• 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...
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  • 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...
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  • 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)...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • settler of Pettaquamscutt (South Kingstown) Thomas Cornell (settler) Joseph Jenckes Jr., early settler of Pawtucket, Warwick, and Providence Stephen Northup...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • October 1696 – October 1698 Preceded by Office established Succeeded by Joseph Jenckes Jr. Personal details Born (1653-06-23)23 June 1653 Stockport, Lancashire...
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    – 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;...
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  • Horace Greeley, and Lyman Trumbull. Republican congressman Thomas A. Jenckes of Rhode Island during the presidency of Ulysses S. Grant introduced legislation...
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  • Jonathan Jenckes William West Thomas Arnold Joseph Hazard Gilbert Devol Walter Cooke Simeon Clarke Jr. Daniel Owen Sylvester Robinson Ezekiel Gardner Jr. Carder...
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    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...
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  • Providence Plantations Governors Samuel Cranston, Governor (1698–1727) Joseph Jenckes, Governor (1727–1732) William Wanton, Governor (1732–1733) John Wanton...
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    Joseph Ewing McDonald (August 29, 1819 – June 21, 1891) was an American politician who served as a United States representative and Senator from Indiana...
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    member of the Roosevelt family. He is the son of Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt, Jr., grandson of Archibald Roosevelt and great-grandson of President Theodore...
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    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...
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    Adam Benjamin Jr. (August 6, 1935 – September 7, 1982) was an American politician and a United States Representative from Indiana's 1st congressional district...
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    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...
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  • Ceroni in 1953. On 25 August 1928, he married American author Eleanor Jenckes (née Roelker) Tweed (1890–1952) in Turnov, Czechoslovakia. The former wife...
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  • 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...
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    Joseph Albert Hollingsworth III (/ˈhɒlɪŋzˌwɜːrθ/; born September 12, 1983) is an American businessman and politician who served as the U.S. representative...
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    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...
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    Chairman: Patrick H. Drewry Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: Joseph W. Martin Jr. Senators are popularly elected statewide every two years, with one-third...
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    Indiana, one of six children of Ann Jane "Nancy" Cawley and Edward Joseph Pence Jr., who ran a group of gas stations. His father served in the U.S. Army...
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    Joseph Christopher Chocola (born February 24, 1962) is an American businessman, lawyer, and former politician who served as the U.S. Representative from...
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    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...
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    married Sarah Scott in 1726, the daughter of Sylvanus Scott and Joanna Jenckes and a descendant of Providence Plantations settlers Richard Scott and Katharine...
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    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...
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