
homas Hinds of Drougheda, Kingdom of Ireland, appears to be the
immigrant ancestor of this family, first purchasing land in Talbot County
and then in Queen Annes County, Md."Spread Eagle" became
the home plantation in Queen Annes County. The family eventually branched
out into Dorchester and Sussex County Delaware.
Talbot County Land Records Book Two, R. Bernice Leonard St. Michaels, Md. 1987
Vol 5, f 162 -29 Mar 1687, Peter Sayer, Gent. to Thomas Hind of Drougheda, Kingdom of Ireland, Merchant-Beedles' Outlet, 400 A. on a marked road from the Wye River to Chester River- adjoining the land of Henry Coursey, Esq. wit. Thomas Smithson, Thomas Bruff, Flo. Sullivane.
Vol 5 f 176 -9 Jan 1688, Priscilla Thomson, widow, to Robert Smith- land sold by Mrs. Mary Tilghman, widow, to Zachara Thomson and by his will devised to Priscilla- 250 A. on Royston's Creek in Chester River. wit. Thomas Hines, Walter Smith
Vol 5 f 228- 25 Apr. 1689 Thomas Hinds to Thomas Bruff- Crouche's Choice- purchased of Edmun O'Dwyer. wit. Den(nis) Connolly, J. Downes, Frances Roe. On Apr. 1689 delivered by Thomas Hinds to Thomas Bruff. wit. Christopher Pypard, James Clayland, Isaac Dixon, George Smith, Andrew Fallon.
Vol 5 f 289 - 13 Mar 1690 Thomas Collins, Jr. to Thomas Hindes -100 A. Spread Eagle on the Southeast branch of the Chester River, adjoining Thomas Seward. wit. Lucke Heyes, Honer Gorashan(?)
Queen Ann's County Maryland Records Book One 1701-1725 R. Bernice Leonard, Family Line Publications Westminster Md. 1992,1994
16 Nov. 1708 Thomas Seward and Susannah his wife of Q.A. to Thomas Hinds, Planter in consideration of 2500 pounds of tobacco 100 acres, of "Spread Eagle" on the Southeast branch of the Chester River- adj. Land Seward bought of John Parsons
wit. John Slater, John Whittington, Justices
Maryland Calendar of Wills, Jane Baldwin Vol V. Family Publications Westminster, Md. 1988
Hinds, Thomas, planter, Queen Annes Co. Liber 16, f. 144
w.d. 9 Feb 1719/20 p. 30 July 1730
to son James pt. of "Spread Eagle" n. side of Southeast Branch
son Thomas pt. of "Spread Eagle" s.w. line Wm. Jackson's line
dau. Mary - personalty
wife Mary Exec. Residue of real estate- upon her death
to sons John and Nathaniel equally. Only to be sold to each other
three minors(-16) Vincent, Charles, and Mary
Test. Elizabeth Samon, Rchd. Green, Rowland Jones
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Maryland Marriages 1634-1777 -Robert Barnes, Genealogical Pub. Co . Baltimore Md.
Hines, Thomas, 25 Apr. 1730 Anne Wilson Queen Annes Co. St Lukes Parish
Hine, Jonathan 20 Feb. 1730 Sarah Roberts Cecil County St Stephens Parish
Hind, William, June 1750 Henrietta Baker Queen Annes Co. St. Lukes Parish
Hines Benj. 9 March 1742 Cornelia Warner "
Hines, Charles 6 April 1735 Mary Rickets "
Hines, Nathaniel 14 Feb. 1749 Mary Reed "
Hines, Thomas 31 Jan 1743 Anne Kemp "
Hines, Vincent 10 Feb 1731 Elizabeth Ponder "
More Maryland Deponents 1716-1799 Henry C. Peden Jr. Family Line Publications Westminster Md. 1992
Hinds, Benjamin, age 38 in 1759 Q.A. 3:48/9 (b. c.1721)
Maryland Deponents 1634-1799 Henry C. Peden Jr. Family Line Publications Westminster Md. 1991
Hinders, Thomas (of Sussex Co. DE) aet 35 in 1759 (b.c. 1724) states he was born in Dorchester Co. Md. And moved to Slaughter Neck, in Sussex Co. about 5 years ago. Also mentions John Willey, William Outten, Richard Coverdale.
Hines, Thomas (St Mary's County) aet 69 in 1714 P.L. f. 101
Hine, Isaac aet 28 in 1648 Md. Arch iv, 460
Hine, Isaack aet 28 in 1647 Isle of Kent Md. Arch. Iv. 460/1
Index of Court Records of Caroline Co.
Daniel Hinds 1775
Wills of Sussex Co. De.
Hinds, Thomas w.d. 27 Ap. 1768 p. 13 May 1768
son Thomas Dwelling Plantation 250 A. (minor)
son William lands in Cedar Creek (minor)
remainder div. Between wife and six. Children Thomas Wm, Sarah Charles,
Mary , Benjamin.
