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     Joshua Buffam was baptized on 25 August 1622 in Great Yarmouth, co. Norfolk, England.¹ He was buried on 23 September 1631.¹

     Abraham Buffam was baptized on 17 August 1625 in Great Yarmouth, co. Norfolk, England.¹ He was buried on 21 October 1631.¹

     Jacob Buffam was baptized on 28 October 1627 in Great Yarmouth, co. Norfolk, England.¹ He was buried on 13 October 1631.¹

     John Buffam was baptized on 22 May 1631 in Great Yarmouth, co. Norfolk, England.¹

     Mark Firmage was born in England.¹ He married Ruth (?).¹
     At one point Mark Firmage was engaged to marry a woman named Katherine, but she instead married Nicholas Pacy. On 29 December 1640 Pacy admitted in court that he knew about Katherine's engagement when they were married, and acknowledged the wrong. Katherine also admitted that her conscience had troubled her since her marriage.¹
     In 1638 he applied for a grant of land in Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts, and received a ten-acre lot.¹ He was admitted to the church there on 22 September 1639, and made a freeman on 13 May 1640.¹ He was sued for trespass by William Cousins in 1641.¹ And in June 1643 he was a member of the grand jury in Essex Co.¹
     He apparently didn't remain in New England, and returned to Great Yarmouth, co. Norfolk, England.¹ He and his wife Ruth had the following known children baptized at the Independent Church there between 1648 and 1658: Benjamin, Ruth, Benjamin (again), and William.¹

     Ruth (?) married Mark Firmage, son of (?) Firmage and Alice Blessing.¹
     She and her husband Mark had the following known children, baptized at the Independent Church in Great Yarmouth, co. Norfolk, England, between 1648 and 1658: Benjamin, Ruth, Benjamin (again), and William.¹

     Benjamin Firmage was born in England.¹ He married Mercy Bradford, daughter of William Bradford and Alice Carpenter, on 21 December 1648 in Plymouth, Massachusetts.^1,2 He died before 28 November 1665 in Guinea.¹
     He was admitted to the church in Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts, on 6 March 1641/42.¹ On 18 May 1642 he was made a freeman in Boston, Massachusetts.¹ He lived in Plymouth, Massachusetts, at least for a time.¹ He was a sea captain, but his home port is unknown.¹
     On 28 November 1665 the Essex Co. court ruled that his estate in Salem was to be given to Capt. Hutchesson (husband of his sister Abigail) and Hester Eastwick (another sister). On 26 June 1666 Hester was appointed administrator of the estate. His property, totaling 1.5 acres, was valued at £14, but an additional 10-acre lot "on the Marblehead side" couldn't be located. Nineteen years earlier, according to testimony by Francis Nurse, Ester Eswicke had given a cow worth £5 to her brother Benjamin, who agreed to pay her 20s a year, and Esther was ordered to pay herself the amount she was due from the estate.¹

     Mercy Bradford was born by 1627.² She married Benjamin Firmage, son of (?) Firmage and Alice Blessing, on 21 December 1648 in Plymouth, Massachusetts.^1,2 She apparently died childless, soon after her marriage.¹

     Susan Firmage married Peter Vergoose before 1656.¹
     In December 1667 she was appointed administratrix of her husband's estate.¹
     On 13 November 1677 she sold five acres in the North Field in Salem to Joshua Buffam, son of her uncle Robert Buffam and his second wife Thomasine. Her son Isaac Goose consented to the sale.¹
     On 1 June 1678 she, with her sisters Abigail Hutchinson, Sarah Langdon, and Esther Eastwick, and Sarah's husband John, sold her mother's original 50-acre land grant in Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts, to Samuel Frayl for £50.¹
     On 20 September 1679 she gave her property to her son Isaac, in return for "my more comfortable maintenance in my old age."¹
     Her will was dated 23 December 1681 and proved on 29 January 1685. She left her son Peter, of Norwich, England, £20 provided he either came to New England to get it, or sent for it. She left £5 each to John Raynsford, Mary Shute, Susannah Raynsford, Edward Raynsford, Hannah Raynsford, and Nathan Raynsford, and £20 to Elizabeth Raynsford, all children of her deceased daughter Susannah Raynsford. She also left £5 to Jonathan, Mary, and Isaac Vergoose, children of her son Isaac, as well as £5 to the unborn child Isaac's wife Mary was then carrying. Her son Isaac was named executor, and was to receive whatever was left of her estate.¹ The estate was inventoried at £95.¹
     She and Peter had the following known children: Peter, Isaac, Susannah (d bef 23 December 1681).¹

     Peter Vergoose married Susan Firmage, daughter of (?) Firmage and Alice Blessing, before 1656.¹ He died about December 1667.¹
     Vergoose and Goose were different versions of the same name.¹ He was a merchant in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts.¹ On 12 January 1662 he paid £30 to Anthony Harker for a lot in Boston for his son Isaac, partially repaying Isaac for his services for five years at £10 per year.¹ His widow Susanna was appointed administratrix of his estate in December 1667.¹ He and Susan had the following known children: Peter, Isaac, Susannah (d bef 23 December 1681).¹

