Burial record:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/195555321/obadiah-jenckes

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CPT Obadiah Jenckes

• Birth 1690
• Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
• Death 26 Sep 1758 (aged 67–68)
• Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
• Burial: Burial Details Unknown
• Memorial ID 195555321 · View Source

Obadiah m.(1) Annah Blake, he m.(2) Alice Eddy. Do not confuse this Obadiah, as so many do, with another Obadiah who died ten years later in Voluntown, CT.

Military

• May 1735, Gloucester, 1st Co, Providence Co, Militia, RI - Capt. Obadiah Jenks.
• May 1742, Gloucester, 1st Co, Providence Co, 2nd Rgmt, Militia, RI - Capt. Obediah Jenks.

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CPT Obadiah Jenckes

• BIRTH 1690 Pawtucket, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
• SERVICE May 1735, Gloucester, 1st Co, Providence Co, Militia, RI - Capt. Obadiah Jenks.
• SERVICE May 1742, Gloucester, 1st Co, Providence Co, 2nd Rgmt, Militia, RI - Capt. Obediah Jenks.
• DEATH 26 Sep 1758 (aged 67–68) Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
• BURIAL Burial Details Unknown
• MEMORIAL ID 195555321

Obadiah m.(1) Annah Blake, he m.(2) Alice Eddy. Do not confuse this Obadiah, as so many do, with another Obadiah who died ten years later in Voluntown, CT. [2]

Gravesite Details
No record of burial has been found

Parents
Joseph Jencks 1656–1740
Martha Brown Jenckes 1658–1723

Spouse
Annah Blake Jenckes
Alice Eddy Jenckes 1694–1759 (m. 1713)

Siblings
Catherine Jenckes Turpin 1694–1781
Nathaniel Jenckes 1694–1753
John Jenckes 1696–1721
Martha Jenckes Andrew Cook 1697–1746
Mary Jenckes Herndon 1700–1756
Esther Jenckes Bucklin 1702–1729
Lydia Jenckes Mason 1703–1757

Children with Anna*, Alice**

• Jeremiah Jenckes 1711–1778
• Ebenezer Jenckes b. c1711-1778
• Jeremiah Jenckes b. c1713-1758
  • Obediah Jenckes c1714-1750, m. 1734 Meribah Herendeen.
  • John Jenks 1716–1797
  • Martha Jenckes1718-aft1776, m. c1742 Daniel Hopkins.
  • Alice Jenckes 1721-1755, m. Joseph Wilkinson, Dec. 6, 1741.
  • Zachariah Jenckes c1725-1757.

References

[1] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/195555321/obadiah-jenckes

[2] "Genealogy of the Jenks Family of America. Concord, NH: by Browne, William B. 1952. p. 33.

Notes

23 Obediah⁴ Jenks (Joseph,³) born c1690 and died at West Greenwich RI in 1758. He married, first, Anna Blake. He married secondly at Providence, R. I. May 21, 1713, Alice Eddy, daughter of Zachariah and Mary (Baker or Barker) Eddy, born at Middleboro, Mass., Jan. 5, 1694. In 1731 he resided at Glocester, R. I., and at Cranston, R. I. in 1736.

Children, first wife:
45 i. Ebenezer.⁵ b. c1711-1778.
46 ii. Jeremiah,⁵ b. c1713-1758.

Children, second wife:
48 v. Obediah.⁵ c1714-1750, m. 1734 Meribah Herendeen.
47 iv. John,⁵ b. 1716-1797. (my line)
iii. Martha, c1718-aft1776, m. c1742 Daniel Hopkins.
vii. Alice, c1721-1755, m. Joseph Wilkinson, Dec. 6, 1741.
49 vi. Zachariah.⁵ c1725-1757.