Early Hingham, Plymouth Co., MA, Records
Extracted from
New England Historical & Genealogical Register

Transcribed by Jane Devlin

Hingham, Plymouth Co., MA, First Settlers Vol 2, July, 1848, pgs. 250 - 252 The names of the first proprietors in Hingham, who drew their house-lots on the 18th Sept., 1635, from the Cove on the north side of the road to Fort hill, viz:-- James CADO Abraham MARTIN William NOTTER John OTIS Thomas LORING John STRONG David PHINNEY Thomas ANDREWS Joseph ANDREWS William WALTON Richard BETSTOME Thomas WAKELY William ARNALD Nicholas JACOB Edmund HOBART John SMART Edmund HOBART, Sen. Joshua HOBART Mr. Peter HOBART Richard OSBORNE George LANE George MARSH George LUDKIN Nicholas BAKER Nath'l BAKER Andrew LANE George BACHOR Thomas COLLIER Francis SMITH Many of the above named persons owned other pieces of land in the year 1635; and some others not mentioned above, viz:-- Thomas CHUBBUCK John PALMER Richard IBROOK William COTHERUM William COTHERILL Wid'w MARTAYNE John FEARING Nath'l PECK John TULKER [TUCKER?] Clement BATE Thomas GILL Names of persons to whom lands were granted by the town between the years 1635 & 1640, including those before named, viz:-- 1636 Nicholas LOBDIN 1636 Josiah COOPER 1636 Henry GIBBS 1636 Richard SANGER 1637 Thomas LINCORNE, cooper 1637 Thomas NICKOLS 1638 John STEVENS 1638 Stephen LINCORNE 1638 Jeremy MORSE 1638 Samuel PACKER 1638 Stephen GATES 1636 William BUCKLAND 1636 William HERSYE 1638 Thomas LINCORNE, husbandman 1636 John WINCHESTER 1636 Benjamin BOSWORTH 1637 John CUTTER 1636 William WALKER 1636 Adam MOTT 1636 Thomas HUBBARD 1638 John BEALS 1636 Jonas AUSTIN 1636 Ralph WOODWARD 1636 Jaruce GOULD 1636 Thomas LINCORNE, weaver 1636 Daniel FOXE 1636 Thomas JOHNSON 1636 Clement BATES 1636 George RUSSELL 1636 John FARROW 1636 Thomas LINCOLNE, Miller 1636 William LAYRE 1637 Aaron LUDKIN 1637 Thomas PAYNTER 1637 John LORD 1639 John PRINCE 1638 Robert PECK 1638 Mr. Joseph PECK 1637 Jonathan BOSWORTH 1638 John STODDER 1637 Henry TUTTILL 1637 Thomas CHAFFE 1637 William LUDKIN 1637 John TOWER 1636 William SPRAGUE 1637 Thomas SHAW 1637 Joseph PHIPPENY 1637 Thomas HILL 1637 Thomas BARNS 1637 Ralph SMITH 1638 Henry CHAMBERLIN 1638 Mathew CUSHING 1638 Thomas COOPER 1638 Henry CHAMBERLIN, shoemaker 1638 John SUTTON, Sen. 1639 Anthony HILLARD 1637 Thomas DIMOCK 1637 Thomas CLAP 1638 Thomas LAWRENCE 1638 Mr. Henry SMITH 1638 Mathew HAWKE 1638 Francis JAMES 1636 Phillip JAMES 1638 James BUCKE 1638 John FOULSHAM 1638 William RIPLEY 1638 Thomas THAXTER 1638 John THAXTER 1638 Stephen PAYNE 1638 John BENSON 1638 Widow WILDER 1637 Joseph UNDERWOOD 1637 Vincen DRUCE 1638 Bezowne ALLEN 1637 Samuel WARD 1637 Thomas UNDERWOOD 1637 Nicolas HODSDIN 1638 Thomas JOANES 1637 Robert JOANES 1837 Thomas HAMMOND 1639 Edmund PITTS Names of other persons not before mentioned who had lands granted fetween the years 1640 and 1692,, viz:-- 1669 Purthy McFARLIN 1647 Edward BURTON 1647 Widow COLLIER 1663 Moses COLLIER 1680 Samuel STOWELL 1647 Abraham JOSLIN 1656 John GARNET 1647 Thomas HUIT 1680 Nathan FARROW 1682 James BATE 1647 Nath'l BEALS 1657 James WHITON 1646 Stephen PAYNE 1684 Peter BARNS 1645 Mark EAMES 1665 Daniel CUSHING 1664 Mathew CUSHING 1639 Anthony HILLIARD 1655 John SMITH 1655 John RIPLEY 1690 Ephraim WILDER 