John Jenckes

John Jenckes

• b 1556 -- d c 1625
• Son of William Jenks and Alicia Jenks
• Husband of Elinor and Sarah Fulwater

Browne, William Bradford, and Meredith B. Colket. (1952) 1956. The Jenks Family of England; Supplement, Compiled Under the Terms of the Will of Harlan W. Jenks, Deceased: Supplement to the Genealogy of the Jenks Family of America (Reprint). Vol. 110. Boston, Massachusetts, USA: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Available at: Archive.org.

JENKS LINE - FOURTH GENERATION

JOHN JENKS (JENCKES)

• Birth: 1556 in of St Anne Blackfriars, London, Middlesex, England
• Death: 1625/1626 in London, Middlesex, England
• Father: William JENKS b: 1536 in of Shrewsbury, Clun, Shropshire, England
• Mother: Alicia b: 1538 in of, Shrewsberry, Clun, Shropshire, England
• Marriage 1 Sarah FULWATER
  • b: 19 Mar 1573 in St. Anne, Blackfriars, London, England
  • Married: 8 Jan 1596 in St. Anne, Blackfriars, London, England
• Children
  • 1. Sarah Jenks b. 6 Feb 1596 in St. Anne Blackfriars, London, Middlesex, England
  • 2. JOSEPH JENKS (JENCKES) b: 26 Aug 1599 in St. Anne, Blackfriars, London, Middlesex, England

Sources: Family History Library, Salt Lake City

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John Jenks1

• Last Edited 6 Jun 2004
• Marriage: 8 January 1595/96 
  • John Jenks married Sarah Fulwater on 8 January 1595/96 at London, England
    • daughter of Henry Fulwater and Margaret ? [2] 
• Note 
  • The NEHGR article presents evidence of a pedigree for John Jenks, showing that it is likely he descended from the Jenks family of Clun and Clunbury, Shropshire. [3] 
• Family: Sarah Fulwater b. 19 March 1573
  • Children 
    • 1. Sarah Jenks b. 6 Feb 1596/97 [2] 
    • 2. Joseph Jenks+ b. 26 Aug 1599, d. 16 Mar 1683 [1]

Citations

• 1 [S981] Jr Meredith B. Colket, "The Jenks Family of England", page 14.
• 2 [S981] Jr Meredith B. Colket, "The Jenks Family of England", page 13.
• 3 [S981] Jr Meredith B. Colket, "The Jenks Family of England", pages 85-92, 161-172.

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John Jencks Sr. aka Jenks, Jenckes

• Born 1556 in St. Anne, Blackfriars, London, England
• Son of William Jenks and Alicia (Griffin) Jenks
• Brother of Jonas Jenks
• Husband of Sarah (Fulwater) Jencks — married 8 Jan 1596 in St. Anne, Blackfriars, London, England
• Father of Sarah Jencks and Joseph Jenks Sr.
• Died 16 Aug 1626 in London, Middlesex, England

Biography

• JOHN JENKS (JENCKES).
• *Birth: 1556 in of St Anne Blackfriars, London, Middlesex, England.
  • Death: 1625/1626 in London, Middlesex, England.
  • Father: William JENKS b: 1536 in of Shrewsbury, Clun, Shropshire, England.
  • Mother: Alicia b: 1538 in of, Shrewsberry, Clun, Shropshire, England.
  • Marriage 1 Sarah FULWATER
    • b: 19 Mar 1573 in St. Anne, Blackfriars, London, England.
  • Married: 8 Jan 1596 in St. Anne, Blackfriars, London, England.
  • Children:
    • 1. Sarah Jenks b. 6 Feb 1596 in St. Anne Blackfriars, London, Middlesex, England.
    • 2. JOSEPH JENKS (JENCKES) b: 26 Aug 1599 in St. Anne, Blackfriars, London, Middlesex, England.
• Sources: Family History Library. Salt Lake City. (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~parisho/ij/jenks.htm)
  • John Jenks, a cutler by trade, was born in 1556 in London, Middlesex, England.[1]
  • He married Sarah Fulwater. They were the parents of Sarah and Joseph.
  • He died about 1625 at Bulwark Gate, London, Middlesex, England.[2]
  • John was born in 1556 at London, Middlesex, England.
  • He married Sarah Fulwater on 8 Jan 1596 in St. Anne, Blackfriars, London, England.
  • He died about 1625 at Bulwark Gate, London, Middlesex, England.
  • A Cutler by trade.
  • John Jenks married at least twice.
    • His two sons by his first wife, John Jenks, Jr., and Jonas Jenks, had already been apprenticed as cutlers when he married Sarah Fulwater, the daughter of a German immigrant, in 1599.
  • The Jenks Family of England by Meredith B. Colket, Jr., F.A, S.G. and Supplement to the Genealogy of the Jenks Family of America by William Bradford Browne and others are used as references for this family.[3]

