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(V) Captain Samuel, son of Job and Sarah (Tufts) Hinckley, married Abigail Welch.
(VI) Samuel, son of Samuel and Abigail (Welch) Hinckley, was born in 1757, died in Northampton, Massachusetts, 1840. He mar- ried Dorothy, daughter of Caleb and Phoebe (Lyman) Strong, sister of Governor Caleb Strong, granddaughter of Jonathan and Mehitable (Stebbins) Strong and of Captain Moses and Mindwell ( Sheldon) Lyman, and a descendant of Elder John and Abigail (Ford) Strong. Elder John Strong ( 1605- 1699) was born in Taunton, England, arrived at Hull, Massachusetts Bay Colony, May 30, 1630, on the "Mary and John," was one of the founders of Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, and in 1659 became one of the pioneer settlers of Northampton, Massachu- setts.
(VII) Sophia, daughter of Judge Samuel and Dorothy (Strong) Hinckley, was born in Northampton, Massachusetts, 1787, died in 1839. She married Jonathan Huntington Lyman, of Northampton, who was a descend- ant of Richard Lyman, the immigrant, who came over from High Ongor, Essex, England, to Massachusetts Bay Colony, on the ship "Lion" with his wife. Sarah (Osborne) Lyman, and children : Phillis, Richard, Sarah and John, in company with John Eliot, the apostle to the Indians, sailing from Bristol, England, in 1631, and locating in Charles Town, Massachusetts Bay Colony, November II, 1631, but attending the church at Rox- bury, to which town he was admitted as free- man, June II, 1635. He joined the exodus to the Connecticut Valley in 1635, and was a pioneer settler in Hartford Colony, October 15. 1635, in which place he died in August, 1640. His line of descent is through John and Dorcas
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( Plumb) Lyman, Moses and Mindwell (Shel- don) Lyman. They had a daughter, Sophia Ann, mentioned below.
(VIII) Sophia Ann, daughter of Jonathan Huntington and Sophia (Hinckley) Lyman, was born in Northampton, Massachusetts, April 4, 1815, died in Philadelphia, Pennsyl- vania, February 20, 1864. She married, Octo- ber 1, 1835, George W. Phipps, who was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, May 14, 1808, died in New York City, March 6, 1870. Children: Frank Huntington, mentioned below, and E. S. L., born in Roxbury, Massa- chusetts, August 4, 1845.
(IX) Frank Huntington, son of George W. and Sophia Ann (Lyman) Phipps, was born in Northampton, Massachusetts, August 9, 1843. He attended school in Germantown, Pennsyl- vania, and was prepared at the Germantown Academy for matriculation at the University of Pennsylvania. He was appointed a cadet from the state of Pennsylvania to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, in 1859, when sixteen years of age, and he was graduated June 11, 1863, and assigned to the ordnance department with the commis- sion of first lieutenant, United States Army. He was at once ordered to duty as an officer of the ordnance department and served in various United States arsenals in the southern states, 1863-65, and "for faithful and meritor- ious service in the ordnance department" dur- ing the civil war he was brevetted captain, March 13, 1865. His regular promotions in the United States army were: Captain, June 23, 1874 ; major, December 4, 1882 ; lieutenant- colonel, July 7, 1898; colonel, February 17, 1903; he was retired by reason of the age limit with the rank of brigadier-general, August 9, 1907, after a record of forty-eight years active military service, forty-four of which were spent in the ordnance department. He was assistant ordnance officer at Fort Monroe arsenal, Virginia, from July II, to December 26, 1863; at the United States arsenal at St. Louis, Missouri, from January 7, 1864, to January 8, 1865 ; chief of ordnance of the Department of the Mississippi from Jan- uary IO, to July 1, 1865, and while holding that post he had charge of all the depots on the Mississippi river at which ordnance was stored, from Cairo, Illinois, to Natchez, Mis- sissippi ; assistant ordnance officer at St. Louis arsenal from July 3, 1865, to August 20, 1867, during which time he was detached with Gen- eral John Pope, May 24, to September 7, 1866; United States arsenal at Watertown.
