Cleek, Dunmore, Gum, Hill Stephenson, Suit Family - Person Sheet
Cleek, Dunmore, Gum, Hill Stephenson, Suit Family - Person Sheet
NameJoseph Jenks Sr. 
142516,142517,142518,142519,142520,142521,142522,142523,142524,142525,142526,142527,142528,142529,142530,142531,142532,142533,142534
142516,142517,142518,142519,142520,142521,142522,142523,142524,142525,142526,142527,142528,142529,142530,142531,142532,142533,142534Birth1602, Hammersmith, England142516,142519,142520,142535,142536,142537,142538,142539,142530,142540,142541,142542,142543
MemoColebrooke, England? Hounslow, England? 1599? 1604?
Residenceca 1660, Pawtucket, Providence County, RI142544
Memo-1687; now Saugus
BurialOld Jenks Burying Ground Cemetery near Read and High Streets, Providence County, RI142555
Occupationmaster-mechanic, to establish the iron-works - the first foundry & forge in the colonies142556,142557,142558,142559,142560
FatherArthur Jenks (ca1575-)
Misc. Notes
Vol III Pg 425 Joseph Jenckes introduced to the colony the idea of patenting inventions, and it seems to have been a motive for coming to the new country that he might protect and introduce his own ideas. In 1646 he secured a patent for fourteen years on an improved water-wheel, also a newly invented sawmill.142561
Pg 59 Joseph Jenckes senior was probably a descendant of the Jenckes family which originated in Wales, and later was of Wolverton in Shropshire, England142562
Pg 36 Three years after his arrival, on 6 May 1646 the MA General Court granted him a patent for three important inventions, - A water mill or wheel, a machine for making seythes and other edged tools and a saw mill. He then purchased the right (Annals of Lyn, ed 1865 p.208) 20 Jan 1647 from Richard Leader, the general manager, to build a forge at the iron works for the manufacture of seythes.66199
Pg 59 Joseph Jenckes senior was probably a descendant of the Jenckes family which originated in Wales, and later was of Wolverton in Shropshire, England142562
Pg 36 Three years after his arrival, on 6 May 1646 the MA General Court granted him a patent for three important inventions, - A water mill or wheel, a machine for making seythes and other edged tools and a saw mill. He then purchased the right (Annals of Lyn, ed 1865 p.208) 20 Jan 1647 from Richard Leader, the general manager, to build a forge at the iron works for the manufacture of seythes.66199
Research
Joseph Jenckes, Male, Christening date: 26 Aug 1599 Blackfriars, London, England, d: Mar 1683 Lynn, Essex, MA; Marr: 1645 (no name); Father: John Jenks; Mother: Sarah Fulwater; Children: Samuel Jenckes50103. (Him? Different Father? Different wife? Different birth?)
US & International Marriage Records 1560-190019862 (Another wife - 1st wife?)
Joseph Jencks b: 1599 En, Marr: 1627 En, Joan Hearne b: 1607 En
US & International Marriage Records 1560-190019862 (Another wife - 1st wife?)
Joseph Jencks b: 1599 En, Marr: 1627 En, Joan Hearne b: 1607 En
Spouses
Baptism26 Mar 1611142570
MemoAge 32
Alias/AKATervoye142528
FatherJames Tervyn (ca1580-)
MotherMargery (ca1580-)
Misc. Notes
Pg xii Joseph Jenks remarried in MA and had by his 2nd wife Elizabeth, maiden name unknown, at least two daughters and three sons66198