The progenitor of the Hinds: family (spelled variously as
Hains, Haines, Hynds, Haynes & Hindes in the records) came to
America about or shortly before 1637 when first mention of him
is made in Salem, MA. The First Congregational Church there
records him as a member Dec. 25, 1637.
JAMES HINDS, born England, died (Southold Town records) before
Nov. 9, 1655 (his will dated Mar. 1, 1652 and inventoried on the
date in 1655), married Mary Knight, the daughter of John & Ann
Knight of Newbury, MA who arrived in Boston June 3, 1635 on the
ship "James". John Knight died in Newbury, MA Feb. 27, 1677.
Mary Knight Hinds married (2) after May 26 (probably in June)
1656, Ralph Dayton of Southold, MA.
Children:
JOHN, baptized Aug. 28, 1639
James, (1) baptized Aug. 2, 1641, died young
Benjamin, baptized Aug. 26, 1643
Mary, baptized Feb. 19, 1646
James, (2) baptized Dec. 27, 1647
Jonathan, baptized Apr. 11, 1648 (Twin)
Sarah, baptized Apr. 11, 1648 (Twin)
Thomas, baptized Mar. 4, 1651
JOHN HINDS, baptized Aug. 28, 1639 Salem, MA, died soon after
Mar. 9, 1720 (date of his will which indicates he was quite
sick) in Lancaster, Worchester Co., MA, married (1)(name not
recorded) and had:
One son:
He married (2) Feb. 9, 1682 Lancaster, MA, Mary, widow of
James Butler of Lancaster. It is thought James Hinds first went
to Woburn, then to Lancaster and then to Brookfield. It was in
Brookfield that he was granted 62 acres of land; another 137
acres out of town along the Nashaway River and along a brook
that crossed James Butler's land; and another piece South East
of Rattlesnake Hill. In April 1704 he served under John Moore
at the garrison in Lancaster.
Children: (by Mary Butler Hinds)
JOHN JR., born Jan. 19, 1683
Jacob, born 1685, married Grace Morse
Deborah, born ca. 1695
Expierence, born ca. 1700, married Nov. 18, 1718 Joseph
Marks Jr.
Hopestill, born Oct. 22, 1713, married Mary Walker
Hannah, born ca. 1715
Enoch, born Oct. 30, 1717
JOHN HINDS JR., born Jan. 19, 1683 Lancaster, Worchester Co.,
MA, died Oct. 10, 1748 Brookfield, Worchester Co., MA (will
proved May 10, 1749), married Aug. 31, 1709 Marlboro, Middlesex
Co., MA, Ann (Anna) Corlis of Haverhill, born Sep. 1691, died
Sep. 8, 1764, the daughter of John Corlis and Mary Wilford.
(See Corliss Family Addendum)
John Hinds started his family in Lancaster and stayed there
until 1719 at which time he moved to Brookfield. Two of his
children later married into our Bartlett branch of the family.
On Jan. 23, 1728 he was appointed to the committee (of 5) to
divide the Town of Brookfield into 4 sections. He built a mill
on Horse Pond Brook in 1738 and later sold it to his son Seth.
July of 1738 was not good to John and Ann for they lost three of
their children that month. He served as a garrison guard in
Brookfield and received for his services 40 acres of hilly land
and 20 acres of bottom or meadow land. He also served in
Captain Thomas Buckminister's Company in Aug. 1748 and went to
garrison at Fort Dunner.
Children:
Anna, born Jun. 6, 1710
JOHN III, born Aug. 31, 1711
Frances, born Dec. 14, 1713
Mary, born Feb. 12, 1716
Seth, born Apr. 3, 1718
Jonathan, born Oct. 23, 1720, died Jul. 6, 1738
Dinah, born Oct. 14, 1722
Corlis, born Apr. 28, 1724
Rachel, born Aug. 25, 1726, died Jul. 31, 1738
Tryphena, born Apr. 23, 1728
Cornelius, born Mar. 17, 1730, died Jul. 7, 1738
Submit, born Jul. 27, 1732, died Aug. 1, 1732
SUSANNAH, born Dec.17, 1733 (See below)
JOHN HINDS III, born Aug. 31, 1711 Lancaster, Worchester Co.,
MA, died ca. 1756 Brookfield, Worchester Co., MA, married Alice
_____? who married (2) Sep. 26, 1757 Timothy Hall
Children:
Martha, born Jul. 18, 1743
Rachel, born Jan. 6, 1745, died Jan. 11, 1745
JOHN IV, born Oct. 23, 1747
Oliver, born Apr. 14, 1750
Delight, born Oct. 25, 1752, died Jul. 19, 1753
Mary, born Nov. 1, 1754
SUSANNAH HINDS, born Dec. 17, 1733 Brookfield, Worchester Co.,
MA, married (1) Nov. 17, 1749 Worchester, Worchester Co., MA,
John Bell who died Aug. 1, 1819 at age 86 and had:
One son:
John Bell Jr., born Aug. 7, 1750.
She married (2) ca. 1751 Brookfield, MA, Mathew Bartlett I,
baptized Jul. 8, 1728 North Brookfield, MA.
(See
Bartlett Family Addendum)
Their son:
Mathew Bartlett II, born Mar. 30, 1769, married (1)
Elizabeth (Betsy) Hinds, (See below)
JOHN HINDS IV, born Oct. 23, 1747 Brookfield, Worchester Co.,
MA, died Nov. 8, 1813 North Brookfield, Worchester Co., MA,
married May 24, 1722 Lydia Seeger of Spencer, MA.
Children:
ELIZABETH (BETSY), born Feb. 25, 1773
Lydia, born Aug. 17, 1774
John V, born May 6, 1776
Ruth, born Mar. 2, 1778
Sally, born Jan. 12, 1780
Caleb, born Dec. 2, 1782
Rhoda, born Jun. 25, 1784
Lucinda, born May 21, 1787
Rufus, born Mar. 22, 1789
Lucy, born Oct. 18, 1791
ELIZABETH (BETSY) HINDS, born Feb. 25, 1773 Brookfield,
Worchester Co., MA, married Jul. 1, 1792 in Brookfield, MA,
Mathew Bartlett II, born Mar. 30, 1769 North Brookfield, MA, on
the `Hooker Farm', died Aug. 13, 1822 NY, the son of Mathew
Bartlett I and Susannah Hinds (above)
(See
Bartlett Family Addendum)
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