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COOK .- I. Francis, who with son John came in the May- flower, signed the compact in Cape Cod harbor, was the founder of the Cook family in the O. C., b. 1577, in the Parish of Blythe, adjoining Asterfield, the home of Bradford and Brewster ; early made the acquaintance of the Separatists or Pilgrims ; went with Mr. Robinson to Holland. His father and grandfather reported to have been silk mercers in London. Wife, Hester, a " Walloon woman," native of Belgium, who had also come to Holland on account of religious persecution. She, with remainder.of the family, Josias, Jacob, Mary Jane and Elizabeth, came in the Ann, July, 1623. It is said many of the passengers of the Ann and Fortune first started in the Speedwell. The elder Cook was one of the business men in the New Colony. Subscribed one sixteenth to the 42-ton bark, the first built in Plymouth. His posterity cultivate the enterprise of bark- building, taking sometimes sixteen-sixteenths instead of one. Died at Cook's Hollow, Kingston, where the name is still represented. Will dated December 7, 1659.
Josias2 (Francis1) m. Mrs. Eliz. Deane, 1635, moved with Governor Prince to E .; was deputy to General Court, and filled the office of magistrate with credit ; d. 1673.
Josias3 (Josias,2 Francis1) m. Deborah Hopkins, 1668, dau. Giles, 8 chil.
Josias4 (Josias,3 Josias,2 Francis 1) b. 1670; was among the first proprietors of Truro; have referred to his house at Tashmuit, next Mr. Avery's. I have regarded Josias as ancestor of all the Cook family in Provincetown. I may, however, be in error, as have not examined their line.
DAVIS. - Savage considers Captain Dolan Davis the pro- genitor of this numerous family in America. Came from Kent, 1634; m. Margery, dau. Richard Willard, b. Horsemon- dan, Kent, 1602; sister of Major Willard, who came in the fleet with Dolan. First lived in Cambridge ; removed to Scituate, 1635. Prominent ; d. 1673.
Benjamin, the father of the Truro family, it is understood, came when a boy from Snow Hill, Md., m. Eliz. Rowe, whose mother belonged to the old Savage family. Children : Benjamin moved to Readfield, Me. ; James m. Sarah Atkins; three sons d. Sarah, widow of Dr. N. J. Knight, living in Somerville.
Ebenezer L. m. Azubah Hinckley; children, Dinah, m. Captain Benjamin Dyer, both deceased ; Solomon Esq., m. Eliz. Snow, captain in the last Truro
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militia, Dea. of the Cong. Ch., member of both branches of the Leg. and mem- ber of Governor's Council. A most examplary and consistent man and a valu- able citizen ; all deceased. Captain Ebenezer m. Maria Harding ; many years a shipmaster ; and member of the Leg. ; moved to Somerville in about 1848. Marine Inspector for Boston more than thirty years. Deacon of the Cong. Ch. at Somerville, V. P. Cape Cod Asso. Captain Davis is still in vigorous health, though verging upon So, and may be found every day at his office at the Mer. Ex. Betsey, m. I. S. Gross already noticed. Benjamin m. Betsey Stevens, a man of stainless character, moved to Somerville; both deceased. Azubah, widow of Thomas Paine, now living in Charlestown, and Joshua H., of Som- erville, referred to, m. Anna Gross Lombard.
DYER-This old English name was early in New England considerably associated with colonial history, and had branched into extensive families before 1700, as will be seen by the fol- lowing list :
William Dyer, Barnstable, b. 1653.
66 66 Newport, R. I., b. 1657.
66 Dorchester. d. 1672, aged 93, b. 1579.
Lynn, b. 1673.
Boston, Surveyor of customs in 1680.
William of Newport (perhaps Dyar) father, or relative of above, claims our first attention. His wife was the celebrated Quaker, Mary Dyer, hung in 1660, for opinion's sake. Son Maharshalalhashbaz. Dr. William of Barnstable, b. 1653. Settled at Truro before the proprietors. I know nothing of his early history.
