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JOHN HINMAN, senior's children were,
1. John, b. Feb. 4, 1747. ( Unity church record, Feb. 4, 1748.)
2. David, b. Feb. 10, 1750 ; settled in Newtown, Conn.
3. Jonas, b. March 30, 1752 ; m. Caty Fairchild, May 16, 1779.
Eunice, the first wife of John, died, and he m. 2d wife, Ann Nicholls, August 15, 1754, and had children,
4. Eunice, b. June 6, 1755 ; m. Eli Barnum, 1779.
5. Martha, b. August, 1757 ; died, or m. Nathan Booth, 1782.
6. Ann, b. May 19, 1760; m. Agur Hawley.
7. Isaac, bap. April 4, 1761 ; m. Charity Edwards. (The record says baptized April 4, 1762.) 8. Aurilla, b. 1785.
HINMAN, AMOS,* youngest son of Edward, Jr., of Stratford, or Trumbull, and his wife Abigail, had children,
1. Josiah, b. Dec. 16, 1747.
* Amos Hinman, and Abigail his wife, Robert Hawley, and Ann his wife, John Wooster, Patience Beach, and Mathew Beach, on the 4th day of January, 1772, of Stratford, with James Beard, of Derby, Jonas Wooster, of Milford, Benjamin Wooster, of Litchfield, John Nichols, of Fairfield, Josiah and Mathew Beach, of Cornwall, John Edwards, and 3d wife Ruth, Andrew Beach, and Eliakim Beach a minor, and Phineas Sherman his guardian, Betty Beach a minor, and John Edwards, 3d, her guardian, Hudson Blackleach, John Blackleach, Nathan Wheeler, Jr., Joseph Lewis and Sarah his wife, Rebeckah Blackleach, then Rebeckah Hubbell, wife of John Hubbell 2d, of Stratford, and Uranah Blackleach, all of Stratford ; Jacob Eliot, and Samuel Blackleach Eliot, of Stratford ; Benjamin and Martha Eliot, of Lebanon, in Windham County Jacob, Samuel B., Benjamin, and Martha Eliot, by their father, Jacob Eliot, of Lebanon ; Ann
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2. Elijah, b. Feb. 13, 1749 ; m. Mercy or Mary Hoyt, of Trumbull, Dec. 9, 1773, and had a daughter b. in Stratford, Dec. 1, 1776.
3. Patience, b. Nov. 18, 1750.
4. Justus, b. July 21, 1752 ; m. Abigail Summers, Feb. 1, 1774, or Sept., 1779.
5. Rachel, b. March 15 or 25, 1754.
6. Enoch, b. March, 1756 ; bap. April 4, 1756 ; m. H. Stratton.
7. Samuel, b. March, 1758.
8. A son, b. Jan. 27, 1760.
9. Phebe, b. May 9, 1762.
10. Mary, b. May 27, 1763 or 1764.
11. Abigail, b. July, 1770; bap. August 19, 1770.
ELIJAH, the 2d son of Amos, b. Feb. 13, 1747; m. Mercy or Mary Hoyt, of Trumbull, Dec. 9, 1773, and had a daughter bap. at Stratford, Dec. 1, 1776 ; perhaps had other children not found.
HINMAN, JUSTUS, 3d son of Amos, was b. July 21, 1752; m. Abigail Summers, of Stratfield, Feb. 1, 1774. Children not traced or found.
HINMAN, ENOCH, son of Amos, of Trumbull, m. Phebe Stratton, Jan. 3, 1782, and had children, Almon and Levi, two only; no dates of birth ; both bap. May 8, 1794; m. 2d, Phebe Booth. He d. Feb. 9, 1826, aged 69.
