(Robert Tinker) married, second, at Amersham, Buckinghamshire, 26 January 1600/1, Mary Merwin, daughter of Thomas Merwin of that parish. … Circumstantial evidence of her parentage is provided by the will of [her probable brother] Anthony Merwin, yeoman, of Clewer, Berkshire, dated 7 March 1633/4, proved 4 April 1634, in which Mary's second husband, Humphrey Collins, was named overseer and called "loving friend." Anthony Merwin also left a bequest of 20 shillings each to two of Mary's younger children, John and Sarah Tinker.
