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Baker-Rouse Genealogy
Jacob Towne [Parents] was christened 1 on 11 Mar 1632 in Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. He died . He married Catherine Symonds.
Catherine Symonds 1 died . She married Jacob Towne.
Joseph Towne [Parents] was born 1, 2 about 1639 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. He was christened 3 on 3 Sep 1648. He died . He married Phebe Perkins.
Phebe Perkins 1 died . She married Joseph Towne.
John Gamble 1 died . He married Fanny Moore.
Fanny Moore died . She married John Gamble.
They had the following children:
F i Elizabeth Gamble
Joseph Jenckes was born 1, 2 about 1602/1603 in Hounslow, Middlesex, England . He died 3, 4 on 16 Mar 1683 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts . He married 5 Elizabeth about 1650 in New England.
Other marriages:Tervyn, Mary
Browne, William B. Genealogy of the Jenks family of America. Concord, N.H.: W.B. Browne. 1952. pp. 1-9
The First Generation
1. Joseph Jenks was born in England about 1603 and died March 16, 1683 at Lynn, Mass. In the Parish of All Hallows within the city of London, on Sept 20, 1630, he married Mary Tervyn, daughter of James and Margaret Tervyn. Parish records show that she was baptized Mar 26, 1611 and was buried in England May 14, 1643.
He married secondly, Elizabeth -----, in New England about 1650, born in 1604 and died at Lynn in 1679, ae. 75.
Children except the eldest, born in Lynn:
i. Joseph, b. 1632
ii. Sarah, b. 1652
iii. Samuel, b. 1654
iv. Deborah, b. June 11, 1658
v. John, b. July 27, 1660
vi. Daniel, b. April 19, 1663
Some have added Richard, born 1635, died Oct 4, 1666 at Boston. He married Elizabeth Grover. He has a military record at Boston, and also was stationed at Falmouth, Maine. There is no record of any children.
Excerpt from the Genealogical Dictionary of New England by Joseph Savage.
(from p. 543) Joseph, Lynn, 1645, blacksmith, employ. at the iron works, came, a widower, is the tradit. of the fam. from Hammersmith, or Hounslow, Co. Middlesex, or Colnbrook, in the edge of Bucks, near London, had ch. Joseph, b. in Eng. and perhaps, ano. s. that may have gone South, and be pregenit. of the name in N.C.; and by sec. w. Eliz. wh. d. July 1679, had prob. Sarah; certain Samuel, b. at Lynn 1654; Deborah, 11 June 1658; John, 27 July 1660; and Daniel, 19 Apr 1663; and d. Mar. 1683. He was an ingenious workman; in 1652 was engag. to cut dies for our coinage, says report; and Boston, in 1654 gave power (we find by the rec.) to its selectmen to contr. with him for engines to carry water in case of fire. Sarah, m. 28 July 1667, John Chilson."
The Second Generation
2. Joseph Jenks, born at Colnbrook or Hounslow, England, 1632 and died Jan. 4, 1717 at Pawtucket, R.I., aged 84. He married Esther Ballard, daughter of William and Elizabeth Ballard, born 1633 and died at Pawtucket in 1717.
Children:
i. Joseph, b. 1656
ii. Elizabeth, b. 1658
iii. Sarah, b. 1660
iv. Nathaniel, b. jan 29, 1662
v. Esther, b. 1664
vi. Ebenezer, b. 1668
vii. Joanna, b. 1672
viii. William, b. 1674
ix. Abigail, b. 1676, m. Thomas Whipple, son of Samuel and Mary (Harris) Whipple
For a condensed account of his life, we quote from the Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island by John O. Austin.
"Joseph, born 1632. On March 25, 1669, he was granted land on either side of the Pawtuxet for the employ of his saw mill, and he, for this favor from the purchasers of Warwick, agreed to let them have boards at 4s. 6d. the hundred, and all other sawn work to be equivalent to same. The grant included trees of pine, chestnut or oak, within half a mile of each side of the river, that is floatable, the proprieters reserving the right to cut what they need.
January 18, 1670. he was foreman of a jury in the case of Thomas Smith, and Ruth, his wife, "who were both drowned in the river of Pawtuxet, the sixteenth instant at night."
