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Thomas Tinker (bef. 1600 - 1621)

Thomas Tinker
Born before in Englandmap [uncertain]
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married [date unknown] (to about 1620) [location unknown]
Father of
Died after age 21 in Plymouthmap
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Biography

Thomas Tinker was born before 1600, based on the fact that he had a wife and son, when he sailed on the Mayflower.

He was probably the Thomas Tinker, wood sawyer, became a citizen of Leiden, Holland on 6 Jan 1617.[1][2] He must have been at least 17 at this time.

"Thomas Tinker, and his wife, and a sone" arrived at Plymouth aboard the Mayflower in 1620.[3]

Thomas signed the Mayflower Compact 11 Nov 1620.[[4][5]

"Thomas Tinker and his wife and sone all dyed in the first sicknes."[3]

A Thomas Tinker, carpenter, married Jane White 25 June 1609 in Thurne, Norfolk, England.[2] Thomas and Jane of Thurne, moved to the neighboring parish of Potter Heigham, Norfolk, where they baptized a son Richard on 22 March 1609/10. This could be the Thomas, wife and son, of the Mayflower.[6]

Mayflower, First Sickness and Cole's Hill Burial Ground

Sources

  1. Erfgoed Leiden in Leiden (Netherlands), Poorterboeken register Part: 1267, Period: 1603-1638, Leiden, inventory number 1267, January 6, 1617, Register van poorterinschrijvingen F, folio 99v. link at openarchives
  2. 2.0 2.1 Johnson, Caleb H. The Mayflower and Her Passengers. Indiana: Xlibris Corp., 2006 p. 239
  3. 3.0 3.1 Bradford, William. History of Plymouth Plantation. Boston:, 1856 "p. 449, [https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=tYecOAN1cwwC&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA453 p. 453
  4. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010), (Originally Published as: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., 1995). p. 1825. Featured Sketch: Thomas Tinker.subscribers$
  5. Morton, Nathaniel. New England's memorial. (Boston: Congregational board of publication, 1855) Originally published 1669.p. 26 Note: The original compact is gone. Morton furnished the earliest known list 1669 facsimile
  6. Caleb Johnson's MayflowerHistory.com

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Acknowledgements

  • BK McDonald, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by BK and others.






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