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==Status summary== | ==Status summary== | ||
===Completed as of October 10, 2020: === | ===Completed as of October 10, 2020: === | ||
| − | * Recruiting direct male-line descendants of | + | * Recruiting direct male-line descendants of Capt. Jonathan Sparrow for NGS/WGS testing. Any male who believe he is such a descendant should [[Read me First|<big>'''Read me First'''</big>]] |
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| + | <big>'''IMPORTANT:'''</big> [[Read me First|<big>'''Read me First'''</big>]] | ||
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===Still to do as of September 29, 2020=== | ===Still to do as of September 29, 2020=== | ||
* NGS/WGS test actual descendants of Ephraim Tinkham to discover wheir subclade as well as possible descendants lines. | * NGS/WGS test actual descendants of Ephraim Tinkham to discover wheir subclade as well as possible descendants lines. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
| + | For more information see Wakefield, Robert S., ''Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: vol. 7 Brown'', Second Edition, 2002, Plymouth, MA, General Society of Mayflower Descendants. | ||
| + | ===English Origins=== | ||
| + | See ''The Mayflower Quarterly, Aug 1994 pp. 222-224. | ||
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| + | Robert Tinckecombe died of the plague and was buried at Barnstaple, Devonshire 10 Mar 1604/5. He was married to Katherine ____ who was buried there 23 Jun 1619. They had ''at least'' three children: Anne (bp 1589), John (bp 1591) and Thomas (bp 1593/4). | ||
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| + | John Tincombe was bp Barnstaple 30 Jul 1591, burial not recorded. He married twice, first Barnstaple 30 Nov 1611 Martha Beare and then Barnstaple 19 Sep 1629 Mary Wittes (no children). By his firs wife he had seven children: Mary (bp 1612 - 1626/7), Anne (bp 1613-1662/3), Robert (bp 1615), Ephraim (1617/8), Jenefer (bp 1620-1625), Nicholas (bp 1623-1628) and Abigail (bp 1624/5). | ||
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===First Generation=== | ===First Generation=== | ||
| − | (Sgt.) Ephraim Tinkham is said to have been | + | [https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Tinkham-10 (Sgt.) Ephraim Tinkham] is said to have been baptized 23 Feb 1617/8 Barnstaple, Devonshire, England.<ref>[https://familypedia.wikia.org/wiki/Ephraim_Tinkham_(1606-1683) Familypedia profile of Ephraim Tinkham] it is said his parents were John Tincombe (son of Robert & Katharine) and Mathias {sic} Beare. This article also states other sources have Ephraim baptized at Barnstaple, Devonshire on 23 Feb 1618 or born about 1606.</ref> Ephraim died at Middleborough sometime between the date of his will (17 Jan 1683/4 probated 5 Jun 1685) and his inventory (dated 20 May 1685) Ephraim came to America as the indentured servant of Timothy Hatherly, who sailed from Ashburton, near Plymouth, England to Plymouth, Massachusetts 10 April 1632 on the ship, Charles, which arrived at Boston, 5 June 1632 and in his care was a boy 14 years of age named Ephraim Tinkham.<ref>[https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Tinkham-10 wikitree profile for Ephraim Tinkham]</ref> Ephraim married at Plymouth, 27 Oct 1647, to [[Martha,_widow_Ford_(mtDNA)#Second Generation|Mary Browne]]. They had eight children; one daughter and seven sons (Ephraim, Ebenezer, Peter, Helkiah, John [died young], John and Isaac) |
===Second Generation=== | ===Second Generation=== | ||
| − | Ephraim Tinkham (II) was born Plymouth 5 Aug 1649 and died at Middleborough 13 Oct 1714. He married (intentions Plymouth 9 Jun 1676) [[ | + | [https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Tinkham-11 Ephraim Tinkham (II)] was born Plymouth 5 Aug 1649 and died at Middleborough 13 Oct 1714. He married (intentions Plymouth 9 Jun 1676) [[Esther/Hester Mahieu (mtDNA)#Third Generation| Esther/Hester Wright]] and they had six children (Middleborough): [[Soule (Y-DNA)#Third Generation |Martha]] (1678), John (1680), Ephraim (1682), Isaac (1685), Samuel (1687) and Mary (bp 1691). |