1647 John LAZELL The above was copied from a copy of the Rev. Peter HOBART's Journal. Hingham, Plymouth Co., MA, Daniel CUSHING's Records of Settlers Vol 15, January 1861, pgs. 25 - 26 "A list of the names of such persons as came out of the town of Hingham and Towns adjacent in the County of Norfolk, in the Kingdom of England, into New England, and settled in Hingham, in New England, most of them as followeth:-- 1633. Imprimis, in the year of our Lord God 1633, Theophilus CUSHING came from Hingham in Norfolk, and lived several years at Mr. HAINS's (HAYNE's) farm and many years before he dyed he lived at Hingham, in New England, and there he dyed, being about 100 years old, and was blind about 25 years of the said time. 1633. Edmond HOBART, senior, came from said Hingham, with is wife and his son Joshua and his daughters Rebekah & Sarah and their servant Henry GIBBS, into New England, and settled first at Charlestown and after, the said Edmond HOBART and his son Joshua and Henry GIBBS settled in this Town of Hingham. Also Ralph SMITH came from Old Hingham and lived in this town. 1633. Also Nicholas JACOB with his wife and two children, and their cosen Thomas LINCOLN, weaver, came from Old Hingham and settled in this Hingham 1633. Also Thomas HOBART came from Windham, with is wife and three children and settled in Hingham. 1634. Thomas CHUBBUCK and his wife came and settled in this Hingham 1635. Mr. Peter HOBART, Minister of the Gospell, with his wife and 4 children, came to New England, and settled in this Hingham of Hingham, and was pastor of the Church __ years. 1635. Mr. Anthony COOPER with his wife and 4 sons and 4 daughters and 4 servants, came from Old Hingham, and settled in New Hingham 1635. John FARROW and his wife & child came from Old Hingham and settled in New Hingham 1635. William LARGE & hwf came and settled in New Hingham. Also George LUDKIN his wife and son. 1637. John TOWER and Samuel LINCOLN came from Old Hingham and both settled in New Hingham. Samuel LINCOLN living some time at Salem. 1638. Mr. Robert PECK preacher of the Gospell in the Town of Hingham, in the county of Norfolk, in Old England, with his wife and 2 children and two servants came over the sea and sittoh, and he was teacher of the Church. 1638. Mr. Joseph PECK and his wife with 3 sons and daughter, and 2 men servants and 3 maid servants came from Old Hingham and settled in New Hingham 1638. Edward GILLMAN, with his wife 3 sons and two daughters and three servants, came & settled in this Town of Hingham 1638. John FOULSHAM and his wife and two servants, came from Old Hingham and settled in New Hingham 1638. Henry CHAMBERLIN shoe maker his wife and his mother and two children came from Old Hingham and settled at New Hingham 1638. Steven GATES his wife and 2 childrend, came from Old Hingham and settled in New Hingham 1638. George KNIGHTS his wife and child came from Barrow and settled in New Hingham 1638. Thomas COOPER and his wife and two children and two servants and two other persons (viz:) John TUFTS and Robert SKOULING, came from Old Hingham, and thereabout, and settled in New Hingham 1638 Mathew CUSHING and his wife and 4 sons and one daughter, and his wife's sister Frances RICROFT, widow, came from Old Hingham and settled at New Hingham 1638. John