JENCKES, Joseph (1602-1683) Colonial American diesinker, inventor.
            Name variation: Joseph Jenks, Jencks.
            Born Colbrooke, England, 1602. Came to America 1642.
            Died Lynn, Massachusetts, 16 March 1683.
            Groce and Wallace state he founded first foundry and forge
            in America, at Lynn Massachusetts, and also engraved the
            dies for the 1662 Pine Tree Shilling; Breen does not accept
            this, giving credit instead to John Hull and Robert
            Saunderson for the Pine Tree coinage.

            B I O G R A P H I C A L  R E F E R E N C E S

D8  {1926} Fielding, p 187.
D15 {1957} Groce and Wallace p 345-346.
BH  {1963} Who Was Who, p 267.
D33 {1986} Opitz, p 452.
BF2 {1999} Falk. Who Was Who in American Art, p 2:1722.

            N U M I S M A T I C   R E F E R E N C E S

P2  {1909} The Numismatist 22:4 (May 1909) p 146.
E8  {1951} Kenney, p 13.
E8A {1951} Kenney Manuscript File.
O12 {1988} Breen, p 11-18.
N31 {1992} Smith. American Numismatic Biographies, p 128.
N36 {2002} Bowers, More Adventures, p 13-18 (1652 Pine Tree Shilling).