He m. 1686, Mary, dau of Wm. Taylor of B. The house occupied by the late Capt. Ebenezer Atkins taken down within the last twenty years, was built by him. The gravestones from which we copy, are still in good condition in the Old North.
Here lies buried the body of DR. WM. DYER, aged about 85 years. Died July ye 27th, 1738.
Here lies buried the body of Mrs. MARY DYER, wife to Dr. Wm. Dyer. Died Oct. ye 8th, 1738, aged about 80 years.
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The old doctor had a knack of keeping in hot water with his neighbors, and like Tristam Shandy's father, had a spice in his temper known by the name of perseverance in a good cause, and obstinacy in a bad one. I should do great injus- tice to a long line of descendants, justly proud of their ances- tors, to deny them a like precious inheritance. His family all married and settled around him, soon became among the largest and most influential in town ; a position maintained to this day. At a late visit to the Congregational Sunday- school, I noticed all the officers, many of the teachers, the organist, ex-superintendent, and pastor's wife, were of that name.
A lady at Truro, an only child, some years married, unites in herself four quarters Dyer, without a twist. Her father and mother and both grandmothers born Dyer. Can a parallel be produced ? Children :
i. Lydia, b. 1688.
ii. William Junisimus, b. 1690, m. Hannah.
iii. Jonathan, b. 1692, m. Phebe. 2d, Hannah.
iv. Henry, b. 1693, m. Anne.
v. Isabel, b. 1695, m. Samuel Small, 1713.
vi. Ebenezer, b. 1697, m. Sarah Doane of Eastham, 1720.
vii. Samuel, b. 1698. m. Mary Brown, he d. 1773.
vini. Judah b. 1701, m. Phebe Young, sons, Elijah, Judah.
The above all married young as was the rule, had large families which we cannot here trace. This was one of the families that inclined to sons and multiplied. William Junisimus had nine sons : Ambrose, John, William, Joseph, Anthony, Christopher, Saml., Levi, Benjamin, dau's. Hannah and Isabel. Samuel b. 1724, m. Mary Paine, 1746. Settled in Longnook, where now lives Mr. Williams ; was the great-grandfather of Squire Dyer. Children (perhaps others than here mentioned) : Mary Paine was dau. of Jonathan.
i. Shebnah, b. 1748, m. Mary Paine.
ii. Thomas. b. 1750. m. Mary Lombard, 1771.
iii. Sarah, b. 1752, m. Joseph Small, 1770.
iv. Mary ( Molly ) b. 1754, m. Joshua Rich, 1776.
v. Jemima, b. 1765, m. Captain Caleb Knowles.
Jonathan, 2d son of Dr. Dyer, twice married., was bap. by Mr. Upham in private, January 20, 1773, when over So. Sons, Jonathan, David, Solomon, Micah, Elisha, Caleb, William; dau's, Phebe, Susanna, Ruth. Solomon, m. Sarah Atkins of Wellfleet is the ancestor of the family in Wellfleet. Susannah m. Samuel Hinckes. Ruth m. Benj. Gross. Henry, 3d son of Dr. Dyer, m.
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Anne. Sons, Henry, Reuben, James, Lemuel, Ephraim ; dau's, Annie, Abagail. This family settled perhaps in Provincetown. Ebenezer, 4th son, m. Sarah Doane. Sons, Ebenezer, Benjamin, Fulk; dau's, Sarah, Dorcas, Keturah. Present Ebenezer represents this family. Some curiosity has been shown about the Christian name Fulk. It was an English sir name of some prominence. I think Lord Greville Fulk was high in command in the Navy. He (Fulk) b. 1733, m. Elizabeth Atkins of Wellfleet; son Fulk ; other sons were Henry, John and Paul, through whom come a long line ; dau. Rachel, b. 1757, m. John Hughes. Dorcas, b. 1729, m. Jonah Gross. Samuel, 7th son of Dr. Dyer, m. Mary Brown ; had sons Samuel, Sylvanus, and dau. Thankful m. James Lombard. It is not probable that I have all the names, as there was a Paul b. 1746, d. 1837, aged 91. I cannot tell whose son. I think a careful study of the names here presented will enable this large family to gather a clue of their own respective branch.
