John Jenckes (1710 - 1776)

Born 1710 in West Pawtucket, Providence, Rhode Island

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Died 31 May 1776 at about age 66 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Jenks Crest.

John Jenckes was born about 1710 in West Pawtucket, Providence County, Rhode Island. ^[1] He died 31 May 1776 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay.

Research Notes

• John Jenks was born about 1710 in Pawtucket, Providence, Rhode Island. ^[2]He married Rachel (Lawrence) Jenks. He died 31 May 1776 in Spencer, Massachusetts. They had fourteen children.^[3]
• Became a doctor and lived at Smithfield, RI. However, the first seven children are said to have born at Dartmouth, MA.

John was residing in Smithfield at the time Govenor Charles Lawrence of Nova Scotia offered 100 acres of wild land to every mast of family, 11 Jan 1759. In May of 1760, four sloops carried 100 settlers emigrating from Newport RI. By 1761, twenty families had founded the town of Sackville and a list of subscribers for the Township lists John Jenckes, several other Jenckes men, and Ichabod Comstock. John Jenks was present for the first town meeting of Sackville, 20 Jul 1762. He had shares of a grant in Sackville dated 31 Jan 1773, but he did not settle there. He returned to Smithfield. Will recorded in Smithfield, dated 14 Apr 1776 and proved on 17 June.^[4] John Jenckes, physician. Wife Rachel. Sons: Isaac, Edmund, Henry, Jesse, Thomas & Lawrence. In addition to Edmund & Henry "5 other sons". Six daughters: Mary Smith, Sarah Comstock, Carolina Angell, Patience Comstock, Lidia Lapham & Abigail Comstock. Grandson William Jenckes to receive surgeon's books and instruments. Wit: Jonathan Harris, William, David, & Joseph Benchley, Daniel Brayton, Silas Downer/Drowne Jenckes Family Ancestry. pp.118-136. (familysearch.org)

Children

DR. JOHN JENKS, b. 1710, Pawtucket, Providence Co., Rhode Island; d. May 31, 1776, Spencer, Massachusetts. Marriage 1 Rachel LAWRENCE b: 1712 in of Pawtucket, Providence, Rhode Island Married: 5 Jul 1731 in of, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island Children:

1. Isaac JENKS b: 1746 in Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island
2. Lydia JENKS b: ABT 1750 in Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island
3. . Abdigale JENKS b: ABT 1750 in Dartmouth, Bristol,New York
4. Henry JENKS b: 5 Jul 1733 in Dartmouth, Bristol, New York
5. JESSE JENKS b: 22 Jan 1734 in Dartmouth, Bristol, New York
6. John JENKS b: 7 Mar 1736 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts
7. Thomas JENKS b: 30 Jul 1737 in Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island
8. Mary JENKS b: 1 May 1739 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts
9. Rufus JENKS b: ABT 1741 in Dartmouth, Bristol, MA
10. George JENKS b: ABT 1743 in Dartmouth, Bristol, MA
11. William JENKS b: 6 Aug 1740 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts
12. Lawrence JENKS b: 1738 in Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island
13. Sarah JENKS b: 1744 in Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island
14. Caroline JENKS b: 1745 in Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, Rhode Island
15. Patience JENKS b: 1748 in Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island
16. Edmund JENKS b: 31 Mar 1732 in Dartmouth, Bristol, New York.

Sources: Family History Library Salt Lake City [1]

Sources

1. ↑ http://murraycamber10.homestead.com/Jenks.html
2. ↑ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~parisho/ij/jenks.html
3. ↑ https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE1978768&from=fhd
4. ↑ Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9079/images/007649951_00077). Rhode Island, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1582-1932 [database on-line] image 77-80, Inventory & Probate Record, Wills, 1769-1797, page 108-113. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.

• White, D. H. (2002). Descendents of Roger Williams, Book III: The Sayles Line Through His Daughter Mary Williams. East Greenwich, RI, Roger Williams Family Association. https://www.rogerwilliams.org/

• Descendants of William Jenckes.

More About WILLIAM JENKS and PATIENCE SPRAGUE: Marriage: 1703, Pawtucket, Rhode Island

• GENEALOGY OF THE JENKS FAMILY OF AMERICA.

