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John Hinton (abt. 1673 - 1731)

Colonel John Hinton
Born about in Englandmap
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Husband of — married about 1703 (to Jun 1731) in North Carolinamap
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Died at about age 58 in Chowan, North Carolinamap
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John Hinton was a North Carolina colonist.

John Hinton was born about 1673 in England, [See below on parents]. Mary Hardy was born in Virginia, the daughter of John Hardy and Charity O'Dyer.

In 1703, Henry Hill proved his rights for importation of John Hinton, William Hinton and William' wife, Elizabeth. John settled in "Chowan Precinct", North Carolina. [1] Before 1710 John purchased 126 acres from Nicholas Stallings on "southside of Bennett's Creek". 17 April 1716, again a patent of 500 acres to John Hinton is recorded. In 1722 he petitioned for 350 acres on Bennett's Creek, and a patent for the same. He was Overseer of highways in 1725. Of him, Dr. Groves wrote in his Allstons of North and South Carolina:

"Col. John Hinton, a man of prominence, wealth and widely spread connections with many of the most influential families in the colony."

He is traditionally called "Colonel", but just how he acquired this military title is not known.

In Colonel John Hinton's Will, probated the 25th of April, 1732, he mentioned his wife, Mary, his well beloved son, Hardy, and well beloved brother, William Hinton, who was the overseer and trustee for his four sons. They were the parents of four sons and seven daughters. Mary survived him and married Thomas Holliday in 1742.[2][3]In his will he bequeathed 650 acres, 20 cows, 20 calves, 16 pigs, 3 horses, 50 lbs. silver, 4 slaves, 3 guns, tools, and various other goods, his daughter Ann was mentioned separately from her younger sisters.

Will

In the name of God Amen. June the twenty one day 1730. I John Hinton of the county of Albermarle and precinct of Chowan North Carolina being very sick and weak in body but of sound and perfect memory, blessed by Almighty God for it and calling to remembrance the uncertain estate of this transitory life and that all flesh must yield unto death when it shall please God to call, I do make and devise and declare this my last will and testament in manner and form following, (that is to say) first being penitent and sorry from the bottom of my heart for all my sins past, humbly beg my pardon for the same. I commit my soul to Almighty God that gave it and in sure and certain hope of the resurrection at the last day by Jesus Christ, and my body to be buried in such decent manner as shall please my executors hereafter named, I appoint and second by making will and word by their presents all forms, will or wills, testament or testaments by me heretofore made or declared whether by word or writing, and this to be taken for my last will and testament and none other, and hereby my will and pleasure is that all such debts that I owe in right or conscience to any person or persons whatsoever be fully---and paid in convenient time after my decease by my executors hereafter named and now as touching such worldly estate as it has pleased God to far beyond my deserts to bestow upon me I give and dispose of the same in manner and form following.

Item. I give and bequeath unto my well beloved son Hardy Hinton my plantation by the honey pott swamp with two hundred acres of land more or less adjoining to it beginning at a cypress stump where I formerly got boards and running thence across to Francis Pughs road and then along the road to the head line and then to the first station and I also give to my aforesaid son my negro boy called Guy and five cows and five calves and four sows and pigs all to be delivered to him when he comes to the age of eighteen years old and also ten pound silver money of Virginia and also the horse that is commonly called his horse and also my long gun. All and every of the articles above written I say to him and his heirs forever.

Item: I give devise and bequeath unto my well beloved son John Hinton one hundred and fifty acres of land more or less beginning at the cypress stump above mentioned and running thence down the honey pott swamp to the white pott branch and then up the said branch to the head line and so joining upon his brothers land before mentioned to the first station and I also give my aforesaid son John Hinton my negro boy called Mingo and five cows and five calves and four sows and pigs all and every of the above articles to be delivered to him when he comes to the age of eighteen years old and also my old gun and fifteen pound silver money of Virginia. All and every of the above articles above mentioned I say to him and his heirs forever.

Item: I give and bequeath to my well beloved son William Hinton all the remainder part of my land before mentioned lying on the east side of the honey pott and white pott swamps be it one hundred and fifty acres more or less and I also give my aforementioned son William Hinton my Negro girl called Jeney and five cows and five calves and four sows and pigs and a young horse of two or three years old and my---gun, all and every of the articles above written to be delivered to him when he comes to the age of eighteen years old and also fifteen pound silver money of Virginia. All and every of the articles aforementioned I say to him and his heirs for ever.