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FREEMAN. - Samuel, the ancestor of the first branch of the Truro Freemans, b. Devonshire. Settled 1630 in Watertown. Was one of the principal proprietors ; owned one seventh of the township. Built house there 1631, d. England, leaving sons Henry and Samuel. Henry died without issue in Bos- ton ; owned the Watertown estate. Deacon Samuel2 (Sam- uel1) b. Watertown, 1638 ; Eastham, 1658, m. Mercy, daughter Constant Southworth of Plymouth, whose mother married Governor Bradford. Son Constant born 1669; Truro proprietor.
Constant3 (Deacon Samuel2, Samuel1) m. Jane, 1694, dau. Rev. Mr. Treat. Children :
i. Robert, b. 1696, named for old Governor Treat, of Connecticut, m. Mary Paine, 1723.
ii. Jane, b. 1697, d. in infancy.
iii. Jane, b. 1699.
iv. Constant, b. 1700, m. Ann.
v. Mercy, b. 1702, m. Caleb Hopkins.
vi. Hannah, b. 1704, m. Micah Gross, 1725.
vii. Eunice, b. 1705, m. William Crocker, 1733.
viii. Elizabeth, b. 1707, m. James Lombard, 1729.
ix. Jonathan, b. 1710, m. Rebecca Binney, removed to Gorham, Me.
x. Apphiah, b. 1713, m. Samuel Bickford, 1731.
xi. Deacon Joshua, b. 1717, m. Rebecca Parker, 1746.
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Near the main road, and quite prominent in the old grave- yard, stand the gravestones of perhaps the second man in influence among the Truro settlers, and his wife, Jane Treat, inscribed :
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CAPTAIN CONSTANT FREEMAN, aged 76 years, died June ye 6th, 1745.
JANE FREEMAN, wife to CONSTANT FREEMAN, died Sept. 1, 1729, aged 54 years.
Deacon Joshua 4 (Constant,3 Samuel,2 Samuel1) b. 1717, m. Rebecca Parker. Children :
i. Apphiah, b. 1748, m. Samuel Gross.
ii. Rebecca, b. 1750, d. young.
iii. Sarah, b. 1752, m. Nathaniel Smith, of Gerry, Vt.
iv. Rebecca, b. 1754, m. Cornelius Lombard.
it will be noticed that the male branch of this family did not increase, and the name has long been extinct in Truro, but Mercy, Hannah, Elizabeth, Apphiah, and Rebecca Freeman by marriage with Caleb Hopkins, Micah and Samuel Gross and Cornelius and James Lombard, touch the blood of nearly every fam- ily in Truro.
Mr. Edmund Freeman, the ancestor of all that patronymic now on the Cape and wherever else located, was born in England, about 1590. Rev. F. Freeman says: " He is supposed by some to be a brother of Samuel, who settled at Watertown, of which there is no proof." Came to New England 1635, to Sand- wich, 1637, a grant having been made to him and nine associates April 3, 1637. He was of position and means in England, being brother-in-law of Mr. Beau- champ and other London merchant adventurers. Mr. F. was confidential agent. He was the principal man in the town and assisted the Governor of the colony ; d. Sandwich, 1682, aged 92 years. Sons Edmund and John came in the ship Abagail 1635; both married daughters of Governor Prince who, with Mr. Treat, seems to have furnished wives for a share of the prominent men on the Cape.
Children of Edmund, son of John and Mercy, Isaac, Ebenezer, Edmund, Ruth, Sarah, Mary, Experience, Mercy, Thankful, Elizabeth, Hannah, and Rachel, which may all be found to-day among the descendants in Wellfleet and South Truro.
Probably no family has been more prominent on the Cape, nor has maintained through so many generations the race characteristics of fine physical proportions and average mental endowments of their old English ancestry. Rev. Frederick Freeman has published a history of the Freeman family.
GROSS. - Gross, Grosse and Groce ; by American genealo- gists are regarded the same family, the variations being only the accidents of the times and of emigration.
