HINCKLEY, Samuel Sr. b. 25 May 1589 Tenterden, Kent, England d. 31 Oct 1662 Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States

1589 - 1662 (73 years)

Name	HINCKLEY, Samuel
Suffix	Sr.
Birth	25 May 1589	Tenterden, Kent, England
Christening	25 May 1589	Harrietsham, Maidstone, Kent, England
Gender	Male
Death	31 Oct 1662	Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Burial	1 Nov 1662	Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
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Family 1 SOOLE, Sarah , b. 8 Jan 1600, Hawkhurst Kent, England Hawkhurst Kent, Englandd. 18 Aug 1656, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America (Age 56 years)

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+	1. HINCKLEY, Sarah , b. 22 Nov 1629, Tenterden, Kent, England Tenterden, Kent, Englandd. 19 Mar 1679, Mattachee Village, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States (Age 49 years)

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Family 2	STUGG, Bridget , b. 1616, Kent, England Kent, Englandd. 8 Oct 1662, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States (Age 46 years)
Marriage	15 Dec 1657	Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States [2]
Notes	MARRIAGE: Also shown as Married Barnstable, Barnstable, , England.
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Samuel Hinckley, I
Also Known As:"Hinkley"
Birthdate:May 25, 1589
Birthplace:Harrietsham, Kent, England
Traveled to New England, arriving in 1635 on the Hercules with his family
Death:Died October 31, 1662 in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
Place of Burial:Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:
Son of Robert Hinckley and Katherine Hinckley
Husband of Sarah Soole and Bridget Hinckley
Father of Thomas Hinckley, Governor of Plymouth Colony; Susannah Smith; Mary Hinckley; Sarah Cobb; Elizabeth Parker and 6 others
Brother of Thomas Hinckley; Stephen Hinckley; Margaret Hinckley; Elizabeth Hinckley; Katherine Hinckley and 2 others
Half brother of Clemen Hinckley and Isaac Hinckley
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SAMUEL HINCKLEY SR. was christened 25 May 1589, at Harrietsham, Kent, England. His parents were Robert Hinckley (1537-1606) and Katherine Leese (1551-1605.) He married (1) *Sarah Soole, 7 May 1617, at Hawkhurst, Kent, England; and (2) Bridget Botfish, 15 December 1657 in Barnstable, Massachusetts.

Tenterdon, Kent, England

Samuel Hinckley died 31 October 1662, at Barnstable, Massachusetts, age 73.

Samuel Hinckley was a dissenter, though on the 14th of March 1634-5 in order to escape out of his native country he was obligated to swear that he “conformed to the order and discipline of the Church of England.” In the Spring of 1635 Mr. Tilden, Samuel Hinckley, John Lewis, and James Austin of Tenterdon, in the county of Kent in England and several other families from that country, making a company of 102 counting men, women, and children and servants resolved to emigrate to New England in the later part of March. They sailed from Sandwich in the ship Hercules that year.
Samuel, wife Sarah, family emigrated to America in the ship "Hercules," in the early spring of 1635. He settled at Scituate, in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, where he remained until 1639, when he removed to Barnstable, being one of the first settlers there. He died in that part of Barnstable called Great Marshes, now West Barnstable, October 31, 1662.

Came from England to America in 1635 on the "Hercules" to Scituate, MA. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index:
Name: Saml Hinckley, year 1634. Family members listed: Wife Sara; Child Susan; Child Mary; Relative Elizabeth and child Sara.
In 1635, people embarked at Sandwich for New England on the 'Good ship Hercules of Sandwich'. The following is a passenger list, taken from 'History of Sandwich, by W. BOYS, 1792, pp. 750-1'.
List and Register
Of all such persons as embarked themselves in the good ship called the HERCULES, of Sandwich, of the burden of 200 tons, John Witherley, master, and therein transported from Sandwich to the plantation called New England in America; with the certificates from the ministers where they last dwelt of their conversation, and conformity to the orders and discipline of the church, and that they had taken the oath of allegiance and supremacy. (The certificates, all dated February and March, 1634, are here omitted.)
Masters of Families. Children. Servants.
NATHANIAL TILDEN of Tenterden, yeoman, and Seven children, Seven servants, LYDIA his wife
JONAS AUSTEN of Tenterden and CONSTANCE his wife Four children.
ROBERT BROOK of Maidstone, mercer, and ANNE his wife. Seven children.
THOMAS HEYWARD of Aylesford, taylor, and SUSANNAH his wife Five children.
WILLIAM WITHERELL of Maidstone, schoolmaster, and MARY his wife Three children One servant
FANNET ...... of Ashford, hemp-dresser
THOMAS BONEY and HEN. EWELL of Sandwich, shoemakers
WILLIAM HATCH of Sandwich, merchant, and JANE his wife Five children Six servants
SAMUEL HINKLEY of Tenterden and SARAH his wife Four children.
ISAAC COLE of Sandwich, carpenter, and JOAN his wife Two children.
THOMAS CHAMPION of Ashford
THOMAS BESBEECH of Sandwich Six children Three servants
JNO. LEWIS of Tenterden and SARAH his wife One child
PARNEL HARRIS of Bow London
JAMES SAYERS of Northbourn, taylor
COMFORT STARRE of Ashford, chirurgion, Three children Three servants
JOS. ROOTES of Great Chart
EM. MASON of Eastwell, widow
MARGARET. wife of WILLIAM JOHNNES late of Sandwich, now of New England, painter
JNO. BEST of the said parish, taylor.
THOMAS BRIDGEN of Faversham, husbandman, and ...... his wife.
Marriage 1 Sarah SOOLE b: 8 JUN 1600 in Hawkhurst Kent Engl bapt
* Married: 7 MAY 1617 in Hawkhurst Kent Engl 8 9 10
http://www.wheelerfolk.org/keithgen/d655.htm#P1871

Plymouth Colony, its history & people, 1620-1691 pg 444 The able to bear arms list
They were both born in England and settled in Boston, migrated to Scituate in 1635. In 1637 he took the Freeman’s Oath.
He was twice indicted for “entertaining strangers” indicating he belonged to the liberal party. He was penalized ½ shilling, for keeping various swine unringed. He was known as Goodman. In 1659 he long with son Thomas was granted “liberty to view and purchase a grant at saconessett.”
In 1640 he sold his house, farm and meadows, and removed to Barnstable, Ma. He bought lands there of Rev. Joseph Hull, and afterwards had some trouble about the title with the town.

