BESSEY, EVERETT M.
Everett's ancestors, like many families in MA, headed to ME after the Revolutionary War. Some of them were soldiers and thus descendants are eligible to join the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) or the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) in addition to the Mayflower Society. Everett, who was no older than 34 in the photo on the left, had at least 4 Mayflower passenger ancestors: Peter Brown, Isaac Allerton, Francis Eaton, & Richard Warren. (See those other sections on this website for those lines.) If you can find the parents of Elnathan Benson, supposedly born in Wareham, MA in 1745, you might find more. The Gen 9 Brown line of Everett, b. 1880 in Buckfield, ME runs as follows: Alvin Sturtevant Bessey, Alden, Joseph Bessey, Mercy (Tinkham) (Donham) Bessey, Samuel Tinkham, Peter, Mary (Brown) Tinkham, Peter Brown of the Mayflower. He is thus a fairly close cousin of other Mainers on this page, the Bolsters and Levi Cushman, possibly the Bisbees if a Sturtevant link is proven to exist. Image from Alfred Cole & Charles H. Whitman, A History of Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, from the Earliest Explorations to the Close of the Year 1900 (Lewiston, ME: CF Whitman, 1915), pp. 528-9, digitized by the New York Public Library.
Everett's ancestors, like many families in MA, headed to ME after the Revolutionary War. Some of them were soldiers and thus descendants are eligible to join the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) or the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) in addition to the Mayflower Society. Everett, who was no older than 34 in the photo on the left, had at least 4 Mayflower passenger ancestors: Peter Brown, Isaac Allerton, Francis Eaton, & Richard Warren. (See those other sections on this website for those lines.) If you can find the parents of Elnathan Benson, supposedly born in Wareham, MA in 1745, you might find more. The Gen 9 Brown line of Everett, b. 1880 in Buckfield, ME runs as follows: Alvin Sturtevant Bessey, Alden, Joseph Bessey, Mercy (Tinkham) (Donham) Bessey, Samuel Tinkham, Peter, Mary (Brown) Tinkham, Peter Brown of the Mayflower. He is thus a fairly close cousin of other Mainers on this page, the Bolsters and Levi Cushman, possibly the Bisbees if a Sturtevant link is proven to exist. Image from Alfred Cole & Charles H. Whitman, A History of Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, from the Earliest Explorations to the Close of the Year 1900 (Lewiston, ME: CF Whitman, 1915), pp. 528-9, digitized by the New York Public Library.
BOYDEN, EDWARD ALLEN & ETHEL
Siblings Ethel (b 1879) and Edward A. (b 1886) were the children and grandchildren of the father & son heads of Bridgewater Normal School (now Bridgewater State University in Plymouth County, MA. Ethel, Class of 1902, appears in this 1899 class photo and Edward is in his 1906 baseball team photo. Neither appear to have married. In addition to Brown, they were Alden-Mullins, Billington, Eaton, Samuel Fuller, and Hopkins descendants. (See those sections on this website for the other lines & other photos of Edward.) Their Gen 11 Brown line runs: Catherine C[hipman] (Allen) Boyden, Betsy (Babbitt) Allen, Joannah Tilden (Fuller) Bassett, Sarah (Tilden) Fuller, Joanna (Barker) Tilden, Sarah (Macomber) Barker, Joanna (Tinkham) Macomber, Ebenezer Tinkham, Mary (Tinkham) Brown, Peter of the Mayflower. (I did not look for a link from their mother to any Howland-Chipman line.) Images from the Historical Photographs Collection, Bridgewater State University Library, and posted online by Digital Commonwealth. You can see a 1935 photo of Edward, who became a distinguished professor of anatomy, on the Smithsonian Institution's website as well. His WWI draft card stated that he was 5'9" tall, weighed 180 lbs, had "blonde" hair and "gray" eyes. |
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CLARK, HERBERT ALLYNE
Major Clark was a Generation 9 Brown(e) descendant via his father, Samuel W. Clark. The book from which this image was taken names Herbert's mother, Charity H. Cushman, and paternal grandfather as well, "Abisha" T. Clark, and states that all were of Middleborough. As a rule, Mboro kept thorough records but with very creative spelling and a habit of calling single young women "Mrs." but don't let that throw you. It was not difficult to find the birth of Samuel Woodbine Clark to Abisha T. Clark and "Patia his wife" in 1820, alongside the birth of an older brother, "Abisha Tinkham Clark." Tinkham in Middleborough, 1600-1800s = Browne. Abisha/Abishai Tinkham can be found here and there online but the Brown Silver Book has him on page 86, making a will and leaving bequests to "daughter Lucy Clark, wife of Elisha" and "grandson Abisha Clark" in 1803. Lucy was his only child. The NEHGS has a record of her marriage to Elisha in 1776 and the birth of their son Abisha T. in 1783. Thus Herbert A. Clark's Brown(e) line runs: Samuel Woodbine Clark, Abisha Tinkham Clark, Lucy (Tinkham) Clark, Abisha/Abaisha/Abishai Tinkham, John, Ephraim, Mary (Brown) Tinkham, Peter Brown(e) of the Mayflower. The Brown(s) Silver Book reveals additional Cooke and Howland lines, and Herbert's mother's maiden name, Cushman, revealed an Allerton line, which in turn led to a Warren line. See those sections for details. The author of this book claims Bradford genes. Can you help with that? Image and info from Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, v. I (Chicago: J. M. Beers, 1912), p. 448, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
Major Clark was a Generation 9 Brown(e) descendant via his father, Samuel W. Clark. The book from which this image was taken names Herbert's mother, Charity H. Cushman, and paternal grandfather as well, "Abisha" T. Clark, and states that all were of Middleborough. As a rule, Mboro kept thorough records but with very creative spelling and a habit of calling single young women "Mrs." but don't let that throw you. It was not difficult to find the birth of Samuel Woodbine Clark to Abisha T. Clark and "Patia his wife" in 1820, alongside the birth of an older brother, "Abisha Tinkham Clark." Tinkham in Middleborough, 1600-1800s = Browne. Abisha/Abishai Tinkham can be found here and there online but the Brown Silver Book has him on page 86, making a will and leaving bequests to "daughter Lucy Clark, wife of Elisha" and "grandson Abisha Clark" in 1803. Lucy was his only child. The NEHGS has a record of her marriage to Elisha in 1776 and the birth of their son Abisha T. in 1783. Thus Herbert A. Clark's Brown(e) line runs: Samuel Woodbine Clark, Abisha Tinkham Clark, Lucy (Tinkham) Clark, Abisha/Abaisha/Abishai Tinkham, John, Ephraim, Mary (Brown) Tinkham, Peter Brown(e) of the Mayflower. The Brown(s) Silver Book reveals additional Cooke and Howland lines, and Herbert's mother's maiden name, Cushman, revealed an Allerton line, which in turn led to a Warren line. See those sections for details. The author of this book claims Bradford genes. Can you help with that? Image and info from Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, v. I (Chicago: J. M. Beers, 1912), p. 448, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
COBB, JONATHAN LOVETT HASKELL
J. L. H. Cobb, as he signed his name, was a Gen 8 Brown/Browne, Gen 9 Allerton and Billington, and Gen 8/9 Howland-Tilly descendant via maternal Tinkham and Cushman ancestors. Don't be confused by the names & dates in this lineage; the first Ebenezer Cobb, husband of Ruth Tinkham (his first wife) lived to be 107 and Ebenezer's son (whom he outlived by 19 years), and a grandson (at least) were also named Ebenezer Cobb. The Brown Silver Book will get you as far as the birth of Jonathan's grandfather Zenas in 1772. He is also listed in Kingston [MA] Births, found on the NEHGS site, with the marriage of his parents and his father's birth (naming the grandparents) conveniently nearby. For the purposes of illustration I'm trusting that Jonathan knew his parents and grandparents and that he or someone else reliably communicated that data to the compilers of the volume from which this image came. However, you would have to prove it to apply for Mayflower Society membership. Jonathan's Brown(e) line runs: Zenas Cobb, Zenas Cobb, Ebenezer Cobb, Ruth (Tinkham) Cobb, Helkiah Tinkham, Mary (Brown) Tinkham, Peter Brown/Browne of the Mayflower. See the Allerton, Howland-Tilly, and Billington writeups for those lineages. Info and image from Georgia Drew Merrill, History of Androscoggin County, Maine (Boston: Ferguson, 1891), pp. 429-30 digitized by the Library of Congress.
