Robarte Tinkecombe
M, b. circa 1560
Robarte Tinkecombe was born circa 1560 in Barnstable, Devon, England.1
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- [S194] Kenneth Ira Tinkham, Tinkham, A Biographical Index, p.328.
Robert Harrington
M, b. 1616, d. 11 May 1707
Robert Harrington was born in 1616 at in England.1
Frederick Lewis Weis believes that Robert Harrington was the grandson of Robert Herrington, for many years the Bailiff of Southwold, county Suffolk, England. His son, also named Robert Herrington, married Joan Jentilman at Southwold on 7 March 1613. She was baptized at Southwold on 5 July 1603 (probably several years old at that time), the daughter of William and Agnes Jentilman of Southwold. Robert, the son, died before 1622 for his widow Joan married the Reverend John Younges at Southwold on 25 July 1622. She died in 1630.
Robert Herrington, the son of Robert and Joan (Jentilman) Herrington, was baptized at Southwold on 1 October 1616. Frederick Weis believes that this was the same person as Robert Harrington of Watertown since Herrington and Harrington were interchangeable at this time. Southwold is about 30 miles from Ipswich in the same county from which Robert Harrington embarked for New England.
Robert took the oath of fidelity in 1652 and was admitted a freeman of Massachusetts Bay Colony on 27 March 1663, at which time he was a member of the First Church in Watertown. He was a member of Captain Hugh Mason's Train Band in 1652 and served as a selectman of Watertown in 1679, 1681, 1682, 1683, 1685, 1691, 1692, 1693, 1694, 1695, 1696, 1697, 1698, 1699, 1nd 1700, a total of 15 years (Society of Colonial Wars, Index of Ancesters, 1922, p.221).
On 24 December 1684, Robert bought from Jeremiah Drummer, goldsmith, of Boston and Hannah his wife for 90 pounds the west or south-west half (250 acres) of the Pldham Farm, where some of his descendants continued to live for nearly 200 years. On 28 September 1685, he gave to his son Joseph 55 acres of land which he bought from Simon Coolidge on 29 January 1679/80.2
Per Charles Bouley, Robert embarked in Ipswich, England, coming to Boston in the ship Elizabeth on 10 April 1634. He located at Watertown, MA where he lived with Deacon Thomas Hastings for the next 8 years. Deacon Hastings who also arrived in 1634 on the Elizabeth was granted 6 acres of land by the General Court. He must have been a relative or generous benefactor of Robert for he gave his homestead to Robert as a gift in 1642.3
Robert married Susannah George on 1 October 1649 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.4
Per Louis Roy "It may be taken as reasonably certain that the Harrington family of America started with Robert Harrington of Watertown as the original ancestor"
Robert was one of the largest landowners in Watertown and when he died in 1707 at the age of 91, his estate had grown to about 700 acres, part of it bordering the Charles River where the US Watertown Arsenal and the Perkins Institute for the Blind are now located. His estate was distributed to his sons. As the source of the statement on the origin of Harringtons in America, Roy cites Eugene W. Harrington's Genealogical Record of the Harrington Family in America, Buffalo NY, 1907.5
Robert died on 11 May 1707 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Robert's will was dated 1 January 1704/05, the day before the third marriage of his daughter Susanna. The will mentions his sons John, Daniel, Benjamin, Samuel, Thomas, and Edward. To the later he gave his homestead. His will also mentions his daughters Susanna Beers, Sarah Winship, and Mary Bemis; his grandson Joseph, son of his son Joseph deceased; and his daughter-in-law Joanna Ward, late wife of his deceased son Joseph. The inventory of Robert's estate included 16 lots of land amounting to 647 1/2 acres of land appraised at 717 pounds and a house and mill valued at 120 pounds..6,7 He was buried at Arlington Street Cemetery at Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.8
Frederick Lewis Weis believes that Robert Harrington was the grandson of Robert Herrington, for many years the Bailiff of Southwold, county Suffolk, England. His son, also named Robert Herrington, married Joan Jentilman at Southwold on 7 March 1613. She was baptized at Southwold on 5 July 1603 (probably several years old at that time), the daughter of William and Agnes Jentilman of Southwold. Robert, the son, died before 1622 for his widow Joan married the Reverend John Younges at Southwold on 25 July 1622. She died in 1630.