New York, August 20, 1867, to October 20, 1868; United States arsenal at Washington, D. C., October 20, 1868, to October 25, 1871 ; in temporary command of the United States arsenal at Augusta, Georgia, May 3, to June 22, 1871 ; United States arsenal at Frankford, Pennsylvania, October 25, 1871, to December 13, 1875; chief ordnance officer, Department of the Gulf, from December 23, 1875, to March 16, 1877, during which time he served on special duty as a member of the board to fix values of right of way through the United States arsenal grounds at Pittsburg, Pennsyl- vania, April 30, to June 7, 1875; recorder of ordnance board from April 7, 1877, to Octo- ber 31, 1879; chief ordnance officer of the Department of Texas, commanding the United States arsenal at San Antonio, Texas, from November 17, 1879, to June 16, 1882; assist- ant at United States arsenal at Rock Island, Illinois, June 28, 1882, to April 11, 1883 ; com- mandant at United States arsenal at Kenne- bec, Maine, April 11, 1883, to July 15, 1887 ; in command of United States powder depot, Dover, New Jersey, from July 15, 1887, to November 30, 1890; commandant of United States arsenal at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, from December, 1890, to July, 1893; chief ordnance officer, Department of the Missouri, and a member of the staff of Major General Miles from July, 1893, to May, 1894; com- mandant of United States arsenal at Gover- nor's Island, New York; president of the Ordnance Board, and ordnance member of the Board of Ordnance and Fortifications from May, 1894, to June, 1899; commandant of the United States arsenal at Springfield, Massachusetts, from June 5, 1899, to the date of his retirement, August 9, 1907. During his assignment to the armory at Springfield the present model rifle known as the Springfield Rifle Model, 1903, was manufactured to super- sede the rifle known as the Krag-Jurgeson. His patriotic affiliation by right of inheritance is with the Sons of the American Revolution and the Society of Foreign Wars, and by his own military services with the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, and the Army and Navy clubs of Washington, D. C. Ile received from the Sultan of Turkey a medal of honor.
Frank H. Phipps married ( first ) June 11, 1867, at St. Louis, Missouri, Louisa De -- Hart Patterson, who died in 1881. Married (second) November 13, 1884, Anna Lally, born May 3, 1851, daughter of Major Folliot Thornton and Ellen ( Evans) Lally, and
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granddaughter of George Evans (1797-1867), one of the distinguished statesmen of Maine; A. B., Bowdoin College, 1815; A. N., 1818; lawyer in Gardiner ; representative in the state legislature, 1825-28; speaker in 1828; repre- sentative in the United States congress, serving in the Twenty-first and Twenty-sixth congress, 1829-41; United States senator, 1841-47; a candidate before the Whig convention for vice-president in 1848; chairman of the Mexi- can claims commission by appointment of President Taylor in 1849; attorney general of Maine, 1853-55. His academic honors were : Overseer of Bowdoin College, 1827-45 ; LL. D. from Bowdoin, 1847, and from Washington College, Pennsylvania, 1846. Major Folliot Thornton Lally rendered distinguished service in the war with Mexico. Children of General Frank Huntington and Louisa DeHart (Pat- terson) Phipps are: I. Henry Patterson, born in Washington, D. C., March 25, 1870, mar- ried Emily Trenholm Hazzard, of South Car- olina, and have one child, Louisa DeHart Phipps. 2. Frank Huntington Jr., born in New York City, June 15, 1879, married, September 15, 1906, Mary Yates. The only child of Gen- eral Frank Huntington and Anna (Lally) Phipps is Anita Evans, born in Augusta, Maine, January 29, 1886.
PHIPPS The Phipps family of this sketch is one of the old colonial families of this name which has furnished well known members to the profes- sional, mercantile, and industrial elements which have built up New England.
(I) Dr. Thomas Phipps was a leading physician and prominent citizen of Quincy, Massachusetts.
(II) Dr. Thomas (2), son of Dr. Thomas (1) Phipps, graduated from Harvard College and like his father distinguished himself in the practice of medicine at Quincy. He mar- ried Mehitable Arnold.
