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Jenckes, Joseph
Colonial governor; born on the site of the city of Pawtucket, R. I., in 1656; held a seat in the General Assembly of Rhode Island in 1679-93; was appointed to arrange the boundary disputes with Connecticut and Massachusetts, and afterwards those which had arisen between Massachusetts and New Hampshire and Maine.
He was also made commissioner to answer a letter of the King regarding the condition of affairs in Rhode Island, and to reply to a number of questions proposed by the lords of the privy council.
He was governor of Rhode Island in 1727-32.
He died June 15, 1740.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Navy of the United States (search)
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Slater , Samuel 1768 -1835 (search)