Compiled by WILLIAM B. BROWNE. FOURTH GENERATION. 36. Doctor JOHN4 JENKS (William,3 Joseph,2 Joseph1) born 1710 and died May 31,1776. He married July 5, 1731 RACHEL LAWRENCE, daughter of Isaac Lawrence of Westchester County, New York. Doctor John resided in Smithfield, R. I . and attended the first town meeting of Sackville, N. B. July 20, 1762. In a grant dated Jan. 31, 1773, John Jenks, Jesse Jenks and Jonathan Jenks had shares in that township. Dr. John, however, did not settle in Sackville but returned to Smithfield. Children, the first seven being born at Dartmouth, Mass.: 69 i. Edmund,6 b. Mar. 31, 1732. 70 ii. Henry,5 b. July 5, 1733. 71 iii. Jesse,5 b. Jan. 22, 1734/35 THE FOURTH GENERATION 43 72 iv. John,5 b. Mar. 7, 1735/36. 73 v. Mary, b. May 1, 1739. vi. William, b. Aug. 6, 1740. 74 vii. Thomas,6 b. July 30, 1737. 75 viii. Lawrence.5 n ix. Sarah, m. Dr. Ichabod Comstock, Apr. 11, 1760. x. Carolina, m. Jason Angell, July 12, 1772. 76 xi. Isaac,5 b. 1746. xii. Patience, m. Daniel Comstock. xiii. Lydia, m. Daniel Lapham. xiv. Abigail, m. Jacob Comstock. [2]

• Source: S18 Abbreviation: Gen Dictionary of First Settlers of New Eng Title: James Savage, Genealogical Dictionary of First Settlers of New England; (Originally Published Boston, 1860-1862; Reprinted Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1990) Note: Also on Ancestry Repository: #R11 Repository: #R14 Page: Vol II "Jenks" p.453
• Repository: R11 Name: Genealogy Library Address: Genealogy.com Address 1: Genealogy.com Note: Subscription Web Address: www.genealogy.com
• Repository: R14 Name: Ancestry.com Address: <http://www.ancestry.com> Address 1: <http://www.ancestry.com> Note: By Subscription
• Source: S3 Abbreviation: Ancestral File Title: Ancestral File, version 4.19 (2002), Family History Library [FHL], Salt Lake City, Utah. Available online at http://www.familysearch.org. Note: Highly inaccurate. Use as pointers to possible data only. Repository: #R4
• Repository: R4 Name: Online Address:
• Source: S322 Abbreviation: Genealogy of the Jenks Family Title: William B. Browne, Genealogy of the Jenks Family of America (Concord, NH: Self published, 1952) Repository: #R21 Page: p.25-28
• Repository: R21 Name: Ancestry Images online Address: http://www.ancestry.com/search/io/main.htm Address 1: http://www.ancestry.com/search/io/main.htm
• Source: S51 Abbreviation: A Comstock Genealogy Title: Cyrus B. Comstock, Editor, A Comstock Genealogy; Descendants of William Comstock of New London, Conn. who died after 1662. Ten Generations (New York: The Knickerbocker Press, 1907) Repository: #R7
• Repository: R7 Name: NEHGS Lending Library Address: New England Historic Genealogical Society Address 1: New England Historic Genealogical Society Note: 2008. No longer lends books, available only at the Library.
• Source: S89 Abbreviation: McAdams (Comstock-Hardin-Jenckes-Ballard-Arnold) Title: Edited by Pope McAdams, Some Ancestors of Eugene Perrot McAdams & Mary Elizabeth Pope McAdams of Hawesville, Kentucky. (Mimeographed by Lockard Letter Shop, Shively, KY c1936) Repository: #R12 Call Number: CS71 .M11 1936 Page: Jenckes Family Ancestry. pp.118-136
• Repository: R12 Name: National Genalogical Society Address: Lending Library Address 1: Lending Library Note: The Lending Library of NGS was moved to St. Louis; the books may be obtained on Interlibrary Loan.
• White, D. H. (2002). Descendents of Roger Williams, Book III: The Sayles Line Through His Daughter Mary Williams. East Greenwich, RI, Roger Williams Family Association.

https://www.rogerwilliams.org/

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Jenckes-48 created through the import of Comstock for Wiki.ged on Jul 27, 2011 by Kay Haden. See the http://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:NetworkFeed&who=Jenckes-48 Changes page for the details of edits by Kay and others.
• Thanks to Homer Hopper for starting this profile.