HINMAN, LEVI, son of Enoch, was b. May 19, 1788; m. Elizabeth Beach, of Trumbull, dau'r of Silas, Oct. 27, 1822; moved to South Britain, in South- bury, where he d. Nov. 28, 1336, aged 48. He left children : Sarah I., b. Jan. 29, 1824 ; m. Thomas Kellogg, Nov. 22, 1848; Elijah A., b. June 12, 1825, d. April 14, 1826, aged 1; Isaac B., b. Feb. 9, 1828; m. Julia E. Downs, Nov. 9, 1854; Harriet E., b. July 6, 1830 ; m. Locinder M. Abbot, Jan. 7, 1851 ; Caro- line E., b. Sept. 8, 1832.
HINMAN, ALMON, son of Enoch, of Trumbull, b. 1786 ; m. Amelia, dau'r of David Bootlı, of the same place, Sept. 10, 1812, and had children, viz., David Booth, Nelson, George. Almon, the father d. April 25, 1819, aged 33.
HINMAN, CAPT. DAVID B., son of Almon, b. June 18, 1813 ; m. Sally Ann Mallet, dau'r of Robert, of Trumbull, June 15, 1837 ; he represented the town of Trumbull, in the legislature, 1851 ; child, Edward W., b. Nov. 10, 1839.
HINMAN, NELSON, son of Almon, b. Nov. 2, 1814; m. Laura Judd, of Waterbury, Jan. 27, 1837 ; resides in Derby, Ct. ; children, Cithera A., b. July 9, 1840 ; Royal A., b. Aug. 27, 1843, d. April 26, 1848, Elizabeth L., b. Oct. 10, 1853.
HINMAN, GEORGE, son of Almon, m. Mary Wells, of Huntington, a de- scendant of Gov. Wells, in March, 1840; resides in Huntington, Conn., and has no children.
1. Charity Hinman, m. John Seeley, of Stratford, Unity, Jan. 25, 1744.
2. Samuel Hinman, m. Hannah Seeley, Nov. 11, 1786.
Eliot, of said Lebanon ; Wm. Emes, and Mabel Emes, of a town then called Manchester, granted by the governor of New Hampshire, then in the Province of New York, signed a petition to the county court held in Fairfield, Connecticut, by adjournment on the fourth Tuesday of Jan- uary, 1772, against Jonathan Nichols, of Stratford, for the seizen and possession of about 47 acres of land in the parish of North Stratford, which was tried by the superior court in 1773, and judgment rendered for plaintiffs. In said investigation are found the names of elderly people of Stratford, as witnesses, viz., John McCuen, Deacon Moses Wheeler, Thomas Latten, Ensign Joseph Shelton, Robert Bassitt, Ebenezer Beach, and Benjamin Booth, of Stratford. This is inserted to show the location and life at the time of said trial, as they probably had all of them been citizens and descendants from Stratford.
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3. Anne Hinman, of Unity, m. Agur Hawley, of New Stratford, Sept. 17, 1783.
4. Martha Hinman, In. Nathaniel Booth, May 17, 1779.
5. Jonas Ilinman, In. Caty Fairchild, May 10, 1779.
6. Eunice Hinman of Trumbull, m. Eli Barnum, of Danbury, April, 1779. Enoch, lived and d. in Trumbull, Conn.
HINMAN, JOSIAH, son of Amos and Abigail Hinman, was b. Dec. 16, 747, at Trumbull, Conn. ; m. Phebe Summers, Jan. 16, or Feb. 20, 1772-3, and had children :
1. Abiah, b. Dec. 17, 1772, m- Josiah Gregory.
2. Eunice, b. April 22, 1775, d .; bap. Oct. 16, 1766, at N. Stratford.
3. Abigail, or Abiah, bap. Dec., 1776, b. Oct. 9, 1776, d.
4. Elijah S., b. April 20, 1777, bap. June 8, 1777 ; had two wives.
5. Eunice, 2d, b. Sept. 23, 1779 ; m. Luke Bonny.
6. Ruth Alle, b. June 10, or 12, 1782 ; m. Samuel Winton.
7. Patience, b. Nov. 16, 1785 ; m. Richard Smith.
Josiah, the father, d. at Catherine, Sept. 10, 1818; Phebe, his wife, b. Jan. 14, 1749, d. Jan. 9, 1817. (Bible and Stratford Record.)