Item: I give and bequeath to my well beloved son Mallacie Hinton the plantation whereon I now live with the land belonging to it and also my negro girl called Dinah and five cows and five calves and four sows and pigs and ten pound current silver money of Virginia. All and every of the articles above mentioned to be delivered to him when he comes to the age of eighteen years old and I say to him and his heirs for ever.

Item: I give and bequeath unto my well beloved sons Hardey, John, William and Mallacie Hinton all my tools belonging to the carpenters, coopers, and shoemakers trades to be equally divided amongst the four sons before mentioned and my will and pleasure is that my son John Hinton have a young horse of about two or three years old delivered to him when he receives the cattle and other estate before mentioned and then I say to him and them their heirs for ever.

ITEM: I GIVE AND BEQUEATH UNTO MY WELL BELOVED DAUGHTER ANN HINTON ONE FEATHER BED WITH ONE RUG, ONE BLANKET AND ONE PAIR OF COARSE SHEETS WITH THE REST THAT SHE HATH ALL READY RECEIVED AND I SAY TO HER AND HER HEIRS FOR EVER.

Item: I leave my well beloved wife Mary Hinton the use of all the rest of my personal estate during the time of her widowhood and at the change of her condition either by death or marriage which shall first happen to be equally divided between my children, (to wit) Mary, Judith, Racheall, Rose, Sarah, Charrity, Hardy, John, William and Mallacie Hinton and my will and pleasure is that if the change should happen by marriage that my wife shall have an equal part with my children before mentioned and so I say to them and their heirs forever.

Lastly, I nominate appoint and ordain my well beloved wife Mary Hinton and my well beloved son Hardie Hinton and my trusty and well beloved brother William Hinton to be my whole and sole executors to see this my last will and testament duly executed according to law and further my will and pleasure is that my well beloved brother William Hinton be an overseer and trustee over my sons before mentioned. In witness thereof I have hereunto set my hand and fixt my seal the day and year first written. John Hinton [Seal]

The above will was proved in open court by the oaths of Joseph Ashley Jun and Thomas Rountree. Chowan Precinct Oct Court 1732[4][5]

Disputed Parents

John Hinton's parents have been given as Sir James Hinton and Sarah Whitt, (this couple were married in 1681). The baptismal records for this couple does show they have sons named John and William, but the baptismal record for William shows he would have been only nine years old in 1703. The emigrant Hinton's were adults in 1703, and William had a wife. Also, 1715 records show two John Hinton's alive at the same time, one in Virginia and one in North Carolina. Forrest King poses that the Virginia John seems more likely to be from a rich educated family, while the North Carolina John appears to have had someone else pay for his transportation into North Carolina, and that he wasn't as wealthy as the Virginia Hinton.

Note 1: See the Forrest King article below.
Note 2: Gary Boyd Roberts, on p. Iv, of 600 Immigrants: Appendix II to the Introduction: "Immigrants with CAVEATS," some aspect of whose royal descent merits further investigation: #9. John Hinton of N.C. (p171). Note: On 12 October 2018, this reply was given by James Stratman concerning the above entry on G2G: I know Gary Boyd Roberts removed John Hinton of Chatham, North Carolina from his list. in his latest update for"The Royal Descents of 900 Immigrants to the American Colonies, Quebec, or the United States..[6]
Note 3: Although mainly about his son, Col. John Hinton II of Wake Co. NC, this 1915 article by Mary Hilliard Hinton discusses John Hinton I and their English connection, so may be of some interest. Yet, it shows no proof that Col. John Hinton and William Hinton were members of that family.[7]

Article by Forrest King

  • The Hintons are another family where a genealogist has connected our ancestor to one of the noble class in England. This published genealogy has John Hinton as a grandson of Sir John Hinton of Wiltshire County, England, one of the owners of the Virginia Company. The theory states that three of Sir John’s grandchildren (supposedly including our John) migrated to Virginia before 1700 and bought land. Eventually, all three grandchildren moved to North Carolina.
  • By 1715, the name John Hinton is showing up on both sides of the Virginia-North Carolina border at the same time. The Virginia John Hinton (even if he were a grandson of Sir John Hinton) can be differentiated easily from the North Carolina John Hinton. The Virginia John was a good-sized landowner who owned land in Nansemond County up into the 1720s. The North Carolina John (our ancestor) had his transportation expenses to the colonies paid for by another individual, indicating that he probably did not have much wealth. John of North Carolina has a brother William whose passage was also paid for by the same individual previously mentioned.
  • John Hinton was born about 1673 probably in England and married Mary Hardy after his immigration to North Carolina. He showed up first as a juror in 1715. He was able to accumulate a little land during his brief lifetime (Map B Number 5). He attained the rank of colonel in the local militia. He was also a justice of the peace in Chowan County in 1725. He was primarily a farmer, but he also had carpentry and cooper skills. He died about 1732. His wife Mary married Thomas Holiday and had children by that marriage who relocated to Connecticut. His daughter Ann Nancy married Solomon Alston. [8]

