Mary (Tinkham) Wood (1691 - 1752)

Born 1691 in Middleborough, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Henry Wood Sr — married 24 Dec 1717 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 4 May 1752 at about age 61 in Middleborough, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Mary was born about 1691 at Middleboro in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, the daughter of Ephraim and Esther (Wright) Tinkham.^[1][2]

Mary's mother, wife of Ephraim Tinkham, was Hester (Wright) Tinkham (1649-1717).^[1] Ephraim's will was dated 17 September 1714 and proved on 3 March 1714/15 in Plymouth. He mentioned his wife Esther, sons, John (eldest), Isaac, Samuel, and the children of his deceased son Ephraim, and his daughters, Martha Soul, and Mary Tinkham.^[3] Mary is a descendant of Mayflower passengers Peter Browne and Francis Cooke^[1]

She married Henry Wood in 1717. Children include:

• Henry^[4]
• Esther

Research Notes

Birth and death sourced from Ancestry tree below:

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Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Wakefield, Robert S. Mayflower Families Through Five Generations. Peter Brown. Volume Seven. Second Edition. (General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2002) pp. 9, 24, 25.
2. ↑ Merrick, Barbara Lambert (editor), Middleborough, Massachusetts Vital Records Volume One, (The Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1986), p. 2; digital image, AmericanAncestors, (https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/48349/2/1414825561 : accessed April 2023).
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-ZXY5?cc=2018320&wc=M6BX-WWL%3A337883501 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1708-1717 and 1817-1861 vol 3-3P > image 190 of 710; State Archives, Boston.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHCS-WQH : 13 July 2016), Henry Wood, 27 Feb 1727; citing Birth, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 945,015.

• "Descendants and Ancestors of Consider Wood and His Wife Mary Adams of Middleborough, MA, Pomfret, CT, Dutchess Co., NY, and Bradford Co., PA" by Norris Philip Wood. Pub by Gateway Press, Inc, Baltimore, MD, 1998 - page 612

See Also:

• Source S42 World Family Tree, Volume 1, pre-1600 to present

• Repository R1 Fitzpatrick Home Library

• Ancestry family tree

Acknowledgements

• This person was created through the import of fitzmaster032511.ged on 27 March 2011.
• WikiTree profile Tinkham-108 created through the import of Lent_Vise_2011-05-11aa.ged on May 26, 2011 by Bryan Sypniewski.
• Thanks to Greg Rose for starting this profile.

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