John Tinker (1758 - 1841)

Born 29 May 1758 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America

Ancestors

Husband of Parthena Keziah (Beebe) Tinker — married 24 Mar 1779 in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Descendants

Died 11 Jun 1841 at age 83 in Freetown, Cortland, New York, United States

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Biography

John was born in 1761.

End of Biography.

Genealogical Records

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Death Records

• Primary Source, (burial); Tertiary Source (biography), Find A Grave Index ^[1] Data Summary:

1. ) Find A Grave: Memorial #45707689: John Tinker was born in 1758 at Connecticut, USA., and he died 11 Jun 1841 (aged 82–83) at Connecticut, USA.
   1. ) Marriage. John Tinker married Parthenia "Thene" Keziah Beebe (1762–1839).
   2. ) Children:
      1. ) Rosanna (Tinker) Holley (1799–1875)
2. ) BURIAL. John Tinker was buried in the Texas Valley Cemetery at Texas Valley, Cortland County, New York, USA
   1. ) Find a Grave Notes: "A Revolutionary War soldier, early settler of Cortland County. His daughter, Rosanna, married Isaac Holley, son of Joseph Holley, also buried in Texas Valley, Marathon, NY. The photo shows the Tinker family stones in the foreground with Joseph Holley's stone near the upper right by trees. Two young granddaughters, Alexina and Thene Holley are also buried there. "
   2. ) Tombstone Photo: Inscription, "JOHN TINKER | died | June 11, 1841, | Aged 83 years "

Probate Court Records

• Primary Source, Last Will and Testament of John Tinker of Freetown, NY. ^[2] Data Extract:

1. ) Last Will of John Tinker;

   In the name of God, Amen. I John Tinker of Freetown in the County of Cortland and State of New York, yeoman, do make this my last will and Testament in manner and form following:
   
   First, I resign my soul into the hands of Almighty God hoping and believing in a remission of my sins by the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ; And my body I commit to the earth to be buried at the discretion of my Executor herein after named, and my worldly estate I give and devise as follows:
   
   First I give and devise to my youngest daughter, Olive Crosby, all that piece or parcel of land bought of Daniel Cady lying north and running west far enough to contain Sixty acres and one fourth joining the twenty five acres I no live on, including all of said piece of land lying west of the road, being the same more or less, to have and to hold to my daughter Olive Crosby, her heirs and assigns forever.~
   
   Also I give and devise to my daughter Rosanna Holly twenty five acres of land where I now live , being the north half of fifty acres formerly deeded to me by Joseph Holly and also thirty four acres of land deeded to me by Lewis and Sarah Maybury on lot number 24 in Freetown, to have and hold to my said daughter Rosanna Holley, her heirs and assigns forever.~
   
   Also I give and devise unto my daughter Parthene's heirs twenty five dollars.~
   
   And also I give unto my daughters Caty Judd, Lucinda Toby, Lucy Durham, twenty five dollars each to be paid in property by my said Executor.~
   
   Also all the residue and remainder of all my estate real and personal whatsoever and wheresoever, not herein otherwise effectually disposed of, after paying debts, legacies, & funeral expenses, as aforesaid, -- I do give and devise to my said daughter Rosanna Holley her heirs and assigns.
   
   And Lastly, I do hereby constitute and appoint Isaac Holley, my son in law Executor and Rosanna Holley, Executrix of his my last will and testament, and in case either Executor or Executrix should decease, the survivor shall be sole Executor or Executrix.~
   
   In witness whereof I have herewith set my hand and seal this first day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty. ~ John Tinker L. S.

Biographic and Genealogical References

• Secondary Source, Clifford Beebe, Genealogy of the Family of Beebe, ^[3] Data Extract:

1. ) Beebe Genealogy Vol I, Page 46: Zera Beebe and Keziah Warner were the parents of Parthene Keziah, Joseph, Silas, Orellana, Lucy, Roderick, Abraham W., Benjamin , Levi, and Latus.
2. ) Beebe Genealogy Vol I, Page 104: Vital data: PARTHENE KEZIAH BEEBE was born 12 Aug 1762 at Waterbury, Connecticut
   1. ) Marriage. Parthene Beebe married John Tinker on 24 March 1779 at Waterbury, Connecticut
      1. ) Children.
   2. ) Residences: John Tinker and Parthene Beebe were founders of Taylor, Cortland County, New York.

• Secondary Source, The Town and City of Waterbury, Connecticut, From the Aboriginal Period to the Year Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Five, ^[4]: Data extract from Anderson for Zera Beebe:

1. ) Waterbury History; page Ap17; Zera Beebe, son of Lt. Jonathan Beebe
   1. ) Zera Beebe married Keziah Warner daughter of Abraham (dec'd), 19 March 1761. Children:
      1. ) Thene (Parthena Keziah), born 12 Aug 1762; married to John Tucker
      2. ) Joseph born 9 Jan 1765
      3. ) Orellana, {male} born 1770
      4. ) Lucy
      5. ) Roderick, born 1774
      6. ) Abraham, born 1780
      7. ) Benjamin, born 11 April 1784
      8. ) Levi, born 19 Feb 1785.
   2. ) Zera died in 1803 at Solon New York.
2. ) Waterbury History; page Ap17; Silas Beebe, son of Zera, married Sally Ellis (b. 12 March 1772 in Granby Conn) on 8 Feb 1790.
3. ) Waterbury History; page Ap16; Orellana Beebe, son of Zera Beebe married about 1790 Sarah Hickox, born 15 April 1774. Father of Cokely born Feb 1791 and Philena born 6 May 1793.

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Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (Rev date: accessed 14 March 2021), memorial page for John Tinker (1758–11 Jun 1841), Find a Grave Memorial no. 45707689, citing Texas Valley Cemetery, Texas Valley, Cortland County, New York, USA ; Maintained by Holley Izard (contributor 47015207).
2. ↑ Last Will and Testament of John Tinker of Freetown, NY.
3. ↑ Beebe, Clifford, Genealogy of the Family of Beebe From the Earliest Known Immigrant John Beebe of Broughton, England, Higginson Book Co., 10 Colonial Road, Salem MA 01970. 1991. Available at:

   1. ) Libraries
   2. ) May be at Amazon.com for online purchase

4. ↑ Edited by Joseph Anderson, D. D., The Town and City of Waterbury, Connecticut, From the Aboriginal Period to the Year Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Five., New Haven, The Price & Lee Company, 1896, page Ap17. Beebe's of Waterbury

Other Sources

• U.S., The Pension Roll of 1835; (Ancestry.com database on-line). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. United States Senate. The Pension Roll of 1835.4 vols. 1968 Reprint, with index. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1992.

• New York, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890 (Ancestry.com database on-line). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Jackson, Ronald V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. New York Census, 1790-1890. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.

• "United States Census, 1820", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/61903/1:1:XHLD-QRC : Mon Mar 13 09:54:08 UTC 2023), Entry for John Tinker, 1820.
• "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHBS-4MC : 10 June 2022), John Tinker, Cortland, New York, United States; citing p. 59, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .

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