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JENKS
CEMETERY, CHESHIRE, BERKSHIRE COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS
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Transcribed
by Dawn Newton Quinn
Photos taken April 2002
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The
Jenks Family Cemetery off Wells Road. This cemetery has long
been forgotten and buried on rural farmland. In order to access
it, you must go through the backyard of a family living on Wells
Rd. The path to the cemetery is guarded by a Rotweiler, and
although the owners say he is friendly, I recommend calling
them ahead of time if you plan on visiting. They do like visitors
to the cemetery. Once you sneak past "pooch" (not
his real name) you climb up a hill and through some brush, you
walk into the cemetery. If you visit it in the fall or the early
spring it seems very stark and forgotten. Visiting the cemetery
in May, I was shocked by how beautiful the yellow wildflowers
made the cemetery. A great wish of mine would be to clean up
the cemetery. 10 years ago, Peter White visited the cemetery
after the town of Cheshire had done their clean up for the 200
year celebration. He took a pole and began to prod the ground.
He found two stones buried in the earth. Ricky Leab, a Berkshire
Athenaeum librarian, checked a recording of this cemetery done
in the early 1900s. They never recorded Thomas's stone. Thomas's
stone had been buried for over 75 years. Are there more buried
stones in this cemetery? Is it possible that Jesse Jenks and
his second wife, Abigail Sayles, are buried in this cemetery?
Please visit Peter's website for more information on the Jenks
family.
Phalaice
M Werden |
Died
3-8-1841, age 20 years; wife of Ambrose P. Werden |
Elisha
Phillips
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Died
March 24, 1841 |
Alden
Jenks |
Died
6-6-1841; Alden, son of Jabez and Cynthia Jenks, age 4;
Jabez is the grandson of Edmund Jenks; Cynthia is the daughter
of Jesse Jenks, Sr. and (second wife) Abigail Sayles; Jabez
and Cynthia are first cousins-once removed. |
Mary
M Field |
Died 11-5-1841, age 17 years; Mary M, daughter of Thomas
and Mary Jenks Field; Thomas is the probable son of Chad
and Lorana Field. Mary is the daughter of Jesse Jenks, Sr.
and (second wife) Abigail Sayles . |
Cynthia
F. Jenks |
Died
5-27-1842, age 3 years; daughter of Jabez and Cynthia Jenks;
Jabez is the grandson of Edmund Jenks; Cynthia is the daughter
of Jesse Jenks, Sr. and (second wife) Abigail Sayles. Jabez
and Cynthia are first cousins-once removed. |
Sophronia
Ellison
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Died
9-4-1846, age 44 years
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Mariah
Jenks |
Died
5-30-1847, age 26 years; Mariah Jenks, daughter of Jabez
and Cynthia Jenks, age 26 years; Jabez is the grandson of
Edmund Jenks; Cynthia is the daughter of Jesse Jenks, Sr.
and (second wife) Abigail Sayles . Jabez and Cynthia are
first cousins-once removed. |
Mary
Jenks Field |
Died
November 27, 1850, age 60 years; Mary Jenks, wife of Thomas
Field, age 60 years; daughter of Jesse Jenks, Sr. and (second
wife) Abigail Sayles. |
Eunice
Axtel Jenks |
Died
July 21, 1851, age 54 years; wife of Welcome Jenks; Welcome
is the son of Jesse Jenks, Jr. and Lucretia Mowry, grandson
of Jesse Jenks Sr. and (first wife) Mary Smith . |
Havrille
Jenks |
Died
September 14, 1853, age 60 years, 6 months, 7 days; son
of Jesse Jenks, Jr. and Lucretia Mowry, grandson of Jesse
Jenks, Sr. and (first wife) Mary Smith. |
Henry
A. Hammond |
Died
April 20, 1858, age 2 years, 9 months; son of Aaron Hammond,
III and Elizabeth Field; Aaron is the son of Aaron Hammond,
II and Esther Wheelock; Elizabeth is the daughter of Thomas
Field and Mary Jenks. |
Thomas
Field |
Died
July 8, 1858, age 66 years; Thomas Field, probable son of
Chad and Lorana Field; husband of Mary Jenks, daughter of
Jesse Jenks and Abigail Sayles. |
PHOTOS
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View
of the left half of the cemetery if you are facing the
front of the stones.
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View
of the right half of the cemetery if you are facing the
front of the stones. |
View
of the stone wall covered in brush.
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Jenks
Cemetery in the Springtime. Photo taken in May of 2002.
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Jenks
Cemetery in the Springtime: Henry Hammond, Mary M
Field, Mary Jenks Field, Thomas Field. Descendant of Mary
Jenks and Thomas Field, Beverly Nicholls Rainey and Peter
White, descendant of Jesse Jenks, Sr. and (first wife)
Mary Smith. Photo taken in May of 2002.
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