Some Descendants of Hannah Howland (Isaac, John) and John Tinkham of Middleborough

John Tinkham signed his will on 13 Feb 1766. He named his wife Hannah; his sons John, Abisha and Amos; his daughters Esther Vaughan, Hannah Weston, Susanna Cobb, Mary Weston and Zelpha Miller; his brother in law, Seth Howland, deceased. [MF23, p. 60]

  1. Cornelius Tinkham was born on 31 Aug 1717 in Middleborough. [MVRM] He died on 16 Apr 1737, age 22, in Middleborough. [MF23, p. 61]
  2. John Tinkham was born on 8 May 1719 in Middleborough. [MVRM] He died on 22 Aug 1793, age 75, in Middleborough. [MF23, p. 231] John Tinkham, Jr. of Middleborough married Jerusha Vaughan of Middleborough on 27 Jan 1742/3 in Middleborough. [MVRM] Jerusha was the daughter of John and Jerusha (Wood) Vaughan. [MF23, p. 231] She was born on 11 Dec 1721 in Middleborough. [MF23, p. 231] She died on 25 Nov 1787, age 66 in Middleborough. [MF23, p. 231]
    1. Jael Tinkham was born on 24 Jan 1743/4 in Middleborough. [MVRM] Jael of Middleborough married John Cobb of Middleborough on 10 Dec 1767 in Middleborough. [MVRM]
    2. Cornelius Tinkham was born on 20 Oct 1745 in Middleborough. [MVRM] He married first Mary (Mercy) Barrows. [MF23, p. 232] He married second Mary (Leonard) Wood. [MF23, p. 232]
    3. Daniel Tinkham was born on 26 Jan 1746 in Middleborough. [MVRM] He married Martha Lebaron. [MF23, p. 232]
    4. Susanna Tinkham was born on 27 Nov 1748 in Middleborough. [MVRM] She died in Jun 1753, age four years and six months. [MF23, p. 232]
    5. Joseph Tinkham was born on 18 Aug 1750 in Middleborough. [MVRM] He died in Jun 1753, age two years and nine months. [MF23, p. 232]
    6. Zenas Tinkham was born on 29 Oct 1752. [MF23, p. 233] He was baptised on 18 Mar 1753. [MF23, p. 233] He died in Jun 1753, age seven months. [MF23, p. 233]
    7. John Tinkham was born on 16 Apr 1754 in Middleborough. [MVRM] John Tinkerman, Jr. of Middleborough married first Mary Wood on 25 Mar 1778 in Middleborough. [MVRM] He married second Lydia (Vaughan) Wood. [MF23, p. 233] He married third Jerusha (Sparrow) Lovell. [MF23, p. 233]
      1. Joseph Tinkham was born on 10 Jan 1779 in Middleborough. [MVRM]
      2. Susanna Tinkham was born on 25 May 1780 in Middleborough. [MVRM]
      3. Amasa Tinkham was born on 21 Aug 1782 in Middleborough. [MVRM]
      4. Joanna Tinkham was born on 24 Jun 1785 in Middleborough. [MVRM]
      5. Ariel Tinkham was born on 6 Nov 1787 in Middleborough. [MVRM]
      6. Oren Tinkham was born on 26 Dec 1790 in Middleborough. [MVRM]
      7. John Tinkham was born on 28 Jan 1794 in Middleborough. [MVRM]
    8. Hannah Tinkham was born on 30 Jul 1760. [MF23, p. 233] She was baptised on 12 Oct 1760. [MF23, p. 233] She died on 6 Aug 1787, age 27 years and seven days. [MF23, p. 233]
    9. Amasa Tinkham was born on 25 Jul 1762 [MF23, p. 233] . [MF23, p. 233] He was baptised on 5 Sep 1762. [MF23, p. 233] He died on 27 Sep 1778, age 16 years, one month and 12 days. [MF23, p. 233]
    10. Levi Tinkham was born on 19 Oct 1756. He was baptised on 13 Apr 1766. [MF23, p. 233] He married Mary Foster. [MF23, p. 233]
  3. Esther Tinkham was born on 26 Apr 1721 in Middleborough. [MVRM] She died on 14 Apr 1802, age 79, in Middleborough. [MF23, p. 233] She married Elisha Vaughan on 4 Apr 1746 in Middleborough. [MF23, p. 233]
