Martha Brown¹ (F)
b. say 1660
3 Generation Pedigree
Relationship=4th great-grandmother of Lydia Electa Corey.

Appears on these charts:

Corey Family Timeline
Ancestors of Lydia Electa Corey

Children of Martha Brown and Joseph Jenckes

Joseph Jenckes b. 1682²
Obediah Jenckes b. 1684²
Nathaniel Jenckes b. 1686²
Martha Jenckes b. 1689, d. 16 Dec 1746¹
Lydia Jenckes b. s 1691²
Mary Jenckes b. 1692²
Catherine Jenckes b. 1694, d. 1792²
Esther Jenckes b. 1695²
John Jenckes b. 1696²

Notes and Citations:

1. [S316] Jane Fletcher Fiske, compiler and publisher, Thomas Cooke of Rhode Island, 2 vols. (Boxford, Massachusetts: Jane Fletcher Fiske, 1987), ISBN: 0-9615790-0-5, vol. 1, page 85.
2. [S329] William B, Browne, compiler, Genealogy of the Jenks Family in America (Concord, New Hampshire: Rumford Press, 1952; reprint North Salt Lake, Utah: Heritage Quest). Viewed online. The online version consists of digitized images of the book pages., page 13.
3. [S328] Biographies of Notable Americans 1904, (database online), Ancestry.com, Provo, UT, original source of data: Rossiter Johnson, editor, Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Volumes I-X, (Boston: The Biographical Society, 1904). Vol. VI, page 70; JENCKES, Joseph, governor of Rhode Island, was born in Pawtucket, R.I., in 1656; son of Joseph (the founder of Pawtucket) and Esther (Ballard) Jenckes. He was a land surveyor, and in this capacity was employed by the Rhode Island colonial government in the boundary disputes with adjoining colonies. He was said to have been of remarkable stature, measuring seven feet and two inches in height. He was elected to the general assembly in 1679, was clerk and speaker of the assembly until 1693, was commissioned to reply to a letter of the King as [p.70] to the condition of affairs in Rhode Island, and to answer the questions of the lands of the Priory council. He was councillor, 1680-1712; state auditor in 1697 and 1704; chairman of a commission which compiled and published the laws of the colony in 1717; was again assemblyman, 1700-08, and deputy-governor, 1715-21, during which time he was sent to England to bring before the king the boundary disputes between Rhode Island, on one hand, and Connecticut and Massachusetts on the other. On his return to Rhode Island he was re-elected deputy-governor, in 1722, serving till 1727. He was elected governor of the state upon the death of Governor Cranston, in 1727, and held office until 1732. While in office he vetoed the act of the assembly to dispense with paper currency. He was married to Martha, daughter of John and Mary (Holmes) Brown, and granddaughter of Chad Brown. He died in Pawtucket, R.I., June 15, 1740.