Barnstable Church

Plymouth Colony Seal
His will dated 8 October 1662 begins: “The last Will and testament of Samuel Hinckley Senr of Barnstable exhibited for the court helpd att Plymouth, Mass. 4th of Mar. 162 on the oaths of Mr. Thomas Hinckley and Henery Cobb. I being though weake body; yet through mercy of disposing mind and memory, and not knowing how soon my change may come I thinke fit according to my duty to dispose of that estate God hath bid pleased to be trust mee with all, and therefore first after my desire to will and bequeath my soule to God through Jesus Christ who gave it; and my body to desent burial and my will is that Bridgett may wife shall have….”
His will dated 8 October 1662 he gives his wife Bridget the use of the house, garden and some land; his two cows: Prosper and Thrivewell, and “all the household stuff she brought with her.” His daughters Susannah, Mary, Sarah and Elizabeth are named, and he gives to each of them and to each of their children, one shilling each. He gives legacies to his grandchildren Samuel, Thomas, Mary and Bathsheba children of his son Thomas; and to his grandsons Samuel Cobb and Jonathan Cobb. Personal estate was appraised at 1862 pounds, sixteen shillings, and he had a large real estate which he gave to his sons Thomas, Samuel, and John.
Their son, Thomas Hinckley participated in the government of Plymouth Colony as Governor, as well as several other governmental positions during his lifetime.
Samuel Hinckley, Pioneer of Massachusetts, was the father-in-law of Reverend John Smith of Barnstable and Woodbridge, New Jersey.
Mrs. Sarah Hinckley died 18 August 1656 and Samuel Hinckley married 15 December 1657 for his second wife, Bridget Bodfish, widow of Robert of Sandwich.
Samuel Hinckley died 31 October 1662, Barnstable, Massachusetts, age 73. He was buried in November 1662, at Lothrop Hill Cemetery, Barnstable Massachusetts.
Biography
Samuel Hinckley, the common ancestor of all of the name in this country, is the type of the race. He was a dissenter, though on the 14th of March, 1634/5, in order to escape out of his native country, he was obliged to swear that he 'conformed to the order and discipline of the church' of England. He was honest, industrious and prudent, qualities which have been transmitted from father to son down to the present time. The Hinckleys are zealous in the advocacy of whatever opinions they adopt, and I have never known one who was dishonest, lazy or imprudent. He was not a distinguished man or prominent in political life. To be a juryman or surveyor of highways, filled the measure of his political aspirations. He appears to have been a man of good estate for the times, and all his children were as well educated as his means would permit. Very few of his descendants have amassed wealth, and a smaller number have been pinched by poverty...
There is much more in this article, but it is repetitious of previously quoted sources.[1]
Early Life
Samuel Hinckley was born before May 25th, 1589 near Harrietsham, County Kent, England, son of Robert Hinckley and Katherine Leese his 2nd wife. [2] [3][NEHGSR 65:315-17] We know this because he was baptized on May 25th in Harrietsham. Before his migration to the Colonies in 1634, he lived in Tenterden, County Kent, England. It was at Tenterden that seven of his children were baptized. [2]
Emigration
Samuel arrived in the American Colonies in March 1634/5 on the ship Hercules, accompanied by his wife, Sarah, three children, and a relative. They made up a group of 102 headed for the Americas. It is to be noticed that their son Thomas was not among the children who accompanied them in the Hercules, as Savage (Genealogical Dictionary) conjectures and Pope (Pioneers of Massachusetts) states, but that the four children of the passenger list were their three daughters, Susan, Sarah, and Mary, and a kinswoman, Elzab, i.e., Elizabeth.[NEHGR 75:219]
A list of all such persons as imbarqued themselves in the good shipp called the Hercules of Sandwich of the burthen of 200 tonnes or thereabouts whereof next under God John Witherley was master and therein trnsported from this town & port of Sandwich to the plantacon called New England in America together with a breif note of the certificates fro the ministers wehre they have dwelt of their conversacon and Conformity to the orders and discipline of the Church, and that they had taken the oath of Allegeance and Supremacy according to an order of the Lds of his Mats Most Noble privie counsell of the last of December 1634.
Certificate Mrs of families Children Servants
ffrom Mr. John Gee &c of Saml Hinckley of Tenterden & Susan [of]
Tenterden as above 15 Sara his wife Sara
Mch 1634 Mary children and
Elzab a kinswoman [NEHGR 75:219]
Life In The Colonies
Samuel settled in Scituate, Massachusetts. The home he built was numbered 19 by Reverend Lothrop. This home was on Kent Street, second south of Greenfield Lane. About half of the 102 who came to the Colonies with the Hinckleys first settled in Scituate, as well, and were followers of Reverend John Lothrop. In his household, Samuel had a servant named Jervice Large, who died August 9th, 1636 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. He was most likely from Kent County, England.[4] In 1637 he took freeman's oath.[5]
On 30 August 1635, "Goody Hinckley" was admitted a member of Scituate church [NEHGR 9:280].
"Samuell Hinkly" received several grants of land at Scituate: "the second lot on the south side of Grenfeld Lane being five acres," 12 June 1635; "a portion of marsh & upland lying adjoining together on the other side of the highway over against his houselot," 7 February 1636; "upon the Third Cliff five acres," 6 February 1635; "a portion of marsh land on the south side of Humpherey Turner's lot on the Third Cliff being nine acres," 7 February 1636;"a portion of marsh lands lying on the south side of Herring Brook," 7 February 1636; and "a portion of upland being twenty-four acres," no date given [ScitTR 1:240-41].
On 2 January 1637/8, "Samuell Hinckley" was admitted a freeman of Plymouth Colony, and so was added to the colony list of freemen begun on 7 February 1636/7 [PCR 1:53, 74]. "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 in the Scituate section) [PCR 8:175, 177]. In the Barnstable section of the 1658 Plymouth Colony list of freemen [PCR 8:200].
On 4 December 1638, "Samuell Hinckley" was one of eight Scituate men who were "presented for receiving strangers & foreigners into their houses & lands, without license of the Governor or Assistants, or acquainting the town of Scittuate therewith" [PCR 1:106]. On 7 October 1651, the grand jury presented "Samuell Hinckley and Jonathan Hatch for hiring land of the Indians" [PCR 2:173]. On 20 October 1646, "upon complaint of Thomas Star, of Yarmouth, about fees of Court, in an action prosecuted in the Court at Yarmouth aforesaid against Samuell Hincley, the Court ordereth, that the jury repay what they have received from the said Thomas Star as their fees in that case, & that Sam[uel] Hincly pay all the [blank] belonging to the clerk of the Court" [PCR 2:109].
In July 1640 Samuel Hinckley sold his house, farm and meadow, and removed to Barnstable, Mass. He bought his lands there of Rev. Joseph Hull, and afterward had some trouble about the title with the town. No record of his lands, but their location is well known. His house lot was bordered S. by his son Thomas; west by Rowley Pond, near which, according to tradition, he built his house, a small one-storied building, with a thatched roof. It is not known how long he resided in that house. He was one of the very first who removed to West Barnstable, Mass., where he owned one of the best farms in the town, now owned by Levi I. Goodspeed, Esqr. His son-in-law, Rev. John Smith, owned the adjoining lands, since known as the Otis farm. 'In 1637, Mr. Samuel Hinckley, as he was called in the latter part of his life, took the Freeman's Oath, though his name is on the list of the preceding year. His name frequently appears on the town records as a juror, a surveyor of highways, and as one of the grantors of the lands of Suckinesset. 'As a church member, he does not appear to have been intolerant. The fact that he was twice indicted for 'entertaining strangers' indicates that he belonged to the liberal party, of which his friends Cudworth, Hatherly and Robinson, and his son-in-law Rev. John Smith were prominent members.
On 7 September 1642, in "the controversy betwixt Samuell Hinckley and Mr. Joseph Hull, about the lands the said Hinckley bought of the said Hull in Barnstable, it is ordered, by the consent of both parties and by the town of Barnstable, being referred to the bench, that the said Mr. Hull, according to his own proffer, shall abate forty shillings of that the said Samuell Hinckley should have paid him for the said land, and that the town of Barnstable shall return the one-half of the lands they took away from the said Samuell Hinckley to him again, and so a final end to be of all suits & controversies about the same" [PCR 2:44, 7:30, 31]. On 5 March 1660/1, "Mr. Samuell Hinckley" was one of five men "added to the purchasers at Saconeesett and places adjacent" [PCR 3:208, 216]. On [blank] [blank] 1645, "Mr. Timothy Hatherley of Scituate" sold to "Mr. John Floyde" of Scituate "all that his house, barn, orchard and homelot in Scituate aforesaid with the marsh meadow belonging thereunto together with the great lot up the North River both upland and meadow, videlicet all the housing and lands both upland and meadow which formerly belonged and was the proper right of Samuell Hinckley in Scittuate sometimes inhabitant of the said town of Scittuate" [PCR 12:204-5].
Offices Held
Plymouth petit jury, 3 September 1638, 17 June 1641, 4 June 1645 [PCR 1:96, 7:21, 41]. Grand jury, 4 June 1639, 1 June 1641 [PCR 1:126, 2:16]. Barnstable highway surveyor, 5 June 1644, 1 June 1647, 5 June 1651, 3 June 1656 (as "Mr. Samuell Hinckley"), 3 June 1657 [PCR 2:72, 115, 168, 3:101, 116]. In the Barnstable section of the 1643 Plymouth Colony list of men able to bear arms [PCR 8:193].
Family
Samuel first married Sarah Soole on May 7th, 1617 in Hawkhurst, County Kent, England[6]. Sarah was baptized at Hawkhurst 8 June 1600, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Iddenden) Soole of Hawkhurst.
Together they had 16 children:
1.Thomas, bp. Hawkhurst, Kent, 19 March 1619/20 [NEHGR 68:186]; m. (1) Barnstable 4 December 1641 Mary Richards [PCR 8:44]; m. (2) Barnstable 16 March 1659/60 Mary (Smith) Glover [MD 6:98].
2.John, bp. Tenterden, Kent, 28 April 1622 [NEHGR 65:315]; bur. there 25 February 1627/8 [NEHGR 65:315].
3.Susannah, bp. Tenterden, Kent, 6 November 1625 [NEHGR 65:315]; m. by 1644 John Smith (on an unknown date, "John Smith & Susannah Hinckley contracted at our sister Hinckleye's house [in Barnstable]" [NEHGR 10:39]; eldest known child b. Barnstable [blank] April 1644 [MD 12:154]).
4.Mary, bp. Tenterden, Kent, 23 March 1627/8 [NEHGR 65:315]; no further record.
5.Sarah, bp. Tenterden, Kent, 22 November 1629 [NEHGR 65:315]; m. Barnstable 12 December 1649 Henry Cobb [GMB 1:392-95; PCR 8:42; NEHGR 9:287].
6.Mary, bp. Tenterden, Kent, 18 September 1631 [NEHGR 65:315]; living 8 October 1662, possibly married, when named in the will of her father. (The claim has been made that Mary married James Houghton of Barnstable, and was the "Mary Haughton,widow," who made her will on 19 January 1685/6, in which she made individual bequests to each of the children of Thomas Hinckley [MD 18:134-36, citing BarnPR 1:77-78]. However, no relationship was stated with the Hinckley children, and, on the other hand, she also made a bequest to "the two eldest children of Joseph Potts my brother Edward Potts his eldest son." Since there is no known connection between the Hinckley family and any Potts family, we do not believe that the wife of James Haughton was Mary Hinckley.)
7.Elizabeth, bp. Tenterden, Kent, 10 March 1632/3 [NEHGR 65:315]; bur. there 18 June 1633 [NEHGR 65:315].
8.John, bp. Tenterden, Kent, 1 June 1634 [NEHGR 65:315]; d. young.
9.Elizabeth, bp. Scituate 6 September 1635 [NEHGR 9:281]; m. Barnstable 15 July 1657 Elisha Parker [PCR 8:47].
10.Samuel, bp. Scituate 4 February 1637/8 [NEHGR 9:281]; d. young.
11.Samuel, bp. Scituate 10 February 1638/9 [NEHGR 9:281]; bur. Barnstable 22 March 1640/1 [NEHGR 9:285].
12.Daughter; bur. Barnstable 8 July 1640 ("a daughter upon their coming hither buried unbaptized") [NEHGR 9:285].
13.Child (twin), b. late 1640 or early 1641; bur. Barnstable 6 February 1640/1 [NEHGR 9:285].
14.Child (twin), b. late 1640 or early 1641; bur. Barnstable 19 March 1640/1 [NEHGR 9:285].
15.Samuel, b. Barnstable 4 July 1642 [PCR 8:44], bp. Barnstable 24 July 1642 [NEHGR 9:282]; m. (1) Barnstable 14 December 1664 Mary Goodspeed [MD 6:99]; m. (2) Barnstable 15 January 1668[/9?] Mary FitzRandolph [MD 6:99].
16.Ensign John, b. Barnstable 24 May 1644 [PCR 8:44], bp. Barnstable 26 May 1644 [NEHGR 9:282]; m. (1) Barnstable [blank] July 1668 Bethia Lothrop [MD 6:135]; m. (2) Barnstable 24 November 1697 Mary Goodspeed [MD 14:87].
Following Sarah's death 18 August 1656, Samuel married (2nd) Bridget Botfish, December 15th, 1657 in Barnstable, Massachusetts.[7] [PCR 8:44; MD 6:98; NEHGR 65:318] They had no children together.
Death and Legacy
Samuel died October 31st, 1662 in Barnstable, Massachusetts. [MD 6:98] In Freeman's History of Cape Cod he is described as 'having a very prominent man in public affairs.' His will was dated 8 October 1662. He leaves the use of his house and garden and some land to his wife Bridget, during her widowhood.. his landed property.. which appears to have been considerable divided chiefly between his sons Thomas, Samuel and John. He makes bequests to his daughters Susanna, Mary, Sarah and Elizabeth and to his grandchildren. The inventory of his personal property was 162 pounds, 16 shillings, no pence.'[8] (MD 12[1910]:203)

