Joseph Jenckes¹ (M)
b. 1602, d. 16 March 1683
Relationship=6th great-grandfather of Lydia Electa Corey.

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Corey Family Timeline
Ancestors of Lydia Electa Corey

Child of Joseph Jenckes and Mary Tervyn

Joseph Jenckes b. 1632, d. 4 Jan 1717¹

Children of Joseph Jenckes and Elizabeth (--?--)

Sarah Jenckes b. 1652³
Samuel Jenckes b. 1654³
Deborah Jenckes b. 11 Jun 1658³
John Jenckes b. 27 Jul 1660³
Daniel Jenckes b. 19 Apr 1663³

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, 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.
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 xii.
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 1.