Cleek, Dunmore, Gum, Hill, Stephenson, Suit Family - Person Sheet
Cleek, Dunmore, Gum, Hill, Stephenson, Suit Family - Person Sheet
NameJoseph Jenks Sr. 
143774,143775,143776,143777,143778,143779,143780,143781,143782,143783,143784,143785,143786,143787,143788,143789,143790,143791,143792,143793,143794,143795,143796
143774,143775,143776,143777,143778,143779,143780,143781,143782,143783,143784,143785,143786,143787,143788,143789,143790,143791,143792,143793,143794,143795,143796Birth1602, Hammersmith, England143774,143777,143778,143797,143798,143799,143800,143801,143788,143802,143803,143804,143805,143806,143807
MemoColebrooke, England? Hounslow, England? 1599? 1604?
Residence1645, Lynn, Essex County, MA143808
MemoSaugus Iron Works
Residenceca 1660, Pawtucket, Providence County, RI143809
Death16 Mar 1683, Lynn, Essex County, MA143813,143814,143815,143816,143817,143818,143819,143820,143821
Memo-1687; now Saugus; 81 years
BurialOld Jenks Burying Ground Cemetery near Read and High Streets, Providence County, RI143822
Occupationmaster-mechanic, to establish the iron-works - the first foundry & forge in the colonies; expert blacksmith143823,143824,143825,143826,143827,143828
Alias/AKAJencks, Jenckes, Jenkes143829
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.143830
Pg 59 Joseph Jenckes senior was probably a descendant of the Jenckes family which originated in Wales, and later was of Wolverton in Shropshire, England143831
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.66484
Part I Chapter I Pg 10 Joseph Jenckes I (1602-1683); first patentee of inventions in America, having introduced the idea (first granted in England by act of Parliament in 1625) of protection for the manufacturer of improvements by petition to the government of MA Bay.66479
Pg 59 Joseph Jenckes senior was probably a descendant of the Jenckes family which originated in Wales, and later was of Wolverton in Shropshire, England143831
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.66484
Part I Chapter I Pg 10 Joseph Jenckes I (1602-1683); first patentee of inventions in America, having introduced the idea (first granted in England by act of Parliament in 1625) of protection for the manufacturer of improvements by petition to the government of MA Bay.66479
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 Jenckes50268. (Him? Different Father? Different wife? Different birth?)
US & International Marriage Records 1560-190019964 (Another wife - 1st wife?)
Joseph Jencks b: 1599 En, Marr: 1627 En, Joan Hearne b: 1607 En
US & International Marriage Records 1560-190019964 (Another wife - 1st wife?)
Joseph Jencks b: 1599 En, Marr: 1627 En, Joan Hearne b: 1607 En
Spouses
Baptism26 Mar 1611143839
MemoAge 32
Alias/AKATervoye143786
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 sons66483