October 10, 1671. Providence. He bought 60 acres more or less with a right of commonage of Abel Potter and wife Rachel, said land belonging formerly to Rachel's grandfather, Ezekiel Holliman, and being situated near Pawtucket Falls. Here he established his forge, saw-mill, and c.
1676. His forge was destroyed by the Indians, in King Phillip's War.
1677. Freeman.
July 1, 1679. Taxed 12s. 6d. including his saw-mill.
1679-80-81. Deputy.
May 5, 1680. He and two others were empowered by Assembly to purchase a bell "for the public use of this colony, and for giving notice or signifying the several times or sittings of the Assemblies and Courts of Trial, and General Councils." The bell was purchased for 3 Pounds, 10s. or Freelove Arnold (daughter of Governor Benedict Arnold). Earlier the Assembly had been called together by beat of drums.
1680-81-82-83-84-85-86-90-91-95-96-98. Assistant.
November 14, 1683. He had his land laid out.
September 1, 1687. He and his sons, Joseph and Nathaniel, were taxed together 12s.
August 6, 1688. Ratable estate, 6 acres planting land, 2 acres meadow, 8 acres pasture, 30 acres wild pasture, rights in land, 4 oxen, 7 cows, 2 steers, heifer, yearling, 2 mares, colt, swine, sheep, saw-mill.
January 30, 1690. He and five others and the Deputy Governor, wrote a letter to William and Mary congratulating them on their accession to the throne, and informing them that since the deposition of Sir Edmund Andros, the former government under the charter had been resumed. They also mentioned the seizure of Andros, in Rhode Island, on his flight from Massachusetts, and his return to that colony, on the demand of Massachusetts.
July 2, 1695. He was chosen by the Assembly to run the eastern line of the colony.
June 16, 1713. Taxed 12s. 6d.
October 21, 1708. Date of his will, which was proved February 11, 1717.Bond, Thomas Edward. Jenckes-Jenks genealogy. San Francisco, CA: Copied by San Francisco Chapter D.A.R., 1952.
1. Joseph Jenckes was born in England in 1602 and died in Lynn, Massachusetts, in 1683. His first wife, whose name is unknown, died in England before 1643. His second wife, Elizabeth ---, whom he married in Lynn, died in July 1679. He came to America from Colnbrook, Buckinghamshire, in 1643, leaving in England his two sons, Joseph and George, with orders that the older son was to follow his father when he should become of age.
He settled in Lynn and became the head of the iron smelting and foundry business. He was the first builder of machinery in this country, having introduced the idea first granted by act of Parliament in 1625 of protection for the manufacturer of improvements, by petition to the government of Massachusetts Bay. In 1646 he took out patents for mill improvements; in 1647 he built a forge and entered upon the manufacture of his improved scythes, for which he took out a patent nine years subsequently. The improvement consisted in narrowing and lengthening the blade and in bending the snath from its straight form into that of the present double curve.
In 1652 he made the dies for the first coinage of colonial money, the "Pine Tree Shilling". In 1654 he built a fire engine to the order of the selectmen of Boston, the first built in this country. In 1667 he sought aid to establish a wire manufactory. In his foundry was cast the first hollow ware in this country, and one of the first that came out of the mould was exhibited at the Columbian Exposition.
Children by first wife:
i. Joseph, b. in England in 1632
ii. George, b. in England; emigrated to Virginia
Children by second wife:
iii. Sarah, m. 28 July 1667, John Childson
iv. Samuel, b. in 1654; d. in 1738; m. (1) Elizabeth Darling; m. (2) Mrs. Elizabeth Floyd
v. Deborah, b. 11 June 1658
vi. John, b. 27 July 1660; d. in 1698; m. Sarah Morrison
vii. Daniel, b. 19 Apr 1663; m. (1) Catharine Balcom; m. (2) Mary Jenckes
2. Joseph Jenkes [son of Joseph] was born in England in 1632 and died in Pawtucket, R.I., 4 Jan 1716/7, in his 85th year. It is probable that he was the first white man to be buried in Pawtucket. He married Esther Ballard, born in England in 1633, died in 1717, the daughter of William Ballard of Lynn, who came to America in 1635.
