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GENEALOGY COLLECTION

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A TINKER FAMILY.

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THE

ANCESTORS AND DESCENDANTS

OF

Joseph Wescot Tinker,

ELLSWORTH, ME.,
1791-1868.

A DESCENDANT OF

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OF BOSTON, 1638.

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To My MOTHER
This little work is respectfully dedicated.

Her interest in the past has led me to preserve
this knowledge for the future.

A Genealogy of the Whole
TINKER FAMILY IN AMERICA

Is now being- compiled by

REV. WILLIAM DURANT, SARATOGA, N. Y.,

To whom any ciiang-es, corrections or additional notes may be sent.

EXPLANATION OF GENERATION NUMBERS.

Each person has a number beginning with John l, his children beine
of the second generation, each has a number in order of birth.

Joseph Wescot Tinker's number is 1-4-6-4-1-5, his descent being as
follows, from John l, and his son Amos 4, and his son Jonathan 6, and
his son Jonathan 4, and his son John l, and his son Joseph Wescot Tinker
5- Later generations add their own numbers of birth in the same way to
their parents" numbers.

THOMAS TINKER, THE FIRST OF THE
NAME IN AMERICA.

THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT.

On the nth day of November, 1620 (old style), there was
drawn up an agreement on board of the Alayflower in Ply-
mouth harbor and signed by forty-one of the principal men
of the first band of Pilgrims, a platform of government known
as the Compact, and which gave to these people the claim of
being the first "Signers " of this great and free United States
of America.

The following is the full text of the Compact :

3u tie name of (5ob, ^men. tOe, u)l)05e names are un-
iietiwritten, tlje lonall subjects of our breali soueraigne Corb,
liing lames, bn ne grace of (Sob, of ©real Uritaine, Sxawi
^ Ireianb, King, befenber of ne faitl), etc.

ijaucing unbertakeu for ne glorn of ®ob <i\\ii abuancemente
of ne Cliristain faitl) ^\\ii l)ouour of our liing S: countrie, a
uonage to plant ne first colonie in ne Xortljerne parts of \^'\x =
ginia, boe bn tl)ese presents solemnln vC mutualln in ne presence
of ®ob, mii of one anotljer, couenant S^ combine our seines
togeatljer into a ciuill bobn poUtik for our better orbering mii

2 TINKER GENEALOGY.

^jrescniation a\\b furtljerunce of m aibc dforesuib ; anh bn
tiivtuc Ijcureof to enacte, constitute anh frame sucl] just ^
equrtll laujcs, orbinanccs, acts, constitutions Sj offices from
time to time, as sl)all be t|)ougl}t most mcete vC conuenient for
ne gcncrall gooii of jie (Holonie, unto roljici) mc promise all bue
submission anb obedience. Ju tUitnes u)l)ereof toe l)aiic l]ere=
unber subscribed our names at Qlai). QTobb ne 11 of Nouem=
ber, in tie near of ije raigne of our soyereigne Cortr, King
Sames of Gfnglanb, iFrance anb Irelanb, ne eigl)teentl), onb of
Scotlanb ne fiftie-fourtl), Qlno Dom. 11520.

John Carver,
William Hradford,
Edward Winslow,
William Brewster,
Isaac Allerton,
Myles Standish,
John Alden,
Samuel Fuller,
Christopher Martin,
William Mullins,
William White,
Richard Warren,
John IIowland,
Stephen Hopkins,

Edward Tilley,
John Tilley,
Francis Cooke,
Thomas Rogers,
Thomas Tinker,
John Rigdale,
Edward Fuller,
John Turner,
Francis Eaton,
James Chilton,
John Crackston,
John Billington,
Moses Fletcher,
John Goodman,

Degory Priest,
Thomas Williams,
Gilbert Winslow,
Edmund Margeson,
Peter Brown,
Richard Britteridge
George Soule,
Richard Clarke,
Richard Gardiner,
John Allerton,
Thomas English,
Edward Dotey,
Edward Lister.

The Thomas Tinker who signed the Compact on board the
Mayflcnvcr at Plymouth in 1620, is the first of the name in
America, and is known to have come from Scrooby, in Notting-
hamshire, and was probably of a Yorkshire family. He came
with his wife and child, but all three died in the first sickness-

The following notes by the Rev. William Durant, of Sara-
toga, N. Y., who has been engaged in compiling the history
and genealogy of the whole Tinker Family in America, gives
a brief history of our ancestor, and what claims for relation-
ship we have to Thomas Tinker, the Pilgrim.

RECORD OF JOHN TINKER.

RECORD OF JOHN TINKER.

"About 1638 there came to New England a man by the name
of John Tinker, from whom we are undoubtedly descended.
The name of John Tinker occurs frequently in the early
records of Massachusetts and Connecticut. Of remarkable
versatility, he appears as a manufacturer, a trader with the
Indians, an importer of goods and Colonists from England, an
agent for Governor Winthrop, a successful lawyer, and, as a
"grave and able man," he expounded the Scriptures in the
absence of the minister. His usual designation of "Mr." Tin-
ker, a very rare title in those days, is said to indicate that he
was either the graduate of a University, or had high social
rank in England. And his use of " T. T." seal suggests his
connection, either as a nephew or a grandson, with Thomas
Tinker who came in the Mayfiowcr.

" The following, from the pen of John Tinker, seems to elim-
inate the possibility of his being a son of Thomas Tinker :
' / liiould intreatc your worshipps faiiour that this letter to my
mother Jiiay be conveyed by the first oportunyty, for it is mater of
consequence and I shall rest bound to your worshipp.' It is quoted
from the postscript of a letter to Governor Winthrop, senior,
written February 26, 1639 (1640),. at London, England, by
John Tinker. This is pretty good evidence that John Tinker
was not a son of Thomas Tinker of the Mayflower. His letters
to the two governors Winthrop may be read in the Massa-
chusetts Historical Society Collections, Vol. vii, 4th series. Con-
cerning these letters some very complimentary things were
said by James Russell Lowell in the first series of ^ Among my
Books,' under the title * New England Two Centuries Ago.'

"A clue, possibly helping to identify John Tinker's mother,
is found in the two following records : Sarah Tinker, aged
fifteen years, was a passenger on the Blessing, 1635, i" the
company of Mr. William Vassall, and was associated with them
at Scituate, where Sarah joined the church, 1637. Apparently

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Mr. Tinker's mother is to be sought at Scituate under the
name of a second husband in 1640.

"Another clue seems to point to the name of his father:
In a letter dated July 3, 1636, Adam Winthrop, writing to his
brother, John Winthrop, says : '/ did ask Hemj Tinker s boy
whet]icr he had bout any gates for Mr. Jase. ' — {J^ass. Hist. Soc.
Col., 5th series. Vol. viii, page 219.)" ,

[Extracts from Caulkins's " History of New London, Conn."]
NOTES OF JOHN TINKER.

May, 1660, the General Court granted New London to have
an assistant and three commissioners with full powers to issue
small causes. For the year ensuing Mr. John Tinker was
chosen Assistant; Mr. Bruen, James Rogers and John Smith,
Commissioners.

February 25, 1659-60. At this annual town meeting a paper
of instruction and advice was prepared for the use of the towns-
men and sanctioned by the public voice, which furnishes a
clear summary of the various duties of those unsalaried officers,
called townsmen or selectmen, so essential in the organization
of our New England towns. This document appears to have
been drawn up in answer to a previous application of the
townsmen, "to know of the town what their duties were." In
substance as follows :

1. To keep up the town bounds, and see that the fence-view-
ers discharge their duty with respect to individual property.

2. To take care that children are educated, and servants
well-ordered and instructed, and no person suffered to live in
idleness.

3. That the laws of jurisdiction be maintained; no inmates
harbored above two or three weeks without consent of the
town; and the magazine kept supplied with arms and ammu-
nition.

4. That the streets, lanes, highways and commons be pre-
served free from all encroachments, and that they appoint
some equal way for the clearing of the streets in the town
from trees, shrubs, bushes and underwood, and call forth the

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inhabitants in convenient time and manner for effecting the
same.

5. That they take care of the meeting-house and provide
glass windows for it, with all convenient speed.

6. That they consider of some absolute and perfect way
and course to be taken for a perfect platforme of settling and
maintaining of the recordes respecting the towne, that they
be fully, clearly and fairly kept, for the use, benefit and peace-
ful state of the town, and after posterity.

7. That they consult together and with the moderator of
all matters to be propounded at town meetings, so as better
to effect needful things and prevent needless questions and
cogitations.

8. That they determine all matters concerning the Indians
that inhabit amongst us.

9. That they regulate the felling, sawing and transporting
of timber, masts, boards, planks, pipe-staves, etc.

10. That they see that the ferries well kept.

11. That they determine all complaints respecting land
grants; except the difficult and doubtful cases, which must be
referred to the town.

12. That they have regular meetings for business, and give
notice of the time and place thereof, by a paper upon the
meeting-house.

Signed by John Tinker, Moderator.

" The Harbor's Mouth Farm was an original grant to Mr.
Blinman, but was afterward the property of John Tinker." —
^'a.i^^ 95-

" Soon after this last date (i i April, 1659), Mr. Blinman came
to New London to .settle some remaining affairs, and to em-
bark with his family for England by way of Newfoundland.
His house and house-lot he sold to William Addis, and his
farm at Harbor's Mouth to John Tinker. The witnesses to
this last deed were Samuel Rogers and Ezekiel Blinman." —
Pai^e 116.

"December i, 1661. 'Mr. Tinker, James Morgan and Oba-
diah Bruen are chosen to seat the people in the meeting-house,
which, they doing, the inhabitants are to rest silent.'" — Page
132.

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" Why Thomas Bowen should receive a part of the money
given for ecclesiastical purposes is not explained. He had
dwelt but a short time in the place, and very soon removed to
Rehoboth, where he died in 1663. Mr. Tinker is supposed to
have led the public worship before Mr. Bulkley's arrival. The
town voted him a compensation of ^6. He was rate-maker,
collector, and commissioner for the year 1662, and also an
assistant of the colony." — Page 133.