| − | Ebenezer Tinkham was born Plymouth 30 Sep 1651 and died at Middleborough 8 Apr 1718. He married before 7 Jul 1676 Elizabeth Burrowes and they had seven children | + | [https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Tinkham-26 (Deacon) Ebenezer Tinkham] was born Plymouth 30 Sep 1651 and died at Middleborough 8 Apr 1718. He married before 7 Jul 1676 [[Burrowes (mtDNA)#First Generation |Elizabeth Burrowes (Burroughs)]] and they had seven children: [https://www.edwarddoty.org/tng/getperson.php?personID=P7547&tree=DOTY Ebenezer] (1679 m. [[Faith Clarke (mtDNA)#Third Generation |Hannah Hatch]], no ch.), Jeremiah (1681), Peter (1683), Joanna (c1686), Priscilla (c1688), Elizabeth (1690)and Shubael (c1692). |
| − | Peter Tinkham was born Plymouth 25 Dec 1653 and died at Middleborough 30 Dec 1709. He married Mercy Mendall about 1690 and they had at least four children | + | [https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Tinkham-65 Peter Tinkham] was born Plymouth 25 Dec 1653 and died at Middleborough 30 Dec 1709. He married [[Mendall (mtDNA)#First Generation |Mercy Mendall]] about 1690 and they had at least four children: Mercy (1692), Joanna (c1695), Samuel (c1696) and Seth (1704). |
| − | Hezekiah/Helkiah Tinkham was born Plymouth 8 Feb 1655[/6] and died at Plymouth before 1731. He married about 1684 [[ | + | [https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Tinkham-36 Hezekiah/Helkiah Tinkham] was born Plymouth 8 Feb 1655[/6] and died at Plymouth before 1731. He married about 1684 [[Ruth, wife of Helkiah Tinkham (mtDNA)#First Generation |Ruth ?Cooke]] and they had nine children: Helkiah (1685), Mary (1687), John (1689), Jacob (1691), Caleb (1693), Sarah (1695/6) Ebenezer (1698), Ruth (1701) and ''poss.'' Peter. |
| − | John Tinkham was born Plymouth 15 Nov 1663 and died at Dartmouth before 15 January 1739/40. He married<ref>Some claim John had a first wife Hannah _____ who died at Dartmouth 6 Oct 1694 and they had a son Seth who died in 1725. This claimed marriage does not have any contemporary evidence and likely is false.</ref> Sarah _____ before 1720 and they had five children | + | [https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Tinkham-17 John Tinkham] was born Plymouth 15 Nov 1663 and died at Dartmouth before 15 January 1739/40. He married<ref>Some claim John had a first wife Hannah _____ who died at Dartmouth 6 Oct 1694 and they had a son Seth who died in 1725. This claimed marriage does not have any contemporary evidence and likely is false.</ref> [[Sarah, wife of John Tinkham (mtDNA) |Sarah _____]] before 1720 and they had five children: Judah (dau, 1718) John (1720), Seth (1720-1725), Martha (1721), Mary (1721), Peter (1723) and Hezekiah (1725). |
| − | Isaac Tinkham was born Plymouth 11 Apr 1666. He married Plymouth 17 Nov 1692 to Sarah King. They had no (surviving) children. | + | [https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Tinkham-37 Isaac Tinkham] was born Plymouth 11 Apr 1666. He married Plymouth 17 Nov 1692 to Sarah King. They had no (surviving) children. |
===Third Generation=== | ===Third Generation=== | ||
| − | John Tinkham was born Middleborough 22 Aug 1680 and died there 14 Apr 1766. He married Middleborough 11 Dec 1716 [[Henchman (mtDNA)#Third Generation |Hannah Howland]] and they had ten children (Middleborough): Cornelius (1717-1739 unm), John (1719 | + | John Tinkham was born Middleborough 22 Aug 1680 and died there 14 Apr 1766. He married Middleborough 11 Dec 1716 [[Henchman (mtDNA)#Third Generation |Hannah Howland]] and they had ten children (Middleborough): Cornelius (1717-1739 unm), John (1719), Esther (1721), Hannah (1723), Susannah (1724/5), Abishai (1727), Amos (1729), Mary (1731/2) (Sgt.) Seth (1734-1758 unm) and Zilpah (1737). |
