First Settlers of Hingham
Communicated by Andrew H. Ward, Esq.,
Extracted from
New England Historical & Genealogical Register
Vol 2, p 250 to 252
July 1848

[Transcribed by Jane Devlin]

[Note:-- Hingham Massachusetts was part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and Suffolk County from its settlement until 1803. It was never in the Colony of New Plymouth and did not become a part of Plymouth County until 1803. - courtesy of Betty Miessner] Names of the first proprietors in Hingham, who drew thier house-lots on 18 Sep 1635, from the Cove on the north side of the road to Fort hill, viz:-- James CADE Abraham MARTIN William NOTTER John OTIS Thomas LORING John STRONG David PHINNEY Thomas ANDREWS Joseph ANDREWS William WALTON Richard BETSTOME Thomas WAKLEY William ARNALL 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 COTHCRILL Wid'w MARTAYNE John FEARING Nath'l PECK John TULKER (TUCKER?) Clement BATE Thomas HILL 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, Jarnce GOULD 1636, Thomas LINCORNE, weaver 1636, Daniel FOXE 1636, Thomas JOHNSON 1636, Clement BATES 1636, George RUSSELL 1636, John FARROW 1636, Thomas LINCORN, miller 1636, William LAYRE 1637, Aaron LUDKIN 1637, Thomas PAYNFER 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 HILLIARD 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 DRUEE 1638, Bezowne ALLEN 1637, Samuel WARD 1637, Thomas UNDERWOOD 1637, Nicolas HODSDIN 1638, Thomas JOANES 1637, Robert JOANES 1637, Thomas HAMMOND 1639, Edmund PITTS Names of other persons not before mentioned who had lands granted between the years of 1640 & 1692, viz:-- 1669, Purthy McFARLIN 1647, Edward BURTON 1647, Widow COLLIER 1663, Moses COLLIER 1680, Samuel STOWELL 1647, Abraham JOALIN 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 from which the following is also extracted. "Mr. Peter HOBART was born in England at or near Hingham in the County of Norfolk the latter end of the year 1604. He was educated at the University of Cambridge, was employed at different places as a preacher of the Gospel; the last place of his residence in England was the town of Haverhill; his parents and brothers & sisters had, to his great affliction, embarked for New England. Some time after this, owing to the persecutions in England, he also resolved to remove to New England. Accordingly in the summer of 1635, he embarked with his wife and four children, and after a tedious voyage and constant sickness, he arrived at Charlestown, on the 8th of June, where he found his relations, who had safely arrived before him. Several towns now adressed him to become their minister -- but he chose with his fathers family, and some other christians, to form a new plantation, which they called Hingham, and there gathered a church. He continued a faithful Minister for about 13 years Soon after his arrival in New England, his wife died -- he married again and had a number of children. About eight weeks before his death, he assisted in the ordination of the Rev'd Mr. NORTON, his successor." This account of Rev. Mr. HOBART was probably entered in the journal by his son, David HOBART, who continued it for many years, and after him, others, in like manner, in which the Rev. Mr. HOBART kept it. It consists of a record of baptisms, marriages & deaths, beginning in 1637, and brought down to 1847. The following appears to have been the first entry made by Mr. HOBART in his journal: "Jun 8, 1635 -- I, with my wife and four children came safely to New England June 8, 1635 -- forever praised be the God of Heaven, my God and my King."