Family:Humphrey Collins and Mary Merwin (1)

"Two possible marriages [for the second marriage of Mary (Merwin) Tinker] were found in the appropriate period: Mary Tinker to Matthew Sension {St. John] in 1627, and Mary Tinker to Humphrey Collins in 1632. Either Mary could be John Tinker's mother. The question now was, which one?

The impasse was resolved upon the discovery of the will of Humphrey Collins, yeoman, of the adjacent parish of Clewer, Berkshire, dated and proved in 1634. In it, Collins named his present wife Mary, and made reference to an obligation dated 10 February 1631/2 whereby he stood bound to pay £40 to "Sara Tynker, one of the daughters of my said wife" at the age of 21 years."^[1] (p. 402-403)

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Richardson, Douglas. The English Ancestry of the Merwin and TInker Families of New England: Part II: John Tinker of Boston and Lancaster, Massachusetts and Windsor and New London, Connecticut. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Oct 1995)
   149:402-407.

   Robert (Tinker's) widow married, second, at New Windsor, 12 February, as his second wife, Humphrey Collins, yeoman, of the adjacent parish of Clewer, whose first wife had been a sister of Henry Westcott. As Mary Collins, she witnessed the will of her brother, Anthony Merwin, dated 27 March 1633, in which her husband was named an overseer.

2.   Richardson, Douglas. The English Ancestry of the Merwin and Tinker Families of New England: Part I: Miles Merwin of Windsor and Milford, Conn. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Jul 1995)
   149:300.

   Mary Merwin … m. (2) at New Windsor, 12 Feb. 1631/2, as his second wife, Humphrey Collins, yeoman, of Clewer, Berks.