John Minks is believed to have been born 1786 in Virginia.  He
married Nancy Wilson in 1809 in Tennessee.  The family  later
settled in Rockcastle County, Kentucky where the majority of the
John and Nancy Minks descendants lived,
 worked and died.

The parents of John Minks are yet unknown but Mink family
researchers believe that the family origins come from Germany.

The known children of John and Nancy Wilson Minks are:
Hiram, Darrell, Mary, Elizabeth,  Felix, Celia, Rachel,
John Wesley
Albert Gallatin and William Amos.

Our branch descends from Albert Gallatin and Rebecca Jane
Brewer Mink and Felix and Ann Brewer Mink
Mink Family

Descendants of
Albert Gallatin and
Rebecca Jane
Brewer Mink
Descendants of Felix
and Ann Brewer Mink
Smith Family