Person:Samuel Rinker (1)

1777-Revolutionary War Military Abstract Card: Rinker, Samuel; Lieutenancy: Chester; County.Battalion: 6th; Company: Capt. David Cowpland; Remrks: to be passd out, being under age; Authority: Appeal for the period; Dated: Aug. 22, 1777

1779-Rinker, Saml; Lieutenancy: Chester; County.Battalion: 6th; Company: Chester Comp. Col. Thomas Taylor; Class: 7th; Remarks: underage; Authority: Appeal Book; Dated: June 7, 1779

1788-marriage record Swede's Church, Philadelphia; 21 Dec 1788 Samuel Rinker and Vashty Brush

1795-The marriage record of Gloria Dei (Swedes) Church, Southwark, Philadelphia, PA show his marriage to his 2nd wife Catherine SEIFERT married 20 DEC 1795 she was past 20 and he, a widow, past 30.

1800-Philadelphia City Directory shows Samuel to be a sea captain residing next 5 Duke Street, Philadelphia, PA. In 1813 he is listed as the sailing master of galley Northern Lights - age 52 or 53 - born 1760 or 1761.

1810 census-PA-Philadelphia-East Northern Liberties-Samuel Rinker; 3 males under 10; 1 male 45 and over; 1 female under 10; 2 females 10-16; 1 female 26-45; 1 female 45 and over

www.history.navy.mil: Dept of the Navy; Naval Historical Center; Naval Officers of the War of 1812: Name and Rank: Rinker, Samuel; Dates of Commissions: 3 Sep 1813; Where Stationed: Philadelphia

Supplement I, Supplement: Index to Revolutionary War Pension Applications, pg 916; The National Geonealogical Society Quarterly, Volumes 1-85, 1600s-1900s: Rinker, Samuel (Pa) USN, Catharine; Old Act. Navy, W1014. See War 1812 Pension files for papers. This man served in the Rev. War also.

1820 census-PA-Philadelphia-Southwark-Samuel Rinker; 2 males under 10; 1 male 10-16; 1 male 16-18; 2 males 26-45; 2 females under 10-2 females 16-25; 1 female 45 and over

Military Service record1

Military Service record2

Military Service record3

1. ↑ Poulson's American Daily Advertiser. death obituary for Samuel RINKER. (Name: Thursday, July 10, 1823;)
   pg. 3.

   Died, on Thursday evening, after a short but severe illness, Capt. Samuel Rinker, sailing master of the US Navy, in the 63rd year of his age. The relatives and friends of the family, the officers of the station, and his Masonic Brethern, particularly Lodge No. 3, are respectfully invited to attend his funeral, this morning at 8 o'clock, from his late residence, South Front street, opposite the Navy Yard.

2. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1810 United States Federal Census. (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;)
   Database online. Northern Liberties, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, roll 56, page 141, image 195.00.

   Record for Samuel Rinker _FOOT: Ancestry.com, 1810 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004), Database online. Northern Liberties, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, roll 56, page 141, image 195.00.

3. ↑ 1820 United States Federal Census (1)
   Database online. Southwark, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, roll M33_110, page 101, image 110.

   Record for Samuel Rinker _FOOT: Ancestry.com, 1820 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004), Database online. Southwark, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, roll M33_110, page 101, image 110.