Samuel Jenks

Biography

Samuel Jenks, son of Joseph Jenks and Elizabeth (Unknown) Jenks, was born about 1654, and died 20 Sep 1738 at age 84 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts Bay. He married Elizabeth Darling. There are no records extant giving the dates of her birth or death, but it is established that she died prior to 1709 because in that year Samuel married Mrs. Elizabeth Floyd, widow of Joseph Floyd, on May 5th, and she died June 6, 1757, in Malden, Massachusetts, at the age of 86. There is no evidence of any children born of the second marriage.

Father: Joseph Jenckes b: ABT 1602/1603 in Hounslow, Middlesex, England
Mother: Elizabeth b: 1604.

Children of Samuel Jenks, all with first wife, Elizabeth (Darling) Jenks:[1]

1. John, born May 8, 1683.
2. Samuel, Jr., born November 11, 1687; married, January 3, 1714, Hope Sargeant; died March 16, 1745.
3. John, born October 10, 1689; died young.
4. Elizabeth, born January 28, 1692.
5. Joseph, born December 13, 1695; died young.
6. Mary, born December 27, 1697; died July 17, 1729.
7. Abigail, born November 2, 1702.
8. Nathan, born March 25, 1705.

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References

1. Reference: WikiTree Genealogy - SmartCopy: Jan 29 2025, 3:38:18 UTC
2. WikiTree contributors, "Samuel Jenks (abt.1654-1738)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Jenks-411 : accessed 29 January 2025). cites
3. Browne, William Bradford Genealogy of the Jenks family of America (Rumford Press, Concord, New Hampshire, 1952). Page 9.
   1. Torrey, Clarence Almon. Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1985). Volume II. Page 852. Citing: "JYNKS, Samuel (-1738, ae 84) & 1/wf Elizabeth [DARLING]; Lynn {Lynn Hist. 208; Reg. 9:203}."
   2. Lewis, Alonzo & Newhall, James. History of Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts (John L. Shorey, Boston, 1865). Page 208. Citing: "Joseph Jenks [Children]."
   3. Jenks, WM. The Jenks Family. The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1855). Volume IX(9). Page 203. Citing: "[Samuel Jenk's] first wife was Elizabeth Darling."
   4. Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org($). New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) Case#7170, Darling, John, 1713, Dec. 31.