(III) Thomas Glover, son of Dr. Thomas (2) and Mehitable (Arnold) Phipps, was born in Quincy, Massachusetts, and died in Hudson, New York, 1861. He was educated in private schools and after completing his studies went with his uncles, William and Samuel Phipps, wholesale dry goods mer- chants, who resided at "Green Haze" in Dor- chester, and carried on business in Boston. Subsequently he became a dealer in lace in Boston, where he conducted a large business. About the year 1846 he removed to Spring- field and established himself in the dry goods
business, having a Mr. Ellery as a partner, the firm taking the style of Phipps & Ellery. About 1857 he sold his interest and removed to Hudson, New York, where he died 1861. The family later returned to Springfield. He was an active and prominent member of the Unitarian church and a personal friend of the leading Unitarian clergymen of New England, and a strong man in the councils of his church. He was also a Mason. Thomas G. Phipps mar- ried, about 1833, Lucy Steele, born in Boston, Massachusetts, June 17, 1810, daughter of Guerdon and Nancy (Green) Steele, of Bos-
ton. She died in Englewood, New Jersey, February 14, 1885. Five children were born of this union, who reached maturity: I.
Adelaide Lucy, born in Boston, died unmar- ried January 5, 1894. 2. Thomas, born Bos- ton, died in Brooklyn, New York, at the age of twenty-seven. 3. Caroline S., born in Bos- ton, has been a resident of that city continu- ously since 1862. 4. Guerdon Steele, born Hudson, New York, an active and patriotic young man who went into the civil war as a soldier and was wounded at the battle of Bris- tow Station. He died in Washington a year later, at the age of twenty-one. 5. Mary Augusta, born New York city, married Edwin D. Foster, of New York, who was head cashier of the firm of Spencer Turner & Com- pany ; three children were born of this mar- riage: Ernest Howard, Ethel L. and Amy. The latter married John Corbin, the well known writer of New York.
(For preceding generation see John Webster 1).
(II) John (2), son of John WEBSTER (I) Webster, was born in England in 1632. He was a blacksmith and learned his trade as an appren- tice to Daniel Pierce. He removed to Haverhill in March, 1653, and back to Newbury in spring of 1657. He took the oath of allegiance at Newbury in 1678. He married, June 13, 1653, in Newbury, Ann Batt, daughter of Nicholas and Lucy Batt. Children: I. John, born February II, 1655-56, mentioned below. 2. Mary, March 29, 1658, died May 4 follow- ing. 3. Sarah, July 1, 1659, married Rev. Edward Thompson; several children, one of whom Abigail, married Stephen Longfellow and was ancestor of the poet Longfellow and of Ichabod Goodwin, war governor of New Hampshire. 4. Abigail, March 16, 1662, died July 24, 1723 ; married in Newbury, May 27, 1685, William Moulton; nine children. 5. Lucy, December 15, 1664, married John Mer-
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rill. 6. Mary, May 24, 1667. 7. Stephen, May 8, 1669, married, November 1, 1698, Sarah Clark, three children. 8. Anne, September 2, 1671. 9. Rev. Nicholas, October 19, 1673, graduate of Harvard, 1695; married Mary Woodman. 10. Jonathan, May, 1676.
(III) John (3), son of John (2) Webster, was born in Newbury, February II, 1655-56, died in Salisbury, Massachusetts, April 12, 1737. He resided in Newbury and was a weaver by trade. He removed to Salisbury and was admitted to the church there October 20, 1706. His will was dated at Salisbury, September 20, 1732, and proved May 18, 1737. He took the oath of allegiance at Newbury in 1678. He married there March 9, 1680-81, Bridget Huggins, who died before he died. Children : I. Anne, born January 9, 1682, mar- ried, 1703, Philip Colby. 2. John, November 2, 1683, mentioned below. 3. Sarah, Decem- ber 28, 1685, died January 17, 1727 ; married, February 14, 1710-II, Thomas Bartlett. 4. Israel, April 9, 1688, a weaver ; married, No- vember 25, 1714, Susanna Morrill ; seven chil- dren. 5. Mary, married, October 28, 1712, Jacob Morrill. 6. Hannah, October 5, 1692, married, December 18, 1712, Stephen Bartlett. 7. Stephen, January 1I, 1698, probably died young.
(IV) John (4), son of John (3) Webster, was born in Newbury, November 2, 1683. He lived in Salisbury and was a soldier in the foot company in 1702. He married (intentions dated March 13, 1707-08) Sarah Greely, bap- tized January 8, 1709-10 (adult). Children : I. John, born April 28, 1709 died April 29, 1788; married, November 17, 1730, Ruth Clough ; married (second) Susannah Snow ; thirteen children. 2. Andrew, November 12, 1710, married (intentions recorded December 10, 1742) (first ) Mercy --- , who died Jan- uary 30, 1742; married ( second) Patience or Prudence Weare. 3. Stephen, October 5, 1712, mentioned below. 4. Mary, September 30, 1714. 5. Daniel, November 12, 1716, married, April 28, 1739, Abigail King. 6. Nathan, Jan- uary 17, 1719, married Mary three children. 7. Sarah, July 6, 1721. 8. Nathan- iel, March 25, 1724. 9. Ann, May 2, 1726, married, October, 1748, Jacob Truc.
