There is so much mystery and drama surrounding Polly HOBDAY-TINKER. What it all boils down to is its easier to grab somebody elses information and copy it to your own family tree than to do the work yourself. With that being said for years folks have tried and merged Edward TINKER Jr & Polly HOBDAY into Abraham Sr TINKER and his wife the Elusive Polly. Nowhere have I ever seen Abraham referred to with even so much as the initial E. Im sorry but Abraham TINKER and Edward Jr TINKER are two entirely different individuals. Are they related? Quite possibly, but more on that later. The purpose of this post is to give you the information on Polly HOBDAY-TINKER. Polly was born about 1775, nobody knows for certain her exact date of birth so this is just a guesstimate. On 21 July, 1803 in Craven County, North Carolina she married one Edward TINKER Jr. The marriage record specifically refers to the man she married as being named Edward TINKER Jr. On 8 July, 1805 the above Death Entry was made in the Raleigh Register and if you notice it states the following:
TINKER, Mrs. Edward, Jr-Je.26. Newbern, R.R Jly.8.1805
Description
Section: Deaths, 1799-1825
Source Information
Marriage and Death Notices from Raleigh Register and North Carolina State Gazette, 1799-1825 [database on-line].
Edward TINKER remarries on 5 December, 1805 in Craven County, North Carolina to a Miss Betsy DRUREY as evidenced in their marriage record appearing on Ancestry website.
This information tells us that Edward and his wives lived in Craven County North Carolina and were never in Greasy Cove or Unicoi/Washington County, Tennessee where Abraham Sr TINKER and his wife Polly lived. Abraham and Pollys oldest Child John P TINKER was born in 1801 in Washington County, Tennessee some two years before Edward even married Polly HOBDAY. Questions? Leave them in the Comment box on this page. I will share more information on these two families at a later date.
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