"Governor Winthrop issued an order April 25th, 1661, for
a court of investigation to sit at New London, and examine
the affairs of William Addis, on complaint of Thomas Reavell,
the principal creditor of Mr. Addis. The court sat in May
and consisted of Deputy Governor Mason and the assistant
and commissioners of New London, viz : Mr. Tinker, Mr. Bruen
and Mr. Rogers." — Page 147.

"The years 1661 and 1662 were noted for strife and turbu-
lence among the inhabitants. Cases of calumny and riot were
common. The disorderly elements of society were in motion,
and the influence of the wise and good was scarcely sufficient
to keep them in subjection. No clear account of any one
case can be given, as they appear before us only in the form
of depositions, protests, suits at law, fines and complaints.
Several of the inhabitants accused Mr. Tinker, the assistant
and first magistrate in town, of speaking treasonable words,
and of using dishonorable means to obtain testimony against
his adversaries; and Mr. Tinker brought suits for defamation
against Messrs. Haughton, Morton, and Thomson, the Indian
missionary.

" The trials were in the Particular Court, and the issue may
be gathered from a passage in the records of the General Court :

" ' This Court upon consideration of Mr. Tinker's encour-
agement in his place and employment, do order ^12 to be
paid to him by the treasurer out of the fines imposed on Mor-
ton, Haughton and Mr. Thomson.'

"Mr. Tinker was popular both with the town authorities and
General Court, and had been chosen townsman, list and rate-
maker, deputy and assistant. He had established a distillery
in the town, and was not only licensed by the court to distill

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and retail liquors, but empowered to suppress all others who
sold by retail in the township. It was with little chance of
success that accusations against a character so highly respected
were carried before the magistrates at Hartford; that vener-
able body doubtless regarded with apprehensive forebodings
the new and boisterous community that was growing up under
their shadow. We can at least imagine them to have some
misgivings when William Morton, the constable, led off with
the following pompous protest:

" ' To all whome it may concerne.

'"You may please to take notice that I, William Morton, of New London,
being chosen by the Towne of New London to be a Constable and by oath
being bound to execute that place faithfully, as also being a free Denison of
that most famous country of England, and have taken an oath of that land
to be true to his Royall Majesty or now Gracious King Charles the Seacond
of Glorious renowne, I count that I cannot be faithfull to my oath nor to his
maiestie, neither should I be faithfull to the country wch lyes under reproaches
for such manner of speeches and cariages already wherefore having evidences
that Mr. John Tinker, who is lookt at as one that should exicute Justice and
sworne by oath soe to do, espetially to studdie the honor of our Royall King
and of his Life and happie being, yet notwithstanding the saide Tinker, all
though it was notoriously knowne unto him that some had spoken Treason
against the King in a high degree to the great dishonor of his Royall maiestie
and farther some pressed him againe and againe to doe Justice for the King,
yet although they declared what and what was to be testified by one there
preasent, he flung away the testimony, wherefore in the name of his maiesty
whose deputy I am, I doe protest against the saide Tinker that he has con-
sealed treason against the King, contrary to the Lawes of England, so as I
conceive has brought himselfe under treason. And as I doe protest against
him I desire all that read this or heare of it to be my witnesses, — published
by me, 20 March, 1662.

'"WILLL'VM MORTON, Constable.
" ' In New London in New England.' "

" A writ of attachment was issued by the Court, at their
May session, against William Morton and Richard Haughton,
bringing them under a bond of ^500 to appear and answer to
the suit of Mr. John Tinker, before His Majesty's Court of
Justice in Hartford, the next September. In October of the
same year, before any accommodation or decision had taken
place, Mr. Tinker died suddenly in Hartford, and was honored
with a funeral at the public expense. Though the principal
party was thus removed from all participation in the suit, it
was prolonged for several years. It was finally referred to a

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committee of the Legislature in May, 1666. A curious refer-
ence to what took place in the trial of the case in September,
1662, is found in a deposition of Mr. Thomson, recorded in
New London:

" ' I, William Thomson, Gierke, being present when Mr. Morton had a
tryall in Hartford in New England in the year of our Lord God 1662, about
treason spoken against his sacred Majestic, when Mr. Mathew Allin, being
the moderator in the Governor's absence, did deny to try the said cause
by the laws of Old England when it was required by the said Morton that he
would doe justice for the king, he answered tauntingly to the said Morton, —
he should have justice, if it were to hang half a dusen of you. Further saith
not. WM. THOMSON.

"' Jurator corum me, George Jordan, April 26, 1664.

"'Test Georgius Wilkins, Clericus County Surry, Virginia.' "
— Pages 148, 149, 150.

"Captain Denison was himself presented at the same ses-
sion of the court (1662), by the constable of Southerton, for
marrying William Measure and Alice Tinker, and put under
bond of ^100 to appear at Hartford in October and answer
to the presentment, and likewise for such other misdemeanors
as shall there be charged against him." — Page 249.

"John Tinker died at Hartford in October, 1662. The
General Court ordered that the expenses of his sickness and
funeral, amounting to ^8. ds. 4^., should be paid out of the
public treasury. Children of John and Alice Tinker:

1. Mary, born 2 July, 1653. 4. Samuel, born i April, 1659.

2. John, born 4 Aug., 1655. 5. Rhoda, born 23 Feb., 1661-2.

3. Amos, born 28 Oct., 1657.

"Alice, relict of John Tinker, married, in 1664, William
Measure, a scrivener or attorney, who subsequently removed
with the family to Lyme. Mr. Measure died during the ad-
ministration of Sir Edmund Andross, and his inventory, dated
July 27th, 1688, is recorded in Boston. His relict, Alice, died
Nov. 29th. 1 7 14, aged eighty-five years to a day." — Page 280.

"As a magistrate of Massachusetts, he (Captain Denison),
performed the marriage rite for William Measure and Alice
Tinker, and was immediately prosecuted by Connecticut for
an illegal act, and heavily fined." — Page 334.

FIRST GENERATION.

FIRST GENERATION.

WIVES OF JOHN TINKER.

I. JOHN TINKER. Records at Gloucester, Salem, and
Boston show that his first wife, Mrs. Sarah Barnes, was the
widow of William Barnes, mariner, who seems to have been in
the employ of William Addis, and to have died between No-
vember, 1646, and March, 1648, leaving the elder of her daugh-
ters to be brought up by Richard Cooke, and the younger by
her husband, John Tinker. Richard Cooke was a tailor in
Boston, and in June, 1639, formed a partnership with Arthur
Perry, his brother-in-law; and it is noteworthy that in May,
1648, when the partnership had ceased, Perry conveyed all his
real estate in Boston to Samuel Barnes of '* London in Eng-
land, merchant taylor." If Richard Cooke was a brother (or
possibly a brother-in-law) of Mrs. Barnes, it would account
for her removal from Gloucester to Boston, as well as for his
adoption of one of her daughters.

In the year 165 1 John Tinker married his second wife,
whose name was Alice Homan (?).

*' Concerning John Tinker's second wife Alice. Stephen
Day, the earliest printer in the Colonies, writing from * Cam-
breg,' in October, 1648, to John Winthrop, Jr., at 'Famoth,'
has these phrases: ' thaes ar to intret that you will be pleased
to accomadat Mr. Homan with a lott. Sur, youer man John
is to mare his dauter. Sur, the man will com vere comfortable,
for he sales his lot wall here, and hath catel all rede.' In a
a footnote the editor says that ' youer man John ' means John
Tinker (see Mass. Hist. Society Collections, 5th series, Vol. i,
page 364). No authority for this note has been discovered,
nor has any evidence or even any hint been found that John
Tinker ever had a lot in Cambridge. John Tinker, writing to
John Winthrop, Jr., in August, 1659, from New London, says:
'My wives brother and family is come with me, desirous to

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seate himselfe as neere where I am as may bee'; and he
alludes to his help in running the saw-mill. But no Homan is
found near New London until many years later. About 1659,
however, there came a Richard Smith and family to Lyme,
Conn., from Lancaster, Mass., where he appears as a mill-
wright, and was closely associated with Mr. Tinker, and where
it is recorded that he had a sister, Alice Smith. This Richard
Smith married at Boston in 1654 with Joanna Quarles, a con-
nection of the Puritan poet, Francis Quarles, who was born in
1592. Probably that for his second wife, John Tinker married
Alice Smith, daughter of John Smith, an early settler at Sud-
bury, and later at Lancaster, Mass.

"John Tinker, of Boston, between 1638 and 1641 'Leased
land in Wockingham, County Berks,' from Augustin Clement,
of Dorchester, N. E. In 1643 he was a partner of men in
Windsor, Conn., manufacturing tar. September 26, 1651, he
occupied a hired house in Boston. In 1652, as an attorney-at-
law, he won a suit in the Middlesex Court. A letter, April i,
1653, from Robert Hathorne, of Bray, to his brother, William
Hathorne in New England, was addressed to the care of 'Mr.
Tinker, at Wm. Willsheers house, Ironmonger, ... in Bred-
street, London.' John Tinker was made a freeman at Boston
May 3, 1654. The next year he joined the petitioners for the
the founding of Groton, Mass., and in the grant he was ap-
pointed one of the selectmen. At this time and later, he was
a trader with the Indians, buying beaver and other skins.
Original notes of hand are preserved, with Indian marks, show-
ing how some of them mortgaged to him all their prospective
gains for two hunting seasons.

"He finally decided to join the first settlers of Lancaster,
Mass., having received a grant of twenty acres on Gibson Hill
in the most desirable part of that town. His name is the first
of the five selectmen originally appointed in September, 1657,
and he was clerk of the town as long as he remained there.
His minutes still exist.

"In the latter part of 1658 he removed to New London,
Conn., and the next year was a Deputy to the General Court
of the Colony, and also Assistant, the highest offices within
the gift of the people. He died in October, 1662, at Hart-
ford, while engaged on public business."

SECOND GENERATION.

SECOND GENERATION.