J. L. H. Cobb, as he signed his name, was a Gen 8 Brown/Browne, Gen 9 Allerton and Billington, and Gen 8/9 Howland-Tilly descendant via maternal Tinkham and Cushman ancestors. Don't be confused by the names & dates in this lineage; the first Ebenezer Cobb, husband of Ruth Tinkham (his first wife) lived to be 107 and Ebenezer's son (whom he outlived by 19 years), and a grandson (at least) were also named Ebenezer Cobb. The Brown Silver Book will get you as far as the birth of Jonathan's grandfather Zenas in 1772. He is also listed in Kingston [MA] Births, found on the NEHGS site, with the marriage of his parents and his father's birth (naming the grandparents) conveniently nearby. For the purposes of illustration I'm trusting that Jonathan knew his parents and grandparents and that he or someone else reliably communicated that data to the compilers of the volume from which this image came. However, you would have to prove it to apply for Mayflower Society membership. Jonathan's Brown(e) line runs: Zenas Cobb, Zenas Cobb, Ebenezer Cobb, Ruth (Tinkham) Cobb, Helkiah Tinkham, Mary (Brown) Tinkham, Peter Brown/Browne of the Mayflower. See the Allerton, Howland-Tilly, and Billington writeups for those lineages. Info and image from Georgia Drew Merrill, History of Androscoggin County, Maine (Boston: Ferguson, 1891), pp. 429-30 digitized by the Library of Congress.
CUSHING, ALICE T.
The "T." might be for Taber or Turner. Also, the photo identifies this woman as "Mrs. Lawrence Bertram," 2nd from left in row 2 of a photo of a 1908 New Bedford High School 10-year reunion. Mr. Bertram is at the other end of the row above her. If the newspaper misidentified her, then the picture is incorrect (but the lineage is OK.) The real Mrs. Lawrence Bertram was born Alice T. Cushing in New Bedford in 1884 to Charles F. Cushing & Annie C. Taber. She is also a Cooke & Warren descendant (see those sections) and a Gen 10 Brown as follows: Charles F. Cushing, Jeremiah Turner Cushing, Mary (Rickard) Cushing, Isaac Rickard, Lemuel, Samuel, Rebecca (Snow) Rickard, Rebecca (Brown) Snow, Peter Brown of the Mayflower. (Note: Charles F. Cushing & several siblings were misidentified as "Cushman" in the 1850 census, but their parents & sister Jane, on the previous page, were not.) Image now part of the New Bedford Free Public Library collection, digitized by Digital Commonwealth.
The "T." might be for Taber or Turner. Also, the photo identifies this woman as "Mrs. Lawrence Bertram," 2nd from left in row 2 of a photo of a 1908 New Bedford High School 10-year reunion. Mr. Bertram is at the other end of the row above her. If the newspaper misidentified her, then the picture is incorrect (but the lineage is OK.) The real Mrs. Lawrence Bertram was born Alice T. Cushing in New Bedford in 1884 to Charles F. Cushing & Annie C. Taber. She is also a Cooke & Warren descendant (see those sections) and a Gen 10 Brown as follows: Charles F. Cushing, Jeremiah Turner Cushing, Mary (Rickard) Cushing, Isaac Rickard, Lemuel, Samuel, Rebecca (Snow) Rickard, Rebecca (Brown) Snow, Peter Brown of the Mayflower. (Note: Charles F. Cushing & several siblings were misidentified as "Cushman" in the 1850 census, but their parents & sister Jane, on the previous page, were not.) Image now part of the New Bedford Free Public Library collection, digitized by Digital Commonwealth.
DEXTER, ALDEN DAVIS
A Gen. 9 descendant of pilgrim Peter Brown/Browne, Alden's lineage is in the writeup on his daughter, Bernice Alden Dexter, below. Alden was born in Mattapoisett, MA in 1868 and married Minnie Frances Swift, an Alden-Mullins and Cooke descendant. Vital records documenting this family can be found on the NEHGS online. See the Warren page for that lineage. Image & info from William A. Warden & Robert L. Dexter, Genealogy of the Dexter Family in America, Descendants of Thomas Dexter, Together with the Record of Other Allied Families (Worcester, MA: Blanchard Press, 1905), pp. 203 & 301, digitized by the Library of Congress.
A Gen. 9 descendant of pilgrim Peter Brown/Browne, Alden's lineage is in the writeup on his daughter, Bernice Alden Dexter, below. Alden was born in Mattapoisett, MA in 1868 and married Minnie Frances Swift, an Alden-Mullins and Cooke descendant. Vital records documenting this family can be found on the NEHGS online. See the Warren page for that lineage. Image & info from William A. Warden & Robert L. Dexter, Genealogy of the Dexter Family in America, Descendants of Thomas Dexter, Together with the Record of Other Allied Families (Worcester, MA: Blanchard Press, 1905), pp. 203 & 301, digitized by the Library of Congress.
DEXTER, BERNICE ALDEN
About 8 when the photo on the left was taken and 17-18 in the picture on the right, Bernice was the daughter of Alden Davis Dexter, above, and Minnie Frances Swift. Since the family was long of Plymouth County, there may be a tangible connection between the Dexters & Alden-Mullins clans (besides Alden having a grandfather also named Alden Dexter) but Bernice, aka "Bunny" was an Alden-Mullins & Cooke through her mother. Her paternal Gen 10 Brown line runs: Alden Davis Dexter, Sophia H. (Tinkham) Dexter, Isaac Delano Tinkham, Abraham, Charles, Peter, John, Mary (Brown) Tinkham, Peter Brown/Browne of the Mayflower. Abraham Tinkham's birth is in the Brown silver book; the marriage of her grandparents Sophia H. Tinkham and Joseph Dexter is in the Delano green books published by the GSMD. (That is where you will find the Warren line mentioned.) See her Warren, Alden-Mullins, & Cooke writeups for that lineage. Image on left & info from William A. Warden & Robert L. Dexter, Genealogy of the Dexter Family in America... (Worcester, MA: Blanchard Press, 1905), pp. 203, 301-2, digitized by the Library of Congress. Image on the right from the Journal (Taunton High School: 1917) digitized on Internet Archive. Bernice married a John Smith Panton (b Scotland) in 1918, so look for descendants under that surname as well. |
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DOTEN, FRANKLIN FORD
I included Franklin partly to show that some members of the family who lived in Plymouth spelled the name "Doten" not "Doty" or "Dotey" and also to give another demonstration of the passport database on familysearch.org which has pictures beginning roughly around WWI. Franklin was a 21-year-old student from Somerville, MA (Boston), 5'9 1/2" with brown hair and eyes, going to England and then west/central Europe on the Saturnia in 1924. Franklin was a Doty but also a Brown/Browne, a double Gen 10 Warren, a Hopkins, and a Cooke, and a Brown descendant. This can be shown by MA vital records BUT be aware that the death record of Nathaniel Sr.. claims his mother was Mary "Palmer." Fortunately there were vital records showing it clearly as "Farmer" and her birth was in the Brown silver book. Here is Franklin's Gen 11 Brown line, beginning with his father: Herbert Warren Doten, Benjamin F., Nathaniel Jr., Nathaniel, Mary (Farmer) Doten, Susannah (Tinkham) Farmer, Ebenezer Tinkham, Helkiah, Mary (Brown) Tinkham, Peter Brown of the Mayflower. See the other pilgrim sections for his other Mayflower lines. Image from United States Passport Applications, 1795-1825 on familysearch.org.
