George Nelson Jenckes

Male 1821 - 1877  (56 years)


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  • Name George Nelson Jenckes 
    Born 16 Mar 1821  Scituate, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Died 15 Jul 1877  [1
    Buried Jenckes Lot, Mathewson St., Graniteville, RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I13692  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father Cyril C. Jenckes,   b. 20 Jul 1791,   d. 11 Jan 1833  (Age 41 years) 
    Mother Susan Briggs,   b. 8 Feb 1793, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jul 1851, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years) 
    Family ID F05297  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Dorcas A. Johnson,   b. Abt 1820,   d. 19 Feb 1846  (Age ~ 26 years) 
    Married 23 Dec 1841  Scituate, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F05301  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Eliza Ann Sweet,   b. 27 Aug 1827, Johnston, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Nov 1903  (Age 76 years) 
    Married 15 Nov 1847  Johnston, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Children 
     1. Walter Jenckes,   b. 17 Aug 1849
     2. George W. Jenckes,   b. Abt Feb 1850, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Aug 1859  (Age ~ 9 years)
     3. Josephine A. Jenckes,   b. Abt 1852
     4. Daniel Sweet Jenckes,   b. Feb 1855, Graniteville, Johnston, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1912  (Age ~ 56 years)
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F04678  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • In the 1850 Federal Census, George N. Jencks is living in North Providence, RI, with his wife Eliza, son George, and (probably) mother Susan. In the 1870 Federal Census, George & Eliza are living in the Olneyville section of Johnston (now Providence), RI. In the household are Eleanor, 21; Josephine, 18; Daniel, 15; and Mary Sweet, 64.

  • Sources 
    1. [S012398] RI Cemetery Database.

    2. [S012818] Federal Census of 1 June 1870.

    3. [S012971] James N. Arnold's Vital Record of RI, Scituate -- Marriages, 52.

    4. [S012610] James N. Arnold's Vital Record of RI, Johnston -- Marriages, 185.