The marriage of Helkiah Tinkham to Ruth Cook (or Cooke) is reported in a secondary source the TINKHAM, BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX, Compiled from public records, personal recollections and assorted family histories. (1998 revision by Kenneth Ira Tinkham (c)1998) Contact Kenneth Ira Tinkham for primary sources 2607 Seward Ave. Centralia, WA 98531 (360)736-3850 kent@localaccess.com Regards, Bill Churchill Greenville, Texas -----Original Message----- From: Dale H Cook [mailto:radiotest@juno.com] Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 5:12 AM To: MAPLYMOU-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PLY/MA] Re: Ebenezer/Ephraim TINKHAM On Fri, 4 Oct 2002 00:29:18 EDT Scrapcat2@aol.com writes: > If my records are correct, Ephraim Tinkham, m. Mary Browne, dau of > Peter Browne. Ephraim would be my 9th great grandfather. I believe > that there was a > son, Helkiah, Hezekiah or Elkiah Tinkham who married Ruth Cooke, dau > of Jacob Cooke. Carol - I have some information on this line. There was a son, Helkiah, whose wife was Ruth (___). MFIP Cooke 2nd. ed. says about Ruth^3, daughter of Jacob^2 Cooke, b. 17-Jan-1665 Plymouth, "No proof she m. Helkiah Tinkham as stated in 'Families of the Pilgrims.' See MD 36:189." Susan Roser's "Mayflower Increasings" and "Mayflower Births & Deaths" do not give a surname for Ruth. Are you descended from one of Helkiah's children? Dale H. Cook, Chief Engineer, WWWR Roanoke VA, WCQV Moneta VA, WKBA WZZI Vinton VA, WKPA WLNI WLVA WZZU Lynchburg VA