Hingstons in Dorset
It is known that there were Hingstons in Dorset; it is assumed that the original ones were immigrants from Devon but the movement occurred fairly early. There seem to be two groups; possibly significantly, both groups are in towns with ports.
- Family at Melcombe Regis. The earliest record is in the 1580s, so it is likely that the move from Devon occurred before we are likely to find any parish records. There is a possibility that this family is linked to the Irish Tree HN.
- Family at Lyme Regis. We have records of a family at Lyme at least as early as the 1780s; they typically spelt the name as Hingeston. The historian HM#17 Francis Charles Hingeston and WEH both believed they were linked to the St Ives Hingstons in Tree HM and there is supposedly a document showing that connection, but it has not yet come to light. The information for this family is thus shown in Tree HM.
Melcombe family
Rosalind Dunning <ros@archbishops.demon.co.uk> dre my attention to this family. She is searching for an Elizabeth Hingston, born circa 1740, and has been looking in the Dorset records. She has found the following, which may link in with other people's studies:-
I had thought that my Elizabeth Hingston who married in Melcombe Regis, Dorset came from Devon. But I now think there had been Hingstons around at Melcombe for a while.
I've just obtained an Admon in respect of a Dorothy Hingston widow of a John Hingston of Weymouth dated 1685. The application to administer is made by a creditor, William Masterman of Fryer Wooden. 5 children renounce the administration. These are Mary, Dorothy, John, Samuel and Elizabeth Hingston. There is also an inventory of the late Dorothy's goods.
Some Hingston baptisms, marriages and burials near Melcombe - this list is incomplete
28 Jul 1589 John Hinkson married Elizabeth Samwaies at Radipole
19 Jan 1591/2 Justinian Hinckson married Margaret Chune at Radipole
12 Jun 1626 Francis Warren married Honor Hingston at Melcombe
4 Jan 1646/7 John Staplen married Dina Hingston at Melcombe
23 Sep 1697 John Hingston married Mary Clark 23 at Godmanstone
9 Aug 1722 John Hingston married Edith Pitt at Melcombe
28 Oct 1733 Thomas Hingston, butcher married Damaris Roberts at Melcombe
17 Jan 1735 John Hingston son of Thomas & Damaris Hingston baptised at Melcombe Regis
10 Nov 1736 Mary Hingston dau of Thomas & Damaris Hingston baptised
30 Jan 1737 Mary Hingston daughter of Thomas Hingston buried at Melcombe Regis
4 Sep 1741 Patty Hingston daughter of Thomas Hingston baptised at Melcombe Regis
14 Dec 1742 (blank) wife of John Hingston buried at Melcombe Regis
10 Apr 1743 John Hingston married Mary Webber at Melcombe
15 May 1753 Damaris Hingston buried at Melcombe Regis
1 Dec 1754 John Hingston buried at Melcombe Regis
21 Feb 1757 John Hingston married Betty Tyle at Stalbridge
15 Jan 1764 Daniel Bythewood & Elisabeth Hinkston (Hingston) married by Banns
2 Dec 1767 John Hingston Bythewood son of Daniel & Elisabeth Bythewood baptised
20 Jun 1774 Mary Hinkson widow buried at Melcombe Regis
14 Apr 1779 Richard Hingston son of William & Ann Hingston baptised at Melcombe Regis
12 Jul 1779 Richard Hingston son of William & Ann Hingston buried at Melcombe Regis
19 Sep 1779 William Kingston (Hingston?) buried at Melcombe Regis
14 May 1808 John Hingston son of John & Jane Hingston baptised
A Weymouth Court Report for 20 Jul 1665 during a period of quarantine against the plague:- "Josias Durnford, Serjeant at Mace, deposes that on his telling the Weymouth watcher from the Mayor, not to admit Thomazine Hingston 'in this Tyme of Cntagion,' she, hearing this, said 'that shee would come into Towne though the Mayor should hang himslefe, and threatened that shee would have [Durnford's] eares'. "
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