(V) Stephen, son of John (4) Webster, was born October 5, 1712, at Salisbury. He settled in the adjoining town of Newbury, Massachusetts. He married (intention dated November 1, 1734) Hannah Swett. Children, born at Newbury: I. Betty, born September 25, 1735, died September 5, 1753. 2. Hannah,
December 4, 1737. 3. Samuel, April 1, 1740, married December 24, 1766, Susanna Jewell ; seven children. 4. Susanna, November 8, 1742, married Reuben Webster. 5. Stephen, February 22, 1744, mentioned below. 6. Anne, April 23, 1747, died May 5, 1747. 7. Israel, March 31, 1748, died December 31, 1751. 8. Benjamin, May 2, 1750, died May 13, 1750: 9. Benjamin, September 17, 1751. 10. John, November 28, 1754, died December 18, 1754. (VI) Stephen (2), son of Stephen (1) Webster, was born in Newbury, Massachu- setts, February 22, 1744, died in New Durham, New Hampshire (testified to by Jonathan Choate, his wife's brother ) about 1828. Prob- ably the correct date is January 20, 1827. He was a soldier in the revolution in Captain Green's company, Colonel Bedell's regiment, 1776, from the town of Tamworth. He was at Ticonderoga. He lived at Tamworth, later at Sandwich. Stephen and Jonathan Webster were in Sandwich in 1786 and signed a peti- tion for an issue of paper money that year. In 1790 the federal census shows that Stephen had three males over sixteen, two under that age and three females in his family. Besides Stephen there were Jonathan, Joseph, William, and Hezekiah Webster given as heads of fam- ilies in Sandwich in 1790. There are so many Stephen Websters that it is almost impossible without great care to sift them out accurately. A "Death Notice" in an old New Hampshire paper reads: "In New Durham, January 20, 1827, Mr. Stephen Webster, aged eighty-seven years, seven months, one day," but that might not be the same Stephen. He married, in Moultonborough, New Hampshire, 1770, Anna Choate, born in Kingston, New Hamp- shire, December 20, 1751, died in Sandwich, New Hampshire, October 5, 1848, daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth ( Moody) Choate, and of the same ancestry as Hon. Rufus Choate, the great advocate. They had six chil- dren, among whom were: I. Reuben, born 1771, died in New Durham, New Hampshire, in July, 1854; married, in New Durham, Feb- ruary 21, 1793, Lydia Smith; seven children. 2. Stephen. 3. Mary. 4. Jacob, boru April 6, 1779.
(VII) Jacob, son of Stephen (2) Webster, was born in Tamworth, New Hampshire, April 6, 1779, died in Sandwich, New Hamp- shire, May 8, 1858, of "Heart disease" (Vital Records of New Hampshire). He married, probably in Sandwich, April 18, 1802, Rhoda Quimby. Children, all born in New Durham, New Hampshire: 1. Josiah, born September
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20, 1803, married Ruth Atwood. 2. John, Au- gust 9, 1804. 3. Mary Quimby, married Hosea Pettingill. 4. Jane, married Reuben Bean. 5. Susan, married (first) John Carter ; (second) John Kent. 6. Alpheus. 7. Horace.
(VIII) John (5), son of Jacob Webster, was born in Sandwich, New Hampshire, Au- gust 9, 1804, died there July 28, 1888. He married Polly Pettingill, daughter of Asa Pettingill, who was in the war of 1812. Chil- dren: I. Asa Pettingill, born November 16, 1824. 2. Susan Maria, married George Wil- son, of Malden. 3. Mary Ann, married John N. Prescott, who was in the civil war. There were three other children, whose names are not known.
(IX) Asa Pettingill, son of John (5) Webster, was born in Sandwich, New Hamp- shire, November 16, 1824, died there February 16, 1851. He married in Tuftonborough, New Hampshire, Mary Elizabeth Abbott, born in Tuftonborough, 1825, daughter of Grafton Abbott. One child born in Sandwich, New Hampshire, Orrin Asa, born December 25, 1849.