I included Franklin partly to show that some members of the family who lived in Plymouth spelled the name "Doten" not "Doty" or "Dotey" and also to give another demonstration of the passport database on familysearch.org which has pictures beginning roughly around WWI. Franklin was a 21-year-old student from Somerville, MA (Boston), 5'9 1/2" with brown hair and eyes, going to England and then west/central Europe on the Saturnia in 1924. Franklin was a Doty but also a Brown/Browne, a double Gen 10 Warren, a Hopkins, and a Cooke, and a Brown descendant. This can be shown by MA vital records BUT be aware that the death record of Nathaniel Sr.. claims his mother was Mary "Palmer." Fortunately there were vital records showing it clearly as "Farmer" and her birth was in the Brown silver book. Here is Franklin's Gen 11 Brown line, beginning with his father: Herbert Warren Doten, Benjamin F., Nathaniel Jr., Nathaniel, Mary (Farmer) Doten, Susannah (Tinkham) Farmer, Ebenezer Tinkham, Helkiah, Mary (Brown) Tinkham, Peter Brown of the Mayflower. See the other pilgrim sections for his other Mayflower lines. Image from United States Passport Applications, 1795-1825 on familysearch.org.
FAIRBANKS, JOSEPH WOODMAN
The exact line will require verification before you submit this to a lineage society because the book with this photo says that Joseph's mother was the daughter of Seth and Agnes Tinkham and Seth was the son of Joseph and Agnes Tinkham. The Peter Brown/Browne silver book does have a Joseph Tinkham and Agnes McFun in the right town (Middleborough, MA) having a son Seth (b 1761) who went to Maine (where he might have sired Joseph's mother, b. 1797) but ME vital records are hit and miss - in this case miss. I do not know if Seth married an Agnes Woodman as stated. For now, (2.17.2020) this Gen 8 line begins with Joseph's mother as follows: Lydia Wood (Tinkham) Fairbanks, Seth Tinkham, Joseph, Shuball, Ebenezer, Mary (Brown) Tinkham, Peter Brown. Check out the Howland-Tilley page for Joseph's equally fuzzy lineage there. Image & info from Francis Gould Butler, A History of Farmington, Franklin County, Maine from the Earliest Explorations to the Present Time, 1776-1885 (Farmington: Knowlton, McLeary, 1885), pp. 469-471, digitized by the NY Public Libraries.
The exact line will require verification before you submit this to a lineage society because the book with this photo says that Joseph's mother was the daughter of Seth and Agnes Tinkham and Seth was the son of Joseph and Agnes Tinkham. The Peter Brown/Browne silver book does have a Joseph Tinkham and Agnes McFun in the right town (Middleborough, MA) having a son Seth (b 1761) who went to Maine (where he might have sired Joseph's mother, b. 1797) but ME vital records are hit and miss - in this case miss. I do not know if Seth married an Agnes Woodman as stated. For now, (2.17.2020) this Gen 8 line begins with Joseph's mother as follows: Lydia Wood (Tinkham) Fairbanks, Seth Tinkham, Joseph, Shuball, Ebenezer, Mary (Brown) Tinkham, Peter Brown. Check out the Howland-Tilley page for Joseph's equally fuzzy lineage there. Image & info from Francis Gould Butler, A History of Farmington, Franklin County, Maine from the Earliest Explorations to the Present Time, 1776-1885 (Farmington: Knowlton, McLeary, 1885), pp. 469-471, digitized by the NY Public Libraries.
Harris, Benjamin Winslow & Robert Orr
U.S. Congressman Benjamin Harris (R-MA) (1823-1907), was a descendant of at least 8 Mayflower Families, going only from data on the Harris side. (His mother, Mary Winslow Thomas, was described in the book from which this photo came as a descendant of Kenelm Winslow, brother of pilgrim Edward. She was also a Warren) Benjamin is twice a Generation 8 Brown descendant from the marriage of an earlier Benjamin Harris, the congressman's great-grandfather, to Sarah Snow, also a Generation 5 Brown. The Brown and Hopkins Silver Books get the line as far as Rep. Harris's grandfather, the first Deacon William Harris. Great-grandfather Benjamin is the final Harris entry in the Cooke Silver Book. Benjamin Winslow Harris was also a Bradford, Alden-Mullins, Warren, Cooke, Hopkins, & Chilton. Son Robert Orr Harris was a member of the General Society of Mayflower Descendants (GSMD) but I don't know on which line or lines. Info and image from Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, v. I (Chicago: J. M. Beers, 1912), pp. 54-57, digitized by the Boston Public Library.
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HARRIS, ROBERT ORR (See Benjamin Winslow Harris, above.)
HOWARD, WILLARD
Col. Willard P. Howard was a Generation 8 Brown(e) descendant via his paternal grandmother, Silvia (Alger) Howard and a Gen. 8/9 Alden-Mullins his grandfather’s side. Silvia’s birth appears in the Brown Silver Book. Willard’s Brown(e) line runs as follows: Thomas Jefferson Howard, Silvia (Alger) Howard, Daniel Alger, Susanna (Snow) Alger, William Snow, Rebecca (Brown) Snow, Peter Brown(e) of the Mayflower. See Willard’s Alden-Mullins entry for that line. It is not clear whether the title “Col.” is from his Civil War service or an honorific earned as a senior officer of the Grand Army of the Republic veterans organization after the war. He had no children at the time this book was written and was then residing in Baltimore. Info & image from Heman Howard, The Howard Genealogy: Descendants of John Howard of Bridgewater, Massachusetts from 1643 to 1903 (Brockton: Standard Printing, 1903), pp. 74, 156, 230, digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library. The image is small because the original is a full-size portrait in uniform, seated at a table.
Col. Willard P. Howard was a Generation 8 Brown(e) descendant via his paternal grandmother, Silvia (Alger) Howard and a Gen. 8/9 Alden-Mullins his grandfather’s side. Silvia’s birth appears in the Brown Silver Book. Willard’s Brown(e) line runs as follows: Thomas Jefferson Howard, Silvia (Alger) Howard, Daniel Alger, Susanna (Snow) Alger, William Snow, Rebecca (Brown) Snow, Peter Brown(e) of the Mayflower. See Willard’s Alden-Mullins entry for that line. It is not clear whether the title “Col.” is from his Civil War service or an honorific earned as a senior officer of the Grand Army of the Republic veterans organization after the war. He had no children at the time this book was written and was then residing in Baltimore. Info & image from Heman Howard, The Howard Genealogy: Descendants of John Howard of Bridgewater, Massachusetts from 1643 to 1903 (Brockton: Standard Printing, 1903), pp. 74, 156, 230, digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library. The image is small because the original is a full-size portrait in uniform, seated at a table.
MACOMBER, THOMAS
The Rev. Thomas (1773-1852) was the third of that name in his family, and Thomases 1 & 2 are in the Brown & Samson silver books. The author of the book with this image had his birth and death dates & places and those matched with his findagrave entry and with the birth recorded in the Marshfield, MA vital records digitized on the NEHGS. (That is where you will find the Gen 5 pages of the GSMD's silver books, too.) Thomas was also the town clerk in Guilford, ME so the information in those records is as accurate as it comes. Here is Rev. Thomas's Gen 7 Brown line, beginning with his father: Thomas Macomber, Thomas, Joanna (Tinkham) Macomber, Ebenezer Tinkham, Mary (Brown) Tinkham, Peter Brown of the Mayflower. He was a distant cousin of numerous people on this page. See the Samson section for that line. My sincere apologies for the quality of this image. Image & info from Sprague's Journal of Maine History, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Dover, ME: John Francis Sprague, 1916), 123 digitized by the findmypast PERSI Collection, obtained on Internet Archive. If anyone can get to a hardcover original and scan the Rev. Thomas from that I would be happy to post it here.