Research Notes
In 1911 Elizabeth French published wills, parish register abstracts from a number of parishes in Kent, which included the baptisms of the immigrant himself and of several of his children, and concluded with a compiled genealogy of several generations of the agnate ancestry of the immigrant [NEHGR 65:315-19]. In 1914 she added parish register entries which include the marriage of the immigrant and the baptism of his eldest child [NEHGR 68:186-89].
An excellent recent account, including facsimiles and transcriptions of important early documents, was published in 1993 by Marlene Alma Hinkley Groves [Hinckleys of Maine]. (Source: Wikitree.)
Samuel Hinckley
Birth: May, 1589
Fordwich
City of Canterbury
Kent, England
Death: Oct., 1662
Barnstable
Barnstable County
Massachusetts, USA

Baptized Harrietsham, Kent, 25 May 1589, son of Robert Hinckley. Came from Tenterden, Kent to Plymouth Colony in 1635 on the "Hercules." (On 15 March 1634/5, "Sam[ue]l Hinckley of Tenterden & Sarah his wife, Susan, Sara, Mary children and El[e]zab[eth] a kinswoman" were enrolled at Sandwich for passage to New England on the Hercules). First settled in Scituate MA; moved to Barnstable in 1639. Died in Barnstable "the end of October 1662."
MARRIAGES: (1) Hawkhurst, Kent, 7 May 1617 Sarah Soole, baptized there on 8 June 1600, daughter of Thomas Soole. She died at Barnstable on 18 August 1656 and was buried there on 19 August 1656.
(2) Barnstable "about the 15 of December 1657" Bridget Botfish, widow of ROBERT BOTFISH {1634, Lynn}.
Source: Anderson's Great Migration Study Project.
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Family links:
Spouses:
Sarah Soole Hinckley (1600 - 1656)
Bridget Botfish Hinckley

Children:
Thomas Hinckley (1618 - 1706)*
Susanna Hinckley Smith (1625 - 1675)*
Sarah Hinckley Cobb (1629 - ____)*
Samuel Hinckley (1642 - 1727)*

(Gravestone shown in many places is that of Samuel Hinckley’s (1589-1662) son, Samuel Hinckley.)
SARAH SOOLE was baptized 8 June 1600 at Hawkhurst, Kent, England. Her parents were Thomas Soole (1569-1614) and Mary Iddenden (1573-1656.) She married Samuel Hinckley 7 May 1617, at Hawkhurst, Kent, England.

St. Laurence Church, Hawkhurst
She and her family came from England to America in 1635 on the Hercules to Scituate, MA. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index:
Name: Saml Hinckley, year 1634. Family members listed: Wife Sara; Child Susan; Child Mary; Relative Elizabeth and child Sara.

The Good Ship Hercules
In 1634, people embarked at Sandwich for New England on the'Good ship Hercules of Sandwich'. The following is a passenger list, taken from 'History of Sandwich, by W. BOYS, 1792, pp. 750-1'.

"Sarah joined Mr. Lothrop's church on 30 Aug 1635, her name recorded as 'Goody Hinckley'. Sarah must have been pregnant on the voyage, as daughter Eliazbeth, said to have been born in Scituate, was baptized 6 Sept 1635. ... (she) had eleven children, but several died in infancy." (Bonnie Hubbard)
Sarah Soole died on 18 Aug 1656 in Barnstable, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, age 56. She was buried 19 August 1656 at Mattache Village, Barnstable, Massachusetts.