Josiah and his only son Elijah S., were masons by trade, and both b. at Trumbull, Conn., and Josiah's children were most of them b. at Trumbull, and are all recorded at Stratford, except Ruth Alle; Josiah, removed from Trum- bull, Conn., to the town of Catherine, Co. of Shemung, State of New York, with his promising family, about 1798. Judging from the dates of deeds at Trumbull, by himself and wife Phebe, about 1798 or 9. They exceuted several decds before 1798, and appeared to have sold all their lands in Trumbull, in 1799. The 2d wife of Elijah S. Hinman, Arme Catlin, was a dau'r of Abel, a granddau'r of Theodore, and of the line of Theodore Catlin, and Mary Goodwin, his wife, a branch of the family who settled at Litelifield, from Hartford. All the Catlins in Shemung County, are descendants of Theodore of the Litchfield stock.
HINMAN, ELIJAHI S., EsQ., only son of Josiah Hinman, was b. April 20, 1777, at Stratford, (Trumbull,) Conn., removed with his father and family to Catherine, New York. Had two wives, Ist, m. Betscy Hawley, Jan. 9, 1799, (of the Stratford family of Hawleys ;) by her he had no issue; she d. Nov. 25, 1800 ; m. 2d, Arme Catlin,* a descendant of Theodore Catlin, of the Litchfield branch ; she was b. April 5, 1781, and m. Dec. 19, 1802, she d. Jan. 29, 1851. He had children by his 2d wife, viz. :
1. Betsey, b. Oct. 11, 1803 ; m. Dr. Burrit Sherwood, and has a dau'r Elizabeth, mn. Frederick C. Oakley, of New York, June 23, 1852, and has one son.
2. Guy Catlin, b. June 4, 1806, is a farmer at Catherine.
3. George Theodore, b. June 21, 1808, druggist.
4. Clara, b. April 23, 1810, d. Aug. 6, 1814.
5. Mary b. April 24, 1814, d. July 21, 1847; m. Sylvester II. Goodwin, Nov. 6, 1837; she left two children, Charles, and one other.
* The family of Catlin, has been seated at Newington, near Roshelin, in Kent, England, since the Norman Conquest. R. de Catlin, was one of the followers of William the Conquerer ; is men- tioned in Doomsday book, as possessing two Knights' fees of land in the time of his successor in the County of Kent.
Several individuals of the name have been honorably employed in the King's service. Sir Robert Catlin, to whom the arms were granted as an honorable memento aad testimony of his galantry at the battle of Agincourt, under Edward the Black Prince.
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6. Elijah S., Jr., b. Sept. 8, 1817, a merchant at Havanna.
7. Clara, 2d, b. June 25, 1820 ; m. Dr. David Atwater, who d. Dec., 1843 ; she m. a 2d hus- band, Benjamin Franklin, Esq., in 1855.
Elijah S. Hinman, sen'r, son of Josiah, d. March 20, 1827; Josiah, and his son Elijah S., owned farms adjoining at Catherine, on which Guy C. Hinman, son of Elijah S., a farmer, now lives. It is rare to find in the same family three sons of as brilliant talents as the three sons of Elijah S. Hinman. Upon the same old Bible is found Theodore Catlin, b. Oct. 16, 1734, d. Feb. 19, 1824, and Mary Goodwin, his wife, b. April 3, 1739, and d. 1792; perhaps father and mother of the 2d wife of Elijah S. Hinman, sen'r, and a near relative of Phineas Catlin; Esq., of Catherine, and of the Catlin family of Conn. The children of Elijah S. Hinman, were all by his 2d marriage with Arme Catlin .* Theodore Catlin,
* CATLIN, JOHN, son of Samuel, of Hartford, d. 1768 ; he m. Margaret Seymour, Aug. 25, 1731 ; he settled in Litchfield, Conn., and is supposed not to have been an original proprietor or settler there. Children :
