This line has been prepared from a variety of sources. Ray Perrault has supplied an Ahnentafel file of his researches; Ken Hamilton has provided me with many details. I have also been sent a tree by Penelope Bryant <penelope.bryant@bigpond.com> which was written by her grandfather Perceval Clayton Marsden Hingston (PCMH). Andrew Miller in Melbourne has supplied a paper on the Hingston of Aglish, prepared by a Dr Richard Hingston (RGH) (HN#64) a Surgeon-Lieutenant in the Royal Australian Navy, in the form of a letter he wrote to a fellow Hingston; there is also a family listing that may be due to him but it lists PCMH's family on more detail than RGH's, so it is identified here as PCMH/RGH. I am grateful to each of the people who has sent me information. Where there is disagreement between sources it has been noted below, as have places where the link is conjectural, or at least not known to me.
RGH quotes as sources Burke's Landed Gentry of Ireland, 1836, 1912 and 1958 editions; Rev William M Brady "Clerical and Parochial Records of Cork, Cloyne and Ross", published by Alexander Ross, Dublin, 1864.
Betsy Mielcusny <bmielcusny@comcast.net> has sent me a tree written by William E Hingston (WEH) (author of the Vine Tree) which shows his descent from Andrew Hingston (HD#3) of Holbeton and also the link to the Aglish family. But we now have WEH's full study which will be incorporated in the future. At the moment I have only incorporated WEH's work into his own subtree (HNC)
This version is an amalgam of all the above sources - where there is a discrepancy it is noted in red.
The National University of Ireland at Galway has a Landed Estates Database. The entry for Hingston says "This [Hingston] family were settled in the parish of Aglish, barony of East Muskerry, county Cork from the early 18th century. In 1703 the town and lands of Aglish, 353 acres, were purchased from the Commissioners of Forfeited Estates by James Hingston, victualler of Cork. In the mid 18th century Smith refers to the "good house and plantations" of Mr Hingston. Three successive generations of Reverend James Hingstons descend from William Hingston of Aglish, son of the purchaser. James Hingston, born 1818, built the 19th century house. His second son the Reverend Richard Edward Hull Hingston is described as "of Aglish" in 1904 but he was resident in London. In Griffith's Valuation the Reverend James Hingston is recorded as holding land in the parish of Cloyne, barony of Imokilly. In the 1870s the Hingston family of Aglish owned 211 acres in county Cork while another branch of the family owned 150 acres. (This is land at Cloyne)". The house itself is described as follows "The Hingstons were resident at Aglish from the early 18th century. At the time of Griffith's Valuation James Hingston owned a house valued at £21 in fee. An old mansion house is marked on the first Ordnance Survey map at Lat/Lon: 51.89150, -8.76848; OSI Ref: W471 713 Discovery map #80. OS Sheet #72." Representative Church Body Library: Deeds and family papers of Hingston family of Aglish, 1770-1946. Ms 521 . (These records need to be checked)
Combined Tree HN
The following tree shows all the numbered families in Tree HN, colour-coded for the different sub-trees. Clicking on any individual will take you to that family's detailed entry.
Summary of the five subtrees
I have now listed these Irish families as five separate subtrees. There seems to be general agreement in all sources about the contents of each subtree, but not as to how they are related, although there is almost certainly some sort of link and I have kept the numbers distinct so that they can be recombined at some stage in the future. There are conicidences of location between all five subtrees.
Tree HNA relates to the Hingston who purchased Aglish, and who claim descent from a Major James Hingston who served in the Cromwellian Army. James must have been born no later than about 1630 and his existence in Cromwell's army is well attested, although it is not certain that he served in Ireland, although his son certainly did. There are several published lineages for the family of 4. Major Hingston (HNA) (as exemplified by the handwritten pocketbook version) that list the descendants until the middle of the nineteenth century. This tree appears to be complete, in that there don't appear to be any loose ends; all the sons are detailed, although occasionally not all the daughters. However, the lineages don't say a great deal about the children of the Major himself, so it is possible there were others that we don't know about. The simplified tree below shows what we know about the various families. The main line is Tree HNA starting with 6. James, the son of Cromwell's Major. We note that there are three men named William Hales Hingston, two in HNA and one in HNB. The Hales name may offer a clue about how the two trees are linked. Helena, the daughter of 7. William married the Rev Samuel Hales, and their son Rev William Hales was fairly eminent. He was sent to be educated by his uncle, 8. James Hingston, at Cloyne and presumably lived with that family. Two of 8. James sons (9. Benezer and 18. James) had sons they named William Hales Hingston in the same year (1785).
10. Samuel James Hingston, at the head of Tree HNB, was born in about 1775 (supposedly at Cloyne), and also called a son William Hales Hingston (later Sir William) (HN#12). Who could have been Samuel's father? Vine says it was James and his wife Catherine, but if that was 8. James and Catherine Murdock she would have been at least 55 at the time and it would have been some 33 years after her first child was born, and some 14 years after her youngest was born. So they can probably be discounted. 48. John, brother of Helena can be discounted since we are specifically told that he died without issue. The next possibilities are the four sons of 8. James. We are told that William died without issue, so Aglish was shared between the remaining brothers, so he is out. 18. James is unlikely as Samuel is not mentioned on James' tomb alongside the other children who had predeceased him. 19. John was born in 1761, so would have been too young. That leaves 9. Benezer as the most plausible father, and if King has found a birth on 1 Nov 1775 in Freehold, NJ, as has been reported, then this makes him the likeliest candidate. But why wasn't Samuel mentioned in the various lineages that are reported? Samuel could have named his son William in honour of either his brother or his cousin (the two William Hales Hingstons - both of whom had died before 12. William was born), or the Rev William Hales, his father's cousin, who was still alive in 1830. The only remaining possibility is 30. Edward at the head of HNC, who had an extensive family and is about the right age, but as far as I can see he had no connection to the Hales family. Thus I conclude that 10. Samuel is most likely to have been the son of 9. Benezer.
Tree HNC relates to the family of 30. Edward Hingston (Lieut RN) and his wife Elizabeth Sewell (variously described as Sorell, or even Small). He was supposedly born in 1733 at Deptford and was the great-grandfather of 26. William Edward Hingston, who conducted the incomplete study of the family at the end of the 19th century. William said in his letter of 1905 that it was based on family papers that had belonged to his grandfather. It is likely that those papers referred accurately to hisgrandfather, so the statement that he was a William Hingston who was married to a Fannie should probably be believed despite the lack of detail. He also said that he was born about 1700 at Aglish and that his father was James. So is this William the same as 7. William? If so, is Fannie a second wife? Edward was born after the other children we know of for 7. William, so it is plausible, but if this is the case why do the histories not mention Fannie and Edward?
Tree HND relates to the family of a 49. Richard Hingston who emigrated to Lynn, Massachusetts. We have very little documentary evidence for this family, and very few dates that I know of, although WEH was clearly in direct communication with them. He had some suggestions for links with HNA but none are convincing. If anyone comes across information that can cast light on these links, please let me know.
This is a short line that originates in Co. Cork in Ireland with a Richard Hingston wo emigrated to Ballarat in Australia where he became a miner, There is no obvious candidate to be Richard and it is not clear which part of the county he came from so he could be linked to any of the other sub-trees. But it is very likely that there is some connection.
Possible links between the subtrees
Tree HNA - Hingstons at Aglish
Discussion
It is clear that there was a Major James Hingston, who fought in the English Civil War on the Parliamentary side, but I have seen no evidence of who his parents were. However, the name Justinian, which occurs below in this tree, is rare but also seems to have been passed down in a hitherto unresearched Hingston family at Melcombe Regis (=Weymouth) in Dorset; a discussion page about that possible Justinian connection is available but the should not be relied on.
James is 202 in WEH who says that he was a Major in the Army under Cromwell, Charles II and William III and saw service in Ireland and Flanders and through his services there was awarded the Coat of Arms now used by the Irish branch of the family, that is, three leopards heads surrounding a chevron ermine on a blue field. Motto "Deum posui adjutorem" with the Stewart Lion for a crest.
In his 1905 letter WEH shows him as the son of Walter Hingston (HD#4), the son of Andrew Hingston (HD#3), and if that is so he could not have been born earlier than about 1650. That would make it impossible for him to have fought in the Civil War, although PCMH (who made a study of the army connections) says that he served in the English Parliamentary Army and came to Ireland in about 1650, settling close to Mallow in north central Co. Cork. If that is the case he cannot have been the son of HD#4. Walter. In his main list, WEH shows him as being the son of John Hingston (HP#2), organist to Charles I, Cromwell and Charles II, but there seems to be no evidence that John had any children. I'm afraid I do not believe any of these arguments.
James' dates are critical to the following discussion. Cromwell invaded Ireland in 1649. If James was an officer in that army he must have been at least 20, so he must have been born before 1629. But William did not became King of England until the "Glorious Revolution" in 1688 and the Nine Years War went on from then until 1697. If James was born in 1629 he would have been 59 in 1688, which is probably quite old to be on active service, so he cannot have been born much before the mid 1620s. He is thus likely to have been born within a couple of years of 1627. It is also probable that he didn't settle down in Ireland until the civil war was over in 1653, so his children would not have been born until ~1655.
There is some uncertainty about the various James Hingstons. The original version showed three generations of James Hingstons, but other versions show only two. If there are three successive James families we would need to have three generational gaps of 19/20 years, which is possible but unlikely:-
4. James born ~1627
5. James unlikely to have been born before 1655
6. James would have to be born ~1675
7. William would have to be born ~1694
8. James known to have been born ~1713
The problem is the known marriage of James Hingston to Mary Bowles in 1679 in Cork. King assumes this was a marriage for a 5. James, and as far as I can see this is the only evidence for 5. James' existence. He also states that Mary was the daughter of Thomas Bowles, malt merchant of Cork, who was influential in securing Cork City for Cromwell in 1649, but gives no evidence that he was the father. There clearly was a (Capt) Thomas Bowles (or Boles), born c.1608, said to be of Kilbree, Cork, who married Anne, c.1631, but although the Bowles trees shows him as having a daughter Mary, she is shown as marrying Thomas Savery, and no Hingston appears in the tree. Both marriages for Mary are shown in the marriage licence bonds. "James Hingston to Mary Bowles 1679" and "Savery, Thomas, and Mary Boles 1679", so unlikely as it seems, Mary Bowles and Mary Boles, seem to be different people.
The answer seems to be that James' wife was probably a widow. Ray Perrault and Tom LaPorte (tlaporte@mts.net who has researched the Bowles family) have found that Mary Alwyn, daughter of William Alwyn, married Francis Boles in 1670. He had been born c.1641 in Liscarroll, and died in 1674 in Ballinabeg, Co. Cork, Will dated 24 Apr 1674, probated 8 Jan 1675. They had a son William, born Jan 1672. It seems likely that Mary Alwyn Boles married 6. James in about 1679 and they subsequently had at least one child 7. William who we believe was born about 1684. This reading requires Mary to have had two sons, both called William, by her two husbands. An alternative would be if James adopted her son by Francis. However, there is a Marriage License Bond for William Boles marrying Catherine Blanke in 1694, which may be the first son, and we know that 7. William married Elizabeth Webb, probably about 1710. Families with property were usually concerned that it remained within the family; Francis Boles' Will shows that his son got 2/3 of his estate in trust while Mary received 1/3 but that property would revert to her son when she died or if the trustees disapproved of what she did. It is likely that William Boles would have been brought up by another Boles family to preserve the property rights once Mary remarried.
Taken together these arguments lead to the conclusion there were only 2 succesive James, which allows gaps just less than 30 years between generations.
4. Major James born ~1627
6. James would have been born ~1655
7. William would be born ~1684
8. James known to have been born ~1713
Ray Perrault has also analysed the chronology and comes to a similar conclusion. He states "It is known that 7. William had his child aft 1713, so perhaps married ca 1710, and so probably born between 1675 and 1690. His father, 6. James died 1728. James was an adult in 1702 when he bought Aglish, so was born before 1681, but grandfather to 8. James who was b ca 1713, so likely born before 1670. He died 1728, so likely born aft 1653. So that places his birth roughly 1653-1670. 4 Maj James went to Ireland with Cromwell ca 1650. If he did so between the ages of 21 and 50, he would be b 1600-1629. So it is chronologically possible for 6 James to have been 4 James's son, and it is also possible for there to have been one more generation squeezed in."
If 5. James didn't exist, who did Mary Bowles marry? One possibility is that she married 4. James as a second wife but it seems more likely that she was the first wife of 6. James, with Helen Morley as his second wife. This web page has been prepared on that basis; the implications will be discussed in detail below. There is a separate detailed discussion of the Hingston-Morley connection.
The line below is based on the discussion above.
Generation No. 1
4. Major JAMES HINGSTON202 in WEH would have been born around 1625-1627, somewhere in England. WEH says that he was a Major in the Army under Cromwell, Charles II and William III and saw service in Ireland and Flanders and through his services was awarded the Coat of Arms now used by the Irish branch of the family, that is, three leopards heads surrounding a chevron ermine on a blue field. Motto "Deum posui adjutorem" with the Stewart Lion for a crest.
It is believed he settled near Mallow in Co. Cork, possibly at Kilpadder. We have no information about a marriage or his death but he appears to have been having children by about 1655. It is believed he was the only Hingston in the area at the time, so all references to Hingstons in the 1670s and 1680s are assumed to relate to his immediate family.
MARY HINGSTON. (in earlier versions of this web page she was shown as daughter of 6. James but she has been moved up a generation now we know her marriage date). Mary probably married twice. In 1678 she married FRANCIS PULTNEY (from Cork Marriage Licence bonds) but she seems subsequently to have married THOMAS EASON in 1708. She is listed as "Mary Eason, widow" in a 1730 Exchequer Bond for 2 nephews.
SARAH HINGSTON married JOHN SWETTNAM in 1678 (from Cork Marriage Licence bonds) (She has also been moved up a generation)
RICHARD HINCKSON. This is a placeholder to put these records on the web site. They have not been inspected in any detail. There is a record of a Richard Hinckson marrying MARY WILES in Kinsale in 1688. He is assumed to be another member of Tree HN and another son of 4. Major James Hingston. There is a probate record for him in 1729 and for her in 1737, then probates for Oliver (1754), Thomas (1766), and Robert (1768). There are also newspaper records of three marriages in the area. "On 10 Nov 1767 at Nohoval church near Oyster Haven, Miss Catherine Hingston, with a handsome fortune, married Mr Edmond Roche Kinselegh of Cork, attorney." "On 22 Oct 1769 at Kinsale, Miss Jane Hingston, a lady of great beauty and £2000, married Mr John Robinson merchant." "On 6 May 1769 Mary Hinkson married Philip Rogers at Kinsale; both of the same place."
WILLIAM HINGSTON. Not much is known about him except that he is mentioned in sister Miriam's will.
101. MIRIAM (or MARIAN) HINGSTON is believed to be the youngest child of 4. James. She married JOHN MORLEY of Cork as discussed above. He is shown as an Alderman and he was Mayor of Cork in 1718. Her brother 6. James supposedly married John Morley's daughter Helen who must have been the daughter of an earlier wife for John.
In 1730, after the death of her brother James, they purchased Exchequer Bonds for two nephews John and 100. James Justinian. (The Index of Exchequer Bills for 1730 (from Crossle's genealogical abstracts collection (FMP) File: Moore.) "37a. James Justinian Hingston minor by John Morley ald {alderman?}, John Morley & Miriam ux {uxor = wife} (Richard Moore) & Mary Eason widow {Eason widow is crossed out but "sic" written above which I take to mean that the original was correct} his uncle and John Hingston (Thos Cromingham, James Lemon, Wm. Hurly, John Whitley, John Hare, Wm Sweet, Jane Mitchel and Edward Bridges) Roll 21 May 1730/ Mr{?} Hingston 17 Nov 1730/ Mr Jas Hemm, Wm Healy, John Whitley, John Hare, Wm Sweet, Jane Mitchel, Edwd Bridges 19 May 1731/ Roll amended 17 July 1730 by order of/Roll amended 3 Feb 1730 by order of." If John and Justinian's father was 6. James who died in 1728 it makes sense that they were being looked after by their aunt and uncle."
Miriam and John had three children. Elizabeth Morley married Stephen Hopkins in Cork, 1733; Mary Morley married William Blennerhassett in Cork, 1732; Miriam Morley married Dodsworth Mitchel in Cork, 1743.
John Morley died in 1736; his will dated 19 Jan 1736 mentions daughters Mary Hassett and Elizabeth Hopkins, sons in law William Hassett and Stephen Hopkins, wife Miriam, daughter Miriam, Grandson Thomas Hopkins.
Miriam Morley of Corke, widow, died in 1741. Her will dated 3 Aug 1741 mentions youngest daughter Mariam, husband John Morley, Grandson William Hassett, Granddaughter Agnes Hassett, Grandson Thomas Hopkins, daughter Mary Hassett, son in law Stephen Hopkins, Brother William Hingston. Note that neither will refers to Helen Morley or James Hingston.
Generation No. 2
6. JAMES HINGSTON (203 in WEH) was born in County Cork, Ireland, the son of 4. Major James Hingston. James would have been born in the second half of the 1650s. He was made a hereditary freeman in Cork 1714. He purchased the estate of Aglish, in the Barony of East Muskerry, from the Trustees of Forfeited Estates on 29 Apr 1703 for the sum of £829 3s 0d, being 353 acres. The estate had been forfeited by Teige McCorma mcCarthy of Muskerry in the Rebellion of 1642. The original title holder was, by Fiant of Queen Elizabeth in 1578, Sir Cormac McTeige McCarthy of Blarney, 14th Lord of Muskerry, who was described by the Lord Deputy of Ireland, Sir Henry Sidney as "the rarest man that ever was born among the Irishry".
I now believe that James married twice, which disagrees with both WEH and earlier versions of this site. It is likely that he married Mary Bowles in 1679 (as shown in the Cork Marriage Licences); she had been born MARY ALWYN, probably in the late 1640s, and married Francis Boles in 1670; he died four years later, by which time she had a son William Boles (b. 1672). It is not known when Mary died but James subsequently married HELEN MORLEY, daughter of Alderman John Morley of Cork, who was Mayor of the City in 1718 and proprietor of Morley Lane and Fishamble Lane (now Liberty St) in the Parish of St Peter. WEH and other records only show him marrying Helen Morley.
We know that James died in 1728 and that he had at least three children, but there is a gap between the first child and the second two. See the Hingston-Morley connection for a discussion of why we think the family occurred as follows:-
We believe Mary Alwyn (Bowles) was the mother of:-
JOHN HINGSTON was not previously listed on this site. He is listed on the Exchequer Bond taken out by aunt Miriam and her husband John Morley in 1730 when he was clearly an adult, so he was born before 1709. David Cotcher has found deeds in the early 1700s for John Hingston, a Cork businessman, and son of James Hingston of Cork. The deeds reference John Hingston's marriage to MARY HARRISON. The NAI Marriage License Bonds show their marriage in 1726, listed as Kingston. The NAI Wills Index shows John Hingston of Cork died in 1746. However, the abstract refers to nephew John H., which we interpret as 48 John, son of brother William, but it also refers to another nephew Thomas H. and brother-in-law Joseph H., neither of whom we can identify. Later deeds in 1763 Vol. 228 pg. 7 no. 148305 and 1766 Vol. 245 pg. 500 no. 162773 refers to land in Cork previously owned by James Hingston and son John Hingston. This John Hingston willed the land to his wife Mary, and upon her death to his nephew 48 John Hingston; this happened which would imply that John and Mary had no children. There was a subsequent marriage in 1751 of Mary Hingston, widow, to Percy Gethin that may refer to John's wife.
