Cleek, Dunmore, Gum, Hill, Stephenson, Suit Family - Person Sheet
Cleek, Dunmore, Gum, Hill, Stephenson, Suit Family - Person Sheet
NameJoseph Jenks III 95045,95054,95055,95046,95056,95057,95047,95058,95059,95060,95061,95062,95063,95064,95065,66438,95066,95067,95068,95069,95070
Birth1656, Providence County, RI95071,95072,95073,95074,95075,95076,95077,95078,95079,95080,95081
MemoNow Pawtucket; 1657?
Tax List1 Sep 1687, Providence County, RI66438
MemoTaxed 12 s along with his father Joseph and brother Nathaniel
Residence1699, RI95082
Land Sold8 Jun 1719, Pawtucket, Providence County, RI95083
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 173595084
MemoWill dated
Death15 Jun 1740, Providence County, RI95054,95085,95086,95073,95087,95088,95089,95090,95091,95092,95093,95094
MemoAged 84 years
Burialaft 15 Jun 1740, Old Jenks Burying Ground Cemetery near Read and High Streets, Providence County, RI95095,95096,95093
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, RI95097
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 body95056,95098,95099,95100,95101,95061,95102,95103,95104,95105,95106,95107,95108,95070
Alias/AKAJenckes95109,95107
FatherJoseph Jenks Jr. (1632-1717)
MotherEster Ballard (<1632->1717)
Research
RI Deaths & Burials 1802-195095110 (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 died66483
Spouses
1Martha Brown 81538,95045,95046,81548,95047,95048,95049,81550,95050,81551,65260
Birthca 1657, Providence County, RI95051,95052
Alias/AKAMcNette Brown95053
FatherJohn Brown (1627-1706)
MotherMary Holmes (ca1630->1690)
MarriageProvidence County, RI81550
ChildrenJoseph (1682-)
 Obadiah (1694-1768)
 Catherine (1694-1792)
 Nathaniel (1686-1753)
 Martha (1689-)
 Lydia (ca1701-)
 John (1696-1720)
 Mary (1692-)
 Esther (1695-)
2Alice Smith 95055,150989,150990,150991,150992,150993,150994,150995
Birth1665150996,150997,150998,150999
Death19 Feb 1736, Providence County, RI95055,151000,151001,151002,151003,151004
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 173566480 (He died 1740? widow?)
Marriage3 Feb 1727150990,151005,151006,150993,150994,150995
No Children
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