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William H. Haskell received his education at a country district school, which he attended when a youth about three months each year. During the other nine months of the year he worked on the farm. When eighteen years of age, being moved by the inclinations of an inventive mind, he decided upon becoming a machinist. During the first two years he closely applied himself to learning his trade in the shop of Ebenezer and Joseph Metcalf, who then operated a ma- chine shop at Arnold's Mills in the town of Cumberland. In 1840 he went to Woonsocket and in 1841 to Fall River. In 1845 he came to Pawtucket and began business on his own account. He entered first into partnership with Nathaniel S. Collyer, to do repair work, and re- mained in that capacity in a little shop on Mill street for four years, at first employing eight or ten hands, but subsequently this number was increased to 20, then to 30. In 1850 he purchased an interest in the business carried on by Colonel Stephen Jenks, and removed there and remained till 1861. In 1860 he purchased grounds for the mam- moth structures erected subsequently on his own lands, moved into his first building January 1st, 1861, and began business in his own name with twenty hands. The first building was 100 by 40 feet, two stories high, and was supposed to be commodious enough for all fu- ture demands, but business increased, and in 1873 it was enlarged to
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350 by 50 feet, while the force has been increased to 125 and to 150 hands, as occasion requires. At the present time he does a business of $200,000 a year.
Politically, Mr. Haskell is a republican, though he never allowed himself to become entangled with official restraints to any great ex- tent. On matters of public moment he has cast his lot where public spirit demanded. He was town councilman three or four terms in the old town of North Providence, and after the division of this town he served three years as councilman in Pawtucket. He was also one of the commissioners appointed to build the water works, in which capacity he served two years. In 1888 he was elected to the state senate and served one term in that body.
Mr. Haskell has been twice married. His first wife was Hannah,. daughter of Columbia and Lydia (Shaw) Tingley. This marriage oc- curred about 1845. She died in November, 1868. Two children were. the issue of this marriage- a son, now dead, and a daughter, Eunice Ednah, now the wife of Thomas Moies. His second marriage took place in December, 1869, to Ann Elizabeth, daughter of Hiram and Sylvia Carter, of Pawtucket. One daughter, Elizabeth D., was born of this union.
NATHAN PLACE HICKS, deceased, patentee of Hicks' ring travelers, was born in North Providence February 26th, 1824. His father, Ste- phen Hicks, died when Nathan P. was quite young. He went to sea and fell from a mast and broke his neck. His mother, Mrs. Lydia (Albro) Hicks, was a sufferer from dementia during the latter part of her long life, making her home during the last 19 years of her sick- ness with her son, under the care of his wife, Mrs. Hicks. Mr. Hicks of necessity had to work hard from his youth up. His education was. scant, but nevertheless the mind of the man was broadened and edu- cated by the very constraining circumstances surrounding his life. From a common hand in the mill he rose to be overseer for James C. Starkweather, and for eleven years was overseer for the Chase Mill.
While at work in Valley Falls he began experimenting on the ring travelers in his own house, after the day's work was done. He began their manufacture in 1853. One defect in former ring travelers was a lack of uniformity in numbers in regard to weight. To remedy this little defect the little instrument had to be manufactured with greater exactness, which from trial he found could be accomplished. He first began the manufacture of them in Valley Falls, and with Mrs. Hicks' assistance they were hardened at night at the house. He moved to Providence in 1860, and came to Pawtucket, locating in the old Slater Mill, about 1867. He had various associates and did business under different styles, viz .: N. P. Hicks & Co., Hicks & Sprague, N. P. Hicks; as agent for Olney Arnold, then of the firm of E. Jenckes & Co. The Messrs. Jenckes steadily increased their business, until these goods are widely used in our own country and extensively exported to Eu-
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rope. Mr. Hicks also devised machinery for making gimlet-pointed wire goods for cotton and woolen mechinery. He finally sold out to E. Jenckes & Co. for $75,000. His first connection with Messrs. Jenckes was in 1869. In 1885, on September 30th, he died. As a man he was self made, and was free-hearted and generous to a fault. He was a member in high standing in both the Masonic and Odd Fellows orders.