7. WILLIAM HINGSTON (204 in WEH) Born in Aglish, County Cork, Ireland, son of 6. James Hingston and his first wife Mary (Bowles). Justice of the Peace. He succeeded to Aglish on his father's death in 1728. Buried with his wife in the Hingston Family tomb at Aglish. William married ELIZABETH (ELLEN) WEBB, in Aglish, County Cork, Ireland. She was the daughter of John Webb who lived at Clonteadmore, County Cork, which adjoined Aglish.
There is a Deed is in 1760 with William Hingston "late of Agliss but now of Killpadder" leasing property in Cork to Dodsworth Mitchell and his wife Miriam Mitchell otherwise Morley. Other deeds refer to 7. William at Killpadder along with his son 8. In the 1760 Deed it refers to land in Cork William H leased in 1738, formerly owned by John Morley, for his sister Miriam Morley then a widow. In the deed in 1760 it says that William H is executor for his sister Miriam Morley now deceased. He leased the land to Dodsworth
Mitchell and Miriam Mitchell o/w Morley, with this Miriam being his sister Miriam Morley's daughter.
The marriage settlement deed in 1741 Vol 103 Pg 287 No 71523 for William Hingston and wife Ellen for marriage of their son James to Catherine Murdock says several times in the deed "the said Ellen the wife of the said Wm Hingston" or similar. There are terms about the inheritance depending who dies first for example "if the said Ellen the mother of the said James Hingston be then dead..." Ellen had money coming to her based on a previous deed December 30, 1710 "made on the intermarriage of the said Wm. and Ellen..." (which has not been found). A subsequent deed in 1742 says Ellen was now deceased. Then earliest reference thathas been found for William in the deeds was a reference to him leasing land in Rovesmore in 1711. This would be the townland of
Rooves Mor in the parish of Aglish that is adjacent to the townland of Aglish. This would be before his father James died in 1728 and he inherited the Aglish estate.
HELENA HINGSTON (1725-1787). (225 in WEH) She married, in 1746, the Rev SAMUEL HALES a noted preacher and curate of Cork Cathedral. Their first child was Rev William Hales D.D. (1747-1831), Professor of Oriental Languages at Trinity College, Dublin, Chancellor of the Diocese of Emly (?), the eminent chronologist who published 22 works, including "De motibus Planetarum dissertation" (1782), "Analysis Aequationum" (1784) and "A new analysis of Chronology" (1809-1812) - See (D.N.B.) It seems to be through this link that te name Hales enters the family, which appears in both trees HNA and HNB.
In his entry for 79. William (at the head of Tree HNC) WEH says that 7. William is the father of 79. William, which differs from his entry for this William. It also differs from all other listings which only show two sons. I am very doubtful about this link. CJB.
100. (JAMES) JUSTINIAN HINGSTON (205 in WEH). He was the son of 6. James Hingston and his second wife Helen (Morley). He was a minor in 1730 when listed in an Exchequer Bond so was born after 1709. He seems to be known simply as "Justinian" within the family, possibly to distinguish him from his father James, but to be known as "James Justinian" elsewhere.
A deed for in 1741 (Vol. 103 pg. 545 no. 72458) says that James Justinian Hingston of the City of Bristol is a grandson of James Hingston late of the City of Corke, and a “devisee” in the will of said James Hingston. There are several more deeds for this James Justinian Hingston for land in Cork.
On 5 May 1740 James Justinian Hingston married MARY SHEPHERD at St. Mary Redcliffe, Bristol. She was apparently the daughter of a Lawyer but was orphaned and was brought up by "a grandmother" (note, not "her grandmother").
He does not seem to have treated his wife well. There were two pamphlets published about him on behalf of his wife. These are "An Act of an Inferior Parliament" in 1748 and "Liberty Invaded" in 1751. The pamphlets are written by John Baldwin and are pleas to the UK parliament for the release of Mary who was imprisoned on the Isle of Man for her husband’s debts. The pamphlets are clearly partisan but James does not come out well from them. The gist is that JJH had been born in London and represented himself as a wealthy man in Bristol, with an income of £300 per year and considerable assets, but after the marriage Mary found that he was in debt. She used her assets to pay off his creditors and they moved to Ireland to live more economically, apparently farming, but he ran up more debts. He fled to the Isle of Man while she stayed in Ireland to work off his debts. She then moved to the island to join him, but he also had debts there, and had been imprisoned for a short time. He was being chased for yet another debt in Ireland and to avoid being jailed again on the IoM he fled to England. The Manx authorities held Mary responsible for the Irish debts and she was imprisoned on the island. The pamphlets say that she could not have been imprisoned in England for her husband's debts and should not be imprisoned there.
It is clear from the pamphlets that James Justinian and Mary had one son:-
102. JOHN JUSTINIAN HINGSTONE was baptised 17 Mar 1740 (probably OS) at St Michael the Archangel on the Mount without, Bristol. The pamphlets say that he was being looked after in Hanham, near Bristol (51,4500N, 2.5190W) while Mary was on the Isle of Man, but not by whom. We don't know anything about what happened subsequently to John Justinian. RH said that Maria Helena Hingston married her cousin Justinian, and this John Justinian would be a good candidate as he was 5 years older than her, but a Cork newspaper report says that she married a William Hingston.
Mary was imprisoned in IoM but we don't know how the matter was resolved. We must presume she died there, or somewhere else, because in a deed from 1755 (registered in 1759 Vol. 196 pg. 521 no. 130942) refers to the intended marriage of “Justinian Hingston of the city of Corke marriner …… and Susanna Gordon eldest daughter of Anne Gordon of said city widow.” It seems to refer to an earlier agreement for Justinian and Susanna to receive £300 upon marriage. There is no mention of relationship to other Hingstons. The National Archives of Ireland Genealogy records online of the Marriage License Bonds Index show marriage of Justinian Hingston to SUSANNA GORDON in 1753. However, under the name Gordon it shows marriage of Susanna Gordon to Justinian Hingston in 1755.
Justinian clearly became the owner and master of a ship Josepha that seems to have traded but also have acted as a privateer. The Josepha had 22 guns so packed quite a punch. The National Archives has a record (not yet seen) HCA 26/10/93. Ship Josepha; 240 tons, crew 40. Commander and owner: Justinian Hingston. This entry is amongst the letters of marque issued to English ships during the Seven Years War against France. On 23 Sep 1760 The General Evening Post of London reported that "The Josepha, Hingston, from Guadalupe, is arrived in The Downs." and there is another National Archives record (HCA/26/12/65) relating to a Justinian Hingston of Rotherhithe, mariner and owner of the ship Josepha in 1761.
It seems likely that Justinian and Susanna moved to Rotherhithe and had children:-
JANE HINGSTONE, born to Justinian and Susanna, was baptised at St. Mary, Rotherhithe on 22 Feb 1762. The space for the age is blank. No profession is given
THOMAS HINGSTON, (parents not named) mariner's son, age 7, was buried on 29 Dec 1763, St. Mary, Rotherhithe. The mariner is not named. The address is Princes street.
Did Susanna also die? Is it the same James Justinian Hingston who married ELIZABETH COOKEY in 1765 in Bristol?
It seems that James Justinian died in 1772 in Bristol. A few years later a notice from Saunders's News-Letter (24,26,27 August 1778) said "If the widow of the late Mr. JUSTINIAN HINGSTON, who lived in Bristol about four or five years since, and is now supposed to reside in the Isle of Man or Dublin, will direct a Letter to Mr. Joseph Bennett, Attorney, Daunt's Bridge, Corke, informing her of her Place of residence, she will hear of Something to her Advantage. Corke, August 12, 1778." Which widow did Mr Bennett think he was addressing? (Mary, m. 1740; Susanna in 1755 or Elizabeth in 1765?) Did he get a response?
Generation No. 4
8. Rev. JAMES HINGSTON (206 in WEH) was born abt 1713 (WEH says on 10 Nov) in Aglish, County Cork, Ireland, the son of 7. William Hingston and Elizabeth (Webb). James died in Aglish, County Cork, Ireland on 21 May 1776; he was 63. Occupation: priest. Eldest son and heir. Admitted to Trinity College, Dublin Nov 1729. Ordained priest at Cloyne Cathedral, Mar 1737. Curate of Donoughmore 1737-40 and Kilshannig 1740-50. Rector of Clonmeen, Roskeen and Kilcorney 1751-71. Prebend at Brigowne 1771-2 and at Donoughmore 1772-5. All of his ministry was spent in the Diocese of Cloyne, and much of his adult life at his other county seat of Kilpadder, in the parish of Kilshannig. Author of the state of the Diocese of Cloyne 1762, a collection of legal statutes of Ireland, and Translations from Greek Classics. On 3 Jun 1741 when James was 28, he married CATHERINE MURDOCK, in Kilshannig, County Cork, Ireland. She was the only daughter of Rev. Benezer Murdock and Elizabeth (Love); she was the ggd of Col Randall Clayton M.P. and Judith (d/o Sir Philip Perceval, of the ancient Norman house of YVERY, and ancestor of the Earls of Egmont) of Mallow, Co. Cork. By indenture dated 5 Nov 1773 bequeathed Aglish intact to his eldest son William and in the event of his William's death without issue, to his surviving brothers, Benezer, James and John in equal shares. James was survived by his widow Katherine and all four sons.
Danesfort is a house in Kilpadder North, about 3 miles south west of Mallow. There is a description of the house and the Hingston connection in a book published by James Grove White in 1913. The house is in the Church of Ireland parish of Kilshannig; the church is about 2 miles north of Danesfort next to Newberry House. Note that it is not shown as Kilshannig on modern maps. Brian Phelan <phelanb@eircom.net> found this site while researching Danesfort (House/Estate) at Kilpadder, Mallow, Co Cork, one time residence of Rev James Hingston. Deeds and family papers (1770-1946) of the Hingston family of Aglish are held at Library of Representative Church Body, Dublin. He believes it is possible that his ancestor, Barnaby Phelan, freeholder of Cashel, Co Tipperary, listed as his abode, Danesfort, Co Cork. He believes he may have married a daughter of Rev James Hingston but has no evidence.
WEH says that Mr Hingston compiled a statistical account of the Diocese of Cloyne in the year 1774. The voluminous manuscripts left by him show him to have been a man of patient application. He also wrote an abridgement of the statistics in three large quarto volumes for his own use as Justice of the Peace of the Co Cork. The most curious feature of which is the penmanship it is throughout written in Roman characters of great neatness to resemble ordinary typography. His usual writing was an imitation of italic print. And a list of the students who matriculated in Trinity College Dublin with all particulars relating to them as entered in the College books. He also left with many others a prose translation of the "Odyssey of Homer". His writings have been distributed among his family and are highly prized among them. From the entry of his own matriculation it appears that Mr Hingston entered College as a pensioner on the 10 Nov 1729 aged 16, that he was born at Aglish in the Co. Cork was the son of William Hingston gentleman and received his school education at Cork under the Rev Edmond Malory who appears to have been the principal school master there at that period. His birthplace "Aglish" was an estate acquired by his grandfather in 1703. Smith writing in 1749 says "Aglish" is on the south side of the River Lee where there is a good house and plantation of Mr Hingston Vol 1 page 27 and at page 30 he mentions Mr Hingston as residing at Kilpadder. They had the following children:
ELIZABETH HINGSTON (214 in WEH) born 25 Feb 1741 (OS) in Kilshannig, Co Cork and died c 1777 in Mallow. On 25 Aug 1770 in Kilshannig, Elizabeth married THOMAS TUCKEY (PCMH/RGH) [announced in Freeman’s Journal on 4 Sep 1770 the marriage, near Mallow, of Miss Hingston of Kilpadder to Thomas Tuckey Esq of Cork]. He had been born 1737 in Greenhill, Mourne Abbey, Co Cork and died 1778 in Cork.
According to WEH it was not Elizabeth who married Thomas Tuckey, but her younger sister Catherine. But the Index to Marriage Licences for Cloyne shows a Licence being issued to Thomas Tuckey and Elizabeth Hingston in 1770 so the version shown here, which agrees with the PCMH/RGH, is assumed to be correct.
Issue: Thomas, JP d 1832; Davys, Lawyer; Isabella m. first George Brereton Esq of the County of Carlow and had two sons both deceased; and secondly Sir James Lawrence Cotter of Rockforest near Mallow, see Burke’s Peerage and Baronetage; James Hingston 1776-1816 Capt RN [he explored the River Congo/Zaire (See Naval Chronicle Vol 40, 1818, pp 165-332)
(This confirms that his mother was Elizabeth, not Catherine, as we show here, and that since both his parents died while he was an infant he was brought up by his maternal grandmother, Catherine (nee Murdoch). This may explain why WEH was confused about who married Thomas Tuckey. From 1776-1816 Commander in the navy and explorer, youngest son of Thomas Tuckey of Greenhill, near Mallow. Co. Cork. Went to the West Indies, and in 1793, by the influence of his kinsman, Captain Francis John Hartwell, afterwards Commissioner of the navy, placed on board the Suffolk, going out to the East Indies with the broad pennant of Commodore Peter Rainier and on her was present at the reduction of the Trincomalee in August 1795, and of Amboyna, where he was wounded in the left arm by a fragment of a shell. In 1802, he was appointed first lieutenant of the Calcutta, going out to New South Wales to establish a colony at Port Philip. Tucker remained on the Calcutta the whole time and made a complete survey of the harbour of Port Philip and a careful examination of the adjacent coast and country. On his return to England in the autumn of 1804 he published “ The Account of a Voyage to establish a colony at Port Philip in Bass’s Strait ….. in the years 1802-3-4.’ Tuckey was afterwards captured by the Rockfort Squadron and detained a prisoner in France till the peace of 1814. Became commander on 27 Aug 1814. After the peace of 1815, Tuckey was chosen by the Government in command of an expedition to endeavour to solve the problem of the Congo. He was accompanied by the Dorothy storeship which remained in the lower river, while the Congo pushed up as far as the cataracts. Tuckey then underwent a journey by land to see what was above the cataracts, his health giving way he returned and shortly after died on board the Dorothy 4th Oct. of exhaustion. He married Margaret Stuart while at Verdun.])
WILLIAM HINGSTON (208 in WEH) born 29 Apr 1744 in Kilshannig. Died unmarried in about 1780 (WEH says in 1764) in Aglish which was then divided between the three surviving brothers. According to a list of electors prepared in 1783 for Cork (Hely-Hutchinson Cork Electors MS (SM 768 Part 2)), William Hingston of Mallow is described as a Lunatic and that a commission of lunacy had been issued against him. It is possible that he was left out of the published family histories because of his illness?
103. MARIA HELENA HINGSTON (1745-) (213 in WEH who has her simply as Helen). RH says that she married her cousin Justinian Hingston and died without issue. 102. John Justinian, son of 100. James Justinian would fit but Finn's Leinster Journal for Saturday 24 Apl 1779 reported that "at St Nicholas church, William Hingston Esq married Miss Helena Hingston, both of Cork". The best fit for that would be 104. William Hingston, the son of 48. John, who was Helena's first cousin.
CATHERINE HINGSTON (212 in WEH) born 7 May 1749 and died 31 Aug 1781. According to RCMH/RGH on 26 Jun 1775 Catherine married JAMES REID in Middleton, Co Cork. They had one son John.
(WEH shows her incorrectly as the wife of Thomas Tuckey and her sister Elizabeth as the wife of James Reed but as explained in the entry for Elizabeth we now believe the version as shown here).
MARY HINGSTON (215 in WEH) born 3 Oct 1750 in Kilshannig and died ~1775) d.s.p.
JAMES HINGSTON born 24 Dec 1753 in Kilshannig and died 19 Feb 1754. Not listed by WEH.
ISABELLA HINGSTON (216 in WEH) was born 3 May 1759 in Kilshannig, Co Cork and died Apr 1832 in Co Cork. She married firstly, in Apr 1781, GEORGE BRERETON, who was born 21 Dec 1721 in Carrigslaney, Co Carlow, and died Dec 1784 in Co Cork. They had three children, Edward (1782-1855), George (1783-1822) and William Henry (1785-1791). She married secondly, 16 Jul 1785 in Co Cork, Sir JAMES LAURENCE COTTER, who was born 1748 and died 9 Feb 1829 in Rockforest, Co Cork. They had ten children (John Rogerson (1785-1847), Isabella (1786-), (Sir) James Laurence (1787-31 Dec 1894), Henrietta (1789-), Thomasine (1791-1873), Richard Baille (1792-1843), Henry Johnson (1794-1830), Catherine (1795-), George Edmond (1795-1880), Nelson Kearney (1806-1869). One of George Edmond's daughters was Grace Elizabeth Cotter, after whom the mineral Cotterite, a rare lustrous form of quartz, is named. There is an article about her by Patrick Roycroft in Irish Lives Remembered (Issue 37, Summer 2017). Daughter, Isabella Cotter, married at Rahan Church, Cork, on 31 Aug 1809, James Digges La Touche of Sans Souci, Dublin, son of William Digges La Touche and Grace Puget. She was involved with charitable works and was governor and vice-patron of the Magdalen Asylum in Dublin for ‘reformed’ female prostitutes, where she worked as a volunteer for fifty years).
[10. SAMUEL JAMES HINGSTON (Tree HNB).Many sources (including WEH where he is 701) place Samuel here, but he was born in 1775, which is 14 years after Catherine had her last child, and by which time she would have been 55. I believe King's statement that he was a son of 9. Benezer is much more likely to be accurate.
48. JOHN HINGSTON (~1714-). (207 in WEH). He was the son of 7. William Hingston and his wife Elizabeth Webb. Lived at the Old Castle, Aglish. John married ELIZABETH CLEAR, a widow, in 1753. There are many deeds shown with land at Cork, Bandon, Old Castle, and Aglish that relate to John. Other deeds refer to Elizabeth’s daughter Jane Clear by her former marriage.
John and Elizabeth had one son:-
104. WILLIAM HINGSTON. He would presumably have been born about 1755. He is named in a deed in 1757 registered in 1774 Vol. 300 pg. 144 no. 199092 for land at Old Castle. Finn's Leinster Journal for Saturday 24 Apl 1779 reported that "at St Nicholas church, William Hingston Esq married Miss Helena Hingston, both of Cork". RH and WEH reported that 103. Maria Helena Hingston (daughter of HN8) married her cousin Justinian and they died without issue. 102. John Justinian, son of 100. James Justinian would fit, but the newspaper report indicates that this William, who was Helena's first cousin, was the husband.
Burke's Landed Gentry of Ireland shows 48. John dying s.p. but the information in the deed above shows that was not the case. In addition WEH quotes him as having at least one son, 49. RICHARD HINGSTON at the head of tree HND, but he later went on to say that Richard was mborn in 1780, which is probably too late to be a son of 48. John.