The Rev. Thomas (1773-1852) was the third of that name in his family, and Thomases 1 & 2 are in the Brown & Samson silver books. The author of the book with this image had his birth and death dates & places and those matched with his findagrave entry and with the birth recorded in the Marshfield, MA vital records digitized on the NEHGS. (That is where you will find the Gen 5 pages of the GSMD's silver books, too.) Thomas was also the town clerk in Guilford, ME so the information in those records is as accurate as it comes. Here is Rev. Thomas's Gen 7 Brown line, beginning with his father: Thomas Macomber, Thomas, Joanna (Tinkham) Macomber, Ebenezer Tinkham, Mary (Brown) Tinkham, Peter Brown of the Mayflower. He was a distant cousin of numerous people on this page. See the Samson section for that line. My sincere apologies for the quality of this image. Image & info from Sprague's Journal of Maine History, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Dover, ME: John Francis Sprague, 1916), 123 digitized by the findmypast PERSI Collection, obtained on Internet Archive. If anyone can get to a hardcover original and scan the Rev. Thomas from that I would be happy to post it here.
MAXIM, SILAS PACKARD
Silas co-authored the book from which this sketch comes and included sufficient genealogy to jump-start a search for pilgrim ancestors. A TAG article had told me that the immigrant founder of the Maxim family, Samuel, had married a descendant of Patience Brewster, and Silas noted that he had a grandmother who was a Packard. My Packards from Maine are Alden descendants, so I began looking in both Brewster and Alden and found reference to Soule and Browne. Silas turned out to be a Generation 9 descendant of Peter Browne, a Generation 8 Soule, 8/9 Alden-Mullins, and 10 Brewster. (Hint: This book mentions several cousins named Ephraim, and that name, in the 1700s, is a clue to look for Browne connections because so many descend from Ephraim Tinkham, who married Mary, one of Peter Browne's (only) 3 children.) Image and info from W. B. Lapham & Silas P. Maxim, History of Paris, Maine (Paris:1884), pp. 673-4 & frontispiece. Digitized by the Library of Congress.
Silas co-authored the book from which this sketch comes and included sufficient genealogy to jump-start a search for pilgrim ancestors. A TAG article had told me that the immigrant founder of the Maxim family, Samuel, had married a descendant of Patience Brewster, and Silas noted that he had a grandmother who was a Packard. My Packards from Maine are Alden descendants, so I began looking in both Brewster and Alden and found reference to Soule and Browne. Silas turned out to be a Generation 9 descendant of Peter Browne, a Generation 8 Soule, 8/9 Alden-Mullins, and 10 Brewster. (Hint: This book mentions several cousins named Ephraim, and that name, in the 1700s, is a clue to look for Browne connections because so many descend from Ephraim Tinkham, who married Mary, one of Peter Browne's (only) 3 children.) Image and info from W. B. Lapham & Silas P. Maxim, History of Paris, Maine (Paris:1884), pp. 673-4 & frontispiece. Digitized by the Library of Congress.
MORSE, ASA T.
I will go out on a limb and make a guess about this one. I think Asa T. Morse is a Gen. 9 Browne and Gen. 9 & 10 Cooke. Asa's mother, Julia A. Taber, was the daughter of Mason Taber. VRs show Mason of Acushnet (born in Fairhaven) to be the son of "Joseph & Rebecca," married in New Bedford in 1797. Joseph was the son of William. There are more than one Joseph and more than one William and Rebecca seems to have vanished. Fairhaven split from New Bedford, and Acushnet from Fairhaven during the period involved. Ads for land sales show a William and Joseph near the area where "Capt." Mason Taber had a tavern/stagecoach waystation. I do not know why Mason was called "Capt." and he was listed as a "farmer" in his death record. The most likely (least unlikely?) William Taber is one listed in VRs as the son of "Joseph and Mary." This matches with a couple listed in the Brown Silver Book. So who was Asa Taber, whom Asa T. Morse was presumably named for? Land sale ads show one in the same area in the 1830s, so possibly a brother of Capt. Mason Taber. If you have any answers, please get in touch. If this is the correct family, the Brown line would run: Julia (Taber) Morse, Mason Taber, Joseph, William, Mary (Tinkham) Taber, John Tinkham, Mary (Brown) Tinkham, Peter Brown(e) of the Mayflower. The Brown Silver Book gets one generation past the Cooke book. Image from Franklyn Howland, A History of the Town of Acushnet (New Bedford: author, 1907), p. 325, digitized by the Library of Congress.
I will go out on a limb and make a guess about this one. I think Asa T. Morse is a Gen. 9 Browne and Gen. 9 & 10 Cooke. Asa's mother, Julia A. Taber, was the daughter of Mason Taber. VRs show Mason of Acushnet (born in Fairhaven) to be the son of "Joseph & Rebecca," married in New Bedford in 1797. Joseph was the son of William. There are more than one Joseph and more than one William and Rebecca seems to have vanished. Fairhaven split from New Bedford, and Acushnet from Fairhaven during the period involved. Ads for land sales show a William and Joseph near the area where "Capt." Mason Taber had a tavern/stagecoach waystation. I do not know why Mason was called "Capt." and he was listed as a "farmer" in his death record. The most likely (least unlikely?) William Taber is one listed in VRs as the son of "Joseph and Mary." This matches with a couple listed in the Brown Silver Book. So who was Asa Taber, whom Asa T. Morse was presumably named for? Land sale ads show one in the same area in the 1830s, so possibly a brother of Capt. Mason Taber. If you have any answers, please get in touch. If this is the correct family, the Brown line would run: Julia (Taber) Morse, Mason Taber, Joseph, William, Mary (Tinkham) Taber, John Tinkham, Mary (Brown) Tinkham, Peter Brown(e) of the Mayflower. The Brown Silver Book gets one generation past the Cooke book. Image from Franklyn Howland, A History of the Town of Acushnet (New Bedford: author, 1907), p. 325, digitized by the Library of Congress.
PHILLIPS, B.
An 18-year-old factory worker, this Bristol Co., MA bridegroom was a Cooke, Browne, Alden-Mullins, and Warren as well as a Soule. He is a very distant cousin of Henry M. Rowe, below, and others with Tinkham ancestry. This image belongs to a relative and as such is not in the public domain and not available for download.
An 18-year-old factory worker, this Bristol Co., MA bridegroom was a Cooke, Browne, Alden-Mullins, and Warren as well as a Soule. He is a very distant cousin of Henry M. Rowe, below, and others with Tinkham ancestry. This image belongs to a relative and as such is not in the public domain and not available for download.
PRATT, AROLINE
This image is on Digital Commonwealth as "Aroline Soule" who "led the movement to establish Halifax [MA]'s Soldiers' Monument for Civil War Veterans," her son Charles W. Soule having died in the service in NC in 1862, age 18. Charles was also the son of husband John M. Soule, a farmer. Aroline (1820-1916) was a Brown, Alden-Mullins, and Warren descendant. The line is a little difficult to trace as her ancestors went back and forth between Boston and Plymouth County. Her Gen 8 Brown line begins with her father: Simeon Pratt, Simeon, Seth, Sarah (Snow) Pratt, Benjamin Snow, Rebecca (Brown) Snow, Peter Brown of the Mayflower, by his second wife, Mary. The Brown silver book gets as far as the birth of the first Simeon Pratt, a Revolutionary War pensioner. See the Alden-Mullins and Warren sections for those lines.