     Abigail Firmage married first Robert Button.¹ She married second Edward Hutchinson Jr., son of William Hutchinson and Anne Marbury.¹ She died on 10 August 1689.¹
     In 1645 the family moved to Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts.¹ On 1 June 1678 she, with her sisters Susannah Goose, Sarah Langdon, and Esther Eastwick, and Sarah's husband John, sold her mother's original 50-acre land grant.¹
     She and her first husband Robert had two children baptized in Salem between 1642 and 1644, and three in Boston between 1645 and 1650.¹ She and her second husband Edward had four children.¹

     Robert Button married Abigail Firmage, daughter of (?) Firmage and Alice Blessing.¹ He died in January 1651.¹
     He was made a freeman in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1642.¹ In 1645 the family moved to Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts.¹ In Boston he became a well-known merchant.¹ He and Abigail had two children baptized in Salem between 1642 and 1644, and three in Boston between 1645 and 1650.¹

     Edward Hutchinson Jr. married, as his second wife, Abigail Firmage, daughter of (?) Firmage and Alice Blessing.¹ He died on 19 August 1675 from a wound "treacherously inflicted by an Indian during King Philip's war."¹
     He served as a captain in the militia for the colony of Massachusetts.¹ He also served as a representative to the General Court, and strongly opposed the harsh and cruel persecution of the Quakers.¹ He and Abigail had four children.¹

     Sarah Firmage married John Langdon before 1656.¹
     On 2 February 1664 she and her husband John deeded land in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, to their daughter Sarah's fiance Thomas Randall, of Marblehead.¹ On 14 May 1674 they transferred their house and land to their son Benjamin "for affection, some relief in old age, and the love he bore to his sisters."¹ On 1 June 1678 they, along with her sisters Susannah Goose, Abigail Hutchinson, and Esther Eastwick, sold her mother's original 50-acre land grant.¹
     She and John had the following known children: Abigail (b 25 August 1660), Sarah, Benjamin.¹

     John Langdon married Sarah Firmage, daughter of (?) Firmage and Alice Blessing, before 1656.¹
     He was a sailmaker in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts.¹ On 2 February 1664 he and his wife Sarah deeded land in Boston to their daughter Sarah's fiance Thomas Randall, of Marblehead.¹ On 14 May 1674 they transferred their house and land to their son Benjamin "for affection, some relief in old age, and the love he bore to his sisters."¹
     He and Sarah had the following known children: Abigail (b 25 August 1660), Sarah, Benjamin.¹

     Esther Firmage married Edward Eastwick about 1650.¹
     On 28 November 1665 she was appointed administrator of her brother Benjamin's estate.Nineteen years earlier, according to testimony by Francis Nurse, she had given a cow worth £5 to Benjamin, who had agreed to pay her 20s a year, and Esther was ordered to pay herself the amount she was due from the estate.¹
     On 1 June 1678 she, with her sisters Susannah Goose, Abigail Hutchinson, Sarah Langdon, and Sarah's husband John, sold her mother's original 50-acre land grant.¹
     Her will was made 22 July 1698 and proved in 1708. She left legacies to her grandchildren Elizabeth Carle (i.e., Searle), Benjamin Bush, Edward Bush, and Estwick Bush. What remained was left to her daughter Elizabeth Bush.¹
     She and Edward had the following known children: Elizabeth (b abt 1652), Sarah (b abt 1654), Hannah (b abt 1656), Esther (b 21 April 1659), Edward (b 12 April 1662).¹

     Edward Eastwick married Esther Firmage, daughter of (?) Firmage and Alice Blessing, about 1650.¹ He died before 28 November 1665.¹
     He was a mariner in Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts.¹ He and Esther had the following known children: Elizabeth (b abt 1652), Sarah (b abt 1654), Hannah (b abt 1656), Esther (b 21 April 1659), Edward (b 12 April 1662).¹

     Irene J. Scripture was born on 13 August 1821.¹ She married Ira C. Town, son of Clark Town and Electa Churchill, on 20 June 1842 in Huron Co., Ohio.¹ She died on 19 February 1844 at age 22.¹

     Eugenia A. Town was born in 1843 in Ohio.¹ She married Leroy Simmons on 28 August 1861 in Geauga Co., Ohio.¹

     Leroy Simmons married Eugenia A. Town, daughter of Clark Town and Electa Churchill, on 28 August 1861 in Geauga Co., Ohio.¹