Biography
Name
Name: Sarah Soole [1]
Name: Sarah Hinckley [2]
Name: Sarah Soule
Birth
Birth: 1600 [3]
Baptism
Baptized: 8 JUN 1600, Hawkhurst, County Kent, England[2]
Note: 1600 "June Baptized the viij th day Sarah the daughter of Thomas Soole."[1]
Family
Samuel first married Sarah Soole on May 7th, 1617 in Hawkhurst, County Kent, England [2]. Sarah was baptized at Hawkhurst 8 June 1600, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Iddenden) Soole of Hawkhurst.
Together they had 16 children:
1.Thomas, bp. Hawkhurst, Kent, 19 March 1619/20 [NEHGR 68:186]; m. (1) Barnstable 4 December 1641 Mary Richards [PCR 8:44]; m. (2) Barnstable 16 March 1659/60 Mary (Smith) Glover [MD 6:98].
2.John, bp. Tenterden, Kent, 28 April 1622 [NEHGR 65:315]; bur. there 25 February 1627/8 [NEHGR 65:315].
3.Susannah, bp. Tenterden, Kent, 6 November 1625 [NEHGR 65:315]; m. by 1644 John Smith (on an unknown date, "John Smith & Susannah Hinckley contracted at our sister Hinckleye's house [in Barnstable]" [NEHGR 10:39]; eldest known child b. Barnstable [blank] April 1644 [MD 12:154]).
4.Mary, bp. Tenterden, Kent, 23 March 1627/8 [NEHGR 65:315]; no further record.
5.Sarah, bp. Tenterden, Kent, 22 November 1629 [NEHGR 65:315]; m. Barnstable 12 December 1649 Henry Cobb [GMB 1:392-95; PCR 8:42; NEHGR 9:287].
6.Mary, bp. Tenterden, Kent, 18 September 1631 [NEHGR 65:315]; living 8 October 1662, possibly married, when named in the will of her father. (The claim has been made that Mary married James Houghton of Barnstable, and was the "Mary Haughton,widow," who made her will on 19 January 1685/6, in which she made individual bequests to each of the children of Thomas Hinckley [MD 18:134-36, citing BarnPR 1:77-78]. However, no relationship was stated with the Hinckley children, and, on the other hand, she also made a bequest to "the two eldest children of Joseph Potts my brother Edward Potts his eldest son." Since there is no known connection between the Hinckley family and any Potts family, we do not believe that the wife of James Haughton was Mary Hinckley.)
7.Elizabeth, bp. Tenterden, Kent, 10 March 1632/3 [NEHGR 65:315]; bur. there 18 June 1633 [NEHGR 65:315].
8.John, bp. Tenterden, Kent, 1 June 1634 [NEHGR 65:315]; d. young.
9.Elizabeth, bp. Scituate 6 September 1635 [NEHGR 9:281]; m. Barnstable 15 July 1657 Elisha Parker [PCR 8:47].
10.Samuel, bp. Scituate 4 February 1637/8 [NEHGR 9:281]; d. young.
11.Samuel, bp. Scituate 10 February 1638/9 [NEHGR 9:281]; bur. Barnstable 22 March 1640/1 [NEHGR 9:285].
12.Daughter; bur. Barnstable 8 July 1640 ("a daughter upon their coming hither buried unbaptized") [NEHGR 9:285].
13.Child (twin), b. late 1640 or early 1641; bur. Barnstable 6 February 1640/1 [NEHGR 9:285].
14.Child (twin), b. late 1640 or early 1641; bur. Barnstable 19 March 1640/1 [NEHGR 9:285].
15.Samuel, b. Barnstable 4 July 1642 [PCR 8:44], bp. Barnstable 24 July 1642 [NEHGR 9:282]; m. (1) Barnstable 14 December 1664 Mary Goodspeed [MD 6:99]; m. (2) Barnstable 15 January 1668[/9?] Mary FitzRandolph [MD 6:99].
16.Ensign John, b. Barnstable 24 May 1644 [PCR 8:44], bp. Barnstable 26 May 1644 [NEHGR 9:282]; m. (1) Barnstable [blank] July 1668 Bethia Lothrop [MD 6:135]; m. (2) Barnstable 24 November 1697 Mary Goodspeed [MD 14:87].
Note: 1617 "May Marryed the vij th day Samuell Hinckley and Sarah Soole."
(Among the entries given above is the record of the marriage of Samuel Hinckley of Tenterden, co. Kent, and of Scituate and Barnstable in New England, which has hitherto escaped notice, although before the Hinckley records and pedigree were communicated to the Register in 1911 (vol. 65 ), careful search was made for the place and date of this marriage and for the maiden name of Samuel Hinckley's wife. The baptismal record of Thomas Hinckley, Governor of the Plymouth Colony, which had remained unknown, is also printed here. Hawkhurst, co. Kent, the parish in which these records were found, lies ten miles west from Tenterden and fifteen miles southwest from Harrietsham, and adjoins the border of Sussex. The John Hinckley whose children were baptized at Hawkhurst was probably the John who was born about 1591, a brother of Samuel, the settler in the Plymouth Colony. (Vide Register, vol. 65, p. 187). For the Soole family and related families vide infra. [1]

Following Sarah's death 18 August 1656, Samuel married (2nd) Bridget Botfish, December 15th, 1657 in Barnstable, Massachusetts.[4] [PCR 8:44; MD 6:98; NEHGR 65:318] They had no children together.
Parents' Marriage
Husband: Thomas Soole
Wife: Mary Iddenden
Child: Sarah Soole
Marriage: 16 OCT 1598, Hawkhurst, co. Kent, England
Note: (at NEHGS) '...Sarah Sool... daughter of Thomas Sool and 1st wife Mary Iddenden.'
From NEHGR: Marriages in the Parish Registers of Hawkhurst, co. Kent:
"1598 "October Marryed the xvj th day Thomas Soole and Marye Iddenden."[5][6]
Emigrated March 1634
Sailed: Passenger in the Hercules of Sandwich (200 tons) with her husband Samuel Hinckley, and their children Susan, Sarah, and Mary, and Elizabeth a kinswoman. [2]
Death
Died: 18 AUG 1656, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Sarah Soole Hinckley
Birth: Jun., 1600
Fordwich
City of Canterbury
Kent, England
Death: Aug. 18, 1656
Barnstable
Barnstable County
Massachusetts, USA

Samuel Hinckley married (1) in Hawkhurst, Kent, 7 May 1617, Sarah Soole, baptized there on 8 June 1600, daughter of Thomas Soole. She died at Barnstable on 18 August 1656 and was buried there on 19 August 1656.
They had 16 children: Thomas, John, Susanna Smith, Mary, Sarah COBB, Mary (not wife of James Haughton), Elizabeth, John, Elizabeth Parker, Samuel, Samuel again, "a daughter upon their coming hither buried unbaptized," twins who died young, Samuel, & John.
Thomas Hinckley, the eldest son of this immigrant, attained great prominence, serving as the last governor of Plymouth Colony, from 1681 to 1692.

Family links:
Spouse:
Samuel Hinckley (1589 - 1662)*

Children:
Thomas Hinckley (1618 - 1706)*
Susanna Hinckley Smith (1625 - 1675)*
Sarah Hinckley Cobb (1629 - ____)*
Samuel Hinckley (1642 - 1727)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
Unknown

Children of Samuel Hinckley and Sarah Soole.
1.Governor Thomas Hinckley (1619-1706)
2.John Hinckley (1622-1627)
3.*SUSANNA HINCKLEY (1625-1675)
4.Marie Hinckley (1628-1628)
5.Sarah Hinckley (1629-1679)
6.Mary Hinckley (1631-1662)
7.Elizabeth Hinckley (1632-1633)
8John Hinckley (1634-1634)
9.Elizabeth Hinckley (1635-1691)
10.Samuel Hinckley (1637-1641)
11.John Hinckley(1644-1709)

Samuel Hinckley, I
Also Known As:"Hinkley"
Birthdate:May 25, 1589
Birthplace:Harrietsham, Kent, England
Traveled to New England, arriving in 1635 on the Hercules with his family
Death:Died October 31, 1662 in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
Place of Burial:Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:
Son of Robert Hinckley and Katherine Hinckley
Husband of Sarah Soole and Bridget Hinckley
Father of Thomas Hinckley, Governor of Plymouth Colony; Susannah Smith; Mary Hinckley; Sarah Cobb; Elizabeth Parker and 6 others
Brother of Thomas Hinckley; Stephen Hinckley; Margaret Hinckley; Elizabeth Hinckley; Katherine Hinckley and 2 others
Half brother of Clemen Hinckley and Isaac Hinckley
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11-a-1-a. SAMUEL HINCKLEY SR. (1589-1662)
11-a-1-a-1. SARAH SOOLE (1600-1656)
SAMUEL HINCKLEY SR. was christened 25 May 1589, at Harrietsham, Kent, England. His parents were Robert Hinckley (1537-1606) and Katherine Leese (1551-1605.) He married (1) *Sarah Soole, 7 May 1617, at Hawkhurst, Kent, England; and (2) Bridget Botfish, 15 December 1657 in Barnstable, Massachusetts.

Tenterden, Kent, England

Samuel Hinckley died 31 October 1662, at Barnstable, Massachusetts, age 73.

Samuel Hinckley was a dissenter, though on the 14th of March 1634-5 in order to escape out of his native country he was obligated to swear that he “conformed to the order and discipline of the Church of England.” In the Spring of 1635 Mr. Tilden, Samuel Hinckley, John Lewis, and James Austin of Tenterdon, in the county of Kent in England and several other families from that country, making a company of 102 counting men, women, and children and servants resolved to emigrate to New England in the later part of March. They sailed from Sandwich in the ship Hercules that year.
Samuel, wife Sarah, family emigrated to America in the ship "Hercules," in the early spring of 1635. He settled at Scituate, in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, where he remained until 1639, when he removed to Barnstable, being one of the first settlers there. He died in that part of Barnstable called Great Marshes, now West Barnstable, October 31, 1662.