Generation No. 5
9. Captain BENEZER MURDOCK HINGSTON (209 in WEH) was born on 28 Dec 1746 in Kilshannig, County Cork, Ireland, the second son of 8. James Hingston and Katherine (Murdoch). He was named after his maternal grandfather, and sold his one third share in Aglish to his brother 18. James Hingston. Benezer Murdock died at Henry Street (in Cork?) (as listed in newspaper report) on 31 May 1825; he was 78. He seems to have emigrated to Freehold, New Jersey, before he married, since he there married PRISCILLA COMPTON. New Jersey was at that time still a colony. According to the IGI she was born in about 1747. Her father was Sheriff (Spencer?) Compton of Pennsylvania. There is a website about the Comptons which includes a distant relationship with Abraham Lincoln. Benezer served as a recruiter and guide for the British Army during the revolutionary war (RH says that he was a Captain). He lived in Freehold, Monmouth County, NJ on a large tract of land of 100 acres deeded to him by his father-in-law. He also possessed another three pieces of land containing 85 acres. Because of his activities with the British, his property was confiscated and later sold at auction by the Continental Government. The sale took place at Freehold Court House in 1779. Benezer fled the country in 1780, with his wife and children. They returned to Ireland. There is no evidence that Ben was in military service during this time in Freehold. Perhaps he attained the rank of Captain in the Irish Volunteers after he returned to Ireland, in tribute to his service to the British Forces. From Documents relating to Revolutionary History of the State of New Jersey, VII extracts from American Newspapers, vol II, 1778, Francis B. Lee, Trenton, NJ: John Murphy Publishing Co., 1903. New Jersey - Monmouth, Inquisition hath been found against the following persons - - - -, Beuzeor Hinkson, (and others listed) - - - - and whereas proclamation hath been made in Court. That if either of them or any person who shall think himself interested, will appear and traverse the said inquisition so found against the said persons and enter into security Agreeable to law, to prosecute such traverse to effect, or else the first default shall be recorded and judgement entered according to law. Signed Samuel Forman, Kenneth Hankinson, Jacob Wikoff, Commissioners, dtd July 29, 1778. And from Edwin Slater and George Beekman, Old Times in Old Monmouth, Historical Reminiscenses of Old Monmouth, New Jersey, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1980. Confiscation in the Revolution, Loyalists of Freehold, Middletown, Shrewsbury, Upper Freehold and Dover. Whereas inquisitions have been found and final judgement entered thereon in favor of the State of New Jersey, against persons herein mentioned -- notice is hereby given that the real and personal estates belonging to ---- Benzeor Hinkson --- (others) --- of the Township of Freehold will be sold at the Freehold Courthouse, beginning Wednesday the 17th day of March next and continue from day to day until all are sold. Samuel Forman, Joseph Laurence, Kenneth Hankinson, Commissioners, dtd February 17th, 1799. 13-Nov-1799. We do certify that Priscilla Compton, daughter of Richard Compton, deceased, married Benezer Hinckson, and he joined the British Army, accompanied by the said Priscilla, previous to the battle of Monmouth, and they have not been heard of since their departure. Signed by John Dey, Henry Perrine, Capt. John Clayton, Zebulon Clayton, and Jacob Smith. 17-Nov-1799. This is to certify that there is in my hands a bond of £66, dated May 15, 1786, being for 1/4 part of sales of land of Richard Compton, deceased, given by Joseph Journee to Joseph Compton, Admr of Richard Compton, for the share of Richard, and the law gives his daughter, Priscilla Hingston, for which bond there is a mortgage given by Joseph Journee, the lands now property of Dr. James Anderson. Signed by Thomas Cook. Priscilla Compton is mentioned in the will of Richard Compton, dated 19-3-1784 Benezer and Priscilla had the following children. Note that the order of these children is shown differently in different trees. RGH shows Stephen born 1774 in Mallow, Clayton born 1779 in Cork, John born 1780 in New Jersey, and then William and Catherine as below. We believe Benezer was in New Jersey until 1780 so I have my doubts about that listing.
What did Benezer do after he was forced to return to Ireland? WEH reported that some of his chidren were born at Kilshannig, which is a parish near Mallow, well inland (but there is another Kilshannig on the Dingle peninsula in Co Kerry). In 1816, when he was 70, it was reported that Benezar Hingston was superannuated from the customs service with 28 years service as a tide surveyor at Baltimore. If this marks his retirement it implies that he joined the service in 1788, but it is possible that it only refers to an adjustment to his rate of pay so he may have joined earlier. At the marriage of his daughter Catherine in 1818 he was referred to as "Late Surveyor of Customs at Glandore", which is a few miles east of Baltimore. The "tide surveyor" was the senior man at a station, in charge of the "tide waiters" and was provided with a vessel to board incoming ships for inspection. He died in Cork in 1825.
10. SAMUEL JAMES HINGSTON(1775-1830) This link is uncertain - it is not shown in RH's work and differs from WEH but it is the most logical link between trees HNA and HNB. See Ray Perrault's note for a discussion of the possibilities,
JOHN HINGSTON (~1777- ~1824)(217 in WEH) Married JUDITH LIMERICK of Union Hall in the parish of Myras(?) Co. Cork and died without issue (RH) on 7 Sep 1825 after a protracted illness (newspaper report).
WILLIAM HALES HINGSTON (220 in WEH) born 30 Jan 1785 in Kilshannig. WEH said he was a Midshipman in the Royal Navy and died in service of yellow fever in the West Indies on board His Majesty's Ship Cyane. Cyane was in the West Indies between 1812 and 1814. He never married and died without issue.
CATHERINE ISABELLA HINGSTON (246 in WEH) born 28 May 1787 in Kilshannig; died ~1862 in Cork. From Freeman’s Journal marriage announcement: On 4 Aug 1818 in Cork, Andrew J WELSTEAD Esq to Catherine Isabella daughter of Benezer Murdock HINGSTON, late Surveyor of Excise at Glandore. They had two children
MARY HINGSTON (247 in WEH) Married Capt William Bailey.
18. Rev JAMES HINGSTON, (210 in WEH) 3rd son of 8. James Hingston and Katherine (Murdoch). 1755-1840. JP, LLD Ordained Deacon of St Colman's Cathedral, Cloyne, in May 1779 and Priest at St Finbarr's Cathedral, Cork in November 1780. He was curate of Rathcormac 1781-83 and of Inniscarra 1783-88; Rector of Carrigdownane 1788-89, Rector of Ballyclogh and Castlemagner 1798-99; Rector of Whitechurch 1799-1836 and of Aghabullage 1799-1840. He was also Prebend of Subulter from 1790-1828. On 25 Nov 1794 he was admitted Vicar-General of the Diocese of Cloyne and he held that position for a record period of 46 years. He died at his Cloyne residence on 6 Dec 1840 and was buried 3 days later in the Hingston vault beneath the floor of Cloyne Cathedral alongside his wife, four children and three grandchidlren who had predeceased him. On 24 Jul 1780 he married ANNE HODNETT, daughter of Rev William Hodnett of Glebe House (JP, AB, 1714-1782) at Aghadow church near Skibbereen. She died 5 Feb 1827.
His memorial tablet, which has a prominent place on the wall in Cloyne Cathedral, reads "Sacred to the memory of Revd James Hingston, LLD, Vicar General of the Diocese of Cloyne, and Rector and Vicar of the Parish of Aghabullogue, Eminently distinguished during a long life for unaffected piety, extensive benevolence, hospitality, no less than for classical and legal attainments, and universally admitted integrity and impartiality. He fell asleep in Jesus 6 Dec 1840 in the 85 Year of his Age. The state of this Cathedral attests the faithfulness with which he discharged the duties of Oeconomus to the Dean and Chpater for 40 Years, and the fact of no appeal having been made from his decisions as Judge of the Consistorial Court for half a Century, proves his accurate knowledge of Ecclesiastical Law, the Equity of his Mind; and the Soundness of his Judgement. Erected by his surviving Children and Grandchildren as a small mark of their affection." Below it is a plaque enscribed "Mrs Anne Hingston, his wife died 8 Feb 1827, aged 74. Their children: Richard Thos. Hingston, 87 RIF died of his wounds in Spain, 1809, Rev. W. Hales Hingston, died 23 Jan 1823, Mrs Catherine Anne Rogers, died 16 Dec 1831, Mrs Martha Johnston, died 21 Jan 1831. Their Grandchildren: Thomas Hodnet Johnston, died 21 Jan 1824, James son of Rev. W.H.Hingston, died 20 Dec 1831, James Hingston Rogers, KSF, died 29 July 1810."
Sadly Cloyne Cathedral is probably not in the state in which he left it. It is a bleak building, with no seats and apparently little used. The extensive churchyard, which is covered with tombs, had been treated (when I visited in the summer of 2010) with weedkiller, and was devoid of any greenery. The children of James Hingston and Anne were:
MARTHA HINGSTON (226 in WEH) born after 1780 in Cloyne and on 1 Oct 1797 (too early?) in Cloyne Cathedral she married THOMAS JOHNSTON (born c.1770 in Fort Johnston, Co. Monaghan, died c. 1841) She died 16 Dec 1831 in Cloyne. They had four children (Henry George, Thomas Hodnett, Anna Mathilda, Maria)
LOUISA HINGSTON (228 in WEH) born c. 1782 in Cloyne and died about 1868. In about 1845 she married WILLIAM HENRY BEAMISH who was supposedly much younger than her. He was born c. 1817 and died 27 Jul 1883.
CATHERINE ANNE HINGSTON (227 in WEH where she is listed as Annie Catherine) born c. 1778 and died 24 Mar 1828 in Cloyne. On 16 Oct 1797 at Cloyne Cathedral she married LINEGAR ROGERS who had been born c.1777 in Kells, Co. Meath. He was a Capt Royal Meath Regt of Militia. They had two children James Hingston and Roger.
ISABELLA MARIA HINGSTON, (354 in WEH) WEH said she was born 21 April 1790 died 27 May 1792 at Cloyne.
RICHARD THOMAS HINGSTON (224 in WEH) born c. 1791 in Cloyne. Lieut. Comissioned as Ensign in the 8th Garrison Battalion 4 Dec 1806 and promoted to Lieutenant in the 87th Regiment of Foot, later the Royal Irish Fusiliers. He was killed at the Battle of Talavera in Spain on the 27 July 1809. At this battle the united British forces 19,000 and 30,000 of the Spanish under Arthur Wellesley (afterwards the Duke of Wellington) against the French Army 47,000 strong commanded by Marshals Victor & Sebastiani. The battle lasted two days with the victory for Wellington He died unmarried.
19. Rev JOHN HINGSTON (211 in WEH) was born 3 Aug 1761 in Kilshannig, the 4th and youngest son of8. James Hingston and Katherine (Murdoch). Admitted in Jan 1779 to Trinity College, Dublin where he graduated BA in 1783. He was licensed to the Curacy of Kilbragan, Bandon, in May 1785. He was Rector of Leighmoney (Lefinny) from Oct 1796 until his death in 1799, aged 37 years. He married, in 18 Sep 1788 at Kilbroggan ALICIA BERNARD, daughter of Arthur Bernard of Palace Ann, of the family of Bernard, Earls of Bandon. The children of John Hingston and Alicia Bernard were:-
ARTHUR BERNARD HINGSTON (229 in WEH), born c. 1784 (??); died in childhood
FRANCIS BERNARD HINGSTON (230 in WEH), born 1786 (??) in Bandon, Co Cork. Lieut, 84th Regiment of Foot, commissioned Ensign in the 84th in 18 Oct 1808. His cousins Arthur Bernard was Major. Samuel Bemish was Captain and and Bernard Bemish was Lieut in the same Regiment and four other cousins Thomas; Vincent; George and Adderly Bemish were all officers in the Army. Army list 1855 shows him (unattached) Cornet etc 19 Oct 1808, Lieut 5 Dec 1811, Capt 10 Oct 1850 [?], Placed on Unattached List 1 Oct 1850. On Thursday the 29 May 1838 he presided as Worshipful Master of the Ancient Boyne Lodge No 84 of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, it being the Centennial anniversary of the foundation of that Lodge. He died at Brighton near Drogheda, Co Louth 5 Mar 1874 where he lived. His effects were less than £200 so if he had a one-third interest in Aglish, as stated by PCMH it had presumably been passed to cousins before he died..
MARY ANN HINGSTON (232 in WEH) born c.1797 in Bandon who married her cousin, CLAYTON LOVE HINGSTON of Glendore, son of 9. Benezer Murdoch Hingston but died shortly afterwards.
DORAH HINGSTON. 294 in WEH but not listed elsewhere.
Generation No. 6
56. STEPHEN SPENCER COMPTON HINGSTON (218 in WEH) was born in about 1774 in Bandon, the son of 9. Benezer Murdoch Hingston and Priscilla, (Described by RH as the second son) and resided in the City of Cork. The following details are all from the PCMH/RGH tree. He married, in about 1825 in Cork, ANNE HAYES, who had been born in about 1805. He died in about 1839. It is believed that he was known as Spencer - several sources omit "Stephen".
WEH has a different version. He says that Spencer went to Australia and died there in about 1870 (which would make him 96). He doesn't name a wife but lists three sons and three daughters.
SPENCER HINGSTON, born c.1830, married in about 1845 ELIZA GILL (born c.1825). All in Co Cork. Not listed by WEH.
WILLIAM HINGSTON is 264 in WEH but has no more details
CLAYTON LOVE HINGSTON. born c. 1835, married BEDELIA who had been born 1833. In the index of wills he is described as a Comptroller of Customs who lived at Peafield House, Ballinadee, Co Cork, and died 3 Jul 1871 leaving effects less than £600. WEH says that he was an Organist and he believes he went to Australia.
MARY ANN HINGSTON (265 in WEH but not listed elsewhere). Married S N PARROTT and has one child William.
MARGARET HINGSTON (266 in WEH but not listed elsewhere)
MARTHA HINGSTON (267 in WEH but not listed elsewhere)
50. Major JAMES HINGSTON (219 in WEH) was the son of 9. Benezer Murdoch Hingston and Priscilla, probably born ~1779. There are various pieces of information about him, including from PCMH and WEH. Ensign 83rd Regt (aka County of Dublin Regiment) 9 May 9 1805 by George III, Lieut 1st Royal Regt of Foot (aka Royal Scots) 2 Apr 1807. Both the 83rd and Royal Scots fought in the Peninsular War. After the Napoleonic Wars he seems to have joined the Royal African Colonial Corps. He was a Captain there in Sep 1824 and WEH says that he was wounded at the battle of "Indowah" Ashantee 1826 (probably the Battle of Dodowa, also known as Katamanso in the First Ashanti War in 1826 - CJB), while fighting at the head of his troops he received 32 wounds before he fell. In 1828 he took over as Commandant and Lieut Governor of Cape Coast Castle, on a Commission signed by George IV d [presumably dated] 1828. Cape Coast Castle (in what is now Ghana) had been one of the stations from which slaves were shipped to the New World but the Slave trade had been abolished in 1807 and the Royal Navy was actively involved in suppressing the African Slave Trade at this time, even though slavery itself was not abolished until 1833. he was appointed Major Royal African Colonial Corps 26 Jul 1831. The Major seems to have been the senior officer in the Corps but he seems to have been promoted Lieut Col in 1836 before he returned to the UK. He supposedly died in 1837 or 1838, possibly at Gravesend - [There is a James Hingston listed in FreeBMD who died at St Pancras, London in 1837 which may be him.]
It may be possible to piece together more details of his service from official papers.
WILLIAM PERCEVAL (or HENRY) HINGSTON born c. 1808; died unmarried
GEORGE FREDERICK HINGSTON born c. 1810; died in infancy
AMELIA HINGSTON born c. 1812. Died unmarried
95. CLAYTON LOVE HINGSTON (1780-) (221 in WEH) was born at Glendore, the son of 9. Benezer Murdoch Hingston and Priscilla. He was appointed by the Duke of Wellington then Premier to be Comptroller of Customs for Newport and Westport in the County of Mayo; on 29 May 1817 at Bandon he married his cousin MARY ANN BERNARD HINGSTON, daughter of 19. John Hingston, Rector of Lefany, co Cork. She died without issue. According to WEH he then married BEDELIA FITZMAURICE, daughter of Squire Fitzmaurice of Shoreham Esq and by her left three sons and two daughters all now (1903) living in America.;Mr Hingston and died at Peafield House, Ballinadee, near Bandon Co Cork 3 Jul 1871.
The children of Clayton and Bedelia were:
WILLIAM JAMES HINGSTON (233 in WEH) born 8 Feb 1849. Went to New York and there married REBECCA JOHNSON on the 6 Jan 1886. She died 24 July 1899 having no issue. According to WEH he had a chequered life, being involved in many ventures and made a number of inventions and in 1903 was engaged in photography in New York.
JOHN COMPTON HINGSTON (MRCVS) (235 in WEH) born at Glendore 18 Oct 1853 graduated at Glasgow practiced there and in the north of England married t HELEN JANE DIAMOND of Glasgow the 12 Apr 1877 and in 1880 went to America and settled in Philadelphia; in 1884 he moved to Boston and then to New York where he had a large practice. Mr J C Hingston is a man peculiarly adapted(??) for his profession. His judgement as to the ailments of a horse is infallible and as soon as he comes in contact with an animal then is a friendship established that materially assists him in their cure. He is known among the profession as "a marvelous man with a horse". When last heard from (pre 1903) was in the southern states.
PRISCILLA SELINA HINGSTON (236 in WEH) born at Glendore 28 Aug 1856 and after the death of her father came with her mother and sister to join her brothers in America on the 19 August 1884. She married GEORGE S RAMSDEN of Leicestershire and by him had one son George. Mr Ramsden was killed by the Cars in Chicago (??) 21 Aug 1887. Pricilla married again in Oct 1888 the Rev JOHN MCGAIN of Philadelphia; he died 25 April 1890 without issue.
CATHERINE HINGSTON (237 in WEH), born 10 Dec 1860.
31. JAMES HINGSTON (222 in WEH) 1780-1851. He was born about 1782 in Rathcormac, Co. Cork (RWG), the son of 18. Rev James Hingston and Anne Hodnett. Ordained Deacon in August 1806 and Priest in September 1807, both at Cloyne. Curate of Aghabullage 1806 and of Aghada 1807-1810. Rector of Kilnemartery 1810-25; of Clonmult 1825-36 and of Youghal 1828-36. He succeded his father as Rector of Whitechurch 1836-51. He died 23 Jan 1851 and was buried at Cloyne Cathedral. On 14 Jul 1812 at Brade Church he married LUCINDA BECHER, who had been born c. 1792, the daughter of Richard Hedges Becher of Hollybrook, Co. Cork, and his second wife Mary Alleyne of Ballyduvane. At the time of his marriage, a newspaper described James as Prebend of Cooleney in the Diocese of Cloyne. Lucinda died 16 Jan 1855. His memorial in Cloyne Cathedral is on the wall opposite that of his father. "Sacred to the Memory of the Revd. James Hingston MA, Rector and Vicar of Whitechurch, Diocese of Cloyne, who departed this life January 23rd 1851, Aged 67, Also of Lucinda his wife who died August 2nd 1848 aged 55. They lived together for several years in uninterrupted conjugal affection and trusting only in the freeness and fulness of God's grace pleading only blood merits and prevailing intercession of the Lord Jesus Christ they were kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation, and in their conduct, conversation, and course through life were enabled to glorify his holy name, and to adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things and when summoned hence away they gently fell asleep restng securely on the bosom of everlasting Love. 'Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints!' This monument is erected by their children as a small mark of their love." The children of James and Lucinda were:-
MARY ALLEYNE HINGSTON (239 in WEH), born 26 Jan 1814 in Kilnemartery, Co. Cork. She married THOMAS SOMERVILLE, b c. 1799 at The Prairie, Co Cork. She died 16 Jan 1855. They had no children
JAMES HINGSTON, born 22 Mar 1815 in Kilnemartery, and died the same April.
LUCINDA HINGSTON (240 in WEH), born 24 Sep 1816 in Kilnemartery, who married WILLIAM HENRY HULL of Leamcom on 31 Jan 1852 at Mafourneys, Macroon, Co Cork. William was the son of Henrietta Becher (Lucinda's aunt) and her husband Richard Edward Hull. They were thus first cousins. William died in 1865 and Lucinda died in Exeter in 1907, aged 92. They had issue.
So a brother and sister married their first cousins, also a sister and brother. These families are written up in Burkes; the information here has been supplied to me by Jenny Stiles <jstiles@optusnet.com.au> who is compiling a Becher family tree.
