Abishai Tinkham (abt. 1727 - abt. 1811)

Born about 23 May 1727 in Middleboro, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Died about 7 Mar 1811 at about age 83 in Middleboro, Plymouth, Massachusetts

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Biography

Captain Abishai Tinkham served with 4th Regiment, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Descended from Mayflower passenger Peter Brown

Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2^[1]

Marriage to Hannah Benson

Purpose of Marriage Date 17 Aug 1754^[2]

Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolutionary War Capt Abishai Tinkman Records^[3]

Rank Captain

4th Plymouth Co, Reg of Mass. Militia

Commissioned 9 May 1776 Ebenezer Sproutt, and Ebenezer White (field officers)

Rank Capt in Col Ebenezer Sprout Reg of Middleboro

Enlist 8 Dec 1776- 12 days on Alarm of Rhode Island

Enlist May 1778- March on alarm Middleboro to Dartmouth

Enlist 6 Sept 1778- March on alarm 6 days service Middleboro to Dartmouth

Discharge 12 Sept 1778

Rank Capt in Col White's Regiment

Enlist 1 Aug 1780- alarm on Rhode Island

Discharge 9 Aug 1780

Member of the 3rd Baptist Church,

He passed away 7 Mar 1811 in Middleboro, Plymouth, MA^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Tinkham Recorded Family Births
2. ↑ Marriage IAbishai Tinkham Intent to Hannah Benson
3. ↑ Capt Abishai Tinkham Service
4. ↑ Memorial

• Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620, Brown, Peter (Vol. 7), page 86

• Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2, Ancestry.com. Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors., Original data: Roser, Susan E. Mayflower Births and Deaths: From the Files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Volumes 1 & 2. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1992., pg 273, filmstrip 285/537 (viewable)

• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Title: Town Records, with Births, Marriages, and Deaths, Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011., Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). filmstrip 671/1022 (viewable)

• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolutionary War (Images Online), Ancestry.com. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolutionary War (Images Online) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: Massachusetts. Secretary of the Commonwealth. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War. Vol. 1-17. Boston, MA, USA: Wright & Potter Printing, 1896-1908. filmstrip 765/941 (viewable)

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 01 March 2020), memorial page for Capt Abishai Tinkham (23 May 1727–7 Mar 1811), Find A Grave Memorial no. 107172661, citing Rock Cemetery, Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Caryn (contributor 47509429) .

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:MZC2-3VN : accessed 2016-07-09), entry for John TINKHAM.

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:SB97-6BN : accessed 2016-07-09), entry for Abishai /Tinkham/.