In 1846 he was married to Sarah, daughter of James and Betsey (Butterworth) Lee, of England. Mr. Lee died when Mrs. Hicks was a very little girl. Her mother married the second time, and died in Wisconsin in 1877. Mr. Hicks purchased his residence property in Pawtucket in 1877. He left no children, but raised an adopted daugh- ter, now Mrs. Sarah Adaline Howe.
THE JENKS FAMILY is a numerous one in the towns of Pawtucket and Lincoln. The name is variously spelled, Jenks, Jencks, or Jenckes. The first settler of this family in America was Joseph Jenks, who came from Buckingham, England, to Salem, Mass., in 1645. He was the first founder that worked in brass and iron on the Western Continent, and a large number of his descendants have since that time engaged in the same trade. He had a son Joseph, who was born in England in 1632, and who came to what is now Pawtucket about 1655. He fol- lowed his father's trade and was among the first settlers in that locality. He married Esther, daughter of William and Elizabeth Ballard. In 1676 his forge was destroyed by the Indians during King Phillip's war. He held the position of assistant for a number of years. His children were : Joseph ; Esther, married Samuel Millard ; Elizabeth, married Samuel Tefft; Sarah, married Nathaniel Brown ; Nathaniel; Joanna, married Sylvanus Scott; Ebenezer ; Mary, married Daniel Jenckes; Abigail, married Thomas Whipple, and William, Joseph died January 4th, 1717.
Joseph, son of Joseph, was born in 1656, and married for his first wife Martha, daughter of John and Mary Brown, by whom he had the following children : Joseph, who died without male issue; Oba- diah ; Catherine, married William Turpin ; Nathaniel ; Martha, mar- ried John Andrews: Lydia, married Christopher Mason ; John, be- came a doctor and died of small pox at London, England, in 1726 ; Mary, and Esther, married Benjamin Bucklin. Joseph was in public office for the most of the time from 1691 to 1732, and was known by the title of " Governor." He held the positions of deputy, speaker of deputies, assistant, deputy governor and governor. His second wife was Alice, daughter of John and Sarah (Whipple) Smith and widow of John Dexter. He died June 15th, 1740. Nathaniel, son of Governor Joseph, married Catharine Scott, and had the following children : Anna, married Jonathan Foster; Martha, married David Harris; John ; Catharine, married John Olney, and Joseph. He was known by the title of captain, having been connected with the military.
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John, son of Captain Nathaniel, had three sons : Esek and Sylva- nus, both of whom died single, and George. George, son of John, had a large family, among whom were six boys, viz .: Nathaniel Miller, Lemuel Holmes, James Varnum, George Foster, William Thomson, and Albert Carlile. Nathaniel Miller, son of George, had children : Edmund, who died in Lowell, Mass., leaving no family ; Almira, married Job Bennett : Ruth, married Isaiah Barney ; Horace, died single, and Lydia, married Willard Follett. Lemuel Holmes, son of George, married Nancy Ingalls, and had four children : Sally Miller, married John Fairbrotlier; Ann Eliza, widow of Adin Barber, resides in Pawtucket ; Nathaniel M., and George C., died leaving no male issue. Nathaniel M., son of Lemuel H., born February 26th, 1818, died February 10th, 1872. He married Rebecca Green and their children are: Sarah, wife of Augustus Leach, of Providence; John C., resides in Barrington, R. I., and Charles Edwin, born in Central Falls, May 23d, 1851, married Sarah J. Allen and has two children, Nelson L. and Harry E.
William Thomson, son of George, married Patience Hall and had had a family of five children, viz .: George C. resides in New York city; Elizabeth K,, resides in Pawtucket; William N., resides in Chelsea, Mass. ; Henry F., and Erastus Collins, died aged 15 years. William T. died January 7th, 1879. Henry F., son of William T., was born in Pawtucket May 12th, 1837, married Mary, adopted daughter of Doctor Hiram Cleveland and has three children : Hiram Cleveland, Charles Francis, and Dorothy.
