Joseph Jencks, Sr.

Abt 1602 - 1683  (~ 81 years)

• Name	Joseph Jencks
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	Abt 1602	of, Hounslow, Middlesex, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	1683	Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I18344	Whipple Descendants
  Last Modified	6 Jun 2007

  
  

  Family
  Children	+ 1. Joseph Jenckes,   b. 1632, of, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island d. 4 Jan 1717, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F6739	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1602 - of, Hounslow, Middlesex, England Death - 1683 - Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  !SOURCE: M.M. Wilkinson, _Genealogy of Wilkinson and Kindred Families_ (Shelby, Miss.: Shelby Book Store, 1949), p. 75. !SOURCE: "First Patent in America (hand written), submitted to the Whipple Website by Joanne Lahr-Kreischer, 16 Nov 2001. !NOTABLE: Mr. Jencks was was granted the first patent issued in America, in 1646. He also "made the dies for coining the first money ... [and] built the first fire engine in America." --J. Lahr-Kreischer !RESIDENCES: Settled at Lynn, Massachusetts, in 1643. --J. Lahr-Kreischer !BIRTH: Hounslow is located in present-day Greater London. --Weldon Whipple