JENKINS, Anna Almy, benefactor, b. in Providence, R.I., 1 Sept., 1790; d. there, 20 Nov., 1849. She was a member of the Society of Friends, and inherited a large fortune, including the estate of her father William Almy, most of that of her grandfather Moses Brown, and the greater part of that of her uncle, Obadiah Brown. She married William Jenkins in 1823, early in life became a prominent preacher among the Friends, and repeatedly visited various parts of the United States and Europe in this capacity. Her charities to those of her own denomination, and to others, were innumerable, founding a school, and an orphan asylum for colored children in Providence. Mrs. Jenkins perished in the burning of her residence. (Source: Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1600-1889, p.426)
From the Piscataquis (ME) Observer on 29 Nov 1849 p2:
"The splendid mansion of Mrs. Jenkins, of Providence, R. I., was burned to the ground on the morning of the 20th inst. and most melancholy to relate, Mrs. Jenkins, her eldest daughter, and one colored servant perished in the flames."
From the Piscataquis (ME) Observer on 29 Nov 1849 p2:
"The splendid mansion of Mrs. Jenkins, of Providence, R. I., was burned to the ground on the morning of the 20th inst. and most melancholy to relate, Mrs. Jenkins, her eldest daughter, and one colored servant perished in the flames."
JENKINS, Anna Almy, benefactor, b. in Providence, R.I., 1 Sept., 1790; d. there, 20 Nov., 1849. She was a member of the Society of Friends, and inherited a large fortune, including the estate of her father William Almy, most of that of her grandfather Moses Brown, and the greater part of that of her uncle, Obadiah Brown. She married William Jenkins in 1823, early in life became a prominent preacher among the Friends, and repeatedly visited various parts of the United States and Europe in this capacity. Her charities to those of her own denomination, and to others, were innumerable, founding a school, and an orphan asylum for colored children in Providence. Mrs. Jenkins perished in the burning of her residence. (Source: Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1600-1889, p.426)
From the Piscataquis (ME) Observer on 29 Nov 1849 p2:
"The splendid mansion of Mrs. Jenkins, of Providence, R. I., was burned to the ground on the morning of the 20th inst. and most melancholy to relate, Mrs. Jenkins, her eldest daughter, and one colored servant perished in the flames."
From the Piscataquis (ME) Observer on 29 Nov 1849 p2:
"The splendid mansion of Mrs. Jenkins, of Providence, R. I., was burned to the ground on the morning of the 20th inst. and most melancholy to relate, Mrs. Jenkins, her eldest daughter, and one colored servant perished in the flames."
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