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William Z. DUNCAN / Margaret Isobel KIMBRELL

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[NI2617] William served in the Civil War as a Private in Co. I, 3rd Regt, Arkansas Vol. Cavalry.

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Samuel HINCKLEY / Sarah SOULE

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[NI876] SAMUEL HINCKLEY.1 resided in Tenterden, Kent, England; a dissenter; Mr. Otis says, that on Mar. 14, 1634-5, to escape persecution and get out of England he took an oath that he conformed to the order and discipline of the English church; remarking that it was probably qualified by mental reservation; and that the sin consisted in compelling such men to take the oath, rather than in taking it. In March, 1635. Rev. Nathaniel Tilden, who in 1728 had purchased lands in Scituate, Mass., probably with a view for future homes for himself and friends; with Samuel Hinckley, George Lewes, and James Austin of Teuterden, and with other families, making a company of 102, including women, children and servants, sailed from Sandwich, Eng., in the ship Hercules; probably intending to join Rev. John Lathrope, who came to Scituate the previous year; and more than half the passengers of this voyage become inhabitants there. He brought his wife Sarah, and his four oldest children; and immediately after his arrival at Boston he went to Scituate; built a house there, which Mr. Lothrop calls No. 19; three of his fellow passengers also built a house there in 1635. viz.: William Hatch, No. 17, George Lewis, No. 18, and Nathaniel Tilden, No. 20. The street on which they built was called Kent street. He resided there until july 1640; and removed to Barnstable; bought land there of Rev. Joseph Hull, and had trouble about the title. The location of his home lot is well known. It was bounded on the west by Coggin's Pond and the land of James Hamlin;1 from which it is today separated by an ancient stone fence; and joined the land of his son, Gov. Thomas Hinckley on the south. The present County road passes south of this place. Near the pond, according to tradition he built his one story dwelling, with a thatched roof. He was one of the first that settled at West Barnstable, and owned the farm there occupied in 1862 by Levi L. Goodspeed. e known as the Otis farm. f Suckonesset, (Falmouth, MA) 1661. His 1st wife d. Ang. 18, 1656; m. 2d, Dec. 15, 1657, Bridget, widow of Robert Bodfish, of Sandwich, Mass. Mr. Otis remarks, that he never knew a Hinckley who was dishonest, lazy, or imprudent. Samuel Hinckley was not distinguished; but his name frequently appears on the Barnstable records as juror, surveyor of highways, etc. As a church member he does not appear intolerant, but from the fact that he was twice indicted for entertaining strangers--Quakers.--indicates that he was a liberal man. He d. Oct. 31, 1662; will Oct. 8, 1662.
(The Hamlin Family, page 61)

[NI12662] Thomas Hinckley was the sixth and last governor of Plymouth Colony (1681-1692). Was the King's councilor during Andros, from 1692 to 1706. He was a man when he came to this country with his parents and entered into an active part of the conduct of the colonial affairs. He was a man of much energy, of fine character and distinguished reputation. His life covered the history of the Plymouth Colony and his grave at Great Marsh, where a memorial stone has been erected, attracts many visitors each year. He participated in the Narraganset fight of 1665 and was a representative to the general court. He had sixteen living children, twelve of them daughters. Of his wife Mary (Smith) Glover, it is written: "She was adored by her husband and all that knew her, beautiful of face and figure." Inventory of ye Goods and Estate of Mrs. Mary Glover, ye wife of Mr. Nath. Glover, deceased, taken by Roger Clap and John Gurnell the 13:12 mo 1659 by ye request of the said Mrs. Glover. Amount in pounds, 478.01.06. This inventory was presented to ye County Court, by Mr. Thos. Hinckley, on his marriage to Mary, ye relict of said Nath. Glover. Debts due to Quartermaster Smith, Thomas Danford, Samuel Chandler. On 31 Aug 1660 the Court made a division of the estate of "said Nath. Glover and the said Thos. Hinckley in the right of Mary, ye relict of said Nath. Glover, now his wife, to have one third of the 478.01.06 pounds, the other two thirds to the children of said Nath. When Mary's will was probated 27 April 1705, Samuel Prince of Sandwich, the husband of her daughter, Mercy Hinkley, was appointed administrator. (N.E.H.G.R., Vol 13. Hinckley, E. Charles, Hinckley History and Heritage, Third Edition, 1982, p. 40. Caroline Jurczak's hand written Hinkley genealogy, p. 6-7, 165-166, 168-169.)
ather, Samuel Hinkley, to America, and was at Scituate as early as 1635; at Barnstable in 1639; admitted as freeman in Plymouth Colony in 1645. In 1646 he was elected a Deputy or Representative from the town of Barnstable to the Colonial Court, and was repeatedly chosen until 1658, when he was made Governor's Assistant. Promoted to Deputy Governor in 1680, he was next year chosen Governor, and except during the interruption to the government caused by Sir Edmund Andros, Gov. Hinkley held that office until 1692. (Peirce's Colonial Lists, page 6)
ymouth Colony, between the ages of sixteen and sixty years, who were able to perform military duty, in August, 1643, as shown by the official returns of an actual examination and inspection made at that time. Barnstable Company, non-commissioned officers and Privates. (Peirce's Colonial Lists, page 73)
e to lay out a road from Sandwich to Plymouth, composed of Anthony Thatcher, William Basset, Jonathan Hatch, John Phinney, James Skiff, Henry Dillingham, John Ellis, John Wing. Joseph Rogers, Edward Bangs, William Hedge, Thomas Hinckley and Thomas Dexter.
(The Hamlin Family, page 167)

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Jesse GRIFFIN / Sarah Woody BROOKS

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Henry BEESTON / Maud THORNTON

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[NI17497] Of Beeston.

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