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John ‘the Glassblower’ Conklin

Also Known As: "John Conklyne", "John Concklyne", "John Conklin", "of Nottinghamshire", "John Conklinne", "John Conckling"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
Death: February 24, 1684 (79-88)
Huntington, Suffolk County, Province of New York (Died age 64)
Immediate Family:

Son of unknown Conklin and wife of unknown Conklin
Husband of ‘Goody’ Elizabeth Conklin
Father of Isaac Conklin (died young); Rebecca Brush; Isaac Conklin (died young); Captain Timothy Conklin; Jacob Conklin and 2 others
Brother of Ananias ‘the Glassblower’ Conkling

Occupation: 1st Glassblower in America
Managed by: Gwyneth Potter McNeil
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About John ‘the Glassblower’ Conklin

John Conklin

  • Born about 1598 in St. Peter's Parish, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
  • Died 1684 in Huntington, Suffolk County, New York
  • Most likely the brother of Ananias ‘the Glassblower’ Conkling
  • Husband of Elizabeth Mylner, widow Allseabrook

Also known as Conklyne, Conckelyne

Biography

There appears to have been a strong connection between John Concklin "The Orphan" and later "of Flushing & Rye" with John Concklin "The Puritan" (b.1598, Kingswinford, Staffordshire, England) and associated with Nuthall, England, Salem, MA, and Southold, LI, NY, where he died on 23 Feb 1684. DNA analyses of Conklin descendants strongly suggest that neither John "The Puritan" nor his brother, Ananais (b. 1594 in Kingswinford and associated with Nuthall, England, Salem, MA, Southold, LI, NY, and East Hampton, NY), is the father or uncle of John "of Flushing & Rye". Whether they are even of the same family is doubtful. It is possible that Jacob Conklin was not a blood relative or that Jacob was not the biological father of Elizabeth Hickton's son, John.*

http://www.rockleigh.org/history/families/Conklin_family.htm

My seventh great-grandfather, John Conklin (1) was born in England, probably in Nottinghamshire, around the year 1598. His father, whose name is not presently known by me (but may well have also been John), was a glass-maker ("glasseman") and probably a “Lorrainer,” that is, an immigrant Huguenot from the French province of Lorraine. John Conklin, too, was a glass-maker and had a younger brother, and partner in glassmaking, named Ananias.

http://www.lhconklin.com/bio/genealogy.htm

Family

On January 24th, 1625, my ancestor, John Conckelyne married Elizabeth Allseabrook at St. Peter's Parish, Nottingham, England. Elizabeth’s parents are recorded as John Mylner and Winifred Ludlam, so perhaps Allseabrook was a married name and she was a widow when she married. Elizabeth died around, but probably before, 26 Mar 1671 at Southold, New York. Between the years of 1628 and 1635 John and Elizabeth appear to have lived in Nutthall, a few miles northwest of the city of Nottingham.

7 children of John Conklin and his wife Elizabeth:

  1. Isaac, born about 1628 at Nuthall, Nottinghamshire, England, died 1635.
  2. Rebecca, born 1630 in St Peters Parish, Nottinghamshire, England, d April 09, 1670. Married Thomas Brush.
  3. John, b. 1631, Notts, Eng; d. April 06, 1694, Southold, Long Island, NY. Married Sarah Horton.
  4. Isaac, b & d 1636 at Nuthall.
  5. Timothy, b. by 1640, d. 1734, Huntington, Long Island, NY. Married Martha
  6. Jacob, bap 18 March 1649 at Salem, d, after 28 January 1706/7. Married Mary Youngs.
  7. Elizabeth, bap 18 March 1649 at Salem, d. 1697. Married Jonas Wood.

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John ‘the Glassblower’ Conklin's Timeline

1600
1600
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
1628
March 28, 1628
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England (United Kingdom)
1630
September 19, 1630
Nuthall, Nottinghamshire, England
1630
St Peter Parish, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England (United Kingdom)
1636
January 11, 1636
Nuthall, Nottinghamshire, England
1640
June 1640
Huntington, Long Island (Present Suffolk County), New Netherlands (Present New York), Colonial America
September 14, 1640
Age 40
Salem, Massachusetts
1649
May 18, 1649
Salem, Massachusetts, United States
1649
Salem, Essex County , Massachusetts Bay Colony