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It has been accepted as good history, I know not from what authority, that the Cape Cod family of Gross were Huguenots, and that the name not many generations back was De Gross. My theory does not disprove this statement. Gross is evi- dently a French name. They may have been Huguenots, but probably of Norman stock. The American family were indisputably from England. The Harlian Society publica- tions speak of "Grosse who came out of Norfolk and lived at Liskard." "The visition of Cornwall. Ezechiell Grosse, of Camborne, 7 Sonnes. Frances, dau. of Ezechiell Grosse, esq. and Margarett bap. 16 Aug. 1616 at Probus Joan dau. of E. G. m. at St Ives 7 mar. 1623 to Tho. Tremwirth of Tilmuth." Also Grose. " Wm Grose, gent and Alice dau of Wm Norse- worthy, mar 1639." "Edward Grosse and Anna Kulthmans m. 7 April 1611. Truro Par. Reg. Jonathan Grosse & Kathren Polsewe m. 1619." These last are Cornish names.
Dr. Savage gives "Grosse " only. " Isaac, born in Eng- land, was a brewer, m. before 1649. Son Clement b. in Bos- ton. Isaac, son of Clement, cordwainer in Boston." Savage evidently does not quote all the issue, but is content to give the connecting links. Barry's History of Hanover gives Edmund Gross in Boston, 1642, died there 1655. Also Clement. who left son Isaac, brother of Matthew. This must be the same Isaac referred to by Savage as son of Clement, cordwainer, showing conclusively that they are the same family. Clement left son Simon, who in 1675 m. Mary Bond in Boston and settled at Hingham. No male of this name was a taxable inhabitant of Boston in 1695. This fact cuts us clear of the Boston family.
Simon and Mary Bond, m. 1675, are unquestionably the ancestors of the Truro and Wellfleet families, and reasonably of all on Cape Cod, and gives us the following well-sustained connection :
Simon4 (Isaac,3 Clement,2 Isaac1) m. Mary Bond, 1675. Children :
i. Simon, b. 1676.
ii. Thomas, b. 1678, m. - Hinckes of Dover Neck.
iii. John, b. 1681.
iv. Josiah, b. 1683.
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v. Micah, b. 1685. TheTruro patriarch, m. Mary -. 2d H. Freenian.
vi. Alice, b. 1689.
vii. Abigail, b. 1692.
Micah5 (Simon,4 Isaac,3 Clement,2 Isaac1) b. 1685, m. Mary - d. 1724, aged 35. Second, Hannah Freeman, dau. Constant and Jane Treat, d. 1758, aged 54. He d. 1753, aged (by gravestone at the Old North) 68, proving him to have been b. 1685, the same year as Micah, son of Simon; thus establishing his identity by the Hingham record. Collateral proof is the names of his children b. at Truro, which in the old record are almost infallible. The first-born Simon, Josiah, etc. Children :
i. Simon, b. 1709, m. Phebe Collins. 2d Lydia Hinckley, 1755.
ii. Ebenezer, b. 1713.
iii. Israel, b. 1718, m. Eliz. Rich, 1740. 2d Lydia, dau. of Dea. Moses Paine.
iv. Mary, b. 1720, m. Richard Stevens Jr., 1741.
v. Micah, b. 1726, lost at sea.
vi. Jonah, b. 1728, m. Dorcas Dyer, 1749, dau. of Ebenezer.
vii. Joseph, b. 1731, lost at sea.
viii. Benjamin, b. 1733, m. Ruth Dyer, 1757, dau. of Jonathan.
ix. Hannah, b. 1740.
x. John, b. 1744, m. Eliz. -. 2d Mrs. Susannah Snow, dau. of Eph- raim Lombard. Her son was Capt. Nath'l Snow, the father of Nath'l, late merchant of Boston, extensively engaged in the Rus- sian trade, d. at France, left a large estate.
