Joseph Jencks (Sr.)

• BIRTH: ABT 1602, of, Hounslow, Middlesex, England
• DEATH: 1683, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts
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• TITLE: Sr.

1. +Joseph Jenckes (1632 - 4 Jan 1717)

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Notes

!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

Joseph was granted the first patent in America in 1646.

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