Wife Barbara exec.
Hinds, Daniel died intestate Liber E. f. 44 estate to wife. 1795
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Revolutionary Patriots of Caroline Co., Md 1775-1783, Peden, Jr., Henry C.,1998 Family Line Publications, Westminster, Md. 21157
HINDS, Benjamin Took Oath of Fidelity and Allegiance in Queen Anne's County, 1779. [Ref: ND Hist. Soc. 3(8.1814].
HINDS, Jacobus. Private in 9th Company, 13th Battalion, 1775/1779, Kent County Militia. [Ref: Bruckey's Lists, Clements & Wright, and The Patriotic Marylander, Volume III].
HINDS, John. Private in the 7th Company, 13th Battalion, 1775/1778, Kent County Militia. (Ref: Bruckey's Lists, and Clements & Wright, and The Patriotic Marylander, Volume III].
HINDS, Moses. Took Oath of Fidelity and Allegiance in Queen Anne's County, 1778. [Ref: MD Hist. Soc. MS.1814].
HINDS, Thomas. Private, 5th Maryland Line, "sick with jaundice" in Chester Town, Kent County, on December 8, 1778, and "to be sent to hospital at New Windsor." [Ref: Archives of Maryland, Volume 18].
HINES, Samuel. Took Oath of Fidelity and Allegiance in Queen Anne's County, 1779. [Ref: MD Hist. Soc. MS.1814].
HYNES, Isaac Private in 1st Co. 27th Battalion, 1775/1778 in Kent Co. Militia (Ref: Bruckey's Lists, and Clements & Wright)
HUNDS?, John Oath of Fidelity and Allegiance in Queen Anne's County, 1778. [Ref: MD Hist. Soc. MS.1814].
Biographical Encyclopedia of the State of Delaware, Runk Delaware State Archives
Major Aaron Swiggett grandfather of Col. Wm. Yardley Swiggett (Union) m. Miss Nancy Hinds dau. Of William Hinds of Kent Co. De. And niece of General Thomas Hinds of Mississippi.
Dorchester Co. Land Records
11 Old 37 Jun 2 1739
Charles Hindes of Dor. Co. to Jon. Williams "Safety" on the west side of the Northwest fork of the Nanticoke R. 50a.Wit. Henry Hooper, John Brown. (This could have ended up in either Caroline Co. or Sussex Co. after the Mason Dixon line was drawn.)
12 Old 92 Aug. 14 1744-Sept. 22 1744
Deposition contained in deed includes "Henry Hindes aged about 80 or 90 years old."
Descendants of Thomas Hinds :
1 Thomas Hinds b.c.1645 d.c.1720 m.1740 Mary Thornwell,
formerly married to Thomas Collins
2 James Hinds - 1741 probably the father of:
3. Benjamin Hinds 1721 - 1766m.(1st)Elizabeth (2nd)Cornelia Warner c. 1723 - Bef 1765 m: March 09, 1741/42 in St. Lukes Parish, Church Hill, Maryland, child vitz:
4. James Hinds 1743 -
4. Benjamin Hinds 1744/45 - 1835 m. Elizabeth Hash c. 1745 - m: in Washington County, Pennsylvania
4. Ann Hinds 1747 - m. Valentine Devorix
4. John Hinds Abt 1748 -
4 Moses Hinds Abt 1749 -3. Damain Hinds m.Charles Raley m: January 01, 1739/40 in St. Lukes Parish, Church Hill,
3. Margaret Hinds m. Daniel Seward m: November 17, 17482 Thomas Hinds - 1742 m. Anne Wilson m: April 25, 1730 in St. Lukes Parish, Church Hill, Maryland, child vitz:
3. Ann Hinds 1738 -
3. Susanna Hinds m. William Evans m: May 22, 1755 in Queen Annes County, Maryland
3. Charles Hinds
3. Thomas Hinds
3. Nathaniel Hinds
3. Rachel Hinds m. Jacob Austin m: July 19, 1740 in St. Lukes Parish, Church Hill, Ma2. Charles Hinds Aft 1704 - m. Mary Rickets m: April 06, 1735 in St. Lukes Parish, Church Hill, Maryland
2 Mary Hinds Aft 1704 -
2 Vincent Hinds Aft 1704 - m. Elizabeth Ponder Abt 1715 -m: February 10, 1730/31 in St. Lukes Parish, Church Hill, child vitz:3. John Hinds
3. Wiliam Ponder Hinds 1740 -
3. Jemime Hinds 1741 -
3. Thomas Hinds 1744 -2. John Hinds - 1724
2. Nathaniel Hinds m. Mary Reed m: February 14, 1748/49 in St. Lukes Parish, Church Hill, Maryland, child vitz:3 Nathaniel Reed Hinds
Benjamin Hinds b. abt 1711 (according to information from LDS
Library in Kensington, MD) married Cornelia Warner, March 9, 1742. Maryland
Historical Society: St. Lukes Parish Index and Abstract, (Church Hill, MD)
page 48.