Came from England to America in 1635 on the "Hercules" to Scituate, MA. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index:
Name: Saml Hinckley, year 1634. Family members listed: Wife Sara; Child Susan; Child Mary; Relative Elizabeth and child Sara.
In 1635, people embarked at Sandwich for New England on the 'Good ship Hercules of Sandwich'. The following is a passenger list, taken from 'History of Sandwich, by W. BOYS, 1792, pp. 750-1'.
List and Register
Of all such persons as embarked themselves in the good ship called the HERCULES, of Sandwich, of the burden of 200 tons, John Witherley, master, and therein transported from Sandwich to the plantation called New England in America; with the certificates from the ministers where they last dwelt of their conversation, and conformity to the orders and discipline of the church, and that they had taken the oath of allegiance and supremacy. (The certificates, all dated February and March, 1634, are here omitted.)
Masters of Families. Children. Servants.
NATHANIAL TILDEN of Tenterden, yeoman, and Seven children, Seven servants, LYDIA his wife
JONAS AUSTEN of Tenterden and CONSTANCE his wife Four children.
ROBERT BROOK of Maidstone, mercer, and ANNE his wife. Seven children.
THOMAS HEYWARD of Aylesford, taylor, and SUSANNAH his wife Five children.
WILLIAM WITHERELL of Maidstone, schoolmaster, and MARY his wife Three children One servant
FANNET ...... of Ashford, hemp-dresser
THOMAS BONEY and HEN. EWELL of Sandwich, shoemakers
WILLIAM HATCH of Sandwich, merchant, and JANE his wife Five children Six servants
SAMUEL HINKLEY of Tenterden and SARAH his wife Four children.
ISAAC COLE of Sandwich, carpenter, and JOAN his wife Two children.
THOMAS CHAMPION of Ashford
THOMAS BESBEECH of Sandwich Six children Three servants
JNO. LEWIS of Tenterden and SARAH his wife One child
PARNEL HARRIS of Bow London
JAMES SAYERS of Northbourn, taylor
COMFORT STARRE of Ashford, chirurgion, Three children Three servants
JOS. ROOTES of Great Chart
EM. MASON of Eastwell, widow
MARGARET. wife of WILLIAM JOHNNES late of Sandwich, now of New England, painter
JNO. BEST of the said parish, taylor.
THOMAS BRIDGEN of Faversham, husbandman, and ...... his wife.
Marriage 1 Sarah SOOLE b: 8 JUN 1600 in Hawkhurst Kent Engl bapt
* Married: 7 MAY 1617 in Hawkhurst Kent Engl 8 9 10
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They were both born in England and settled in Boston, migrated to Scituate in 1635. In 1637 he took the Freeman’s Oath.
He was twice indicted for “entertaining strangers” indicating he belonged to the liberal party. He was penalized ½ shilling, for keeping various swine unringed. He was known as Goodman. In 1659 he long with son Thomas was granted “liberty to view and purchase a grant at saconessett.”
In 1640 he sold his house, farm and meadows, and removed to Barnstable, Ma. He bought lands there of Rev. Joseph Hull, and afterwards had some trouble about the title with the town.

Barnstable Church

Plymouth Colony Seal
His will dated 8 October 1662 begins: “The last Will and testament of Samuel Hinckley Senr of Barnstable exhibited for the court helpd att Plymouth, Mass. 4th of Mar. 162 on the oaths of Mr. Thomas Hinckley and Henery Cobb. I being though weake body; yet through mercy of disposing mind and memory, and not knowing how soon my change may come I thinke fit according to my duty to dispose of that estate God hath bid pleased to be trust mee with all, and therefore first after my desire to will and bequeath my soule to God through Jesus Christ who gave it; and my body to desent burial and my will is that Bridgett may wife shall have….”
His will dated 8 October 1662 he gives his wife Bridget the use of the house, garden and some land; his two cows: Prosper and Thrivewell, and “all the household stuff she brought with her.” His daughters Susannah, Mary, Sarah and Elizabeth are named, and he gives to each of them and to each of their children, one shilling each. He gives legacies to his grandchildren Samuel, Thomas, Mary and Bathsheba children of his son Thomas; and to his grandsons Samuel Cobb and Jonathan Cobb. Personal estate was appraised at 1862 pounds, sixteen shillings, and he had a large real estate which he gave to his sons Thomas, Samuel, and John.
Their son, Thomas Hinckley participated in the government of Plymouth Colony as Governor, as well as several other governmental positions during his lifetime.
Samuel Hinckley, Pioneer of Massachusetts, was the father-in-law of Reverend John Smith of Barnstable and Woodbridge, New Jersey.
Mrs. Sarah Hinckley died 18 August 1656 and Samuel Hinckley married 15 December 1657 for his second wife, Bridget Bodfish, widow of Robert of Sandwich.
Samuel Hinckley died 31 October 1662, Barnstable, Massachusetts, age 73. He was buried in November 1662, at Lothrop Hill Cemetery, Barnstable Massachusetts.
Biography
Samuel Hinckley, the common ancestor of all of the name in this country, is the type of the race. He was a dissenter, though on the 14th of March, 1634/5, in order to escape out of his native country, he was obliged to swear that he 'conformed to the order and discipline of the church' of England. He was honest, industrious and prudent, qualities which have been transmitted from father to son down to the present time. The Hinckleys are zealous in the advocacy of whatever opinions they adopt, and I have never known one who was dishonest, lazy or imprudent. He was not a distinguished man or prominent in political life. To be a juryman or surveyor of highways, filled the measure of his political aspirations. He appears to have been a man of good estate for the times, and all his children were as well educated as his means would permit. Very few of his descendants have amassed wealth, and a smaller number have been pinched by poverty...
There is much more in this article, but it is repetitious of previously quoted sources.[1]
Early Life
Samuel Hinckley was born before May 25th, 1589 near Harrietsham, County Kent, England, son of Robert Hinckley and Katherine Leese his 2nd wife. [2] [3][NEHGSR 65:315-17] We know this because he was baptized on May 25th in Harrietsham. Before his migration to the Colonies in 1634, he lived in Tenterden, County Kent, England. It was at Tenterden that seven of his children were baptized. [2]
Emigration
Samuel arrived in the American Colonies in March 1634/5 on the ship Hercules, accompanied by his wife, Sarah, three children, and a relative. They made up a group of 102 headed for the Americas. It is to be noticed that their son Thomas was not among the children who accompanied them in the Hercules, as Savage (Genealogical Dictionary) conjectures and Pope (Pioneers of Massachusetts) states, but that the four children of the passenger list were their three daughters, Susan, Sarah, and Mary, and a kinswoman, Elzab, i.e., Elizabeth.[NEHGR 75:219]
A list of all such persons as imbarqued themselves in the good shipp called the Hercules of Sandwich of the burthen of 200 tonnes or thereabouts whereof next under God John Witherley was master and therein trnsported from this town & port of Sandwich to the plantacon called New England in America together with a breif note of the certificates fro the ministers wehre they have dwelt of their conversacon and Conformity to the orders and discipline of the Church, and that they had taken the oath of Allegeance and Supremacy according to an order of the Lds of his Mats Most Noble privie counsell of the last of December 1634.
Certificate Mrs of families Children Servants
ffrom Mr. John Gee &c of Sa

SAMUEL HINCKLEY SR. was christened 25 May 1589, at Harrietsham, Kent, England. His parents were Robert Hinckley (1537-1606) and Katherine Leese (1551-1605.) He married (1) *Sarah Soole, 7 May 1617, at Hawkhurst, Kent, England; and (2) Bridget Botfish, 15 December 1657 in Barnstable, Massachusetts.

Tenterdon, Kent, England

Samuel Hinckley died 31 October 1662, at Barnstable, Massachusetts, age 73.

Samuel Hinckley was a dissenter, though on the 14th of March 1634-5 in order to escape out of his native country he was obligated to swear that he “conformed to the order and discipline of the Church of England.” In the Spring of 1635 Mr. Tilden, Samuel Hinckley, John Lewis, and James Austin of Tenterdon, in the county of Kent in England and several other families from that country, making a company of 102 counting men, women, and children and servants resolved to emigrate to New England in the later part of March. They sailed from Sandwich in the ship Hercules that year.
Samuel, wife Sarah, family emigrated to America in the ship "Hercules," in the early spring of 1635. He settled at Scituate, in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, where he remained until 1639, when he removed to Barnstable, being one of the first settlers there. He died in that part of Barnstable called Great Marshes, now West Barnstable, October 31, 1662.

