Captain Timothy Conklin

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Timothy Conkling, son of John and Elizabeth (Allsaebrook) Conkling, was born about 1640 based on a marriage date of about 1667. According to one source, he was born after his parents removed to Long Island.[1] According to another source, Timothy was born about 1640, either in England, or Salem, Massachusetts. He was the founder of the Huntington line of the family. He first appeared in Huntington, New York, February 4, 1660, when the town agreed he shall keep his home lot, as well as his father's.[2]

Timothy2 Conklin (Sr.), of Huntington, born by 1640, died apparently in the Spring of 1714 at Huntington, as based on an open account he had with Henry Lloyd which was closed in March 1714.[2]

The generally reliable Josephine C. Frost states positively, but without citing evidence, that he married Martha, daughter of Thomas Wickes, of Wethersfield and Stamford, Connecticut. This seems plausible, as the contemporary record of his son Timothy’s family in the Huntington Town Records reveals that the latter named his eldest daughter Martha. {see Notes below}

Unfortunately Wickes’s will, in bequeathing £4 to his “daughter Martha” and 20s. to “her child” (unnamed), fails to supply Martha’s marital surname; and the author of the 1904 Weekes genealogy was unable to adduce any evidence for the name of her husband.

Another work of lesser reliability states, without documentation, that Timothy Conklin m. instead, Sarah Scudder. {Appears to be different Timothy, same era}

Torrey assumes an agnostic position on the matter, listing both wives as possibilities, while also showing a Sarah Scudder of this generation as the wife of a John Conklin.

Children

''Children's births recorded in Huntington, Long Island, New York'':[3][4]

# Martha Conklin, born October 20, 1668

1. Timothy Conklin, born December 16, 1670
2. John Conklin, born March 14, 1672-3
3. Thomas Conklin, born March 10, 1674-5
4. Jacob Conklin, born March 15, 1676-7
5. Elizabeth Conklin, born June 15, 1679
6. Rebecka Conklin, born January 10, 1680-81
7. Mary Conklin, born June 10, 1684
8. Cornelius Conklin, born February 20, 1686-87

Research Notes

Confusion between two Colonial Conklin families is discussed at length in "Two Colonial Conklin Famlies in America", Honor Conklin, 2011. On Page 18, the author is careful to state that Timothy Conklin "... is believed to have married MARTHA WICKES, the daughter of Thomas Wickes".

Reference:

• WikiTree contributors, "Timothy Conklin (abt.1640-abt.1714)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Conklin-850 : created 7 Apr 2014 | Last modified 9 Feb 2023; accessed 25 February 2024).

1. ↑ Josephine C. Frost, Ancestors of Jacob Shaffer and his wife Cordelia Hunt : showing descent from Leete, Ketcham, Benton, Brewer, Conkling, Brush, Platt, Whitehead, Wood and other pioneer families, and through the Chaunceys, from many of the royal families of Europe, published 1927. Reference page 45.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Conklin Mann, "The Line of John Concklyne of Southold and Huntington" The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) Reference Volume 22 (1945), page 111-112 via $American Ancestors.
3. ↑ O. B. Acklerly, "Genealogical Data found in the printed records of the town of Huntington, Long Island, New York" New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Volume 50 (1919), page 127 via New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, by $ubscription
4. ↑ Huntington Town Records , compiled by Charles R. Street, 1887, from original records, at page 483.

• * library.uwinnipeg.ca/people/dobson/manitobiana/issues/001.cfm (broken link as per Dec 2022)
  • Huntington Town Records, Including Babylon, Long Island, N.Y. Volume 1 of Huntington Town Records, Including Babylon, Long Island, N.Y, Huntington (N.Y.) Library of American civilization
  • Two Colonial Conklin Families in America: Y-DNA Analysis of the 'Long Island Conklins' and the ' Pre-1700 Westchester Conklins,' Including the Origins of the 'John Concklin of Flushing and Rye'[ 1 ].
  • Acknowledgments: WikiTree profile Conklyne-3 created through the import of Tap.ged on Sep 16, 2011 by Richard Draper.

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