The abstract notes the marriage date and three children:
Ann, b.Dec.27, 1747,
James b. Nov 13, 1743,
Benjamin b. March 2, 1744/45 (page 20, 21, 24, 25, 48).
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Abstracts of wills from QA County.
Richard WARNER b. unknown d. abt July 28, 1764.
wife Lovil (last name not listed)
children:
James, Ruth, Charles, Mary, Elizabeth, Cornelia, Margaret
"Warners Discovery" - land given to James Warner
Benjamin does not have a will in this abstract, but he is mentioned as
a witness
on several others.
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Other Hinds appearing in the abstract of wills and church record:
Thomas - church abstract, pages 23,37, 49:
"Ann, daughter of Thomas and Ann Hinds, Sept 9, 1738"
James Hinds - pg 69 , "buried Oct 20, 1741"
Isaac Hinds - abstract of wills pg 187. Inherited from Sarah
Reed, "Rights
Square" 50 acres. Also lists: Nathaniel Reed Hinds, nephew Henry
Harper,
daughter Mary HINDS,
Vincent Hinds married Ann Ponder
Ann Hinds
Margaret Hinds
"The History of the Hinds Family in North America"
by Albert Hinds, p. 1899.
It is primarily a history of a HINDS family that came from England to Salem,
MASS in 1639, and branched out from there, mostly in New England but also
in Tennessee.
"Unattached Families" section:
pg. 309 "#2599 William HINDS, lived in Sussex County, DE, and
had at least one son, Thomas HINDS, who was born in 1790, and died
in Seaford, Del, in 1868, and who married Lavina Swiggett, who died in Seaford
in 1858. He hailed from Seaford in the occupation of seafaring.
Served in the war of 1812 for a short time in Delaware Bay, at Lewes, which
place was destroyed by the British.
2600 Thomas HINDS, b. Seaford, Del Sept 20, 1833, m. in Baltimore , MD April 2, 1857, Olivia I. Goodwin, daughter of Caleb and Julia Ann (Bell ) Goodwin. He resides (this was written in 1896 -dh) in Jersey City, NJ and has furnished a part of the material of his family for this book.
2602 Lela HINDS b. Baltimore, Oct 5, 1859
2603 Thomas G. HINDS, b. Wilmington, Del Nov 11, 1861
2601 William Swiggett HINDS, married Katherine Huffington, one child:
2604 Charles Huffington HINDS, b Oct 1, 1850, Cincinnati, Ohio,
m. 1869 Rachel Sumwalt, children:
Daily b. June
9, 1871 m. Baltimore Wm. Girdwood Dec 17, 1895
William Swiggett
HINDS b. Aug 10, 1872 (see below)
Katherine Huffington
HINDS b. June 26, 1874 in Baltimore,
m Emmett P Reade Oct 6, 1897
Thomas Edwin HINDS
b. Nov 16, 1876
Lela HINDS
b. Dec 30, 1877
Charles Edwin, b.
Apr 13, 1880 d. March 1884 Baltimore
Matilda Jane , b.
Sept 13, 1881 d.. Baltimore 2/1884
Elizabeth M. b. Feb
1883, d. July 1883
John Neff HINDS
b. Sept 30, 1884
2606 William Swiggett HINDS, m Nov 19, 1896 Mary Louise Lewis b.
Wheeling, WVA June 20, 1874, daughter of James Alexander and Lizzie Green
(Parker).
Children:
2614 William
Swiggett HINDS b. Baltimore, Nov 27, 1897.
"Queen Annes County, Its Only History and Development" , by Frederic Emory pg.317-318. Describes an incident that took place in 1692 in which :
"It stated that some of the company brought Mr. Hines [sic] horse and tied it to the bar in the courthouse; after which" Mr. Thomas Smyth and Mr. Samuel Withers the sheriff of Talbot county and otherswhom your deponent thinks was Mr. Richard Bennett put themselves in the pillory and because Mr.Hinds was drunk, the said Samuel Withers and the other person put the said Mr. Hinds' steelyards in the room instead of the said horses."
Queen Annes County Land records Book 1-4, 1701-1755 :
11-27-1732 Mary Hynds to her grandchild, Mary Hynds, daughter
of Joseph - a gift of love - one featherbed, furniture, one cow and a calfe,
two puter dishes, four puter plates, one small iron pott, and pott hooks.
MD Deponents 1688 pg 37:
June 25, 1688 Thomas Young d. Talbot County lib10.91 Appraisers:
Thomas HINES
MD Deponents 1699 pg 33:
Capt. Thomas Harman Kent County d May-July 169 List of debts: Thomas
HYNDES (among others)
List of pewholders at St. Lukes in Church
Hill, MD. James HYNES is listed. He is the son of Thomas HINDS.

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