1. Eli, b. -.
2. Theodore, b. Oct. 16, 1735.
3. Alexander, b. Jan. 6, 1738-9.
4. Margaret, b. 1741.
5. Ann, b. 1743.
6. Ashbell, b. Sept. 10, 1745.
7. David, b. April 21, 1747.
8. Roswell, b. July 30, 1752.
9. John.
CATLIN, THOMAS, son of Samuel, d. Nov. 14, 1754 ; he m. Abigail Bissel, May 8, 1732, and had issue :
1. Elizabeth, b. May 1, 1733.
2. Uriah, b. June 17, 1735.
3. Thomas, Jr., b. June 18, 1737.
4. Samuel, Dr., b. Nov. 6, 1739.
5. Roger, b. April 19, 1742.
6. Abigail, b. Nov. 5, 1744.
7. Abel, b. Feb. 25, 1746-7.
8. Lucina, b. Aug. 9, 1749, d. Aug. 30, 1758.
CATLIN, ISAAC, son of Samuel, m. Elizabeth Kilbourn, and had issue :
1. Elizabeth, m. Amos Barnes.
2. Elisha.
3. Isaac.
4. Charles.
5. Desire.
6. Bradley, b. Oct. 12, 1758.
7. Caroline, b. April 1, 1760.
8. Hannah, b. Oct. 14, 1762.
9. Samuel, b. Dec. 6, 1764.
10. Abigail, b. July 19, 1767.
CATLIN, ELI, son of John, m. Elizabeth Ely, and had issue : Lois, b. March 25, 1758; Polly, b. -; Putnam, b. - . This Putnam Catlin, was the farther of the far fained George Catlin, the Indian painter, and traveler.
CATLIN, THEODORE, son of John, m. Mary Goodwin, Nov. 12, 1758, and had children :
1. Phineas, -- d.
2. Phineas, b. Oct. 22, 1760.
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who m. Mary Goodwin above, was probably from Litchfield, Conn., and his wife Mary also.
HINMAN, GUY CATLIN, EsQ., son of Elijah S. Hinman, deceased, late of Catherine, Schuyler Co., New York ; he was b. in Trumbull, Conn. He m.
3. Israel, b. Sept. 17, 1762.
4. Margaret, b. Nov. 16, 1764.
5. Theodore, Jr., b. Sept. 19, 1770.
6. Abel, b. March 2, 1776.
7. Lois; 8. Clarissa; 9. Arme; 10. Horace, and 11. Mary.
CATLIN, ALEXANDER, son of John, m. Abigail Goodman, of West Hartford, dau'r of Timo- thy, Feb. 26, 1766 ; Abigail, his first child, was bap. at West Hartford, Dec. 14, 1766. (See page 507, as to Alexander. ; ) Children : 1. Abigail; 2. Lynd ; 3. Moses, m. Lucinda Allen, settled and d. in Burlington, Vt .; 4. Aaron ; 5. Alexander, Jr .; 6. Almira, m. Stephen Twining, Esq., former steward of Yale College; 6. Ursula, m. Ferris; 7. Guy, m. - lived and died in or near Burlington. This has proved a conspicuous family.
CATLIN, ASHBEL, son of John, m. Sarah Palmer, and had children, John, Theron, Nancy. He m. for his 2d wife, widow Huldah Grosse, her maiden name Seymour, and had issue : Sally, m. Capt. Seth Landon ; Ashbel, Jr., Margaret, Ditha and Arianda, m. Moses Barnett.
CATLIN, DAVID, son of John, m. Rhoda Peck, and had issue : Erastus, David, Jr., Luther, Antha, m. Anna Parmalee, Percy.
