Thomas COBB

Thomas married Rachel STONE Between 01 Jan 1708 and 01 Jan 1709. Rachel was born Abt 1687, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died Between 23 Jan 1745 and 23 Jan 1746, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

1. Abigail COBB was born 29 Mar 1711, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.

Notes:

SAMUEL, Barnstable, br. of the preced. by w. Elizabeth [[vol. 1, p. 414]] d. of Richard Taylor, m. 20 Dec. 1680, had Sarah, b. 20 Aug. 1681; Thomas, 1 June 1683; Elizabeth Nov. 1685; Henry, 17 Feb. 1687; Samuel, and Mehitable, tw. 10 Sept. 1691; Experience, 8 Jan. 1693; Jonathan, 25 Dec. 1694; Eleazer, 14 Jan. 1696; and Lydia, 8 Dec. 1699; and he d. 7 Dec. 1727. Descend. are very num. of wh. Ebenezer, that d. at Kingston, 8 Dec. 1801, at the age, as was said, of more than 107 and 1/2 yrs. was, perhaps, the oldest man wh. ever was b. and liv. on the soil of Mass. Of this name, gr. at Harv. in 1828, were by Farmer found six; at Yale, and Dart. two ea. and nine at the other N. E. coll.

Samuel married Elizabeth TAYLOR 20 Dec 1680, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Elizabeth (daughter of Richard TAYLOR) was born Abt 1655, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts; died 04 May 1721, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