Ephraim Tinkham (III) was born Middleborough 7 Oct 1682 and died there 11 Jul 1713. He married Middleborough 24 Jun 1708 [[Sarah, wife of Moses Simmons (mtDNA)#Third Generation |Martha Cobb]] and they had two children (Middleborough): Moses (1709-1730 unm) and Ephraim (1711/2-1730 unm). | Ephraim Tinkham (III) was born Middleborough 7 Oct 1682 and died there 11 Jul 1713. He married Middleborough 24 Jun 1708 [[Sarah, wife of Moses Simmons (mtDNA)#Third Generation |Martha Cobb]] and they had two children (Middleborough): Moses (1709-1730 unm) and Ephraim (1711/2-1730 unm). | ||
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| − | Ebenezer Tinkham | + | Jeremiah Tinkham was born Middleborough 7 Aug 1681 and died there 5 Apr 1715. He married Middleborough 1711 Joanne Parlow and they had two children (Middleborough): Jeremiah (1713 m Naomi Warren) and Ebenezer (1714 m Hannah Shaw). |
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| + | Peter Tinkham was born Middleborough 20 Apr 1683 and died there 10 Jul 1713. He is believed he never married. | ||
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| + | Shubael (Shuball) Tinkham was born Middleborough about 1692 and died there 29 Mar 1739. He married Marshfield 17 Dec 1718 Priscilla Childs and they had three children: Elizabeth (1719), Joseph (1721 m Agnes MACKFUN) and Priscilla (1726). | ||
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| + | Samuel Tinkham "Jr." was born Plymouth abt 1696 and died there bef 21 May 1747. He married Middleborough 1 Dec 1719 Mary Staples and they had nine children: Martha (1720), Peter (1722), Samuel (1723/4), Mercy (1726), Deborah (1728), Gideon (1731), Joanna (1734), Keziah (1738) and Lydia (1741-1747). | ||
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| + | Seth Tinkham was born Plymouth 15 May 1704 and died Middleborough 9 Feb 1751. He married Mary ___ and they had at least two children: infant son (1729-1729) and Seth (1734 m Eunice Soule). | ||
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| + | Helkiah Tinkham (II) was born Plymouth 15 Aug 1685 and died there bef 17 Dec 1746. He married Marblehead 15 Dec 1709 Elizabeth Heiter and they had twelve children: Hannah (1710), Elizabeth (1713), Isaac (1715), Sarah (1718), Jedediah (1721), John (1723-1723), Mary (1724), Martha (1726), Ruth (twin, 1729), Lydia (twin, 1729 d.y.) Ebenezer (1732) and Lydia (1734). | ||
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| + | John Tinkham was born Plymouth 27 Mar 1689 and died Kingston 12 May 1730. He married Plymouth 30 Dec 1714 Ann Gray and they had six children: Mary (1718), Edward (1720 m Lydia Rider), John (1721 m Sarah Everson), Ephraim (1724), Anna (1726) and Joseph (1728 m ____) | ||
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| + | Jacob Tinkham was born Plymouth 15 Jun 1691 and died Mendon 18 Jul 1733. He married Plymouth 16 Nov 1721 Hannah Cobb and they had at least one child: Jacob (1728 m Lydia Dunham). | ||
| − | + | Caleb Tinkham was born Plymouth 12 Oct 1693 and died there bef 14 May 1748. He married Mercy Holmes and they had at least one child: Caleb (1738 m Deborah Babbitt). | |
| − | + | Ebenezer Tinkham was born Plymouth 3 May 1698 and died there abt 24 Dec 1774. He married twice, first Plympton 20 Jul 1732 Mary Bonney and second Plymouth 9 Nov 1736 Jane Pratt. By his first wife he had two children (Plymouth): Sarah (1733) and Ephraim (1735/6-1741). By his second wife he had seven more children (Plymouth): Mary (1737-1739), Mary (1739), Ebenezer (1741), James (1743/4), Phebe (1746), Susanna (1748) and Priscilla (1755). | |
| − | + | Peter Tinkham was born 1 Apr 1706. He married Mary ____. It is currently unknown whether they had any children. | |