32. WILLIAM HALES HINGSTON (223 in WEH) was born 30 Jan 1786 (WEH says 1790) in Inniscarra, Co. Cork, the son of 18. Rev James Hingston and Anne Hodnett. Ordained Deacon January 1810 and Priest in Feb 1811, both at Cork. He was Curate of Cloyne Cathedral 1811-16, prebend of Lackeen 1816-19 and Prebend of Coole 1819-23. He died 23 Jan 1823 and was buried at Cloyne Cathedral. WEH says he was an author of no mean repute. He married 11 Apr 1812 in Cloyne, ANNE COTTER, daughter of Rev George Sackville Cotter. They had issue three surviving daughters and two sons,
JAMES HINGSTON (353 in WEH) was born Jan 1813 in Cloyne and died 20 Dec 1831, aged 18, a student at Trinity College, Dublin.
ANNA MARIA HINGSTON (243 in WEH who has her as Annie Matilda Isabella), born Jul 1815 in Cloyne
ISABELLA CHARLOTTE HINGSTON (244 in WEH) born 15 Nov 1818 in Cloyne lived for the most time before her marriage with her grandfather James Hingston, married 23 Feb 1854 to JOSEPH C WAKEHAM of Midleton who died 1 Oct 1871 leaving all the property and their house "Carriganiska", all of which had come to him with his wife to his nephew J Wakeham. Mrs Wakeham survived her husband 29 years and died the 17 July 1900 at her home. She was an author and musician among her published books are "The watcher", "The Ice Broken", "The Good Pleasure", "Harold Summer's Joy", "Far off made high", "The Pass", "A contrast" etc etc. Her last written in 1898 (her 80th year) "Helen's Trial" was not in print. She loved music and would sit for hours playing; she found it great comfort in her last years and her touch was like that of a young girl and it was almost impossible to keep ones feet still when she played a dancing tune. She left no issue.
35. GEORGE SACKVILLE COTTER HINGSTON, Prebend of Coole 1853 and Vicar of Clonmel 1856-58, who married ISABELLA RUDKIN and had issue, he died in 1858 aged 41 years.
ARABELLA WILHELMINA HINGSTON (245 in WEH), born 20 Jul 1823 married the Rev Mr Young and died 1866
MARGARET CECILIA HINGSTON (242 in WEH) youngest daughter died unmarried Nov 1857
70. JAMES BERNARD HINGSTON (231 in WEH) Born c. 1790 in Bandon, Co Cork, the son of 19. James Hingston and Alicia Bernard and died c.1861 in Trafalgar, Halton, Ontario (west of Toronto). Commissioned as an Ensign in the 84th Regiment of Foot in 19 Sep 1809, Lieut 22 Oct 1813, Discharged from the service Mar 1816 (presumably when the Napoleonic Wars were over - discharged does not imply any disgrace, simply that he was no longer paid). In 1819 in Bandon he married ELIZABETH MILLER who had been born there c.1796. There is information about JBH in the Archives of Ontario. Teacher Superannuation Files - 1820-1919 Series RG 2-114. It seems that the family went to Canada in 1831 and began teaching shortly thereafter at Munn's School in Trafalgar Township, now in Halton County, west of Toronto. He was also a farmer and was recorded as such in 1841, 1851 and 1861. His file contains letters and documents attesting to his character, teaching history and health. The earliest letter is dated 31 December 1846 and was written by P. Thornton, County Superintendent of Common Schools for Gore District: "I hereby certify that the bearer, Mr. James B. Hingston, a Protestant, having applied for a certificate of qualification to teach a Common School, and having produced satisfactory evidence of correct moral character, was taken on trial by me, and upon examination was found qualified to teach English, Reading and Grammar, Writing, Arithmetic and Geography and is hereby authorized to teach in the District." D. Fraser's letter of 24 January 1851 mentions Hingston's "solid attainments as a scholar, and his paternal manner in the government of children." W. Willoughby, Wesleyan Minister, wrote on 12 May 1852 that Hingston was "a steady, upright and honest man, and of unblemished moral character .... He possesses excellent educational qualifications as a Teacher, and is generally esteemed for the kindness and urbanity of his manners." He taught at other schools in Trafalgar and Esquesing townships and retired at age sixty-three in 1855 (which implies he was born in 1792), after twenty-four years of teaching. Munn's School was established in 1809 on the farm of Daniel Munn, the original building being a log structure which also served as a church. In February 1856 he submitted his application "to be admitted on the superannuated list as a worn out Teacher." His medical certificate stated that he was affected with "chronic rheumatism, as well also with a long-standing affection of his liver, which ailments together with advanced age, having attained to between 60 & 70 years, have rendered him incapacitated from effectively discharging the duties of a teacher or obtaining his livelihood by any other means." His superannuation was payable in January 1857. In 1871 Elizabeth Hingston, widow, age 70, was living with her son Francis Hingston and his family in Trafalgar Township. She died on 14 Jan 1873; according to her death registration she was 70 years of age, a widow, farmer's wife, born Bandon, County Cork, Ireland. Cause of death was bronchitis and senility. If her age at death is correct she was born c. 1803 and only 16 when she married. James and Elizabeth had issue:-
ARTHUR BERNARD HINGSTON born c 1820 In Bandon, died c 1820 in Trafalgar
ALICIA ANNE BERNARD HINGSTON born 27 Sep 1821 in Bandon, died in Trafalgar
JOHN HINGSTON born 23 Jul 1823 in Bandon, died in California; he married MARGARET MARY
ELIZABETH HINGSTON, born 18 Dec 1827 in Castle Ann, Bandon and died 29 Mar 1889 in Hullett, Huron, Ontario. She married 17 Jun 1848 in Trafalgar WILLIAM HALL
FRANCIS BERNARD HINGSTON born 16 Oct 1828 in Bandon, died in Oakville, Ontario. d.s.p.
CHARLES GEORGE PERCEVAL HINGSTON (253 in WEH) born 5 Apr 1831 in Bandon and married 1868 MATILDA CATHERINE COLLINS. Lived on a farm near Toronto where he died. No children.
ARTHUR BERNARD HINGSTON born 8 Aug 1833 in Trafalgar, died 5 May 1924 in Clinton, Huron, Ontario. He married in 1855 SUSANNA.
JAMES LAWRENCE COTTER HINGSTON (254 in WEH) born 22 Mar 1835 in Trafalgar
MARY ANNE ADDERLEY BERNARD HINGSTON born 1 Jul 1837 in Trafalgar, died in Seforth, Huron, Ontario.
AUGUSTUS WILLIAM SULLIVAN HINGSTON born 28 Oct 1840 in Trafalgar
Generation No. 7
68. JAMES LOVE HINGSTON (263 in WEH) was born 1826 in Cork, the son of 56. Stephen Spencer Compton Hingston and Anne Hayes. He must have emigrated to Australia because on 13 Mar 1867 at All Saints Church, St Kilda, Adelaide, he married JANE SARAH YOUNG who had been born 31 May 1845, in Pine Forest, Adelaide. He died 1894 in Melbourne East, she died 1917 in Collingwood, Victoria. James and Jane had issue:-
CHARLOTTE ANN HINGSTON (269 in WEH) was born in Melbourne Australia 30 Mar 1867 and married John Fitzpatrick 4 Mar 1891 and had three children (Charles William, Ethel Annetta and Katherine Frances)
MARY ELLEN VICTORIA HINGSTON (270 in WEH who has her simply as Ellen. Listed online. Born at Brighton Australia 29 Jul 1868 and married Mathew Estmatt Hogan 9 Nov 1889; he was born on March 24 1864, in Ballarat, and was an Engine Driver. WEH listed two children Ruby Maud and Alfred James but online list says they had 17. She died in 1931.
JAMES ALEXANDER HINGSTON (271 in WEH) was born 15 May 1870 and died 25 Jun 1870 in Brighton, Victoria.
SARAH JANE HINGSTON (273 in WEH - not listed elsewhere) born 21 Sep 1874. Married JOHN TAYLOR 27 Jul 1891.
MARY ANN HINGSTON (274 in WEH) born 31 Jul 1875 in Brighton, Victoria. Married WILLIAM ENGLISH and had one child Violet Dharby/
LOUISA EMILY HINGSTON (275 in WEH) born 27 Dec 1879 in Brighton, Victoria. She married in 1896 in Victoria JOHN ALEXANDER JENNINGS who had been born in England.
ELIZABETH HINGSTON (276 in WEH) born at Caulfield, Victoria 30 Oct 1883
52. CLAYTON SAMUEL HEXT HINGSTON (248 in WEH) was the son of 50. Major James Hingston and June O'Mahoney. According to PCMH the Army list 1855 shows Ensign 28th June 1838, Lieut 11th Sept 1840, Capt 2nd June 1850 3rd West India Regt m. SELINA LEDEATT. Selina was the daughter of William Eales Ledeatt of Mannings, Antigua, a Member of the Antiguan Assembly, and Eliza Sedgwick, who had married on 5 May 1818 at St Peter’s. See Helene Reade's Nugent web page for more details. They were both members of the original planter families on the island and William had been appointed Captain of Fort James, which had originally been built in the 18th century to protect St John’s Harbour. The family moved into the Fort, where it had been the custom for the Captain to receive a fee of eighteen shillings from each passing vessel and, if the fee was not forthcoming, a swift reminder would be fired across the bow of the ship from one of the cannon on the ramparts, many of which are still in situ today. Selina was the 7th of their 8 children.
The couple's third child, Louise, who was named after one of Selina’s sisters, was born in the spring of 1854 but, both Selina and the child succumbed to Yellow Fever Selina was only 23. Epidemics of Yellow Fever periodically swept through the Caribbean and Central America. It is carried by mosquitoes and affects the liver and kidneys and was the commonest cause of death amongst servic personnel in the Caribbean. Selina and Louisa are buried together in the Military Cemetery at Up-Park Camp, Kingston, Jamaica, where the inscription upon their grave reads:”
‘In memory of Selina M. Hingston the beloved wife of Captain Hingston, 3rd West India Regiment. Died 11th April, 1854 aged 23 and Louisa, her infant child, aged 3 months.’
Clayton died at St. James Westminster in Dec 1857.
NINA HINGSTON was born c. 1851. After the death of their parents, both Nina and Clayton were brought up in Antigua by their mother’s sister, Elizabeth Woodcock, nee Ledeatt, the wife of Judge Henry Isles Woodcock, Chief Justice of Tobago. They were sent to England to be educated, but Nina returned home to Aunt Bets in Antigua afterwards, where she met her future husband ARTHUR VIZZARD, of the Naval Dockyard Department with whom she had seven children (Leonard Foley, Clayton Edward, Andrew Henry, Agnes Monica, Winnifred Mary and Nina Maud). She died c.1935.
LOUISA HINGSTON born and died 1854
96. CLAYTON LOVE HINGSTON (234 in WEH) Second son of 95. Clayton Hingston and Bedelia, born at Glendore 14 Apr 1852. Graduated in Glasgow as a Veterinary Surgeon and served two years in the 3rd US Cavalry and in 1903 was practicing in Boston. He married on 9 Sep 1885 KATHERINE ANN FORD of Sligo.
Clayton and Katherine had two daughters
MARY HELEN HINGSTON (260 in WEH) born Philadelphia 26 Aug 1886
ETHEL LOUISA HINGSTON (261 iin WEH) born Boston 2 Sep 1888.
59. JAMES HINGSTON, (238 in WEH) was born 9 Jun 1818 in Kilnemartery, Co Cork, the son of 31. James Hingston and Lucinda Becher. He married 3 Nov 1838 in Blackrock, Co. Cork his cousin MARIA HENRIETTA AMELIA HULL, born c. 1818 at Schull, daughter of Henrietta Becher and Richard Edward Hull of Leamcon Manor, Schull. He died 7 Jul 1873 at Aglish (Calender of Wills); she died 1 Feb 1880 in Aglish. Information about all the descendants of this family from PCMH/RGH. Most of the children not listed by WEH.
James and Maria had issue:-
HENRIETTA ANNA MARGARETTTA HINGSTON born 30 Nov 1839 in Blackrock, Co Cork and died 14 Jul 1879 in Aglish. d.s.p.
LUCINDA MARY HINGSTON (295 in WEH) born 1 Apr 1846 in Cork City and died c 1883 in Ireland.
MARIA AMELIA HINGSTON born 18 Dec 1847 in Lowertown Lodge, Schull, Co Cork and died 17 Mar 1862 in Dublin. d.s.p.
EMILY MARY HINGSTON born 17 Jun 1849 in Lowertown Lodge and died 3 Nov 1851 in Aglish.
JAMES HINGSTON born 1 Aug 1850 in Lowertown Lodge and died 25 May 1852 in Aglish.
WILLIAM RICHARD HULL HINGSTON born 1 Aug 1850 in Lowertown Lodge and died 12 Oct 1851 in Aglish.
RICHARD EDWARD HINGSTON born 24 Feb 1853 in Aglish and died 12 Jun 1855 in Aglish
EMILY ANNE ELILZABETH HINGSTON born 12 Nov 1854 in Aglish and died 6 Sep 1883 in Cork City.
LOUISA CAROLINE HINGSTON (296 in WEH) born 30 Mar 1861 in Aglish and died on Christmas Day 1907 in Dublin. d.s.p.
MARY FLORENCE LUCINDA HINGSTON (297 in WEH) born 1 Nov 1862 in Aglish and died 16 Feb 1897 in Goleen, Co Cork. On 16 Nov 1882 in Goleen, Co Cork, she married CAREW O'GRADY. They had one son James born c 1885 who married on 17 Oct 1921 in Vancouver his cousin ELIZABETH MARIA ALLEYNE HINGSTON, daughter of 57. Richard Edward Hull Hingston
35. Rev. GEORGE SACKVILLE COTTER HINGSTON (241 in WEH) was born 17 Feb 1819 in Cork Ireland the son of 32. William Hales Hingston and Anne Cotter, and died 25 August 1858 in Queenstown Ireland. He entered Trinity College, Dublin on 17 Oct 1834. He married 3 Apr 1841 in Inverkip, Refrewshire, Scotland, ISABELLA RUDKIN who had been born in 1821. She was the daughter of Henry Rudkin and Arabella Cotter, who was the sister of George's mother Anne so George and Isabella were first cousins. In 1856 George was appointed Vicar of Queenstown Ireland. George died 25 Aug 1858 at Baggot St in Dublin although he was described as being of Queenstown in Co. Cork. He left effects less than £2000.
"Infant Lyra" Isabella had performed on the Irish Harp to audiences in Ireland and England and was known as "The Infant Lyra". The Examiner, London March 14th 1825 carried the following story:- "The Infant Lyra - Walking the other day into Pall-mall, we overtook a musical friend on his way to hear what he called the "Infant Lyra," a child only four years of age, and who had been represented as a musical prodigy. We are seldom tempted to witness the efforts of precocious genius, but strong entreaty overruled our objection, and we accompanied him to the Apollo Room, the grotesque Chinese embellishments of which formed a striking contrast to an elegant group of lovely and intelligent faces assembled to witness the performance. About half-past three o'clock, the parents introduced their infant prodigy, and our objections to prodigies were for a time lost in admiration of the pretty and interesting features of the child. A harp of small dimensions was then placed before her, and instead of the insipid monotony which might have been expected from an infant only four years old, we were surprised to hear a variety of National Airs, English, Irish, and Scottish, uniting the bold, the lively, and the pathetic, played with a neatness of execution, energy of feeling, and vivacity of manner, that surprised us. Never before were we so strongly impressed with the idea of the predominance of original genius. Great pains must have been taken to tutor so young a child' in the mere manual operation; but severe discipline could not have produced all the effect we witnessed, had not the God of Music set his seal upon her; and the playfulness and simplicity of her manner evinced that little coercion had been used. She played with the harp as she would play with a doll; and, as far as expression was concerned, in our judgment, struck the chords with an energy and feeling more true to nature, than most of the regular grown-up Sisters of the Lyre".
She also took part in two concerts with Liszt (then aged 12) at the Theatre Royal, Manchester, on the 2nd and 4th of August [1824], where she was described as "the other chief attraction being 'The Infant Lyra,' a prodigy harpist 'not four years old,' and nine years younger than the juvenile Hungarian pianist." The programme included 'an extempore fantasia on Erard's new patent grand pianoforte of seven octaves by Master Liszt, who will respectfully request a written thema from any person present.' The advertisement of the second concert included the following: "MASTER LISZT being about to return to the Continent, where he is eagerly expected in consequence of his astonishing talents, and the INFANT LYRA being on herway to London, the only opportunity which can occur for the inhabitants of Manchester to hear them has beenseized by Mr. Ward; and to afford every possible advantage to the Voices and Instruments, he has so constructed the Orchestra, that the HARP, and PIANO-FORTE will be satisfactorily heard in every part of the house." She performed such popular songs as "Jessie, the Flw'r o'Dumblane," "Fresh and Strong the Breezes Blowing," and "My Love is but a Lassie yet." In addition, she played a "Grand Introductory March to the Air of 'St. Patrick's Day,' with Variations," as well as the "Grand Introduction and Variations to 'Roy's Wife.'"' Liszt, performing a set of Variations with orchestral accompaniment by Czerny and an "Extempore Fantasia" on a written theme he requested from the audience, was greatly outshone. See Sheldon, V.R. ‘Franz Liszt and the Harp’
A Manchester newspaper recounts the sensation caused by this tiny musician. [When the Infant Lyra walked on the platform] she dropped a little short curtsey and kissed her hand to the smiling audience; and then climbed up to her chair, beside which stood a harp of a small size, but twice as big as herself Her performance exhibited a proficiency which, in one who has not been in existence more than the time that might be required to learn, was surprising. The simple airs were given not merely with accuracy, but with feeling; and, though the physical exertion which was required to strike many chords afforded some amusement, the easier movements were elegantly executed, and the soft notes fell with a liquid sweetness from her tiny fingers. The whole performance gave the highest satisfaction.
It seems that George crossed swords with Fr. John Russell, the catholic parish priest of Cloyne in the 1840’s, who was himself a prominent and sometimes controversial figure and a staunch defender and protector of the Catholic faith and its followers. He was a prolific and colourful letter-writer; he wrote to the Cork Examiner and Cork Constitution newspapers in October 1848 when he took issue with the local Protestant curate of Ballycotton, the Rev. George Hingston whom he accused of proselytism; i.e., of bribing hungry children with food to attend Protestant schools.
After George died, Isabella married George Rainy (probably in Mar Qtr 1860 at St George's, Hanover Square, London), as his third wife. He was then 70. He was a partner in Sandbach Tinne, a Liverpool company, who were involved in sugar production (and hence the slave trade) on the Demerera River in British Guiana and he had also been involved (as a landlord) in the Highland Clearances. He died in 1863. Note that Isabella's daughter by her first husband gave the name Rainey to one of her children.
There is some uncertainty about the children of George and Isabella. The information for George and the descendants of his first three children is from Grant Bertrand <tyjem@bigpond.com> (GB). The existence of two children is inferred from burial records in Queensland found by Heather Chapman <chapman.h@telstra.com> (HC) and other information comes from the (PCMH/RGH) tree. WEH lists 10 children but not John. It is possible that they are all correct and that each source has only part of the information. It is not helped by the fact that the family moved around - some children were born in Ireland, some in England and some in Australia. There are also discrepancies between some family memories and descriptions of what happened to the children as described by WEH, but it is also evident that he was in contact with some at least of the children in about 1903. There is a need to check detailed records if available.
If anyone can give definitive dates for any of these events please let me know.