CATLIN, JOHN, JR., son of John, settled in Salisbury, Conn. ; he m. Sarah Landon, and had issue : James, Asa, Waight, John, and Anna, m. Purly Hubbard.
CATLIN, ROSWELL, son of John, m. Rhoda Smith, and had issue : Seymour and Rhoda.
CATLIN, URIAH, son of Thomas, mn. Rebecca Kilbourn, Dec. 29, 1765, d. Sept. 14, 1806 ; issue : Rebecca, b. Oct. 31, 1769 ; Horace, b. Aug. 24, 1771 ; Herman, b. March 4, 1773; Olive; Lu- cinda, b. Jan. 12, 1777 ; Ferris or Perris, b. Aug. 19, 1789.
CATLIN, THOMAS, JR., son of Thomas, lieutenant in the Revolution ; he m. A. Buel, Dec. 25, 1763, and had issue : Thomas, (3d,) b. Nov. 28, 1764; Truman, b. May 7, 1767; Abel, b. March 18, 1770 ; this is Dr. Catlin, yet living in Litchfield ; he m. Mary Peck, and has no children ; Levi, b. Nov. 11, 1772, and Avis.
CATLIN, DR. SAMUEL, son of Thomas, m. Hepsibah Marsh, Feb. 16, 1766 ; Richard, b. July 31, 1766, (record; ) Anne, b. July 28, 1768, m. Jesse Stoddard; Nabie, b. April 30, 1771; Dr. Robert, b. March 29, 1773 ; Rachel, b. Nov. 6, 1775 ; In. Amos Benton ; Sally, b. Aug., 1783; in. Guy Hand ; Mary Ann, b. Aug. 21, 1789; m. Hiramn Hand ; Abigail, (by Nabbi,) mn. Geo. B. Wessels.
CATLIN, ROGER, son of Thomas, removed to Herkimer Co., New York ; he m. Elizabeth McNiel, Oct. 13, 1763, and had Elizabeth, b. May 12, 1764; Roger, Warren, d .; 2d Warren.
CATLIN, ABEL, son of Thomas, m. Dorothy Seymour, Nov. 20, 1776, and had Dennis, b. March 16, 1777 ; Polly, m. John McNiel; Betsey, m., Boardman, Dolly, Harry, Mary, m. Truman Buel; Nabby, m. Asahel Peck; Barron.
CATLIN, THOMAS, 3d son of Thomas, Jr., m. Mary Cox, March 1, 1787, and had issue : Anna, b. March 31, 1788 ; Elizer, b. Aug. 31, 1791; Julia, b. July 25, 1793; Tamara, b. April 11, 1799 ; Agnes, b. July 17, 1801 ; Truman, b. July 10, 1803.
CATLIN, PHINEAS, son of Theodore, of Shemung Co., New York ; m. Sally Rosse, or Ross, and had issue : 1. Brant -; 2. Phineas, Jr. ; 3. Theodore ; 4. Sarah ; 5. Mary ; 6. Lucy.
CATLIN, ISRAEL, son of Theodore, (Fayette, New York,) m. Ditha Ross, and had issue, viz., 1. Horace ; 2. Clara ; 3. Mary ; 4. Theodore ; 5. Israel, Jr.
CATLIN, THEODORE, JR., son of Theodore, of Burlington, Vt .; m. Anna Barstow, Jan., 1808, b. Oct. 30, 1786, and had issue, viz. :
1. Jasper T., b. April 9, 1809.
2. Mary Ann, b. June 9, 1810.
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Phebe Sherwood, May 8, 1833 ; she was b. in Westport, Conn., but m. in Cathe- rine, New York. Children, viz. :
1. Elijah S., b. Jan. 6, 1834, single.
2. Charles, b. Sept. 30, 1835, d. young.
3. John, b. Sept. 14, 1837, single.
4. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 1, 1841, single.