CHILDREN OF JOHN TINKER i, AND HIS SECOND
WIFE, ALICE.

i-i SARAH, born at Boston, Jan. 2, 165 1-2, died in infancy
on Aug. 28, 1652.

1-2 MARY, born at Boston, July 2, 1653, and married Wil-
liam Waller, who died before 1682.

1-3 JOHN, born at Lancaster, Mass., Aug. 4, 1655. He prob-
ably died unmarried at Lyme before the 18th of June,
1688-1689, for on that day a petition was filed by his
brothers, Amos and Samuel, for the land orginally set
off to him. This petition would indicate that his heirs
were his brothers and hence it is probable that he died
childless.

1-4 AMOS, born at Lancaster, Mass., Oct. 28, 1657. This
Amos was the next in the direct line of our ancestry
from John to Joseph Wescott Tinker. He married
Sarah Durant, daughter of George Durant on the ist
day of June, 1682. He probably died at Lyme, Conn.,
in 1730, at the age of 73, for his will was proved on
the 22d of June of that year. Six children (see Third
Generation).

1-5 SAMUEL, born at New London, Conn., April i, 1659.
He married Abigail Durant, daughter of George Du-
rant, and sister of Sarah, wife of Amos. He died at
Lyme, Conn., April 28, 1733, in the 75th year of his
age.

1-6 RHODA, born at New London, Feb. 23, 1661-1662.
Nothing more is known of Rhoda.

TINKER GENEALOGY,

THIRD GENERATION.

CHILDREN OF AMOS 1-4, AND SARAH (DURANT)

TINKER.

1-4-1 JOHN TINKER, born at Lyme, Conn., Feb. 12, 1686.
The records of his marriage and death have not been
discovered. But his eldest child was apparently born
about 1 7 14. In 1744 it was recorded that he had a
wife Hannah, and his latest deed bears date in Dec,
1757. His land transfers describe him as a resident of
Lyme until Aug., 1720, when he bought the interest of
his brother Amos in their father's New London home-
stead, and after that he is styled of the latter place,
where he was chosen surveyor of highways at the town
meeting of Dec. 22, 1742. Unfortunately his will has
not been discovered, birth-dates of his children were
not recorded in the town books, and he did not have
a child baptized in infancy. Possibly this indicates
that his wife was connected with the peculiar sect of
Rogerenes.

Lyme Deeds, Vol. ii, p. 442 : Oct. i, 17 13, John
Tinker, of Lyme, had a deed of gift, as "eldest son "
of Amos Tinker, of "New London," to one-half of his
father's lands, house, etc., in Lyme; ditto, p. 442, Oct.
21, 1713, John Tinker, of Lyme, had deed from his
father, Amos Tinker, "of Lyme," to the same property
described in the former deed, but in this the consider-
ation is said to be ^125 in addition to " love "; ditto,
p. 465, and also New London Deeds, Vol. ix, p. 124.'
March 20, 17 14, both of the above deeds are delivered
up by John Tinker, of Lyme, and he quitclaims and re-
stores the Lyme property to his "Honored father, Mr.
Amos Tinker, late of Lyme, now of New London."

THIRD GENERATION. 13

New London Deeds, Vol. ix, p. 69: Aug. 10, 1720, John
Tinker, of Lyme, had assignment of deed from his
brother, Amos Tinker, Jr., of New London, which the
latter had received on the previous day from their
father (see Lyme Deeds, Vol. 11, p. 442, where it is de-
scribed as "one-half" of the whole farm and 50 acres
noted,— the property is " bounded on the east by Duck
River [partly] until it comes to the head of said river,
then extending eastward; westerly on highway, north-
erly on Aaron Huntley, and southerly on highway "),
giving him title to one-third of the farm of his honored
father at New London in Grand Neck at the Harbor's
Mouth " to be possessed and improved after the decease
of the father and mother of said John and Amos Tin-
ker." According to ditto, Vol. viii, p. 68, same date, this
assignment included i6>^ acres in the northwest cor-
ner of their father's farm, bounded westerly on Ale-
wife cove, easterly on " Quogonapoxitt " highway,
southerly and northerly on the heirs of John Lester;
also enough more of said farm to make the portion a
full third of said farm, and only of this addition was
possession to be delayed till the death of Amos, Sr.,
"and his then wife, Sarah." Ditto, Vol. viii, p. 311:
Feb. 7, 1726, John Tinker of New London, for ^31
had deed from William Harris of New London, to 15^
acres in the Great Neck and 2nd tier of lots. Ditto,
Vol. XIII, p. 280: Nov. 18, 1727, John Tinker of New
London, for ;^i2o had deed from Jonathan Lester of
New London to 9 acres and mansion house in New
London. Ditto, Vol. xv, p. 137: Dec. 16, 1748, John
Tinker gave his homestead to his son, Edward Tinker.
Ditto, Vol. XVII, p. 139: Dec. 13, 1757, John Tinker of
New London for ;^3o sold to Edward Tinker of New
London, 15 acres near Alewife brook and bridge and
highway.
SARAH TINKER, born at Lyme, July 19, 1689. She
married Ephriam Jones. Their home at first was at
Lyme, but she had three children baptized at New
London, July 28, 1728, "having formerly owned the
covenant at Lyme."

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1-4-3 MARY TINKER, born at Lyme, June 2, 1692; married
a Mr. Smith. On the town record of her birth the name
is *' Marah," which was the spelling adopted as for
"Mary" by the clerk, Joseph Peck. Her father's will
calls for Mary Smith, and notes that her daughter,
Elizabeth Smith, was living with him when he made his
will, Aug., 1728. Of the Smiths known to be at Lyme,
and of suitable age to be her husband, there were three
for whom no marriage has been found: Richard Smith,
born at Lyme, Aug. 29, 1678; died there as "Richard
Smith, Sen.," June 24, 1745, son of Richard and (first
wife) Elizabeth. Daniel Smith, born at Lyme, April
15, 1692; died there March 22, 1730, son of Richard
Smith and (second wife) Elizabeth. He married at
/ Lyme, Dec. 7, 1726, with his cousin Elizabeth Smith,
when he was 34 years old. Mary Tinker may thus have
been his first wife, and a child might have gone to
the Tinker grandparents after the second marriage.
Quarles Smith, born about 1688, cousin of the preced-
ing, son of John and Mary. He was living as late as

1733-
1-4-4 AMOS TINKER, born at Lyme about 1695; died there
between March and July, 1760. He married (ist) at
Lyme, Jan. 17, 17 17, with Lucy Lee, who was born
there June 20, 1699; died before 1757; daughter of
John and Elizabeth (Smith) Lee. He married (2nd)
about 1757, with a cousin of his first wife, Susannah
(Beckwith) Gilbert, widow of John Gilbert, and daugh-
ter of Joseph and Mary (Lee) Beckwith. She married
(3rd) Nov. 10, 1760, as his second wife, with William
Brockway. Amos Tinker probably went with his father
in 1714 to New London, and dwelt there until Aug.,
1720, when he settled in Lyme. He joined the First
Church there in July, 1741, and the Lucy Tinker who
became a member in the same month was doubtless his
first wife; while the Mrs. Susannah Tinker added to
the rolls in April, 1758, was probably his second wife.
Ne7v London Deeds, Vol. viii, pp. 68, 69: Aug. 9,
1720, Amos Tinker, Jr., of New London, for ;^33 6s.
8d., had deed from his father to one-third of the latter's

THIRD GENERATION. 15

farm at New London ; on the following day he assigned
this to his brother John, receiving from him in ex-
change a deed of even date to house and land in Lyme.
This property as recorded in Lyme Deeds, is described
as including 30 acres, with house and orchard, lying
" eastward of Black Hall river, near the corn-mill path
that leads to the fresh meadows."

His will, dated at Lyme, March 15, 1760, proved
July 8, 1760, with an inventory showing ^530 iis. 5^.,
was witnessed by Joseph Wade and Reuben Chadwick ;
it made his sons Sylvanus and Phineas executors, and
gave as follows: "To my well-beloved wife Susanna,
all those household goods she brought with her," to-
gether with other articles; also a convenient room in
his house for her to live in while his widow, " but not
to bring any family into it." The will also mentions
his sons, Amos, Benjamin, Sylvanus, Phineas, Martin
and Jehiel; his two unmarried daughters, Eunice and
Betty; his married danghters, Lydia, wife of Robert
Lay; Lucia, wife of Elijah Chadwick, and Parthenia,
wife of Joseph Chadwick.

The will of John Gilbert of Lyme, dated Sept. 15,
1755; proved Jan. 13, 1756, with inventory showing
^220 8^., made his son Jonathan executor, and men-
tioned the following: His wife, Susanna (Beckwith)
Gilbert, who, in addition to the usual bequest, was to
receive "all my wages that may come to me in the
expedition to Crown Point." His three sons, Jona-
than, John and Samuel Gilbert. His four daughters,
Rachel, Mary and Lida Gilbert, and Ann (Gilbert)
Stebbins.

William Brockway, the third husband of Susanna
(Beckwith Gilbert) Tinker, was born at Lyme, Dec.
26, 1693, and died at Brockway 's Ferry, in Lyme, Dec.
4, 1774, son of William and Elizabeth Brockway. He
married (ist) Oct. 3, 1716, with Prudence Pratt, daugh-
ter of Capt. William and Hannah (Kirtland) Pratt, of
Saybrook, Conn. ; she died April 7, 1760 (see the Pratt
Genealogy, page 170, and Some Records of Walston Brock-
way, published 1890, page 9).

1 6 TINKER GENEALOGY.

1-4-5 SAMUEL TINKER, born at Lyme, Conn., about 1697;
died at Chesterfield, Conn., March 29, 1776. He mar-
ried at New London, Nov. 30, 1720, with Elizabeth
Harris, who was born about 1695; died Sept. 16, 1781,
aged 86 years. Samuel Tinker and his wife Elizabeth
renewed their covenant in the First Church of New
London, July 25, 1725; were enrolled as full members
Jan. 29, 1737. In 1743 and 1744 he was elected sur-
veyor of highways. He probably went with his father
in 1714 to New London, and dwelt there until 1749,
when he removed to Pagan's Hill in East Lyme. His
name heads the petition which obtained the organiza-
tion of the Chesterfield Society.

