James HINTON

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Colonel John Hinton, of ...Chowan Precinct..., Province of North Carolina, a younger son of James Hinton, a Barrister of London, came to the Colony of North Carolina ...before 1710... with his brother William Hinton and William's wife Elizabeth. In 1716 he purchased 126 acres on the South side of Bennett's Creek from Nicholas Stallings. There are records of other patents of land to this John. [North Carolina Hist. and Genealogical Register, Vol. II, p. 305; III, 133; I, 292.]John Hinton patented [dwb: received by grant or transfer of title] 500 acres of land from William Wright. In Groves' ...Alstons and Allstons of North and South Carolina..., 1902, is a short sketch of the Col. Hinton and his family, pp. 304, 305. ...We find in 1730 in Chowan (now Gates), Col. John Hinton, a man of prominence, wealth and widely-spread connection with many of the most influential families in the colony.... The following abstract from his will is made:1st. Well beloved son John Hardy Hinton.2d. Well beloved son John Hinton3d. Well beloved son William Hinton.These sons not yet 18 years of age.His children in order, viz.:Ann Alston,Mary,Judah,Rachel,Rose,Sarah,Charity,Hardy,JohnWilliam, andMalachi Hinton.His well beloved wife, Mary, and well beloved son Hardy Hinton and trusty and well beloved brother, William Hinton, executors to be overseer and trustee for his 4 sons [dwb: : Malachi being the fourth, and youngest, son] above mentioned.Witnesses, James Hinton [his brother], Joseph Ashley, Thomas Rountree.Probated 25th April, 1732.He married Mary Hardy, who married very shortly after his death, 1732, to Thomas Holliday, much to the intense opposition of her children, in fact family tradition claims that Malachi her youngest son was so indignant that he left Chowan and followed his elder brother into the wilds of North Carolina, where he settled in Johnston County. He has many descendants today living.His daughter Ann, had (previous to 1730) married Solomon Alston, Sr. Sarah subsequently married Benjamin Blanchard.********Notes fromhttp://www.mindspring.com/~baumbach/hinton/jhinton.htmIn Burke's General Armory of Great Britain are described the Coat of Arms of no less than twelve families of Hinton. The name was sometimes written Hynton. The Arms of the Hintons of "Earlscott" and "Chilton Foliot" are, "Per fesse indented argent and sable, six fleur-de-lis counterchanged. Crest--An eagle's leg erased, entwined by a serpent." These armorial bearings correspond with those used by the Chowan branch of the family, the founder of which was John Hinton, father of Colonel John Hinton of Wake County.This John Hinton, the elder, of Chowan precinct, was "a man of prominence, wealth and widely spread connection" and was traditionally called "Colonel." Just how he won this military title is not known. On April 4, 1722, he was granted 350 acres of land on Bennet's Creek in Chowan. He married Mary _______, who survived him, and, two years after his death, married Thomas Holliday, also of Chowan precinct, but a member of the family of that name in Nansemond and Isle of Wight Counties, Virginia. To John and Mary Hinton were born four sons and seven daughters, as follows: John, Hardy, William, Malachi, Rachel, Mary, Sarah, Nancy, Charity, Rose and Judith. Of this large family few records have been preserved and efforts to trace the genealogy seems at this late date quite a hopeless task. Of the eleven only five (more has been found recently) have been traced beyond youth, viz: John, the subject of this sketch; Malachi, who served in the Revolution with the rank of lieutenant; he married an English lady whose name is unknown; among his numerous descendants are the Slocumbs and Pous of Johnston County; Nancy, or Ann as she is called by genealogists of today, married Solomon Alston and is the ancestress of the Hon. James Alston Cabell, of Richmond, Virginia, a member of the North Carolina Society of the Cincinnati, and of Mrs. William Ruffin Cox, for twelve years President of the National Society of Colonial Dames of America; Mary married Wiley Jones and Sarah
married Benjamin Blanchard, all of whom, with the exception of Ann, have descendants living in Wake County. There is a tradition that all the seven daughters of John Hinton, the elder, of Chowan, married Alstons, but this needs to be verified.************Ordinance Record FamilySearch? International Genealogical Index v5.0 British IslesJAMES HINTON Male Birth: 06 MAY 1655 Christening: 13 MAY 1655 Holy Trinity The Less, London, London, England LDS Ordinances: Baptism: 27 AUG 1971 SLAKE Endowment: 15 APR 1972 SLAKE Sealing to Parents: 09 DEC 1971 SLAKE JAMES HINTON / ELLENOR Parents: Father: JAMES HINTON Mother: ELLENOR Messages: Extracted birth or christening record for the locality listed in the record. The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the birth or christening date. Source Information: Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type: C023312 1547 - 1716 0374341 Film 6903918 Film Sheet: 00**********************************Notes from http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?james,1728::hinton::794.htmlJohn Hinton of Nansemond Posted by: