Birth of a son of Samuel Tinker in Delaware County, New York (later a Clinton resident).

The evidence

• “Clinton; born in Delaware Co., N. Y., March 15, 1822; son of Samuel Tinker, who was a descendant of the Tinkers that came over in the Mayflower and settled in Connecticut. Samuel Tinker died in 1860, at about the age of 70.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/20-bios-clinton.md, PDF p. 782 / book p. 786

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

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