This image is on Digital Commonwealth as "Aroline Soule" who "led the movement to establish Halifax [MA]'s Soldiers' Monument for Civil War Veterans," her son Charles W. Soule having died in the service in NC in 1862, age 18. Charles was also the son of husband John M. Soule, a farmer. Aroline (1820-1916) was a Brown, Alden-Mullins, and Warren descendant. The line is a little difficult to trace as her ancestors went back and forth between Boston and Plymouth County. Her Gen 8 Brown line begins with her father: Simeon Pratt, Simeon, Seth, Sarah (Snow) Pratt, Benjamin Snow, Rebecca (Brown) Snow, Peter Brown of the Mayflower, by his second wife, Mary. The Brown silver book gets as far as the birth of the first Simeon Pratt, a Revolutionary War pensioner. See the Alden-Mullins and Warren sections for those lines.
ROLLINS, ANNA ELIZABETH
Descendants of Anna will have to search probate and land records in MA, VT, and possibly NH to get what they need to join a lineage society, i.e. government documents linking parents to child from Anna's maternal grandparents to herself. It is not clear whether Anna had any children, siblings, or cousins, but look under the surnames Tanner and Stoddard for children, in the Boston, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. areas, where she was very active in the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), which still exists. The book with this photo stated that Anna was born in Greensboro, VT on 19 Sep 1852 to David Rollins and an unnamed mother who was a "Thompson, a direct descendant of the Scotch who settled in the vicinity of Plymouth, Mass." The NEHGS had Anna's first marriage record, which revealed that her mother was "Betsey F." and her great great grandmother turned out to be one "Betty Fuller." In addition to Brown/Browne, Anna was also a Cooke, Howland, and Samuel Fuller descendant. Her Gen 8 Brown line runs as follows: Betsey F. (Thompson) Rollins, Zaccheus Tomson/Thompson, John, John, Mary (Tinkham) Tomson, Mary (Brown) Tinkham, Peter of the Mayflower. The birth of Zaccheus is in all 3 silver books & the Howland blue book vol 2. If you can find out the origins of his wife, Jennet Wood of Halifax, MA (b c 1771), you will probably find more Mayflower lines. Look for a link to Zaccheus's 1820 Woodstock, VT census neighbor Susanna (Fuller) Wood, also a Samuel Fuller descendant. Image & info from Frances E. Willard & Mary A. Livermore, eds., American Women: Fifteen Hundred Biographies with Over 1,400 Portraits, Vol. II (NY: Mast. Crowell & Kirkpatrick, 1897), p. 691, digitized by the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, posted on Internet Archive.
Descendants of Anna will have to search probate and land records in MA, VT, and possibly NH to get what they need to join a lineage society, i.e. government documents linking parents to child from Anna's maternal grandparents to herself. It is not clear whether Anna had any children, siblings, or cousins, but look under the surnames Tanner and Stoddard for children, in the Boston, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. areas, where she was very active in the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), which still exists. The book with this photo stated that Anna was born in Greensboro, VT on 19 Sep 1852 to David Rollins and an unnamed mother who was a "Thompson, a direct descendant of the Scotch who settled in the vicinity of Plymouth, Mass." The NEHGS had Anna's first marriage record, which revealed that her mother was "Betsey F." and her great great grandmother turned out to be one "Betty Fuller." In addition to Brown/Browne, Anna was also a Cooke, Howland, and Samuel Fuller descendant. Her Gen 8 Brown line runs as follows: Betsey F. (Thompson) Rollins, Zaccheus Tomson/Thompson, John, John, Mary (Tinkham) Tomson, Mary (Brown) Tinkham, Peter of the Mayflower. The birth of Zaccheus is in all 3 silver books & the Howland blue book vol 2. If you can find out the origins of his wife, Jennet Wood of Halifax, MA (b c 1771), you will probably find more Mayflower lines. Look for a link to Zaccheus's 1820 Woodstock, VT census neighbor Susanna (Fuller) Wood, also a Samuel Fuller descendant. Image & info from Frances E. Willard & Mary A. Livermore, eds., American Women: Fifteen Hundred Biographies with Over 1,400 Portraits, Vol. II (NY: Mast. Crowell & Kirkpatrick, 1897), p. 691, digitized by the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, posted on Internet Archive.
ROWE, HENRY MARTIN
You may be blazing new frontiers if you choose to join the Mayflower Society on this Peter Browne line, but someone has to be first. The issue is that the the Alden silver book series gets as far as the birth of Henry's great grandfather, Gen 6 David Packard of Bridgewater, MA (1742-1786) who served in the American Revolution. David married Joanna Jackson. The only Joanna Jackson I found was a Gen 6 Browne descendant in Peter's silver book. She was baptized in Middleboro, MA in Jan 1739 (probably born not long before), making David 3 years younger. That sort of age difference was not all that uncommon AND her father and stepmother moved to Vassalborough, ME, the next town over from Sidney, ME (where Henry's Tilson grandparents lived.) What the author of the book with this photo wrote about this family between Capt. David and Henry (b. 1839, West Sidney, ME) is upheld by what census records I found and one more generation mentioned on the Alden Kindred of America website. So far, so good. However, that web site has an uncited statement that Joanna Jackson was born "about 1743." That could have been just an assumption that she was a little younger than David, 21 when she married, and 40 when she had her last child. She could just as easily have been 43, though. Vital and probate records on the NEHGS site show that she married Jonathan Hayden, moved to Upton, Worcester Co, MA, died there in 1819, and thoughtfully left a will making bequests to various children, including daughter Olive Tilson. (Remember, you will have to produce birth, marriage, death, probate, land, and military pension records to prove this line beyond the birth of Joanna Jackson. You can not cite the Tilson book and definitely cannot site this website.) You can see Henry's Alden-Mullins line in that section of this web site, but here is how his Gen 9 Browne line runs: Elizabeth P. Tilson (Rowe), Olive (Packard) Tilson, Joanna (Jackson) Packard, Joanna (Bates) Jackson, Joanna (Tinkham) Bates, Peter Tinkham, Mary (Brown) Tinkham, Peter Brown/Browne of the Mayflower. Image and info from Mercer V. Tilson, The Tilson Genealogy, from Edmund Tilson at Plymouth, N. E., 1638-1911, with Brief Sketches of the Family in England Back to 1066 (Plymouth: Memorial Press, 1911), pp. 53-4, 61-2, digitized by the New York Public Library. I scan from a paper copy of this book would be appreciated.
You may be blazing new frontiers if you choose to join the Mayflower Society on this Peter Browne line, but someone has to be first. The issue is that the the Alden silver book series gets as far as the birth of Henry's great grandfather, Gen 6 David Packard of Bridgewater, MA (1742-1786) who served in the American Revolution. David married Joanna Jackson. The only Joanna Jackson I found was a Gen 6 Browne descendant in Peter's silver book. She was baptized in Middleboro, MA in Jan 1739 (probably born not long before), making David 3 years younger. That sort of age difference was not all that uncommon AND her father and stepmother moved to Vassalborough, ME, the next town over from Sidney, ME (where Henry's Tilson grandparents lived.) What the author of the book with this photo wrote about this family between Capt. David and Henry (b. 1839, West Sidney, ME) is upheld by what census records I found and one more generation mentioned on the Alden Kindred of America website. So far, so good. However, that web site has an uncited statement that Joanna Jackson was born "about 1743." That could have been just an assumption that she was a little younger than David, 21 when she married, and 40 when she had her last child. She could just as easily have been 43, though. Vital and probate records on the NEHGS site show that she married Jonathan Hayden, moved to Upton, Worcester Co, MA, died there in 1819, and thoughtfully left a will making bequests to various children, including daughter Olive Tilson. (Remember, you will have to produce birth, marriage, death, probate, land, and military pension records to prove this line beyond the birth of Joanna Jackson. You can not cite the Tilson book and definitely cannot site this website.) You can see Henry's Alden-Mullins line in that section of this web site, but here is how his Gen 9 Browne line runs: Elizabeth P. Tilson (Rowe), Olive (Packard) Tilson, Joanna (Jackson) Packard, Joanna (Bates) Jackson, Joanna (Tinkham) Bates, Peter Tinkham, Mary (Brown) Tinkham, Peter Brown/Browne of the Mayflower. Image and info from Mercer V. Tilson, The Tilson Genealogy, from Edmund Tilson at Plymouth, N. E., 1638-1911, with Brief Sketches of the Family in England Back to 1066 (Plymouth: Memorial Press, 1911), pp. 53-4, 61-2, digitized by the New York Public Library. I scan from a paper copy of this book would be appreciated.