From: The Great Migration Begins:
ORIGIN: Unknown
MIGRATION: 1632
FIRST RESIDENCE: Plymouth
REMOVES: Scituate 1634, Barnstable 1639
OCCUPATION: Tavernkeeper. Licensed to draw wine at Barnstable 5 June 1644 [ PCR 2:73].
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: "Goodman Cob and his wife" were members #7 and #8, admitted at the founding of Scituate church on 8 January 1634/5 [ NEHGR 9:279]. "Decemb. 15, 1635 our Brother Cobb was invested into the office of a Deacon" at Scituate [ NEHGR 10:37]. Ordained ruling elder of Barnstable church, 14 April 1670 [Cobb Gen, citing BarnChR 1:1].
FREEMAN: In the "1633" Plymouth list of freemen near others admitted on 1 January 1632/3 [ PCR 1:4]; in 7 March 1636/7 list of freemen [ PCR 1:53]. Initially entered in Scituate portion of 1639 list of Plymouth Colony freemen, then transferred to Barnstable section [ PCR 8:175, 177]. In Barnstable section of 1658 and 29 May 1670 lists of Plymouth freemen [ PCR 5:277, 8:200].
EDUCATION: Signed his name to coroner's jury findings [ PCR 3:147]. His inventory included "books" valued at 24s.
OFFICES: Deputy for Barnstable, 5 June 1644, 3 March 1645/6, 7 July 1646 (fined for "defect in appearance" 4s. [ PCR 2:106]), 1 June 1647, 7 June 1652, 7 June 1659, 6 June 1660, 2 October 1660, 4 June 1661, 3 June 1662 [ PCR 2:72, 95, 104, 117; 3:9, 162, 187, 198, 214; 4:14]. Coroner's jury, 5 June 1658 [ PCR 3:147]. Plymouth petit jury, 4 June 1639, 3 September 1639, 3 December 1639, 3 March 1639/40, 1 September 1640, 2 March 1640/1, 17 June 1641, 7 September 1642, 6 June 1649, 6 June 1650 [ PCR 7:12-15, 18, 19, 21, 32, 46, 49; 2:140]. Excise collector for Barnstable, 8 June 1664 [ PCR 4:67].
In Barnstable section of 1643 Plymouth list of men able to bear arms [ PCR 8:193]. Committee for defense of Barnstable, 10 October 1643 [ PCR 2:65].
ESTATE: Assessed 9s. in the Plymouth tax lists of 25 March 1633 and 27 March 1634 [ PCR 1:11, 29].
In the compilation of houses in Scituate prepared by Rev. John Lothrop, "Goodman Cobbe's" house is seventh on the list, among those in place before September 1634; this is annotated "now Goodman Rowlye's" and "now Goodman Vinall's," perhaps indicating that there were two houses on this lot, or perhaps implying that Rowley purchased the house from Cobb and then sold it to Vinall. Later in the list, at position #32, among houses built in 1636, is "Brother Cobb's, on his lot," this being his second residence in Scituate, and probably the lot that he sold to Manasseh Kempton when he removed to Barnstable.
On 1 December 1640 "Henry Cob" sold to "Manasseth Kempton" of Plymouth his house in Scituate with twelve acres of upland with the parcel of meadow lying before the house and fourscore acres of upland in the fourth lot by North River, with a parcel of marsh meadow of about twelve acres [ PCR 12:65].
One of five men "granted liberty to view and to purchase a tract of land at Saconeesett," 7 June 1659 [ PCR 3:164, 208, 216].
In his will, dated 4 April 1678 and proved 3 June 1679, "Henery Cobb" of Barnstable, though "weak in body," bequeathed to "my son James Cobb" my great lot in Barnstable; to "my sons John, James, Gershom and Eliezer" half my lands at Suconeesett equally divided between them "and 40s. being in the hand of my son James for my son Eliezer's part"; to "Sarah my dear and loving wife during her natural life" my new dwelling house and all the rest of my lands; at Sarah's decease, to "my son Samuel" my dwelling house and two acres of upland, and an acre and a half of my marsh which I bought with his stock in partnership with my son James; to "my sons Samuel, Jonathan and Henry" residue of lands equally; to "my sons John, Gershom and Eliezer" one shilling each; to "my daughters Mary, Hannah and Patience" one shilling each; to "my daughter Sarah" my second best bed and furniture; residue to Sarah "my loving wife and sole executrix." Codicil dated 22 February 1678[/9]: "my son Samuel" shall have only two acres of my upland after my wife's decease and all the rest of my lands equally divided between my "three sons Samuel, Jonathan and Henry"; Henry to have my house after my wife's decease and his part of the land to lie most convenient to the house, only my lands at the Island equally divided between my three sons; "my son James to dry thatch on half an acre of the Island when the English corn is taken off..." [transcribed in full in Cobb Gen 14-15, citing PCPR 4:1:22-23].
The inventory of the estate of "Elder Henery Cobb Late of Barnstable" was undated and untotalled and included "a house land and meadow" valued at ?80. He also owned part of a "thachboate" [transcribed in full in Cobb Gen 16-17, citing PCPR 4:1:23].
On 2 March 1679/80, administration of the estate of Sarah Cobb was granted to Mr. Thomas Hinckley and Samuel Cobb, who were "with the advice and help of their friends and relations, to make a distribution of the estate amongst the children, still having a special respect therein to the youngest children, for their best good" [ PCR 6:32].
BIRTH: By about 1607 based on approximated date of first marriage.
DEATH: Barnstable between 22 February 1678[/9] (writing of codicil) and 3 June 1679 (proving of will).
MARRIAGE: (1) By 1632 Patience Hurst, daughter of JAMES HURST (his will names Cobb grandchildren); she was buried Barnstable 4 May 1648 "the first that was buried in our new burying place by our meeting house" [ PCR 8:42; NEHGR 9:285].
(2) Barnstable 12 December 1649 Sarah Hinckley [ PCR 8:42; NEHGR 9:287]; she was admitted to Barnstable church 20 January 1649/50 [ NEHGR 9:281]; she died before 2 March 1679/80 [ PCR 6:32].
CHILDREN:
With first wife

i JOHN, b. Plymouth 7 June 1632 [ PCR 8:42; MD 3:73]; m. Plymouth 28 April 1658 Martha Nelson [ PCR 8:17].

ii JAMES, b. Plymouth 14 January 1634[/5] [ PCR 8:42; MD 3:73]; m. Barnstable 26 December 1663 Sarah Lewis [ MD 3:73].

iii MARY, b. Scituate 24 March 1636/7 [ PCR 8:42; MD 3:73]; bp. Scituate 26 March 1637 [ NEHGR 9:281]; m. Plymouth 15 October 1657 as his second wife Jonathan Dunham [ PCR 8:17], son of JOHN DUNHAM [ TAG 30:145].

iv HANNAH, b. Scituate 5 October 1639 [ MD 3:73]; bp. Scituate 5 October 1639 [ NEHGR 9:281]; m. Barnstable 9 May 1661 Edward Lewis [ MD 10:250].

v PATIENCE, b. Barnstable "about 15 of March 1641 [ sic ]" [ MD 3:73] or "about the 19th of March 164 [sic]" [ PCR 8:42]; bp. Barnstable 13 March 1641/2 [ NEHGR 9:282]; m. (1) Barnstable "beginning August 1667" Robert Parker [ MD 11:100], as his second wife; she m. (2) after 1 June 1685 William Crocker and d. Barnstable 23 October 1727 [ NEHGR 112:190-97].

vi GERSHOM, b. Barnstable " about" 10 January 1644/5 [ PCR 8:42; MD 3:73]; bp. Barnstable 12 January 1644/5 [ NEHGR 9:283]; bur. Swansea 24 June 1675 [ PCR 8:61]; unmarried (division of his estate to brothers and sisters [ PCR 5:180]).

vii ELIEZER, b. Barnstable "about" 30 March 1648 [ PCR 8:42; MD 3:73]; bp. Barnstable 2 April 1648 [ NEHGR 9:283]; residing in Barnstable in 1703, apparently unmarried [ Otis 1:172].

