Henry Hinton

Henry Hinton

Militiaman, farmer

Died 1891 aged 63 years;

Buried AA1 H259-62

Henry Hinton was one of the first militia

settlers, reportedly a good farmer with a

quiet unassuming manner. He and his wife

Sarah Ann had 11 children who grew up to settle in the

Waikato. Also buried here is 8-year-old Charlotte Jane.

HINTON. A Waikato paper mentions the record of the family of the late Mr. Henry HINTON who came over with Captain STEELE from Sydney in 1863 as a recruit for the 3rd Waikato Militia. There are now thirteen grandsons of the deceased gentleman fighting in the present war. [AWN 23.11.1916]