Manuscript attestation of intestacy on the grounds of insanity.

(America - Rhode Island) (Jenckes (Joseph))

Manuscript attestation of intestacy on the grounds of insanity.

Description: Single sheet (c. 190 x 300 mm), 28 lines of manuscript, sometime folded, remains of red wax seal, toned and rather frayed, with a small hole at the central fold.

Publication Details: Providence, Rhode Island 1740

Notes: Signed by Richard Waterman, clerk of Providence Town Council, this attestation confirms that Joseph Jenckes (1656-1740) was 'deem'd to be intestate by reason of his insanity of mind', and names his son Nathaniel - a blacksmith in Pawtucket - as his executor. Jenckes was a civil servant, mayor and governor in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, one of the original Thirteen Colonies established on the east coast of America. In 1715 he was elected as the deputy governor of the colony, and held this position every year but one until 1727 when he was elected as governor, a posit...moreSigned by Richard Waterman, clerk of Providence Town Council, this attestation confirms that Joseph Jenckes (1656-1740) was 'deem'd to be intestate by reason of his insanity of mind', and names his son Nathaniel - a blacksmith in Pawtucket - as his executor. Jenckes was a civil servant, mayor and governor in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, one of the original Thirteen Colonies established on the east coast of America. In 1715 he was elected as the deputy governor of the colony, and held this position every year but one until 1727 when he was elected as governor, a position he held for five one-year terms.One of the major issues concerning Rhode Island during Jenckes' leadership was the boundary-line controversy with its neighbour Connecticut; between his two terms as Deputy Governor Jenckes travelled to England to obtain royal intervention in this dispute from George II. Jenckes was the father of nine children by his first wife Martha, and had at least sixty-eight grandchildren - despite this large brood it is his son Nathaniel - a blacksmith - who is here named exclusively as the manager of his estate. HIDE