Bela Whipple Jenckes, Captain

1785 - 1860  (75 years)

• Name	Bela Whipple Jenckes
  Suffix	Captain
  Birth	12 Mar 1785	Newport, Sullivan, New Hampshire
  Gender	Male
  Death	28 Mar 1860	prob, Newport, Sullivan, New Hampshire
  Person ID	I51426	Whipple Descendants
  Last Modified	27 Jul 2010

  
  

  Father	Jeremiah Jenckes,   b. 22 Nov 1739, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island d. Bef 3 Apr 1813, of, , , New Hampshire (Age < 73 years)
  Mother	Lucy Whipple,   b. 16 Apr 1746, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island d. 19 May 1819, poss, Newport, Sullivan, New Hampshire (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	25 Feb 1776	Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island
  Family ID	F23214	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Stevens,   b. 4 Aug 1788   d. 15 Apr 1820, prob, Newport, Sullivan, New Hampshire (Age 31 years)
  Children	1. Mary Emeline Jenckes,   b. 29 Dec 1810, prob, Newport, Sullivan, New Hampshire d. Aft 1878, of, Auburn, Cayuga, New York (Age > 69 years)   2. Nancy Cordelia Jenckes,   b. 3 May 1812, prob, Newport, Sullivan, New Hampshire d. Aft 1878, of, Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts (Age > 67 years) + 3. Hannah Stevens Jenckes,   b. 26 Nov 1816, prob, Newport, Sullivan, New Hampshire d. 12 Sep 1848, poss, Newport, Sullivan, New Hampshire (Age 31 years)
  Family ID	F23763	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Betsey Vinton,   b. 22 Jan 1791
  Children	+ 1. Bela Whipple Jencks,   b. 6 Mar 1827, prob, Newport, Sullivan, New Hampshire d. Aft 1880, of, , , California (Age > 54 years) + 2. Elizabeth Vinton Jenckes,   b. 2 Dec 1831, prob, Newport, Sullivan, New Hampshire + 3. Maria Mason Jenks,   b. 12 Dec 1832, prob, Newport, Sullivan, New Hampshire d. 7 Apr 1865 (Age 32 years) + 4. Charles William Jenks,   b. 25 Mar 1834, prob, Newport, Sullivan, New Hampshire
  Family ID	F23764	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 12 Mar 1785 - Newport, Sullivan, New Hampshire Death - 28 Mar 1860 - prob, Newport, Sullivan, New Hampshire  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  !SOURCE: Will of aunt Betsey Whipple, dated 28 Feb 1837, proved 6 Sep 1847. Abstracted by Nellie M.C. Beaman in "Abstracts of Cumberland, Rhode Island Wills," Rhode Island Genealogical Register, vol. 5, no. 3 (Jan 1983), p. 241. !SOURCE: "Descendants of Lucy Whipple," email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 11 May 2008. Cites N. E. Genealogy (AWT) (birth, death). Adds middle name, birth date and place and death date. !SOURCE: "The History of Newport, New Hampshire, from 1766 to 1878, with a Genealogical Register," by Edmund Wheeler (Concord, NH: Republican Press Association, 1879), p. 441-42. "Farmer and house-joiner; was captain of artillery in the militia. At a supper given to celebrate Washington's birthday, he acted as toast-master, and gave all the sentiments in humorous rhyme.