The children of George and Isabella are believed to include:
ARABELLA ANN HINGSTON (from GB - not shown in PCMH/RGH279 in WEH ), born 25 Sep 1849, Hinkley, England but there is no entry in FreeBMD; WEH says born at Queenstown Sep 1845. d. 18 February 1916, Lismore NSW, Australia. She married RICHARD NASON GAGGIN on 22 Jun 1869 in Marylebone, London. He had been born in 1830 at Ballyrichard Midleton, Co. Cork, Ireland and was the second son of John Gaggin, solicitor of the four Courts of Dublin, and landed proprietor and his wife Dorcas Nason. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin but financial presures meant that he left early to farm his own estate. He was forced to relinquish farming (blaming it on the Gladstonian land laws and free trade prices) so in 1882, at the age of 52 he qualified in medicine at Edinburgh. He then joined a practice at Inverkeithing where the Forth Bridge was under construction and was responsible for dealing with a serious outbreak of smallpox in the camp. He then worked for a time at Carlisle Infirmary, after which, in 1885, the family moved to Lismore in northern New South Wales in Australia. As well as having his own medical practice, in 1901 he was appointed Government Medical Officer. He died 19 May 1915 and an extensive obituary was published in the Northern Star (Lismore, NSW) the next day. Richard was educated at TCD and the Royal College of Surgeons and Physicians, Edinburgh. He was a doctor. They had eleven children (John Richard Hingston (Jun Qtr 1870-1945) - birth registered in London; George Rainy (-1943), who married his cousin, Annie; Harold (died Lismore NSW, Australia of Boer War wounds); Percival W (-1935), dentist at Harbord; Isabella D J (-1908) Nurse; May; Dorcas Jennie; Jane; Courtney; Elizabeth N C (1886-); Arabella (-1943). Dorcas Jessie Gaggin (14 Aug 1878, Fermoy, Ireland; d. 7 Feb 1972, Thornleigh NSW Australia) married George McClean (1842-1922). Dorcas herself would have been a musician but was severely burned when about five years old and could no longer play. Dorcas and George's three children, Georgina, Hugh and Dorcas were chld progidies as violinists and they were the subject of a book "Sound Of Strings" by Enid Noel Matthews (ISBN 9780855720636, Renown Press 1975). This book has an introduction that lists the family's Hingston descent. Her line goes back to 4. Major James Hingston as listed on this web page but then makes the claim that James was the son of HP#2 John Hingston the Musician and that John was the son of HD#2 Walter. We show on the HP page that this is not correct. Matthews also mentions that Lucy Hingston was also a musician and Frances Hingston was a composer, both of which she implies were part of John Hingston's extended family. It is not clear who she was referring to, or what her source was. She makes a lot of the likeness of Dorcas to the painting of John Hingston, and also draws attention to similarities of character. It is unfortunate that we are fairly certain that John the organist had no children; if there is a link between the HP and HN trees it is through one of his nephews.
WILLIAM HALES HINGSTON (280 in WEH Not shown in other lists) Probably born 1850 (although WEH says 17 Nov 1800 which must be an error). He must be the man listed in Naval Records as William Hales Hingston, created Midshipman on 24 Jan 1866 and Sub-lieutenant on 24 Jul 1870. On 1st Sep 1869 he was appointed to HMS Vestal. WEH said he died 1890 without issue, and his death is listed in FreeBMD the Dec Qtr 1890 in Wandsworth, aged 40.
JAMES HENRY HINGSTON (shown only in PCMH/RGH) (282 in WEH) born c. 1842.
JESSIE HINGSTON (283 in WEH - not shown in other lists). WEH says born Aug 1843 and died 1868.
ANNE HINGSTON (284 in WEH - not shown in other lists). WEH says born at Queenstown Ireland 1852, married EDWARD MAURICE DAY SPRING and moved to Sydney Australia. They have three children and are all very musical.
ISABELLA (ISSIE) HINGSTON (285 in WEH) (from GB - shown in PCMH) born c. 1846 according to GB although WEH says she was Anne's twin. She is probably the Issie Hingston who died in 1903 in Queensland (PCMH says it was in Lismore NSW).
69. CHARLES LOVE HINGSTON (272 in WEH) was born 1872 in Brighton, Victoria, the son of 68. James Love Hingston and Jane Sarah Young. In 1891 he married LILLIAN ARMSTRONG. Charles and Lilian had the following children:-
EILEEN HINGSTON who married PERCY BLAKE
FREDERICK WILLIAM HINGSTON was born 5 Nov 1892 in Carlton, Victoria and died 19 Jul 1979 in Ringwood,Victoria. He married LILILIAN EDITH BOXALL 4 Nov 1922 in St Mary's, Camberwell, Victoria. They had two daughters.
LILLIAN LOVE HINGSTON (277 in WEH) born 1894 in Camberwell, Victoria; she married in 1916 THOMAS STEPHENS.
CHARLES LOVE HINGSTON born 1896 in Caulfield, Victoria who married KATHLEEN OLIVE DEVERAU 5 Feb 1923. They had two children. He died in 1941, she died in 1973. Andrew Millar <amillar@iinet.net.au> is their grandson.
JAMES LOVE HINGSTON born 1898 in Kew, Victoria
EDITH HELEN LOVE HINGSTON born 1899 in Malvern, Victoria. She married in 1919 THOMAS JOHN BUTLER. They had three daughters.
ROBERT LOVE HINGSTON born 1902 in South Yarra, Victoria. He married JEAN
CHARLOTTE EILEEN HINGSTON born 1904 in Essedon, Victoria
SILVIA IRENE HINGSTON born 1908 in Essedon, married JOE BUTLER.
54. CLAYTON WILLIAM JAMES HINGSTON (249 in WEH) was born 18 May 1849 in Sandhurst, Kent, the son of 52. Clayton Samuel Hext Hingston and Selina Ledeatt, although he was baptised in Antigua. After the death of his mother in 1853, and his father in 1857, both Clayton and his sister Nina were brought up in Antigua by their mother’s sister, Elizabeth Woodcock, nee Ledeatt, the wife of Judge Henry Isles Woodcock, Chief Justice of Tobago. They were sent to England to be educated; in 1861 Clayton was sent to school at Wellington College, Berkshire, which was followed by The Royal Military College, Sandhurst in 1867. After passing out from Sandhurst he served with the 62nd Regiment of Foot in India and in 1874 transferred to the 10th Bengal Native Infantry (10th Jats). He served in the 1887-89 Burma Expedition against the Chins - Third Burmese War - where he served in the Southern Division under Brig. Gen. W.P. Symons. On 22nd January 1899 he became Colonel of the 10th Regiment of Bengal Infantry but retired shortly afterwards due to ill health, leaving India for good on 17 April, 1899. Mentioned in Despatches London Gaz; 15 Nov 1889, GGO 782 of ’89 Medal with Clasp. The Army lists state that he was ‘Proficient in Punjabi and Burmese’. In 1874, in Bengal, he married MARY CLEMENTINA GRAY, daughter of Prof David Gray [Index to Bengal Marriages, Oriental and India Office Collection, British Library, Vol. 150 Folio 83]. [In the 1861 UK census: age 11, born in the West Indies, living in Gravesend, Kent; 1901 UK census: living in Lambeth, London with wife and 5 children (RG13/437 Folio 94 Pg 23); Clayton was then 51, Head of the household, born in the West Indies, Colonel Indian Staff; Mary was 48, wife, born in Scotland.] CWJH's aunt, Louisa Ledeatt, was married to Captain George Francis Carew Peter, of Harlyn House, Padstow and of Chyverton. Although the Peters spent most of their time in Antigua, they visited England from time to time, when Louisa would invite her orphaned Hingston nephew and niece to come and stay with them, and it was these joyful holidays, spent in Cornwall with Louisa and her husband, and daughter, Mary Peter, that inevitably brought Clayton, and then his children, back to Cornwall. Harlyn House has now been turned into a hotel. Clayton died in Falmouth 29 Jul 1905 aged 56 and is buried at Mylor. Mary died 16 Dec 1925 in Cornwall and many of their children were buried at Mylor.
Clayton and Mary had issue:
MARGARET MOLYNEUX HINGSTON (b. 3 Nov 1875 in Alipore, Calcutta, India, d. 11 Apr 1933 in Falmouth, Cornwall, unmarried). [1901 UK census: living in Lambeth, age 25, daughter, born in India; 1911 Census she was living with her widowed mother at Tregew, Flushing, Cornwall. They had 1 servant. In her probate, it mentions her address as: Floradale, Flushing.
Lt. Col. CLAYTON ALEXANDER FRANCIS HINGSTON CIE, OBE, St John of Jerusalem, MRCS, LRCP, IMS. (352 in WEH but no parents or children shown.) Born 6 May 1877 Jalpaiguri, India. Lt Colonel I.M.S. [Indian Medical Service?] CBE [1901 UK census: living in Lambeth, listed as Francis Hingston, age 23, son, born in India, medical student; Who Was Who: Lieut-Col. Born 6 May 1877, son of Col. C.W.J.Hingston. Married 1908 GLADYS VIOLET SCROGGIE. Two sons, one daughter. Medical Officer in India. Lived at Falmouth, died 17 Sep 1969] His obituary in the British Medical Journal read:- "Lieutenant-Colonel C. A. F. HINGSTON, C.I.E., O.B.E., M.R.C.S. L.R.C.P, formerly of the Indian Medical Service, died at his home in Cornwall on 17 September after a short illness at the age of 92. Clayton Alexander Francis Hingston was born on 6 May 1877, and received his medical education at the Middlesex Hospital, qualifying in 1901 with the Conjoint diploma. An appointment as obstetric house-physician at the Middlesex Hospital followed, and he then joined the Indian Medical Service. After a short time on the military side he transferred to the civil branch and specialized in obstetrics and gynaecology, eventually becoming superintendent and senior obstetric and gynaecological surgeon at the Government Hospital for Women and Children, Madras. He was also appointed principal and professor in midwifery at the Medical College at Madras. For his services he was appointed O.B.E. in 1919 and the C.I.E. in 1925. He was appointed Honorrary Surgeon to the Viceroy in December 1931. After retirement in 1932 he remained on in private practice in Madras till the end of 1945. On their return from India, they lived at Hadley Hurst in Polegate, Sussex - a house they had owned since before the War, but he was always keen to move back to Flushing in Cornwall, which they eventually did in the 1950s when he retired to Cornwall. He is survived by a daughter and two sons, both of whom are in the medical profession. "Another award, not mentioned in his obituary, was that of The Order of St John of Jerusalem on 25 Oct 1927, which was awarded for all the work he did for St John's Ambulance in the Madras Presidency (which covered a vast area) during World War 1. From 1936 to 1938 he was President of the Madras Club; this considered itself to be on an equal footing with any club at St James’s in London. "Madras being the Headquarter of Headquarters, the Madras Club is naturally the Ace of Clubs". The life of the Hingston family gets a chapter in Anne de Courcy's recent book "The Fishing Fleet: Husband-hunting in the Raj". "The Fishing Fleet" was originally the slightly disparaging name given to young ladies from England who went to India in search of husbands amongst the young officers and officials serving in the Raj. Clayton's daughter Sheila is used to illustrate the case of girls returning to India to stay with their parents, after they had finished their schooling in England. The book includes several photographs of the family and their house in Ooty, where they stayed during the hot weather.
MARY ETHEL HINGSTON, b. Jalpaiguri, India 1878. Died as an infant.
Surgeon Capt. WILLIAM PERCEVAL HINGSTON, CBE, RN, MRSC, Eng, LRCP, London was born 1879 in Edinburgh and baptised at Portobello. [1901 UK census: living in Lambeth, age 21, born in Scotland, medical student (at Middlesex Hospital)] In Camberwell in March 1907 (BMD) he married MYFANWY DORA MARSDEN born in Sep 1887, daughter of George William Marsden, a solicitor. They had one son. Dora was killed on 1 Sep 1923 in the Great Kanto earthquake in Japan where her husband was in charge of the RN Establishments in Yokahama. William subsequently married again in 1932 to MARGOT EILEEN RODGERS, a nurse (1897-1975). William died 16 Jan 1950 in Datchet, Berks and is buried at Mylor in Cornwall. [Who Was Who: Surgeon Captain, R.N. Born Edinburgh 1879, son of Col. C.W.J.Hingston of the Indian Army. Married Myfanwy Dora, daughter of Geo.W. Marsden. One son. Educated Middlesex Hospital, retired 1929, lived at Datchet, Bucks, died 16 Jan 1950]. His son was PERCEVAL CLAYTON MARSDEN HINGSTON (PCMH) who assembled a family history, much of which has been included in the information on this page.
Col. JAMES CLARENCE LEDEATT HINGSTON, MRCB, LRCP London, DPH Cambridge. Born 20 Apr 1882 at Rangoon, Burma. In 1901 living at Lambeth, born in Burma, age 18, and a Medical Student (at the Middlesex Hospital). He was a Major in the Royal Army Medical Corps; 1901 UK census: living in Lambeth, age 18, son, born in Burma, medical student. He married c. 1910 MARGARET SMITH who had been born c. 1899. They had no children. James was in the Royal Army Medical Corps as a Lieut 29 Jul 1907, Capt. 29 Jan 1911, Major 29 Jul 1919 and Colonel 15 Dec 1934. He was involved in the Mesopotamia campaign in 1916 and served on the North West Frontier of India in 1931. He was D.D.M.S. (Deputy Director of Medical Services?) Egypt 23 Oct 1937. He died at Falmouth 4 Oct 1947 aged 65 and is buried at Mylor. Has a First World War medal card as a Captain and Deputy Assistant to the Director of Medical Services and a Major in the Royal Army Medical Corps.
KATHLEEN MARY HINGSTON was born 21 Feb 1886 at Gravesend while the parents were on leave in England and visiting Clayton's grandmother, Jane Hingston (nee Mahoney), who lived there. Sadly Kathleen died just over a week later.
LENA HINGSTON born 1893 Barrackpore, India [1901 UK census: living in Lambeth, age 7, daughter, born in India; BMD], died of Diptheria at Flushing in Falmouth aged 13 in Sep 1906, buried at Mylor.
65. JAMES RICHARD WILLIAM HINGSTON (268 in WEH), born 16 Mar 1856 in Aglish, the son of 59. James Hingston and Maria Hull; he married early in 1883 KATHERINE SWEENY. According to RGH's letter, she was his father's cook, and because of this disgrace he was disinherited and expelled from the country; he fled to the U.S.A, and subsequently obtained a prominent position on the editorial staff of the New York Times. James died 17 Mar 1911 in Ellenville, NY, USA. There is a memorandum amongst WEH's papers from him listing his family
James and Catherine had two children:-
MARY HINGSTON (299 in WEH), born 28 Sep 1883 in New York
JOSEPH GEORGE HINGSTON (300 in WEH) born 25 Dec 1890 in Woodridge, New Jersey
57. RICHARD EDWARD HULL HINGSTON (298 in WEH), born 24 Oct 1859 in Aglish, the son of 59. James Hingston and Maria Hull; he married 25 Sep 1883 in Blackrock, Co. Cork FRANCIS SANDIFORD. She had been born c. 1855 in Blackrock d. of D. L. Sandiford of Ballinlough, co. Cork, and died 20 May 1947 in Monkstown, Co. Cork. He presented an ancient font to the Cathedral of Cloyne and lately renovated and restored the estate of Aglish which has been in the family 200 years. The family moved to London in about 1887. He died 28 Mar 1924 in London. Some information about this family from Stuart Eagles <stuarteagles@hotmail.com>
FRANCIS PERCEVAL RANDOLPH HINGSTON (483 in WEH) b. 13 Jul 1888 at St Olave (FreeBMD); married 25 Apr 1917 in London to MILLICENT EAGLE who had been born c. 1896. He died 20 Apr 1939 in London. No children.
FREDERICK BECHER HINGSTON (484 in WEH) Gentleman. b. 11 Nov 1889 in Wandsworth (FreeBMD). he married 14 Feb 1921 in London SELINA MARION LESLIE born c 1899. He died 6 Aug 1940. No children.
ELIZABETH MARIA ALLEYNE HINGSTON (485 in WEH) born 22 Fen 1891 in Cork married 17 Oct 1921 in Vancouver, British Columbia, her cousin JAMES O'GRADY, son of Mary Florence Lucinda Hingston and Carew O'Grady, one son.
MARIE SELINA PRISCILLA (486 in WEH) born 7 Mar 1893, married 7 Jun 1923 in Victoria, British Columbia GEORGE GORDON DAVIDSON, born c. 1889. She died 7 Mar 1893 in Vancouver.
FRANCES HENRIETTA HINGSTON (487 in WEH) born 15 Oct 1895 in Cork died C 1950 in Cork. dsp.
71. THOMAS HODNETT HINGSTON was born 1849 in Cork, the son of 35. George Sackville Cotter Hingston and Isabella Rudkin and died 5 Jan 1887 in Cleveland, Queensland. He married Sep Qtr 1872 at Pancras, London (FreeBMD) EMILY SARAH BARRATT (born 1847, died 5 Oct 1919 in Queensland). (He is 281 in WEH who says that he was born 10 Apr 1848 and died without issue 1886.)
Thomas and Emily had issue:-
ARTHUR JAMES HINGSTON born 1874 in England. From a description on an Australian Collections Website (no longer available) He came to Queensland when he was nine months old. He studied art at the Brisbane Technical College and returned to England where he was appointed to the staff of the London Daily Mail as an illustrator and cartoonist. Besides cartoon work and caricatures he also painted in oils and watercolours. For health reasons Hingston returned to Brisbane and gained employment on the staff of the Brisbane Truth newspaper where he drew cartoons as well as illustrating a weekly column about Brisbane men, from 1905 to 1910, he also had work published in other well-known newspapers and is represented in the Queensland Art Gallery. He died 13 Sep 1912.
CHARLES G HINGSTON born 6 Jul 1876 in Queensland; died 2 May 1879 in Queensland
WALTER HAYGARTH HINGSTON born 6 Nov 1878; died 8 Jun 1898 in Queensland
FLORENCE EMILY HINGSTON born 13 Sep 1880 in Queensland and married there on 17 Aug 1931 PERCY STANHOPE HOBDAY
72. RICHARD HINGSTON was born 1855 in Ballycotton, Co Cork, the son of 35. George Sackville Cotter Hingston and Isabella Rudkin. According to Bev Parkes <parkesb@ozemail.com.au>, who is a great grand-daughter of Richard, he was married twice but was divorced from his first wife.
Richard married ELLEN MARIA MORTON on 23 Nov 1876 at Canterbury, New Zealand (Bev has a copy of marriage cert from Divorce Papers.)
They had 4 children, the first born in NZ; Richard and Ellen lived together for a year in NZ but he then went to Queensland. Ellen followed him one year later. They lived together for abt 3 years in Mount Walker Qld where another child was born. They then went to live in London and remained in England for 3 years where they had another child before returning to live as a family at Three Mile Creek at Ipswich Queensland where they had their fourth child. Ellen started to file for divorce from Richard abt 1885 and the Decree Nisi was awarded 26 Novr 1888. The separation and divorce were acrimonious. (Newspaper Report & Divorce papers).
Richard was 33 at the time of his marriage on 27 Nov 1888 (the day after the divorce was finalised) at the Presbyterian Church, Fortitude Valley, Queensland he married ANNIE LOUISA COTTAM; she was a teacher in Brisbane who had been born 1866 in Toowong, Queensland. He died by drowning in Queensland 15 Oct 1897, where he is mistakenly listed as Kingston in the Toowong cemetary records. Annie died 1932 in Penrith, NSW.
Richard is 286 in WEH who has a conflicting version.
WEH says he was born at Queenstown 14 Feb 1855 and agrees with the names of his wife and children (although he lists one more than are shown elsewhere) but says he went to Sydney New South Wales. He says Richard was thrown from his horse and struck on the top of his head about six years ago (1896) which has resulted in his total blindness at this writing (1903) in 1902. He, with his family, returned to England and are now on a small farm near London in Essex. The following are a few lines he wrote upon his sight failing him. Lines written on failing eyesight // E'en tho' the shadow nears day by day / And steals apace to veil those eyes that know / A world so fair with violets mid their due / The laughing sweetness of the breath of May // And hide each bloom along my rugged way / That let my path beneath the closing blue / Wherein no star may shine to lead me thro' / Or guide my slumberous wandrings lest they stray // A chastened murmur thro' the stillness rings / In rays divine, and visions that may be / To brighten on thro' darkness still it beams / Aye clear and clearer for the shade that stings / Thro' those wan hours by Times long rolling Sea / Sound chords that tend to light beyond these dreams.