| − | + | John Tinkham (II) was born Dartmouth 1720 and died there 3 Mar 1785. He married Dartmouth 13 May 1741 Mary Allen and they had seven children (Dartmouth): Elizabeth (1741), John (1743 m Mary Mirick), Almy (dau, 1745), Mary (1747), Barbara (1749), Deborah (1751) and Hannah (1754). Some sources state they had three more children: Huldah (c1758), Marmaduke (c1760 m Mary Reed) and Susanna (c1760). | |
| − | + | Peter Tinkham was born Dartmouth 8 Feb 1723 and died Rochester abt 1790. He married 1746 Eunice Clark and they had at least two children: Charles (1747 m Ione Ellis) and Clark (1748 m Susan Foffler). | |
| + | Hezekiah Tinkham was born Dartmouth 10 Nov 1725 and died Smithfield, RI 1809. He married Rehoboth 28 Dec 1745 Grizzell West and they had eleven children: Elizabeth (1746), Joanna (1750), Renew (1751), John (1754), Sarah "Sally" (1755), Peter (1757), Grizzell (1760), Nehemiah (1763), Daniel (1767), Samuel (1769) and Phillip (1770). | ||
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| + | John Tinkham was born Middleborough 8 May 1719 and died there 22 Aug 1793. He married Middleborough 27 Jan 1742/3 Jerusha Vaughan and they had eleven children (Middleborough): Jael (1743/4), Cornelius (1745 m Mary/Mercy Barrows & Mary LEONARD Wood), Daniel (1746/7 m Martha LeBARON), Susanna (1748-1753), Joseph (1750-1753), Zenas (1752-1753), John (1754 m Mary Wood, Lydia VAUGHAN Wood & Jerusha SPARROW Lovell), Hannah (1756), Huldah (1760), Amasa (1762-1778) and Levi (1765 m Mary Foster). | ||
| + | Abishai Tinkham was born Middleborough 25 May 1727 and died there 7 Mar 1811. He married (int. Middleborough 17 Aug 1754) Hannah Benson and they had one child: Lucy. | ||
| − | ( | + | Amos Tinkham was born Middleborough 199 Jul 1729 and died there 25 Apr 1776. He married Middleborough 27 Feb 1751/2 Sarah Tinkham and they had eight children (Middleborough): Eunice (1753-1756), Sarah (1757), Zilpah (1759), Seth (1761 m Sarah W. Bates), Amos (1765 m Susanna Thomas), Cyrus (1768 m Betty Turner) and Squire (1772 m Anne Wood). |
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==References & External Links== | ==References & External Links== | ||
| + | * Farmerie, Todd A., The Probable Devonshire Origin of Ephrai Tinkha of Plymouth, Mass.", ''The Mayflower Quarterly'' Aug 1994 pp 222-24. | ||
| + | * Foley, Janet Wethey and Ora Tinkham Roberts, ''Tinkham, Campbell, Winchester[,] Grinnell and Allied Families'', privately Published, Batavia, NY, 1950 | ||
* Wakefield, Robert S., ''Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: vol. 7 Brown'', Second Edition, 2002, Plymouth, MA, General Society of Mayflower Descendants | * Wakefield, Robert S., ''Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: vol. 7 Brown'', Second Edition, 2002, Plymouth, MA, General Society of Mayflower Descendants | ||
* Roser, Susan E., ''Mayflower Passenger References (from contemporary records & scholarly journals)'', Second Edition, 2015, Canada [www.stewartbooks.com Stewart Publishing & Printing] | * Roser, Susan E., ''Mayflower Passenger References (from contemporary records & scholarly journals)'', Second Edition, 2015, Canada [www.stewartbooks.com Stewart Publishing & Printing] | ||
Latest revision as of 21:51, 9 March 2024
Status summary
Completed as of October 10, 2020:
- Recruiting direct male-line descendants of Capt. Jonathan Sparrow for NGS/WGS testing. Any male who believe he is such a descendant should Read me First
IMPORTANT: Read me First
Still to do as of September 29, 2020
- NGS/WGS test actual descendants of Ephraim Tinkham to discover wheir subclade as well as possible descendants lines.
Biography
For more information see Wakefield, Robert S., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: vol. 7 Brown, Second Edition, 2002, Plymouth, MA, General Society of Mayflower Descendants.