Albert Carlile, son of George, was born August 2d, 1798, and mar- ried Minerva Kingsley, by whom he had three children, viz. : Mary Frances, widow of Joseph Wheelock, resides in New York city ; James Carlile, and Alfred Augusta, both of whom died in infancy. His second wife was Mary Pitcher. daughter of Abner Tompkins, and they had four children ; Amelia Minerva and Ellen Sophia, twins, the former the wife of Gilbert B. Dana, of Providence, the latter died at the age of four years ; Delia Eliza, resides in Providence, and Anna Maria, wife of James M. Bishop, of Pawtucket. Albert Carlile was early in life engaged in the crockery business in Pawtucket, but the latter years of his life he was in the drug trade. He died September 22d, 1872.
Joseph Jenks, son of Captain Nathaniel and grandson of Governor Joseph, had the following family: Nathaniel, Ephraim and Joseph, besides daughters. Ephraim, son of Joseph, married Rachel Cole, and their children were: Hosea, Sarah, Mary A., Emily, Daniel W. and George W. Hosea, son of Ephraim, was born January 26th, 1802, and married Annie Barber, of Yarmouth, Mass. Their children were: Shubael, died young; James L., John A. and Caroline, widow of Wil- liam L. Gray, resides in Baltimore, Md. John A., son of Hosea, was born in Valley Falls, October 18th, 1828, and married Martha Connor.
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His children are: James L., born April 15th, 1858, a lawyer, of Paw- tucket, and Jennie B.
Nathaniel Jenks, son of Joseph, the Pawtucket settler, was born January 29th, 1662, and married Hannah Bosworth. He was known by the title of Major. His children were: Jonathan, Nathaniel, Hannah, married Bonsfield Capron, and Elizabeth, married John Owen. He died August 11th, 1723. Nathaniel, son of Major Na- thaniel, married Lydia Arnold and had the following family: Martha, married Abraham Scott; Stephen; Lydia, married Christopher Brown; Joanna, married Daniel Branch; Ichabod, James and Jemima, died single.
Stephen, son of Nathaniel, had six sons: Eleazer, Nathaniel, Moses, Stephen, Benjamin (left no male issue) and Jerahmeel, who married Rhoda Whipple, and had three daughters: Amy, married Nathaniel G. B. Dexter; Polly, married Joseph Ashley; Sarah, mar- ried first, Potter, second Samuel Chaffee. Eleazer, son of Stephen, had two sons, viz., Eleazer and Stephen, both of whom died without leaving male issue. Moses, son of Stephen, married Lois Tingley, of Attleboro, Mass., and had four sons: Pardon, Jabez, Moses and Charles. The two last died without male issue. Pardon, son of Moses, was born in Pawtucket in 1774, and married Freelove, daugh- ter of John and Lydia Pitcher and widow of Samuel Rand. Their children were: William, Mary, married Joseph Smith, of Pawtucket; Lydia, widow of Albert Bliss, a resident of Pawtucket; Pardon, Eliza- beth, wife of John C. Dodge, of Dodgeville, Mass. Pardon died April 20th, 1861. William, son of Pardon, born June 27th, 1808, mar- ried Freelove Douglass, and had three children: Jonathan P., Daniel B. and William H. He died January 3d, 1888.
Jonathan P., son of William, born June 26th, 1831, married Hannah Whitman, and has two children, William and Hattie F. He is a carpenter by trade. Daniel Browning, son of William, born Feb- ruary 7th, 1833, married Sarah E. Ide, and has two children, Daniel Sanford and Charles Browning. He is foreman of the pattern depart- ment of the Fales & Jenks Machine Company. William Henry, son of William, born December 9th, 1835, married Ruth Alexander, and has had seven children: Sarah A., William B., Elizabeth S., wife of G. B. Allen, of Pawtucket; Frank R., George C., Joseph H., died aged seven years, and Ruth D. He is a pattern maker by trade. William B., son of William H., married Cora Sherman; has two children, Avis and Edith A.
Pardon, son of Pardon, born in Pawtucket, married Sarepta Tinck- ham, of Rochester, Mass. They had three children: Pardon, Henry, died young, and Mary E., wife of Adolphus F. Davis, of Pawtucket. Pardon died August 20th, 1878. Pardon, son of Pardon, was born in Pawtucket, December 9th, 1843, married Eliza Jane Curran; has one child, Ida L.
