Ancestry of
Amelia Earhart

Aviation Pioneer

Martha Jenckes

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• • 4th Great-grandmother of Amelia Earhart — 7th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 99 
  • Father:
  • Nathaniel Jenckes 
  • Mother:
  • Catherine Scott   
  • Birth Date:
  • 22 Jan 1724 
  • Birth Location:
  • Providence, Providence Co., Rhode Island 
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  • Death Date:
  • Jun 1826 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • David Harris
  • Marriage Date:
  • 23 Sep 1749 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Providence County, Rhode Island 
  • Child:

  Sarah Harris (Ahnentafel No:49 )

• Sources for Martha Jenckes

  • ¹ Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island, Vol. 2, Chicago: J. H. Beers and Co. (1908), 757.
  • ² Rhode Island Vital Records, 1636-1850 - Town and Church Records, Providence County - Vol. 2, p. 1-101, Marriage record for David Harris and Martha Jenckes.
  • ³ Rhode Island Vital Records, 1636-1850 - Town and Church Records, Friends and Ministers - Vol. 7, p. 253.
  • ⁴ Rhode Island Vital Records, 1636-1850 - Town and Church Records, Friends and Ministers, Vol. 7, p. 253, Birth record for Martha Jenckes.
  • ⁵ Browne, William B., Genealogy of the Jenks Family of America, Concord, New Hampshire: Rumford Press (1952), 33.
  • ⁶ Otis, William A., A Genealogical and Historical Memoir of the Otis Family in America, Chicago: Unknown (1924), 122.

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