Neiv London Deeds, Vol. viii, p. 145, March 22,
1723, Amos Tinker of New London, "yeoman," for
" love and affection " conveyed to his son, Samuel Tin-
ker, "part of the farm where he lives" in the great
neck at the harbor's mouth, " and esteemed a third
part of the whole farm"; including "a tract of land
where the said Amos Tinker's mansion house stands,
with the barn; only the said Amos Tinker reserving to
himself and wife Sarah the west end of the house and
barn, and about ten acres of land where they stand."
Ditto^ Vol. X, p. dy. June 25, 1733, Samuel Tinker, of
New London, for ^20, conveyed to John Bolles, of
New London, all the former's right to undivided com-
mon land in New London, " being, or reported to be,
the one-third part of two acres as it is set out or
allowed to my honored father, Mr. Amos Tinker, of
New London, dec'd, and by him conveyed to me."
Lyme Deeds, Vol. viii, pp. 329, 330: May 10 and May
22, 1749, Samuel Tinker, of New London, bought 108
acres at Pagan's Hill, now East Lyme. Conn. Colo-
nial Records^ Vol. XIII, pp. 46-51: "Upon the memo-
rial of Samuel Tinker and others, inhabitants of New
London and Lyme, dated 10 April, 1768 " for a new
ecclesiastical society, a committee was appointed by
the General Court in May, 1768, which reported in
Jan., 1769, when the petition was granted, the new
society to be called Chesterfield.

rHIKl) GKNEKATION. 17

i_4_6 JONATHAN TINKER, born at Lyme, Conn., about
1700, disappears from New London records after Nov.,
1748. He married at New London, Jan. 27, 1723, with
Elizabeth Manwaring, daughter of Peter and Mary, who
died before Nov., 1748. Her birth-date is given twice
on the town records, in one place as April 17, and in
another as April 21, 1702. Jonathan invariably made
his mark, instead of signing his name to papers of
record. Jonathan was our third ancestor. Seven
children (see Fourth Generation).

New London Deeds, Vol. viii, p. 240: March 23,
1725, Jonathan Tinker received from his father a deed
of gift to part of the latter's farm at the harbor's mouth,
"after my decease and my wife Sarah's decease "; with
the understanding "that if said Jonathan Tinker shall
die without heirs of his body, then the land shall re-
turn to his brothers and their heirs, to wit, John and
Samuel." A memorandum attached to the above, Sept.
8, 1724, gave Jonathan two acres absolutely " to build
on." Ditto, Vol. IX, pp. 180, 229: Jan. 7, 1731, Jona-
than sold four acres to his brother John for ^35 ; and
for ^60, March 6, 1732, he sold more to the same.
Ditto, Vol. X, pp. 34, 63, 75: These are more sales of
land and of rights in the common land, between March
M. 1733. and Aug. 2, 1733, made by Jonathan; in the
first he is styled "husbandman." Ditto, Vol. x, pp,
191, 192: An agreement, made July 14, 1734, between
Jonathan Tinker and his wife, Elizabeth, of one part,
and Isaac Young and wife. Love, of second part, and
Isaac Young as guardian of Mary Manwaring, of third
part, for the division of the estate of Peter Manwaring,
the father of Elizabeth, Love and Mary. Ditto, Vol.
XV, p. 145: Nov. 14, 1748, for ^20, Jonathan Tinker,
of New London, sold to Josiah Smith, one-third part
of property " which was formerly Mr. Peter Manwar-
ing's — being one-third part thereof during my natural
life." This indicates that Jonathan's wife, Elizabeth,
was then dead.

TINKER GENEALOGY.

FOURTH GENERATION.

CHILDREN OF JONATHAN 1-4-6, AND ELIZABETH
(MANWARING) TINKER.

1-4-6-1 MARY TINKER, baptized in First Church. New
London, Conn., Dec. 15, 1723; and probably died be-
fore 1733.
1-4-6-2 LOVE TINKER, baptized in New London, Conn.,
Nov. 21, 1725, living in 1748; then not married. Netv
London Deeds, Vol. xv, p. 148: Love Tinker, and her
sister, Rhoda Tinker, both of New London, Dec. 22,
1748, united in the sale to Josiah Smith, of New Lon-
don, for ;^23 (>s. Sd. of the "two-sixths part of the
one-third part of a certain piece of land in New Lon-
don, with a mansion house — all of which was formerly
Mr. Peter Manwaring's. " This was witnessed by
Samuel Daniels and John Tinker, Jr.
1-4-6-3 RHODA TINKER, baptized in New London, Conn.,
Nov. 26, 1727, and joined with her sister Love Tin-
ker, as shown above, in selling their portion of their
mother's interest in the estate of their grandfather,
Peter Manwaring.
1-4-6-4 JONATHAN TINKER (our fourth ancestor), was
baptized in New London, Conn., Jan. 3, 1729. It very
likely was the one of this name who married in Mid-
dletown. Conn., June 23, 1757, with Lucretia Foster;
tradition indicates that this was his second marriage.
He was living at Middletown as late as 1778. JVew
London Deeds, Vol. xv, p. 145: Nov. 14, 1748, Jona-
than Tinker, of New London, for ^£"20 sold to Josiah
Smith his one-third interest (a double portion as the

FOURTH GENERATION. 19

eldest son), in land which was formerly Mr. Peter
Manwaring's, being the one-third part thereof " during
my natural life." Middlctoum, Conn., Deeds, Vol. xxi,
p. 329: June 14, 1778, Jonathan Tinker surrendered
chattels to Samuel Bull, to satisfy an execution for
£\1 10s.; and July 14, 1778, he gave to the same a
bill of sale of cattle, for ^^47.

During the Revolutionary War Jonathan Tinker was
a soldier in Col. Wylly's Regiment, aad Continental,
and was sick in Hospital at Stamford, Nov., 1776.
Six children (see Fifth Generation).

i_4_6-5 MARY TINKER, baptized in New London, Conn.,
July 29, 1733; is supposed to be the one of this name
who married in New London, Dec. 5, 1765, with John
Baron. KTew London Deeds, Vol. xvi, p. 107: Sept.
27, 1755, Mary Tinker and Peter Tinker, both of New
London, for ;^23 6s. Sd. in old tenor bills, sold to
Josiah Smith, two-sixths of one-third part of their
grandfather Manwaring's estate.

i_4_6-6 PETER TINKER, baptized in New London, Conn.,
Aug. 17, 1735, ^"<J ^" 1755' ^s shown above, he joined
his sister Mary in selling heritage in his grandfather
Peter Manwaring's land. His name was apparently
derived from his mother's father, as he is the only
" Peter " Tinker of his time recorded in New London.
It is therefore probable that he is the one of this name
who married there, June 26, 1763, with Ruth Smith of
the same place.

i_^_6-7 BENJAMIN TINKER, born in New London, Conn.,
June 23, 1737; baptized there Jan. i, 1738. He mar-
ried before Feb., 1759, with Margaret Brown, widow of
Abner Brown, Jr., and was living as late as Nov., 1787.
New London Deeds, Vol. xvii, p. 194: March 10, 1759,
Benjamin Tinker, of New London, for 20 shillings sold
to Josiah Smith, one-sixth of one-third of a certain
piece of land that was formerly Peter Manwaring's.
Ditto, Vol. XVI, p. 220: Feb. 13, i759, "Margaret Tin-
ker, alias Brown, late widow and relict of Abner Brown,
Jr., late of New London, present wife of Benjamin

TINKER GENEALOGY.

Tinker, of New London," sold land as administrator on
estate of her former husband; she and Benjamin made
their marks instead of signing. Ditto^ Vol. xx, p. 245 :
May I, 1778, Benjamin Tinker for ^Qit^ bought from
Christopher Minard, also of New London, six acres on
Maunatuck hill, with a house. Ditto, Vol. xxiv, p. 155,
Nov. 7, 1787, Benjamin Tinker, of New London, for
p^ioo, mortgaged several tracts of land to Daniel
Manwaring.

There was a Benjamin Tinker on List of Connecti-
cut Pensioners, 1832, residing in New London Co.,
Conn.

One child; David Tinker, married in New Lon-
don, Conn., May 5, 1794, with Elizabeth Hazard. He
is the only child of Benjamin that has been discovered.

FIFTH GENERATION. 21

FIFTH GENERATION.

CHILDREN OF JONATHAN 1-4-6-4, AND LUCRETIA
(FOSTER) TINKER.

1-4-6-4-1 JOHN TINKER (our fifth ancestor), supposed to
be the son of Jonathan by an earlier wife than Lucretia
Foster, died in Ellsworth, Me., between 1842 and 1847,
aged 90 years, hence born between 1752 and 1757.
The tradition among his descendants is that John and
Jonathan were half-brothers, who were brought to
Maine from Connecticut by their father and bound
out. John was tall and rather spare, a sea-captain,
member of the Baptist Church, and dwelt in Ellsworth.
He married Mary Haslem. During the Revolutionary
War he was a private in the loth Company, First Regi-
ment, discharged in North Department, Nov. 25, 1775;
a private in Captain Lewis's Company, Fifth Battallion,
Wadsworth's Brigade, 1776. Ten children (see Sixth
Generation).

