Deborah (Freeman) Hinckley (abt. 1763 - abt. 1837)

Born about 16 Sep 1763 in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Hinckley — married 4 Nov 1783 in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died about 17 Feb 1837 at about age 73 in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Deborah Freeman [later, aka Bourne; later, Hinckley] was baptized at Marblehead on 16 September 1763^[1]; she became a stepdaughter of Col. William Bourne, as she was a child of his second wife Deborah (Tasker) Freeman by her first husband, James Freeman… who died in May of 1763, less than four months before the little girl's birth. Col. Bourne may well have formally adopted little Deborah as his own; in any case, she clearly became known as Deborah Bourne: in the record of her daughter Hannah’s 1825 wedding to Elisha Huntington, the bride’s parents are shown as Joseph and Deborah (Bourne) Hinckley.

Deborah and Joseph were married in early November of 1783. Their joint gravestone is actually a family affair -- a memorial slab shared by six persons, headed by her stepfather (who was also her husband's uncle) and his two wives; immediately below them is Joseph, who died in 1832, then Deborah, and then her younger half-sister Lucretia (Bourne) Orne -- wife of Capt. Joshua Orne. Deborah died in mid-February of 1837, having survived Joseph by about five years.

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records Project, John Slaughter, Owner/Administrator; https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Marblehead/aBirthsF.shtml

• Marriage to Joseph Hinckley 4 Nov. 1783: Massachusetts Vital Records Project, John Slaughter, Owner/Administrator; https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Marblehead/aMarriagesF.shtml

• Death records: "HINKLEY... Deborah, wid. Joseph, Feb. 18. 1837, a. 74 y. [Feb. 17, a. 72 y. C.R.3.]" -- Massachusetts Vital Records Project, John Slaughter, Owner/Administrator, citing "Marblehead Deaths", p. 579; https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Marblehead/Images/Marblehead_D579.shtml