English Origins
See The Mayflower Quarterly, Aug 1994 pp. 222-224.
Robert Tinckecombe died of the plague and was buried at Barnstaple, Devonshire 10 Mar 1604/5. He was married to Katherine ____ who was buried there 23 Jun 1619. They had at least three children: Anne (bp 1589), John (bp 1591) and Thomas (bp 1593/4).
John Tincombe was bp Barnstaple 30 Jul 1591, burial not recorded. He married twice, first Barnstaple 30 Nov 1611 Martha Beare and then Barnstaple 19 Sep 1629 Mary Wittes (no children). By his firs wife he had seven children: Mary (bp 1612 - 1626/7), Anne (bp 1613-1662/3), Robert (bp 1615), Ephraim (1617/8), Jenefer (bp 1620-1625), Nicholas (bp 1623-1628) and Abigail (bp 1624/5).
First Generation
(Sgt.) Ephraim Tinkham is said to have been baptized 23 Feb 1617/8 Barnstaple, Devonshire, England.[1] Ephraim died at Middleborough sometime between the date of his will (17 Jan 1683/4 probated 5 Jun 1685) and his inventory (dated 20 May 1685) Ephraim came to America as the indentured servant of Timothy Hatherly, who sailed from Ashburton, near Plymouth, England to Plymouth, Massachusetts 10 April 1632 on the ship, Charles, which arrived at Boston, 5 June 1632 and in his care was a boy 14 years of age named Ephraim Tinkham.[2] Ephraim married at Plymouth, 27 Oct 1647, to Mary Browne. They had eight children; one daughter and seven sons (Ephraim, Ebenezer, Peter, Helkiah, John [died young], John and Isaac)
Second Generation
Ephraim Tinkham (II) was born Plymouth 5 Aug 1649 and died at Middleborough 13 Oct 1714. He married (intentions Plymouth 9 Jun 1676) Esther/Hester Wright and they had six children (Middleborough): Martha (1678), John (1680), Ephraim (1682), Isaac (1685), Samuel (1687) and Mary (bp 1691).
(Deacon) Ebenezer Tinkham was born Plymouth 30 Sep 1651 and died at Middleborough 8 Apr 1718. He married before 7 Jul 1676 Elizabeth Burrowes (Burroughs) and they had seven children: Ebenezer (1679 m. Hannah Hatch, no ch.), Jeremiah (1681), Peter (1683), Joanna (c1686), Priscilla (c1688), Elizabeth (1690)and Shubael (c1692).
Peter Tinkham was born Plymouth 25 Dec 1653 and died at Middleborough 30 Dec 1709. He married Mercy Mendall about 1690 and they had at least four children: Mercy (1692), Joanna (c1695), Samuel (c1696) and Seth (1704).
Hezekiah/Helkiah Tinkham was born Plymouth 8 Feb 1655[/6] and died at Plymouth before 1731. He married about 1684 Ruth ?Cooke and they had nine children: Helkiah (1685), Mary (1687), John (1689), Jacob (1691), Caleb (1693), Sarah (1695/6) Ebenezer (1698), Ruth (1701) and poss. Peter.
John Tinkham was born Plymouth 15 Nov 1663 and died at Dartmouth before 15 January 1739/40. He married[3] Sarah _____ before 1720 and they had five children: Judah (dau, 1718) John (1720), Seth (1720-1725), Martha (1721), Mary (1721), Peter (1723) and Hezekiah (1725).
Isaac Tinkham was born Plymouth 11 Apr 1666. He married Plymouth 17 Nov 1692 to Sarah King. They had no (surviving) children.
Third Generation
John Tinkham was born Middleborough 22 Aug 1680 and died there 14 Apr 1766. He married Middleborough 11 Dec 1716 Hannah Howland and they had ten children (Middleborough): Cornelius (1717-1739 unm), John (1719), Esther (1721), Hannah (1723), Susannah (1724/5), Abishai (1727), Amos (1729), Mary (1731/2) (Sgt.) Seth (1734-1758 unm) and Zilpah (1737).
Ephraim Tinkham (III) was born Middleborough 7 Oct 1682 and died there 11 Jul 1713. He married Middleborough 24 Jun 1708 Martha Cobb and they had two children (Middleborough): Moses (1709-1730 unm) and Ephraim (1711/2-1730 unm).
