Joseph JENCKES

                   He was a blacksmith, employed at the iron works, came a widower, is the
tradition of the family from Hammersmith, or Houslow, 'Co. Middlesex or
Colnbrook, in the edge of Bucks, near London, had child Joseph born in England
and perhaps another son that may have gone South , and be proginitor of the
name in N. C. and by Second wife Elizabeth had one more child probably Sarah.
He was an ingenious workman, in 1652 was engaged to cut the dies for our
coinage, says report; and Boston, in 1654, gave power ( we find by the Record)
to its selectmen to contact with him for engines to carry water in case of
fire.
A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England before 1692.
By James Savage  Basis of Farmers Register  Fiche # 6019972
"Directory of Ancestral Heads of new England Families" 1620-1700 by Holmes
VR 929.574 H735d
Page CXXXII Joseph, blacksmith, inventer, cut the dies for the colony coinage,
born Hammersmith, County of Middlesex, England 1602; built first forge and iron
foundry in New England at Saugua, Mass. 1645.
"Banks Topographical Dictionary of 2885 English Immigrants to New England"
     1620-1650 by Borwnell  VR 929.4 B22 6T
Page 219 - Index to names of immigrants.  Jospeh Jenks Page 98--Name of
Immigrant-Jenks, Joseph  English Parish Name -All Hallows - London Wall
Ships name - None listed.  New English Town -York, Maine and Lynn, Mass.