Eleanor Timberlake

Henry Timberlake had one child, a son, Richard Timberlake, by one of Ostenaco's daughters, Sakinney. In his old age, Timberlake's friend Ostenaco lived in retirement with his grandson, Richard. She is not to be confused with Henry Timberlake’s English wife.

Henry’s wife (from the marriage record) was Eleanor Binel. No one knows why the record says “Helena Thersa Timberlake Ostenaco” - but she never left England or had children. Timberlake refers to her in his diary. Ostenaco’s daughter may have been named ‘Sokinney’ but I think that’s conjectural.

Ref: “on January 27, 1763 Henry Timberlake of St. Martin’s in the Fields, Esq., B[achelor] and Eleanor Binel of this Parish” [St. George’s Hanover, S[pinster], L.A.C. (License from the Archbishop of Canterbury)],

from notes to Duane King edition of The Memoirs of Lt. Henry Timberlake p.157