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Alice (Smith) Jenckes (abt. 1665 - 1736)

Alice Jenckes formerly Smith aka Dexter
Born about in Providence, Providence Co., Rhode Island, New Englandmap
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Wife of — married 16 Feb 1688 in Providence, Rhode Islandmap
Wife of — married 3 Feb 1727 in Rhode Islandmap
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Died at about age 71 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Islandmap
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Biography

John Dexter, son of Rev. Gregory Dexter, was born November 6, 1652, at Providence, Rhode Island, and married, February 16, 1688, Alice Smith. [1] Alice was born in 1665, daughter of John and Sarah (Whipple) Smith. [2]

John Dexter died April 23, 1706. [1] [2]

His widow remarried, Hon. Joseph Jenckes, Governor of Rhode Island in 1727. She died February 19, 1736. [2]

She is buried in the North Burial Ground at Providence. [3] Her inscription reads: Here Lyes Inter'd ye Body of Mrs Alice Jenchks ye Wife of Joseph Jencks Esq. late Governor of Rhode Island Dec'd Feby ye 19th 1736 in 72 Year of her Age. [4]

The children of Major John Dexter, all born at Providence, were:

  1. Stephen, born April 15, 1689 [1] ; married Susannah Whipple. [2]
  2. James, born February 22, 1691 [1] ; married Mary Whipple. [2];
  3. John Jr., born October 24, 1692 [1] . [2]
  4. Mary, born April 30, 1694 [1] ; married John Angell. [2]
  5. Abigail, born April 26, 1696 [1] ; married Arthur Fenner; married Elisha Greene. [2]
  6. Sarah, born June 27, 1698 [1] ; married John Comstock. [2]
  7. Phebe, born August 4, 1700 [1] ; married Thomas Kelton. [2];
  8. Anna, born November 6, 1702 [1] ; married John Brown. [2]
  9. Alice, born October 14, 1705; married William Olney. [2]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Record Commissioners of Providence. The Early Records of the Town of Providence, Volume 5, Snow & Farnham, city printers, Providence, Rhode Island, 1894, p. 261-2: 339
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 Newman, Sylvanus Chase. Dexter genealogy: being a record of the families descending from Rev. Gregory Dexter; with notes and biographical sketches of each parent . (1859)
  3. ↑ Sterling, John E. North Burial Ground Providence, Rhode Island, Old Section 1700-1748, Special Publication No. 5, Rhode Island Genealogical, Society, Greenville, Rhode Island, 2000, p. 60
  4. ↑ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=19417336&PIpi=6125033

See also:

  • Ancestry.com. Rhode Island, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1582-1932 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Rhode Island, District and Probate Courts. Will of Alice Jenks, 1735.




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S Gouzoules
Who is Phebe Dexter Kilton's mother? Was her father the Gov. of Rhode Island? Trying to figure it out. I have Phebe marrying Thomas Kilton. They had a son named Thomas and Thomas # 2 had a son, John Jenckes Kilton.
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