Came from England to America in 1635 on the "Hercules" to Scituate, MA. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index:
Name: Saml Hinckley, year 1634. Family members listed: Wife Sara; Child Susan; Child Mary; Relative Elizabeth and child Sara.
In 1635, people embarked at Sandwich for New England on the 'Good ship Hercules of Sandwich'. The following is a passenger list, taken from 'History of Sandwich, by W. BOYS, 1792, pp. 750-1'.
List and Register
Of all such persons as embarked themselves in the good ship called the HERCULES, of Sandwich, of the burden of 200 tons, John Witherley, master, and therein transported from Sandwich to the plantation called New England in America; with the certificates from the ministers where they last dwelt of their conversation, and conformity to the orders and discipline of the church, and that they had taken the oath of allegiance and supremacy. (The certificates, all dated February and March, 1634, are here omitted.)
Masters of Families. Children. Servants.
NATHANIAL TILDEN of Tenterden, yeoman, and Seven children, Seven servants, LYDIA his wife
JONAS AUSTEN of Tenterden and CONSTANCE his wife Four children.
ROBERT BROOK of Maidstone, mercer, and ANNE his wife. Seven children.
THOMAS HEYWARD of Aylesford, taylor, and SUSANNAH his wife Five children.
WILLIAM WITHERELL of Maidstone, schoolmaster, and MARY his wife Three children One servant
FANNET ...... of Ashford, hemp-dresser
THOMAS BONEY and HEN. EWELL of Sandwich, shoemakers
WILLIAM HATCH of Sandwich, merchant, and JANE his wife Five children Six servants
SAMUEL HINKLEY of Tenterden and SARAH his wife Four children.
ISAAC COLE of Sandwich, carpenter, and JOAN his wife Two children.
THOMAS CHAMPION of Ashford
THOMAS BESBEECH of Sandwich Six children Three servants
JNO. LEWIS of Tenterden and SARAH his wife One child
PARNEL HARRIS of Bow London
JAMES SAYERS of Northbourn, taylor
COMFORT STARRE of Ashford, chirurgion, Three children Three servants
JOS. ROOTES of Great Chart
EM. MASON of Eastwell, widow
MARGARET. wife of WILLIAM JOHNNES late of Sandwich, now of New England, painter
JNO. BEST of the said parish, taylor.
THOMAS BRIDGEN of Faversham, husbandman, and ...... his wife.
Marriage 1 Sarah SOOLE b: 8 JUN 1600 in Hawkhurst Kent Engl bapt
* Married: 7 MAY 1617 in Hawkhurst Kent Engl 8 9 10
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They were both born in England and settled in Boston, migrated to Scituate in 1635. In 1637 he took the Freeman’s Oath.
He was twice indicted for “entertaining strangers” indicating he belonged to the liberal party. He was penalized ½ shilling, for keeping various swine unringed. He was known as Goodman. In 1659 he long with son Thomas was granted “liberty to view and purchase a grant at saconessett.”
In 1640 he sold his house, farm and meadows, and removed to Barnstable, Ma. He bought lands there of Rev. Joseph Hull, and afterwards had some trouble about the title with the town.

