It is not often one can visit an enterprise entwined with the inventive genius of an ancestor. This is a story of an unusual facility from the 1600’s in Saugus Massachusetts and about an ancestor who was integral in the creation of that facility. Until I researched my family history I had never heard of Saugus Massachusetts, or of Joseph Jenks my own 9th great-grandfather. His … Continue reading Joseph Jenks and the Saugus Iron Works