He followed his father to America in 1645 and settled in Lynn. In 1669 he removed to Warwick, R.I., and on 25 March he was granted land on either side of the Pawtuxet River for the erection of his sawmill; and for this favor from the purchasers of Warwick, he agreed to let them have boards at 4s6d the hundred, and all other sawn work to be equivalent to the same. The grant included trees of pine, chestnut and oak within half a mile on each side of the river, that was floatable, the proprietors reserving the right to cut what they needed.
Being a forge-man by trade, as were his Welsh ancestors for many generations before him, and finding insufficient water power in Warwick, he removed to Pawtucket, R.I., about 1669. On 10 Oct. 1671, he bought sixty acreas, more or less, with right of 'commonage' of Abel Potter and his wife Rachel, said land belonging formerly to Rachel's grandfather Ezekiel Holliman, and being situated near Pawtucket Falls. He erected a sawmill and built a forge for manufacturing iron. The forge was burned by the Indians in King Philip's War. He and his four sons each built a dwelling house, and in 1820 they were all in good repair.
At the Quarterly Court 29 June 1652, is this record: 'We present Ester, the Wife of Joseph Jynkes, ffor wearing silver lace.' When Charles II ascended the throne in 1660, Joseph was not in favor of the monarch and was careless in his talk. This resulted in his being brought before the Court. Nicholas Pinion deposed, 1 April, that he 'did heere Joseph Jinks, jun. say that if he had the King heir, he would cutte of his head and make a football of it.' For this and for other remarks he was imprisoned; and while in durance wrote a long letter to the Court, which decided that teh charges 'were all to weak to prove him guilty of treason.'
In 1677 we find him a freeman. On 1 July 1679, he was taxed 12s6d including his sawmill. He was a deputy from 1679 to 1680 and again in 1691. On 5 May 1680, he and two others were empowered by the Assembly to purchase a bell 'for the public use of the Colony, and for giving notice or signifying the several time or sittings of the Assembly's and Courts of Trials and General Councils.' The bell was pruchased for L3 10s of Freelove Arnold, the daughter of Gov. Benedict Arnold.
For thirteen years between 1680 and 1698 he was Assistance in the General Assembly. IN 1681 he was Counsellor of the Governor.
There is a record of his having land laid out 14 Nov. 1683. ON 1 Sept. 1687, he and his sons Joseph and Nathaniel were taxed together 12s. On 6 Aug. 1688, his ratable estate consisted of 6 acres planting land, 2 acres meadow, 8 acres pasture, 30 acres wild pasture, rights in land, 4 oxen, 7 cows, 2 steers, heifer, yearling, 2 mares, colt, swine, sheep and sawmill.
On Jan. 1690, he and five others and the Deputy Governor wrote a letter to William and Mary congratulating them on their accession to the throne and informing them that since the deposition of Sir Edmund Andros, the former government under the charter had been resumed. They also mentioned the seizure of Andros in Rhode Island in his flight from Massachusetts, and his return to Massachusetts on the demand of that colony.
His will was dated 21 Oct. 1708, and proved 11 Feb. 1717. His wife Esther was made executrix, but she declined by reason of age and inability, and her son Nathaniel acted at her request and by appointment of the court. He confirmed deeds already made to sons Joseph, Nathaniel, Ebenezer, and William. To sons Nathaniel, Ebenezer, and William, other land was given; and if any further division should be made by the proprietors of Providence, the four sons were to shre equally. To sons Ebenezer and William were given the coal house and his half of the forge at the death of himself and his wife. To his wife Esther was given all the rest of the movable estate, cattle, and chattels for life; and what remained at her death she was to dispose of to children of grandchildren as she might see fit. The inventory should L36 19s 8d, consisting of wearing apparel, 6 pewter platters, 3 plates, 3 basins, 5 porringers, etc.; brass and ironware; old books; money due for cow sold, L4 10s; another cow unsold L4 10s; warming pan, smoothing iron, old Bible, stillyards, etc.