It is fairly clear that WEH was in contact with Richard but is this the right Richard? There is a something wrong here but I don't know what.
The children of Richard and Ellen were:-
RICHARD FERDINAND HINGSTON, born in New Zealand on 18 Dec 1877 and died there abt 1878.
LILLIAN MARION ISABELLA HINGSTON (aka Nellie or Nina) was born on 9 Nov 1879 (baptised in England on 13 Jan 1881). (Ancestry) Married William Clague 11 Jan 1905 and died 28 Feb 1947 (Ancestry).
MARGARET MARY HINGSTON was born on 5 Feb 1882 at Peckton (Peckham?), Camberwell Surrey (Ancestry). Margaret married Edward Tyson on 3 Feb 1912 and died on 15 Aug 1968 (She is Bev Parkes grandmother).
LILIAN BEATRICE HINGSTON was born at Ipswich, Queensland on 10 Oct 1883. She never married and died 3 Sep 1914.
Richard and Annie had issue:-
RICHARD HINGSTON born NSW Christmas Day 1888. (638 in WEH) WEH says he is now in Essex, England (I thought for some time that this might refer to the family at Thaxted in Essex, but the names don't match and they are now listed as HO#26.
IRENE VIOLET (IVY) HINGSTON born 1890 in Marrickville NSW. (639 in WEH)
WILLIAM FERDINAND (or FREDERICK) HINGSTON (640 in WEH - not shown in other lists) Born in 1891.
ARTHUR LIONEL HINGSTON (641 in WEH) born 14 Apr 1894 and married 1922 in Glebe, NSW. He died in 1970 and was the grandfather of Heather Chapman <chapman.h@telstra.com>
EDITH LILLIAN HINGSTON (642 in WEH) born 1896 in Marrickville NSW.
73. GEORGE WILLIAM DARROCK HINGSTON (278 in WEH) born 14 Feb 1842 (WEH) in Co Cork, the son of 35. George Sackville Cotter Hingston and Isabella Rudkin. He married ANNIE L. WRIGHT of Queenstown (of full age, spinster) on 14 Jul 1864 at Queenstown, Clonmel, Co Cork; she had been born 1841. Graduated M.A. at Trinity College Dublin. He was Rector of Farnborough. (This is probably Farnborough, Kent, near Bromley judging by FreeBMD entries for some of the children, rather than Farnborough in Hampshire) Died 30 July 1884. George and Annie had issue:-
ANNIE HINGSTON (288 in WEH) born 1867 in Cudham, Kent; WEH says she was born 8 May 1866. Her marriage certificate shows that she married, on 7 Mar 1895, in St Jude's Church in the parish of East Brixton, GEORGE RAINY GAGGIN, who is shown as aged 24 and a Farmer; she was aged 26. The witnesses were W.B and C. Hingston (presumably her brother William Beaumont Hingston and his wife Clara). George has her cousin; his mother Arabella and her father George were sister and brother. George's parents had emigrated to Lismore NSW in 1885 when he would have been 18. He is reported as having been educated at Texarkana University, USA where he presumably studied Veterinary Medicine, but he was clearly in London in 1895 (and a farmer, not a vet) but the family then went to Australia since he was described as a Veterinary Surgeon at Lismore when his father died in 1915. They had seven children, Olive May Dorcas (1899-1991); Arabella Ivy (1895-); Annie Jane Isobel (1897-1981); George (born and died 1901); Richard P (-1906); Henrietta (1904-1904); Harry R (1905-1905).
(Note that the Annie who married George Gaggin is shown elsewhere as the daughter of 36. John but the marriage certificate definitely shows her as the daughter of GWDH).
36. JOHN HINGSTON the son of 35. George Sackville Cotter Hingston and Isabella Rudkin. He married ANN.
(Note that John and his family are not shown in the PCMH/RGH tree or in WEH but there is evidence that his descendants existed. But I have doubts about two of the entries below.)
Children of JOHN HINGSTON and ANN are:
ANNIE HINGSTON was born Abt. 1875. She is said to have married her cousin GEORGE RAINEY GAGGIN Abt. 1895, son of Richard Gaggin and Arabella Hingston. but this is clearly incorrect; since George married Annie the daughter of 73. George)
ACIE HINGSTON, b. Abt.1876; m. ELIZABETH. Optician in Coogee
NEBBIE HINGSTON, b. Abt. 1876; m. CLARA. Doctor at Elizabeth Bay Camberwell
JAMES CLARENCE LEDEATT HINGSTON Major RAMC [has a First World War medal card as a Captain.]
(Note that JCLH is shown as the son of 54. Clayton William James Hingston whose mother was Selina Ledeatt. There is no Ledeatt connection for 36. John. I suspect this entry is wrong.)
Generation No. 9
66. JAMES HENRY HINGSTON was born 28 Nov 1884 in Blackrock, Co. Cork, the son of 57. Richard Edward Hull Hingston and Frances Sandiford; he married 1 Oct 1918 in Ireland JANE POPHAM HOSFORD, b c. 1898 in Scortamore, Bandon, Co. Cork. He died 6 Nov 1954 in Cork. James was presumably the last Hingston owner of Aglish, which after Irish independence passed to th Irish Land Commission.
James and Jane had two children:-
JAMES HINGSTON, who married firstly MARIAN MILDRED ODNE and secondly ETHELINE ELEANOR HOPKINS BRADY (2 children)
DIANA JOAN HINGSTON who married BRIAN ROBERT JOHNSON
67. HENRY SANDIFORD HINGSTON was born 27 Nov 1885 in Ireland, the son of 57. Richard Edward Hull Hingston and Frances Sandiford; he married 29 Jan 1920 in London, ESWYN NASH PALMER who had been born c. 1898 in Dymchurch, Tooting, Surrey. He died 17 Apr 1956 in London.
Henry and Eswyn had two children:-
ESWYN SANDIFORD PALMER HINGSTON who married MAITLAND JOSEPH GRESLEY HINTON (sic)
HENRY LANCELOT PALMER HINGSTON
RWG Hingston 58. Major RICHARD WILLIAM GEORGE HINGSTON was born 17 Jan 1887 (RGH says in Blackrock, Co. Cork but his birth appears to have been registered at St Olave in London (FreeBMD). He was the son of 57. Richard Edward Hull Hingston and Frances Sandiford; on 16 Nov 1926 in London he married MARY SIGGINS KENNEDY who had been born 18 Sep 1900 in Ashford, Middlesex. He died 5 Aug 1966 in Passage West, Co Cork; she died 29 Jan 1980 in Union Hall, Co Cork.
A web site about the ill-fated 1924 Everest expedition, which claimed the life of Mallory, reports :- Major Richard William George Hingston was not a mountaineer by profession but rather a doctor and naturalist who served as the Medical Officer for the 1924 Third British Expedition to Everest. Despite his lack of official climbing skills Hingston was able to come to the aid of Norton at Camp IV when Norton was struck by snow blindness. (This item was originally placed in Odds and Ends No 55). Many of RWGH's papers and photographs are now available online at Trinity College Dublin (search for Hingston), including his private diary of the Everest Expedition. (Page 94 onwards describes his rescue of Norton, and of course the later pages describe the slow realistaion that Mallory and Irvine have been lost on the mountain). There are also diaries of his other expeditions.
RWG Hingston His obituary from Who Was Who said:- Major. Surgeon-naturalist and author. Born 1887, son of Rev R.E.H.Hingston of Felhampton, Merton, married 1926 Mary Siggins Kennedy of Ashford, Middlesex, one son two daughters. University College, Cork.
A website carries the following biography of him:-
"He spent his early life in the family home at Horsehead in Passage West, County Cork, then was educated at Merchant Taylors' School and at University College Cork. Hingston graduated from the National University of Ireland with first-class honours in 1910 and almost immediately passed into the Indian Medical Service by examination.
In 1913 he was seconded from military duty and took part as a naturalist in the Indo-Russian Pamir triangulation expedition. He subsequently went on war service and saw action in East Africa, France and Mesopotamia. In 1920 he published a book detailing travels in the Himalayan valley of Hazara, in what is now Pakistan, entitled A Naturalist in Himalaya. He was elected to the Royal Geographical Society in 1922. In 1924 he was appointed medical officer and naturalist to the Mount Everest Expedition, although he was not a mountaineer by profession but rather a doctor and naturalist. He collected many specimens that were given to the Natural History Museum in London and later wrote Physiological Difficulties in the Ascent of Mount Everest, published in The Alpine Journal (1925). Despite his lack of official climbing skills, Dr. Hingston was able to come to the aid of Edward Norton at Camp IV when Norton was struck by snow blindness.
From 1925 till 1927, he acted as surgeon-naturalist to the Marine Survey of India on H.I.M.S. Investigator, a post which provided rich fields of scientific treasure for several Indian Medical Service officers. Hingston retired from the Indian Medical Service on pension in 1927, and went to Greenland as second in command of the Oxford University expedition to that territory. In the following year, he took command of an expedition sent by the same university to British Guiana. A Naturalist in British Guiana Forests appeared in 1932. He subsequently undertook a mission to Rhodesia, Nyasaland, Kenya, Uganda, and Tanganyika to investigate the methods of preserving the indigenous fauna. As a result of the investigation he wrote Proposed British National Parks for Africa, a paper read at the Evening Meeting of the Geographical Society on 9 March 1931 and later published in the Geographical Journal. Hingston stressed the necessity of creating National Parks, to protect the endangered fauna. He proposed locations and solutions how to deal with difficulties and problems arising.
He was recalled to military duty in India in 1939, and remained there until 1946. After the Second World War Major Hingston retired to his home in Southern Ireland. In his later years, he was severely handicapped by arthritis, which he bore with great stamina. A born naturalist and philosopher, with an attractive personality, Hingston was a credit to the great service to which he belonged, and although, unlike his contemporaries Sinton and Shortt, he never gained admission to the Royal Society, his vast range of knowledge in the biological field and his sterling achievements were widely admired."
Richard and Mary had three children:-
64. RICHARD GEORGE HINGSTON, Surgeon-Lieutenant RAN and compiler of a family history from which many of these notes have been produced. Born c 1927. He lived for 20 years in Ireland before emigrating to Australia. He wrote a letter explaining his family background.
SHEILAGH HINGSTON, born c 1927
MAUREEN ELIZABETH HINGSTON, born c 1929
98. GEORGE HENRY HINGSTON (289 in WEH) was born 30 Jul 1867 in Farnborough, Kent, the son of 73. George William Darrock Hingston and his wife Annie Wright. He married FLORENCE ALICE KÖHLER of Herne Hill, London on 14 Apr 1891 at Lambeth Register Office; they were both living at 1 Milton Road, Herne Hill. George described himself as being "of independent means". Her father was Augustus Kohler (deceased) Professor of Music, and the witnesses were W.B.Hingston and Annie Hingston (presumably George's brother and sister). Florence's grandfather had established the firm ‘Kohler and Son’ who were musical instrument manufacturers based in Covent Garden, specialising in brass wind instruments. George and Florence emigrated to America where he worked for a large liquor firm in Louisville, Kentucky, from which he was preparing to move to Buffalo when he was taken ill with pneumonia and died after three days on the 11 Jun 1898, leaving his wife with one child. Florence and the child returned to London where, on 21 Jan 1905, she married a second time to Arthur James Tadman, a bank clerk, who also was a widower, in Trust Hill, Yiewsley (Yiewsley is in West London - I can't find Trust Hill but there is a Trout Road). Florence Alice Tadman was buried in 1938 aged 71 in All Saints Church, Warlingham.
The only child of George and Florence was:-
GEORGE FRITZ HINGSTON (292 in WEH) was born Louisville, Kentucky on 20 Jan 1893. After his father died he returned to London with his mother.
On his 17th birthday in 1910 he went to work with his Stepfather as a bank clerk at the London County and Westminster Bank in Blackheath.
In the 1911 census he was shown as aged 18 and living with his stepfather and mother at 23 Inchmery Road Catford. His mother and stepfather moved to ‘Merrymount’ West Hall Road, Warlingham, Surrey during WWI and resided there for many years.
George Fritz Hingston enlisted in September 1914 with the Royal Sussex 9th Battalion. He was a Lance Corporal G/2952 rising to Acting Sergeant in 1916. By early September 1914 283 men from the London County and Westminster Bank had joined up with another 530 awaiting approval from the bank to leave. George would have received full pay from the bank, which he would be entitled to until the end of the war; this policy was later revised because as the war continued wages were also being paid to women, boys and older men who ran the banks in the recruits' absence.
The 9th (Service) Royal Sussex Regiment were formed at Chichester in September 1914 as part of K3 (Kitchener’s Army). They were in the 73rd Brigade, 24th Division. The Battalion moved to the South Downs and went into billets in Portslade in December 1914. In April 1915 they moved to Shoreham and then onto Woking in June 1915. On 31 Aug 1915 George landed in France and on the 25 Sep 1915 the battalion took part in the Battle of Loos. Their orders were to hold the ‘Fosse’ at all costs. The men were without food or water until they were withdrawn on the night of the 27 Sep 1915 after suffering heavy losses.
They were later subjected to gas attacks while at Wulverghem in 1916 and on the 30 Aug 1916 the battalion moved to trenches on the left of Delville Wood. The battle of Delville Wood, referred to as ‘Devil Wood’, took place between 15 Jul 1916 and 3 Sep 1916 and is part of the larger campaign known as "The Somme". George Hingston was wounded in action on 31 Aug 1916 and died on his way to the dressing station, aged 23. Rather suprisingly he is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial which bears the names of those who have no known grave. There are 72,194 officers and men of the United Kingdom and South African forces of whom 90% died in the various Battles of the Somme between July and November 1916. George is also commemorated on his mother's headstone in Warlingham. There is a photo of him on the www.rbsremembers.com web site. George Fritz Hingston was awarded the British, Victory and 1914/1915 Star medals for services to his country. I am grateful to Lauren Gates of the
Warlingham WW1 Centenary Committee for this information about George Fritz' military career.
99. (RICHARD) WILLIAM BEAUMONT HINGSTON born 28 Feb 1871 in Bromley Common, Kent, the son of 73. George William Darrock Hingston and his wife Annie Wright. The early records do not show the name Richard, but he seems to have added it after he moved to Australia. He married Jun Qtr 1895, CLARA WILLIAMS (nee PLAYER) of Dulwich, London. Clara was the daughter of Jacob Player of Combe St. Nicholas Somerset; she was born
in Bishop's Wood and baptised at St. Leonard's
Otterford Parish on February 28th 1869. She probably married Joseph Williams in Mar Qtr 1891 at St George's, Hanover Square but he died in early 1894 age 43. She and William (as he was still calling himself) had one child in London but then emigrated to Australia.
In Australia he seems to have adopted the first name Richard, and he claimed to have studied medicine at the London Hospital, but on at least two occasions he was charged with falsely representing himself as a qualified medical practitioner. It is not clear whether he actually studied medicine in London. In 1902, at the Redfern Police Court in New South Wales he was fined £50. He stated that he was awarded the degree of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1895 and that he had practiced in England for some time before coming out to Australia on the steamer Oriana, on which voyage some of his possessions, including his certificate, had been destroyed in a fire, and that he could not replace it unless he went back to London, which he could not afford to do. The court was told that he was not listed as being amongst the holders of an MRCS, so when he applied to be registered in Australia he was turned down. His crime was discovered because he signed a death certificate and used the letters MRCS. He seems to have continued in the same way, because in 1926 he again had to explain to the Coroners Court in Sydney that he was not registered, although he had been practising as a doctor for 31 years. Finally, in 1947, "The Truth" in Sydney reported that he was still practising as a Homeopothist and Neuropathologist. He was again fined £50 for both obtaining and giving to patients morphine acetate.
Clara died in Darlinghurst and was buried at Rockwood Cemetery on 3 Aug 1922. That is just outside of Sydney. It seems likely that he then married EILEEN AGNES RANCLOUD who had been born in 1888. She died in 1973, age 85.
It is not known whether they had any children.
The children of Richard William Beaumont and Clara Hingston were:-
GEORGE BEAUMONT ARCHIBALD HINGSTON (293 in WEH) baptised 7 Jun 1895 at St Judes, East Brixton (i.e. Herne Hill), London. He died 1896 at Blayney, NSW.
MURIEL L M HINGSTON, Born 1896 and died 1898 at Millthorpe NSW.
PHILEMON HINGSTON, Born 1897 and died 1898 at Millthorpe NSW
MURIEL N HINGSTON, Born 1899 at Redfern
RUTH M HINGSTON, Born 1901 at Redfern and married William Williamson, in 1926,
NORMAN W HINGSTON, Born in 1903 and died in 1904 at Ashfield NSW.
WBH is listed by WEH, where he is #290, but he is shown there as dying in Liverpool, when in fact it was the eldest son who died.
74. ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL EDWARD HINGSTON (291 in WEH) was born 18 Aug 1879 in Farnborough, Kent, the son of 73. George Willaim Darrock Hingston and Annie and died 1919 in Randwick, NSW. He married 1899 in Sydney, NSW, ELIZABETH BURNS who had been born c 1879.
Archibald and Elizabeth had issue:-
EILEEN M HINGSTON born 1900 in Redfern NSW who married GUY E M COOK 1922 in Sydney
GEORGE E B HINGSTON born 1902 in Granville NSW, who died the same year.
ANNIE L HINGSTON born 1905 in Waterloo, NSW who married in 1923 in Sydney JOHN W WILSON
WINIFRED E HINGSTON born 1909 in Sydney who married in 1928 in Ranwick NSW LOUIS D LATTER
HNB - Descendants of Lt Col Samuel Hingston (~1775-1830)
Generation No. 1
10. Lt. Col. SAMUEL JAMES HINGSTON. Samuel James died on 21 Nov 1830. Samuel is No 701 in Vine.
There is considerable doubt about Samuel's ancestry. Vine says that he was the youngest son of James 206 and Catherine 2024; born at Cloyne, Ireland 1775 but if that refers to 8. James and Catherine (Murdoch) it is about a generation too early; King's record shows him as born on 1 Nov 1775 in Freehold, NJ, USA, the son of 9. Benezer Murdoch Hingston. If King is correct he went back to Ireland with his parents when they fled after the revolutionary war, during which they had been loyalists. Stan Hingston says he was the brother of 81. Freke Hingston who was married to Catherine Vickery. There is a conflict which should be resolved, although as indicated in the discussion above King's interpretation seems to be the most logical.
A detailed discussion about the uncertainty about SJH's ancestry has been provided by Ray Perrault. I am grateful to him for his contribution. Some of the subsequent entries here have been modified as a result of the details he has provided. If Samuel was the son of 9. Benezer as supposed he would have been born in New Jersey but then would have gone to Ireland when his father was expelled as a Loyalist after the War of Independence. This presumably would have left him no friend of the US and his subsequent career as a defender of Canada against incursions from the south can be understood. Married [Vine] WINIFRED CAVINDISH (or CAVENDISH) of County Cavin, Ireland, 1797 (according to Vine). However, Alan Hustak in his biography of Sir William Hingston said that they married against her parents wishes on 25 Feb 1801 in Dublin. Apparently the Cavindishes were a prominent Catholic family from Dublin and disapproved of her marrying a Protestant. Her name is sometimes written (in French records) as Cavanaugh but Cavendish seems to have been passed on (notably by her grandson HN#15 Thomas Cavendish Hingston). Samuel and Winifred had three (surviving) children -
SAMUEL JAMES HINGSTON (704 in Vine). He was probably born in ireland in about 1803. In 1822 he was godfather to his step-sister Marie-Ann (see below). He is probably the unnamed son whose accidental death in 1826, while boiling down potash for fertilizer, was described by Sellars.
