Children of John and Alice (Homan) Tinker
i Sarah Tinker b in Boston, Mass. 2 Jan 1652: died there 1 28 Aug. 1652
ii Mary Tinker, b in Boston, 2 July 1653. She m with William Waller, sone of William and Elizabeth (Marvin) Waller, and grandson of Lieut. Reynold Marvin, of Lyme, Conn. died before Oct. 1682. Wm. Waller His homestead was on the east side of Lieutenant's river in Lyme.
111 John Tinker, born at Lancaster, Mass. 4 Aug. 1655. Land records show that he died before 1689, leaving neither wife nor child.
iv. Amos Tinker born at Lancaster, Mass. 28 Oct. 1657; died at New London. Conn. in 1730. He m at Lyme, Ct. 1 June 1682, with Sarah Durant, dau. of George and Elizabeth (Blake) Durant who settled at Middletown, Conn., in 1663. She was living at New London, Conn as late as Dec. 1746.
v. Samuel Tinker born at New London, Conn. 1 April 1659; died at Lyme, Conn. between 28 April and 14 June, 1733. He m with Abigail Durant, sister of his brother, Amos's wife; she d at Southold, Long Island, 24 Dec. 1728.
vi. A son born 28 March, 1660, did not live to be named.
vii. Rhoda Tinker,b at New London, 23 Feb. 1661-2 ; probably died young, as no later record of her can be found.
Chln of iv Amos and Sarah (Durant) Tinker
i. John Tinker b at Lyme, Conn. 1685-6 Records of his marriage and death have not been found; and the only suggestion as to the name of his wife appears to be in the record of Lucy Tinker) Harris, widow of Daniel Harris, who is styled Tinker ", "daughter of John and Hannah. in 1744 on her marriage with Peter Rogers. John Tinker appears to have dwelt at Lyme untile between 1720 and 1725, removing then to New London. An Aug. 9th, 1720, John Tinker of Lyme, exchanged his house and land in Lyme for the following conveyance from his brother Amos Tinker, of New London: all of Amos Tinker's title "to one third of the farm" of his honored father at New London, in the Great Neck at the Harbor's mouth, "to be possessed and improved after the decease of the father and