     John Kendall Tinker was born in 1820 in Ohio.^2,3 He married first Lucinda Jessie Norton, daughter of Lauren Norton and Prudence Town, in October 1842 in Geauga Co., Ohio.^4,2 He married second Lovina Fuller, daughter of Ira Fuller, about 1849.^5,6,7,8,9 He died on 8 March 1904 at his daughter Martha's home in Superior, Douglas Co., Wisconsin.^10,2 He was buried at Greenwood Cemetery in Douglas Co., Wisconsin.^10,2
     According to the Tinker genealogy, after the death of his first wife Lucinda, John Tinker disappeared, and wasn't heard from until he rejoined his family about 1903 or 1904, shortly before his death. He was said to have worked during his time away as a schoolmaster and blacksmith, and to have served during the Civil War.² However, various sources now available show that he remarried and had additional children, and also show where he lived, at least during census years. How all this was discovered isn't necessarily straightforward, however.
     First, John Tinker's entry in the 1900 census, and his obituary, along with his daughter Martha's 1880 census entry and Martha's daughter Ella's marriage record, supports the information in the Tinker genealogy that he had children named Martha, Marvin Hial, and Jay Loren. The obituary also gives the children's residences in 1904.^{11,10,12,13,14} Second, an obituary for Vilona (Tinker) Gardner implies that John Tinker had at least three additional children, Vilona, "Mrs. Ellen Luther," and "Mrs. James French," by (presumably) a second wife.^15,12,10 Third, Wisconsin marriage records and the 1900 census confirm that Mrs. Ellen Luther was Ella Tinker, daughter of John and Lovina Tinker.^16,17 Fourth, Iowa marriage records and the 1925 Iowa state census show that Mrs. James French was Cora Tinker, daughter of John Tinker and Lovina Fuller.^18,19 Finally, although John Tinker has not been found in the 1870 census, Lovina has been, and her entry implies her parents were Ira and Elizabeth Fuller, and that she and John may have had an additional daughter Effie.^20,19
     Summarizing, after the death of his first wife Lucinda (Norton), John Tinker was remarried about 1849 to Lovina Fuller, and they had children Ella, Cora, Vilona, and possible Effie.
     John Kendall Tinker and his second wife Lovina were living in Arkwright, Chautauqua Co., New York, in 1850, along with John's children Martha and Marvin (listed as Mason in the census) from his first marriage. Also listed with them in the census, enumerated on 22 August 1850, are Mary, age 8/12 (actually John and Lovina's daughter Ella, born January 1850), and Rebecca Tinker, age 22, born in Ohio. Listed immediately following them is the family of J. D. and Lucinda Rutt, who have been identified as probably actually Ira D. and Lucina (Norton) Buck. Lucina was the sister of John Tinker's first wife Lucinda Norton.^21,22
     John Tinker's son Jay from his first marriage was raised by his grandparents Hial and Gertrude Tinker, and is listed with them in Parkman Twp., Geauga Co., Ohio, in 1850. Also listed with that family, enumerated on 10 September 1850, is Rebecca Tinker, age 22, born in Ohio. It seems likely that this Rebecca and the Rebecca listed with John and Lovina Tinker in 1850 in Chautauqua Co., New York, are the same person, possibly a sister of John Tinker.^23,24
     John and Lovina were in Wellington, Monroe Co., Wisconsin, in 1860, with their children Ella (listed as Ellen in the census), Cora, and Vilona (listed as Victoria), along with John's son Marvin from his first marriage (listed as Marion).²⁵
     He and Lovina are listed together, but without children, in Marion, Turner Co., Dakota Territory, in the 1880 census²⁶, and in Peterson Twp., Clay Co., Iowa, in 1895.²⁷ In 1900 he was living in Superior, Douglas Co., Wisconsin, as a widower, probably with his daughter Martha and her family.²⁸
     He did indeed work as a blacksmith, as stated in the Tinker genealogy. For a time his son-in-law Ira Gardner, husband of his daughter Vilona, worked with him.^{2,21,25,26,29}
     He and his first wife Lucinda had three children, Martha (b August 1842), Marvin Hial (b 16 December 1844), and Jay Loren (b 25 February 1847, d 16 April 1919).^23,30
     He and his second wife Lovina had the following known children: Ella (b January 1850), Cora (b abt 1852), Vilona (b 24 January 1857, d 9 March 1920), and possibly Effie (b abt 1867).^25,22,31,32

     Elvira H. Boorn was born in August 1825.³ She was married by Almon Nichols, Justice of the Peace, to William Royal Norton, son of Lauren Norton and Prudence Town, on 12 December 1850 in Geauga Co., Ohio.^1,4 She died on 23 April 1912 in Chardon, Geauga Co., Ohio, at age 86.⁴ She was buried at Welton Cemetery (Sectiion 2, Lot 208) in Geauga Co., Ohio.⁴
     For a time after their marriage, probably from at least 1850 to 1854 based on the birth locations of their children Annette and Lauren, she and her husband William lived in Ohio.⁵ They were living in Illinois when their daughter Rosa was born about 1856.⁵ They soon moved back to Ohio, and lived in Burton, Geauga Co., probably from at least 1870 to 1880. In 1880 their daughter Annette, age 28, was still living with them at home.^5,6 From 1900 to 1910, after her husband's death, she and her daughter Annette both lived with her daughter Harriett Quiggle's family in Chardon, Geauga Co., Ohio.^3,7
     She and William had nine children, with seven living in 1900, but names are only known for seven of the nine: Annette (b November 1852), Lauren H. (b abt 1854), Rosa (b abt 1856), Adella (b abt 1860), Charles W. (b abt 1862), Ermon J. (b abt 1864), Harriett Genelle (b December 1866).^5,6,3,7,8