The Ancestors Of Silas Tinker In America From 1637

Author : Albert B. Tinker
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ISBN 13 : 9781332099368
Total Pages : 28 pages
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Download or read book The Ancestors of Silas Tinker in America, From 1637 written by Albert B. Tinker and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Ancestors of Silas Tinker in America, From 1637: A Partial Record About the ancestors of Silas Tinker comparatively nothing was known by his descendants one year ago. This was not due to obscurity of facts, for within a small territory of New England four generations lived and died between 1662 and 1802. It is a little remarkable that the grandchildren of Silas Tinker, many of whom are now living, did not know their great grandfather's name, nor any of the facts of his life. The causes for this ignorance of ancestry are mainly found, no doubt, in the want of wealth among our ancestors, in the wilderness which separated them from their Buckeye children, and in that independence which is born of hardship. It is possible, also, that we are lacking in that family pride and love of ancestral tradition which bind some families together through good and evil alike. Whatever the causes may have been, it is time that we awake to something like chivalry of race. No one is great who easily forgets the virtues of his father. Our grand republic owes half its strength to the veneration in which it holds the revolutionary and constitutional fathers by whom its foundations were laid. Let us hope that our great-grandchildren will not forget us so easily as those of Amos Tinker (the father of Silas) forgot him. The Name. The name "Tinker" undoubtedly comes from the old English craftsman who mended kettles, pans and other ware, now-a-days more commonly called "tinner." Probably the name in its origin was "Tinkler," so called from the fact that this mender of kettles traveled from one neighborhood to another searching employment, and he heralded his coming by drumming or tinkling on a kettle. History furnishes us with the name of "Alice Tynkler" as far back as the 14th century. This occupation of our long-ago ancestors was indeed a humble one, and had the disadvantage of being rambling. Everyone knows that worldly respect is not for the rambler, else might the gypsies fare better. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.