.
As to the Jonas and Jane living in St Just in the 1841 census, aged 60, this could well be the parents of our Jonas (1808) and Nicholas (1811) The only thing that does not stack up for me is that in 1841 this Jonas and Jane have 3 younger children (Mary, Charles and Henry, aged 15 and 12) which would mean an 18 year age gap between siblings. If anyone can hlpe me work this one out, I'd be grateful.
Regards, Lindsay
