>From another list archive: Regards, Nan [email protected] - --------------------------------------------- From: "gen hinds" <[email protected]> Hi Kathy, well for once I can be of some assistance to you yanky doodle Hinds'!!! surprise surprise! "James HINDS... Recorded in a genealogy of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts as having come to Salem, Massachusetts as early as 1637. This was about the same time as 2 brothers, William and Richard, many of whose descendants spell their names, Haines, Haynes and Hayne. They owned a farm together, selling it in part on 29 June 1648 and William gave a letter of attorney on 25 November 1647 to Thomas Haynes, merchant of London for collection at Danes Balle, Bedfordshire. James and these two were believed to be related, possibly brothers, and that they probably came from London or Bedfordshire. James was admitted a freeman in March 1637-8 and sold land in Marblehead in 1649. he was a member of the salem church in April 1637. he moved to Southold, Long Island, New York and died there in March 1652-3. he was a cooper by trade. His widow Mary married Ralph Dayton of Southold on 2 June 1656. Hinds made his will on 1 March 165203 bequeathing to his wife Mary, eldest son John and other children not named in the will. Children: (1) John (born 28.8.1639), (2) James (born 2.8.1641), (3) Benjamin (bap 26.8.1643), (4) Mary (bap 19.2.1646), (5) James (bap 27.12.1647-8), (6) Jonathan (bap 11.4.1648), (7) Sarah (bap 11.4.1648 twin), and (8) Thomas (bap 4.3.1651)." Good luck this information comes via me from a Hinds researcher in the UK with whom I have corresponded for a long time and to whom I am extremely distantly related (via Kent in the UK) cheers Genevieve