Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
NameGov. Thomas HINCKLEY 
Birth1618, Hawkhurst, Kent, England3379, p 16
Baptism19 Mar 1619, Hawkhurst, Kent, England3379, p 16 Age: 1
Death25 Apr 1705, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts3216, p 34,3379, p 16; date only Age: 87
BurialLothrop Cemetery, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts3455, p 19
FatherSamuel HINCKLEY (-1662)
MotherSarah SOOLE (1600-1656)
Individual Notes
• He was successively elected assistant in the government of Plymouth Colony from 1658 to 1681 and Governor except during the interruption by Sir Edmond Andros from 1681 to the junction of Plymouth with Massachusetts in 1692.3455, p 19
• [excerpt] During half a century he held offices of trust and power in the Old Colony, and had a controlling influence over the popular mind. He was the architect of his own fortune in life; the builder of his own reputation. He was a man of good common sense, and of sound judgment; honest and honorable in all of his dealings; industrious, persevering and self-reliant; and, if it be any praise, he was the best read lawyer in the Colony.3380, p 10
• [excerpt] During half a century he held offices of trust and power in the Old Colony, and had a controlling influence over the popular mind. He was the architect of his own fortune in life; the builder of his own reputation. He was a man of good common sense, and of sound judgment; honest and honorable in all of his dealings; industrious, persevering and self-reliant; and, if it be any praise, he was the best read lawyer in the Colony.3380, p 10
Spouses
Birthabt 16153456, p 2
Death24 Jun 1659, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts3379, p 16; date only,3380, p 11 Age: 44
Burial25 Jun 1659, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts3221, p 44
FatherThomas RICHARDS (~1590-1650)
MotherWelthean LORING (1602-1679)
Marriage4 Dec 1641, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts2101, p 374; gives 7 Dec 1641,3221, p 44
Family Notes
• 8 children.3380, p 9
Birth16 Jul 1630, Lancashire, England3379, p 16; date only,3380, p 14
Removal1635, New England3380, p 14 Age: 4
Death29 Jul 1703, Barnstable?, Barnstable, Massachusetts3379, p 16 Age: 73
BurialAncient Cemetery, Barnstable, Massachusetts3380, p 15
Individual Notes
• Her friends were opposed to this marriage [to Gov. Hinckley] as she had two children and Governor Hinckley had eight, and they urged this on her as a reason against this marriage.
Mrs. Mary (Glover) HInckley’s grandson, Rev. Thomas Prince, says she was the only child of Quartermaster Smith by his first wife, formerly of Lancashire, England, and afterwards of Dorchester, Mass., and that she was born in Lancashire.3380, p 14
• Mrs. Mary (Glover) Hinckley is said to have been beautiful in person, and the most intelligent and accomplished woman in the Plymouth Colony.3380, p 14
Mrs. Mary (Glover) HInckley’s grandson, Rev. Thomas Prince, says she was the only child of Quartermaster Smith by his first wife, formerly of Lancashire, England, and afterwards of Dorchester, Mass., and that she was born in Lancashire.3380, p 14
• Mrs. Mary (Glover) Hinckley is said to have been beautiful in person, and the most intelligent and accomplished woman in the Plymouth Colony.3380, p 14
Marriage16 Mar 1660, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts2101, p 374,3221, p 44
Family Notes
• 9 children.3380, p 9
ChildrenEbenezer (1673-1721)