Ancestry of
Amelia Earhart
Aviation Pioneer
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- 8th Great-grandfather of Amelia Earhart — 11th Generation
- Ahnentafel No:
- 1584
- Father:
- John Jenckes
- Mother:
- Sarah Fulwater
- Birth Date:
- Birth Location:
- Christening Date:
- 26 Aug 1599
- Christening Location:
- St. Ann Blackfriars, London, England
- Death Date:
- 16 Mar 1682/1683
- Death Location:
- Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts
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- Burial Location:
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- Marriage Date:
- Marriage Location:
- Child:
Joseph Jenckes Jr. (Ahnentafel No:792 )
- Notes:
Joseph Jenckes is often confused with the Joseph Jenckes who was born about 1603. That Joseph is believed to be this Joseph's half-brother.
Joseph Jenckes is said to have cut the dies for the “Pine Tree Shilling” in 1652.
Joseph Jenckes
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Sources for Joseph Jenckes
- 1 New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1968, Vol. 122, pp. 169-170.
- 2 Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island, Vol. 2, Chicago: J. H. Beers and Co. (1908), 757.
- 3 Austin, John Osborne, The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island: Comprising Three Generations of Settlers Who Came Before 1690, Albany, New York: Joel Munsells Sons (1887), 112.
- 4 Browne, William B., Genealogy of the Jenks Family of America, Concord, New Hampshire: Rumford Press (1952), 1-2.
- 5 Bulkley, Abby Isabel (Brown), The Chad Browne Memorial: Consisting of Genealogical Memoirs of a Portion of the Descendants of Chad and Elizabeth Browne, Brooklyn, New York: Brooklyn Daily Eagle Book Printing Department (1888), 13-14.
- 6 The Society of the Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence, "Stephen Hopkins", (accessed 12/21/2017).
- 7 Wikipedia, "Joseph Jenckes", (accessed 09/06/2013).
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