1618 - 1706

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• Birth	1618	Edgerton, England   [1]
  Christened	19 Mar 1619/1620	Hawkhurst, Kent, England   [2]
  Gender	Male
  BIRT	Abt 1621  [3]
  Buried	Apr 1706	Lothrop Hill Cemetery, Barnstable, Massachusetts   [3]
  Died	25 Apr 1706	Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts   [3]
  Person ID	I10331	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	11 Jul 2004 00:00:00
  Father	Samuel HINCKLEY, b. Bef 25 May 1589, Tenterden, Kent, England
  Mother	Sarah SOOLE, b. Bef 8 Jun 1600, England
  Family ID	F4638	Group Sheet
  Family 1	Mary RICHARDS, b. Abt 1630, Probably, England
  Married	4 Dec 1641	Barnstable, Barnstable County, Ma
  Children	> 1. Samuel HINCKLEY, b. 14 Feb 1652/1653, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts > 2. Mary HINCKLEY, b. 3 Aug 1644, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts > 3. Sarah HINCKLEY, b. 4 Nov 1646, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts > 4. Meletiah HINCKLEY, b. 25 Nov 1648, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusettss > 5. Hannah HINCKLEY, b. 15 Apr 1651, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts   6. Thomas HINCKLEY, Jr.., b. 5 Dec 1654, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts > 7. Bathshua HINCKLEY, b. 15 May 1657, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts > 8. Mehitable HINCKLEY, b. 24 Mar 1658/1659, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F4655	Group Sheet
  Family 2	Mary SMITH, b. 1630, England
  Married	16 Mar 1659/1660	Massachusetts
  Children	1. Admire HINCKLEY, b. 28 Jan 1660/1661, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts   2. Ebenezer HINCKLEY, b. 22 Feb 1661/1662, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts > 3. Mercy HINCKLEY, b. 31 Jul 1662, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts   4. Experience HINCKLEY, b. 28 Feb 1664/1665, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts > 5. John HINCKLEY, Sr.., b. 9 Jun 1667, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts   6. Abigail HINCKLEY, b. 8 Apr 1669, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts   7. Thankful HINCKLEY, b. 20 Aug 1671, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts > 8. Ebenezer HINCKLEY, b. 23 Sep 1673, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts > 9. Reliance HINCKLEY, b. 15 Dec 1675, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F4657	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Misc events 1634 - Came to Massachusetts with parents aboard the ship Hercules. 1640 - Moved to Barnstable, MA. 1645 - Enlisted in the military company organized to fight the Narragasetts. 1646 - Deputy to Plymouth colony from Barnstaable. 1658 to 1680 - Assistant to governor of Colony. 1675 - Sergeant under Camptain John Gorham in the Great Swamp fight. 1680 - Deputy governor of the Colony. 1681 to 1686 - Sixth and eighth (last) governor of Plymouth Colony. 1687 to 1688 - Councilor under Sir Edmond Andros. 1689 to 1692 - Again governor of the Colony. 1692 - Councilor under Sir William Phipps. 1. Thomas had a distinguished career in America, becoming governor ofPlymouth Colony. Towards the end of the reign of King James II, NewEngland was constituted a Vice-Royalty, with a governor and council.Thomas was nominated to the latter by James II. After the fall of JamesII, Vice-Royalty was abolished, and Thomas resumed the governorship. Hewas first Assistant of the Colony, the first deputy governor 1680 andgovernor from 1681 to 1692, when the Massachusetts Charter absorbed theold Colony. During the time of Governor Andros' power, Thomas was thecouncil. 2. Thomas was with the army during the great Narragansetts fight, thehardest battle before that of Bunker Hill. HINCKLEY, Thomas, governor of Plymouth, born in England about 1618; diedin Barnstable, Massachusetts, 25 April, 1706. He came to Scituate withhis parents in 1635, and in 1639 removed to Barnstable, where he soontook an active part in the affairs of Plymouth colony. He was a deputy in1645, a representative in 1647, and a magistrate and assistant from 1658till 1680. He was deputy governor in 1680, and governor from 1681, exceptduring the administration of Edmund Andros, until the union with theMassachusetts colony in 1692. He was also a commissioner on the centralboard of the two colonies from 1673 till 1692, when he became acouncillor. Among the manuscripts of the old South church library, whichin 1866 were deposited in the Boston public library, are three volumes ofpapers collected by Governor Hinckley.

• Sources

  [S273] [BOOK] Genealogical Notes of Barnstable County, Amis Otis, (Reprint Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc. Baltimore. 1979), 79-52085., Volume 2, p.32. [S274] Hinckleys of Maine, Marlene Alma Hinckley Groves, (Penobscot Press. 1993), 93-84616., p. 11. [S272] Barnstable - Lothrop Hill Cemetery Listing.