BEALE, shoemaker, with his wife and 5 sons and 3 daughters and 2 servants, came from Old Hingham and settled at New Hingham 1638. Elizabeth SAYER and Mary SAYER came from Old Hingham and settled in New Hingham 1638. Francis JAMES and his wife and 2 servants (to witt) Thomas SUCKLIN and Richard BAXTER came from Old Hingham and settled in New Hingham 1638. Philip JAMES his wife and 4 children and two servants (viz) William PITTS & Edward MITCHELL came from Old Hingham and settled in New Hingham. Philip JAMES dyed soon after he came. 1638. James BUCK and his servant John MORFIELD, came from Old Hingham and settled in New Hingham 1638. Also in the same ship that the above named persons came in, came divers other persons out of several towns near to Old Hingham, (viz.) Steven PAINE with his wife and 3 sons 4 servants, came from Great ELLINGHAM and settled in New Hingham 1638. John SUTTON and his wife and four children came from Atleburraye, (Attleboro') and settled in New Hingham 1638. Steven LINCOLN and his wife and his son Steven, came from Windham, and settled in New Hingham 1638. Samuel PACKER and his wife and child came from Windham, and settled in New Hingham 1638. Thomas LINCOLN & Jeremiah MOORE came from Windham, and settled in New Hingham 1638. Mr. Henry SMITH and his wife and theree sons and two daughters, and three men servants and 2 maid servants, and Thomas MAYER came from Ha**en Hall in Norfolk and settled in New Hingham 1638. Mr. Bozone ALLEN and his wife and two servants came from Lynn, in Norfolk, and settled in New Hingham 1638. Mathew HAWK and his wife and his servant John FERRING, came from Cambridge in Old England, and settled in New Hingham. All the persons above named came over in the year 1638, were 133, came in one ship called the DILIGENT of Ipswich; the master was John MARTIN of said Ipswich. All before named that came before were 42 persons [for a total of 175]. All of them settled in this ** Town of Hingham. 1639. Edmond PITTS and his wife and child and his brother Leondard PITTS and Adam FOULSHAM, came from Old Hingham and settled in New Hingham. Frances RICROFT died a few weeks after she cmae, and Mr. Robert PECK his son Joseph and his maid went to England again in the year 1641 1638. William RIPLY and his wife and 2 sons and two daughters came from Old Hingham and settled in New Hingham 1635. John SMART and his wife and 2 sons, came out of Norfolk, in Old England, and settled in New Hingham 1637. Henry TUTTIL and his wife, and Isaac WRIGHT, came out of Norfolk, and settled in New Hingham 1637. William LUDKIN, the Smith, and his wife came from Norwich, and settled in New Hingham 1637. From *** in Norfolk came John CUTLER, and his wife 7 children one servant. All the persons that came from Norfolk in Old England in several years (viz:) beginning to come in the year 1633, until the year and in the year 1639, were 206. The most of them came from Old Hingham, and the rest of them from several other towns thereabout and settled in this town of New Hingham." Hingham, Plymouth Co., MA, Marriages by Rev. HOBART, 1638-1688 Vol 2, July, 1848, pgs. 252 - 255 Joshua HOBART & Ellen IBROOK at Cambridge, Mar 1638 John TOWER & Margaret IBROOK, Feb 1639 James BATE & Ruth LIFORD, Apr 1642 John SMITH & Sarah WOODMAN, May 1645 