Francis Jenks (1798 - 1832)

Born 11 Aug 1798 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Husband of Sarah (Phillips) Grey — married 2 Apr 1823 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, united states

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Biography

Biography

Title: JR.

Reverend FRANCIS JENKS was born Aug. 11, 1798 and , died in 1837. He married, Apr. 24, 1823, SARAH H. PHILLIPS of Andover, sister of Wendell Phillips and daughter of Hon. John and Sarah (Walley) Phillips, born Apr. 24, 1799. She married (2) in 1840, Prof. ALONZO GRAY of Andover, Mass.

Reverend Francis Jenks was a graduate of Harvard University in 1817 and was publisher of the Christian Examiner of Boston. Francis married Sarah Hurd Phillips on il 1823 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.^[1]

Children, born at Boston, Mass.:

i. Mary Elwell, b. June 6, 1824; m. Richard S. Storrs, \ DD., LL.D, of Brooklyn, N. Y ; had dau. Mary J. who m. Rev. Edward Coe, she b. 1848, d. 1874.

ii. John Phillips, b. 1826; d. 1828.

iii. Francis, b. Oct. 1828; d. 1893; m. Cynthia M. Smith of Brooklyn, N. Y.

462 iv. Grenville Tudor,7 b. July 24,1830.

v. Ames.

vi. Alice E , m. — Cotton.

vii. Harriet Moore, m. Prof. Lewis R. Packard, prof, of Greek at Yale Univ.; he d. Oct. 26,1884. 208 Francis was buried on 4 June 1832.^[2]

Francis was mentioned on a memorial in New York Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, New York County, New York, United States with a death date of 4 June 1832.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage: "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988"
   Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook)
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2495 #8383183 (accessed 11 July 2023)
   Francis Jenks marriage to Sarah Hurd Phillips on 2 Apr 1823 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
2. ↑ Burial: "New York Marble Cemetery Records, New York City, NY, 1830-1937"
   Original data: Brown, Anne Wright. New York Marble Cemetery Interments, 1830-1937, With Additional Biographical Information Gathered from Family Genealogies, Newspapers, and City Directories. Rhinebeck, NY, USA: 1999
   Ancestry Record 4645 #1058 (accessed 11 July 2023)
   Francis Jenks burial on 4 Jun 1832.
3. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (no image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #72896491 (accessed 11 July 2023)
   Memorial page for Francis Jenks (unknown-4 Jun 1832), citing New York Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA (plot: Vault No. 51); Maintained by Marie Hayes (contributor 47293641).

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 27 March 2018, 00:14), entry for Rev. Francis Jenks(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:K45Y-RB9); contributed by various users.
• Genealogy of the Jenks Family of America, Compiled by William B. Browne, under the terms of the will of Harlan W. Jenks, deceased. Printed by Rumford Press, Concord, New Hampshire, 1952; pg 155, Per this reference, #207