Susannah (Hinckley) Smith (1625 - 1675)

Born 6 Nov 1625 in Tenterden, Kent, England

Ancestors

Wife of John Smith — married 13 Jun 1643 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Plymouth Colony

Descendants

Died 6 Nov 1675 at age 50 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Susannah (Hinckley) Smith immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

Susannah Hinckley was baptized at St Mildred's, Tenterden, Kent, England, 6 November 1625, daughter of Samuel Hinckley and Sarah Soole.^[1][2]

Samuel Hinckely, his wife, three children (Susan, Sara and Mary), and a kinswoman, "Elzab." immigrated to New England in 1635 aboard the Hercules, departing Sandwich.^{[3] [4]}

The family first settled at Scituate, Plymouth Colony,^[5] but had removed from there to Barnstable by 1639. Anderson (2003) writes, "'Samuell Hinckley' appears in both the Scituate and Barnstable sections of the 1639 Plymouth Colony list of freemen (although his name was not crossed off the Scituate section}."^[6][7][8]

Susannah Hinckley married, by 1644, John Smith (first known child born Barnstable, April 1644).^[9]

Her father died at Barnstable, the "end of October" 1662^[10] He left a will dated 8 October, 1662, proved 4 March, 1662/3, at Plymouth.^[11] The will mentions his daughter "Susanna."

Research Notes

Torrey notes her marriage to John Smith as Sandwich, 13 June 1643.^[12] In which of his works consulted was that date and location found?

An unidentified work reports an unsourced death, 6 Nov 1675, Barnstable, Massachusetts. From what work does that claim arise? Is a source cited? Note: Not as death, but the date "11-6-1624" is given in a "Maine Cemetery Record" form. The entries are handwritten, and the date appears in the field "Born"--the field "Death" was left blank. "Barnstable, Mass." is given in the only location field ("Town") on the form. In theory, it is possible the basis for a "6 Nov 1675, Barnstable" death claim arises from a bad reading and interpretation of the data on this form--"Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1980," database with images, FamilySearch. (6 November-- in 1625 is her baptismal, not birth, date.)

One or more works claims she was buried at old or "Old Town" cemetery, Sandwich. A comment to her profile suggests the claim might arise from an interpretation in Freeman. Presumably this is Frederick Freeman, The History of Cape Cod … (Boston: Printed for the author, 1860-62), 2 vols.; catalog record, Hathi Trust. Comments to this profile report that claim has yet to be located in Frederick Freeman's work. Further, from a 2019 comment to this profile, we learn the Sturgis Library reports "She is not listed in Bunnell's 'Cemetery Inscriptions of the Town of Barnstable, Massachusetts and its Villages 1600-1900.'"

Sources

1. ↑ Citing "NEHGR 65:315" (baptism), Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume III, G-H (2003), 333; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
2. ↑ Elizabeth French, "Hinckley Entries in the Parish Registers and Bishop's Transcripts of Harrietsham, 1538-1638," in "Genealogical Research in England," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 65 (1911):315-317; digital images, Hathi Trust. Note: French comments (314n), "The parish register is badly kept. Some items in it are not to be found in the Transcripts, and vice versa."
3. ↑ Citing NEHGR 75:219," Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume III, G-H (2003), 331; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
4. ↑ Eben Putnam, "Two Early Passenger lists, 1635-1637," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 75 (1921):219 (passenger list), 225 (sketch); digital images, GoogleBooks.
5. ↑ On 30 August 1635 "Goody Hinckley" was admitted as number 27 of the Scituate church. Amos Otis, "Scituate and Barnstable Church Records," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 9 (1855):280; digital images, Hathi Trust.
6. ↑ Citing "PCR 8:175, 177," Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume III, G-H (2003), 331; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
7. ↑ Nathaniel Shurtleff, Records of the colony of New Plymouth …, (Boston: Press of W. White, 1855-61), 12 vols., 8:175, 177; digital images, Hathi Trust.
8. ↑ Author? English Origins of New England Families, vol 1, p 138.
9. ↑ Citing "NEHGR 10:39" (Hinckley-Smith marriage) and "MD 12:154" (birth of eldest child), Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume III, G-H (2003), 333; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
10. ↑ Citing "MD 6:98," Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume III, G-H (2003), 331; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
11. ↑ Citing "2:2:2," George Ernest Bowman, "Samuel Hinckley's Will and Inventory," The Mayflower Descendant, 12 (1910):203-206; digital images, Hathi Trust; "transcribed from the Original Records." Bowman writes, "The will of Samuel^1 Hinckley of Barnstable was dated 8 October, 1662, and proved 4 March, 1662/3, at Plymouth, while his son, Thomas^2 Hinckley, was Governor of Plymouth Colony. The will and inventory are recorded in the Plymouth Colony Wills and Inventories, volume 2, part 2, folios two and. three."
12. ↑ Torrey, "New England Marriages Prior to 1790", p 683

• McCOURT, Martha F. (Martha Fletcher) The American descendants of Rev. John Smith, who married 13 June 1643 Susanna Hinckley. ; Smith, Catherine Mayhew, 1939-; Yost, Stuart Henri, 1929- 1997 Vancouver Digitizing sponsor Boston Public Library
• Massachusetts, Towns and Vital Records (subscription) Barnstable V1 page 60
• https://www.ancestry.ca/family-tree/person/tree/101813055/person/312089033529/facts
• The history of Martha's Vineyard, Dukes County, Massachusetts, Vol. 3 by Charles Edward Banks, M.D., published by Dukes County Historical Society, 1966, page 448-456.
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/vitals/9Q7N-WWZ
• US New England Marriages Prior To 1700
• US Sons of The American Revolution Memberships
• "Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1980," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ5-487N : 17 March 2018), Susannah Hinckley Smith, ; citing Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, Cemetery, Maine State Library, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,315,420.
• Pope, Charles Henry: Pioneers of Massachusetts; page 283 (Hinckley) and page 421 (Smith)
• U S and International Marriage Records 1560-1900; Birth and Marriage.

See also:

• The American descendants of Rev. John Smith, who married 13 June 1643 Susanna Hinckley : McCourt, Martha F. (Martha Fletcher), 1926. archive.org. Accessed 26 Feb. 2024.