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• Suffix	III
  Birth	1656	Pawtucket, Rhode Island
  Gender	Male
  Died	15 Jun 1740	Pawtucket, Providence, Rhode Island
  Person ID	I4744	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2005 00:00:00
  Father	Joseph JENCKES, Jr., b. 12 Oct 1628, Colnbrook, L,,Eng
  Mother	Esther BALLARD, b. 28 Oct 1632, Warwick, Warwickshire, Eng.
  Family ID	F1909	Group Sheet
  Family 1	Alice WHIPPLE, b. Abt 1653, Eng
  Married	Abt 1673
  Family ID	F1907	Group Sheet
  Family 2	Martha BROWN, b. Abt 1664, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
  Married	Abt 1680	Pawtucket, Providence Co. Ri
  Children	1. Catherine JENCKS, b. 1682, Pawtucket, Providence, Rhode Island   2. John JENCKS, b. 1682, Pawtucket, Providence, Rhode Island > 3. Obadiah JENCKS, b. 1684, Providence, Providence Co. Ri > 4. Nathaniel JENCKS, b. 1686, Pawtucket, Providence, Rhode Island   5. Jonathan JENCKES, b. Abt 1696, Ri   6. Martha JENCKS, b. 1689, Pawtucket, Providence, Rhode Island   7. Joseph JENCKS, b. 1690, Pawtucket, Providence, Rhode Island   8. Lydia JENCKS, b. 1690, Pawtucket, Providence, Rhode Island   9. Mary JENCKES, b. 1692, Pawtucket, Providence, Rhode Island   10. Catharine JENCKS, b. 1694, Pawtucket, Providence Co. Ri   11. Esther JENCKS, b. 1695, Pawtucket, Providence, Rhode Island   12. John JENCKS, b. 9 Jun 1696, Pawtucket, Providence, Rhode Island
  Family ID	F1905	Group Sheet
  Family 3	Alice Smith DEXTER, b. Abt 1665, Rhode Island
  Married	Abt 1683
  Family ID	F1908	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Joseph Jenckes III Joseph Jenckes was elected governor of the Colony in 1727 and was granted100 pounds to move his family to Newport, then the seat of the Colony, as it was at the time alarger place than Providence with more industry. He was of large stature and well proportioned standing in hisstocking feet, seven foot and two inches, a man of most grave and commanding aspect. He was of greatutility in the defense of Providence, Rhode Island against thesurrounding Indians, gradually ascending from an Ensign to be ChiefColonel of the Colony. In 1708 he was one of the committee to settle the Northern linebetween this colony and the Province of Massachusetts. On the 10th of August, 1719 he wascommissioned by the Governor and Company of Rhode Island an agent to prosecute before the King in London,England or any authority or Judicature that may be committed, the Colony's appeal against the Colonyof Connecticut's further encroachment upon said Colony. He had success in the business and wasthen chosen Deputy Governor for a number of years. In 1727 he was chosenGovernor of the Colony and served five years. He was solicited to servethe Colony longer as their Governor, but he told them with heart-feltgratitude that he could perceive that his natural faculties were abatingand if he should continue in the service a few years longer as theirGovernor perhaps he might not be willing to resign. He therefore deemedit Most beneficial for the Colony and prudent for himself to resign inseason. He was a distinguished member in church as well as state. While in London, he not only attended at Court but also at churchand ascertained the true state of all the Baptist churches, bothergeneral and particular in London. He was blind for several years beforehe died and " as a shock of corn cometh in his season" so likewise hecame to his grave in a full age, upon which is the following epitaph: In memory of ye Hon. JOSEPH JENKS ESQ. lat Governor of ye colony of Rhode Island Deceased ye 15 day of June A/D 1740 in ye 84th year of his age He was much beloved and honored in life and lamented in death. He was a bright example of virtue in every stageof life. He was a zealous Christian, a wise and prudent Governor, a kindhusband and a tender father, a good neighbor and a faithful friend,grave, sober, pleasant in behavior, beautiful in person with a soul trulygreat, heroic and sweetly tempered. Above information given by Virginia Edmund's Children