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• Birth	26 Aug 1599	St Anne Blackfriars, London, Middlesex, Eng
  Gender	Male
  Died	16 Mar 1682/1683	Lynn, E, Ma
  Person ID	I4788	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2004 00:00:00
  Father	John JENKS, b. 1556, St Anne Blackfriars, London, Middlesex, Eng
  Mother	Sarah FULWATER, b. 19 Mar 1572/1573, St Anne Blackfriars, London, Middlesex, Eng
  Family ID	F1952	Group Sheet
  Married	Abt 1629
  Children	1. Richard JENCKS, b. 1635, London, Middlesex, Eng   2. Sarah JENCKS, b. 13 Oct 1635, St Peter Chapel, Tower of London, Pct, London, Eng
  Family ID	F1949	Group Sheet
  Family 2	Joane HEARNE, b. 1607, St Anne Blackfriars, London, Middlesex, Eng
  Married	30 Sep 1630	Colbrook, Buckinghamshire, Eng.
  Children	> 1. Joseph JENCKES, Jr., b. 12 Oct 1628, Colnbrook, L,,Eng   2. Elizabeth JENCKS, b. Abt 1630, Colnbrook, Horton, Buckinghamshire, Eng   3. William JENCKS, b. Abt 1630, Colnbrook, Horton, Buckinghamshire, Eng
  Family ID	F1947	Group Sheet
  Family 3	Mary TERVYN, b. 26 Mar 1611, Tower of London Pct, London, Eng
  Married	Abt 1631
  Children	1. Elizabeth JENKS, b. Abt 1630, Colubrook, Horton, Buckingshire, Eng   2. William JENKS, b. Abt 1630, Colnbrook, Horton, Buckinghamshire, Eng   3. Richard JENKS, b. Abt 1635, London, Middlesex, Eng   4. Sarah JENKS, b. Mar 1649/1650, Lynn, Essex Co. Ma.
  Family ID	F1950	Group Sheet
  Family 4	Elizabeth DARLING, b. 1603, Eng
  Married	Abt 1649
  Children	1. Sarah JENCKS, b. Mar 1649/1650, Lynn, Essex Co. Ma.   2. Samuel JENCKS, b. 1654, Lynn, Essex Co. Ma.   3. Deborah JENCKS, b. 11 Jun 1658, Lynn, Essex Co. Ma.   4. John JENCKS, b. 27 Jul 1660, Lynn, Essex Co. Ma.   5. Samuel JENKS, b. 1654, Lynn, Essex Co. Ma.   6. Deborah JENKS, b. 11 Jun 1658, Lynn, Essex Co. Ma.   7. John JENKS, b. 27 Jul 1660, Lynn, Essex Co. Ma.   8. Daniel JENKS, b. 19 Apr 1663, Lynn, Essex Co. Ma.
  Family ID	F1951	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Joseph Jenckes Sr. Joseph Jenckes came to America from England in 1643, as a widower,leaving two sons behind, settling in Lynn, Massachusetts. He establishedthe iron works at Lynn and was the first patentee in America in 1646. Hecut the dies for the "Pine Tree Shilling" in 1652, for the coinage ofcolonia money- Joseph built the first fire engine in 1654. He was theinventor of the grass scythe. In his foundry was cast the first 'hollowware" in this country and there is said to be preserved in Salem thefirst or one of the first that came out of the mould which was exhibitedat the Columbian Exposition. He was an accounted "a man of greatgenius". (Information given by Virginia Edmunds) From "Lin, her Jewels", History of Lynn, Massachusetts by A. Lewis: In1643 Robert Bridges took Bog Iron ore found in Saugus to London and succeeded in forming a companycalled "Company of Undertakers for the Iron Works", consisting of thefollowing wealthy and enterprising gentlemen: Lionel Copley Esq. ofYorkshire, Nicholas Bond Esq. and Thomas Fury Esq. of Westminster, JohnBeck and William Beauchamp, merchants; William Hicock, citizen; ThomasFoley, gentleman, John Pococke and William Becke, Merchant Tailors all ofLondon; William Greenhill of Stepney, Middlesexshire and Thomas Weld,Minister of Gateshead, Durhamshire. The company advanced 1000 pounds tocommence the work. Land was bought of Thomas Hudson on the west bank ofthe Saugus River. The village where the Iron Works was located wascalled Hammersmith from the place in England where many of the workmencame from. JOSEPH JENKES came from Hammersmith. He was a machinist atthe Iron foundry and by his hands the first models were made and thefirst castings taken of many domestic implements and iron tools. Thefirst article was cast a small iron pot, capable of containing about onequart. Thomas Hudson procured this famous old iron pot and it remainedin the Hudson family until after 1844. This pot is in the EssexInstitute in Salem, Massachusetts. Joseph Wormwood, brother-in-law ofJoseph Jenks was warned in 1668 to leave Concord, Massachusetts, as theiron works were not paying.