Thompson, Charles Hutchinson
This family tree more closely resembles a vine, for Charles (b. 1838, LeRoy NY), author of the book cited below, was a Generation 7 & 8 Brown, Generations 7, 8, & 8 again Cooke, and Generation 7 Soule descendant. The Silver Books will take you as far as the 5th Tomson/Thomson/Thompson, his grandfather, Cyrus Thompson (b. 1774). The intermarriage was accomplished by the 3rd Tomson generation, when Thomas married Martha Soule. Charles's book also includes a section on the Hutchinsons, for those interested in that surname and includes individuals from this family who migrated through New York to Michigan. He also includes the thoughts of family members he queried as to how the name spelling changed from Tomson to Thomson to Thompson. Image from C. H. Thompson, A Genealogy of Descendants of John Thomson of Plymouth, Massachusetts (Lansing, MI: Darius D. Thorp, 1890), frontispiece, digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.
THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMSON, ISAAC
The Hon. Isaac (1745/6-1819) was a Brown/Browne, Billington, and Cooke descendant. His birth is noted in the Brown & Cooke silver books and the Billington book adds his marriage to Lucy Sturtevant. His Gen 6 Brown line runs: John Tomson, Shubael, Mary (Tinkham) Wood, Mary (Brown) Tinkham, Peter Brown of the Mayflower. See the Cooke and Billington sections for those lineages. There is a different, uncredited picture on findagrave in which he looks a little younger, with a combover and longish hair on the sides. In the scan to the left you can barely make out hair on the right side of his head. Image and dates from Thomas Weston, History of the Town of Middleboro, Massachusetts (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1906), p. 386-7, digitized by the Library of Congress, but the image was rescanned by me at the LOC from a hardcover version of the book for better resolution.
The Hon. Isaac (1745/6-1819) was a Brown/Browne, Billington, and Cooke descendant. His birth is noted in the Brown & Cooke silver books and the Billington book adds his marriage to Lucy Sturtevant. His Gen 6 Brown line runs: John Tomson, Shubael, Mary (Tinkham) Wood, Mary (Brown) Tinkham, Peter Brown of the Mayflower. See the Cooke and Billington sections for those lineages. There is a different, uncredited picture on findagrave in which he looks a little younger, with a combover and longish hair on the sides. In the scan to the left you can barely make out hair on the right side of his head. Image and dates from Thomas Weston, History of the Town of Middleboro, Massachusetts (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1906), p. 386-7, digitized by the Library of Congress, but the image was rescanned by me at the LOC from a hardcover version of the book for better resolution.
TINKHAM, ALLEN W.
Allen of New Bedford was a Generation 8 descendant of Peter Browne. Interestingly (to me) he appears to be nothing but a Browne, unlike the 2 Tinkhams below. Working backwards from himself, the Tinkham line runs: Nelson Blake, Reuben Jr., Reuben, Peter, John, Ephraim. In the picture he is wearing the badge of the New Bedford fire department of the late 1800s, of which he was a foreman of the crew of the "Onward." Allen was born circa 1854 so in this photo he is no older than 36ish. The Browne Silver Book gets you to the birth of Reuben, Jr. Image from Leonard Bolles Ellis, History of the Fire Dept. of the City of New Bedford, MA 1772-1890 (New Bedford: E. Anthony, 1890), p. 226. Digitized by the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth.
Allen of New Bedford was a Generation 8 descendant of Peter Browne. Interestingly (to me) he appears to be nothing but a Browne, unlike the 2 Tinkhams below. Working backwards from himself, the Tinkham line runs: Nelson Blake, Reuben Jr., Reuben, Peter, John, Ephraim. In the picture he is wearing the badge of the New Bedford fire department of the late 1800s, of which he was a foreman of the crew of the "Onward." Allen was born circa 1854 so in this photo he is no older than 36ish. The Browne Silver Book gets you to the birth of Reuben, Jr. Image from Leonard Bolles Ellis, History of the Fire Dept. of the City of New Bedford, MA 1772-1890 (New Bedford: E. Anthony, 1890), p. 226. Digitized by the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth.
Tinkham, Andrew Wood
Son of the Amasa Tinkham born 1782 in Middleboro, Massachusetts to John and Mary (Wood) Tinkham, Andrew was a resident of Maine from childhood. He was a Generation 8 Brown, but also Generation 8 Cooke, and Generation 7/8 Howland-Tilley, from marriages of his great-great-grandfather John Tinkham to Hannah Howland, a Generation 3 pilgrim descendant, and of John's father, Ephraim Tinkham (Jr.) to Esther Wright, daughter of Hester (Cooke) Wright. Hester was one of the Cooke children who remained behind in Leyden while father Francis and brother John traveled to "Virginia" on the Mayflower. The Brown and Howland Silver Books get as far as Amasa's parents and note a deceased older brother of John named Amasa. From there the Middleborough Vital Records available on the New England Historic Genealogical Society get you to the birth of the younger Amasa, which is where the book cited here picks up. Image from Kingsbury & Deyo, Illustrated History of Kennebec County Maine (NY: H. W. Blake, 1892), p. 804, digitized by the Allen County (IN) Public Library.
TINKHAM, GEORGE W.
This Tinkham came from the branch that kept poor records. He also had a cousin born about a year earlier, also named George & from Middleborough, but I chose the George who consistently used "W." for a middle initial during his own lifetime. However, if I have the wrong George, the Brown/Browne lineage is the same but the father is Horatio, not Benjamin Franklin Tinkham. (The White & Doty lines would go out the window, though, as they are maternal.) This slightly tinted photo, from Digital Commonwealth courtesy the New Bedford Free Public Library, included the W. and the date the photo was taken: Sept. 25, 1863. The proposed Gen 8 line runs: Benjamin Franklin Tinkham, Benjamin, Caleb, Peter, Helkiah, Mary (Brown) Tinkham, Peter Brown/Browne of the Mayflower. He would be about 17 in this picture. See the White and Doty sections for two other proposed Pilgrim lines. (He may have more, regardless of which George he is.) His closest relative here is Ruth Frances Tinkham, below. See her writeup for "issues."
This Tinkham came from the branch that kept poor records. He also had a cousin born about a year earlier, also named George & from Middleborough, but I chose the George who consistently used "W." for a middle initial during his own lifetime. However, if I have the wrong George, the Brown/Browne lineage is the same but the father is Horatio, not Benjamin Franklin Tinkham. (The White & Doty lines would go out the window, though, as they are maternal.) This slightly tinted photo, from Digital Commonwealth courtesy the New Bedford Free Public Library, included the W. and the date the photo was taken: Sept. 25, 1863. The proposed Gen 8 line runs: Benjamin Franklin Tinkham, Benjamin, Caleb, Peter, Helkiah, Mary (Brown) Tinkham, Peter Brown/Browne of the Mayflower. He would be about 17 in this picture. See the White and Doty sections for two other proposed Pilgrim lines. (He may have more, regardless of which George he is.) His closest relative here is Ruth Frances Tinkham, below. See her writeup for "issues."