1-4-6-4-2 JONATHAN TINKER, born in Middletown, Nov.
'3) 1757) ^s there recorded, is supposed to be the
Jonathan referred to in the tradition among John's de-
scendants, as having settled on Tinker's Island, off the
mouth of Union River, Maine. A descendant of his
was said to be living in Pelham, N. H., in 1872. Pos-
sibly the following was his son : James Tinker, married
at Mt. Desert, Me., Sept. 22, 1806, with Sarah Daws,
who was living in Tremont, Me., as late as Dec. 21,
1871, he having died there April 22, 1852. She applied
for a pension in Sept., 1867, stating she was then 79
years old, hence born about 1788. In her application
she said that James Tinker served under Capt. John
O. Hotchkiss, in the 2nd Regiment of the 2nd Brigade

^^ tlNKER GENEALOGY.

and loth Division, Massachusetts Militia, for twenty-
nine days at Mt. Desert, about May, 1813, and that he
had children, but did not mention either the names or
number of his children,

1-4-6-4-3 LEWIS TINKER, born in Middletown, Conn,,
Jan. 14, 1762, according to the record there,

1-4-6-4-4 LUCRETIA TINKER, married a Mr. Sullivan,
and dwelt in Middletown, Conn,, as it is recorded
there that she had a child: William Sullivan, born
there, Jan. i, 1786,

i_4_6-4-5 GEORGE TINKER. Descendants of Reuben Tin-
ker say that he had a brother George. He is surmised
as identical with the George Tinker, a sea-captain of
Hartford, who mortgaged Sept. 12, 1799, to Nathaniel
Blake and Eli Ely, of Hartford, traders, a small dwell-
ing in Hartford City, in which he then dwelt, situated
on the south bank of Mill River {Hartford Deeds^ Vol.
XXII, p. 20). It may be more than a coincidence that
William Tinker, according to his daughter, Mrs. Bell,
boarded in this house before his marriage, afterwards
bought it, and lived in it until about ten years before
his death.

i_4_6-4-6 REUBEN TINKER, born about 1770, a tanner,
married with Lucy Forbes, moved from Hartford to
Bethlehem, Conn,, and thence to Milan, Dutchess Co.,
N.Y., in the spring of 18 10; had four brothers, George,
Lewis and Jonathan being the names remembered, two
of whom went West. This is the family tradition, no
other record of him having thus far been found.

SIXTH GENERATION. 23

SIXTH GENERATION.

CHILDREN OF JOHN 1-4-6-4-1, AND MARY (HAS-
LEM) TINKER.

I -4-6-4-1 -I

I. JOHN TINKER, born in Ellsworth, Me., 1782; died
April 24, 1827; married in Ellsworth, Sept. 11, 1808, with
Eunice Moore, who was born there about 1790; living in Sur-
rey, Me., Nov., 1867, aged 77 years; daughter of Cornelius and
Maria Moore. He served in the War of 181 2 in the 2nd Regi-
ment of Massachusetts Militia under Capt. J. O. Hotchkiss.
Four children are reported, all of whom died before 1889.

1 Miles Tinker, married twice ; first wife was a Miss Card ; second wife

was Eliza Day; had three children.

2 Mary Elizabeth Tinker.

3 Cornelius Tinker; one of this name was Acting Master in the United

States Navy, F"eb. 26, 1S62, and died on the Estrella, May 27, 1863;
married twice; first wife was a Miss Iliggins, and left one daughter,
named Alma; second wife, name unknown, one son, named John.

4 Olive Tinker.

1-4-6-4-1-2

II. MARY TINKER, born in Ellsworth, Me., Dec. 14,
1784; died there Sept. 6, 1869; married in 1808 with Joseph
Jordan, who was born there Jan. 16, 1784; died there May 30,
i860, the eighth son of Ebenezer and Lucy (Tarbox) Jordan
(see Jordan Memorial, 1882, p. 320). Ten children, all born
in Ellsworth, Me. :

1 Dyer Peters Jordan, b. April 2, iSio; d. 18S2; m. March 4, 1S41, Mary

Whittaker Jordan, who d. June 2, 188S. No children.

2 Nathaniel Jordan, b. Sept. 20, 181 1 ; d. in 1838. Not married.

24 TINKER GENEALOGY.

3 Joseph H. Jordan, b. March 16, 1813; a printer; d. April 8, 1862, in

Washington, D. C. He m. in 1S37, Betsey L. Washburn, who d. in
Ellsworth. June 17, 1857. Six children, all born in Ellsworth :

1 Henry A. Jordan, a master mariner, b. Dec. 4, 1838 ; d. Nov. 30,

1854; m. Elsie J. Holt, and had two children.

2 Georgie Alice Jordan, b. March i, 1S43, living in 1882 in Hol-

yoke, Mass. ; m. in 1870 Joseph Payson Buckland, a graduate
of Yale College in 1857, lawyer in Springfield, Mass.; d. Oct.
25, 1879, leaving daughter:

I Winifred Buckland, b. Sept. 23, 1873.

3 Sarah F. Jordan, b. Aug. 27, 1846; m. in Dec, 1867, Joseph M.

Whitney, a master mariner, and had (1882) one child.

4 Wilmot P. Jordan, b. March 20, 1S48; a mariner; m. in 1874

Lillian Burnham, and in 1S82 was living in Calais, Me.

5 Emma L. Jordan, b. May 6, 1850.

6 Frank P.Jordan, b. May 15, 1852; m. Sophia Bowers; living in

Houlton, Me., in 1882; one child.

4 Mary E. Jordan, b. in Ellsworth, May 28, 1816; d. there, Sept. 17, 1888;

m. Sept. 27, 1S36, Daniel W. Dorman, a blacksmith, who was b. Oct-
1, 1807 ; dwelt in Cherryfield, Me.; d. June 8, 1S59, in St. Anthony's
Falls, Minn. Three children :

1 Laura Dorman, b. March 20, 1838, in Franklin, Me., ; m. Charles

Simms in Minnesota, 1861. No children.

2 Julia Dorman, b. Dec. 23, 1843, in Machias, Me. ; m. in Ellsworth

in 1861 to J. M. Higgins. No children.

3 Edgar Dorman, b. Jan. 17, 1S56, in Machias, Me.; d. Feb. 6,

1872, in New ISedford, Mass.

5 Julia A. Jordon, b. April 27, 1818; m. Nov. 5, 1841, Shipley Wilson, a

railroad conductor, and dwelt in Boston, Mass.; both dead. Three
children :

1 Seraphine C. Wilson, b. June 26, 1S43, in Boston, Mass. ; m.

June 26, 1863, to Ambrose Davenport of Roxbury; now live
in Norwood, Mass.

2 Shipley Wilson, b. July 16, 1846, in Boston, Mass.; m. and has

one son.

3 Virginia M. Wilson, b. June 25, 1S48, in Boston, Mass.; m. Feb.

24, 1870, with Henry T. Dunham of South Boston. Two sons.

6 Richard H. Jordan, b. Nov. 2, 1820; d. May 8, 1821.

7 Caroline H. Jordan, b. Oct. 9, 1822 ; m. Nov., 1846, Jeremiah Baldwin,

who d. Nov. 20, 1 87 1. She lives in New Bedford. Two children :

1 Henry Baldwin, b. Oct. 10, 1847, in New Bedford, Mass.; m. in

1877, to Annie A. Reynolds of New Bedford. Four children.

2 Caroline A. Baldwin, b. Sept. 27, 1849, in Boston, Mass.; m. in

June, 1880, to .Stephen J. Hutchins of Fairhaven, Mass. He
d. in Jan., 1S88.

8 Rosalie Debartle Jordan, b. Dec. 10, 1824 ; living in 1900 at Ellsworth,

Me. ; not married.

9 Elvira Lydia Jordan, b. Dec. 9, 1827, living 1900 in Ellsworth, Me.; m.

Oct. 27, 1S61, Joseph T. Jordan, b. Oct. 28, 1829; d. 1893; son of
Ebenezer and Harriet (Spurling) Jordan; Ebenezer Jordan being a
nephew of Joseph Jordan. Joseph T. Jordan, a farmer, dwelt on the
homestead of his great-grandfather, in Ellsworth, Me. No children.
10 Adeline A. Jordan, b. Aug. 13, 1831 ; d. Dec. 6, 1872 ; m. Dec. 26, 1866,
Joseph B. Packer, a morocco dresser, of Boston, Mass.

SIXTH GENERATION. 25

I -4-6-4- I -3

III. ELIZABETH TINKER, born in Ellsworth, Me., in
1786 ; died in Orland, Me., in 1876; married with Benjamin J.
Buck, who was born in Bucksport, Me. ; died in Orland, Me. ;
son of John and Sarah Buck. One child:

I Benjamin Judson Buck. - ^C\f\f\0 A

I -4-6-4- I -4

IV. ABIGAIL H. TINKER, born in Ellsworth, Me., about
1789; living there in Nov., 1867, aged 78 years; married with
John Green Jordan, who was born in Ellsworth, Oct. 7, 1787,
son of Solomon and Christiana (Simmington) Jordan, and in
fifth generation from the Rev. Robert Jordan, who was on
Richmond Island, Me., in 1641 (see /ordan Memorial^ 1882, p.
199). Seven children, all born in Ellsworth:

1 Lemuel Dyer Jordan, b. Jan. 18, 181 1 ; m. Ruth Blaney Peach, who was

b. in Ellsworth, Dec. 3, 181 5. Seven children, all born in Ellsworth:

1 Francis Marion Jordan, b. July 3, 1S36; d. April 3, 1S71.

2 Marcus Morton Jordan, b. March 14, 1838 ; d. Feb. 5, 1866.

3 Mary Abigail Jordan, b. Nov. 2i, 1839; d. June 28, 1861.

4 Julia Malinie Jordan, b. March 5, 1843; d. Nov. 21, 1858.

5 Luther Campbell Jordan, b. Feb. 25, 1S46.

6 Sarah Matilda Jordan, b. Oct. 5, 1851.

7 John Newell Jordan, b. May it, 1855.

2 Luther W. Jordan, b. June 11, 1813; d. Dec. 27, 1828.

3 Abigail IL Jordan (twin), b. Aug. 21, 1816; d. March 10, 1837.

4 Catherine Jordan (twin), b. Aug. 21, 1816; d. Dec. 16, 1832.

5 Emery Newell Jordan, b. June 5, 1818; d. Nov. 25, 1857.

6 Mary Jane Jordan, b. March 16, 1821 ; d. March 3, 1837.

7 John Green Jordan, b. March 7, 1827; living in Ellsworth, Me., 1S90;

m. Cynthia Jordan.