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Jabez Jenks, son of Moses and grandson of Stephen, married Patience, daughter of Deacon Ichabod Tabor. Of their family of nine children but two lived to maturity, viz., Isaac Tabor and Louisa, widow of Edward B. Jenks, who resides in Pawtucket. Jabez died on October 22d, 1817, in his 38th year. Isaac Tabor, son of Jabez, was born August 23d, 1809, and married Clestina Luther. Of their seven children two died in infancy. The others are: Josephine, wife of Francis Bishop, of Pawtucket; Frank, a resident of New Haven, Conn .; Edmund C., Clestina, wife of George Briggs, of Providence, and Louisa. He died February 1st, 1885. Edmund C., son of Isaac T., born September 24th, 1845, married Jane I. Flagg, and has one child, George W. F.
Stephen Jenks, son of Stephen, was twice married. His first wife was Sarah Arnold and his second wife Ruth Arnold. His children were all by his first wife. His sons were Arnold, David, George, Na- than, who died young; Linden, Alvin and Jerathmael. George, son of Stephen, was born in Pawtucket October 6th, 1783, and married Betsey Miller, a native of Westboro, Mass. He died July 6th, 1825, and had but one child, Andrew. He was a blacksmith and forger, en- gaged in making anchors for New Bedford whalers; also, in company with his father and brothers, in the manufacture of guns. His de- scendants spell their name Jencks. Andrew, son of George, born in Pawtucket September 2d, 1822, married Almina, daughter of James Weatherhead, of Cumberland, R. I. Their children were: Louisa A., died seven years of age; George B., died an infant: George Andrew; Elizabeth, wife of John F. Clark, of Valley Falls; James W., died in infancy. George Andrew, son of Andrew, born in Pawtucket Septem- ber 24th, 1847, married Isabella M. Cook, of Cumberland, R. I., and has two children, Andrew Edmund and Preserved Arnold. He is en- gaged in the stove and hardware business in Pawtucket.
Ichabod Jenks, son of Nathaniel, Major Nathaniel, Joseph, origi- nal settler in Pawtucket, had a large family, among whom were six sons: Levi, David, Abner (the two last moved to Massachusetts), Sam- uel, Ichabod and Israel. Levi, son of Ichabod, married a Bowers, and had four sons: Thames, Levi, Sylvester and Edward; the two latter ones died single. Levi, son of Levi, married Ruth Harding, and their children were: David, a bachelor, resides in Pawtucket; Minerva, de- ceased, married Henry Childs; Alfred B., Charles, died leaving no male issue, and Thomas, single, a resident of Pawtucket. Alfred B., son of Levi, born November 11th, 1829, married Hannah Jackson. Their children were: John, who died aged 29 years (leaving children, Alfred B., Charles H. and Mabel); Melissa, married John P. Ballou, of Attleboro, Mass., died aged 33 years, and Charles H., married Emma Baker, and has two children, Gertie and Henry Irving.
Ichabod, son of Ichabod, had four sons: Slater, Phenuel, Van Eason, who died single, and Otis, the only survivor. Phenuel, son of Ichabod,
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married for his first wife Martha Westgate, by whom he had four children: William W., Mabel, wife of Edward S. Carr, of Pawtucket; Amelia, wife of E. A. Bosworth, of Pawtucket, and Edward B. His second wife was Ann McQuade. The issue of this marriage are Ze- lotus W. and Helen M. Phenuel died September 20th, 1888. Edward B., son of Phenuel, born July 27th, 1859, married Isabella Barnes, of Oxford, Mass., and has two children, Martha Isabella and Eva May.
