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Family: Daniel Jenks/Joanna Scott (F1386)

• Father | Male Daniel Jenks

  
  

  Born	18 Oct 1701	Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island
  Died	07 Jul 1774	Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island
  Buried
  Married	10 May 1724  [1]
  Father	Ebenezer Jenks, Rev. | F1344 Group Sheet
  Mother	Mary Butterworth | F1344 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Joanna Scott

  
  

  Born	11 Dec 1703	Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island
  Died
  Buried
  Father	Sylvanus Scott | F1324 Group Sheet
  Mother	Joanna Jenckes | F1324 Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  Married: JOANNA SCOTT married Judge Daniel Jenks, son of Elder Ebenezer Jenks. They first settled in Smithfield, but soon moved to Providence, where they resided till their deaths. He accumulated a very great interest, principally by trading at sea, being very fortunate. It was said that at one time be traded as much at sea as all the other people in Providence. History says he was a member of the Baptist Church in Providence forty-eight years; a member of the General Assembly forty years, and Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas about thirty years. He had only one son, who was a man of superior abilities.

  
  

• Sources

  [S302] Banfield Capron from Old England, Capron, Philip, (1817).