Posted on: HINDS Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/surnames/h/i/HINDS/queries/6 Surname: HINDS, BAYLESS, GIST, HANKINS ------------------------- Your mention of Bayless rang a bell so I went to my database and found a Hinds with a middle name of Bayless: Rhoda Bayless Hinds, b 19 July 1773 Ft. Defiance, now Caldwell Co. NC, died 1819 Jackson, TN, dau. of Levi Hinds, b 25 Aug 1742, New Hanover, Morris Co. NJ and wife, Sarah (or Oliphant) - no last name know. Her father, Levi, went with his parents, Joseph and Rutha Higgins to Guilford/Randolph Co. NC, then he and his family moved (without father) to Knox/Hawkins Co. TN, and died in Wayne Co. KY. Rhoda married 1793 in Knox Co. TN Benjamin Gist, Jr. b 15 Sep 1773, Berkeley,Craven now Union, S.C. Their children: Sarah, Mary, Watson, Bayless, Hiram, Levi, Elizabeth, Rhoda (marr John Chism) & Lucinda. Rhoda Hind's siblings were: Levi mar to Susannah; Joseph marr to Eliz. Sharp; Rutha mar to a Pierce; , Sarah, Rhoda(herself marr to Benj. Gist, Jr.) , John (married to an Esther) & Hannah mar. to a Graham. -------------------- Rhoda's brother, John, (my line), marr to Esther left Wayne Co. KY and arrived before 1810 in Lawrence AR If anyone has info on John's children - please let me know. I have only a David and possibly a John. ------------- Now, as to your mention of Sylvanus, son of John Henry. I have a Silvanus HInds (no bd or bp) son of John b 9 Jun 1745, Morris Co. NJ and unknown mother. My Silvanus has a wife, Abigail (no last name). Silvanus is a nephew of Rhoda Bayless Hinds' father. Their children: John mar to Sarah A. Hickey in Knox TN - no date given; James R. married to Rachel Abel; Levi J.; Joseph; Sarah Ann married to Parkins/Perkins; Mary marr to Lewis Parkins. Silvanus' siblings were: Hannah marr to a Newport; Susannah marr to a Newport; Abigail; Silvanus himself marr to an Abigail; Levi also marr to an Abigail; , John II marr to a Nancy, he then marr #2 Cynthia Underwood; Simeon; Asa; Joseph marr to Susannah Hankins; Louisa marr to a John Hamilton; and Koxiah. ----------------- As to your mention of Harner - I have a Horner. Henry P. W. Hinds, son of Joseph HInds and Susannah Hankins, grandson of John HInds (above) b 9 June 1745, Morris NJ is married to a Peggy Horner. No dates or places for either Henry or Peggy. Henry's siblings were: Asa (mar to Ruth Parks) , Levi Jackson mar to Minerva Owings;, Sarah Ann (mar to Carter Hickey) , Anna (marr to Christopher Abel), Susannah (marr to John R. Forshee) , Henry P. W. (himself marr to Peggy Horner; , Eliza (mar to Simeon Geren - w 7 children listed); Joseph, & George Washington (mar to Eliz. Robbs) ------------ As to your mention of the name Sharkey - I have none. Regards, Nan Wolf [email protected] -------------------------------------------- Sources for Rhoda Bayless HInds; Silvanus Hinds; Henry P.W. Hinds & Peggy Horner: !Sources: Private papers in possession of (source not given for privacy reasons) and book THROUGH THE YEARS, A Study of the Geren, Geron and Garren Families by Mary Bivins Geron Countess on LDS film # 0860442, Item 2. Sources for Rhoda, dau of Rhoda Bayless HInds & Benj. Gist, Jr. (marr to John Chism) !BIRTHDATE-DEATHPLACE-CHILD-SPOUSE: David B. Trimble AMERICAN ORIGINS; 1600s;-late 1800s; pg 39,40,61-67; on LDS fiche 6049349; sources in this book are documented at end of the family chapters. ------------ Others are invited to correct any of the info above: Nan Wolf [email protected]