Israel, son of Ichabod, married Lydia Handy. Their children were: Louisa, who has married twice, and now resides at Malden, Mass .; Sterry, died aged five years; Edward Bucklin, Cordelia, de- ceased, married Charles Dunham; Joseph Handy, died in Pittsburg, Pa .; Mahala, deceased, married Richard Dexter; George A., died in Providence, and Margaret, wife of Granville Williams, of Johnston, R. I. Edward Bucklin, son of Israel, born in Pawtucket December 18th, 1805, married Louisa, daughter of Jabez Jenks. Of their seven children, one died in infancy. The others are: Jabez Edward, died in service during late war; Theodore Weld, a resident of Attleboro, Mass .; Mary Louisa, widow of Lemuel Cummings; Ellen M., Curtis Vincent, of Providence, and Lydia A., wife of Frank H. Maynard, of Providence. Edward B. died September 2d, 1870.
Reverend Ebenezer Jenks, son of Joseph, the original settler at Pawtucket, was born in 1669 and died August 14th, 1726. He was or- dained pastor of the First Baptist church in 1719. He married Mary Butterworth, and of a family of 13 children the following are the only ones that grew up: Ebenezer, Daniel, Phebe, married Job Comstock; Rachel, married Cornelius Esten, and Mercy, married Colonel Philip Wheeler. Ebenezer, son of Reverend Ebenezer, born September 17th, 1699, died November, 1786, married Experience Martin. Their children were: Hopestill, married Elijah Norton; Nathan, married Sarah Stewart; Phebe, married William Jenckes; Waite, married Jabez Palmer; Mary and Freelove, both died single. Daniel, son of Reverend Ebenezer, was born October 18th, 1701, and died July 7th, 1774. He married Joanna Scott, and their children were: Mary, mar- ried David Harris; Sarah, married Christopher Hopkins for her first husband and for her second Ambrose Page; John, married Freelove Crawford; Rhoda, married Nicholas Brown, and Joanna, married Nicholas Tillinghast. Daniel was chief justice of Providence court for 30 years. These are all the records we have been able to obtain of this branch of the family.
Judge William Jenks, son of Joseph, was born in 1675 and died October 2d, 1765. He married Patience, daughter of Jonathan and Mehitable (Holbrook) Sprague. He was the first chief justice of the Providence court. His children were: Joseph, who died young; Mercy, married Thomas Comstock; Esther, married John Comstock; Susanna, married Joseph Bucklin; William; Patience married John Olney; Jona- than, John, and Mehitable, married Thomas Olney. The descendants
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of Judge William spell their name Jenckes. William, son of Judge William, had several sons, viz .: William, who removed to Brookfield, Mass .; Joseph, Christopher, and John. Jonathan, son of Judge Wil- liam, had three sons: Gideon, Jonathan, removed to Winchester, Mass., and Nicholas, went to North Brookfield, Mass. John, son of Judge William, was born in 1732, and being a physician was known as Doctor John. He married Rachel Lawrence, and had the fol- lowing children: Edmund, Henry, Jesse, John, Thomas, Mary (mar- ried David Smith), William, Lawrence, Sarah (married Doctor Ichabod Comstock), Caroline (married James Angell), Patience (married Daniel Comstock), Rachel, Isaac, Lydia (married David Lapham), and Abigail (married Jacob Comstock). Henry, son of Doctor John, was born in 1733 and married Amity Harris. His children were: John (married Sarah Smith and had three daughters and one son, Henry, who emi- grated west), Martha (married Joseph Wilkinson), Daniel, Reuben (died aged four years), and Amy (married Thomas Arnold). Daniel, son of Henry, was born in 1771 and died in 1861. He married Patience Bartlett. Their children were: Henry; Mary, living in Lincoln; Amelia P., lives in Lincoln; John L., was a physician and died at Hazel Green, Wisconsin; Caroline, died young; Sarah A., and George Bartlett, the latter two being residents of Lincoln. Thomas, son of Doctor John, married Patience Smith. It was an old saying that he had sixty feet of daughters, for of his eleven children ten were girls, all whom were uncommonly tall. His son's name was Rufus, and he married Amy Arnold. Their children were: Jeremiah, who left no issue; Pardon; Smith, born March 15th, 1802, married Amy Ballou, and died May 22d, 1886, left no children; George; Arnold, has no de- cendants living, and Mary, married Jesse Smith, of Lincoln. Pardon, son of Rufus, was born in 1800 and died in 1863. He married Lydia W. Bolster, and had four children: William, died single; Willard S .; Amy, married Charles Bennett, resides in Pawtucket, and Daniel, lives in Southern Rhode Island. Willard S., son of Pardon, born August 5th, 1827, married Louisa, daughter of George Whipple. Their children are: Lydia, wife of William F. Jefferson, of Providence, and George W. Willard S. married for his second wife Rosamond Smith, and resides in Providence.