Daniel CUSHING & Lydiah GILMAN, Jun 1645 James WHITING & Mary BEAL, Dec 1647 Mathew BRIDGGES & Deborah CUSHING, May 1648 Richard BROWN & Elizabeth MARSH at Weymouth, Nov 1648 John THAXTER & Elizabeth JACOBS, Dec 1648 John LOW & Elizabeth STODDER, Feb 1649 John TUCKER & Widow NORTON, Jun 1649 Samuel STOWELL & Mary FARROW, Oct 1649 John LAZELL & Elizabeth GATES, Nov 1649 Jeremiah BEAL & Sarah RIPLEY at Boston, Nov 1652 Mathew CUSHING & Sarah JACOB, Feb 1653 Joseph JEWELL at Boston & Wid. ALLEN, late Capt. Bezoun ALLEN's wife, May 1653 Thomas MARSH & Sarah BEAL, Mar 1649 William RIPLEY & Wid. THAXTER, Sep 1654 Onisiphorns MARSH & Hannah CUTTER, Feb 1655 Joseph MORE & Ruth STAR at Boston, May 1656 Jeremiah FITCH at Boston & Sarah CHUBBUCK, Sep 1657 John TUCKER & Elizabeth HOBART at Boston, Mar 1658 John, @ Capt. Thomas ANDRUCE, & Patience NICHOLS, Sep 1658 John BEAL & Widow JACOB, Mar 1659 John LOBDELL & Hannah LEAVITT, Jul 1659 John LOW & Hannah LINCOLN, Sep 1659 Henry WARD & Remember FARROW, Feb 1660 Samuel PECK & Prudence CLAP at Dorchester, Feb 1660 Stephen LINCOLN & Elizabeth HAWKES, Feb 1660 John BEAL & Mary GILL, Nov 1660 Joseph CHURCH & Mary TUCKER, Dec 1660 Caleb HOBART & Mary ELIOT at Braintree, Apr 1662 Peter HOBART & Susanna, # Jacob ELIOT, at Boston, Dec 1662 Thomas LINCOLN & Mary CHUBBUCK, Feb 1663 Abraham HOLMAN & Sarah PITTS, Feb 1663 Humphrey WILSON & Judith HERSEY, Dec 1663 Nathaniel THOMAS & Deborah JACOB, Feb 1664 Joseph BRADFORD & Jael HOBART, May 1664 John LEAVITT & Bathsheba HOBART, Jun 1664 Joseph GRAFTON & Eliza BROWNE, Jul 1664 Return MANNING & Sarah HOBART, Dec 1664 John HUGH & Mary HOBART, Dec 1664 Caleb BEALE & Widow HEWITT's daughter, Dec 1664 Benj'a STUTSON of Scituate & Bethia HAWKES, Aug 1665 John STODDER & Hannah BRIANT, Dec 1665 James HERSEY & Mary FARROW, Dec 1665 Thomas HUMPHREY & George LANE's daugher, Dec 1665 John LONGLEY & Sarah GILL, Jan 1666 Joshua LINCOLN & Deborah HOBART, Apr 1666 Joseph BERSTON & Susanna LINCOLN, May 1666 Robert GREEN & Elizabeth NICOLS, Oct 1666 Samuel THAXTER & Abigail CHURCH, Dec 1666 Benjamin LINCOLN & Sarah FEARING, Feb 1667 Samuel STODDER & Elizabeth GILL, Feb 1667 Samuel JUDKIN & Elizabeth LEAVIT, Mar 1667 Purdy MAGVARLOW & Patience RUSSELL, Jul 1667 Joseph JOY & Mary PRINCE, Aug 1667 William ROBERTS, Boston, & Elizabeth TOWER, Oct 1667 Caleb CHURCH & Joanna SPRAGUE, Dec 1667 Samuel SHRIMPTON & Abial BROWN, Aug 1668 John CHUBBUCK & Martha BEAL, Dec 1668 Israel HOBART & Sarah WITHERELL, Jan 1669 Nathaniel CHUBBUCK & Wid. GARNET, Jun 1669 Samuel MASON & Judith SMITH, Jun 1670 Benjamin LORING & Mary HAWKES, Dec 1670 Josiah LANE & Deborah GILL, May 1671 Daniel HOWARD & Deborah PITT, May 1672 Thomas JEWITT & Susanna GILFORD, Oct 1672 John BULL & Mary PITT, Nov 1672 Samuel INGGS & Mary BEAL, Feb 1673 Thomas GILL & Susanna WILSON, Dec 1673 Thomas JOANES & Elizabeth PITT, Dec 1673 Samuel HOBART & Hannah GOLD, Feb 1674 John HOBART & Hannah BURR, Apr 1674 Nathaniel FOULSHAM & Hannah FAXON, Jun 1674 John LANE & Mehitable ___, Jun 1674 Thomas BACON & Christian BEALE, Nov 1674 William SPRAGUE & Deborah LANE, Dec 1674 Francis BARKER & Mary LINCOLN, Jan 1675 Dr. CUTTER & Mary COWELL, Jan 1675 Thomas MARSH & Sarah LINCOLN, May 1675 Simon GROCE & Mary BOND of Boston, Oct 1675 Robert