Joseph Jenckes Sr.
... that Joseph Jenckes Sr., a 17th-century blacksmith in Massachusetts, was granted the first machine patent in America?
... that <b id="mwAxQ"><a href="./Joseph_Jenckes_Sr." id="mwAxU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Joseph Jenckes Sr.">Joseph Jenckes Sr.</a></b>, a 17th-century blacksmith in Massachusetts, was granted the first machine <a href="./Patent" id="mwAxY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Patent">patent</a> in America?