With second wife

viii MEHITABLE, b. Barnstable 1 September 1651 [ PCR 8:42; MD 3:73]; bp. Barnstable 7 September 1651 [ NEHGR 9:284]; bur. Barnstable 8 March 1651/2 [ PCR 8:42; NEHGR 9:286].

ix SAMUEL, b. Barnstable 12 October 1654 [ PCR 8:42; MD 3:73]; m. Barnstable 20 December 1680 Elizabeth [blank] [ MD 3:73], said to be Elizabeth Taylor, daughter of Richard Taylor [ Otis 1:173].

x SARAH, b. Barnstable 15 January 1658 and bur. there 25 January 1658 [ PCR 8:42; MD 3:73].

xi JONATHAN, b. Barnstable 10 April 1660 [ PCR 8:42; MD 3:73]; m. Barnstable 1 March 1682/3 Hope (Chipman) Huckins [ MD 3:149], daughter of John Chipman and widow of John Huckins.

xii SARAH, b. Barnstable 10 March 1662/3 [ MD 3:73]; m. Barnstable 27 December 1686 Samuel Chipman [ MD 4:121].

xiii HENRY, b. Barnstable 3 September 1665 [ MD 3:73]; m. Barnstable 10 April 1690 Lois Hallet [ MD 3:73].

xiv MEHITABLE, b. Barnstable 15 February 1667 [ MD 3:73]; no further record.

xv EXPERIENCE (daughter), b. Barnstable 11 September 1671 [ MD 3:73]; no further record.


BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE: Henry Cobb and his family were treated in detail by Philip L. Cobb early in this century [A History of the Cobb Family, Part 1 (Cleveland 1907), cited above as Cobb Gen]. This genealogy is to be commended for including full transcripts of many records for the early generations, while at the same time avoiding the many legends and traditional tales typical of volumes published in that era. (See also Otis 1:166-79.)


HENRY, Barnstable, one of the first set. had been of Plymouth a. 1629, and of Scituate in, 1633, there one of the found. of the ch. 8 Jan. 1635, of wh. he was that yr. chos. deac. was, prob. from Kent, by w. Patience, d. I presume, of deac. James Hurst, wh. was bur. 4 May 1648, had John, b. 7 June 1632; James, 14 Jan. 1635, both at P.; Mary, 24, bapt. 26 Mar. 1637; Hannah, bapt. 6 Oct. 1639; both at S. whence he rem. that yr. with Rev. John Lothrop; Patience, 15 Mar. 1642; Gershom, 10, bapt. 12 Jan. 1645; and Eleazer, 30 Mar. bapt. 2 Apr. 1648. As sec. w. he took, 12 Dec. 1649, Sarah, d. of Samuel Hinckley, had Mehitable, 1, bapt. 7 Sept. 1651, d. at 6 mos.; Samuel, b. 12 Oct. 1654; Sarah, 15 Jan. 1658, d. in few days; Jonathan, 10 Apr. 1660; Sarah, again, 10 Mar. 1663; Henry, 3 Sept. 1665; Mehitable, again, 15 Feb. 1667; and Experience, 11 Sept. 1671. He was rep. 1645, and six yrs. more, and d. 1679. Mary m. 15 Oct. 1657, Jonathan Dunham, as sec. w.; Hannah m. 9 May 1661, Edward Lewis; Patience m. Aug. 1667, Robert Parker; Sarah m. 27 Dec. 1686, Samuel Chipman, or Benjamin Hinkley, but wh. is uncert. for two Sarah, cous. were contempo. and one liv. to 8 Jan. 1742.