Israel6 (Micah5, Simon4, Isaac3, Clement2, Isaac1) b. 1717, m. Eliz. Rich and Lydia Paine. Was a prominent man. First lived near the valley south of the old graveyard, still known as the " old orchard." Then built the large flat house at the village, where lived Captain John Collins. In this house were born Captains Israel Gross, John and Edward Knight Collins. Children :
i. Israel, b. 1741, d. young.
ii. Samuel. b. 1743, m. Apphiah Freeman, 1768, 2d, Mary Lewis, 1776.
iii. Jaazaniah, b. 1745, m. widow Sarah Snow, was the father of Captain Jaazainah.
iv. Elizabeth, b. 1748, m. Isaiah Atkins Jr., 1764.
v. Mary, b. 1749, m. Barzillia Smith, 1719.
vi. Joseph, b. 1751, m. Deliverance Dyer, 1773.
vii. Dilla or Delia, b. 1755, m. John Collins, 1774, d. 18II.
viii. Micah By ) b. 1764, m. Eliz.
ix. Lydia Lydia b. 1769. x. Israel Paine ) b. 1772.
THE GROSS FAMILY OF WELLFLEET .- Strange as it may seem, I have found no person able to tell me the grandfather of Deacon Thomas Gross. There is a tradition that his
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name was Thomas ; that he went from Hingham to Piscataqua, or Dover Neck, and there married daughter of Gov. or Judge Hincks ; that she died at the birth of her first-born, who re- ceived the maternal family name, a custom then not uncom- mon. Touching the after life of the father tradition is silent. There are indications that he moved to Nova Scotia, which we shall consider later. In proof of the tradition I find in the Dover Neck records :-
Hincks married, date unknown, - - Gross, and had Hincks Gross, who lived in 1729 at Billingsgate ( Wellfleet) on Cape Cod," also find " Hincks Gross, who lived for a while in the British Provinces, and afterwards removed to Well- fleet and m. Abigail Crowell." This Hincks is the father of Dea. Thomas. The history is straight enough in him, In the records of the First Church of Charlestown is the following : "John Hincks, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New Hampshire, came from England 1670 [Savage 1673]. He lived on Great Island, Portsmouth, now Newcastle, remained in office councillor C. J., and captain of the King's fort till 1707; was living in 1722; d. before 1734." This was the maternal grandfather of Hincks Gross. Samuel Hincks, the Truro schoolmaster referred to, was the son of Samuel and grandson of John, b. in Portsmouth, 1711, moved with his parents to Boston. So Hincks Gross and Samuel Hincks were cousins.
We have yet to account for the father of Hincks. We have stated that there is, or was, an understanding that his name was Thomas. Dr. O. R. Gross understood from his father that his grandfathers Deacon Thomas and Israel of Truro were cousins. They could not be cousins-german, but it denotes recognized relationship. The second son of Simon and Mary Bond, b. 1678, was Thomas, a brother to Micah. Nothing is now known of his history. But the traditions, the fact that the first child of Hincks received the name of Alice, another Abigail, and the first son the name of Thomas, all the dates, and acknowledged relationship with the Truro branch, are the links in the chains of evidence that point unmistakably to Thomas as the man. The fact that a large family of Gross with the marked Yankee family characteristics are known in Nova Scotia, and that Hincks " lived for a time in the British Provinces," makes it presumably certain that Thomas went thence from Dover Neck, where he married and died. This then is the line :
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Hinckes6 ( Thomas,5 Simon,4 Isaac,3 Clement,2 Isaac,1 ) b. about 1705, m. Abigail Crowell of Chatham in 1734, perhaps before; the date of all his children not known, but as Deacon Thomas was b. 1740, and was the 7th child, it would denote considerable despatch if m. 1734. His house was east of the Gull Pond, not far from the little neck that divides the ponds. His second m. is noticed under the "bans" as follows : Jany. 27, 1756, Mr. Hinckes Gross of Eastham to Mrs. Bethiah Rich of Truro. I found the gravestone of the last named, at the Old North, in Truro, near the Gross neighborhood, entirely overgrown by a clump of brush, in good condition, with the following inscription :
In memory of MRS. BETHIAH RICH, widow of Mr. Hinckes Gross, who died Jan'y 5, 1789, In the 82d year of her age.
