Samuel Tinker (1659 - 1733)

Born 1 Apr 1659 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Durant) Tinker — married 1 Jun 1682 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 28 Apr 1733 at age 74 in Lyme, New London County, Connecticut

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Biography

Born in Massachusetts in 1659.^[1]

Samuel and Abigail were married when they were found guilty of incontinence before marriage. Brother Amos and Samuel inherited much land from their father, John Tinker. Their wives also received land from their father, George Durant (Hunting Hill and other land to make up their portion of 1/3 of his estate). Abigail's brother Edward Durant received a portion too. There was over 305 acres. There was a Tinker owned blacksmith shop and a trip-hammer in North Lyme and the Durant-Tinker mill that was located at the dam. In 1687 Samuel paid taxes on 2 hogs, 10 sheep, 2 oxen, 1 cow, 3 horses, yearlings. He was a Townsman and the assessment was 1 penny a pound. Each farmer paid taxes in 1688 in the Town of Lyme -1 cent a pound. In 1705, Samuel lived in Shelter Island where he remained until just before May 1709 and his move to Southold. In Samuel's will, he said that his son Samuel had been given his estate by deed as had Abigail when she married. His 4 other daughters each received 50 pounds, Alice's going to her children equally. All of his movable estate was to be sold at a public vendue to be divided equally to the 4 girls as above. The lands at Middletown was to be divided equally to all his children, each to be at their proportion of costs to recover the same. There is no mention of son John, whom Rev. William Durant confirms as child of Samuel and Abigail.^[2]

Samuel died in 1733 and was buried at Duck River Cemetery, Lyme. His Find A Grave memorial has a photo of his headstone and links to those of two children.^[3]

Birth

1 APR 1659 Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts

Death

28 APR 1733 Lyme, New London, Connecticut

Burial

Duck River Cemetery, Lyme, Connecticut

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZK1-WZB : 10 February 2018), Samuel Tinker, 01 Apr 1659; citing LANCASTER, WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0547550 IT 1.
2. ↑ http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/7557070/person/25554507374/mediax/2?pgnum=1&pg=0&pgpl=pid%7CpgNum
3. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #11489256

• Richardson, Douglas. The English Ancestry of The Merwin and Tinker Families of New England, NEHGR (NEHGS, Boston, 1995) Vol. 149, Page 424.
  • Samuel Tinker b. 1 Apr 1660. He m. shortly before 2 Jun 1685, when he and his wife were found guilty of incontinence before marriage.