Henry married Sarah HINCKLEY 12 Dec 1649, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of Samuel HINCKLEY and Sarah SOOLE) was born Bef 22 Nov 1629, Tenterden, Kent, England; died Bef 02 Mar 1679/80, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

"RICHARD, Yarmouth 1643, m. says the fam. tradit. a Burgess, perhaps d. of Thomas, whose d. Ruth, also, m. ano. Richard T. His w. was drown. 4 Dec. 1673, and he d. next yr. leav. two s. six ds. John; Joseph; Mary; Martha, b. 18 Dec. 1650; Elizabeth; Ann, bur. 29 Mar. 1650 aged a yr. and a half; Hannah, and Sarah, of wh. this last d. num. 3 July 1695; Mary m. a Merchant; Martha m. 3 Dec. 1675, Joseph Bearse; Ann m. 25 June 1679, Josiah Davis; Hannah m. 19 July 1680, Job Crocker; and Elizabeth m. 20 Dec. 1680, Samuel Cobb. "

Notes:

Also father of Thomas Hinckley, the governor of Plymouth Colony. Came to New England in March 1634/5 in the "Hercules", accompanied by his wife and four unnamed children.

" SAMUEL, Scituate, from Tenterden in Kent, came in the Hercules of Sandwich, 1635, with w. Sarah, and four ch. Thomas, the future Gov. Susanna, Mary, and Sarah. His w. join. the ch. 30 Aug. 1635, had Elizabeth bapt. next Sunday; Samuel, 4 Feb. 1638, d. soon; Samuel, again, 10 Feb. 1639, d. soon; rem. 1640, to Barnstable, where he had Samuel, 24 July 1642, by Deane call. Sarah; and John, 26 May 1644, bef. ment. beside one d. bur. 8 July 1640, unbapt. and tw. ch. also bur. 1641. His w. d. 18 Aug. 1656; and he m. 15 Dec. 1657, Bridget, perhaps d. but more prob. wid. of [[vol. 2, p. 425]]
Robert Bodfish, and d. 31 Oct. 1662. His d. Sarah m. 12 Dec. 1649, Henry Cobb, as 2d w. and Elizabeth m. 15 July 1657, Elisha Parker. Other ds. nam. in his will are Susanna, and Mary, wh. were both m."

From: The Great Migration Begins:

ORIGIN: Tenterden, Kent.
MIGRATION: 1635 on the Hercules (on 15 March 1634/5, "Sam[ue]l Hinckley of Tenterden & Sarah his wife, Susan, Sara, Mary children and El[e]zab[eth] a kinswoman" were enrolled at Sandwich for passage to New England on the Hercules [NEHGR 75:219]).
FIRST RESIDENCE: Scituate.
REMOVES: Barnstable 1639.

CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: On 30 August 1635, "Goody Hinckley" was admitted a member of Scituate church [NEHGR 9:280].
FREEMAN: On 2 January 1637/8, "Samuell Hinckley" was admitted a freeman of Plymouth Colony, and so was added to the colony list of freemen begun on 7 February 1636/7 [PCR 1:53, 74]. "Samuell Hinckley" appears in both the Scituate and Barnstable sections of the 1639 Plymouth Colony list of freemen (although his name was not crossed off in the Scituate section) [PCR 8:175, 177]. In the Barnstable section of the 1658 Plymouth Colony list of freemen [PCR 8:200].
OFFICES: Plymouth petit jury, 3 September 1638, 17 June 1641, 4 June 1645 [PCR 1:96, 7:21, 41]. Grand jury, 4 June 1639, 1 June 1641 [PCR 1:126, 2:16].

Barnstable highway surveyor, 5 June 1644, 1 June 1647, 5 June 1651, 3 June 1656 (as "Mr. Samuell Hinckley"), 3 June 1657 [PCR 2:72, 115, 168, 3:101, 116].In the Barnstable section of the 1643 Plymouth Colony list of men able to bear arms [PCR 8:193].
ESTATE: "Samuell Hinkly" received several grants of land at Scituate: "the second lot on the south side of Grenfeld Lane being five acres," 12 June 1635; "a portion of marsh & upland lying adjoining together on the other side of the highway over against his houselot," 7 February 1636[/7?]; "upon the Third Cliff five acres," 6 February 1635[/6?]; "a portion of marsh land on the south side of Humpherey Turner's lot on the Third Cliff being nine acres," 7 February 1636[/7?];"a portion of marsh lands lying on the south side of Herring Brook," 7 February 1636[/7?]; and "a portion of upland being twenty-four acres," no date given [ScitTR 1:240-41].