Children:
i. Joseph, b. in 1656
ii. Elizabeth, b. in 1658; d. in 1740; m. Samuel Tefft, b. in 1644, d. in 1725, the son of John and Mary Tefft.
iii. Sarah, d. in 1708; m. Nathaniel Brown, b. 9 June 1661, d. 13 Nov. 1739, the son of John and Lydi (Bucklin) Brown
iv. Nathaniel, b. 29 Jan 1662
v. Esther, b. in 1664; d. in 1720; m. 1 June 1701, Samuel Miller or Millard, b. 5 Oct. 1658, d. 31 Aug 1720
vi. Ebenezer, b. in 1669
vii. Joanna, b. in 1672; d. 12 March 1756; m. in 1692 Major Sylvanus Scott [son of John, grandson of Richard], b. 10 Nov. 1672, d. 13 Jan. 1742 [had children ...]
viii. Mary, m. as his second wife Daniel Jenckes [this is her uncle! accuracy?]
ix. William, b. in 1674
x. Abigail, m. Thomas Whipple, the son of Samuel and Mary (Harris) WhippleWhipple Website www.whipple.org
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
First Patent in America (hand written)
At a generall Courte at Boston the 6th of the 3th mo 1646
The Cort considringe ye necessity of raising such manifactures of engins of mils to go by water for speedy dispatch of much worke wth few hands, F.r being sufficiently informed of ye ability of ye petitionr to pforme such workes grant his petition (yt no othr pson shall set up, or use any such new invention, or trade for fourteen yeares w'hout ye licence of him ye said Joseph Jenkes) so farr as concernes any such new invention, & so as it shalbe alwayes in ye powr of this Corte to restrain ye exportation of such manifactures, & ye prizes of them to moderation if occasion so require.A few added notes on Mr. Jenkes (submitted by Joanne Lahr-Kreischer, accompanying the above text):
JOSEPH JENKES [see his page in the WhippleGenWeb </rin/18344>], of Hounslow, Middlesex [now in Greater London], England; settled at Lynn, Mass., in 1643, where he died in 1683, aged 81 years.
"A man of great genius," he made the dies for coining the first money; also built the first fire engine in America.
His son, Joseph, was Governor's assistant of Rhode Island in 1681, and built a large iron foundry near Providence.
His grandson, Joseph, was Governor of Rhode Island, 1727-1732.
Elizabeth was born 1 in 1604. She died 2 in 1679 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts. She married 3 Joseph Jenckes about 1650 in New England.
They had the following children:
F i Sarah Jenckes was born 1 in 1652 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts. She died . The parent relationship has been challenged. M ii Samuel Jenckes was born 1 in 1654 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts. He died . The parent relationship has been challenged. F iii Deborah Jenckes was born 1 on 11 Jun 1658 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts. She died . The parent relationship has been challenged. M iv John Jenckes was born 1 on 27 Jul 1660 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts. He died . The parent relationship has been challenged. M v Daniel Jenckes 1 was born on 19 Apr 1663 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts. He died . The parent relationship has been challenged.
William Ballard 1 died . He married Elizabeth.
Elizabeth 1 died . She married William Ballard.
They had the following children:
F i Esther Ballard
David Clarke [Parents] was born 1 on 17 Mar 1798 in Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont. He died 2 on 3 Oct 1877 in Ripley County, Indiana. He married Maria.
not mentioned among heirs to father's estate in 1860
Maria was born 1 about 1808 in New York. She died . She married David Clarke.
They had the following children:
M i Walter D. Clarke was born 1 about 1823 in Indiana. He died . M ii Freeman G. Clarke was born 1 on 28 Mar 1829 in Indiana. He died 2 on 26 Mar 1894 in Ripley County, Indiana. M iii Milton S. Clarke was born 1 about 1831 in Indiana. He died . F iv Catherine Clarke was born 1 about 1833 in Indiana. She died . F v Maria Clarke was born 1 about 1835 in Indiana. She died . F vi Mary Jane Clarke was born 1 on 11 Dec 1837 in Indiana. She died 2 on 23 Oct 1866 in Ripley County, Indiana. F vii Clarissa Clarke was born 1 about 1842 in Indiana. She died 2 in 1919. M viii David Wesley Clarke was born 1 about 1846 in Indiana. He died 2 on 19 Dec 1915 in Ripley County, Indiana.
Josiah A. Clarke [Parents] 1 was born 2 in 1801 in New York. He died 3 in 1862/1863. He married 4 Elizabeth Kinnion about 1823 in Cortland County, New York.
Elizabeth Kinnion was born 1 in 1803 in New Hampshire. She died 2 on 27 Nov 1889 in Manchester, Dearborn, Indiana. She married 3 Josiah A. Clarke about 1823 in Cortland County, New York.