Barnstable Church

Plymouth Colony Seal
His will dated 8 October 1662 begins: “The last Will and testament of Samuel Hinckley Senr of Barnstable exhibited for the court helpd att Plymouth, Mass. 4th of Mar. 162 on the oaths of Mr. Thomas Hinckley and Henery Cobb. I being though weake body; yet through mercy of disposing mind and memory, and not knowing how soon my change may come I thinke fit according to my duty to dispose of that estate God hath bid pleased to be trust mee with all, and therefore first after my desire to will and bequeath my soule to God through Jesus Christ who gave it; and my body to desent burial and my will is that Bridgett may wife shall have….”
His will dated 8 October 1662 he gives his wife Bridget the use of the house, garden and some land; his two cows: Prosper and Thrivewell, and “all the household stuff she brought with her.” His daughters Susannah, Mary, Sarah and Elizabeth are named, and he gives to each of them and to each of their children, one shilling each. He gives legacies to his grandchildren Samuel, Thomas, Mary and Bathsheba children of his son Thomas; and to his grandsons Samuel Cobb and Jonathan Cobb. Personal estate was appraised at 1862 pounds, sixteen shillings, and he had a large real estate which he gave to his sons Thomas, Samuel, and John.
Their son, Thomas Hinckley participated in the government of Plymouth Colony as Governor, as well as several other governmental positions during his lifetime.
Samuel Hinckley, Pioneer of Massachusetts, was the father-in-law of Reverend John Smith of Barnstable and Woodbridge, New Jersey.
Mrs. Sarah Hinckley died 18 August 1656 and Samuel Hinckley married 15 December 1657 for his second wife, Bridget Bodfish, widow of Robert of Sandwich.
Samuel Hinckley died 31 October 1662, Barnstable, Massachusetts, age 73. He was buried in November 1662, at Lothrop Hill Cemetery, Barnstable Massachusetts.
Biography
Samuel Hinckley, the common ancestor of all of the name in this country, is the type of the race. He was a dissenter, though on the 14th of March, 1634/5, in order to escape out of his native country, he was obliged to swear that he 'conformed to the order and discipline of the church' of England. He was honest, industrious and prudent, qualities which have been transmitted from father to son down to the present time. The Hinckleys are zealous in the advocacy of whatever opinions they adopt, and I have never known one who was dishonest, lazy or imprudent. He was not a distinguished man or prominent in political life. To be a juryman or surveyor of highways, filled the measure of his political aspirations. He appears to have been a man of good estate for the times, and all his children were as well educated as his means would permit. Very few of his descendants have amassed wealth, and a smaller number have been pinched by poverty...
There is much more in this article, but it is repetitious of previously quoted sources.[1]
Early Life
Samuel Hinckley was born before May 25th, 1589 near Harrietsham, County Kent, England, son of Robert Hinckley and Katherine Leese his 2nd wife. [2] [3][NEHGSR 65:315-17] We know this because he was baptized on May 25th in Harrietsham. Before his migration to the Colonies in 1634, he lived in Tenterden, County Kent, England. It was at Tenterden that seven of his children were baptized. [2]
Emigration
Samuel arrived in the American Colonies in March 1634/5 on the ship Hercules, accompanied by his wife, Sarah, three children, and a relative. They made up a group of 102 headed for the Americas. It is to be noticed that their son Thomas was not among the children who accompanied them in the Hercules, as Savage (Genealogical Dictionary) conjectures and Pope (Pioneers of Massachusetts) states, but that the four children of the passenger list were their three daughters, Susan, Sarah, and Mary, and a kinswoman, Elzab, i.e., Elizabeth.[NEHGR 75:219]
A list of all such persons as imbarqued themselves in the good shipp called the Hercules of Sandwich of the burthen of 200 tonnes or thereabouts whereof next under God John Witherley was master and therein trnsported from this town & port of Sandwich to the plantacon called New England in America together with a breif note of the certificates fro the ministers wehre they have dwelt of their conversacon and Conformity to the orders and discipline of the Church, and that they had taken the oath of Allegeance and Supremacy according to an order of the Lds of his Mats Most Noble privie counsell of the last of December 1634.
Certificate Mrs of families Children Servants
ffrom Mr. John Gee &c of Saml Hinckley of Tenterden & Susan [of]
Tenterden as above 15 Sara his wife Sara
Mch 1634 Mary children and
Elzab a kinswoman [NEHGR 75:219]
Life In The Colonies
Samuel settled in Scituate, Massachusetts. The home he built was numbered 19 by Reverend Lothrop. This home was on Kent Street, second south of Greenfield Lane. About half of the 102 who came to the Colonies with the Hinckleys first settled in Scituate, as well, and were followers of Reverend John Lothrop. In his household, Samuel had a servant named Jervice Large, who died August 9th, 1636 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. He was most likely from Kent County, England.[4] In 1637 he took freeman's oath.[5]
On 30 August 1635, "Goody Hinckley" was admitted a member of Scituate church [NEHGR 9:280].
"Samuell Hinkly" received several grants of land at Scituate: "the second lot on the south side of Grenfeld Lane being five acres," 12 June 1635; "a portion of marsh & upland lying adjoining together on the other side of the highway over against his houselot," 7 February 1636; "upon the Third Cliff five acres," 6 February 1635; "a portion of marsh land on the south side of Humpherey Turner's lot on the Third Cliff being nine acres," 7 February 1636;"a portion of marsh lands lying on the south side of Herring Brook," 7 February 1636; and "a portion of upland being twenty-four acres," no date given [ScitTR 1:240-41].
On 2 January 1637/8, "Samuell Hinckley" was admitted a freeman of Plymouth Colony, and so was added to the colony list of freemen begun on 7 February 1636/7 [PCR 1:53, 74]. "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 in the Scituate section) [PCR 8:175, 177]. In the Barnstable section of the 1658 Plymouth Colony list of freemen [PCR 8:200].
On 4 December 1638, "Samuell Hinckley" was one of eight Scituate men who were "presented for receiving strangers & foreigners into their houses & lands, without license of the Governor or Assistants, or acquainting the town of Scittuate therewith" [PCR 1:106]. On 7 October 1651, the grand jury presented "Samuell Hinckley and Jonathan Hatch for hiring land of the Indians" [PCR 2:173]. On 20 October 1646, "upon complaint of Thomas Star, of Yarmouth, about fees of Court, in an action prosecuted in the Court at Yarmouth aforesaid against Samuell Hincley, the Court ordereth, that the jury repay what they have received from the said Thomas Star as their fees in that case, & that Sam[uel] Hincly pay all the [blank] belonging to the clerk of the Court" [PCR 2:109].
In July 1640 Samuel Hinckley sold his house, farm and meadow, and removed to Barnstable, Mass. He bought his lands there of Rev. Joseph Hull, and afterward had some trouble about the title with the town. No record of his lands, but their location is well known. His house lot was bordered S. by his son Thomas; west by Rowley Pond, near which, according to tradition, he built his house, a small one-storied building, with a thatched roof. It is not known how long he resided in that house. He was one of the very first who removed to West Barnstable, Mass., where he owned one of the best farms in the town, now owned by Levi I. Goodspeed, Esqr. His son-in-law, Rev. John Smith, owned the adjoining lands, since known as the Otis farm. 'In 1637, Mr. Samuel Hinckley, as he was called in the latter part of his life, took the Freeman's Oath, though his name is on the list of the preceding year. His name frequently appears on the town records as a juror, a surveyor of highways, and as one of the grantors of the lands of Suckinesset. 'As a church member, he does not appear to have been intolerant. The fact that he was twice indicted for 'entertaining strangers' indicates that he belonged to the liberal party, of which his friends Cudworth, Hatherly and Robinson, and his son-in-law Rev. John Smith were prominent members.
On 7 September 1642, in "the controversy betwixt Samuell Hinckley and Mr. Joseph Hull, about the lands the said Hinckley bought of the said Hull in Barnstable, it is ordered, by the consent of both parties and by the town of Barnstable, being referred to the bench, that the said Mr. Hull, according to his own proffer, shall abate forty shillings of that the said Samuell Hinckley should have paid him for the said land, and that the town of Barnstable shall return the one-half of the lands they took away from the said Samuell Hinckley to him again, and so a final end to be of all suits & controversies about the same" [PCR 2:44, 7:30, 31]. On 5 March 1660/1, "Mr. Samuell Hinckley" was one of five men "added to the purchasers at Saconeesett and places adjacent" [PCR 3:208, 216]. On [blank] [blank] 1645, "Mr. Timothy Hatherley of Scituate" sold to "Mr. John Floyde" of Scituate "all that his house, barn, orchard and homelot in Scituate aforesaid with the marsh meadow belonging thereunto together with the great lot up the North River both upland and meadow, videlicet all the housing and lands both upland and meadow which formerly belonged and was the proper right of Samuell Hinckley in Scittuate sometimes inhabitant of the said town of Scittuate" [PCR 12:204-5].
Offices Held
Plymouth petit jury, 3 September 1638, 17 June 1641, 4 June 1645 [PCR 1:96, 7:21, 41]. Grand jury, 4 June 1639, 1 June 1641 [PCR 1:126, 2:16]. Barnstable highway surveyor, 5 June 1644, 1 June 1647, 5 June 1651, 3 June 1656 (as "Mr. Samuell Hinckley"), 3 June 1657 [PCR 2:72, 115, 168, 3:101, 116]. In the Barnstable section of the 1643 Plymouth Colony list of men able to bear arms [PCR 8:193].
Family
Samuel first married Sarah Soole on May 7th, 1617 in Hawkhurst, County Kent, England[6]. Sarah was baptized at Hawkhurst 8 June 1600, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Iddenden) Soole of Hawkhurst.
Together they had 16 children:
1.Thomas, bp. Hawkhurst, Kent, 19 March 1619/20 [NEHGR 68:186]; m. (1) Barnstable 4 December 1641 Mary Richards [PCR 8:44]; m. (2) Barnstable 16 March 1659/60 Mary (Smith) Glover [MD 6:98].
2.John, bp. Tenterden, Kent, 28 April 1622 [NEHGR 65:315]; bur. there 25 February 1627/8 [NEHGR 65:315].
3.Susannah, bp. Tenterden, Kent, 6 November 1625 [NEHGR 65:315]; m. by 1644 John Smith (on an unknown date, "John Smith & Susannah Hinckley contracted at our sister Hinckleye's house [in Barnstable]" [NEHGR 10:39]; eldest known child b. Barnstable [blank] April 1644 [MD 12:154]).
4.Mary, bp. Tenterden, Kent, 23 March 1627/8 [NEHGR 65:315]; no further record.
5.Sarah, bp. Tenterden, Kent, 22 November 1629 [NEHGR 65:315]; m. Barnstable 12 December 1649 Henry Cobb [GMB 1:392-95; PCR 8:42; NEHGR 9:287].
6.Mary, bp. Tenterden, Kent, 18 September 1631 [NEHGR 65:315]; living 8 October 1662, possibly married, when named in the will of her father. (The claim has been made that Mary married James Houghton of Barnstable, and was the "Mary Haughton,widow," who made her will on 19 January 1685/6, in which she made individual bequests to each of the children of Thomas Hinckley [MD 18:134-36, citing BarnPR 1:77-78]. However, no relationship was stated with the Hinckley children, and, on the other hand, she also made a bequest to "the two eldest children of Joseph Potts my brother Edward Potts his eldest son." Since there is no known connection between the Hinckley family and any Potts family, we do not believe that the wife of James Haughton was Mary Hinckley.)
7.Elizabeth, bp. Tenterden, Kent, 10 March 1632/3 [NEHGR 65:315]; bur. there 18 June 1633 [NEHGR 65:315].
8.John, bp. Tenterden, Kent, 1 June 1634 [NEHGR 65:315]; d. young.
9.Elizabeth, bp. Scituate 6 September 1635 [NEHGR 9:281]; m. Barnstable 15 July 1657 Elisha Parker [PCR 8:47].
10.Samuel, bp. Scituate 4 February 1637/8 [NEHGR 9:281]; d. young.
11.Samuel, bp. Scituate 10 February 1638/9 [NEHGR 9:281]; bur. Barnstable 22 March 1640/1 [NEHGR 9:285].
12.Daughter; bur. Barnstable 8 July 1640 ("a daughter upon their coming hither buried unbaptized") [NEHGR 9:285].
13.Child (twin), b. late 1640 or early 1641; bur. Barnstable 6 February 1640/1 [NEHGR 9:285].
14.Child (twin), b. late 1640 or early 1641; bur. Barnstable 19 March 1640/1 [NEHGR 9:285].
15.Samuel, b. Barnstable 4 July 1642 [PCR 8:44], bp. Barnstable 24 July 1642 [NEHGR 9:282]; m. (1) Barnstable 14 December 1664 Mary Goodspeed [MD 6:99]; m. (2) Barnstable 15 January 1668[/9?] Mary FitzRandolph [MD 6:99].
16.Ensign John, b. Barnstable 24 May 1644 [PCR 8:44], bp. Barnstable 26 May 1644 [NEHGR 9:282]; m. (1) Barnstable [blank] July 1668 Bethia Lothrop [MD 6:135]; m. (2) Barnstable 24 November 1697 Mary Goodspeed [MD 14:87].
Following Sarah's death 18 August 1656, Samuel married (2nd) Bridget Botfish, December 15th, 1657 in Barnstable, Massachusetts.[7] [PCR 8:44; MD 6:98; NEHGR 65:318] They had no children together.
Death and Legacy
Samuel died October 31st, 1662 in Barnstable, Massachusetts. [MD 6:98] In Freeman's History of Cape Cod he is described as 'having a very prominent man in public affairs.' His will was dated 8 October 1662. He leaves the use of his house and garden and some land to his wife Bridget, during her widowhood.. his landed property.. which appears to have been considerable divided chiefly between his sons Thomas, Samuel and John. He makes bequests to his daughters Susanna, Mary, Sarah and Elizabeth and to his grandchildren. The inventory of his personal property was 162 pounds, 16 shillings, no pence.'[8] (MD 12[1910]:203)

Research Notes
In 1911 Elizabeth French published wills, parish register abstracts from a number of parishes in Kent, which included the baptisms of the immigrant himself and of several of his children, and concluded with a compiled genealogy of several generations of the agnate ancestry of the immigrant [NEHGR 65:315-19]. In 1914 she added parish register entries which include the marriage of the immigrant and the baptism of his eldest child [NEHGR 68:186-89].
An excellent recent account, including facsimiles and transcriptions of important early documents, was published in 1993 by Marlene Alma Hinkley Groves [Hinckleys of Maine]. (Source: Wikitree.)
Samuel Hinckley
Birth: May, 1589
Fordwich
City of Canterbury
Kent, England
Death: Oct., 1662
Barnstable
Barnstable County
Massachusetts, USA

Baptized Harrietsham, Kent, 25 May 1589, son of Robert Hinckley. Came from Tenterden, Kent to Plymouth Colony in 1635 on the "Hercules." (On 15 March 1634/5, "Sam[ue]l Hinckley of Tenterden & Sarah his wife, Susan, Sara, Mary children and El[e]zab[eth] a kinswoman" were enrolled at Sandwich for passage to New England on the Hercules). First settled in Scituate MA; moved to Barnstable in 1639. Died in Barnstable "the end of October 1662."
MARRIAGES: (1) Hawkhurst, Kent, 7 May 1617 Sarah Soole, baptized there on 8 June 1600, daughter of Thomas Soole. She died at Barnstable on 18 August 1656 and was buried there on 19 August 1656.
(2) Barnstable "about the 15 of December 1657" Bridget Botfish, widow of ROBERT BOTFISH {1634, Lynn}.
Source: Anderson's Great Migration Study Project.
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Family links:
Spouses:
Sarah Soole Hinckley (1600 - 1656)
Bridget Botfish Hinckley

Children:
Thomas Hinckley (1618 - 1706)*
Susanna Hinckley Smith (1625 - 1675)*
Sarah Hinckley Cobb (1629 - ____)*
Samuel Hinckley (1642 - 1727)*

(Gravestone shown in many places is that of Samuel Hinckley’s (1589-1662) son, Samuel Hinckley.)
SARAH SOOLE was baptized 8 June 1600 at Hawkhurst, Kent, England. Her parents were Thomas Soole (1569-1614) and Mary Iddenden (1573-1656.) She married Samuel Hinckley 7 May 1617, at Hawkhurst, Kent, England.