I -4-6-4- I -5

V. JOSEPH WESTCOT TINKER (our sixth ancestor;,
ten children), born in Ellsworth, Me., Sept. 24, 1791; died in
East Boston, Mass., Nov. 2, 1868. He married in Ellsworth,
Me., March 18, 1820, with Abigail Ross Jordan, who was born
in Mariaville, now Tilden, Me., Dec. 20, 1796; died Jan. 34,
1839, daughter of John and Dorcas (Lord) Jordan (see Jor-
dan Memorial, pub. 1882, p. 312). He was tall and stout, a
shipbuilder, member of the Baptist Church, and dwelt in Ells-
worth and Calais, Me., and fourteen years in Carrituck, N. C.
(see Seventh Generation).

26 TINKER GENEALOGY.

I -4-6-4- I -6

VI. RICHARD TINKER, born in Ellsworth, Me., May 6,
1793; died in Thomaston, Me., April 5, 1863. Remarried in
Ellsworth, Me., Oct. 15, 1827, with Mehetable Jellison, who
was born there Dec. 31, 1799; died in Thomaston, Nov. 28,
1862; daughter of John and Elizabeth (Milliken) Jellison.
Richard Tinker, more than six feet tall, straight and muscular,
had a grave and dignified manner, was a man of great firmness
and probity of character, yet tender-hearted, with a sound
judgment. In his early years a farmer, later he held various
town offices, became sheriff of Hancock County, warden of the
State prison, prison commissioner, and major in the militia.
Ten children:

1 Charlotte Jellison Tinker, b. in Ellsworth, Me., Sept. 20, 1S28; living in

Boston, Mass, 1900 ; m. in Boston, Jan. 4, 1854, Ebenezer C. Milliken,
who was born in Farmington, Me., March 14, 1805; d. in Boston,
Nov. 3, 1890; son of Joseph and Mary Belcher (Tarbox) Milliken.
Three children :

1 Arthur Norris Milliken, b. Feb. 8, 1858 ; m. June 9, 1888, Mabel

Morton Marsh of Boston, where both live 1899 ; he is a lawyer.

2 Sarah Elizabeth Milliken, b. in Boston, June 13, 1862; m. May

25, 1888, Rev. Robert Benjamin Parker;*both living 1S99 in
Providence, R. I.

3 Walter Louis Milliken, b. in Boston, March 25, 1865; ™- Oct.

10, 1890, Mary Bybee, of Indianapolis, Ind.; both living 1899
in Indianapolis, where he is secretary of the Chicago Gas and
Crude Oil Burner Company.

2 George Tinker, b. in Ellsworth, Me.; d. there, 1867; not m. He was

an engineer for several years in Georgia and Florida.

3 Mary Agnes Tinker (spelled Tincker), b. in Ellsworth, Me., July 18,

^^33- She was educated at the High School in Ellsworth, and at
Blue Hill Academy, embraced the Catholic faith at the age of twenty,
and during the Civil War nursed the sick and wounded at one of the
military hospitals at Washington, D. C. She went to Italy in 1873,
where she lived for many years; now living (1894) in Boston. Not
married. She has published novels entitled : " The House of Yorke,"
New York, 1872; "A Winged Word," 1873; " Grapes and Thorns,"
1874 ; " Six Sunny Months," 1878 ; " Signor Monaldini's Niece," in
the A^o Name Series, Boston, 1879; "By the Tiber," 1881 ; "The
Jewel in the Lotus," 1884; "Aurora," 1885; " Two Coronets."

4 Caroline Tinker, b. in Ellsworth, Me., and there married James Bartlett;

d. there, leaving eight children, all b. in Ellsworth :

1 Agnes Bartlett, m. and widowed; living 1S94 in Newton, Mass.

2 Louise Bartlett, m. George Royall; widow, living 1894 in Ells-

worth, Me.; two sons.

3 Frederick Bartlett, m. ; living 1894 in Hancock, Me.; one child.

4 Edward Bartlett, living 1894 in Bath, Me.

5 Hiram Bartlett, living in 1894 in Boston, Mass.

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6 Hetty Bartlett, m. William Smith; both living 1894 in Ells-

worth, Me.; four children.

7 Charlotte Bartlett, d. in Ellsworth, Me.

8 Edith Bartlett, d. in infancy.

5 Mehetable Tinker, b. in Ellsworth; d. in Thomaston, Me.; not married.

6 Louise Tinker, b. in Ellsworth, Me. ; living 1900 in Boston; not married.

7 Richard Henry Tinker, b. in Ellsworth, Me.; m. Affie ; living 1900

in Somerville, Mass. Two children, both born in .Somerville :

1 Adah Tinker.

2 George Tinker.

8 Charles Tinker, b. 1843, i" Ellsworth, Me., and living there 1894.

9 Sarah Elizabeth Tinker, b. 1845, in Ellsworth, Me.; m. Royal Southwick

Crane; both living 1S85 in New York. Three children:

1 Violet Crane, b. and d. in New York.

2 Royal Crane, d. in infancy.

3 Richard Crane, b. in New York; d. there 1899; m. Amy .

10 Helen Tinker, b. in Ellsworth, Me.; living 1900 in Somerville, Mass. ;

a teacher.

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VII. JOSIAH TINKER, born in Ellsworth, Me., June 3,
1795; died there, July 24, 1866; married (first) Sarah Dyer,
who was born in Castine, Me. Five children:

1 David Dyer Tinker, b. July 4, 1831, and lost at sea on the U. S. War

Ship .,4 //'a«y, 1854; unmarried.

2 John Alden Tinker, b. Jan. 28, 1835; m. Elizabeth Palmer in Wiscon-

sin, 1865 ; three children, one of whom died in infancy. Now living
in Mora Co., Minn.

Married (second) Catherine Moore, June 3, 1838, who was a

daughter of Joseph and Sarah Moore, born 1802; died April

30, 1878; three children. She applied for a pension Sept. 11,

1867, saying that she was then 65 years old, giving dates of

his marriage and death, and declared that he, having enlisted

at Mt. Desert, Oct. 10, 181 2, served under Capt. J. O. Hotch-

kiss, and was honorably discharged in the last of June, 1815.

3 Sarah Adelaide Tinker, b. Sept. 26, 1839; m. Sept. 28, 1867, to David

Reid, who was b. in Dunfermline, Scotland, May 23, 1840, and d. in
East Boston, Dec. 8, 1896. Seven children, all b. in East Boston :

1 Catherine Tinker Reid, b. Oct. 7, 1S68.

2 William Alvah Reid, b. Jan. 20, 1870 ; m. in Cambridge, Mass.

Aug. II, 1S96, with Anna M. Mears, who was b. Dec. 25,
1866, in Portland, Me. One child:

I Lincoln Alvah Reid, b. Feb. 12, 1S98.

3 David Dyer Reid, b. Aug. 25, 187 1.

4 Margaret Adelaide Reid, b. Nov. 23, 1872.

5 Thomas James Reid, b. April 10, 1874.

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6 Eliza Jane Reid, b. Oct. g, 1875; m. June 20, 1899, at East

Boston, Wilbur Franklin Coburn, who was b. Sept. 12, 1873
in Lowell, Mass. One child :

I Bruce Franklin Coburn, b. in East Boston, Mass., May
27, 1900.

7 Josiah Elnathan Reid, b. Nov. 24, 187S.

4 Elnathan Tinker, b. in Ellsworth, Me., April 4, 1841 ; d. March 19, 1896..

5 Josiah Tinker, b. in Ellsworth, Me., Jan. 3, 1844; m. Frances Ilodg-

kins. Five children, all b. in Ellsworth :

1 Fermor Adele Tinker, b. Sept. 6, 1870; m. (first) Adelbert Joy,

Two children :

1 Harriet Joy, b. in Ellsworth.

2 Harry Joy, b. in Ellsworth.

Married (2d), at Ellsworth, Philip B. Treworgy, sea captain;
no children.

2 Hester Edith Tinker, b. June 24, 1872; m. in Ellsworth with

Charles Walter Gould, b. in South Orrington, Me. One child :
I Ralph Gould, b. in South Orrington, Me., Dec. 5, 1892.

3 Norman Brunell Tinker, b. Sept. 6, 1875.

4 Sarah Adelaide Tinker, b. March 11, 1878.

5 Fred Howe Tinker, b. ?

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VIII. FERDINAND TINKER, born in Ellsworth, Me.,

Feb. 28, 1801; died in Calais, Me., 1894 (?); married in St.

Stephen, N. B., Sept. 28, 1828, with Hannah Hill (Pineo)

Smith, widow of Nathan. She was born in Machias, Me.,

Nov. 7, 1806, daughter of David and Priscilla Pineo. Thirteen

children:

I Ferdinand Tinker, b. in St. Stephen, N. B., July 25, 1829; m. in Calais>
Me., Aug. II, 1852, to Almira J. Skofield, of Haring, Me., who d. May
15, 1865, in Mt. Vernon, Me. Living 1900 in Winthrop, Me. Four
children by his first wife:

1 Georgiana F. Tinker, b. in Baring, Me., July 27, 1853; m. Oct.

5, 1879, in Washington, D. C, to John McGuigan ; no children.

2 Abbie L. Tinker, b. in Baring, Me., July 12, 1855; m. March 2,

1873, in Winthrop, Me., to George L. Macomber. Seven chil-
dren, all born in East Monmouth, Me. :

1 AUie E. Macomber, b. Feb. 19, 1875.

2 Warren V. Macomber, b. July 27, 1877.

3 Almira A. Macomber, b. Nov. 26, 1879.

4 George L. Macomber, Jr., b. Oct. 26, 1884.

5 Leroy E. Macomber, b. May 28, 1890.

6 Edith M. Macomber, b. Feb. 6, 1893.

7 Lena G. Macomber, b. Dec. 15, 1S95.

3 Charles F. Tinker, b. in Readfield, Me., April 23, 1857 ; m. Oct.

8, 187S, in Winthrop, Me., to Marion Stanley. Two children:

1 Harry Tinker, b. May 10, 18S1, in Winthrop.

2 Mildred Tinker, b. June 16, 1895, in Auburn, Me.

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4 Fred V. Tinker, b. in Readfield, Me., Fel). 17, 1859; unmarried.
Ferdinand Tinker married (second) March 7, 1S67, in Winthrop, Me.,
with Alvira Shaw, who d. March 7, 1SS6; no children.