Isaac Tinkham was born Middleborough "last of" Jun 1685 and died Halifax 7 Apr 1750. He married Middleborough 12 Dec 1717 Abijah Wood and they had six children (Middleborough): Ephraim (1718-1734/5 unm), Isaac (1720 m Hannah Robbins), Noah (1722 m Sarah Porter), Nathan (1725 m Sarah Soule), Abijah (dau 1727/8) and Moses (1730/1-1750 unm).
Samuel Tinkham was born Middleborough 19 Mar 1687 and died there 16 Mar 1775 aged 87 years. He married twice, first Middleborough Patience Cobb (no ch.) and second Middleborough 22 Mar 1730/1 Melathiah Eddy and they had eight children (Middleborough): Ephraim (1733 m Sarah Standish), Patience (1734/5), Samuel (1737-1747), Silas (1739 m Lydia SAVERY Smith), Fear (1740/1), Martha (1743), Lois (1745) and Sarah (1748).
Jeremiah Tinkham was born Middleborough 7 Aug 1681 and died there 5 Apr 1715. He married Middleborough 1711 Joanne Parlow and they had two children (Middleborough): Jeremiah (1713 m Naomi Warren) and Ebenezer (1714 m Hannah Shaw).
Peter Tinkham was born Middleborough 20 Apr 1683 and died there 10 Jul 1713. He is believed he never married.
Shubael (Shuball) Tinkham was born Middleborough about 1692 and died there 29 Mar 1739. He married Marshfield 17 Dec 1718 Priscilla Childs and they had three children: Elizabeth (1719), Joseph (1721 m Agnes MACKFUN) and Priscilla (1726).
Samuel Tinkham "Jr." was born Plymouth abt 1696 and died there bef 21 May 1747. He married Middleborough 1 Dec 1719 Mary Staples and they had nine children: Martha (1720), Peter (1722), Samuel (1723/4), Mercy (1726), Deborah (1728), Gideon (1731), Joanna (1734), Keziah (1738) and Lydia (1741-1747).
Seth Tinkham was born Plymouth 15 May 1704 and died Middleborough 9 Feb 1751. He married Mary ___ and they had at least two children: infant son (1729-1729) and Seth (1734 m Eunice Soule).
Helkiah Tinkham (II) was born Plymouth 15 Aug 1685 and died there bef 17 Dec 1746. He married Marblehead 15 Dec 1709 Elizabeth Heiter and they had twelve children: Hannah (1710), Elizabeth (1713), Isaac (1715), Sarah (1718), Jedediah (1721), John (1723-1723), Mary (1724), Martha (1726), Ruth (twin, 1729), Lydia (twin, 1729 d.y.) Ebenezer (1732) and Lydia (1734).
John Tinkham was born Plymouth 27 Mar 1689 and died Kingston 12 May 1730. He married Plymouth 30 Dec 1714 Ann Gray and they had six children: Mary (1718), Edward (1720 m Lydia Rider), John (1721 m Sarah Everson), Ephraim (1724), Anna (1726) and Joseph (1728 m ____)
Jacob Tinkham was born Plymouth 15 Jun 1691 and died Mendon 18 Jul 1733. He married Plymouth 16 Nov 1721 Hannah Cobb and they had at least one child: Jacob (1728 m Lydia Dunham).
Caleb Tinkham was born Plymouth 12 Oct 1693 and died there bef 14 May 1748. He married Mercy Holmes and they had at least one child: Caleb (1738 m Deborah Babbitt).
Ebenezer Tinkham was born Plymouth 3 May 1698 and died there abt 24 Dec 1774. He married twice, first Plympton 20 Jul 1732 Mary Bonney and second Plymouth 9 Nov 1736 Jane Pratt. By his first wife he had two children (Plymouth): Sarah (1733) and Ephraim (1735/6-1741). By his second wife he had seven more children (Plymouth): Mary (1737-1739), Mary (1739), Ebenezer (1741), James (1743/4), Phebe (1746), Susanna (1748) and Priscilla (1755).
Peter Tinkham was born 1 Apr 1706. He married Mary ____. It is currently unknown whether they had any children.