Robert Herrington, the son of Robert and Joan (Jentilman) Herrington, was baptized at Southwold on 1 October 1616. Frederick Weis believes that this was the same person as Robert Harrington of Watertown since Herrington and Harrington were interchangeable at this time. Southwold is about 30 miles from Ipswich in the same county from which Robert Harrington embarked for New England.
Robert took the oath of fidelity in 1652 and was admitted a freeman of Massachusetts Bay Colony on 27 March 1663, at which time he was a member of the First Church in Watertown. He was a member of Captain Hugh Mason's Train Band in 1652 and served as a selectman of Watertown in 1679, 1681, 1682, 1683, 1685, 1691, 1692, 1693, 1694, 1695, 1696, 1697, 1698, 1699, 1nd 1700, a total of 15 years (Society of Colonial Wars, Index of Ancesters, 1922, p.221).
On 24 December 1684, Robert bought from Jeremiah Drummer, goldsmith, of Boston and Hannah his wife for 90 pounds the west or south-west half (250 acres) of the Pldham Farm, where some of his descendants continued to live for nearly 200 years. On 28 September 1685, he gave to his son Joseph 55 acres of land which he bought from Simon Coolidge on 29 January 1679/80.2
Per Charles Bouley, Robert embarked in Ipswich, England, coming to Boston in the ship Elizabeth on 10 April 1634. He located at Watertown, MA where he lived with Deacon Thomas Hastings for the next 8 years. Deacon Hastings who also arrived in 1634 on the Elizabeth was granted 6 acres of land by the General Court. He must have been a relative or generous benefactor of Robert for he gave his homestead to Robert as a gift in 1642.3
Robert married Susannah George on 1 October 1649 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.4
Per Louis Roy "It may be taken as reasonably certain that the Harrington family of America started with Robert Harrington of Watertown as the original ancestor"
Robert was one of the largest landowners in Watertown and when he died in 1707 at the age of 91, his estate had grown to about 700 acres, part of it bordering the Charles River where the US Watertown Arsenal and the Perkins Institute for the Blind are now located. His estate was distributed to his sons. As the source of the statement on the origin of Harringtons in America, Roy cites Eugene W. Harrington's Genealogical Record of the Harrington Family in America, Buffalo NY, 1907.5
Robert died on 11 May 1707 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Robert's will was dated 1 January 1704/05, the day before the third marriage of his daughter Susanna. The will mentions his sons John, Daniel, Benjamin, Samuel, Thomas, and Edward. To the later he gave his homestead. His will also mentions his daughters Susanna Beers, Sarah Winship, and Mary Bemis; his grandson Joseph, son of his son Joseph deceased; and his daughter-in-law Joanna Ward, late wife of his deceased son Joseph. The inventory of Robert's estate included 16 lots of land amounting to 647 1/2 acres of land appraised at 717 pounds and a house and mill valued at 120 pounds..6,7 He was buried at Arlington Street Cemetery at Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.8
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Citations
- [S510] Ellery Bicknell Crane, Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts, Vol. I, p.357.
- [S511] Frederick Lewis Weis, One Thousnd New England Ancestors of Frank Chester Harrington and Leora (Leighton) Harrington, p.5, 6.
- [S506] Charles Henry Bouley, Biographical Sketches of the Pioneer Settlers of New England and their Descendants in Worcester, Massachusetts, p.224.
- [S505] MD Henry Bond, Genealogies of the early Settlers of Watertown, MA including Waltham & Weston, p.235. AFN:577H says date was 10 Oct 1648 but Louis Roy's History of East Brookfield, MA also says they were married in 1649.
- [S503] Louis E. Roy, History of East Brookfield, Massachusetts, 1686-1970, p.357.
- [S511] Frederick Lewis Weis, One Thousnd New England Ancestors of Frank Chester Harrington and Leora (Leighton) Harrington, p.6. Weis cites the actual gravestone reading for the date. Crane's Worcester County Genealogies also gives the date of 11 May, 1707 although Louis Roy gives the date as 17 May.
- [S510] Ellery Bicknell Crane, Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts, Vol. I, p.357-358 and p.415.
- [S506] Charles Henry Bouley, Biographical Sketches of the Pioneer Settlers of New England and their Descendants in Worcester, Massachusetts, p224. Gravestone was still visible in 1964.