5. Guy C., Jr., b. Feb. 12, 1844, single.
6. Mary, b. Sept. 17, 1847, single.
Parents both living in Catherine.
HINMAN, DR. GEORGE THEODORE, son of Elijah S., resides in Havanna, Schuyler Co., New York, a druggist; m. Irene Benson, and has children, viz., Estelle, Grover Comstock, Mary and Francis. He also adopted Charles, son of Mary Goodwin, sister of Dr. George T. Dr. Hinman, is one of the most reputa- ble citizens of the county.
HINMAN, ELIJAH S., JR., a merchant at Havanna, Schuyler Co., New York ; he m. Clara Dailey, and has two or more children, and holds a high rank for talents and integrity, as do the whole family. There are probably no three brothers in Schuyler County, or Shemung, who are as able public speakers, . in political or religious meetings, on any unexpected emergency, as Guy C., Dr. George Theodore, or Elijah S. Hinman, Jr.
HINMAN, JONAH or JONAS, b. at Stratford, Nov. 5, 1700, son of Edward, Jr., and grandson of Edward, sen'r, and Hannah his wife, not being found either at Stratford, or Woodbury, or having died at either place, a trifling evi-
3. Esther, b. Dec. 31, 1811.
4. Horace, b. Sept. 23, 1813.
5. George G., b. Aug. 31, 1815.
6. Moses, b. April 26, 1817.
7. Alexander, b. April 6, 1819.
8. Phineas H., b. March 3, 1821.
9. Mark B., b. March 23, 1823.
10. Lucius, b. May 7, 1825.
11. Lucia A., b. Dec. 7, 1828.
12. Sephial C. b. April 30, 183 !.
CATLIN, ABEL, son of Theodore, m. Betsey Hollister, and had issue ; Leman, Arma, William, George, Israel and Lee.
CATLIN, LYNDE, son of Alexander, New York city ; m. Hellen Kipp, and had children, viz., Mortimer, d., Mortimer, Mary, Charles T., Alexander and George.
CATLIN, GUY, son of Alexander, Burlington, Vt. ; m. Melinda Wadhams, July 25, 1808 ; issue, Alexander, Henry W., Helen M., Almira T. and William Guy.
CATLIN, THERON, son of Ashbel; m. Lydia Robinson, and had William, Lemon and Ursula.
CATLIN, ASIIBEL, son of Ashbel; m. Sylvia Leonard, Feb. 19, 1807, and had issue : Albert L., Edgar L., Lynde, Dana S., Miner B.
CATLIN, JOHN, son of Ashbel; m. Rosa Ormsby, had issue : Bushard, Horatio, Ashbel B., 2d Horatio, Steptoe, or Stephen, John.
The foregoing are many of that branch of the descendants of Samuel and John Catlin, grand- sons of Thomas Catlin, one of the early settlers of Hartford, (sce pages 503, &c., of this work,) who settled at Litchfield. This branch has produced some eminent men, particularly George, the painter, though many of them have been farmers; cashiers of banks ; lawyers and mechanics, &c., and all noted as active business men.
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dence appeared, that he might have settled at Newark, New Jersey. The wri- ter made three journeys to Newark, for the examination of the records there, and no trace was found that Jonah had ever been to Newark. At length, on a petition for an extension of a road (about two miles West of Newark) to the South Orange road, from " Hinman's Lane," it was found by this the name had been there, it was also from this fact conjectured, that this was the place where Jonas and his family probably lived and died. I then engaged the aid of S. H. Conger, Esq., a noted antiquarian of New Jersey, if he found the name of Hin- man upon their records to note it, and inform me of the facts; within a few weeks, he wrote, April 22, 1853, that he had found the gravestones of Jonah Hinman, and his wife Elizabeth, in the old cemetery, in the city of Newark ; taken out of the ground and piled up with others for the purpose of grading and laying a street over the silent and sacred ashes of the departed fathers of that city, so that at this time it is impossible to point to their resting places. The stones say, " Jonah Hinman, d. Sept. 9, 1758, aged 58," &c., and " Elizabeth, wife of Jonah Hinman, d. April 21, 1772, aged 64 years, 2 months and 7 days." (Jonah was b. at Stratford, Conn., Nov. 5, 1700.)
