Charles Jencks (1767 - 1838)

Born 7 Aug 1767 in Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island

Husband of Martha Mowry — married 22 Jan 1797 in East Windsor, Connecticut

Died 4 Jul 1838 at age 70 in Connecticut

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Biography

Charles Jencks was born at Smithfield, Rhode Island on August 7, 1767, son of Christopher and Hannah (Whipple) Jencks. ^{[1] [2]}

He married, as his second wife, Martha Mowry, daughter of Colonel Elisha and Phebe (Gulley) Mowry of Smithfield, Rhode Island on January 22, 1797. ^[3] She was born on February 6, 1777.^[4]

As a young man, he had been employed by her father Elisha at Warehouse Point, where he maintained stores from his West Indies trade. ^[2]

She died March 11, 1828, aged 51 years. ^{[4] [2] [5]}

He died July 4, 1838. ^{[4] [2]}

Children

1. Elisha Mowry ^[4] born on October 21, 1797. ^{[3] [2]}
2. Almira ^[4] born on May 10, 1799; married Elnathan Jones of Enfield on June 7, 1825. ^{[3] [2]}
3. Charles Whipple ^[4] born on October 21, 1805. ^{[3] [2]}
4. Harriet ^[4] born on May 24, 1801.^{[3] [2]}
5. Martha Ann ^[4] born on May 19, 1810 ^[3] ; died December 12, 1827.^{[2] [5]}
6. Elsie Maria ^[4] born on October 2, 1812. ^{[3] [2]}

Research notes

Smithfield Births

1-74: Jencks, Charles of Christopher and Hannah, Aug. 7, 1767. (p. 101) ^[1]

East Windsor Marriages

Jencks, Charles of East Windsor and Martha Mowry of Smithfield, R. I. Jan. 22, 1797. (p. 48)

Jencks, Almira m. Elnathan Jones of Enfield, Mass. June 7, 1825, by G. W. Doane. (p. 48)

East Windsor Births

Jencks, Elisha Mowry s. Charles and Martha, b. Oct. 21, 1797. (p. 48)

Jencks, Almira d. Charles and Martha, b. May 10, 1799. (p. 48)

Jencks, Harriot, d. Charles and Martha, b. May 24, 1801. (p. 48)

Jencks, Charles Whipple, s. Charles and Martha, b. Oct. 21, 1805. (p. 48)

Jencks, Martha Ann, d. Charles and Martha, b. May 19, 1810. (p. 48)

Jencks, Elsey Mariah, d. Charles and Martha b. Oct. 2, 1812. (p. 48) ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Arnold, James N. Editor. Vital Record of Rhode Island : 1636-1850 : First Series : Births, Marriages and Deaths : a Family Register for the People, Vol. 3: Part IV: Smithfield, Narragansett Historical Publ. Co., Providence, Rhode Island, 1892
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9} Stiles, Henry Reed. History of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut: Including East Windsor, South Windsor, and Ellington, Prior to 1768, the Date of Their Separation from the Old Town; and Windsor, Bloomfield and Windsor Locks, to the Present Time, C. B. Norton, Bloomfield, Connecticut, 1859. p. 675
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7} East Windsor: Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8} Mowry, William A. The Descendants of Nathaniel Mowry of Rhode Island. Sidney and Rider Publ. Co., Providence, Rhode Island, 1878, p.93: 162
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Deaths 1827-8: Connecticut: Marriages and Deaths, 1790-1833. p. 66 (Online database. AmeicanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2016.) Typescript. John Elliot Bowman, "Some Connecticut Marriages: 1820-1837, Items from the Norwich Courier, and other Connecticut newspapers," "Connecticut Deaths 1792-1833" 14 vols., 1928-1933.

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