Joseph Jenckes¹ (M)
b. 1632, d. 4 January 1717
3 Generation Pedigree
Relationship=5th great-grandfather of Lydia Electa Corey.

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Corey Family Timeline
Ancestors of Lydia Electa Corey

Children of Joseph Jenckes and Hesther Ballard

Joseph Jenckes b. 1656, d. 15 Jun 1740¹
Elizabeth Jenckes b. 1658, d. 1740⁵
Sarah Jenckes b. 1660⁵
Nathaniel Jenckes b. 29 Jan 1662⁵
Esther Jenckes b. 1664⁵
Ebenezer Jenckes b. 1668⁵
Joanna Jenckes b. 1672⁵
William Jenckes b. 1674⁵
Abigail Jenckes b. 1676⁵

Notes and Citations:

1. [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; JENCKES, Joseph, manufacturer, was born in Buckinghamshire, England, in 1632; son of Joseph Jenckes. His father was the inventor of the grass scythe, and a manufacturer of edge-tools. In 1648 he followed his father to Saugus, Mass., and was connected with him in the iron and brass works there, the first established in America. On account of the large amount of charcoal needed for smelting and refining iron ore, the forests around Lynn were rapidly becoming extinct, which caused much alarm among the manufacturers. Jenckes, in order to establish himself in the iron business, followed Roger Williams to Rhode Island, and was granted land in Warwick, in 1669. He purchased a tract of woodland at Pawtucket Falls, near Providence, on the Blackstone river, in 1671. Iron ore was discovered near the falls, and Jenckes built a foundry and forge, which were destroyed during King Philip's war in 1676. He rebuilt the works and laid the foundation of the great iron works of Providence. He was the founder of Pawtucket, R.I. In 1661 he was elected a member of the governor's council, and served as assistant, or lieutenant-governor, and subsequently was a member of the house of deputies. He married Esther Ballard, of Lynn (born in England, 1633), and they had six daughters and four sons. His son Joseph became governor of Rhode Island. He died in Pawtucket, R.I., Jan. 4, 1717.
2. [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; JENCKES, or JENKS, Joseph, inventor, was born in Wolverton, Shropshire, England, in 1602; son [probably] of Francis and Frances (Westfalling) Jenckes. When Robert Bridges took specimens of iron ore to England from the colonies and told of the great need of iron tools by the colonists, he procured the foundation of a company to develop the working of the ore. Joseph Jenckes was induced to come to America as master-mechanic to establish works in Saugus, Mass. He superintended the construction of the first furnaces and moulds, and the manufacture of the first domestic utensils, machinery and iron tools on the Western continent and introduced the idea of parenting inventions in America. He received from the general court of Massachusetts, May 6. 1646, patents "for the making of engines for mills to go with water," for the making of scythes and other edge-tools, and a new invention for a saw mill, for which he patented an improvement in May, 1655. He cut the dies used in the manufacture of the "Pine Tree" coins at the mint established by John Hull in Boston in 1652, which were the first coin issued in America. He made a contract with the selectmen of Boston in 1654 to build "an engine to carry water in case of fire," and patented an improvement in scythes, 1655, and the Jenks scythe, but little modified for two hundred and fifty years, came into use all over the world. He obtained the government's aid to enable him to erect machinery to be used in wire-drawing in 1667. He died in Saugus, Mass., March 16, 1683.
3. [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 xii.
4. [S413] Great Migration Newsletter Online, online http://www.newenglandancestors.org/articles/gm_newsletter/, Robert Charles Anderson, editor, William Ballard entry, accessed 26 May 2003.
5. [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 3.