Joseph (Conklin) Conkling (1691 - 1740)

Born 7 Aug 1691 in Long Island, New York

Ancestors

Husband of Alice Ealse Mapes — married 1730 in Southold, Suffolk, New York

Husband of Lydia (Kirtland) Shipman — married 25 Apr 1732 in Southold, Suffolk County, Province of New York

Descendants

Died 20 Jan 1740 at age 48 in Southold, Suffolk, New York

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Biography

Lieutenant Joseph Conklin was born in 1690/1691, in Long Island, New York (See notes) a son of Joseph Conklin, and his wife, Abigail Tuthill. Lieutenant Conkling's father died November 23, 1698. Letters of administration on his estate were issued December 16, 1698, to his widow, Abigail and her father, John Tuthill, Sr. They were the parents of Joseph Conkling, born August 7, 1691 and John Conklying, born October 16, 1694. ^[1]

About 1715, Joseph married Alice Tinker, born 1693, in Hamburg, New London county, Connecticut, a daughter of Samuel Tinker and Abigail Durant. Children of Joseph and Alice are:

• Desire Conklin, born 1722, in Southold, Suffolk county, New York, died July 3, 1777, in Southold, married John Conklin, born March 22, 1720, in Aquebogue, Suffolk County, New York, a son of Henry Conklin and Temperance Bayley

• Joseph Conklin, born November 21, 1727, in Southold, died December 25, 1756, in New York, married Sarah Wickham, on July 5, 1749

Alice (Tinker) Conklin died April 11, 1730, at a young age (36-37) and was buried in the Hashamomack Cemetery, in Southold. Joseph married, secondly, Elsie Mapes, born circa 1697, in Mattituck, Suffolk county Long Island. Joseph and Elise became the parents of a son:

• Reverend Benjamin Conklin, born 1733, in Southold, Suffolk county, New York, died January 30, 1798, in Leicester, Worcester county, Massachusetts, married Lucretia Sargent. ^{[2] [3]}

After the death of Elsie (Mapes) Conklin, Joseph married a third time to Lydia Kirtland, born October 11, 1685, in Old Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut. Lydia was the widow of Robert Griffing, born 1685, in Southold, who had died March 28, 1729, at the age of 43 years. Lydia brought three children from her first marriage to this union.

Lieutenant Conkling died January 20, 1739, and was buried in Hashamomack Cemetery, with his first wife. Lydia (Kirtland) Griffing-Conkling died January 27, 1742, and was buried in the Old Burying Ground of First Presbyterian Church, with her first husband.

Burial: Hashamomack Cemetery Southold, Suffolk County, New York, Inscription: In Memory of Lieut. Joseph Conkling who departed this Life Jan'y 20th A.D. 1739/40 in the 49 Year of his age."Ancient Long Island Epitaphs From the Towns of Southold, Shelter Island and Easthampton, New York" by Edward Doubleday Harris, 1903.

Researcher's Notes

Old Style Calendar: Before 1752 the year began on Lady Day, March 25th,. Dates between January 1st and March 24th were at the end of the year. Old Style (O.S.) and New Style (N.S.) are used to indicate whether the year has been adjusted. Often both dates are used.

See also: NA Family Histories - lists Lydia who made 2nd marriage with Joseph Conkling who d 1740, she d 1742. Genealogy of the Descendants of Jasper Griffing ^[4]

There is a possible confusion as to the lineage of this Joseph Conklin with his three wives. Two Josephs were born about the same time in the same place and are listed in the 1698 census of Southold, one being the son of Joseph (son of John) and Abigail, the other being the son of Joseph (son of Jacob). It is possible that Lieutenant Joseph's grandfather was Jacob Coklin rather than John Conkling

The Will of Joseph Conklin is found on page 288-289 of the book Collections of the New York Historical Society for the year 1894 digitized here: https://books.google.com/books?id=rdcTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA288&dq=joseph+conklin.+1739&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiB_LbsodfdAhVNIKwKHdK-BUwQ6AEICTAA#v=onepage&q=conklin&f=false

Sources

1. ↑ https://archive.org/stream/newyorkgenealogi1898gree#page/125/mode/1up
2. ↑ https://mathcs.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr21/rr21_498.html#P153979
3. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39685455/benjamin-conklin
4. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/61157/46155_b290319-00013/3028541

• Akerly, Lucy Dubois. The Tuthill Family of Tharston, Norfolk Co., England, and Southold, Suffolk Co., New York, The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record (New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1898) Vol. 29, Page 125
• New York, Genealogical Records, 1675-1920
• Web: New York, Find A Grave Index, 1660-2012 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45691267/joseph-conkling
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45691267/joseph-conkling

Acknowledgements

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