Joseph Jenckes Sr.
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title:
Joseph Jenckes Sr.
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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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Recipient of the first machine patent in America
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Jenckes_Sr.
date created:
2019-01-17T04:03:22Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T14:03:37Z
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