Shame on the latter generations who trample upon the ashes of their deceased ancestors, by laying streets over the cemeteries of their Puritan fathers, scattering their monuments of remembrance, and obliterating their names and by this unwarrantable and unholly act destroy their history ; well may their descendants say with the poet,
"Good Friend, for Jesus' sake, forbear To remove the dust that resteth here, Blest be the man that spares these stones, And curst be he that moves my bones ! "
The maiden name of the wife of Jonah or Jonas Hinman, is not satisfactorily found, or whether he m. in Conn., or after he located in Newark, is yet uncer- tain, but facts appear which make it probable that her maiden name was Eliz- abeth Crane. The Cranes, descendants of Hon. Jasper Crane, of Newark, appears by the will of Josiah Crane, dated at a later period, Nov. 2, 1785, where he names his wife Phebe and sons Obadiah, Josiah and Elias Crane deceased, and " my daughter Lois Hinman," Betsey Pool, Mary Harrison, Johanna Heard and Jerusha Brown. This Josiah, was a son of Joseph, who was the son of Jasper Crane, Esq., son of old Jasper, sen'r ; Josiah was a brother of Joanna Crane, dau'r of Joseph ; she was the grandmother of the present librarian of the Historical Society of New Jersey, Samuel H. Conger, Esq. By the assistance of that lover of old records in New Jersey, who found the will of Jonalı Hinman, of Newark, recorded at Trenton, New Jersey, dated July 26, 1758, the year Jonah died. In that will he names his wife Elizabeth Hinman, and his children then living, viz. :
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1. Samuel, he gave two shares, b. Oct. 21, 1739, d. Oct. 16. 1784.
2. John, one share equal with his daughters.
3. Sarah Lyon.
4. Jemima Hinman, d. aged 21 years, 7 months and 22 days, 1761.
5. Hannah Wade.
6. Elizabeth, m. Samuel Dodd, son of Daniel, who d. at Branford.
7. Naomi.
8. Rebecca, m. Aaron Day, and settled at Galway, Saratoga Co., New York,
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9. Experience.
10. Mary Hinman, m. Asahel, son of James Hinman, from Conn., who went to New Jersey with his father James ; James, d. in New Jersey, and Asahel, moved to Kentucky.
Only two of Jonas' dau'rs were m. at the date of his will. His son Samuel, Israel Crane and Caleb Camp, were executors of the will ; Samuel Camp, Moses Roberts and John Ogden, the witnesses, Sept. 25, 1758 ; proved before Usal Ogden, Esq. He probably lived two or three miles West of Newark, (if he lived in the neighborhood of the witnesses, ) toward the Conn. farms, where the Wades are numerous. Dr. Dodd, in his publication of the Dodd's, says, Elizabeth Hinman, m. Samuel Dodd, the 4th son of English, Daniel Dodd, of Branford, who d. at Branford, Conn. He was b. Jan. 11, 1736, and d. of small pox, July, 1795, and that he m. Elizabeth Hinman, and had children : Jonas, b. 1762, d. 1770; Naomi, b. 1764, d. May 24, 1766, and Abiathar, That Abiathar, m. Cor- nelia Cadmus, and had a dau'r Cornelia, and his wife d. and he m. 2d, Sophia Coggswell, and had Christopher Columbus, Washington and Cornelius. That he m. for his 3d wife, Mary Bigelow, and had by her a son William.
