Joseph Jenckes Sr.

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title: Joseph Jenckes Sr.
text: Joseph Jenckes Sr., also spelled Jencks and Jenks, was a bladesmith, blacksmith, mechanic, and inventor who was instrumental in establishing the Saugus Iron Works in Massachusetts Bay Colony where he was granted the first machine patent in North America. Jenckes was raised in a family of London cutlers and found employment west of London at a sword factory. After his wife and daughter died, and about the time the sword factory closed, he left his only surviving child with family and immigrated t
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description: Recipient of the first machine patent in America
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date created: 2019-01-17T04:03:22Z
date modified: 2024-09-01T14:03:37Z
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