  4. Hannah Tinkham was born on 10 Apr 1723 in Middleborough. [MVRM] She married first Joseph Vaughan on 28 Jul 1742 in Middleborough. [MVRM][MF23, p. 234] She married second as his second wife John Weston. [MF23, p. 233] She married third David Sears on 20 Dec 1781 in Middleborough. [MF23, p. 233]
  5. Susannah Tinkham was born on 19 Mar 1724/5 in Middleborough. [MVRM] She died on 21 Jun 1813, age 88, in Middleborough. [MF23, p. 236] She married James Cobb about 1749 [HCF does not give the date][SDET], probably in Middleborough.
  6. Abisha Tinkham was born on 23 May 1727 in Middleborough. [MVRM] He died on 24 Mar 1811, age 84, in Middleborough. [MF23, p. 238] He married Hannah Benson after 17 Aug 1754 (int.) in Middleborough. [MF23, p. 238] Hannah was the daughter of Caleb and Deborah (Barrows) Benson. [MF23, p. 238] She was born on 30 May 1736 in Middleborough. [MF23, p. 238] She died on 4 Dec 1816, age 82, in Middleborough. [MF23, p. 238]
    1. Lucy Tinkham married Elisha Clark. [MF23, p. 239]
  7. Amos Tinkham was born on 10 Jul 1729 in Middleborough. [MVRM] He died on 25 Apr 1776, age 47, in Middleborough. [MF23, p. 239] He married Sarah Tinkham on 27 Feb 1752 in Middleborough. [MF23, p. 239]
    1. Eunice Tinkham was born on 20 May 1753 in Middleborough. [MF23, p. 240] She died on 22 May 1756, age three years and two days. [MF23, p. 240]
    2. Sarah Tinkham was born on 4 Apr 1757 in Middleborough. [MF23, p. 240] She married Peter Wood. [MF23, p. 240]
    3. Zilpah Tinkham was born on 2 Aug 1759 in Middleborough. [MF23, p. 240]
    4. Seth Tinkham was born on 28 Sep 1761 in Middleborough. [MF23, p. 240] He married Sarah W. Bates. [MF23, p. 240]
    5. Amos Tinkham was born on 21 May 1765 in Middleborough. [MF23, p. 240] He married Susannah Thomas. [MF23, p. 240]
    6. Cyrus Tinkham was born in 1706 in Middleborough. [MF23, p. 240] He married Betty Turner. [MF23, p. 240]
    7. Squire Tinkham was born on 17 Oct 1722 in Middleborough. [MF23, p. 240] He married Annie Wood. [MF23, p. 240]
  8. Mary Tinkham was born on 17 Jan 1731/2 in Middleborough. [MVRM] She died on 6 Aug 1808, age 77, in Middleborough. [MF23, p. 241] She married Edmund Weston on 11 Sep 1755. [MF23, p. 241]
  9. Seth Tinkham was born on 27 Aug 1734 in Middleborough. [MVRM] He was "shot accidentally, marked his powderhorn Lake George NY 11 July 1758. He was a sargeant." [MF23, p. 61]
  10. Zilphah Tinkham was born on 25 Jul 1737 in Middleborough. [MVRM] She died on 26 Nov 1818, age 81, in Middleborough. [MF23, p. 243] Zilphah of Middleborough married John Miller 3d of Middleborough on 6 Sep 1764 in Middleborough. [MVRM]

References

HCF Cobb, Philip L., A History of the Cobb Family, Cleveland, unknown, 1907.
SDET Heinz, John W., Some Descendants of Ephraim Tinkham of Plymouth. Buffalo, Buffalo Chapter, Daughters of the American Colonists, 195-?.
MF23 Lainhart, Ann Smith and Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, v. 23 (Family of John Howland), Plymouth, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2006.
MVRM Merrick, Barbara Lambert and Alicia Crane Williams, Middleborough, Massachusetts Vital Records, Volumes 1 and 2, Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, William S. Sullwold Publishing, Inc., Taunton, MA, 1986 and 1990.