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GENEALOGICAL NOTES OF BARNSTABLE FAMILIES. 41
that trade. In those times, many who did not work regularly at
the trade, made and mended the shoes for their own families.
This was probably the fact in regard to John Hinckley. He was
a witness to the will of the Rev. Samuel Newman of Rehobeth,
Nov. 18, 1681, and Mr. Savage thence infers that he was then a
pupil of Mr. Newman. He occupied for a time a part of his
father's house. He was honest, industrious, and prudent, a member
of the church, but did not possess much talent or business
capacity. He married May 1, 1691, Thankful, daughter of
Thomas Trott of Dorchester. He died in 1706, and his widow
married Mr. Jonathan Crocker of West Barnstable, B'^eb. 1710-11.
He died in 1746, leaving her again a widow. His father gave him
the westerly half of his dwelling house, and of his farm and land
at the Calves Pasture. He outlived his father less than a year,
and was only -thirty-eight at his death. Letters of administration
on his estate were granted to his widow Thankful Hinckley March
22, 1706-6. His real estate was apprised at £100, and his personal
at £93,10. Among the articles apprised were his leather and
shoemaker's tools £1, and a servant boy and a girl £12. Slaves
or servants in those days do not appear to have been valued very
highly. The final settlement of his estate was made May 27,
1722, by "Thankful Crocker, formerly Thankful Hinckley." She
appears to have been a good manager, for beside the support of
her family the personal estate had increased in value £60. John
Hinckley bought out his sisters Abiah and Thankful, and four-
fifths were divided . to him and one-fifth to his brother James.
John had all the lands on the north side of the road and at the
Calves Pasture, excepting the dwelling house which had been sold
to Samuel AUyn, and the lot by the hill on the south of the pond
where he afterwards built his house, now owned by the heirs of
Robinson T. Hinckley, deceased.
Children of '^Mr. John Hinckley, Jr." horn in Barnstable.
59. I. John, 29th March, 1692, died Aug. 24, 1694.
60. 11. Mary, 24th Feb. 1694, died in 1722.
61. III. Abiah, 24th March, 1696, baptized Abigail, married
Dec. 8, 1715, Dea. Samuel Chipman. (See Chipman.)
62. IV. Thankful, 14th July, 1699, married Oct. 11, 1724,
James Smith. (See Smith.)
63. V. John, 19th Feb. 1701. He was a carpenter, and was
extensively engaged in building in Barnstable and the adjacent
towns. He built the Meeting House at Marsbpee in
1757, and in 1762 added the high steeple to the Meeting
House in the East Parish in Barnstable. He was a man of
sound judgment, good business habits, and exercised a wide
and controlling influence. He was a deacon of the east
church, of which he was one of the most respected and exemplary
members. In 1743 he was Lieutenant of the troop