• died in England, his father, Joseph Jenckes Sr., immigrated to New England. A few years later, in about 1647, Jenckes Jr. joined his father at his forge...
    19 KB (2,051 words) - 22:41, 30 December 2023
  • colonial Rhode Island. Joseph Jenckes was baptized on August 26, 1599, at St. Ann Blackfriars, London. His parents were John Jenckes Sr. (b. c. 1556) and...
    22 KB (2,700 words) - 20:39, 17 January 2024
  • Joseph Jenckes may refer to: Joseph Jenckes Sr. (1599–1683), recipient of first machine patent in America at Lynn, Massachusetts Joseph Jenckes Jr. (1628–1717)...
    355 bytes (77 words) - 01:54, 5 November 2019
  • Thumbnail for Joseph Jenckes (governor)
    Joseph Jenckes (1656 – 15 June 1740) was a deputy governor and governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Jenckes was the son...
    7 KB (580 words) - 22:41, 30 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Pawtucket, Rhode Island
    smaller fish that gathered at the falls. The first settler here was Joseph Jenckes Jr. who came to the region from Lynn, Massachusetts. He purchased about...
    34 KB (3,219 words) - 16:28, 15 April 2024
  • settler of Pettaquamscutt (South Kingstown) Thomas Cornell (settler) Joseph Jenckes Jr., early settler of Pawtucket, Warwick, and Providence Stephen Northup...
    37 KB (3,932 words) - 22:41, 30 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Nicholas Brown Jr.
    His maternal grandfather was Daniel Jenckes (1701–1774), a judge from a prominent family. Both Nicholas Brown Jr. and his father were members of and large...
    8 KB (633 words) - 01:10, 11 January 2024
  • October 1696 – October 1698 Preceded by Inaugural holder Succeeded by Joseph Jenckes Jr. Personal details Born (1653-06-23)23 June 1653 Stockport, Lancashire...
    5 KB (447 words) - 10:26, 22 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for List of speakers of the Rhode Island House of Representatives
    Jonathan Holmes Oct. 1696 Oct. 1698 Joseph Jenckes Jr. Oct. 1698 Feb. 1699 Founder of Pawtucket, Rhode Island; his son, Joseph, became the Colony's governor...
    43 KB (435 words) - 18:04, 5 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for List of lieutenant governors of Rhode Island
    – May 3, 1715 Joseph Jenckes, of Providence; May 3, 1715 – May 3, 1721 John Wanton, of Newport; May 3, 1721 – May 2, 1722 Joseph Jenckes, of Providence;...
    21 KB (669 words) - 01:11, 20 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for John W. Davis (governor)
    the 1850s and the first Pawtucket resident in the State House since Joseph Jenckes Jr. in the 1730s. His progressive administration was known for giving...
    12 KB (1,003 words) - 22:22, 20 November 2023
  • Jonathan Jenckes William West Thomas Arnold Joseph Hazard Gilbert Devol Walter Cooke Simeon Clarke Jr. Daniel Owen Sylvester Robinson Ezekiel Gardner Jr. Carder...
    9 KB (654 words) - 22:41, 30 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Tweed Roosevelt
    member of the Roosevelt family. He is the son of Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt, Jr., grandson of Archibald Roosevelt and great-grandson of President Theodore...
    19 KB (1,936 words) - 13:01, 22 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Nettie Leila Michel
    families, and was a lineal descendant of Joseph Jenckes Jr., who founded Pawtucket, Rhode Island, and from Joseph Jenckes, his son, who for twenty years, was...
    10 KB (938 words) - 06:01, 3 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Joseph E. McDonald
    Joseph Ewing McDonald (August 29, 1819 – June 21, 1891) was an American politician who served as a United States representative and Senator from Indiana...
    5 KB (332 words) - 14:53, 23 February 2023
  • Thumbnail for Ray Greene (politician)
    died as a youngster; and Isabella Mary (1805–1863) married in 1833 Joseph S. Jenckes. Greene's grandfather was colonial governor William Greene Sr., and...
    6 KB (348 words) - 04:47, 21 August 2023
  • Thumbnail for Joseph K. Edgerton
    Joseph Ketchum Edgerton (February 16, 1818 – August 25, 1893) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Indiana...
    4 KB (329 words) - 22:58, 14 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Joseph W. Barr
    Joseph Walker Barr (January 17, 1918 – February 23, 1996) was an American businessman and politician from Indiana. He served one term in the United States...
    8 KB (645 words) - 05:22, 25 December 2023
  • Horace Greeley, and Lyman Trumbull. Republican congressman Thomas A. Jenckes of Rhode Island during the presidency of Ulysses S. Grant introduced legislation...
    29 KB (3,255 words) - 23:10, 4 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for 1922 New England Textile Strike
    shot into a crowd of a 1,000 people who had gathered at the plant of the Jenckes Spinning Company. Juan D'Assumpcau, a nearby grocer clerk, was killed by...
    23 KB (2,097 words) - 06:32, 7 November 2023
  • Cranston of Newport; circa March 1698 - May 1727 (29 years 2 months.) Joseph Jenckes of Providence; May 1727 - May 1732 William Wanton of Newport; May 1732...
    7 KB (721 words) - 22:41, 30 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Trey Hollingsworth
    Joseph Albert "Trey" Hollingsworth III (/ˈhɒlɪŋzˌwɜːrθ/; born September 12, 1983) is an American businessman and politician who served as the U.S. representative...
    33 KB (2,794 words) - 03:24, 2 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Adam Benjamin Jr.
    Adam Benjamin Jr. (August 6, 1935 – September 7, 1982) was an American politician and a United States Representative from Indiana's 1st congressional district...
    13 KB (971 words) - 06:04, 1 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Shepard J. Crumpacker Jr.
    Shepard J. Crumpacker Jr. (February 13, 1917 – October 14, 1986) was an American lawyer, jurist, World War II veteran, and politician who served three...
    4 KB (288 words) - 03:35, 16 February 2024
  • Ceroni in 1953. On 25 August 1928, he married American author Eleanor Jenckes (née Roelker) Tweed (1890–1952) in Turnov, Czechoslovakia. The former wife...
    15 KB (1,509 words) - 17:59, 25 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Joseph B. Cheadle
    Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle (August 14, 1842 – May 28, 1904) was an American lawyer and Civil War veteran who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from...
    4 KB (244 words) - 03:36, 22 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Joseph A. Wright
    Harriet Burbridge on August 15, 1854, and the couple had twins, a son, Joseph Albert Jr. (1855–1932) and a daughter, Harriet (1855–1923). His second wife died...
    25 KB (2,768 words) - 23:31, 23 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Chris Chocola
    Joseph Christopher Chocola (born February 24, 1962) is an American businessman, lawyer, and former politician who served as the U.S. Representative from...
    14 KB (1,312 words) - 04:48, 16 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Joseph H. Defrees
    Joseph Hutton DeFrees (May 13, 1812 – December 21, 1885) was an American businessman and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Indiana...
    4 KB (270 words) - 06:01, 1 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Castillo de San Marcos
    Pineapple Press Inc. pp. 112–114. ISBN 978-1-56164-139-0. East, Omega G.; Jenckes, H. B. (1952). "St. Augustine during the Civil War". The Florida Historical...
    43 KB (5,049 words) - 16:07, 15 April 2024