Mary Hinkley

Biography

https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Mary_Smith_%288%29

"Mary Smith widow of Nathaniel Glover of Dorchester, Mass. b. 20 Jul 1630 Foxeth Park near Liverpool England d. 29 Jul 1703 in 73rd year Barnstable, Mass. dau. of John and Mary (Ryder) [sic: Dorothy] Smith.

She was buried in ancient burying gorund in Barnstable, Barnstable, Mass. with monument now gone which had an inscription as follows: Here lyeth ye body of ye trully virtious and praise worthy Mrs. Mary Hinckley wife of Thomas Hinckley died July ye 29 1703 in ye 73 year of her age."

She was twice married ; first, in 1652, to Mr. Nathaniel Glover, of Dorchester, who died there in May, 1657, aged 27 years. She was married, second, to the Hon. Thomas Hinckley, of Barnstable (afterwards Governor of the Plymouth Colony for many years), March 2, 1659-60."

She had two children by Nathaniel Glover:

1. Ann Glover who married Jul 11, 1673 William Rawson and
2. Nathaniel Glover who married Hannah Hickley.

Mrs. Glover's friends were opposed to her marriage to Samuel (sic) Thomas) Hinckley,reasoning she had 2 children and he had 8 children. She is said to have been beautiful as well as the most accomplished and intelligent woman of the colony.

Thomas presented an Inventory of goods and estate of Mrs. Mary Glover wife of Mr. Nathan. Glover deceased on his marriage to Mary on 13:12mo. 1659. The court made a division of the estate Aug. 31, 1660; Mr. Habuckuck Glover and John Gurnell were appointed guardians of the children of said Nathaniel Glover."

H. Governor Thomas Hinckley W. Mary Smith m. 16 Mar 1659/60

Children

1. Admire Hinckley
2. Ebenezer Hinckley
3. Mercy Hinckley
4. Experience Hinckley
5. John Hinckley
6. Abigail Hinckley
7. Thankful Hinckley
8. Ebenezer Hinckley
9. Reliance Hinckley

1. L. H. Smith, Library of Cape Cod History and Genealogy (Early 20th century; 108 pamphlets), Pamphlet #77. "...2nd wife Mrs. Mary Glover...was a rare and gently woman at Barnstable she to the day of her death appeared and shone in ye eyes of all as ye lovelist and brightest woman for knowledge, beauty, wisdon, majesty, accomplishments and graces throughout the colony. At her death the Gov. wrote three pages of verses of her memory "Pity me O my friends and for one pray..."

Mary Smith, daughter of JOHN SMITH and MARY RYDER, on 16 Mar 1660 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts. Mary was born 16 Jul 1630 in Foxeth Park near Liverpool, , England or Lancashire, Dorchester,England. She died 29 Jul 1703 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts. married THOMAS HINCKLEY son of Samuel Hinckley and Sarah Soole was born in Hawkhurst, Kent, England and was christened 29 Mar 1619/1620 in Hawkhurst, Kent, England. He died 25 Apr 1705 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts and was buried in Great Marshes, , Massachusetts.

Thomas married (1) Mary Richards, daughter of Thomas Richards and Welthian Loring, on 4 Dec 1640 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts. Mary was born 1619 or 16 Nov. 1632 in Barnstable, Barnstable or Weymouth, , Massachusetts and was christened 16 Nov 1632 in Dorcester, Suffolk, Massachusetts. She died 24 Jun 1659 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts.

Thomas Hinckley married, first, Mary Richards in 1641, and second, in 1659, Mary (Smith) Glover. Children to the first wife are believed to be Mary (b. 1644), Sarah (b. 1646), Melatiah (b. 1648), Hannah (b. 1650), Samuel (1653-1698), Thomas (1654-1688), Bathshua/Bathsheba (b. 1657) and Mehitable (b. 1658), all born in Barnstable.

Children to the second wife Mary Glover / Hinckley (Smith) are thought to be Admire (b. & d. 1661), Ebenezer (b. & d. 1662), Mercy (b. 1663), Experience (b. 1664), John (1667-1706), Abigail (b.1669), Thankful (b. 1671), Ebenezer (b. 1673), and Reliance (1675-1759), all probably born in Barnstable. Gov. Hinckley died in 1706.

Thomas Hinckley married twice; first on December 6, 1641 to Mary Richards, and again to Mary Glover (nee Smith) on March 15, 1659. He may have had as many as 17 children; different sources disagree on the exact number. One of his children, Samuel Hinckley (whose mother was Mary Richards), was a direct ancestor of President George W. Bush and presidential candidate Barack Obama, as well as an ancestor of the former president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Gordon B. Hinckley.

References

1. HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF STONINGTON, County of New London, Connecticut, from its first settlement in 1649 to 1900, by Richard Anson Wheeler, New London, CT, 1900, p. 429
2. https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Mary_Smith_%288%29
3. https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:John_Smith_%28421%29
   1. "John Smith", in Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS, 1999-2011) 6:373-387. [Required reading for those interested in this person. This is a long entry because it attempts to sort out the often-wrong, definitely-confusing information that has been published by Quartermaster John Smith (particularly by Source:Noyes, Charles Phelps. Noyes-Gilman Ancestry).] John Smith, "Origin: unknown", b. by 1606, d. Dorchester 29 Apr 1678, m. (1) by 1631 Dorothy ---, m. (2) "late 1654" Katherine ---.