11. THOMAS HINGSTON Said in parish records of St Patrice de Hinchinbrooke to have been Lt- Adjutant of 99th regiment, Hinchinbrooke.
JOHN HINGSTON was born 1st Nov 1806 and was baptised at the Anglican Cathedral Holy Trinity Church, Quebec City. Samuel was described as a Serjeant Major in His Majesty's Hundredth Regiment of Foot. However, John died 18 Apr 1807 and was buried the next day. (Records in the Drouin collection).
SARAH HINGSTON (702 in Vine), born in Quebec, probably in Montreal, ca 1810, per the 1861 and 1871 censuses, (although her birth record has not been found). Was married at Dundee, Quebec on 2 Jan 1833 to James Davidson 2152 of Hinchinbrooke, Quebec, and died in Montreal on 24 Oct 1879, having had two children - Ellen and John. .
He seems to have started his military career as an officer in the Irish Volunteers, with service in Royal Irish Regiment of Artillery. His unit sailed to Canada in 1805 and during the War of 1812 he participated in the shelling of Buffalo, NY (17-3-1813). [B. Winn, 1995] joined 100th Prince Regent's Company of Dublin Regiment, probably in Ireland, possibly at its inception; known to have been at the Battle of Lundy's Lane (Niagara Region), where he was wounded. Discharged at Montreal. The 100th was raised in 1805 and with few exceptions its officers and men were Irish. It was on the fighting line at Sacketts Harbour, Plattsburgh, Chippawa, Fort Niagara (Grenadier Corps) and Fort Erie (assault). It was renumbered the 99th in 1816 and then disbanded at Chatham in 1818. SJH received no pension, possibly receiving a land grant instead. [Army Lists, 1810-20] Adjutant for 100th Regiment of Foot and Ensign, 4-1-1810; Lieutenant attached to 99th of Foot 15-5-1813; half-pay 25-9-1818. He was in command of the infantry in Port Erie, Canada, when they bombarded the then village of Buffalo and Fort on the 17th March 1813. Some of the shells fell short, and, falling in the Niagara River, two of them, a six and a ten inch, were dug up by Hingston and Wood's dredge, then in charge of W.E. Hingston, the compiler of the Vine tree, on the 22nd of June, 1889, 76 years afterwards, and are now in his possession. Lieut. Hingston distinguished himself and earned his promotion at the Battle of Chippawa, near Niagara Falls, where he was wounded in the forehead and in the groin, 5 July, 1814. The British loss that day was 138 killed and 365 wounded. When the regiment was disbanded some time afterwards, he chose a very pretty place near Huntingdon, on the Chateauguay river. There he organized the Militia Force, Lord Dalhousie giving him command of the County of Huntingdon, and subsequently Sir James Kempt gave him Colonelcy of the whole County of Beauhamoes (Beauharnois?). He continued, to the end of his life, in 1830, to be lame from the wound he received at Chippawa. [Vine] 1825 Census shows 7 members of Hingston household: 2 single men 18-25 (Samuel Jr and Thomas), 1 married man older than 40 (Samuel Sr), 1 woman under 14 (Eleanor Jr), 2 single women under 45 (Sarah and one other: a maid?) and one married woman under 45 (Eleanor Sr) From Memorandum from NAC: The published "Army Lists", 1810-20, contain the following: (1) on 4 -1-1810, he was assigned as Adjutant for the 100th Regiment of Foot. He attained the rank of Enseign in the Army the same day. (2) on 15-5-1813, he became a Lieutenant attached to the 99th Regiment of Foot (3) He was placed on half pay (pension) on 25-9-1818. British Military and Naval Records "C" Series (R G 8 I) show about 50 references to SJH. Index is on reel C-11822. Land petitions in Upper Canada (1834, Reel C-2053) and Lower Canada (1822-40, C-2511; 1826, C-2560; 1827-35 C-2533; 1826-30, C-2533; 1835, C-2495).
On 11 Apr 1815 when Samuel James was 39, he married (MARY) ELEANOR MCGRATH, at St Gabriel St Presbyterian Church in Montreal, Quebec. Eleanor was born in Montreal on 25 Jan 1791, the daughter of Owen McGrath, a blacksmith, and Marguerite Carey/Garey. Apparently it was agreed that the children of his first wife would be brought up as Protestants but his children with Eleanor would be brought up as Catholics. Eleanor had been hired as a housekeeper to look after his children after his first wife died (according to Hustak). She was buried on 6 Oct 1866 in Montreal, when she was declared to have been 77. Samuel and Eleanor had the following children:
MARIE ANNE HINGSTON born 26 Sep 1822 and baptized 6 Oct at Montreal Notre Dame. The godparents were Sarah and Samuel James (children of Samuel's first marriage). Mary Ann was buried 28 Jul 1832 when she was described as daughter of the former Colonel Samuel Hingston (ecuyer = equerry, equivalent to English Esquire). (Drouin Collection)
ELEANOR HINGSTON (1825-1892) (705 in Vine). Born at Hinchinbrooke, 30 Jun 1825. Married there on 13 Sep 1847 to RICHARD PIERCE SMITH of Montreal, and by him had seven children - Richard W.H. (1848-1933), Eleanor Ann “Dolly” (1850-1869), Frances “Fannie” (1852-1926), Cordelia Eva “Delia” (1854-), James Hingston (1858-1913), Edward Hingston (1860-1896) and Margaret Jane “Maggie” (1861-1915). Mrs Eleanor Hingston Smith died 12 May 1892. Lucinda Boyd <cindarboyd@mindspring.com> is descended from Edward Hingston Smith.
MARGARET HINGSTON (1827-1909) (706 in Vine) born at Hinchinbrooke, 9 April 1827. Was married in Montreal to JOHN DAVIDSON, 6 September 1846. Mrs Davidson succeeded her father in command of the Militia at her father's death in 1831. They had a large family - Ellen (1847-1924), Margaret Ogilvy (1849-1882), William Frederick “Manny” (1851-1891), Sarah Chesley “Tottie” (1853-1923), Frances Bruce “Fanny” (1857-1946), Elizabeth “Lizzie” (1858-1943), John Grant (1861-1895), James Alexander (1863-1888), Florence Campbell “Flo” (1866-1934), Edward Alfred “Ned” (1868-1924).
The following description appears in Robert Sellar's book The history of the County of Huntingdon and the Seigniories of Chateuagay & Beauharnois "Major Hingston, so styled from his command in the militia, was an Irish Protestant, and had risen from the ranks to be adjutant in the 100th regt., which served in Ontario during the war of 1812. Hingston was in all the fighting on the Niagara peninsula. At Lundy's Lane he was struck by a spent bullet on the forehead and at other engagements had received injuries, he counting 7 wounds. He had twice married Catholics. After his second marriage he sought to leave Montreal for the country, and visited Huntingdon, with which he had some acquaintance from having hunted through it, selected lots 30 and 31, 5th range, and moved in 1824. He lived an easy if rude life, spending most of his time hunting and fishing, and adapting himself to backwoods' habits. Two years after coming, he lost a son under shocking circumstances. On the bank of Oak creek the potash-kettle had been placed, and the young man left with it to keep up the fire all night to boil down the lye. He feIl asleep on the slope above, and awaking suddenly, turned, and thrust his legs into the hot lye. He died the foIlowing day. [It is assumed here that this is Samuel, son of his first marriage - there is no other child we know of who is not accounted for elsewhere.] On the reorganization of the militia in 1827 Hingston was appointed major of the 4th battalion, the duties of which were nominal, for all the men were required to do was to muster on the King's birthday, answer to their names, and be treated at the expense of their captains. His militia rank conferred many of the powers of a magistrate. On his death in 1832 he was buried on his lot with military honors, Captain Hudson collecting a firing-party. No stone marks the resting place of the veteran who died a Protestant." Was the son who died Samuel? Samuel's grave is in a small walled enclosure in Elgin Township in Quebec. It has recently been found by Jon Vine <xjj772gvfd@gmail.com> who lives nearby and is interested in Samuel's involvement in the war of 1812. He has sent me a photo of the grave which now has a plaque placed by Harold Ramsey Hingston in 1964.
Sellar also says "[SW Quebec] is a community distinct from every other in the province of Quebec. With the Eastern Townships, with which they are often erroneously classed, the English-speaking settlements of the district of Beauharnois have no affinity. The first settlers of the Eastern Townships were Americans, and between the customs, speech, and habits of their descendants and those of the people who live to the south of them there is no material difference, but they who dwell by the Chateauguay and its tributaries are of Old Country stock, and in character, ways of life, and speech present nearly as striking a contrast to the Americans, who are divided from them by an imaginary boundary-line, as they do to the French Canadians who are found scattered among them and who hem them in to the north and east.”
Generation No. 2
11. THOMAS HINGSTON (703 in Vine). Eldest son of 10. Samuel James Hingston and his first wife Winifred (Cavindish); born Dublin, Ireland, Jun 1802. Was married in Canada, 14 August 1843, to MATHILDE PICARD. Mr Hingston, who was a farmer, died at his home in Athelstan, 2 March 1883. She died 10 March 1881, leaving a large family -
WILLIAM HINGSTON (710 in Vine), Born at Athelstan, 17 Jun 1845, and married 12 Jan 1886, ELIZABETH GILMORE of the same place. He died 5 Sep 1929 and had no children.
MARY HINGSTON (711 in Vine), Born at Athelstan, 6 Nov 1847. Married, 15 Sep 1866, to JOHN LA FONTAIN. She died 10 Jun 1875, leaving three children - Mary, John and Ellen.
MATILDA HINGSTON (712 in Vine), Born at Athelstan, 24 May 1849. Married ROBERT GIBSON 2175, 23 Nov 1873, and has nine children - Margaret 3156, Mary 3157, William 3158, Annie 3139, Janet 3160, Thomas 3161, Robert 3162, John 3163, and Sarah 3164.
JOHN HINGSTON (714 in Vine), Born at Athelstan, 2 Feb 1853, and died Mar 2, 1875.
SARAH HINGSTON (715 in Vine), Born at Athelstan, 11 Jul 1855. Married 14 Mar 1881, to ROBERT MURPHY 2177. No children reported to me.
ANNIE HINGSTON (716 in Vine), Born at Athelstan, 1 Feb 1857. Married 11 Nov 1895, to CHARLES McCARTHY 2688 of Athelstain. She died, without issue, 6 Nov 1896.
JOSEPH HINGSTON (717 in Vine), and Born at Athelstain, 24 Apr 1860. Married, 18 Oct 1886, to ADDIE BELMONT 2178, now living near Ormstown, Canada.
ELLEN HINGSTON (718 in Vine). Born 19 September 1861. Died 10 August 1866.
The family seems to have been involved in fighting during the Fenian raids across the border from the United States in 1866 and 1870. In 1855, Canada passed a Militia Act creating cavalry, infantry, and artillery units, made up of volunteer, part-time soldiers. Strained Anglo-American relations during the American Civil War (1861-65) led Britain to send 11,000 troops to protect its North American colonies. Following the Civil War, the Fenian Brotherhood, largely composed of Irish-American veterans, sought to achieve Ireland’s independence from Britain by capturing Canada as a hostage. Between 1866 and 1871, they raided Canadian territory from New Brunswick to Manitoba. During the largest raid, in June 1866 along the Niagara frontier, the Fenians defeated a small Canadian force at Ridgeway. The Fenians returned to the United States before Canadian and British reinforcements arrived. Every other Fenian raid ended in failure, and the movement collapsed after 1871. Robert McGee's book "The Fenian Raids on the Huntingdon Frontier 1866 and 1870" contains the names of approximately 314 men who were on active service during the 1870 invasion, including Sgt. William Hingston and Pvt. Thomas Hingston who were both in the 5th company (raised in Athelstan) of the 50th Battalion Huntingdon Borderers. Both were awarded Fenian Medals. They are presumably both children of 11. Thomas above. A contemporary map of the area is available on the web.
Sir William12. Sir WILLIAM HALES HINGSTON (707 in Vine), born at Huntingdon, Canada, 29 June 1829, eldest son of 10. Samuel James Hingston and his second wife Eleanor (McGrath). He is probably the Pierre Guillaume Hingston, age 1 month, son of Samuel Hingston farmer, Huntingdon County & Heleine McGrath his wife, bap 30 Jul 1829, St Joachim Parish, Chateauguay. His father died some 18 months afterwards. He is widely known as W.H. Hingston, M.D., L.R.C.S.E., D.C., LL.D. etc., the most popular and able surgeon in Canada. I believe he died in 1907. He was invited by the American Consul General to go to Washington to assist in consultation with President Garfield's physicians, but he replied that he concurred in the opinion of Drs. Hamilton and Agnew; that there was already a sufficient number of able surgeons attending the wounded President, and that any further meddling might be disastrous. Dr Hingston was twice mayor of Montreal, 1875 and 1876. "The Illustrated Paper of Montreal" of 7 April 1875, has a good likeness of him engrossed from a photo, also a brief sketch of his life, from which I quote the following: "He was sent to a small grammar school in the neighbourhood, kept by a Rev. Mr. Williams, a Church of England clergyman, and afterwards by Mr. (now Sir) John Rose, and subsequently Mr. Anderson. During Mr. Rose's time he obtained the first prize in the Junior class, and during Mr. Anderson's incumbency, the prize among the seniors. Then at 13 he was sent to the Montreal College, where, at the end of the first year he obtained the prize in every branch, carrying three firsts and two seconds, while his chief opponent, the present Superior of the College, obtained the remaining two first and three second. The Rev. Mr. Villineure, one of the masters, often spoke of him as having been at that time full of fun and merriment, "un grand farceur" as he was then termed, and doing anything to create merriment or avoid a quarrel, but when a quarrel was forced upon him, never shrinking from the issue, no matter how uncertain it might appear. He afterwards spent a couple of years in studying pharmacy with R.W. Rexford, when he entered upon the study of medicine at McGill University. He graduated at the end of four years, and immediately left for England. He obtained the Surgeon's diploma of the University of Edinburgh. By the most rigid economy he succeeded in visiting England, Ireland and Scotland, and almost every country in Europe, spending the greater part of his time in hospitals, and bringing back with him diplomas from Scotland, France, Prussia, Austria and Bavaria, one, the membership of the Leopold Academy, purely honory and given only to authors, was the first ever obtained by a Canadian, Sir William Logan and T. Slerry Hunt being the next recipients of the honor. Much of his journeys in Europe were made on foot, an exercise in which he still excels, his travelling companion for the time being young Alexander (now Lord) Shand of Edinburgh and Mr P. Honeymeade of Glasgow. His utter abnigation of self and untiring zeal and benevolence during the cholera season of 1854 has built for him an extensive practice, besides a host of friends. Soon after beginning practice, Mr. Hingston received unsolicited the appointment of Surgeon to the English speaking departments of the Hotel Dieu Hospital. Many of the more difficult and hazardous operations in surgery have been thus introduced by him to the profession in Canada, such as, for instance, excision of the knee joint, removal of the uterus and congenitalia, and acquired deformities, the successful removal of the tongue and lower jaw at the same time, etc. While visiting Europe in 1867 one of his masters, Professor (now Sir) James Simpson, paid a high tribute to Canadian surgeons in the person of Dr. Hingston, by inviting him to perform a surgical operation of difficulty on one of his (Sir James') patients; and on speaking of him a few weeks afterwards in a British medical journal of the time Sir James styles him 'that distinguished American surgeon lately amongst us'. He received the degree of D.C.L. from the University of Lennoxville (Bishop's University) in 1871, and in 1874 he was unanimously elected Governor of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Lower Canada." He was elected mayor of Montreal in 1875 by a very large majority. The same paper quoted above, speaking of it, adds: "The boldness and frankness of the new Mayor's inaugural address was of a character to call forth enconiums from the press generally, the Witness speaking of it as equalling Gladstone's efforts in clothing the dryest material in poetic language." In surgery, Dr. Hingston has probably done as much work as any surgeon in America. When in Europe in 1866 (1886) this fact was recognized by the British Medical Association when electing him an honory member, the President of the Council, Sir Walter Foster, saying, "He is too well known to the members of this Association to require I should say anything regarding him. Dr. Hingston's reputation as a surgeon is not confined to Canada." In July, 1892, Dr. Hingston went to England at the invitation of the British Medical Association to deliver the inaugural address on surgery before that great body. This is the first time Canada, or indeed America, has been so honored. Dr. Hingston married, 16 Sep 1875, MARGARET JOSEPHINE McDONALD, daughter of the Honorable D.A. McDonald, Lieut. Governor of Ontario. The ceremony took place in St. Michael's Church, Toronto, and the reception was held in the Government House. She died in 1936 and there is apparently an obituary in The Montreal Beacon, Nov. 1936. On the Queen's birthday, 1895, Dr. Hingston was created a Knight Batchellor (Bachelor) at the same time as Lewis Morris, the poet, Dr. W. Russell, the war correspondent, Henry Irving, the actor, and Walter Besant, the author. His residence is on the corner of Sherbrooke and Metcalf Sts., Montreal, Canada.
Much of the information about the subsequent history of the family is taken from "The Frasers of Fraserfield" by E.M.Scullion. Sir William and Lady Hingston have issue -
WILLIAM HINGSTON (720 in Vine), Born at Montreal, 15 January 1877. In 1896 he entered the Society of Jesus and was ordained as a Jesuit priest in 1911. He served in the army in WWI, presumably as a Chaplain, being ranked as Major. On his return he became Rector of Loyola College. He died 30 Nov 1964.
KATHLEEN ELEANOR HINGSTON, Born in 1881 and died 25 Nov 1881.
AILEEN HINGSTON (722 in Vine), Born at Montreal 21 Feb (or Mar) 1883. She died by drowning 4 Aug 1907 at Varennes, Quebec and is buried in the family plot at Cote des Neiges Cemetery, Montreal..
Cornelia Molson <cmolson@covancapital.com> has written:- Sir William was knighted for his services as Chief Surgeon at the Hotel Dieu Hospital and as Mayor of Montreal. There is a book on his work at the hospital. He had 4 sons. William was Jesuit and was Rector of Loyola College. Donald, my Grandfather, founded St. Mary's Hospital as the English Catholics didn't have a hospital. Harold was grandfather of Bill Hingston <hingston@cyberus.ca> (last surviving descendant carrying name Hingston) and Basil was killed in the War. Donald had 5 daughters all of whom had children so, as I said, there are lots of us but not Hingstons except as middle names. Cornelia Hingston Vaughan Molson. There are records about him at Concordia University Archives, including a photograph. Lucinda Boyd <cindarboyd@mindspring.com> writes that on 20th October 2004 a book by Alan Hustak was published about Sir William Hales Hingston, 1829-1907 (ISBN 1896881483). The book has been commissioned by Brian O'Neal Gallery, a great-grandson of Dr. Hingston, and he has been assisted by Bill Hingston. It is understood that AH had looked at the original Vine Tree documentation, but had dismissed it as containing errors, particularly about the Montreal Hingstons (i.e. Captain Samuel J's family. The book was "launched" at a fundraiser for Canadian Irish Studies Program of Concordia University.
