Gov. Thomas Hinckley and Mary Richards

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Husband Gov. Thomas Hinckley ¹

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           Born: 1618 - England 2
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           Died: 25 Apr 1705 - Barnstable, Barnstable Co, MA 2
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         Father: Samuel Hinckley (      -1662) 1
         Mother: Sarah [Unk] (      -1652/1656) 1

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       Marriage: 4 Dec 1641 2

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   Other Spouse: Mary Smith (1630-1703) 3 - 16 Mar 1660 3

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Wife Mary Richards ²

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           Born: 
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           Died: 24 Jun 1659 2
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         Father: Thomas Richards (      -      ) 2
         Mother: 

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Children

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1 F Mary Hinckley ²

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           Born: 3 Aug 1644 2
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         Spouse: [Unk] Weyborne (      -      ) 2

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2 F Sarah Hinckley ²

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           Born: 4 Nov 1646 2
     Christened: 6 Dec 1646 2
           Died: 16 Feb 1686 2
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Nathaniel Bacon (      -      ) 2
           Marr: 27 Mar 1673 2

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3 F Meletiah Hinckley ²

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           Born: 25 Nov 1648 2
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           Died: 2 Feb 1714 2
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         Spouse: Josiah Crocker (      -      ) 2
           Marr: 23 Oct 1668 2

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4 F Hannah Hinckley ³

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           Born: 15 Apr 1651 3
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           Died: 20 Aug 1730 - Dorchester, Suffolk Co, MA 3
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         Spouse: Capt. Nathaniel Glover (      -      ) 3

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5 M Samuel Hinckley ³

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           Born: 14 Feb 1652 3
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6 M Thomas Hinckley ³

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           Born: 5 Dec 1654 3
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           Died: 1688 3
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7 F Bathshua Hinckley ³

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           Born: 15 May 1657 3
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         Spouse: Samuel Hall (      -      ) 3
           Marr: 6 Jun 1681 3

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8 F Mehetable Hinckley ³

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           Born: 24 Mar 1659 3
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         Spouse: Samuel Worden (      -      ) 3

         Spouse: William Avery (      -      ) 4
           Marr: 25 Aug 1698 4

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General Notes: Husband - Gov. Thomas Hinckley

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He joined the Plymouth colony with his parents about 1635, settled first at Scituate, and in 1639 removed to Barnstable. He was elected a deputy of the colony in 1645, representative in 1647, and served as magistrate and assistant, 1658-80, as commissioner, 1673-92, and as councillor, 1692-1705. He became governor of the Plymouth colony on the death of Governor Josiah Winslow in 1680, and except during Governor Andros' administration, 1687-91, he governed the colony until its union with the Massachusetts Bay colony in 1692. He kept a diary of his life, and collected valuable information about the affairs of Plymouth colony. Three volumes of his writings, belonging to the "Old South" collection of the Rev. Thomas Prince, were placed in the Boston Public Library in 1866. He was a man of good common sense, and of sound judgment; honest and honorable in all his dealings; industrious and persevering, and was the best read lawyer in the colony. He was a rigid Independent in religion, and his tolerant opinions, though in advance of his time, did not come up to the standard of later years.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 707, 1067.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 707.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 708.

4 A. J. Davis, History of Clarion County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., 1887), Pg 708.