54. Captain James⁷ Pinkham (Captain William⁶, Thomas⁵, William⁴ Penkem, Sebastian (Scipio)³ Pinkham, Scipio² Pincomb, Scipio¹) (#38) was born in Stokeinteignhead, Devon 6 MAY 1857.⁽⁹¹²⁾ James died 1 FEB 1924 in Poole, Dorset, at 66 years of age.⁽⁹¹³⁾

He married twice. He married Jessie Salter in West Teignmouth, Devon, 29 JUN 1880.⁽⁹¹⁴⁾ (Jessie Salter is #256.) Jessie was born in Exeter, Devon 15 OCT 1859.⁽⁹¹⁵⁾ Jessie was the daughter of John Salter and Harriett Brooks. He married Florence Lilian Elliot Badcock in Liverpool, Lancashire, 18 NOV 1911.⁽⁹¹⁶⁾ (Florence Lilian Elliot Badcock is #39.) Lilian was born in St Thomas, Devon 4 APR 1881.⁽⁹¹⁷⁾ Lilian⁽⁹¹⁸⁾ was the daughter of Josiah Badcock and Emily Elliott. Lilian died 17 JUN 1948 in Brighton, Sussex, at 67 years of age.⁽⁹¹⁹⁾

James was divorced from Jessie Salter.⁽⁹²⁰⁾ He was baptized in Stokeinteignhead, Devon, 31 MAY 1857. Religion: religion unknown.⁽⁹²¹⁾ He resided in Newton 1876, Miller View.⁽⁹²²⁾ He resided in Teignmouth, Devon 1879, 1 Powderham Terrace.⁽⁹²³⁾ At 24 years of age James became the father of Bertie Pinkham 27 DEC 1881.⁽⁹²⁴⁾ At 27 years of age James became the father of Reginald Pinkham in Shaldon, Devon, 13 FEB 1885.⁽⁹²⁵⁾ At 29 years of age James became the father of Hector Pinkham 5 APR 1887.⁽⁹²⁶⁾ At 33 years of age James became the father of Victor Harold Pinkham 25 OCT 1890. At 34 years of age James became the father of Linda Pinkham 10 JAN 1892.⁽⁹²⁷⁾ At 35 years of age James became the father of Sadie Pinkham 18 DEC 1892.⁽⁹²⁸⁾ At 37 years of age James became the father of Clara Matilda Pinkham 18 JAN 1895.⁽⁹²⁹⁾ James's occupation: Master Mariner in Stokeinteignhead, Devon, 7 APR 1900.⁽⁹³⁰⁾ James Pinkham was Captain of the Steamer, West Point, which caught fire and sunk in 1911. The crew were rescued by the Cunard Liner, The Mauretania. The following extracts shed some light on the sinking and subsequent rescue.

EXTRACT FROMCUNARD DAILY BULLETINSATURDAY, SEPT, 3rd 1910

"MAURETANIA" RESCUES CREW AT SEA.

Yesterday afternoon the captain of the British steamer Devonian sent us the following wireless message:- "Have picked up boat with part crew of Westpoint, steamer, of Liverpool. Boat reports having last seen captain's boat with remainder of crew in Lat. 47.08 N., Long. 42.23 W., Thursday, 6 a.m. Have searched unsuccessfully for her. Please keep a good look out for her. Captain intended keeping on an eastbound track. Steamer foundered on fire.- Trant." Captain Turner immediately gave orders for a strict look-out to be kept, and guided by the information received from the Devonian as to the position of the missing boat when last seen, steered a course accordingly. At 10-40 p.m., the blue lights of a small craft were observed four points on the port bow. At 10-50 p.m. the Mauretania was stopped, and a boat containing the captain, second officer, two engineers, carpenter, chief steward, and ten men were rescued. The weather at the time is described on the ship's log as follows:- "Moderate northerly gale. Overcast and rainy. High northerly sea." The last man was hauled aboard at 11-27 p.m. and at 11-28 p.m. the ship proceeded at full speed. From the time the boat was sighted until the Mauretania was under way again only 48 minutes had elapsed, and the actual time the engines were stopped was only 38 minutes. The West Point belonged to Messrs. Simpson, Spence, and Young, of Liverpool, London, and Newcastle, and was bound from Greenock to Charleston, South Caroliner, with general cargo. The men had been in the boat since Sunday.Wireless messages were dispatched early this morning to England, so that the families of the rescued me will soon hear the good news. A message was also sent to New York. The rescue of the captain and part of the crew of the ill-fated West Point last night affords another illustration of the inestimable value of the wireless telegraphy, for it is safe to say that had it not been for Marconi's wonderful invention the 16 men we rescued (they had already been in their boats six days) would have stood a poor chance of being saved. With pardonable pride we may also state that the Cundard Company was the first to appreciate the value of the wireless telegraph by fitting their ships with the apparatus.

At 48 years of age James became the father of James Pinkham in Jersey, Channel Islands, 29 JAN 1906.⁽⁹³¹⁾

Captain James Pinkham and Jessie Salter had the following children:

• 66 i. Bertie⁸ Pinkham (#517) was born 27 DEC 1881.⁽⁹³²⁾

• 67 ii. Reginald Pinkham (#518) was born in Shaldon, Devon 13 FEB 1885.⁽⁹³³⁾ Occupation: Clerk, Sunday School 1901.

• 68 iii. Hector Pinkham (#519) was born 5 APR 1887.⁽⁹³⁴⁾

• + 69 iv. Victor Harold Pinkham was born 25 OCT 1890.

• 70 v. Linda Pinkham (#299) was born 10 JAN 1892.⁽⁹³⁵⁾

• 71 vi. Sadie Pinkham (#521) was born 18 DEC 1892.⁽⁹³⁶⁾ Sadie died 8 FEB 1893 at less than one year of age.⁽⁹³⁷⁾

• 72 vii. Clara Matilda Pinkham (#300) was born 18 JAN 1895.⁽⁹³⁸⁾

Captain James Pinkham and Florence Lilian Elliot Badcock had the following child:

• + 73 viii. James Pinkham was born 29 JAN 1906.

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