Clif Hinds has very graciously sent his collection of Hinds in New England. I'll be sending them in several messages. Regards, Nan [email protected] ====================================== A large portion of our countries history involved Massachusetts. The following is an excerpt from, The Pioneers of Massachusetts, by Charles A. Pope. "HINDS, HINDES, HYNDS, HAYNES, HAINES, HINDE," "Elizabeth, a maid servant, came in 1633 to Roxbury; memb. chh (I take this to mean 'member of the church') married Alexander Beck, and was recd. (Recorded) to chh. of Boston 27 (9) 1642.' 'James, Salem memb. chh. c5 (2) 1637, frm. March 1637-8. Sold land in Marblehead in 1649. Rem. to Southold, L.I. Wife Mary: ch. (Children) John bapt. 28 (6) 1639. James bapt. 2 (6) 1641; Benjamin bapt. 26 (6) 1643, Mary bapt. 19 (2) 1646, James bapt. 27 (12) 1647, Jonathan and Sarah bapt. 11 (4) 1648. Thomas bapt. 4 (3) 1651.' 'Will dated 1 March, 1652, inv dated 18 (9) 1655 beq. to wife Mary; to eldest son John his tools and a double portion: Other children not specified. [Register XXXVII. 161.] Margery, maid servant to John Underhill, adm. chh. Boston 29 (10) 1633." There were Hinds in several of the towns throughout New England. A Surname Guide to Massachusetts Town Histories provided the following information about early times. Town names and number of Hinds listed are as follows: Town Name Number of Hinds Present Amesbury 150 Arlington 3 Ashburnham 7 Billerica 11 Buckland 21 Cambridge 22 E Brookfield 37 Framingham 40 Gardner 41 Hardwick 48 Harvard 49 Hatfield 50 Marlborough 67 Rowley 95 Shrewsbury 250 Watertown 200 Several of these towns are located in what currently makes up the town of Boston. -------------------- Boston Marriages 1700-1809 listed the following: "Hind, Hinde, Hindes, Hinds, Hines, Hynds" John Heines (Hinds) married Mary Doak - Rev Sam Stillman 22 Mar 1781 John Hinds married Elizabeth Cotton - Rev Sam Stillman 4 May 1794 John Hind & Mary Henderson - Rev Samuel Mather (This is probably the Mather family associated with the Samlem Witchcraft trials.) 25 Oct 1739 John Hinds & Eleanor Dorris 4 Sep 1742 * John Hinds & Eleanor Davis 25 Sep 1742 * John Hinds & Ruth Summers 15 Aug 1742 * Similar names could be different accounts of the same marriage. A book entitled Massachusetts Officers and Soldiers in the French and Indian Wars 1755-56 by D. Goss and D. Zarowin gave the following HINDS: NAME RANK AGE RESIDENCE LOCATION COMPANY REGIMENT Thomas Pvt 45 Scituate Edward Abel Keen Thacher Israel Pvt Abel Pvt Ithamar Hubble