It will be noticed that Joseph Crane, Esq., was the grandfather of Lois Hin- man ; he d. 1726, Aug. 4, aged 50. His children's names were Benjamin, Eze- kiel, Isaac, Israel, Josiah and Joseph, and dau'rs Abigail and Joanna, and his wife was Abigail Lyon. The head-stone of a dau'r of Jonas and Elizabeth Hin- man, which does not stand where it was first placed, is found lying on the mound where the first interments were made, and near Joseph Crane's grave, and gives the name of Jemima, deceased March 22, 1761, aged 21 years, 7 months and 22 days. (Sce James Hinman, who went to New Jersey, in another place.)
HINMAN, JOHN, the son of Jonas of Newark, never m. ; he appears to have d. in the army, at either Crown Point, or Ticonderoga, and like other bachelors, little is left of him to cause his remembrance.
HINMAN, SAMUEL, the other son of Jonas, of Newark, and grandson of Edward Hinman, Jr., and great-grandson of Edward, the first, of Stratford, Conn., was b. Oct. 21, 1739; was the only one of Jonas' family who preserved the name, by having sons, and from him have many descended. Samuel, the first son of Jonas, sen'r, of Newark, and his wife Elizabeth, was b. at Newark, Oct. 21, 1739, since called Orange, and d. Oct. 16, 1794. He m. at Newark, Lois Crane, dau'r of Josiah, or Danicl Crane, of Conn. Farms, in Newark ; she was b. Aug. 12, 1742, and d. April 28, 1823. They had nine children, five of them b. at or near Conn. Farms, in Newark, New Jersey, after which Capt. Samuel Hinman, removed to Hanover, Morris County, where his other four children were b. His children were, viz. :
. 1. Jonas, b. Feb. 24, 1767; m. Ester Hayden, of Galway, Dec. 14, 1790, d. April 5, 1853, aged 85.
2. Josiah, b. Oct. 16, 1768 ; m. Sarah Fairchild, of Galway ; he d. Sept. 26, 1840.
3. David, b. Jan. 31, 1771 ; m. Esther Crane ; he d. Dec. 8, 1843, or April, 1810 ; she died between 1835, and '38.
4. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 15, 1773-4; she d. Oct. 7, 1844 ; m. Asa Smith, about 1795 ; had sons, Harvey, Sidney, Albert, Ashby and some daughters.
5. Sarah, b. Aug. 13, 1775, d. Aug. 23, 1825 ; m. Azel West, about 1798 ; he d. after his wife.
6. John, b. Aug. 19, 1778 ; m. Hannah Tichenor, April, 1804 ; she d. about 1840.
7. Samuel, Jr., m. Ann Young, of Putnam, Co., Jan. 26, 1804.
8. Polly, b. Aug. 4, 1781 ; m. Uriah Smith ; he d. and she m. 2d, Mr. Norton, and went to Michigan ; Polly, d. aged about 60.
9. Jerusha, b. Jan. 5, 1784 ; m. Hiram Taylor, about 1805, both living.
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Capt. Samuel, removed to Galway, Saratoga County, New York, in 1788. The family all m. in Galway, except Samuel, Jr .; seven of the above family removed to Jefferson County, New York, from Galway, to the town of Ellis- burg, all except Jonas and Samuel ; Jonas, went to Manlius Square, Onondaga County, and Samuel, Jr., to Albany, to learn the trade of carpenter and joiner, with John Boardman.
HINMAN, SAMUEL, SEN'R, of Newark, son of Jonas, sen'r, of Newark, was a captain of a company of minute men, who served during the war of the Rev- olution, in New Jersey, and did effective service in annoying the enemy, cutting off their forage parties, harrassing their flanks, &c., and was in several skir- mishes and battles. Deacon Kitchel, deceased, of Vermont, was his orderly sergeant. After the Revolution, Capt. Samuel removed to Galway, Saratoga County, New York, and d. there Oct. 16, 1794, aged 49 ; his widow d. at Ellis- burg, aged 81, and left five sons and four daughters.
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