Sources

  1. Chowen Co NC Records, NC Hist. & Gen Reg. 2-305
  2. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/123105637/colonel-john-hinton
  3. https://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ldshistorical&id=I330012
  4. Probate Records:"North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VX9F-V3S : 13 March 2018), John Hinton, 1733; citing Chowan, North Carolina, United States, State Archives, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,750,256.
  5. Will of John Hinton on Forum: https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/hinton/2569/
  6. https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/699918/doctoring-royalty
  7. Mary Hilliard Hinton, “Colonel John Hinton,” The North Carolina Booklet, April 1915, Vol. XIV, No. 4: 225-236. https://archive.org/details/northcarolinaboo1914nort/page/n237.
  8. Ancestors of Frank Pierce Davis and Mary Hinton Duke: Researcher: Forrest King, http://www.ncgenweb.us/ncwarren/fam-hist/davis-duke.htm




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The original Will of John Hinton is available digitally on both familysearch.org [North Carolina, Secty of State Original Wills "Hill, George-Madren, Richard;" file for "John Hinton 1732"; FHL#007640348, image 55-56 of 1938] and ancestry.com [incorrectly indexed as being in Northampton County, North Carolina.]
posted by K. Hartmann
Has anyone done further research on the connection to James Hinton and Sir John? The various disputes over parents usually mention that there was another John Hinton in VA but yet no docs back that up. I have found no info on any other John Hinton around the same age in VA. Some say that is 1715 there were two johns on both sides of the border but dont back that up with documentation. They claim that the VA john was wealthy and this John was not yet all accounts including land records indicate that he was a prominent person and purchased land.
posted by Jason Hartgraves
The James Hinton that is connected to Sir John, had sons William and John, but their baptismal records show they were much younger then the William and John Hinton who came to North Carolina. The William Hinton who arrived in North Carolina was married with his wife traveling with them. The sons of James Hinton were still boys living with their parents in that same time period.
posted by Pam Kreutzer
After looking at what Forrest King wrote, and that Gary Boyd Roberts removed John Hinton of NC from his 2018 edition of The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants.... Plus, the baptismal records from James Hinton and Sarah Whitt, showing that son William would have only been nine years old in 1703. I'm going to remove John and William Hinton from their disputed parents and make a profile for an Unknown Hinton as their father. The documentation isn't there to keep them attached to James Hinton and Sarah Whitt.
posted by Pam Kreutzer
There seems to be a conflict with his parents. According to the Forrest King article (who believes there were two John Hinton's one in Virginia and one in North Carolina) and the fact that Gary B. Roberts also wrote that he needs more research concerning his roots, his parents should be marked as uncertain. There is conflict with his year of birth also, the son of James Hinton has a year of birth of 1683, but the John Hinton of this profile had to have been born by 1673 as per Forrest King's article.
posted by Pam Kreutzer
daughters Rose & Sarah are missing *excerpt from will* "Mary, Judith, Racheall, Rose, Sarah, Charrity, Hardy, John, William and Mallacie" There should be 10 children
posted by Debra (Downs) Allison
edited by Debra (Downs) Allison
Their names are included in the will after the paragraph concerning sister Ann Hinton's inheritance.
posted by Pam Kreutzer
Please use the traditional numbering system.

Starting with II confuses the line of Johns further down, where they are well documented in Wake Co. NC. Thank you.

His grandfather was John Hinton
posted by Jeff Gray
How can he be John Hinton II if his father is James?
posted by Karen Brubaker
I'm going to clean up the wife situation, he was married to Mary Hardy, all his children were from her.
posted by Pam Kreutzer
Hinton-1461 and Hinton-190 appear to represent the same person because: obvious
posted by [Living Winter]
Hinton-1045 and Hinton-190 appear to represent the same person because: Same birth, death, spouse. Clear match.
posted by Timothy Laird
Hinton-191 and Hinton-190 appear to represent the same person because: same name, birth, death dates
posted by Timothy Laird

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