Mr. Gross is often mentioned in the Wellfleet records ; held various offices and was quite prominent in business affairs ; not known to the writer when he died, or where buried. Children :
i. Alice, b. - , m. Thomas Paine of Truro, 1759.
ii. Azubah, b. --- , m. John Wetherell, of Wellfleet, 1765.
iii. Sally, b. - , m. Crowell Lombard of Eastham.
iv. Huldah, b. - , m Josiah Rider of Chatham.
v. Hannah, b. - , m. Reuben Rich of Truro.
vi. Elizabeth, b. - , m. David Newcomb.
vii. Dea. Thomas, b. 1740, m. Abigail, 1765, dau. John and Rebecca (Harding) Young.
viii. Jabez, b. - , m. Dorothy Ellis of Provincetown. Settled in Maine,
Dea. Thomas 7 (Hinckes,6 Thomas,5 Simon,4 Isaac,3 Clem- ent,2 Isaac,1) b. 1740, m. Abigail Young, 1765. House not far from his father's ; about midway of the Gull Pond ; so near the margin that all the water was taken from the pond as needed. A few apple-trees still stand in the old orchard. Children :
i. Laurania, b. 1767, m. Captain Eleazer Higgins, d. 1856.
ii. Abigail, b. 1769, m. Wm Barge of Boston, d. 1851.
iii. Hinckes, b. 1770, d. in infancy.
iv. Sarah (Sally), b. 1773, m. Joseph Rider, 2d John Chipman, d. 1867.
v. Bethiah, b. 1775, m. Micah Dyer, d. 1867.
vi. Thomas, b. 1778, m. Betsey Millne of N. Y., drowned, 1828.
vii. Hinckes, b. 1780, m. Betsey Snow of Truro, d. 1861.
viii. Rebecca Young, b. 1783, m. Capt. John Barnacoat of Charlestown, d. 1862.
ix. Polly Stickney (Mary), b. 1785, m. Captain Frank Cartwright, 2d Rev. Bartholemew Otheman, d. 1878.
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x. Cynthia, b. 1786, m. Richard Atwood, d. 1865.
xi. Thankful, b. 1788, m. Rev. Elijah Willard, d. 1872.
xii. Deborah, b. 1789, m. Daniel Paine, 2d Richard Paine of Truro, d. Sept. 11, 1882, the last of the family.
xiii. Jonathan, b. 1791, m. Cynthia -, of Duxbury, d. 1871.
xiv. Miriam (Maria), b. 1794, m. Freeman Atkins of Provincetown, d. 1873.
Ur this family, like many others here introduced, much might be said. I find others of the name which I cannot connect. Mrs. Phebe Gross, daughter S. Pen- hallow, was 2d wife of Leonard Vassall, the wealthy planter who built the first house in Summer street, Boston, a man of great wealth, who lived like a naboi- Lieut. Gross was in the Expedition to Louisburg in 1745. "April 20th, Lieut. Fross with about seventy men to go on board ye Superbe." " Aug. 19, about » of the clock, died Lieut. Jonah Gross in Louisburg." " Two o'clock, P. M., i «ut. Gross was buried. Fired 14 guns as he was carried to his grave." ABDONAJAH BIDWELL. Chaplain of the Fleet.
GRAZIER. - My information of this family is limited and less positive than I could wish. I find a record, "Captain John Grozier, of Truro, m. Polly Pepper of Eastham, 1770." The following is perhaps a partial list of the first family. I have no knowledge of the father.
Capt. John, b. about 1750, m. Polly Pepper; Joshua Hopkins, b. 1760; Wil- liam, b. 1762; Mercy, b. 1764; Mary, b. 1766. Another sister, 1768. Capt. Caleb Upham, b. 1770, m. Hannah Atkins ; built the large house now belong- ing to the estate of James Hughes ; was a business man. In 1828, master of a brig, was murdered by pirates with all his crew, 2d mate excepted. I under- stand the Rev. Mr. Kittredge, of Chicago, formerly of Charlestown, is related to this family.