John Tinkham (II) was born Dartmouth 1720 and died there 3 Mar 1785. He married Dartmouth 13 May 1741 Mary Allen and they had seven children (Dartmouth): Elizabeth (1741), John (1743 m Mary Mirick), Almy (dau, 1745), Mary (1747), Barbara (1749), Deborah (1751) and Hannah (1754). Some sources state they had three more children: Huldah (c1758), Marmaduke (c1760 m Mary Reed) and Susanna (c1760).
Peter Tinkham was born Dartmouth 8 Feb 1723 and died Rochester abt 1790. He married 1746 Eunice Clark and they had at least two children: Charles (1747 m Ione Ellis) and Clark (1748 m Susan Foffler).
Hezekiah Tinkham was born Dartmouth 10 Nov 1725 and died Smithfield, RI 1809. He married Rehoboth 28 Dec 1745 Grizzell West and they had eleven children: Elizabeth (1746), Joanna (1750), Renew (1751), John (1754), Sarah "Sally" (1755), Peter (1757), Grizzell (1760), Nehemiah (1763), Daniel (1767), Samuel (1769) and Phillip (1770).
Fourth Generation
John Tinkham was born Middleborough 8 May 1719 and died there 22 Aug 1793. He married Middleborough 27 Jan 1742/3 Jerusha Vaughan and they had eleven children (Middleborough): Jael (1743/4), Cornelius (1745 m Mary/Mercy Barrows & Mary LEONARD Wood), Daniel (1746/7 m Martha LeBARON), Susanna (1748-1753), Joseph (1750-1753), Zenas (1752-1753), John (1754 m Mary Wood, Lydia VAUGHAN Wood & Jerusha SPARROW Lovell), Hannah (1756), Huldah (1760), Amasa (1762-1778) and Levi (1765 m Mary Foster).
Abishai Tinkham was born Middleborough 25 May 1727 and died there 7 Mar 1811. He married (int. Middleborough 17 Aug 1754) Hannah Benson and they had one child: Lucy.
Amos Tinkham was born Middleborough 199 Jul 1729 and died there 25 Apr 1776. He married Middleborough 27 Feb 1751/2 Sarah Tinkham and they had eight children (Middleborough): Eunice (1753-1756), Sarah (1757), Zilpah (1759), Seth (1761 m Sarah W. Bates), Amos (1765 m Susanna Thomas), Cyrus (1768 m Betty Turner) and Squire (1772 m Anne Wood).
- ↑ Familypedia profile of Ephraim Tinkham it is said his parents were John Tincombe (son of Robert & Katharine) and Mathias {sic} Beare. This article also states other sources have Ephraim baptized at Barnstaple, Devonshire on 23 Feb 1618 or born about 1606.
- ↑ wikitree profile for Ephraim Tinkham
- ↑ Some claim John had a first wife Hannah _____ who died at Dartmouth 6 Oct 1694 and they had a son Seth who died in 1725. This claimed marriage does not have any contemporary evidence and likely is false.
DNA results
Previous Y-DNA testing
Currently Family Tree DNA does not have a Tinkham surname DNA Project, but have six individuals with the Tinkham surname who have purchased a DNA test.
Further needed testing
We would need Y-DNA descendants of Ephraim Tinkham to take NGS/WGS tests to pin down the haplogroup, as well as possibly define subclades for various branches of the family.
References & External Links
- Farmerie, Todd A., The Probable Devonshire Origin of Ephrai Tinkha of Plymouth, Mass.", The Mayflower Quarterly Aug 1994 pp 222-24.
- Foley, Janet Wethey and Ora Tinkham Roberts, Tinkham, Campbell, Winchester[,] Grinnell and Allied Families, privately Published, Batavia, NY, 1950
- Wakefield, Robert S., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: vol. 7 Brown, Second Edition, 2002, Plymouth, MA, General Society of Mayflower Descendants
- Roser, Susan E., Mayflower Passenger References (from contemporary records & scholarly journals), Second Edition, 2015, Canada [www.stewartbooks.com Stewart Publishing & Printing]
- Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633 vol. I A-F. 1995, Boston, MA, New England Historic Genealogical Society
- Hill, Peter B., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: vol. 11 Family of Edward Doty in 3 parts, 2009. Plymouth, General Society of Mayflower Descendants