Sources

• 1. ↑ John Jenckes
• 2. ↑ http://jenkshistory.com/bgjj1599.html
• 3. ↑ https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/374828?availability=Family%...
• NEHGS: The Jenks Family of England by Meredith B. Colket, Jr., F, A.S.G., of Washington, D.C. V The Ancient Family of Jenks
• THE JENKS LINE.
  • JENKS LINE - FOURTH GENERATION. JOHN JENKS (JENCKES). Birth: 1556 in of St Anne Blackfriars, London, Middlesex, England. Death: 1625/1626 in London, Middlesex, England.[1]
    • Browne, William Bradford, and Colket, Meredith B. The Jenks family of England; supplement, compiled under the terms of the will of Harlan W. Jenks, deceased (1956) borrow at archive
    • John Jenckes (Jenks).
• Also Known As: "Jenckes;"
  • Birthdate: 1556 (69) Birthplace: St Anne Blackfriars, London, Middlesex, England
  • Death: circa August 16, 1625 (65-73) London, Middlesex, England
  • Immediate Family: Son of William Jenks and Alicia Jenks
  • Husband of Elinor Jenks and Sarah Jenks
  • Father of Jonas Jenks; Lydia Jenks; John Jenks; Sarah Jenks and Joseph Jenks, founder of the Saugus Iron Works
  • Brother of Jonas Jenks; Sarah Jenks and Sarah Jenks.
  • Sources: Family History Library, Salt Lake City. (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~parisho/ij/jenks.html) (Narrative continues at link) [2]
• JENKS LINE - FOURTH GENERATION.
  • JOHN JENKS (JENCKES). Birth: 1556 in of St Anne Blackfriars, London, Middlesex, England Death: 1625/1626 in London, Middlesex, England. [3]
    • Sources: Excerpts taken from The Jenks Family of England by Meredith B. Colket, Jr., F.A, S.G. and Supplement to the Genealogy of the Jenks Family of America by William Bradford Browne and others are used as references for this family.[4]
• Cutlery. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. [5]

