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!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. |
RIN 18344. Quick link to this page: https://genweb.whipple.org/18344
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