St. Laurence Church, Hawkhurst
She and her family came from England to America in 1635 on the Hercules to Scituate, MA. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index:
Name: Saml Hinckley, year 1634. Family members listed: Wife Sara; Child Susan; Child Mary; Relative Elizabeth and child Sara.

The Good Ship Hercules
In 1634, people embarked at Sandwich for New England on the'Good ship Hercules of Sandwich'. The following is a passenger list, taken from 'History of Sandwich, by W. BOYS, 1792, pp. 750-1'.

"Sarah joined Mr. Lothrop's church on 30 Aug 1635, her name recorded as 'Goody Hinckley'. Sarah must have been pregnant on the voyage, as daughter Eliazbeth, said to have been born in Scituate, was baptized 6 Sept 1635. ... (she) had eleven children, but several died in infancy." (Bonnie Hubbard)
Sarah Soole died on 18 Aug 1656 in Barnstable, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, age 56. She was buried 19 August 1656 at Mattache Village, Barnstable, Massachusetts.

Biography
Name
Name: Sarah Soole [1]
Name: Sarah Hinckley [2]
Name: Sarah Soule
Birth
Birth: 1600 [3]
Baptism
Baptized: 8 JUN 1600, Hawkhurst, County Kent, England[2]
Note: 1600 "June Baptized the viij th day Sarah the daughter of Thomas Soole."[1]
Family
Samuel first married Sarah Soole on May 7th, 1617 in Hawkhurst, County Kent, England [2]. Sarah was baptized at Hawkhurst 8 June 1600, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Iddenden) Soole of Hawkhurst.
Together they had 16 children:
1.Thomas, bp. Hawkhurst, Kent, 19 March 1619/20 [NEHGR 68:186]; m. (1) Barnstable 4 December 1641 Mary Richards [PCR 8:44]; m. (2) Barnstable 16 March 1659/60 Mary (Smith) Glover [MD 6:98].
2.John, bp. Tenterden, Kent, 28 April 1622 [NEHGR 65:315]; bur. there 25 February 1627/8 [NEHGR 65:315].
3.Susannah, bp. Tenterden, Kent, 6 November 1625 [NEHGR 65:315]; m. by 1644 John Smith (on an unknown date, "John Smith & Susannah Hinckley contracted at our sister Hinckleye's house [in Barnstable]" [NEHGR 10:39]; eldest known child b. Barnstable [blank] April 1644 [MD 12:154]).
4.Mary, bp. Tenterden, Kent, 23 March 1627/8 [NEHGR 65:315]; no further record.
5.Sarah, bp. Tenterden, Kent, 22 November 1629 [NEHGR 65:315]; m. Barnstable 12 December 1649 Henry Cobb [GMB 1:392-95; PCR 8:42; NEHGR 9:287].
6.Mary, bp. Tenterden, Kent, 18 September 1631 [NEHGR 65:315]; living 8 October 1662, possibly married, when named in the will of her father. (The claim has been made that Mary married James Houghton of Barnstable, and was the "Mary Haughton,widow," who made her will on 19 January 1685/6, in which she made individual bequests to each of the children of Thomas Hinckley [MD 18:134-36, citing BarnPR 1:77-78]. However, no relationship was stated with the Hinckley children, and, on the other hand, she also made a bequest to "the two eldest children of Joseph Potts my brother Edward Potts his eldest son." Since there is no known connection between the Hinckley family and any Potts family, we do not believe that the wife of James Haughton was Mary Hinckley.)
7.Elizabeth, bp. Tenterden, Kent, 10 March 1632/3 [NEHGR 65:315]; bur. there 18 June 1633 [NEHGR 65:315].
8.John, bp. Tenterden, Kent, 1 June 1634 [NEHGR 65:315]; d. young.
9.Elizabeth, bp. Scituate 6 September 1635 [NEHGR 9:281]; m. Barnstable 15 July 1657 Elisha Parker [PCR 8:47].
10.Samuel, bp. Scituate 4 February 1637/8 [NEHGR 9:281]; d. young.
11.Samuel, bp. Scituate 10 February 1638/9 [NEHGR 9:281]; bur. Barnstable 22 March 1640/1 [NEHGR 9:285].
12.Daughter; bur. Barnstable 8 July 1640 ("a daughter upon their coming hither buried unbaptized") [NEHGR 9:285].
13.Child (twin), b. late 1640 or early 1641; bur. Barnstable 6 February 1640/1 [NEHGR 9:285].
14.Child (twin), b. late 1640 or early 1641; bur. Barnstable 19 March 1640/1 [NEHGR 9:285].
15.Samuel, b. Barnstable 4 July 1642 [PCR 8:44], bp. Barnstable 24 July 1642 [NEHGR 9:282]; m. (1) Barnstable 14 December 1664 Mary Goodspeed [MD 6:99]; m. (2) Barnstable 15 January 1668[/9?] Mary FitzRandolph [MD 6:99].
16.Ensign John, b. Barnstable 24 May 1644 [PCR 8:44], bp. Barnstable 26 May 1644 [NEHGR 9:282]; m. (1) Barnstable [blank] July 1668 Bethia Lothrop [MD 6:135]; m. (2) Barnstable 24 November 1697 Mary Goodspeed [MD 14:87].
Note: 1617 "May Marryed the vij th day Samuell Hinckley and Sarah Soole."
(Among the entries given above is the record of the marriage of Samuel Hinckley of Tenterden, co. Kent, and of Scituate and Barnstable in New England, which has hitherto escaped notice, although before the Hinckley records and pedigree were communicated to the Register in 1911 (vol. 65 ), careful search was made for the place and date of this marriage and for the maiden name of Samuel Hinckley's wife. The baptismal record of Thomas Hinckley, Governor of the Plymouth Colony, which had remained unknown, is also printed here. Hawkhurst, co. Kent, the parish in which these records were found, lies ten miles west from Tenterden and fifteen miles southwest from Harrietsham, and adjoins the border of Sussex. The John Hinckley whose children were baptized at Hawkhurst was probably the John who was born about 1591, a brother of Samuel, the settler in the Plymouth Colony. (Vide Register, vol. 65, p. 187). For the Soole family and related families vide infra. [1]

Following Sarah's death 18 August 1656, Samuel married (2nd) Bridget Botfish, December 15th, 1657 in Barnstable, Massachusetts.[4] [PCR 8:44; MD 6:98; NEHGR 65:318] They had no children together.
Parents' Marriage
Husband: Thomas Soole
Wife: Mary Iddenden
Child: Sarah Soole
Marriage: 16 OCT 1598, Hawkhurst, co. Kent, England
Note: (at NEHGS) '...Sarah Sool... daughter of Thomas Sool and 1s

Sources

[S64] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index.
Samuel Hinckley; Male; Birth: , Barnstable, Massachusetts; Baptism: 20 OCT 1929; Endowment: 25 FEB 1931 SLAKE; Spouse: Bridget Bodfish; Marriage: 15 DEC 1657 Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts; Relative/Proxy: Joseph Smith the ProphetJoseph E. Hart; Film Number: 184284; Page Number: 672; Reference number: 15602
Record of LDS Church ordinance (living or proxy).
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[S64] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index.
SAMUEL HINCKLEY; Male; Spouse: BRIDGET BODFISH; Marriage: 15 DEC 1657 Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts; Batch Number: 7732709; Sheet: 89; Source Call No.: 1126167 Type: Film
Form submitted by a member of the LDS Church
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