(X) Orrin Asa, son of Asa Pettingill Web- ster, was born at Sandwich, December 25, 1849. He was educated in the public schools, and when a young man entered the railroad busi- ness and became a locomotive engineer on the Boston & Albany railroad. He is now retired. In religion he is a Baptist. He was formerly a Democrat, but in recent years has been a Republican. He is a life member of Dalhousie Lodge of Free Masons of Newton, Massachu- setts. He married, at Haverhill, Massachu- setts, May 11, 1869, Laura Esther Varrell, born at Rye, New Hampshire, January 24, 1848. died in Boston, August 2, 1882, daughter of Robert Waldron and Eliza E. ( Foss) Var- rell. Children : I. Harriet Joy, born March 12, 1874, at Newton, Massachusetts, married, May 9, 1906, at Somerville, Massachusetts, Arthur Leroy MacKusick, of Cambridge, son of Leroy Chase and Martha Eleanor ( Rand) MacKusick; child, Webster MacKusick, born September 12,. 1907, at Boston. 2. Walter Archibald, December 4, 1875 ; mentioned below. (XI) Walter Archibald, son of Orrin Asa Webster, was born in Newton Lower Falls, Massachusetts, December 4, 1875. When he was two years old his parents moved to Boston and he attended the public schools of that city, graduating from the English high school in the class of 1892. He entered Boston University Law School, from which he was graduated with the degree of LL. B. in the class of 1899.
He was admitted to the bar in 1899 and imme- diately began to practice law in Boston. He is the senior member of the firm of Webster, MacKusick & Lyman, at 6 Beacon street, Bos- ton. He is a master in chancery. In politics he is a Republican, and in 1901 was secretary of the Republican committee of ward 22, Bos- ton, and chairman in 1902-03. He was a repre- sentative to the general court in 1905-06-07 from the twenty-second Suffolk representative district, serving efficiently as a member of the committee on street railways in 1905-06, as house chairman of the committee on engrossed bills in 1906, and house chairman of the com- mittee on metropolitan affairs, one of the most important committees of the legislature in 1907. He was also a member of the committee on rules in 1907. He was a delegate and presided at the Republican convention of the second councillor district in 1905, at the Boston munici- pal convention in 1906 and at the Suffolk county convention in 1908. While in the legis- lature he originated the idea of the finance commission for Boston and drafted the act that created it. This commission has attracted the attention of the whole country for its effec- tive work and demonstrated usefulness. Mr. Webster also drafted the police and excise bill which created a single police commissioner in place of a board of three, and a board of three excise commissioners, providing also for the separate and independent powers of the police commissioner and excise board. He was the Republican candidate for district attorney of Suffolk county in 1907 against the late John B. Moran. Mr. Webster is a member of Daniel Hersey Lodge of Odd Fellows of Jamaica Plain ; of Boston Lodge, No. 10, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; of Camp Sted- man, No. 51, Sons of Veterans, Jamaica Plain ; of the Jamaica Club of Jamaica Plain ; of the Boston City Club and the Old Boston Club of Boston. He attends the Baptist church. He married, April 25, 1907, at Quincy, Massachu- setts, Florence Mabel Gray, born August 19, 1876, at Concord, Massachusetts, daughter of George Arthur and Martha Parks ( Pierce) Gray.
The Tinkham family is of TINKHAM ancient English origin. As far as known all the Ameri- can families are descended from the first settler mentioned in this sketch.
(I) Sergeant Ephraim Tinkham, immigrant ancestor, came from Ashburnham, near Plymouth, England, in April, 1630. He was
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born about 1606 and died June 5, 1685. He probably came in the service of Thomas Hath- erly, under indenture or contract, as many young men did, to pay their passage. Later he was transferred to the service of John Winslow, in 1634. He received a grant of land from the town of Duxbury, thirty-five acres, and was one of the proprietors, August 2, 1642. He became a very prominent citizen both in civil and military life; and selectman and sergeant and held other offices of trust and honor. He and his wife sold a third part of a lot of land with dwelling and other build- ings which had belonged to Peter Brown, by deed of October 27, 1647, to Henry Thomp- son, of Duxbury. Tinkham was admitted a freeman in 1670. In 1674 he was juror in a murder case; in 1676 member of the grand inquest. He and William Crowell and Edward Gray were a commission in 1668 to settle the bounds of the governor's lands at Plaindealing. His will was dated January 17, 1683, and proved June 5, 1685, bequeathing to wife Mary, children Ephraim, Ebenezer, Peter, Elkiah, John, Isaac, Mary Tomson. He was one of the twenty-six men who in 1662 bought of the Indians the territory comprising the town of Middleborough and settled that town. He married Mary Brown, daughter of Peter Brown, who came to Plymouth in the "May- flower." Children, born at Plymouth or Dux- bury : I. Ephraim, August 1, 1649, mentioned below. 2. Ebenezer, September 30, 1651, men- tioned below. 3. Peter, December 25, 1653. 4. Hezekiah, February 8, 1656-57. 5. John, June 7, 1658. 6. Mary, August 5, 1661, married John Thompson, son of Lieutenant Thompson. 7. John, November 15, 1663. 8. Isaac, April II, 1666, married Sarah King.