Frances Cullom Harper Date: June 16, 2000 at 20:05:05 794 of 2502 I am not a Hinton descendant, but I have been looking into some of the early patents trying to learn more about the families who lived in the Upper Parish of Nansemond. In the process, I ran across these patents. I'm hoping someone can explain how they relate to Col. John Hinton. John Hinton 10 Apr 1665 1000 acres ... Upper Parish of the County of Nansemond on the head of a creek called Mathes Creek ... transportation of twenty persons (not named). Patents 5, p 205 I suspect this was Matthew's Creek mentioned in a patent to Humphrey Griffin in 1664. According to Griffin's patent, it was a branch off the Southern Branch of the Nansemond River. John Hinton of Nansemond County 25 Oct 1695 145 acres on part of Sumerton road to the Southward of the Little Bridge in the Upper Parish of Nansemond County adjoining his own land. Patents 9, p 19. John Hinton 15 Oct 1698 39 acres Upper Parrish of Nansemond ... corner tree of John Harris ... to Cannadies line ... corner tree of Daniel Hines. Patents 9, p 164 The land involved can be further placed by additional patents: John Harris 24 Feb 1675/76 300a Nansemond adjoining the land of Colo Blake, Wm Brin, and George Spivey. John Harris 24 Apr 1682 200a Upper Parish of Nansemond joining to ye land he now lives ... in sight of Wm Breames(?) house .... running through a place called H**l -?- .... Daniel Hinds(?) line .... Jeremiah -?- line ... Colo Blakes line. This was probably H**l's Pocoson. On 6 Apr 1722, Ralph Ballard patented 528 acres on the east side of Chowan River 'twixt the river and H**l's pocoson joining Jonathon Robenson (Robinson) Use your imagination. The words were written out and readable in the documents. The asterisks are my own. When I first tried to post this, my posting was refused because of "inappropriate words". Sorry, but that really was the name of the place. Daniel Hind 24 Apr 1682 850 acres Upper Parrish of Nansemond ... nigh Tucker's Quarter at ye head of Capt Booths ... transportation of 17 persons. From what I have learned about the families involved and the landmarks mentioned, this land would seem to be very near the present NC/VA border - land that was part of Nansemond prior to 1728 when the line was redrawn. The Alstons, Hunters, Sanders, Woodwards, Robinsons, Hamiltons, Speights, and others who owned land in this area can later be found in Johnston/Wake Co as were the descendants of Col. John Hinton. In 1716, John Hinton held land on Bennett's Creek adjoining Nicholas Stallings. In 1719 Ephr. Blanchard, Jno. Hinton, James Hinton, Edwd. Wesern appraised the estate of William Rountree. Were the 1695 and 1698 patents in Nansemond the same Col. John Hinton who was later in Chowan? Bennett's Creek is very near the land mentioned in these patents. Who was John Hinton of the 1665 patent? This land also seems to be in the same vicinity plus the 1695 patent refers to the land as "adjoining his own land." Obviou
sly, he already owned land that is not reflected by another patent. Inherited land? In my searches for Hinton information, I have not seen these patents mentioned at all. I was surprised since they certainly appear important to Hinton research to me. Or is this another completely separate line of Hintons? The patents may be viewed online at http://198.17.62.51/collections/LO.html> Make sure you view the scan of the actual document as sometimes the cards do not include other valuable information and there are some transcription errors.**************Notes from http://genforum.genealogy.com/hinton/messages/2160.htmlRe: John Hinton of Nansemond Posted by: Darlene Hinton Date: April 13, 2003 at 13:49:51 In Reply to: Re: John Hinton of Nansemond by Glynda 2160 of 2502 The only information I have on the Alston Family that married into the Hinton Family is from V 3, 3rd edition of Hinton & Related Family History by George Washington Hinton p 42, " NANCY ANNE HINTON (d/o John & Mary Hardy Hinton).......md 1729 SOLOMON ALSTON, Sr. b 1708 Chowan Cty, NC, his parents JOHN ALSTON b 1673, England & Mary b 1687 NC. SOLOMON D 1784in Warren County, NC. Many people suport this line INCLUDING...." Their children and in some cases descendants are listed on the following 12 pages. A SOLOMON ALSTON, Jr is listed on p 43 B 1733, D 1771 md ANNE NANCY HINTON" On p 34 a duplicate entry on this marriage states they were 2nd cousins. Was your JOSEPH JOHN a brother of SOLOMON ALSTON, Jr? I found no listing for a JOSEPH JOHN although there was a JOHN md ELIZABETH HINES listed as a child of SOLOMON, Sr. The following is the only information rekating to other daughters of JOHN & MARY HARDY HINTON - MARY HINTON m WILEY JONES RACHAEL HINTON md THOMAS ? SARAH HINTON md LEWIS BRYAN b 1745 d aft 1779 (I question the correctness of this marriage inasmuch as SARAH"s birthdate would have been before the death of her father c 1730, making her considerably older than LEWIS BRYAN b 1745. It is possible his birth date is listed incorrectly. [Lewis Bryan b. 24 Nov 1745 of Johnston, North Carolina, md 26 Oct 1796, Sarah Hinton making it most unlikely that the Sarah md Lewis Bryan is the daughter of John & Mary Hardy HINTON.] The information above was not in most cases documented.