Grizzell (West) Tinkham (1729 - 1810)

Born 9 Oct 1729 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Hezekiah Tinkham — married 28 Dec 1745 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 1810 at about age 80 in Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, United States

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Biography

Birth

Grizzel West, of John and Abigail, born on October 9, 1729 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay.^[1]

Marriage

"Grizzell West and Hezekiah Tinkom, both residents of Rehoboth," were married on December 28, 1745 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay.^[2]

Family

Hezekiah Tinkham and Grizzell (West) Tinkham had 11 children together. (1 may have been a Joanna Tinkham (marry Esteen).

1. Elizabeth (Tinkham) Smith (1746 - 1810)
2. Daniel Tinkham (1767 - 1853)

Siblings

Grizzell (West) Tinkham had five half-siblings, by her mother, Abigail Wheeler and her first husband, Ebenezer Martin who were married in 1716 and had five children together below:

1. Jemima Martin (1717)
2. John Martin (abt. 1718 - 1801)
3. Ebenezer Martin, Jr. (1721)
4. Nathanial Martin (abt. 1723)
5. Abigail Martin (abt. 1725)

Grizzell (West) Tinkham had one sister by her mother, Abigail Wheeler and her 2nd husband, John West were married in sometime before 1729 and had two children together below:

1. Grizzell (West) Tinkham (1729 - 1810)
2. Elizabeth (West) Rounds (1733)

Gizzell (West) Tinkham had one half-sister, by her father, John West and his first wife, Renew Carpenter who were married in 1703 and had one child together below:

1. Renew (West) Lippett (1706)

Parents

Grizzell (West) Tinkham's father, John West married Renew Carpenter as as his first wife in 1703.^[2]

Grizzell (West) Tinkham's father, John West married her mother, Abigail (Wheeler) Martin as his second wife in 1728.^[3]

Grizzell (West) Tinkham's mother, Abigail Wheeler married Ebenezer Martin as her first husband in 1716.

Grizzell (West) Tinkham's mother, Abigail (Wheeler) Martin married John West as her second husband in 1728.^[3]

Burial

FIND A GRAVE. Grizzell West Tinkham. Memorial #88780018.

Birth: Oct. 9, 1729 Rehoboth, Bristol County, MA

Death: 1810 Smithfield, Providence County, RI

Spouse: Hezekiah Tinkham (1725 - 1809)

Children:

1. Elizabeth Tinkham Smith (1746 - 1810)
2. Joanna Tinkham Easten (1751 - 1838)
3. Daniel Tinkham (1769 - 1853)

Inscription: Erected to the memory of Hezekiah Tinkham and his wife Griswell Tinkham. (Note misspelling of first name).

Burial: Harmony Cemetery Harmony Providence County, RI

Note: Grizzell's name line is damaged. Spelling is a guess.

Sources

1. ↑ Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rehoboth, 1642-1896: Marriages, Intentions, Births, Deaths : with Supplement Containing the Record of 1896, Colonial Returns, Lists of the Early Settlers, Purchasers, Freemen, Inhabitants, the Soldiers Serving in Philip's War and the Revolution. Providence, R. I.: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, 1897, p. 767.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rehoboth, 1642-1896: Marriages, Intentions, Births, Deaths : with Supplement Containing the Record of 1896, Colonial Returns, Lists of the Early Settlers, Purchasers, Freemen, Inhabitants, the Soldiers Serving in Philip's War and the Revolution. Providence, R. I.: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, 1897, p. 508.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rehoboth, 1642-1896: Marriages, Intentions, Births, Deaths : with Supplement Containing the Record of 1896, Colonial Returns, Lists of the Early Settlers, Purchasers, Freemen, Inhabitants, the Soldiers Serving in Philip's War and the Revolution. Providence, R. I.: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, 1897, p. 381.

• From Internet source on Tinkham Genforum--Grizzell West Tinkham, buried in Harmony, RI.
• Collins, Capt. George, Mortuary Records with General Notes of the Town, Spafford, Onondaga, Co., NY.
• Robert S. Wakefield, FASG, MAYFLOWER FAMILIES IN PROGRESS; *PETER BROWN of the MAYFLOWER and his descendants for four generations.
• Mayflower Families Vol. 7:45, verifying all dates.