WILLIAMS of Roxbury & Wid. FERING, Nov 1675 Arthur CAONE & Sarah GOLD, Nov 1675 Note: Groton burnt, 13 Mar 1676 Marlborough burnt, 26 Mar 1676 Rehoboth assulted, 28 Mar 1676 Sudbury burnt & Capt. WADSWORTH & Capt. BROCLEBANK slain, 18 Apr 1676 John Jacob slain by the Indians near his father house - the same day, about the same time Sergeant PRATT of Weymuth was slain, 19 Apr 1676 Joseph JOANES & Anthony SPRAGUE's house burnt. Also Israel HOBARTS, Nath'l CHUBBUCKS & James WHITON's houses burnt to the ground by Indians, 20 Apr 1676 Henoch [perhaps Enoch] HOBART & Hannah HARRIS, Aug 1676 Josiah LEAVITT & Margaret JOHNSON, Oct 1676 John FERING & Hannah BEAL at Boston, Dec 1676 Israel LEAVITT & Lidia JACKSON at Plymouth, Jan 1677 Paul GILFORD & Susanna PULLEN, Feb 1677 John RECORD & Hannah HOBART, Jul 1677 Daniel HOBART at Boston & Elizabeth WARREN, Oct 1677 Joseph BASET & Martha HOBART, Oct 1677 Daniel LINCOLN & Elizabeth LINCOLN, Jan 1678 Benj'a EASTMAN & Anna JOY, Apr 1678 Nehemiah CLAP & Sarah LEVITT, Apr 1678 Samuel THAXTER & Deborah LINCOLN, Jun 1678 James HAWKES & Sarah JACOB, Jul 1678 William KING & Deborah PRINCE, Jul 1678 Mr. John NORTON & Mary MASON at Boston, Nov 1678 Jacob BEAL & Mary BEAL, Jan 1679 Thus far appears to have been recorded by the Rev. Peter HOBART, and as the record says, afterwards continued by his son, David HOBART. The Rev. Peter HOBART d. 20 Jan 1679, and was buried on the 23d in the 75th year of his age, being 53 years a laborer in the work of the ministry; about 43 years at Hingham. Peter BARNS & Ann CANTERBURY, Jul 1679 Note: A great fire in Boston wherein were burnt 77 dwelling houses and 35 ware houses, Aug 1679 John LOW & Ruth JOY, Sep 1679 Daniel MASON & Rebecca HOBART, Oct 1679 John LANE & Sarah BEALE, Jan 1680 John SMITH & Dea. PARKER's daughter, Apr 1680 Daniel CUSHING & Elizabeth THAXTER, Dec 1680 My Father [in law] Edmund QUINCY & Mrs. ELIOT at Cambridge, Dec 1680 John MAYO & Hannah FREEMAN, Apr 1681 James RAY & Wid. HEWETT, Jan 1682 Ephraim MARSH & Elizabeth LINCOLN, Jan 1682 Benjamin BATE & Mary LEAVITT at New London, Oct 1682 John LEWIS & Hannah LINCOLN, Nov 1682 Joshua RIPLEY & Hannah BRADFORD at Plymouth, Nov 1682 John OTIS & Grace BACON at Barnstable, Jul 1683 John STOWELL & Mary BEAL, Sep 1683 Joseph LORING & Hannah LEAVITT, Oct 1683 Nathan FARROW & Mary GARNET, Dec 1683 Joseph BATE & Mary LINCOLN, Jan 1684 Caleb LINCOLN & Ruth BATE, May 1684 Goodman JENKINS & Wid. RIPLEY, Jun 1684 Mathew CUSHING & Jael JACOB, Dec 1684 Thomas LINCOLN & Sarah LEWIS, Dec 1684 Samuel GILL & Ruth LINCOLN, Jan 1685 Samuel STOWELL & Rachel GILL, Jan 1685 Peter CUSHING & Hannah HAWKES, Jun 1685 James GARNET & Elizabeth WARD, Jun 1685 John (son of Capt. Thomas ANDREWS) & Patience NICHOLS, Dec 1685 Isaac LAZELL & Abigail LEAVITT, Jan 1686 Mr. WOODBRIDGE & Deborah TOTTON, Aug 1686 John HUNT & Ruth QUINCY, Oct 1686 Jonathan MAY & Sarah LONGLE, Nov 1686 Benjamin JOANES & Susanna BEAL, Dec 1686 Enoch WHITING & Mary LINCOLN, Jan 1687 Nathaniel NICHOLS & Sarah LINCOLN, Mar 1687 Daniel LINCOLN & Sarah NICHOLS, Apr 1687 Samuel LINCOLN & Deborah HERSEY, Apr 1687 Elisha TURNER & Elizabeth JACOB, Jun 1687 Stephen GARNET & Sarah WARREN, Dec 1687 Ambrose LOW & Ruth ANDREWS, Feb 1688 Thomas REMINGTON & Remember STOWELL, Mar 1688