Cleek, Dunmore, Gum, Hill, Stephenson, Suit Family - Person Sheet
Cleek, Dunmore, Gum, Hill, Stephenson, Suit Family - Person Sheet
NameJoseph Jenks III 95463,95472,95473,95464,95474,95475,95465,95476,95477,95478,95479,95480,95481,95482,95483,66804,95484,95485,95486,95487,95488
Birth1656, Providence County, RI95489,95490,95491,95492,95493,95494,95495,95496,95497,95498,95499
MemoNow Pawtucket; 1657?
Tax List1 Sep 1687, Providence County, RI66804
MemoTaxed 12 s along with his father Joseph and brother Nathaniel
Residence1699, RI95500
Land Sold8 Jun 1719, Pawtucket, Providence County, RI95501
MemoTo his son-in-law William Turpin & wife 40 ac of land laid out in right of Ezekiel Holliaman on the west side of the seven mile line and is part of my hundred ac allotment
Will Filed22 Dec 173595502
MemoWill dated
Death15 Jun 1740, Providence County, RI95472,95503,95504,95491,95505,95506,95507,95508,95509,95510,95511,95512
MemoAged 84 years
Burialaft 15 Jun 1740, Old Jenks Burying Ground Cemetery near Read and High Streets, Providence County, RI95513,95514,95511
MemoRemoved in 1831 to Mineral Spring Cemetery, Pawtucket
Will Filed MemoWill proved 17 Apr 1736? Before he died?
Burial2 Jun 1831, Mineral Spring Cemetery, Providence, Providence County, RI95515
MemoBody exhumed and transported here
OccupationGovernor in 1727 for six years; Assistant governor of RI eleven years (May 1715-May 1721 & May 1722-May 1727) and governor for five years (1715-1721); was a land surveyor; member of general assembly from 1679-1693 & clerk and speaker of that body95474,95516,95517,95518,95519,95479,95520,95521,95522,95523,95524,95525,95526,95488
Alias/AKAJenckes95527,95525
FatherJoseph Jenks Jr. (1632-1717)
MotherEster Ballard (<1632->1717)
Research
RI Deaths & Burials 1802-195095528 (Him and/or his father?)
p. 539 Joseph Jenckes d: 4 Jan 1716 Providence RI
p. 539 Joseph Jenckes d: 15 Jun 1740 Providence RI
Medical
Pg 17 Gov Joseph3 Jenks was blind for a few years before he died66849
Spouses
1Martha Brown 81908,95463,95464,81918,95465,95466,95467,81920,95468,81921,65625
Birthca 1657, Providence County, RI95469,95470
Alias/AKAMcNette Brown95471
FatherJohn Brown (1627-1706)
MotherMary Holmes (ca1630->1690)
MarriageProvidence County, RI81920
ChildrenJoseph (1682-)
 Obadiah (1694-1768)
 Catherine (1694-1792)
 Nathaniel (1686-1753)
 Martha (1689-)
 Lydia (ca1701-)
 John (1696-1720)
 Mary (1692-)
 Esther (1695-)
2Alice Smith 95473,151466,151467,151468,151469,151470,151471,151472
Birth1665151473,151474,151475,151476
Death19 Feb 1736, Providence County, RI95473,151477,151478,151479,151480,151481
Memo1735?
FatherJohn Smith (ca1645-1682)
MotherSarah Whipple (<1642-1687)
Research
Providence Deaths Pg 269 5-539 Jenckes, Alice, wife of Joseph (book 3-280) d: 19 Feb 173566846 (He died 1740? widow?)
Marriage3 Feb 1727151467,151482,151483,151470,151471,151472
No Children
Last Modified 6 May 2024Created 27 May 2025 using Reunion 13 by Chris Dunmore
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