2 Eliza S. Tinker, b. in St. Stephen, N. B., Nov. 15, 1830, d. there, Dec. 7,

1831.

3 Almeda S. Tinker, b. in St. Stephen, N. H., Feb. 14, 1S32 ; m. in Mill-

town, Me., Oct. 10, 1852, with Stephen Arnold Hoyden ; living 1900 in
Washington, 1). C. Ten children :

1 George Wasliington l>oyden, b. in Robbinston, Me., Sept. 15,

1853; m. Ellen Crum ; one child by first wife. Living in I)u-
luth, Minn.

2 Helen Jennie lioyden, b. in Robbinston, April 5, 1855; m. John

E. Davidson, of Stanwood, la. Living in Salt Lake City,
Utah. Three boys:

1 Edwin S. Davidson.

2 Wellington Davidson.

3 Charles L^avidson.

3 Annie Tilton IJoyden, b. in Robbinston, Me., June 30, 1857;

m. John F. Garrison of Michigan. Living in Washington,
D. C. One adopted child, Claude.

4 Fred Willis ]]oyden, b. in Natick, Mass., Feb. 22, i860; unmar-

ried ; living in Omaha, Neb.

5 Charles Keating Boyden, b. in Nantucket, Mass., July 1861 ;

living in Omaha, Neb.

6 William Lewellyn Boyden, b. in Washington, D. C, Jan. 6,

1S66; living in Washington.

7 Ilattie Fuller Boyden, b. in Washington, D. C, May i, 1S68, d.

Nov. 3, 1896; m. Frederic W. Tuckerman, May r, 1804. One
child :

I Ilattie Almeda Tuckerman, b. Oct. 21, 1896.

8 Orpheus Rupert Boyden, b. July 14, 1870; unmarried; living in

Kansas City, Mo.

9 Lillie Morse Boyden, b. March 14, 1872, in Washington, D. C. ;

d. there, Jan., 1873.
10 Howard Wilson Boyden. b. Dec. 5, 1874, in Washington, D. C. ;
m. Susie Lucas, Washington, Oct. 1899; living in Washington.

4 John T. Tinker, b. in St. Stephen, N. B., Sept. 12, 1S33; m. in Calais,

Me., June 3, 1855, with Sarah D. Jones, who was b. in Pembroke, Me.,
Jan. I, 1835; living 1899, in Eau Clair, Wis. Two children :

1 Mary Russell Tinker, b. in Milltown, Me., April 21, 1857 ■ m

Dr. W. C. Merrill, April 21, 1879.

2 Elizabeth Treat Tinker, b. in Eau Clair, Wis., April 17, 1S60.

5 Georgiana Tinker, b. in St. Stephen, N. B., June 6, 1835 ! d. May 22, 1S48.

6 Hannah H. Tinker, b. in St. Stephen, N. B., July 20, 1837 ; m. in Calais,

Me., with Joseph A. Boyden; d. 1S98 in Hermosa, Dak.

7 George W. Tinker, b. in St. Stephen, N. B., June 9, 1839; m. Nov. 27,

1863, with Isabella M. Bridges, b. in Deerfield, Me., Aug. 19, 1843; ^■
in Bath, N. B., Jan. i, 1880. Eight children, all b. in Bath, N. B. :
I Jennie Bridges Tinker, b. Feb. 25, 1S64 ; m. in Lowell, Mass.,

Nov. 24, 1885, with Wm. Egbert liadger, b. July 3, 185S, in

Concord, N. H. Two children :

1 Ralph Eastman Badger, b. in Lowell, I'"eb. 3, 1890.

2 Helen Marguerite Badger, b, in Lowell, April, 1894.

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2 Myrtle Edna Tinker, b. March 17, 1866; d. in Woodstock, N. B.,

May I, 1869.

3 John Holland Tinker, b. Nov. 15, 1867 ; m. in Eau Clair, Wis.,

May 6, 1S91, with Estelle Aurora Dunham, b. Dec. 26, 1871,
in Marengo, III.; living in Chippewa Falls, Wis. One child:
I Chester Dunham Tinker, b. Dec. 13, 1895, in Eau Clair.

4 Frank Pineo Tinker, b. April 27, 1S70; m. Sept. i, 1897, Marga-

ret McK. Tibbetts, b. May 27, 1875; living in Bath, N. B.,
Jan., 1900. One child :

I George Tibbetts Tinker, b. July 3, 1898.

5 Effie M. Tinker, b. Dec. 28, 1872J d. in Bath, March 17, 1SS9.

6 Sarah Myrtle Tinker, b. May i, 1875; living Jan. i, 1900, in

Beverly, Mass.

7 Charles S. Tinker, b. Aug. 30, 1877; living at Watt Junction,

C. P. R. R.

8 Willie G. Tinker, b. Nov. 3, 1879; living at Edmonston, N. B.

8 Jane S. P. Tinker, b. in Calais, Me., June 25, 1841 ; m. Dec. 25, 1871,

in Milltown, Me., with Andrew S. McCatherine {2nd wife), who was
b. April 12, 1839, in Richibucto, N. B.; and d. March 14, 1S95. The
name McCatherine changed from the old Scotch name McEachern.
One son living by first wife, by second wife three children, all b. in
Milltown :

1 Lena May McCatherine, b. June 12, 1S80.

2 Clifford Mar. McCatherine, b. April 27, 1883.

3 Maud Everett McCatherine, b. Dec. 3, 1884; d. Nov. 18, 1891.

9 Henry Clay Tinker, b. in Calais, Me., Oct. i, 1843 ; m. March 13, 1884,

in Milltown, Me., with Priscilla B. Scott, of Elmsville, N. B. ; now liv-
ing in Milltown. No children.

10 Helen Tinker, b. in Calais, Me., April 25, 1845; ^- there, Mch. 18, 1847.

1 1 Mary Ann Tinker, b. in Calais, Me., Nov, 22, 1845 ! "^- i" Calais, March

17, 1885, with Charles Peabody, who was b. Oct. 23, 1S42, in Calais;
living in Millbridge, Me. One child:

I Helen Peabody, b. in Millbridge, Dec. 22, 1889; d. there, April
19, 1891.

12 Frank W. Tinker, b. in Calais, Me., Feb. 8, 1850, m. Dec. 2, 1874, with

Mary Louise Scott, who was b. in Pennfield, N. B., Sept. 14, 1852 ;
living 1900 in Lowell, Mass. Two children:

1 Clarence Cameron Tinker, b. in Calais, Me., Sept. 9, 1875.

2 Ethel Louise Tinker, b. in Lowell, Mass., June 30, 1877.

13 Charles Tinker, b. in Calais, Me., April 25, 1852 ; d. there, Feb. 15, 1853.

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IX. GEORGE W. TINKER, born in Ellsworth, Me. ; died in
Bowdoinham, Me.; a physician; married Adelaide A. Gardi-
ner. Two children, both born in Bowdoinham:

1 Eliza A. Tinker; m. Captain Grey (deceased).

2 George F. Tinker ; living in Old Orchard, Me.

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X. BENJAMIN J. TINKER, born in Ellsworth, Me.;
died there, 1890; married in Lubec, Me., with Leonice Chand-
ler, who was born in Trescot, Me. ; died in Ellsworth; daugh-
ter of Col. William Chandler (Chaloner). Seven children:

1 William Tinker.

2 Benjamin Tinker.

3 Frances W. Tinker, m. Iladlock, Cranberry Island, Me.

4 Ann Maria Tinker, m. Ilibbard, who d. in Darien, Ga. One child

named Lena Ilibbard.

5 Harry li. Tinker.

6 Georgia Tinker, m. Iladlock, Cranberry Island, Me.

7 Lena C. Tinker, married twice, (ist) Dr. Harding of Ellsworth, Me. {2d)

Townsend ; lived in Cambridge, Mass. Had a daughter by first

husband, and and a son by second.

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SEVENTH GENERATION.

CHILDREN OF JOSEPH WESTCOT AND ABIGAIL
ROSS (JORDAN) TINKER.

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L TRYPHENA BELINDA TINKER, born in Ellsworth,
Me., March 9, 182 1; lived until 1898 in Lowell, Mass.; died
in Owens, Fla., Feb. 2, 1899. She married in East Somerville,
Mass., April 3, 1862, with Henry Marshall Rice, who was born
in Sudbury, Mass., Sept. i, 1814; son of William and Char-
lotte (Whitman) Rice; died in Lowell, June i, 1891. No
children.

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II. EMILY TINKER, born in Ellsworth, Me., Nov. 28,
1822; died Jan. 15, 1871. She married in East Boston, Mass.,
1844, with Oliver Gallup Guppy, who was born in Wolfboro,
N. H., July II, 1819; died in North Easton, Mass., Dec. 11,
1890. Three children:

1 Abbie Eliza Guppy, b. in East Boston, Mass., Jan. 24, 1845; ^- John

Nash Lufkin, in East Boston, Jan. 24, 1867; he was b. in Portland,
Me., Uec. 11, 1S43; ^°^ °f Samuel Sargent and Asenath Maria (Nash)
Lufkin ; now living in North Easton, Mass. Two children :

1 Willie Clarence Lufkin, b. April 12, 1S68, in East Boston; d. in

North Easton, June 14, 1869.

2 Charles Henry Lufkin, b. in North Easton, Nov. 15, 1S75.

2 Emma Augusta Guppy, b. in East Boston, Mass., March 15, 1847 ; d. in

Lowell, Mass., Jan. 6, 1849.

3 Samuel Augustus Guppy, b. in Lowell, Mass., May 19, 1849; d- there,

July 26, 1849.

noA'c.is /o/xP.iy (T/xkak) /'at/jaw. kmilv [Tixkek) cvppv.

j(^si-:rii ASi^REW riXKER.

