Elisha
Jenks
Born in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island
Ancestors 
Son of Jesse Jenks
and Mary Rhoda (Smith) Jenks
Brother of
Jonathan Jenks, Richard Jenks, Stephen Jenks, Jacob Jenks, Jesse Jenks, Charles Jenks Sr. [half], Shubael Jenks, Laban Jenks, Rachel (Jenks) Ross [half], Mary Jenks [half], Cynthia Jenks [half] and Belinda (Jenks) Staples [half]
Husband of
Anna (King) Jenks
— married
1793 in Rhode Island
Descendants 
Father of
Daniel Jenks, Susanna (Jenks) Blackman, Calvin Jenks, Huldah Jenks, Amy (Jenks) Aldrich, Sabin Mann Jenks and Elisha Jenks
Died
at age 66
in Berkshire, Tioga, New York, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 9 May 2016
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Biography
Elisha Jenks was born on 27 Jun 1774 in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island.
He married Anna (King) Jenks.
He died on 13 Nov 1840 in Berkshire, Tioga, New York. They were the parents of Calvin Lewis Jenks.
Sources
http://www.geocities.ws/Heartland/Cliffs/6573/smithchristopher.html
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH5Y-VCX
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPQ-5WP
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV6-GJFT
- Descendants of Christopher Smith.
Jenks Lineage. Mary (Rhoda) Smith (27.Jacob4, 11.Joseph3, 2.Edward2, 1.Christopher1) born Sept 30, 1737, Smithfield, Providence, RI, married Sept 11, 1757, in Smithfield RI, Jesse Jenks, born Jan 22, 1734/5, Smithfield, RI, (son of John Jenks and Rachel Lawrence) died Mar 19, 1827, S. Adams, Berkshire, MA. SAR Ref File #4718IJK.GED Jesse: DAR Patriot Index - p. 1592 SAR Public Service - RI - SAR File Ref
Children:
+78. i Stephen Jenks born Mar 12, 1759.
79. ii Jacob Jenks born Apr 6, 1760, Smithfield, Providence, RI, married Apr 22, 1781, in Providence, RI, Martha Mowrey. Jacob died Apr 20, 1842, Saybrook, OH. Lived for a time in Adams, MA before migrating west. Lived in Clinton NY from 1812 to 1817, in 1820 in Mt. Pleasant, NY, and afterward in Saybrook, OH.
+80. iii Jesse Jenks born Sept 15, 1764.
81. iv Peter Jenks born c. 1764, Providence, RI, married Mary Hawkins. Peter died Nov 4, 1833, Burlington, Otsego, NY.
82. v Shubael Jenks born June 2, 1767, Providence, RI, married Mar 17, 1791, in Adams, MA, Hannah Smith. Shubael died Jul 8, 1847, Saybrook, OH.
83. vi Huldah Caroline Jenks born c. 1767/70, Smithfield, Providence, RI, married Nathaniel Mowry.
+84. vii Laban Jenks born July 11, 1772.
+85. viii Elisha Jenks born June 27, 1774.
86. ix Allen Jenks born c. 1776, Smithfield, Providence, RI, married Anna (Ann) Sayles, born Mar 12, 1759, Smithfield, RI, (daughter of Gideon Sayles and Sarah Shippey) died May 22, 1849, Colrain, IN.
87. x Amy Jenks born c. 1778, Smithfield, Providence, RI, married John Field. [1]
- Elisha Jenks (6/27/1774 - 11/13/1840 ) m. 1793 to Anna King (9/27/1771 or 72 - 6/15/1851)
- Elisha Jenks.
United States Census, 1800. Citing this Record: "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch ( [2] : accessed 10 February 2017), Elisha Jenks, Owego, Tioga, New York, United States; citing p. 239,240, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 24; FHL microfilm 193,712.
- Elisha Jenks.
United States Census, 1830. Citing this Record: "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch [3] : 18 August 2015), Elisha Jenks, Berkshire, Tioga, New York, United States; citing 324, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 109; FHL microfilm 17,169.
- Elisha Jenks.
Find A Grave Index Name Elisha Jenks Event Type Burial Event Date 1840 Event Place Jenksville, Tioga, New York, United States of America Photograph Included Y Birth Date 27 Jun 1774 Death Date 13 Nov 1840 Affiliate Record Identifier 11387805 Cemetery Glen Hope Cemetery Citing this Record "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch [4] : 13 December 2015), Elisha Jenks, 1840; Burial, Jenksville, Tioga, New York, United States of America, Glen Hope Cemetery; citing record ID 11387805, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elisha:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elisha:
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~1.56%
John Martin
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23andMe, GEDmatch M597054 [compare]
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~0.78%
Jeffrey Dean Morgan :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Jim Stevenson :
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch NY7331892 [compare], Ancestry member JIMST
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~0.78%
Della (Jenks) Thomas :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T579335 [compare], FTDNA kit #311380
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~0.39%
Karen (Jones) Owens :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Private Thomas :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A897235 [compare]
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T520630 [compare], FTDNA kit #298849
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.39%
Gerald Jones :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A843091 [compare], Ancestry member brown190861
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Categories: Cumberland, Rhode Island | Tioga County, New York
Michael, Laban, and Elisha Jenks were brothers, and were also early settlers in the northwest part of the town, where they built up and founded the little hamlet called Jenksville. However, the settlement there was named directly for Michael Jenks, who in the early history of the locality was a prominent person. All came from Massachusetts in or about the year 1797. Michael built a saw mill at Jenksville and carried on an extensive lumber business until on one occasion he rafted a quantity of lumber to market, sold it and received pay, then suddenly disappeared and was never heard from afterward. He left two sons, Otis and Michael Jenks. The Jenks saw mill was built in 1803, and the grist mill in 1814.
Historical Gazetteer of Tioga County, New York, 1785-1888 ([Archive.org https://archive.org/details/cu31924024792420/page/n10/mode/1up]):
Michael Jenks was taxed in 1798 to work four and a half days on the highway. He came to the Boston Purchase, 12 Aug., 1796, in the company with Jonas Muzzy and two others from Spencer, Mass., and settled on lot 261, now the N.W. corner lot in the town of Newark Valley. Perhaps Laban Jenks and Elisha Jenks mentioned below were those two companions. The post office and hamlet of Jenksville were named for him. He was born 16 Aug., 1773, eldest son of Isaac and Ruth Jenks of Spencer, Mass., and were married there 2 March 1797 with Sarah Hunt, who was born in Spencer, Mass., 31 Oct. 1774, daughter of Aaron and Lavina Hunt, of Spencer, and previous to 1770, of Paxton, Mass. The father of Mr. Jenks was one of the sixty associates in the purchase of the ten townships. (p. 215)
Michael Jenks built the first saw-mill at Jenksville, and a few years later went down the Susquehanna river, sold his lumber, received his pay for it, and since that day no tidings of him have ever reached his friends and family. They had two sons: 1. Otis, born at Jenksville, in the latter part of the year 1797; lived to be over fifty years old and died unmarried. 2. Michael. (p. 216)