Mary Robbins

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Mary (Hinckley) Robbins (bef. 1631 - aft. 1662)

Mary Robbins formerly Hinckley
Born before 18 Sep 1631 in Tenterden, Kent, Englandmap
ANCESTORS ancestors
Daughter of Samuel Hinckley Sr and Sarah (Soole) Hinckley
Sister of Thomas Hinckley, John Hinckley, Susannah (Hinckley) Smith, Marie Hinckley, Sarah (Hinckley) Cobb, Elizabeth Hinckley, John Hinckley, Elizabeth (Hinckley) Parker, Samuel Hinckley, Samuel Hinckley, Unknown Hinckley, Unnamed Infant Hinckley, Unnamed Infant Hinckley, Samuel Hinckley and John Hinckley
Wife of Nathaniel Robbins — married about 1652 in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, British Americamap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Mother of John Robbins
Died after Oct 1662 after age 31 in Massachusettsmap
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The Puritan Great Migration.
Mary (Hinckley) Robbins migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).
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1 Disputed Associations
2 Biography
2.1 Research Notes
3 Sources
3.1 Acknowledgments
Disputed Associations

A previous version of this profile reported Mary' had married James Houghton. This relationship was severed. See Research Notes.

In about 2014, a 1641 marriage to Nathaniel Robbins was reported on Mary's profile (later changed to 1652). This relationship has been identified as problematic and will be reviewed. See Research Notes.

Biography

Mary Hinckley was baptized Tenterden, Kent, England, 18 September 1631.[1][2][3] She was the daughter of Samuel Hinckley and his first wife, Sarah Soole.[4]

Mary Hinckley immigrated to Plymouth Colony aboard the Hercules in 1635, with her parents, two sisters and "Elzab a kinswoman."[5][6]

Mary was living on 08 October 1662 when she was named in the will of her father.[7][8]

Research Notes

Houghton-Hinckley union. In 2003, Robert Charles Anderson wrote,, "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."[9]

Robbins-Hinckley union. A marriage to Nathaniel Robbins (initially in 1641, then revised to 1652) came to appear on her profile. No such union was found in the works consulted by Torrey, and he did not report a Hinckley marriage for Nathaniel Robbins.[10] The source for this union appears to be a 1917 work, The Robbins Family of Cape Cod, referring to earlier work of Mr. I. Gilbert Robbins of Boston.[11] Initial passage in this material concerns quest for ancestry of John Robbins. Article author writes, "As to the probably ancestry of John, a careful study of all available early records eliminates al of the various Robbins families except the following ..." About the first of his two options he then adds,

Mr. I. Gilbert Robbins in his manuscript refers to one Nathanial Robbins, who married in Barnstable in 1641 Mary Hinckley, daughter of the first Samuel of that name. Mr. Robbins assumes that John might have been a child of this marriage ...
Samuel Hinckley's daughter Mary, baptized 1631, would have been too young to be a bride of Nathaniel Robbins in 1641.

Stewart-Hinckley union. A marriage to Daniel Stewart has also been proposed, saying "If she was married to Daniel Stewart, it would have been around 1662." See the G2G discussion, "Did Mary Hinckley (b. 1631) marry Daniel Stewart?" Daniel died 1703 at Edgartown, Massachusetts, leaving with Mary (_____) Stewart as his widow. An article published in 1938 proposes his wife was Mary Vincent. See George Edson, "Old Manuscript may reveal Valuable Secret,"[12] in which he writes,

Arthur G. Burt [address withheld], Whitman, Mass. has made, we believe, a wonderful discovery, which may throw a gleam of light on several lines of New England Stewarts. It apparently refers to James Steward, who came from England in 1621 in the Fortune ... and of whom little is known. In an old book Mr. Burt found two sheets of paper of considerable age. From one sheet he skillfully read:
John Vincent's children five. John married the Hammatt girl ... [see source for more detail]
The other sheet, perhaps in a different handwriting, read:
Daniel Chuat married Mary Vincent, 1648. Boy John married Mary Foster's daughter Margaret.[13] Mary's grandmother was James' daughter.[14] He came in the ship after the Mayflower.[15] The others came after. Zachary's boy went to Plymouth may ... They say the black book is still at Nantucket where they hid it. Deacon Mantur's boy had a dream about it.
Mr Burt for a long time regarded the writing as [not significant] ... [but] occurred to him that the name Chuat was a variant of Stuart .... [see source for more detail]
Sources

↑ Citing "NEHGR 65:315" (baptism), Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume III, G-H (2003), 334; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
↑ Elizabeth French, "Hinckley Entries in the Parish Registers and Bishop's Transcripts ...," in "Genealogical Research in England," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 65 (1911):315-317; digital images, Hathi Trust. Note: See comments by French about the condition of the registers and transcripts, p. 314n and 316n.
↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"; database, FamilySearch, Marie Hinckley, Marie Hinckley; citing Tenterden, Kent, England, reference Dcb/Bti/237/30; FHL microfilm 1,737,094.
↑ Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume III, G-H (2003), 331; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
↑ 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.
↑ Eben Putnam, "Two Early Passenger lists, 1635-1637," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 75 (1921):219 (passenger list), 225 (sketch); digital images, GoogleBooks.
↑ 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."
↑ Samuel Hinckley's 1662 Will
↑ Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume III, G-H (2003), 334; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
↑ New England Marriages to 1700 (2015), multiple vols., 2:1281; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors; one Nathaniel married 4 August 1669 to Mary Brasier; one Nathaniel married by 1686 to Hannah Chandler. One Nathaniel Robinson m. 1655, Damaris _____.
↑ H. N. Lately, The Robbins Family of Cape Cod (Yarmouthport, Mass.: C. W. Swift, 1917), pp. 1-2; digital images, InternetArchive.
↑ George Edson, "Old Manuscript may reveal Valuable Secret," Stewart Clan Magazine, 15 (, 9; March 1938):303; digital images, FamilySearchBooks.
↑ Separately annotated, "This is getting close to home. Our Daniel Stewart had a son John Stewart who married a Margaret. Mrs. Leavitt didn't find Mary Foster's marriage in the Salem town records; it probably antedated the extant records," see Gerald Lowell, "Daniel Stewart" family file; web content, Connected Bloodlines.
↑ Separately annotated, "This may indicate that Mary Vincent was the granddaughter of Thomas Vincent, ["above," see source for details], and his wife James' daughter," see Gerald Lowell, "Daniel Stewart" family file; web content, Connected Bloodlines.
↑ Separately annotated, "This would precisely describe the James Steward who we know arrived on the ship Fortune on Nov. 11, 1621," see Gerald Lowell, "Daniel Stewart" family file; web content, Connected Bloodlines.
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