CHRIS riAXA HALL (/L.XKER) llAVTOX. ELIZABETH BUCK CEIXKER) CLIFFORD.

SEVENTH GENERATION. 33

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III. MARY ABIGAIL TINKER, born in Ellsworth, Me.,
April 25, 1824; living (1900) in Wenham, Mass. She married
in Charlestown, Mass., Nov. 21, 1844, with Sylvester Wood-
ward, who was born in Sutton, N. H., Dec. lo, 1816; son of
Daniel and Betsey (Moores) Woodward; he died in Lowell,
Mass., Dec. 31, 1874. Three children:

1 Azilla Maria Woodward, b. in Lowell, Mass., July 20, 1S50; m. there

Nov. 10, 1S70, with Charles A. Hills, who was b. in Georgetown, Mass.,
July 12, 1846; son of Gershon and Lydia Hills; living in Wenham,
Mass. Five children :

1 Ada May Hills, b. in Lowell, Mass.; Nov. 17, 1S71 ; d. there,

April 24, 1872.

2 Ethel May Hills, b. in Lowell, Mass., Feb. 24, 1873; d. there,

June 17, 1873.

3 Blanche Mae Hills, b. in Lowell, Mass., Sept. 30, 1S80; m. in

Wenham, Mass., Oct. 5, 1898, with Charles Arthur Smerage,
of Wenham, who was b. in Topsfield, Mass.; son of Ella and
Fred Smerage. One child :

I Rodolphe Agassiz Smerage, b. in Wenham, Aug. 22'
1899.

4 Frank Clifton Hills, b. in Lowell, Mass., May 10, 1883.

5 Mildred Abbie Hills, b. in Hamilton, Mass., Dec. 14, 1887.

2 Carrie A. Woodward, b. in Lowell, Mass., Oct. 17, 1852 ; d. there, Nov.

17, 1854.

3 Frank Harvey Woodward, b. in Lowell, Mass., April 6, '855; m. there,

Aug. 16, 1876, with Abbie Caroline IJagley, b. in Lowell, Mass., March
31, 1856 ; daughter of Charles and Mary Bagley ; living in Wenham,
Mass. One child :

I Charlie Woodward, b. June 11, 1878; d. same day.

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IV. DORCAS JORDAN TINKER, born in Ellsworth, Me.,
Dec. 25, 1825; died in Lowell, Mass, May 28, 1897. She
married in Chelsea, Mass., Oct. 8, 1848, with George Whit-
field Pruden, Jr., who was born in Boston, Mass., Feb. 9, 1825;
son of George Whitfield and Sarah (Simpson) Pruden; he died
Feb. 13, 1855. Two children, the youngest died in infancy:

I George Alfred Pruden, b. in Chelsea, Mass., June 26, 1849; "»• '" t^"""
nell, Iowa, Oct. 5, 1872, with Laura Leisure, who was b. in Primrose,
Iowa, May 26, 1854; daughter of Wm. Smith and Ann Jane (Cowan)
Leisure. Living in JoUiet, 111.; went West in 1870, and resided in
Marshalltown and Grinnell, Iowa. One child :

I Nelle Dorcas Pruden, b. Aug. 15, 1876, in Marshalltown, Iowa.

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V. CHRISTIANA HALL TINKER, born in Ellsworth,
Me., Jan. 10, 1828; died in East Somerville, Mass., Feb. 13,
1887. Married in Lowell, Mass., May i, 1856, as his second
wife, with Nathan Lincoln Dayton, of Boston, who was born
in Kennebunk, Me., 1814; son of Isaac and Lucy Dayton;
died in East Somerville, Aug. 14, 1893.

No children, but adopted their niece in 1865:

I Lizzie Gertrude Clifford, born in Lowell, Mass., Feb. 6, 1862 ; daughter
of Elizabeth IJuck (Tinker) and Alonzo P. Clifford. (See also
No. 1-4-6-4-1-5-6-4.)

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VI. ELIZABETH BUCK TINKER, born in Ellsworth,
Me., Oct. 19, 1829; died in Lowell, Mass., April 6, 1865. She
married in Lowell, Mass., Aug. 29, 1854, with Alonzo P. Clif-
ford, of Boston, who was born in Dorchester, N. H., in May,
1833; son of Ruel B. and Dolly Straw Clifford; died in Rox-
bury, Mass., Dec. 13, 1897. Four children:

1 Hattie Maria Clifford, b. in Rumney, N. IL, Nov. 19, 1855 ; m. in North-

field, Vt., Oct. iS, 1875, ^^^'^^ Rev. Ransom Greene, who was b. in
Rochester, Vt., Oct. 11, 1S48 ; son of Milton and Aurora Greene, of
Rochester, Vt. One child:

I Vernon Lorenzo Greene, b. in Lowell, Mass., July 5, 1890.

2 Horace Alonzo Clifford, b. in Lowell, Mass., March 18, 1858 ; m. in St.

Paul, Minn., Jan. 8, 1891, with Gertrude J. Whitney, daughter of Aus-
tin Whitney, of St. Paul, Minn., formerly of Ashburnham, Mass. One
child :

I Marjorie Clifford, b. Dec. 13, 1892, in St. Paul, Minn.

3 Harry Clifford, b. in Lowell, Mass. ; d. i860.

4 Lizzie Gertrude Clifford, b. in Lowell, Mass., Feb. 6, 1862. Adopted

upon the death of her mother in 1865, by her aunt, Christiana H.
(Tinker) IJayton ; took the name Dayton, which was legally recorded
on becoming of age, Feb. 1S83. (See also No. 1-4-6-4-1-5-5-1.)

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VII. JOSEPH ANDREW TINKER, born in Ellsworth,
Me., June 14, 1831; died in Upper Lake, Cal., Dec. 25, 1898.
He married in Lowell, Mass., Jan. 7, 1855, with Ann Cole,
who was born in Buckfield, Me., Jan. i, 1831; daughter of
Daniel and Mary (Lubrock) Cole. He went to California in

CHARLES FREF.MA.V LIBBIE. Jl'LIA Al/CL'STA {T/.VA'ER) LIBBIE.

MARY CROSBY (LIBBIE) JOY.
IREDERICK JAMES LIBBIE. CHARLES EREEJL-iy LIBBIE, Jr.

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1858, where he lived until his death, having resided at Upper
Lake and Lakeport at various times. Two children:

1 Alden Augustus Tinker, b. in Lowell, Mass., May 31, 1S57 , m. in Lake-

port, Cal., Oct. 9, 1SS6, with Christiana McLean, who was b. in Nova
Scotia, Dec. S, 1858 ; was living 1900 at Upper Lake, Cal. Two chil-
dren :

1 Lillie Bell Tinker, b. Nov. 6, iSSS, in Lakeport, Cal.

2 Joseph Alden Tinker, b. Feb. 25, 1890, in Lakeport, Cal.

2 Elizabeth Etta Tinker, b. near Smartsville, Cal., Feb. i, 1861 ; m.

Oct. II, 18S2, with James Thomas Crumpacker, who was b. Jan. 26,
1S51 ; now living at Upper Lake, Cal. One child :

I Edna May Crumpacker, b. Dec. 29, 1S83, in Upper Lake, Cal.

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VIIL HENRY WILSON TINKER, born in Ellsworth,
Me., April 14, 1833; married in Lowell, Mass., April 6, 1854,
with Eliza Annette Brownell, who was born in Royalton, Vt.,
June 30, 1833; daughter of Ephraim and Mary J. Brownell;
died Sept. i, 1890.

He married (second) in Lowell, Mass., June 20, 1892, Mary

Ella Gage, born in Farman, P. Q., June 19, 1855; daughter of

Robert A. and Mary A. Gage,

Adopted Sept. 6, 1S98, at Lowell, Mass., Mildred Jewett Tinker, who was
born Aug. 8, 1S97.

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IX. JULIA AUGUSTA TINKER, born in Ellsworth, Me.,
July 30, 1835; married in Lowell, Mass., Nov. 15, 1854, with
Charles Freeman Libbie, who was born in Lowell, March 7,
1837; son of James and Betsey (Crosby) Libbee. Four chil-
dren :

1 Charles Freeman Libbie, Jr., b. in East Boston, Mass., May 5, i860.

2 Mary Crosby Libbie, b. in Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 15, 1862; m. in East

Boston, Dec. 16, 1885, with Charles Libbey Joy, who was b. in East
Boston, Jan. 8, 1861 ; son of Daniel G. and Iluldah Jane (Libbey)
Joy. One child:

I Ruth Libbie Joy, b. in East Boston, Mass., Aug. 3, 1S90; d.
there, Aug. 17, 1890.

3 Frederick James Libbie, b. in Philadelphia, I'a., March 28, 1866.

4 Sarah Emily Libbie, b. in East Boston, Mass., Aug. 28, 1871 ; d. there

Feb. II, 1872.

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X. ANNA ADELIA TINKER, born in Ellsworth, Me.,
June 15, 1837; married (first) Aug. 13, 1857, in Lawrence,
Mass., with Augustus E. Foster, who was born in Trenton,
Me., June 2, 1825; son of Daniel and Maria S. Foster; died
at Baton Rouge, La., June 21, 1863. She married (second)
Oct. 20, 1870, in Lowell, Mass., Otis Simeon Harris, who was
born in Dracut, Mass., June 23, 1832; son of Simeon and
Sophronia Harris. Now living (1900) in Owens, Fla., having
resided in Florida since 1878, formerly in Lowell, Mass. One
child by first marriage:

1 Adie Maria Foster, b. in East Falmouth, Mass., April 5, i860; d. in

Lowell, Mass., Feb. 13, 1S65.

Two children by second marriage:

2 Minnie Adelaide Harris, b. in Lowell, Mass., Feb. 28, 1873.

3 Nellie May Harris, b. in Lowell, Mass., March 26, 1875 ; "^' '" Owens,

Fla., July 31, 1900, with Thomas K. Dishong, of Owens, Fla.