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Name: John Jenks

• Alt Name: John Jenckes
• Gender:Male
• Birth(?): 1556 St. Ann Blackfriars, London, England perhaps
• Alt Birth(?): 29 Mar 1573 St. Anne Blackfriars, London, Middlesex, Eng
• Marriage: aft 8 Jan 1595/6 St. Ann Blackfriars, London, England to Sarah Fulwater
• Death[1]: 1625-1626 London, London, England
• Alt Death(?): ABT 16 Aug 1625 London, Eng
• Parents:
  • F.  William Jenks1536 - 1636
  • M.  Alicia Unknown1538 - AFT 1611
• Siblings:
  • 1 John Jenks1556 - 1625-1626
  • 2 Jonas Jenks1562 - 1622
• Spouse:
  • H.  John Jenks1556 - 1625-1626
  • W.  Sarah Fulwater1573 - 1599
    • m. aft 8 Jan 1595/6
• Children:
  • 1 Jonas Jenks (ABT 1580 - ABT 1622) (possibly illegitimate as he didn’t marry Sarah until 1595/6???/pscoggin 9/22/18)
  • 2 Sarah Jenks (1595 - ?)
  • 3 Joseph Jenks (1599 - 1682/3)
  • 4 Lydia Jenks (ABT 1600 - ?) (from 2nd wife, Elinor? as Sarah died in 1599/pscoggin 9/22/18)
  • 5 John Jenks (1610 - ?) (from 2nd wife, Elinor? as Sarah died in 1599pscoggin 9/22/18)
  • 6 Sarah Jenckes (BEF 1697) - (from 2nd wife, Elinor? as Sarah died in 1599/pscoggin 9/22/18)
• The purported ancestry and biography of John Jenckes was included in the book "Ancestral Lines, Third Edition" by Carl Boyer 3rd, published by the author in Santa Clarita, California in 1998. He drew on the extensive article by Meredith B. Colket, Jr. in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register in 1956 and 1968 (122:170-171).
• The parentage of John Jenckes cannot be proved, but it is highly possible that William Jenckes, an agent for the City of London early in the reign of King Henry VIII, was his father. William's brother Richard Jenckes of Shropshire named cousins (nephews?) John and Jonas Jenckes of London in his will.
• John Jenckes married, first, Sarah Fulwater on 8 January 1595/96 at St. Anne, Blackfriars, London, England.
  • She apparently died about 1599.
• He married, second, Elinor (also called "Hellen"), the widow of Lambert Williams, in about 1605 who survived him.
• John Jenckes was apprenticed to John Wyat, citizen and white baker of London, who was a cutler in 1592 for the usual term of seven years, but violated his apprenticeship agreement by marrying. His wife's death saw his children in another's care and so he completed the training and became "a citizen and white baker" of London, cutler, in 1604. He would have inherited a right to belong to the bakers company even though he was a cutler by trade.
• He made "recognizable and vastly beautiful knives for the Royal table, knives that are still exhibited in European museums today." He used a bunch of grapes as his trademark and his style of work was Continental.
• He lived in St. Anne parish in Blackfriars, London during his first marriage, and from 1611 was resident near the Bulwark Gate in the Precinct of the Tower of London.

References

• 1. ↑ Colket, Meredith B., and William Bradford Browne. The Jenks Family of England: Supplement to the Genealogy of the Jenks family of America (1952) by William B. Browne. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (s.n., 1956).
  • Taxed in 1625, and described as deceased on 26 Aug 1626.

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John Jenks, Sr. (1556 to August 16, 1625)

• Born in St. Anne's, Blackfriars, London, England.
• He was a cutler who obtained his cutler markings around 1606-7.
• He married Sarah on January 8, 1595/6, in Blackfriars, London, England.
• Unknown First Relationship - It is strongly suggested in "The Jenks Family of America - Supplement" pg 24, that John Jenks, Sr., cutler, fathered John Jenks, Jr. (1576 to 1625/26), and Jonas Jenks (1580 to 1622) from a previous relationship. Both John Jenks, Jr., and Jonas Jenks were born at St. Alphage, London Wall, Cripplegate, England. Sarah Fulwater wasn't born until 1573 and could not have borne John Jr. and Jonas.

Sarah Fulwater (March 19, 1573 to 1605)

• Daughter of Henry (also listed as Heinrick Fulwasser 1540-1603) and Margaret Fulwater (1550-1595) married in Blackfriars (St. Anne), London, England, a German emigrant and member of the London Company of Cutlers.
• Sarah was baptized March 29, 1573 in St. Anne's in Blackfriars.
• She married John Jenks, Sr. on January 8, 1595/6.  
• Mother of Sarah and Joseph. 

• There are numerous documented instances of dispute over the rights of the cutler marks after the death of John Jenks, Sr. It appears that both John Jenks, Jr., his widow, Hellen, and Joseph Jenks (son of John Jenks, Sr.) were using the "marke of the bunch of grapes". The mark was later termed "thistle" in documents naming Joseph Jenks.

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