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The Southern Frinks names John Frink I [b. Abt. 1600 in England; d. Abt. 1671 and possibly buried in England] and Mary _____ as the parents of George Frink and John Frink II, but Peggy Frink Humphreys, in "The Frink Family In America," writes:
"Nearly everyone in the family has heard that John Frink of Ipswich, Massachusetts is the ancestor from whom we trace our origins in this country. So far, however, this has not been proved. Wilbur Frink rejected it entirely. There was a John Frink in Ipswich (although there has been no substantiation from ship lists of the time that he arrived on the ship "Lion" as tradition states). In March 1668, according to the 'Records and Files of the Quarterly Court of Essex County, Mass.', John Frink appeared in court and gave his age as 26 years. We know that he had a wife named Mary. It is possible that her maiden name was Wood; an Obadiah Wood refers to 'my brother, John Frink' in another court record. At the time this John Frink's will was probated in 1675, he mentioned two sons, John and George, as well as his wife, Mary."
"It seems likely that the John and George Frink, brothers who were in Kittery, Maine in 1700 and who married soon after, were the two sons of John of Ipswich. If they had been youngsters at the time of their father's death in 1675, the ages would seem right. And a move from Ipswich to Kittery would not have been a long trip, even in 1700."
"Although Richard A. Wheeler in his 'History of Stonington' stated that the John Frink who arrived in Stonington in 1667 was the son of John of Ipswich, it is probable that Wheeler was merely repeating a family story he had heard. A hard truth which one learns early in genealogical work is that a statement made in a book is not necessarily a fact. It does not seem possible that the John Frink of Stonington was the son of the John Frink of Ipswich. At the time John Frink arrived in Stonington in 1667, he was married and the father of three daughters. He was 34 years old, if the age of 84 listed on his tombstone in 1717 is accurate. John of Ipswich was 26 years old in 1668. Nor could they have been one and the same man. John of Ipswich died in 1675, probably on a return trip to England. John of Stonington died in Stonington in 1717 and is buried there. Grace Wheeler, Richard Wheeler's daughter, in her book, 'Homes of Our Ancestors in Stonington,' calls John of Stonington 'the emigrant.' It is also significant to note that although the repetition of names -- fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers -- was traditional within families at that time, the name George for a Frink son did not appear in the Stonington branch until the fifth generation, in 1775. If George had been John's brothers, as many believe, his name would ordinarily have been given to one of John's sons. Nearly every other male name in the early generations was used a number of times."
Marriage 1 Mary
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