Tinkham, H[osea] Elbridge
Ensign H. Elbridge Tinkham, USN, was a Generation 9 descendant of Peter Brown, George Soule, Myles Standish, and Degory Priest, Gen. 8 from Eaton, and 8/9 from Alden-Mullins. He was born in Middleboro, 1832, and this photo likely dates from his Civil War service (1861-67). Pilgrim Peter Brown's daughter married the first Tinkham in the area, Ephraim of Plymouth County, so look for anyone of that surname in the Brown Silver Book. Elbridge's other Pilgrim ancestry is via Seth 5 Tinkham's marriage to Eunice 5 Soule, daughter of Zachariah and Mary (Eaton) Soule. The Brown line would run: Harvey Tinkham, Hazael, Seth, Seth, Peter, Mary (Brown) Tinkham, Peter Brown of the Mayflower. Image from A History of the Town of Freetown, Massachusetts, with an Account of the Old Home Festival, July 30th 1902 (Fall River: Franklin, 1902), p. 110, digitized by the Library of Congress.
TINKHAM, PAUL CROWELL
This is going out on a bit of a genealogical limb so, to prove anything you will have to get VT land and probate records. Paul was the son of William. William and his wife share a grave marker with a Smith Tinkham and his wife. (They lived in the same county, but not the same town.) Smith's death record showed his father was Seth and his mother --- Upton. There's a Seth of the correct age, with a 2nd wife, in the same county in the 1850-70 census), but never living with or near Smith (b 1809) or William (b 1818). That Seth's death record says his father was also Seth & his mother Sarah ---. There are Seths going back in the censuses to 1790 and with an Amos Tinkham of about the same age. Both Seths & Amos had hashmarks to show young boys. The Brown silver book shows a Gen 6 Seth Tinkham "of the territory of VT" selling his father Amos's property in Middleborough, MA in 1782. Brother Amos was a blacksmith, selling his share in 1788. Presumably that's him in the VT 1790 census 2 years later with Seth. I notice that the new Early Vermont Settlers database on the NEHGS site has a Seth Tinkham marrying in 1812, background unknown. Unless Seth Jr was between wives, my guess is he's a son of Amos #2. Anyway, Paul here (1850-1927) is likely a double Browne, a Cooke, and a Howland-Tilley. His Gen 9 Browne line would run: William Tinkham, Seth, Seth, Amos, John, Ephraim, Mary (Browne) Tinkham, Peter Browne of the Mayflower. The second (Gen 10) would run William Tinkham, Seth, Seth, Sarah (Tinkham) Tinkham, Peter, Ebenezer, Ebenezer, Mary (Browne) Tinkham, Peter Browne. See his Cooke and Howland-Tilley writeups for those lineages. I got nowhere with Paul's mother, Susannah (Crowell) Tinkham but she is worth checking for Cape Cod pilgrims. This 1813 image but no info other than residence from Proceedings of the Second, Third, and Fourth Reunions of the Briggs Association in America (1917), digitized by the Library of Congress.
This is going out on a bit of a genealogical limb so, to prove anything you will have to get VT land and probate records. Paul was the son of William. William and his wife share a grave marker with a Smith Tinkham and his wife. (They lived in the same county, but not the same town.) Smith's death record showed his father was Seth and his mother --- Upton. There's a Seth of the correct age, with a 2nd wife, in the same county in the 1850-70 census), but never living with or near Smith (b 1809) or William (b 1818). That Seth's death record says his father was also Seth & his mother Sarah ---. There are Seths going back in the censuses to 1790 and with an Amos Tinkham of about the same age. Both Seths & Amos had hashmarks to show young boys. The Brown silver book shows a Gen 6 Seth Tinkham "of the territory of VT" selling his father Amos's property in Middleborough, MA in 1782. Brother Amos was a blacksmith, selling his share in 1788. Presumably that's him in the VT 1790 census 2 years later with Seth. I notice that the new Early Vermont Settlers database on the NEHGS site has a Seth Tinkham marrying in 1812, background unknown. Unless Seth Jr was between wives, my guess is he's a son of Amos #2. Anyway, Paul here (1850-1927) is likely a double Browne, a Cooke, and a Howland-Tilley. His Gen 9 Browne line would run: William Tinkham, Seth, Seth, Amos, John, Ephraim, Mary (Browne) Tinkham, Peter Browne of the Mayflower. The second (Gen 10) would run William Tinkham, Seth, Seth, Sarah (Tinkham) Tinkham, Peter, Ebenezer, Ebenezer, Mary (Browne) Tinkham, Peter Browne. See his Cooke and Howland-Tilley writeups for those lineages. I got nowhere with Paul's mother, Susannah (Crowell) Tinkham but she is worth checking for Cape Cod pilgrims. This 1813 image but no info other than residence from Proceedings of the Second, Third, and Fourth Reunions of the Briggs Association in America (1917), digitized by the Library of Congress.
TINKHAM, RUTH FRANCES
There are several leaps of faith in this line. If you are a descendant sitting on the family Bible of Helkiah and Ruth Tinkham (1655-1730s), please help the GSMD by submitting your Mayflower papers. The latest version of the Brown silver book is from 2002 and admits to accepting some applications through what it now seems is a different Caleb Tinkham's line. You won't be getting someone else thrown out, as all the 17th-18th Tinkhams in that neck of the woods were Peter Brown's descendants. It would just be nice to get the Caleb's straight. Ruth's Gen 9 line runs: Frank Luscombe Tinkham, Abel Babbitt Tinkham, Caleb H. Tinkham, Caleb, Peter, Helkiah, Mary (Brown) Tinkham, Peter Brown of the Mayflower. The issues are Caleb being a son of this Peter, and Caleb "H" being the same Caleb born to Caleb and wife Deborah Babbitt. Only 2 of their 11 children have birth dates and I found the "H" only on son Abel's marriage record. However, this Caleb was from Middleborough and was born roughly in the 1780s, which matches the silver book. Ruth may have other Mayflower lines as well. Image from RB Huntley, ed., The Journal (Taunton: Taunton High School, 1915), p. 37, digitized on the Internet Archive.
There are several leaps of faith in this line. If you are a descendant sitting on the family Bible of Helkiah and Ruth Tinkham (1655-1730s), please help the GSMD by submitting your Mayflower papers. The latest version of the Brown silver book is from 2002 and admits to accepting some applications through what it now seems is a different Caleb Tinkham's line. You won't be getting someone else thrown out, as all the 17th-18th Tinkhams in that neck of the woods were Peter Brown's descendants. It would just be nice to get the Caleb's straight. Ruth's Gen 9 line runs: Frank Luscombe Tinkham, Abel Babbitt Tinkham, Caleb H. Tinkham, Caleb, Peter, Helkiah, Mary (Brown) Tinkham, Peter Brown of the Mayflower. The issues are Caleb being a son of this Peter, and Caleb "H" being the same Caleb born to Caleb and wife Deborah Babbitt. Only 2 of their 11 children have birth dates and I found the "H" only on son Abel's marriage record. However, this Caleb was from Middleborough and was born roughly in the 1780s, which matches the silver book. Ruth may have other Mayflower lines as well. Image from RB Huntley, ed., The Journal (Taunton: Taunton High School, 1915), p. 37, digitized on the Internet Archive.
VANDER VEER, JAMES NEWELL
James (b. NY 1877), his father, and maternal grandfather were all physicians and as such easier to find. A three-volume album of graduates of his alma mater included information on him, giving his mother's maiden name, and in a separate volume there was a multi-page write-up on his nonMayflower father, and it turned out he had studied under his wife's father and the name matched that on the 1850 census. The Snows were in the 1850 FC and the Vander Veers in 1900, with the mother's brother in residence. James' paternal grandfather's matching birth info was found in MA Vital Records to 1850. His grandparents and father in turn appeared in a search of the NEHGS - GSMD joint digitization project of the 5th generation of each Mayflower silver book, this one for Peter Brown. The Brown book, in turn, mentioned a marriage into Allerton and Warren lines on that same page. James's Gen 9 Brown line runs: Margaret (Snow) Vander Veer, Simeon Snow, Jr., Simeon, Reuben, Eleazer, William, Rebecca (Brown) Snow, Peter Brown of the Mayflower. Per findagrave, James did leave children. See his Allerton and Warren writeups for those lines. Image & info from Andrew Van Vranken Raymond, Union University, Its History, Influence, Characteristics, and Equipment, Vol. III (NY: Lewis, 1907), p. 11, and digitized by the NY Public Library. A less underexposed scan of a hardcover original would be appreciated.