The children of Capt. John and Polly Pepper in part without regard to date, were William, Robert, Caleb Upham, Mary, Mercy, m. John Small. John, b. 1788, the father of the present Truro family, the last survivor of Dartmore. Freeman m. dau. of Jona. Cook, may have been another brother. William, I think, moved to Maine. I find Joshua Freeman Grozier, wife Martha, Province- town, son William, b. 1794. Also Joshua, lost in passage from P. to Boston. Capt. Caleb Upham, d. Calcutta ; sisters, Mary, Sally and Salome. Also Mehitable, Maria and Adeline.
HINCKLEY. - Is an ancient name in England. Town of Hinckley in Leicester. John De Hinkele, was high sheriff of Staffordshire, 1327-30. John Hinckley was esquire to Hugh, Earl of Stafford, who, in his will dated Sept. 25, 1385, bequeathed " to John Hinckley my esquire, xx 1." Samuel Hinckly, of Tenderton, Kent, came to N. E. in the Hercules,
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of Sandwich, 1634. With him came wife Sarah and four children, one of whom was Thomas, b. 1618. Settled first at Scituate ; at Barnstable, 1639 ; prominent in public life; m. Sarah, d. 1656 ; 2d Bridget Bodfish. He d. 1662. Will men- tions " Prosper " and " Thrivewell," two cows.
Gov. Thomas3 (Thomas,2 Samuel 1). Twice m'd, 16 children. If half the old records are true, 2d wife Mrs. Mary Glover, who bore him nine chil- dren, was a rare gentlewoman. " At Barnstable she to the day of her death ap- peared and shone in ye eyes of all, as ye loveliest and brightest woman for Beauty, Knowledge, wisdom, majesty, accomplishments and graces throughout ye Colony." At her death the Gov. wrote three pages of verses to her mem- ory. "Pity me O my friends and for me pray." He was made Gov. of Mass., 1681. Continued with slight interruption till 1692. His acceptance of office under Andros, was regretted by his friends, has been sharply criticised, and his policy regarded questionable, though well intended. He, however, was a man of much energy of character and distinguished reputation. His life covered the history of Ply. Col. His grave, at Great Marshes, attracts many visitors. Had 12 daughters.
The old Gov.'s family was no exception in number to the times. Of 90 families in Billerica, one had 21, five 14, and 90 showed an aggregate of 1043, or over It to every family. The record of 100 years, in some of the old towns, shows not a single family childless.
All paired, and each pair built a nest.
Shubael, a g. s. of the Gov. was 4 times m .; 20 children. Founded the family at Old York, d. in Hallowell, Me., 1798, aged 91. The Hinckleys of Maine, mostly, belong to this stock.
A good many Hinckleys were connected with Truro. Shubael was among the early residents ; children, John, Mary, Shubael, Job., Hannah, Ruth m. Isaiah Atkins, Lydia, Meletiah, m. Thomas Paine, Eliz. m. Hicks Smalley, and Christiana, Oct. 11, 1759, m. Abram Coan of E. Hampton, I .. I. Seth Hinckley mn. Thankful Atwood, Josiah m. Lydia, dau. of Thomas Paine.
Benjamin m. Dinah Swett of Wellfleet, 1769; children, Azubah, Joshua, Benjamin, Dorcas, Betsey, Thankful, Solomon. Son Deacon Benjamin m. Mercy Collins ; children, Dorcas, Hannah, Mercy, Benjamin and Delia. Deacon Allen, b. Falmouth, 1769, belonged to the family of Samuel, brother of the Gov- ernor, came to Truro when young, learned the trade of carpenter. At the time of his death, 1861, was the oldest man in town. Was small, active, wiry and apparently tireless. At So could do a good day's work and hop off a mile on foot, like a boy. His life was long, useful, gentle, kind and blameless. He was esquire and justice besides deacon. To show the confidence in his integrity and justice, a young man had some trifling differences with the Squire's son, and brought an action for him (the esquire) to sit in judgment. He heard the case with due def- erence, weighed the facts and fined his son a trifling amount, to the entire satisfac- tion of the complainant. It was a beautiful sight which I love to recall, to see him officiate in his office on communion Sabbath. His lithe figure, neat and erect,
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