Rev. Henry Flint

Rev. Henry Flynt graduated in 1634/35 from Jesus College, Cambridge, A.B; A.M. 1638. He emigrated on 2 February 1635/36 to New England from Matlock, Derbyshire.

He was ordained Teacher, as colleague to Mr. Thompson, Pastor of Braintree Church, 17 March 1639/40 and remained there until his death. He was Preacher to the Artillery Company, Boston, in 1657. His epitaph says, "He had the character of a gentleman remarkable for his piety, learning, wisdom and fidelity in office." He married Margery Hoar, daughter of Charles Hoar and Joanna Hincksman, on 17 March 1640 in Braintree, Massachusetts. Rev. Henry Flynt was ordained on 17 March 1639/40 at Braintree.He died on 27 April 1668 in Braintree, Massachusetts.

General Notes: Rev. Henry was living in Braintree, Massachusetts (New England) as early as 1635 - as one of the first pioneer settlers of the area.

Research Notes: To Do: Check the book "Flint family history of the adventuresome seven" (1984) by E.F. Flint.

Other notes:

A memorial tablet (located in the Hancock Cemetery, Braintree, Massachusetts) - bears the following inscription:

"Here Lyes interred ye Body of ye Revd. Mr. Henry Flynt

Who came to New England in ye year 1635, was

Ordained ye first Teacher of ye Church of Braintry

1639 and died April 27th, 1668. He had ye

Character of a Gentleman, Remarkable for his

Piety, Learning, Wisdom, & Fidelity in his Office.

By him on his right hand lyes the body of Margery,

his beloved consort, Who Died March 1686-7, her

maiden name was Hoar. She was a Gentlewoman

of Piety, Prudence, & peculiarly accompanied

for instructing young Gentlewomen, many being

sent to her from other Towns, especially from Boston.

They descended from antient and good familys in England."

The ten children born to Henry and Margery Flynt as recorded in Braintree Records were:-

DOROTHY, b. 21. 5 mo. 1642; married Samuel Shephard, 1666.

ANNAH, b. 11. 7 mo. 1643; married John Dassett, 1662.

JOSIAH, b. 24. 6 mo. 1645; married Esther Willet.

MARGARETT, b. 20. 4 mo. 1647; died 29, 6 mo. 1648.

JOANNA, b. 18. 12 mo. 1648; married Noah Newman 1669.

DAVID, b. 11. 11 mo. 1651; died 21. 1 mo. 1652.

SETH, b. 2. 2 mo. 1653.

RUTH, b. 31. 11 mo. 1654.

10. COTTON and JOHN, b. 16. 7 mo. 1656; died 20. 9 mo. 1656.

Mr. Flynt accumulated considerable property for a country clergyman. The eldest son Josiah, was graduated at Harvard College in 1664, and was ordained the successor of Rev. Richard Mather at Dorchester December 27, 1671. He died at the early age of thirty-five years, September 16, 1680. His wife was Esther, daughter of Captain Thomas Willett, first mayor of New York city. Of her four children one was the noted bachelor Tutor Flynt who served Harvard College for the unexampled term of fifty-five years - 1699 - 1754 - and died in 1760. Her daughter Dorothy married Edmond Quincy, May 11, 1678, and thus the Quincy family derives descent from Joanna Hincksman Hoare through both of her daughters, Joanna and Margery. Mrs. Dorothy Flynt Quincy died in 1737. The house in which she lived, built by Colonel Edmond Quincy in 1685, still stands, a characteristic example of domestic colonial architecture. Among the more famous of her numerous descendants are those members of the Holmes, Wendell, Jackson, Lowell and Quincy families whose names are household words in Massachusetts, and also Gen. Terry, the hero of Fort Fisher.