James (b. NY 1877), his father, and maternal grandfather were all physicians and as such easier to find. A three-volume album of graduates of his alma mater included information on him, giving his mother's maiden name, and in a separate volume there was a multi-page write-up on his nonMayflower father, and it turned out he had studied under his wife's father and the name matched that on the 1850 census. The Snows were in the 1850 FC and the Vander Veers in 1900, with the mother's brother in residence. James' paternal grandfather's matching birth info was found in MA Vital Records to 1850. His grandparents and father in turn appeared in a search of the NEHGS - GSMD joint digitization project of the 5th generation of each Mayflower silver book, this one for Peter Brown. The Brown book, in turn, mentioned a marriage into Allerton and Warren lines on that same page. James's Gen 9 Brown line runs: Margaret (Snow) Vander Veer, Simeon Snow, Jr., Simeon, Reuben, Eleazer, William, Rebecca (Brown) Snow, Peter Brown of the Mayflower. Per findagrave, James did leave children. See his Allerton and Warren writeups for those lines. Image & info from Andrew Van Vranken Raymond, Union University, Its History, Influence, Characteristics, and Equipment, Vol. III (NY: Lewis, 1907), p. 11, and digitized by the NY Public Library. A less underexposed scan of a hardcover original would be appreciated.
WESTON, THOMAS
Thomas, whose 1770 birth is in the Brown/Browne, Cooke, and Howland silver books, was a descendant of those pilgrims through his mother and of George Soule through his father. His Gen 6 Brown line runs: Mary (Tinkham) Weston, John Tinkham, Ephraim, Mary (Brown) Tinkham, Peter Brown of the Mayflower. According to the silver book entry, descendants are also eligible for Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) & Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) plus Daughters of Founders & Patriots of America, the Order of the Founders & Patriots of America, and Colonial Dames of the XVII Century, all except that last group due to the military service of Thomas's father, Edmund Weston, Jr. of Middleborough, in the American Revolution. Birth place & date from the book by his lawyer grandson, also Thomas Weston (below), History of the Town of Middleboro, Massachusetts (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1906), p. 380. I replaced that image with a sharper one (same pose) Thomas used in his earlier book Two Hundredth Anniversary of the First Congregational Church of Middleboro, Massachusetts (Middleboro: 1st Congregational Church, 1895), p. 120, both digitized by the Library of Congress.
Thomas, whose 1770 birth is in the Brown/Browne, Cooke, and Howland silver books, was a descendant of those pilgrims through his mother and of George Soule through his father. His Gen 6 Brown line runs: Mary (Tinkham) Weston, John Tinkham, Ephraim, Mary (Brown) Tinkham, Peter Brown of the Mayflower. According to the silver book entry, descendants are also eligible for Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) & Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) plus Daughters of Founders & Patriots of America, the Order of the Founders & Patriots of America, and Colonial Dames of the XVII Century, all except that last group due to the military service of Thomas's father, Edmund Weston, Jr. of Middleborough, in the American Revolution. Birth place & date from the book by his lawyer grandson, also Thomas Weston (below), History of the Town of Middleboro, Massachusetts (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1906), p. 380. I replaced that image with a sharper one (same pose) Thomas used in his earlier book Two Hundredth Anniversary of the First Congregational Church of Middleboro, Massachusetts (Middleboro: 1st Congregational Church, 1895), p. 120, both digitized by the Library of Congress.
WESTON, THOMAS
Author of two Middleboro, MA histories, he was the grandson of merchant and judge Thomas, above, and a lawyer living in Newton, MA in 1895. He was born in 1834, to Thomas #2 and Thalia Eddy the same year Judge Thomas died, thus making him about 60 in this image. He died in 1920 and his death certificate on the NEHGS site confirms his parentage and birthplace. Like the first Thomas, he would be a Brown, Cooke, Howland, and Soule but via his grandfather's wife and his father's wife he is twice a Hopkins, an Allerton, Billington, Warren and Samuel Fuller descendant. See Judge Thomas for his Brown, Cooke, Howland, and Soule lines, see the other sections for this Thomas's other lineages. Image and info from Two Hundredth Anniversary of the First Congregational Church of Middleboro, Massachusetts (Middleboro: 1st Congregational Church, 1895), pp. 55, 120, digitized by the Library of Congress.
Author of two Middleboro, MA histories, he was the grandson of merchant and judge Thomas, above, and a lawyer living in Newton, MA in 1895. He was born in 1834, to Thomas #2 and Thalia Eddy the same year Judge Thomas died, thus making him about 60 in this image. He died in 1920 and his death certificate on the NEHGS site confirms his parentage and birthplace. Like the first Thomas, he would be a Brown, Cooke, Howland, and Soule but via his grandfather's wife and his father's wife he is twice a Hopkins, an Allerton, Billington, Warren and Samuel Fuller descendant. See Judge Thomas for his Brown, Cooke, Howland, and Soule lines, see the other sections for this Thomas's other lineages. Image and info from Two Hundredth Anniversary of the First Congregational Church of Middleboro, Massachusetts (Middleboro: 1st Congregational Church, 1895), pp. 55, 120, digitized by the Library of Congress.
Whalon, A.
A. Whalon was a Generations 9 & 10 Peter Brown descendant (i.e. twice descended) via her mother's families, the Thompsons & Tinkhams of Bristol and Plymouth County, MA. She is also a Gen. 8 descendant of Francis Cooke via her mother's family. This image is likely a wedding portrait taken in 1896, when she was 17. Webmaster's photo. This means you may not copy it in any form without written permission from me.
WILBUR, MERRILL OSCAR
A descendant of Peter Brown/Browne and Thomas Rogers, Merrill was vice president of the Class of 1911 at Taunton High School, whose yearbook contained this image. Early yearbooks contain almost no other personal info, but Bristol Co, MA has many vital records plus probate records digitized on the New England Historic Genealogical Society's (NEHGS) AmericanAncestors.org web site. That had all the data needed to connect Merrill to two Gen 6 Mayflower ancestors in the General Society of Mayflower Descendants (GSMD)'s silver lineage books (the 5th generation of which the GSMD has partnered with the NEHGS to digitize & make available to NEHGS members online.) Merrill's Gen 10 Brown/Browne line runs through his mother as follows: Addie A. (Elmes) Wilbur, Hiram Elmes, Melancy (Macomber) Elmes, Achsah (Tinkham) Macomber, Caleb Tinkham, Peter, Helkiah, Mary (Brown) Tinkham, Peter Brown/Browne of the Mayflower. See his Rogers writeup for those 3 lines. Image from the Taunton High School Journal, Class of 1911, p. 8, digitized on the Internet Archive.
A descendant of Peter Brown/Browne and Thomas Rogers, Merrill was vice president of the Class of 1911 at Taunton High School, whose yearbook contained this image. Early yearbooks contain almost no other personal info, but Bristol Co, MA has many vital records plus probate records digitized on the New England Historic Genealogical Society's (NEHGS) AmericanAncestors.org web site. That had all the data needed to connect Merrill to two Gen 6 Mayflower ancestors in the General Society of Mayflower Descendants (GSMD)'s silver lineage books (the 5th generation of which the GSMD has partnered with the NEHGS to digitize & make available to NEHGS members online.) Merrill's Gen 10 Brown/Browne line runs through his mother as follows: Addie A. (Elmes) Wilbur, Hiram Elmes, Melancy (Macomber) Elmes, Achsah (Tinkham) Macomber, Caleb Tinkham, Peter, Helkiah, Mary (Brown) Tinkham, Peter Brown/Browne of the Mayflower. See his Rogers writeup for those 3 lines. Image from the Taunton High School Journal, Class of 1911, p. 8, digitized on the Internet Archive.