George, son of Rufus, was born in 1798 and died January 18th, 1885. He married Mary, daughter of Doctor Peter Ballou, and had two children: Newton, who died young, and Rufus, born November 5th 1827, and married for his first wife Martha E. Angell. The children by this marriage are: Oliver A. and Ellen Maria, wife of Sylvanus I. Peck, of East Providence. His second wife was Mary E. Eldridge, and they have six children: Mary Adna, Eliza C., wife of Frederic I. Vose, of Cumberland; George T., married Ruth Mabel Vose and has one child, Betram Rufus; Martha E., Eva L., wife of
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Frank E. Vose, of Cumberland, and Smith A. Rufus is a farmer and resides in Lincoln.
The following branch of the Jenckes family we are unable to trace further back than Daniel Jenckes, who married first Sarah Croft, and had two sons, Daniel and Gideon. His second wife was Rhoda, and the children of this marriage were: Bispah, who died young; Jabez, Ezra, Samuel, Dinah, who married a Ray; Russell, Lemuel, Sterry, and Sarah, who died single. Russell, son of Daniel, was born in Cumber- land, October 15th, 1783, and married Hopestill Matthewson, of Smith- field, who, in 1818, drowned herself and her children, Betsey, Rhoda, Harriet and Louisa, in Scott's pond. The only other child of this mar- riage was Liberty, who died young. Russell married for his second wife Julia Dexter, and their children were: George, died young; Ruth, widow of William H. Drown, resides at Ashton, R. I .; Mary Elizabeth, wife of Joseph Ashworth, of Putnam, Conn .; Hannah, deceased, mar- ried Isaiah Carr of Coventry, R. I .; Horace, died at Yarmouth, Mass., but always resided in Providence; Lyman, resides in Providence (the two last were twins), and Julia, deceased, married Dennis Higgins. Russell died May 8th, 1842. He was a farmer, and resided in Cum- berland. Sterry, son of Daniel, was born in February, 1787, married Nancy Dexter, and had the following family: Horatio Nelson, died aged 19 years; Elsy Ann, deceased, married Stewart Merry; Rhoda, deceased, married Levi Carpenter; Jabez Walcott, died in Providence, and Diana, widow of Benjamin H. Aldrich, resides in Providence. Sterry married for his second wife Abbie Chaney, who in 1889 was liv- ing in Lincoln, in her 95th year. The children by this marriage were: Albert Chaney, Arabella C., single; Sereno Thayer, lives at Ashton, R. I .; Ella Dora, wife of Addison Hawes, of East Providence; Mary Humphrey, single, lives in Lincoln; Charles Erastus, resides in Provi- dence; Ardelia, Henry Hartwell, Nathaniel Nilso, unmarried, and George Frederick. Sterry died November 26th, 1853. Henry Hart- well, son of Sterry, is unmarried, and resides at Lime Rock, R. I. He has been engaged in teaching for over forty years. He has had em- ployment as a teacher at the Plainfield Academy, Plainfield, Conn .; at the academy at Chepachet, R. I., also the Spanish College in Chili, South America. While a resident of Chepachet he studied law with Colonel George Browne, and practiced in Boston, Mass., but re- linquished his practice upon receiving the appointment, during Grant's first administration, of United States Consul to Buenos Ares, South America. He acts as counsel in cases at the present day, and is also engaged in teaching. George Frederick, son of Sterry, was born May 4th, 1834; married Mary Theresa Scennell, and has three children: Sterry, Beta and Flora. Mr. Jenckes went to California in 1858, and from there to Chili in 1860. He afterward went to the Argentine Republic, and, during the Patagonian war, was chief engi- neer of the Brazillian navy. He returned to his native country in
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