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]
↑ 1.01.11.2 Wakefield, Robert S. Mayflower Families Through Five Generations. Peter Brown. Volume Seven. Second Edition. (General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2002) pp. 9, 24, 25.
↑ 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).
↑ "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
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Tinkham-270 and Tinkham-56 appear to represent the same person because: All information on these profiles is compatible or identical. But the two Henrys have conflicting birth years. These Marys at least seem to be the same person, even if they are being attributed to two different Henrys.