They had the following children:
F i Emiline Clarke was born 1 in May 1825 in New York. She died after 1889. M ii Alexander Clarke was born 1 about 1826 in New York. He died 2 after 1889. F iii Emily Clarke was born 1 about 1829 in New York. She died 2 on 26 Mar 1895.
Hiram Clarke [Parents] was born 1 1803 - 1809 in New York. He died 2 on 14 Jan 1884 in Dearborn County, Indiana. He married 3 Hannah Tuthill on 13 Mar 1831 in Sempronius, Cayuga, New York.
Other marriages:Howard, Sarah
Hannah Tuthill was born 1 about 1810 in New York. She died 2 on 18 Sep 1850 in Dearborn County, Indiana. She married 3 Hiram Clarke on 13 Mar 1831 in Sempronius, Cayuga, New York.
They had the following children:
F i Laura Clarke was born 1 about 1831 in New York. She died . M ii Edwin J. Clarke was born 1 about 12 Aug 1840 in Indiana. He died 2 on 27 Jan 1893 in Shelby, Ripley, Indiana. F iii Emily Clarke was born 1 about 1841 in Indiana. She died 2 on 6 Dec 1876 in Sedamsville, Hamilton, Ohio. M iv Hiram Ranson Clarke was born 1 on 4 Nov 1841 in Manchester, Dearborn, Indiana. He died 2 on 29 Nov 1862 in Indianapolis, Indiana. F v Sarah J. Clarke was born 1 about 1850 in Dearborn County, Indiana. She died 2 after 1910.
Hiram Clarke [Parents] was born 1 1803 - 1809 in New York. He died 2 on 14 Jan 1884 in Dearborn County, Indiana. He married 3 Sarah Howard on 8 Dec 1851 in Ripley County, Indiana.
Other marriages:Tuthill, Hannah
Sarah Howard was born 1 1835 - 1838 in Virginia. She died 2 about 1880. She married 3 Hiram Clarke on 8 Dec 1851 in Ripley County, Indiana.
They had the following children:
F i Agnes Anna Clarke was born 1 on 24 Mar 1852 in Dearborn County, Indiana. She died . M ii George D. Clarke was born 1 on 25 May 1855 in Dearborn County, Indiana. He died 2 on 1 Mar 1912. F iii Mary G. Clarke was born 1 on 22 Apr 1857 in Lawrenceburg, Dearborn, Indiana. She died 2 on 29 Jan 1935 in Hamilton, Butler, Ohio. F iv Emma Clarke was born 1 on 20 Jun 1860 in Dearborn County, Indiana. She died . M v Lincoln S. Clarke was born 1 in Dec 1865 in Dearborn County, Indiana. He died 2 on 19 Jan 1920 in Butler County, Ohio. M vi Charles Clarke was born 1 about 1879 in Lawrenceburg, Dearborn, Indiana. He died .
Cyrus Clarke [Parents] was born 1 1806 - 1810 in Ohio/New York. He died 2 on 11 Jul 1864 in Lawrenceburg, Dearborn, Indiana. He married 3 Marcelite Marguerite Pulaski about 1825 in Plattenville, Louisiana.
not mentioned among heirs to father's estate in 1860
Marcelite Marguerite Pulaski was born 1 on 15 Jul 1805 in Plattenville, Louisiana. She died 2 on 25 Feb 1873 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana. She married 3 Cyrus Clarke about 1825 in Plattenville, Louisiana.
They had the following children:
F i Marie Malvina Clarke was born 1 on 15 Jan 1832 in Louisiana. She died . F ii Aveline Clarke was born 1 on 18 Jan 1835 in Louisiana. She died . F iii Amelina Felicite Clarke was born 1 on 10 Jul 1836 in Louisiana. She died . F iv Carolina Clarke was born 1 about 1837 in Indiana . She died . F v Araminta Clarke was born 1 about 1841 in Indiana . She died . F vi Josephine Clarke was born 1 about 1842 in Indiana . She died . M vii Thomas Clarke was born 1 1843 - 1845 in Indiana . He died . M viii William Clarke was born 1 1845 - 1847 in Indiana . He died . F ix Ann E. Clarke was born 1 on 1 Feb 1847 in Dearborn County, Indiana. She died 2 on 1 Dec 1917 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana.
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