On 7 September 1642, in "the controversy betwixt Samuell Hinckley and Mr. Joseph Hull, about the lands the said Hinckley bought of the said Hull in Barnstable, it is ordered, by the consent of both parties and by the town of Barnstable, being referred to the bench, that the said Mr. Hull, according to his own proffer, shall abate forty shillings of that the said Samuell Hinckley should have paid him for the said land, and that the town of Barnstable shall return the one-half of the lands they took away from the said Samuell Hinckley to him again, and so a final end to be of all suits & controversies about the same" [PCR 2:44, 7:30, 31]. On 5 March 1660/1, "Mr. Samuell Hinckley" was one of five men "added to the purchasers at Saconeesett and places adjacent" [PCR 3:208, 216]. On [blank] [blank] 1645, "Mr. Timothy Hatherley of Scituate" sold to "Mr. John Floyde" of Scituate "all that his house, barn, orchard and homelot in Scituate aforesaid with the marsh meadow belonging thereunto together with the great lot up the North River both upland and meadow, videlicet all the housing and lands both upland and meadow which formerly belonged and was the proper right of Samuell Hinckley in Scittuate sometimes inhabitant of the said town of Scittuate" [PCR 12:204-5].

In his will, dated 8 October 1662 and proved 4 March 1662/3, "Samuell Hinckley Senior of Barnstable" bequeathed to "Bridgett my wife" two cows, "all the household stuff she brought with her, also ... the use of my house and gardens and the use of four acres of my broken up upland ... during the time of her living a widow"; to "son Samuell" and to "son John" and to "son Thomas" a complicated series of bequests, attempting to prevent future contention among the three sons; to "my daughters Susannah, Sarah, Mary and Elizabeth to each of them the value of one shilling and to each of their children the said value"; to "Samuell Hinckley the son of my son Thomas," livestock; to "Mary Hinckley his sister," livestock; to "her brother Thomas," livestock; to "Bathshua Hinckley," livestock; to "the rest of my son Thomas his children," one shilling; to "Samuell the son of my daughter Cobb," livestock; to "his brother Jonathan," livestock; residue to "my executors"; "my son Thomas Hinckley to be my executor and my son-in-law Henery Cobb to be my overseer"; "my sons Samuell and John should attend to the counsel and advice of my sons Thomas Hinckley and Henery Cobb" [PCPR 2:2:2-3]. On 5 May 1663, Plymouth Court ordered "that Samuell Hinckley be summoned to appear at the next Court, to give oath to the will of Mr. Samuell Hinckley, deceased" [PCR 4:36].

The inventory of the estate of "Samuell Hinckley Senior late of Barnstable deceased," taken on an unknown date and presented at court on 10 March 1662/3, totalled 162lb. 16s., with no real estate listed; to this inventory was appended a list of items not inventoried or valued, the first of which was "housing" [PCPR 2:2:3].

