Samuel Hinsdale (bef. 1637 - 1675)

Born before 28 Jan 1637 in Norfolk, England

Husband of Mehitable (Johnson) Coleman — married 31 Oct 1660 (to 12 Sep 1675) in Medfield, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 18 Sep 1675 after age 38 in Bloody Brook, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Samuel Hinsdale was KIA during King Philip's War.

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Samuel Hinsdale/Hinsden was baptized January 28, 1636/7, son of Robert and Ann (___) Hindsdale. ^[1] He came to New England with his parents and sister Elizabeth, likely in 1637, after his birth. The family first settled at Dedham, Massachusetts and then removed to Medfield. ^{[2] [3]}

Samuel married Mehitabel Johnson at Medfield on October 31, 1660. ^[1] Mehitable was born In Roxbury, Massachusetts in September, 1644, daughter of Humphrey and Ellen (Cheney) Johnson. ^[3]

Children of Samuel and Mehitable:

1. Sarah, b. about 1661 d. May 13, 1704; m. Samuel Janes who d. May 13, 1704. Family killed by Indians.
2. Mehitable, b. Oct. 18, 1663; d. before 1702, Weathersfield, Conn.; m. Obadiah Dickinson.
3. Mary, b. July 22, 1665; m. Thomas Sheldon.
4. Ann, b. Feb. 22, 1667; d. July 19, 1689; m. Dec. 10, 1684, Martin Kellogg.
5. Mehuman, b. 1673, Deerfield, Mass.; d. 1694; m. Susanna Rockwood.

He moved with his father to Hadley and was an original owner in the 8000 acre grant, and in 1670 he owned one-twelfth of the entire property; in 1669, before the lands were divided, he had broken up several acres, and was our first settlers; the committee found him a "Resident," in May, 1670; he lived on No. 14; he fell with Lothrop; his personal estate of £45 was "given his widow to bring up their children;" the "Land at Deerfield, alias Paucomtuck, not being valued in regard to the present Indian war rendering it at present of little worth, but being hopeful to prove a Real Estate hereafter," was given to Samuel and Mehuman. the Eldest to have a double share."

The Battle of Bloody Brook was fought on September 18, 1675 between English colonial militia from the Massachusetts Bay Colony and a band of Indians led by the Nipmuc sachem Muttawmp. The Indians ambushed colonists escorting a train of wagons carrying the harvest from Deerfield to Hadley during King Philip's War. They killed at least 40 militia men and 17 teamsters out of a company that included 79 militia.^[4]

Deacon Robert Hinsdall and three of his sons, Samuel, Barnabas, and John, were of Deerfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Bay Colony (Deerfield is now in Franklin County). Among the teamsters killed at Bloody Brook. The teamsters were hauling grain to storage, under the protection of Captain Thomas Lothrop and his soldiers.

After Samuel's death Mehitable married (2) John Root, who was k. at Dfd. by Asphelon's party, Sept. 19, 1677; she m. (3) Mar, 11, 1679, Dea. John Coleman of Hatfield; she d. Aug. 4, 1689.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Anderson, Robert C. The English Origin of Robert Hindsdale of Dedham, Medfield, Hadley and Deerfield, Massachusetts in: The American Genealogist, Volume 68, D. L. Jacobus, New Haven, Connecticut, 1993, p. 159 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .)
2. ↑ Hatcher, Patricia Law. James Rising of Suffolk, England; Bermuda Eleuthera, Bahamas; and New England, in: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register], Volume 168, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 2014, p. 179-81 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.)
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Crane, Alicia Williams. Humphrey Johnson ( m. 1641) p. 5 in: Early New England Families, 1641-1700. (Original Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013. (By Alicia Crane Williams, Lead Genealogist.)
4. ↑ Battle of Bloody Brook

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• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F4NV-TJB : 13 July 2016), Samuel Hinsdale in entry for Mehitabel Hinsdale, 18 Oct 1663; citing Birth, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 721,179.
• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F4NV-T2H : 13 July 2016), Samuel Hinsdale in entry for Mary Hinsdale, 22 Jul 1665; citing Birth, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 721,179.
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVK2-LLVV : 13 December 2015), Samuel Hinsdall, 1675; Burial, Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States of America, Bloody Brook Mass Grave; citing record ID 50216742, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
• Herbert Cornelius Andrews, Hinsdale Genealogy: Descendants of Robert Hinsdale of Dedham, Medfield, Hadley and Deerfield, with an account of the French family of De Hinnisda, Lombard, Ill.: 1906, p 64-66, #4 Samuel Hinsdale, https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=rPdUAAAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PA64.
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