(II) Ephraim (2), son of Ephraim (I) Tinkham, was born in Duxbury, August I, 1649, died at Middleborough, October 13, 1714. He settled in Middleborough where he was propounded for freeman in 1682; was con- stable in 1681. He married Esther Wright, born 1649, died March 28, 1717, granddaughter of Francis Cook, who came to Plymouth in 1620 in the "Mayflower." He inherited his father's house in Middleborough. Children, born at Middleborough: 1. John, August 23, 1680; mentioned below. 2. Ephraim, October 7, 1682, died July 11, 1713; married, June 24, 1708, Martha Cobb, born 1691, died August 8, 1775. 3. Isaac, June, 1685, died April 7, 1750; went to Halifax in 1734; married Abiah Wood, born 1689, died December 25, 1777. 4.
Samuel, March 19, 1687-88, died March 16, 1775.
(III) John, son of Ephraim (2) Tinkham, was born August 23, 1680, at Middleborough, died there April 14, 1766. He also settled in Middleborough. He married, December II, 1716, Hannah Howland, born 1695, died March 25, 1792, great-granddaughter of John How- land who came in the "Mayflower." Children, born at Middleborough: 1. Cornelius, August 31, 1717. 2. John, May 8, 1719, died August 22, 1793 ; married Jerusha Vaughan. 3. Esther, April 26, 1721 ; married Elisha Vaughan. 4. Hannah, April 10, 1723, died April 14, 1802; married Joseph Vaughan, John Weston and David Sears. 5. Susanna, March 19, 1724-25, died June 21, 1813; married James Cobb. 6. Abishai, May 23, 1727. 7. Amos, July 10, 1729; mentioned below. 8. Zilpah, July 25, I737.
(IV) Amos, son of John Tinkham, was born in Middleborough, July 10, 1729, died there April 5, 1776. He married Sarah Tink- ham, born 1735, died February 18, 1820, daugh- ter of Peter and Eunice ( Thomas) Tinkham, mentioned below. Children, born at Middle- borough : 1. Sarah, born 1757, died September 20, 1846; married Ichabod Wood. 2. Squire, 1772; mentioned below.
(V) Squire, son of Amos Tinkham, was born at Middleborough, 1772, died October 17, 1851. He went to Hartland, Vermont, in 1823. Ile married Anna Wood, born 1773, died Sep- tember, 1849, daughter of Israel and Priscilla (Vaughan) Wood. Israel Wood was born in 1744 and died May 12, 1829 ; Priscilla Vaughan, born 1749, died 1808. Israel was the son of Ichabod Wood, born 1719, died April 8, 1787, and wife Thankful (Cobb) Wood. Ichabod was the son of Samuel Wood, Jr., born 1684, died 1754, and wife Elizabeth, and grandson of Samuel Wood, who was born in 1648, died February 3, 1718. Samuel, Sr., was the son of Henry Wood, alias Atwood, the immigrant, of Plymouth. Children of Squire Tinkham : I. Loranus, born August 15, 1798; mentioned below. 2. Squire, February 9, 1800, died Jan- uary 25, 1867; married Melinda Hoisington, born November 1, 1807, died October 23, 1893 ; children: i. Sophronia, born February 21, 1830, married Benjamin Fletcher and J. Q. A. Ditty ; ii. John Howland, born March 31, 1831, (lied January 2, 1836; iii. Harrison Gray, born 1833 ; iv. Harriet, born September, 1838, mar- ried Hosea Young; v. Charlotte, born 1841, married W. H. Walker.
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