John Huckins (1649 - 1678)

Born 2 Aug 1649 in Barnstable, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Hope (Chipman) Cobb — married 10 Aug 1670 in Barnstable, Plymouth Colony

Descendants

Died 10 Nov 1678 at age 29 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

John Huckins was born 2 Aug 1649 at Barnstable, Massachusetts. ^[1] He was the son of Thomas Huckins and Rose Tilley.

On 10 Aug 1670 John married Hope Chipman, daughter of John Chipman and Hope Howland.^[2] She was born 31 Aug 1652 at Barnstable, died at Middleboro, Massachusetts on 25 or 26 Jul 1728,^[3] and was buried in Cobb Lot, Middleboro.

John died in Barnstable 10 Nov 1678; he was 29.^[2][4]

His inventory was taken on 27 December 1678 at his house in Barnstable. It included cooper tools. Hope, his widow made her oath to the truth of the inventory on 3 March 1678.^[5]

A settlement of his estate between Hope, the children, and Elder John Chipman and Thomas Huckings was approved by the court on 7 March 1678/79.^[6]

Children of John Huckins and Hope Chipman

Children of John and Hope were:^[2]

1. Elizabeth Huckins, b. 1 Oct 1671
2. Mary Huckins, b. 3 Apr 1673; d. 16 Nov 1743 at Chilmark, Martha’s Vineyard
3. Experience Huckins, b. 4 Jun 1675
4. Hope Huckins, b. 10 May 1677, d. 7 Dec 1782 at Middleboro
5. Mehitable Huckins, b. ca. 1679.

Sources

1. ↑ MA Births http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Barnstable/Barnstable/BirthsH.html
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Pane Joyce Genealogy : Family of Hope Howland (1864) & Eld. John Chipman Hope Chipman & John Huckins
3. ↑ Lainhart, Ann Smith, Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Volume 23, Part 1, Family of John Howland, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA., 2004
4. ↑ MA Deaths - http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Barnstable/Barnstable/DeathsH.html
5. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-V3FS : 14 March 2023), Wills 1633-1686 vol 1-4 > image 481 of 616; State Archives, Boston.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-V3V9 : 14 March 2023), Wills 1633-1686 vol 1-4 > image 482 of 616; State Archives, Boston.

• Chipman, Bert Lee. The Chipman Family, a genealogy of the Chipmans in America, 1631-1920. Bert L. Chipman, Publisher. Winston-Salem, N.C. 1920. pg. 14
• Amis Otis, Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families, F.B & F. Barnstable, Mass, 1888-90 (republished Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1979). p160 - 161
• Plymouth Colony Records on line at Americanancestors.org, [volume?] p714
• Published Vital Records of Barnstable, Massachusetts on line at Americanancestors.org
• Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume One, Carl Boyer, 3rd; Santa Clarita, California 1998; Published in cooperation with the New England Historic genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts. p. 120
• Source: "History of Martha's Vineyard" by BANKS, v.III, 1966

Acknowlegements

• Thank you to Berto Blaesi for starting the profile on 12 September 2010.