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