BIRTH: Baptized Harrietsham, Kent, 25 May 1589, son of Robert Hinckley [NEHGR 65:315-17].
DEATH: Barnstable "the end of October 1662" [MD 6:98].
MARRIAGE: (1) Hawkhurst, Kent, 7 May 1617 Sarah Soole [NEHGR 68:186], baptized there on 8 June 1600, daughter of Thomas Soole [NEHGR 68:186-89]. She died at Barnstable on 18 August 1656 [MD 6:97] and was buried there on 19 August 1656 [PCR 8:44].
(2) Barnstable "about the 15 of December 1657" Bridget Botfish [PCR 8:44; MD 6:98; NEHGR 65:318], widow of ROBERT BOTFISH [GM 2:1:357-58].
CHILDREN:
With first wife
i THOMAS HINCKLEY, bp. Hawkhurst, Kent, 19 March 1619/20 [NEHGR 68:186]; m. (1) Barnstable 4 December 1641 Mary Richards [PCR 8:44]; m. (2) Barnstable 16 March 1659/60 Mary (Smith) Glover [MD 6:98].
ii JOHN HINCKLEY, bp. Tenterden, Kent, 28 April 1622 [NEHGR 65:315]; bur. there 25 February 1627/8 [NEHGR 65:315].
iii SUSANNA HINCKLEY, bp. Tenterden, Kent, 6 November 1625 [NEHGR 65:315]; m. by 1644 John Smith (on an unknown date, "John Smith & Susannah Hinckley contracted at our sister Hinckleye's house [in Barnstable]" [NEHGR 10:39]; eldest known child b. Barnstable [blank] April 1644 [MD 12:154]).
iv MARY HINCKLEY, bp. Tenterden, Kent, 23 March 1627/8 [NEHGR 65:315]; no further record.
v SARAH HINCKLEY, bp. Tenterden, Kent, 22 November 1629 [NEHGR 65:315]; m. Barnstable 12 December 1649 HENRY COBB [GMB 1:392-95; PCR 8:42; NEHGR 9:287].
vi MARY HINCKLEY, bp. Tenterden, Kent, 18 September 1631 [NEHGR 65:315]; living 8 October 1662, possibly married, when named in the will of her father. (The claim has been made that Mary married James Houghton of Barnstable, and was the "Mary Haughton,widow," who made her will on 19 January 1685/6, in which she made individual bequests to each of the children of Thomas Hinckley [MD 18:134-36, citing BarnPR 1:77-78]. However, no relationship was stated with the Hinckley children, and, on the other hand, she also made a bequest to "the two eldest children of Joseph Potts my brother Edward Potts his eldest son." Since there is no known connection between the Hinckley family and any Potts family, we do not believe that the wife of James Haughton was Mary Hinckley.)
vii ELIZABETH HINCKLEY, bp. Tenterden, Kent, 10 March 1632/3 [NEHGR 65:315]; bur. there 18 June 1633 [NEHGR 65:315].
viii JOHN HINCKLEY, bp. Tenterden, Kent, 1 June 1634 [NEHGR 65:315]; d. soon.
ix ELIZABETH HINCKLEY, bp. Scituate 6 September 1635 [NEHGR 9:281]; m. Barnstable 15 July 1657 Elisha Parker [PCR 8:47].
x SAMUEL HINCKLEY, bp. Scituate 4 February 1637/8 [NEHGR 9:281]; d. soon.
xi SAMUEL HINCKLEY, bp. Scituate 10 February 1638/9 [NEHGR 9:281]; bur. Barnstable 22 March 1640/1 [NEHGR 9:285].
xii Daughter HINCKLEY; bur. Barnstable 8 July 1640 ("a daughter upon their coming hither buried unbaptized") [NEHGR 9:285].
xiii Child HINCKLEY (twin), b. late 1640 or early 1641; bur. Barnstable 6 February 1640/1 [NEHGR 9:285].
xiv Child HINCKLEY (twin), b. late 1640 or early 1641; bur. Barnstable 19 March 1640/1 [NEHGR 9:285].
xv SAMUEL HINCKLEY, b. Barnstable 4 July 1642 [PCR 8:44], bp. Barnstable 24 July 1642 [NEHGR 9:282]; m. (1) Barnstable 14 December 1664 Mary Goodspeed [MD 6:99]; m. (2) Barnstable 15 January 1668[/9?] Mary FitzRandolph [MD 6:99].
xvi JOHN HINCKLEY, b. Barnstable 24 May 1644 [PCR 8:44], bp. Barnstable 26 May 1644 [NEHGR 9:282]; m. (1) Barnstable [blank] July 1668 Bethia Lothrop [MD 6:135]; m. (2) Barnstable 24 November 1697 Mary Goodspeed [MD 14:87].

COMMENTS: On 4 December 1638, "Samuell Hinckley" was one of eight Scituate men who were "presented for receiving strangers & foreigners into their houses & lands, without license of the Governor or Assistants, or acquainting the town of Scittuate therewith" [PCR 1:106]. On 7 October 1651, the grand jury presented "Samuell Hinckley and Jonathan Hatch for hiring land of the Indians" [PCR 2:173]. On 20 October 1646, "upon complaint of Thomas Star, of Yarmouth, about fees of Court, in an action prosecuted in the Court at Yarmouth aforesaid against Samuell Hincley, the Court ordereth, that the jury repay what they have received from the said Thomas Star as their fees in that case, & that Sam[uel] Hincly pay all the [blank] belonging to the clerk of the Court" [PCR 2:109].

Thomas Hinckley, the eldest son of this immigrant, attained great prominence, serving as the last governor of Plymouth Colony, from 1681 to 1692.

BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE: In 1911 Elizabeth French published wills, parish register abstracts from a number of parishes in Kent, which included the baptisms of the immigrant himself and of several of his children, and concluded with a compiled genealogy of several generations of the agnate ancestry of the immigrant [NEHGR 65:315-19]. In 1914 she added parish register entries which include the marriage of the immigrant and the baptism of his eldest child [NEHGR 68:186-89].

An excellent recent account, including facsimiles and transcriptions of important early documents, was published in 1993 by Marlene Alma Hinkley Groves [Hinckleys of Maine].

Samuel married Sarah SOOLE 07 May 1617, Hawkhurst, Kent, England. Sarah died 18 Aug 1656, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]