13. SAMUEL JAMES HINGSTON (708 in Vine) Posthumous child of 10. Samuel James Hingston and his second wife Eleanor (McGrath). Born at Hinchinbrooke, 28 June 1831, his father having died December, 1830. He married, 27 November 1856, REBECCA CECILIA TURNEY 2105, of Montreal. Mr. Hingston followed a drygoods or clothing business all his life, and has crossed the Atlantic 27 times to purchase stock, and was for many years senior partner in the firm of Hingston, Coy and Peake, Clothiers, Kansas City, MO. Mrs Hingston died in 1899. Samuel and Rebecca had one son:-
14. SAMUEL HINGSTON (709 in Vine) Eldest son of 11. Thomas Hingston and Matilda (Picard). Born at Athelstain, 27 March 1844. Married 21 Jan 1873, to CATHERINE CLARY, of the same place. They settled in Moriah, NY before 1892. Samuel and Catherine had four children -
MATILDA HINGSTON (734 in Vine) born 1874 in New York State; She married Frank Byrnes and they had a daughter Frances b ca 1901.
MARA HINGSTON (735 in Vine) born c. 1880 in New York State.
CLARA HINGSTON (736 in Vine) born 1885 in Port Henry, NY. She married 23 Jul 1913 in Yonkers NY, WILLIAM ALOYSIUS WALSH (1871-1967). They had four children, William Aloysius (1914-), James Hingston (1915-), Paul Hingston (1917-), Clayre Hingston (1918-)
another son HINGSTON (737 in Vine), born May 11, 1897.
15. THOMAS CAVENDISH HINGSTON (713 in Vine). Fifth child of 11. Thomas Hingston and Matilda (Picard). Born at Athelstan, 12 April 1852. (Note that the details here, although referring to the same people as in Vine, differ in various ways. I am grateful to Ken Hamilton <ken.hamilton@ns.sympatico.ca> for sending me the details of this family which he has spent some time disentangling. In particular, the order of Thomas' wives is reversed.) Married, 9 April 1877, to Miss HELEN MUNRO 2172. She was born in 1854 and died in 12 Oct 1886 (from her tombstone), and left him five children -
JOHN HINGSTON (726 in Vine), born 9 Dec 1877, died 15 Aug 1881
MARY HINGSTON (727 in Vine), born 31 Jul 1878, married JAMES HAMILTON 1897
THOMAS A. HINGSTON (728 in Vine), born 25 Sep 1881, married ROSE ALMA LABERGE
ARABELLA HINGSTON (729 in Vine), born 1 Jul 1884, died 1987, unmarried
ARCHIBALD HINGSTON (730 in Vine). born 3 Oct 1886. Note his mother Helen died 9 days later
Mr Hingston married secondly Miss MARGARET SINCLAIR MUNRO in 1887 (date not confirmed). She had been born 7 Mar 1868 and died in 1901. It is not known whether there was any relationship between Helen and Margaret. They had seven children, the last 4 of whom are not mentioned in Vine -
FLOSSIE MARGARET HINGSTON (731 in Vine), born 7 Mar 1888, married 17 Jul 1911 in Montreal PERCIVAL MAYALL and had one son, also named Percy (1911-1960).
WILLIAM S. HINGSTON (732 in Vine), born 27 Oct 1890
MARGARET HINGSTON (733 in Vine), born 30 Sep 1892, married ISAAC ST. ONGE
JOHN HINGSTON, born 15 Feb 1895
JOSEPH HINGSTON, born 11 May 1896
STEWART HINGSTON, born 8 Sep 1898, died Jul 1976
DONALD HINGSTON, born 2 Mar 1900
Mr. Hingston and one of his sons are engaged in the hardware and house furnishing business at Ormstown, Canada, and seem to be prospering (as quoted in Vine). Thomas died in 1939.
16. JAMES ALBERT HINGSTON (719 in Vine). Youngest child of 11. Thomas Hingston and Matilda (Picard). Born 5 October 1863 (Vine) or 1865 (SC). Most of the information for James and his descendants comes from Sara Clarkson (SC) <p.clarkson@comcast.net> who would welcome contact from other relatives. James was sometimes referred to as Albert James Hingston. Family legend says he was born in a town with a name that sounded like "Atherson" (Athelstan). James was married on 27 July 1892 in Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Schroon Lake, New York, USA to ELLEN ELIZABETH LANDERS. Ellen was the daughter of Edward Landers and Mary Sullivan. Ellen was born August 7, 1873 in Chittenden, Vermont, USA and her mother died soon after Ellen's birth. Ellen also died young, on 7 June 1902 in Ticonderoga, New York, USA. She is buried in Crown Point, New York but, as yet, no one has found her grave/ grave marker. After Ellen's death, James married LUCY NERON. The records of St. Mary's Church, Ticonderoga, NY show that James Hingston married Lucy Lamark on November 16, 1902. Lucy also had a previous marriage, and it is unknown whether Lamark was her maiden name or the name of her first husband. Lucy had a son by her first husband, but we do not think she had any children with James Hingston. James Hingston died July 5, 1922 in Ticonderoga, Essex County, New York, USA. He had been a paper mill worker at the International Paper Co., Ticonderoga, NY James Hingston and Ellen Landers had four children:
SARAH MATILDA HINGSTON (738 in Vine) was born 14 March 1893 in Port Henry, New York, USA. Sarah married ALFRED EDWARD VARMETTE on 6 Nov 1913 in Ticonderoga, New York. Alfred was the son of Charles Augustus Varmette/ Vermette and RoseShelley. Sarah (Hingston) Varmette died April 23, 1972 in Ticonderoga, NewYork. Alfred Varmette died August 23, 1976 in Ticonderoga, New York. Both Sarah and Alfred are buried in Alexandria Cemetery, Ticonderoga, New York.
MARY ELIZABETH HINGSTON was born 27 Sep 1896 in Quebec, Canada. (Death date unknown.) Mary married CHARLES NORTON in Ticonderoga, New York. Mary and Charles had 8 children.
WINIFRED JOSEPHINE HINGSTON was born 24 Jun 1897 in Ticonderoga, NY. (Death date unknown.) Winifred married first HENRY VARMETTE (brother of Sarah's husband, Alfred). Winifred married second, PERCY LOUNSBURY. Winfred and Henry had two children.
THOMAS JAMES HINGSTON, born 14 Aug 1899. (Death date unknown). Thomas never married.
60. DONALD HINGSTON (721 in Vine), Born at Montreal, 5 April 1878, the son of 12. Sir William Hales Hingston and Margaret McDonald. He was educated at St Mary's College, Laval and Edinburgh Universities. He served his internship at the Royal Victoria Hospital and Hotel Dieu Hospital (where his father was Surgeon in Chief). He later did postgraduate work in Paris and Vienna before returning to Hotel Dieu. During WWI he served with No. 1 General Hospital attaining the rank of Captain. He later became Professor of Anatomy at the University of Montreal where he lectured on Surgery. He married LILLIAN ISABEL PETERSON on 3 Mar 1908; she died 29 May 1967. Donald died 18 Nov 1950 at Westmount P.Q.
Lillian Isabel Peterson Hingston was a Montreal painter specializing in flower paintings and landscapes. She had been born in Goderich, Ontario, in 1881, the daughter of Mary Isabel Langlois and Peter Alexander Peterson. She had an older brother, Guy, and younger sister, Beatrice (Redpath). Her father was chief engineer of Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) and a number of smaller railways later incorporated into the CPR. He oversaw the construction of many railway bridges in Eastern Canada. The family moved to Montreal when Lillian was a child and the Petersons lived in what became known as the Golden Square Mile at the base of Mount Royal. Lillian took up drawing, studying first at Mrs. Mary Phillips’ Drawing School and continued under William Brymner at the Art Association of Montreal. In her early 20’s Lillian lived in London with her brother Guy. There she studied art and showed her work in several exhibitions. She married Donald after returning to Montreal and as Lillian Hingston her work was shown in New York, at the Royal Canadian Academy, the Art Association of Montreal and she was the subject of a solo show at the West End Gallery in Montreal. There is a web page dedicated to her work which also contains an extensive biography.
Donald and Lilian had the following children:-
OSLA MARGARET MACDONALD HINGSTON (25 Feb 1909 - 9 Mar 1985) who married on 9 Mar 1985 ERCELDOUNE DONALD GRAY-DONALD (29 Dec 1900 - )
MARY ELIZABETH (Betty) HINGSTON (2 Aug 1910 - ) who married on 10 Dec 1934 in Georgia, USA, GEORGE A. DALY (- 26 Oct 1979)
KATHERINE ISABEL HINGSTON (24 Oct 1911 - ) who married firstly on 31 Oct 1933 JOHN O'NEILL GALLERY who died 16 Jun 1964. She married secondly in Oct 1964 SIDNEY E. WILLIAMS, who died 31 May 1976.
ANDREA AILEEN MARION HINGSTON (30 Nov 1913 - ) who married firstly on 1 Jun 1939 HAROLD S. DOLAN, who died 16 Oct 1972. She married secondly on 15 Sep 1976 WILLIAM J McNALLY who died 25 Nov 1983.
CYNTHIA ANNE HINGSTON (21 Dec 1917 - ) who married on 7 Nov 1940 ROBERT POLK VAUGHAN.
61. REGINALD BASIL HINGSTON (723 in Vine), and Born at Montreal, 17 Jun 1885, the son of 12. Sir William Hales Hingston and Margaret McDonald. He was known as Basil. On 10 Jun 1913 he married BERTHE LAROCQUE who died 22 Oct 1964. He was killed in action 8 Aug 1918 in France. Basil and Berthe had two children:-
AILEEN HINGSTON, b 31 Mar 1914 married Oct 1944 KENNETH PURTILL
BASIL HINGSTON, b 11 Apr 1915, killed in action 14 Sep 1944 in Europe. He married on 25 Jul 1942 DOROTHY GASKILL
62. EDMOND HAROLD RAMSAY HINGSTON (724 in Vine), born at Montreal, 4 Dec 1888, the son of 12. Sir William Hales Hingston and Margaret McDonald. He was known as Harold. He married on 31 Jul 1915 ELIZABETH LEIGHTON BROWN, the daughter of Fayette Williams Brown (obituary) and Elizabeth Leighton; she died 12 Jan 1965. In WWI he served with the 199th Irish Canadian Rangers (Duchess of Connaught's Own). Harold and Elizabeth had two sons:-
HAROLD WILLIAM HINGSTON (known as PAT), b 13 May 1916 who married 23 Dec 1940 EVELYN STUART BURPEE. He died 9 Jan 1965.
FAYETTE WILLIAM BROWN GEORGE HINGSTON, b. 6 May 1918. He was killed in action 2 Dec 1943 in Europe.
17. JAMES WILLIAM HINGSTON (725 in Vine). Only child of 13. Samuel James Hingston and Rebecca (Turney). Born at Montreal, 26 Dec 1859. Married, 19 Nov 1884, ADA SCHUSTER, only daughter of A.H. Schuster and Lucret Price, of St. Joseph, Missouri. Mr. Hingston was at one time a partner in the firm of Schuster, Hingston & Co., of St. Joseph, Mo. and head of the firm of Hingston and Co., Little Rock, Arkansas. He is now engaged in the music business in Kansas City, Mo. Mr. Hingston is much sought after, he having a very fine tenor voice, and has composed a large number of pieces of music. He died 18 Mar 1835 in Little Rock, Arkansas. James and Ada had one child
WILFRED N HINGSTON born 8 Aug 1888 in St Joseph, Missouri and died there on 1 Aug 1889.
HNC - Descendants of Edward Hingston and Lucretia Sewell
Generation No. 1
79. WILLIAM HINGSTON. 501 in WEH, who says that he was born 1700 and married in about 1725 FANNIE BEVINS, it is supposed in South Devon. In 1729 he settled at Whitehall near Cape Clear and went into the mackerel fishery business and also ran coast trading vessels.
WEH says that William was one of five sons of 7. William but all other sources say that 7. William had only two sons. It must be regarded as very doubtful. Given that Fannie is supposed to have come from Devon, and the fact that he was in the fishery business, it is at least possible that William is not related to the Aglish Hingstons at all but may himself have come directly from Devon.
ALAN HINGSTON (515 in WEH) born at Whitehall 1729. Married ELLEN DRESCOLL died 1746 without issue.
FANNIE HINGSTON (516 in WEH) Married Mr MAGUIRE of Cork; their son was an MP in 1880.
CHARLOTTE HINGSTON (517 in WEH) born at Whitehall, married RICHARD NOTTER and had a son Thomas who marrie d his cousin Ann Hingston, daughter of 30. Edward.
Missing Generation?
I have some doubts about the chronology here. 79. William was supposedly born in 1700. His grandchildren by 80. Samuel were born in the 1750s, which seems plausible, but his grandchildren by 30. Edward were born between 1775 and 1792. This is the sort of gap that one would expect for great-grandchildren. This raises the possibility that there is a missing generation between William and Edward, but probably not between William and Samuel. The corollary is that Edward and Samuel may not be brothers, as we have always shown, but nephew and uncle. This might also explain the apparent age of Edward 80 when he died while on naval service. Were there two Edwards, father and son?
Generation No. 2
30. EDWARD HINGSTON , (502 in WEH), son of 79. William Hingston and Fannie Bevins, born at Whitehall 1733. WEH says that he became Lieut. in the Royal Navy and served under Vice Admiral Edward Thornborough on board HMS. Trent. He is said to have made at least one voyage to find the "North West Passage" under Sir John Franklin. At any rate Hingston Bay in Greenland (Lat 74 Deg N and Long 56 W) is called after him. WEH says that Edward died 10 Mar 1813 on board ship in Cork Harbour. His son William was appointed "in his room" 29 April 1813.
There are several things here that are doubtful. If the dates are correct Edward would have been 80 when he died, and it seems unlikely to us that he would still have been serving in the Navy. However we know that Thornbrough was Admiral in Ireland and flew his flag in the Trent at Cork from 1810 to 1813. The Royal Navy was at that time involved in the Napoleonic Wars. Having won at Trafalgar, the main action of the British Fleet was blockading the French to prevent trade and from 1812, fighting the Americans who sent the brig Argus to attack British shipping on the east side of the Atlantic. It is possible that Trent was not expected to sail far, so she may have been manned by an older crew, freeing up younger men for active service.
Franklin did subsequently sail towards the Arctic in the Trent but the voyage was in 1818 and was to Spitzbergen, to the east of Greenland, not the west coast of Greenland (which is where Hingston Bay was located). Also in 1818, there was another expedition led by John Ross in the Isabella and William Edward Parry in the Alexander. They sailed to the west of Greenland and "rediscovered" locations originally found by Baffin almost 200 years before. They sailed anticlockwise around the bay, going up the west coast of Greenland, into Lancaster Sound and then back down the east coast of Baffin Island.
A page has been added to this website discussing what we know about Hingston Bay and who might have discovered it.
Edward (spelling his name Hinckston) married LUCRETIA SEWELL by Licence on 2 Dec 1772 at St Nicholas, Deptford England (map). They were both described as being "of this parish"; he was a bachelor and signed the register, she was a spinster and made a mark. One of the witnesses was a John Hales which may be significant given the links to the Hales family in Tree HNA. The other witness signature is indecipherable. It is said that Edward died 10 Mar 1813 on board ship in Cork Harbour. His son William was appointed in his place 29 April 1813. Ten of his children survived him.
WEH said that Lucretia Sewell was the niece of Rear Admiral Charles Holmes. It does seem certain that Holmes' sister Lucretia married Marmaduke Sowle and they had a daughter, also Lucretia. It is reported in Cork Past and Present that that Lucretia Sowle married a John Roberts of Newport, which casts doubts on this version, as does a court report. There is also web page giving details of the Lucretia Sowle who married John Roberts. It is clear we have to look elsewhere for the Lucretia who married Edward.
According to some sources they had 21 children; WEH says their surviving children were:-
LUCRETIA HINGSTON (505 in WEH) born 10 Dec 1772 and married THOMAS BENNETT in 1790 (Marr. Lic. Bond). Their children were baptised in the catholic Chrch at Schull East. One of their sons, Andrew, married his first cousin Ann Abbott, a daughter of John Abbott and Dorothy Hingston. They lived in the same vicinity as the Abbotts in Chateauguay, Quebec, Canada. Beverly Jones has some of the family history preserved by Bennett descendants.
FANNIE HINGSTON (506 in WEH) born 19 March 1774 married JAMES BAKER of Baltimore and had five children; James, Isaac, Mary, Lucretia and Fannie.
DORAH (DOROTHY) HINGSTON (507 in WEH) is great-great-great grandmother of Beverly Jones <bevandjustin@rgv.rr.com>. She writes that legal documents, church records, and family remembrances reveal that Dorah was also known as DOROTHY. She married JOHN ABBOTT around 1797. They emigrated to Canada around 1820. The Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), contain an 1833 baptismal record reciting the parentage of John and Dorothy, erasing all doubt that Dorothy was the daughter of Lucretia Sorell & the late Edward Hingston. John Abbott renounced his Protestant faith, and was baptized. The document recites that Dorothy had done so already in Ireland. Also their marriage was blessed. The church in Ste. Martine was the closest Catholic church at the time to their residence near Howick, Chateauguay, Quebec. The records there show that Dorothée Hingston, wife of John Abbot, died 18 Jul 1850, age 71, which implies that she was born in 1779. She was buried at the same church two days later. [A Samuel Hingston served as a baptism sponsor for an Abbott grandchild in 1828 - this is assumed to be Samuel and that he was Dorah's brother.]
BETSEY HINGSTON (510 in WEH) born at Whitehall Monday 31 Oct 1785.
MARY ANN HINGSTON (511 in WEH) born Friday 27 Apr 1787. Married JOHN WILLIAMS who died in Buffalo NY 1863 and by him she had issue James, Dorah, Thomas, John, Lucretia, Samuel, William, Mary Ann and Allen. She died in 1874 and is buried at Rochester NY
ANNE HINGSTON (512 in WEH) married her cousin THOMAS NOTTER in 1808 (Marr. Lic. Bond). In 1830 the Notters were in Quebec City when their daughter Henrietta died. She is probably the "Mrs. Thomas Notter" buried at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York in Oct, 1837.
LAURENCE HINGSTON (mentioned in some sources but not by WEH - may have died young).
JANE HINGSTON (514 in WEH) born at Whitehall 14 Apr 1792. Married RICHARD WOLF of Sherkin Island (one of the nearby islands in Roaringwater Bay) and had issue William, John and Mary Ann.
80. SAMUEL HINGSTON (503 in WEH) son of 79. William Hingston and Fannie Bevins, born at Whitehall born 1726. There is some doubt about this date for the descendants of Samuel claim he was born at Whitehall in 1726 when it is a fact that the father William did not come to that pert of the country until 1729. (WEH believed 1726 to be the date of the marriage and 1735 to be the date of birth because of other births.)
It now seems likely that Samuel was married twice. In 1763 (Marr. Lic. Bond) he married ANN SMYTH which is after the birth of his eldest son so it is presumed that he had been married before. There are various family rumours about connections to the Freke family (whence the name of his second son). According to WEH "By this marriage both the names of Freke and Townsend came into the Hingston family and also the first connection with the family of La Touche of Dublin. Mr Hingston settled in Whitehall and developed the mackerel fishery which his descendants still follow". David Cotcher has investigated Ann Smyth's family connections to the Freke and Townsend families but we can find no link back to the La Touche family. (There is a later link to the La Touche family via Isabella, daughter of 8. James Hingston in HNA)
David Cotcher has also studied the records of the occupation of lands by members of the HNC subtree. The earliest deed (1768) refers to Samuel as a Revenue Officer of Baltimore and is the renewal of a lease for the area of land known as Middle Cunnamore (and now known as Whitehall Farm). The 1777 lease shows that Samuel, a farmer, is then living on the land.
WEH said Samuel died in 1813.
Samuel and his first wife had one son:-
WILLIAM HINGSTON (519 in WEH) born 1755 and died 25 Nov 1852 without issue. According to WEH he was always known and spoken of as "Old Commodore". He never did anything in the shape of work in his life just walked around and enjoyed himself in a quiet leisurely fashion and watched the fleet of fishing boats as they came in loaded with their beautiful catch of Spanish Mackerel caught between the south west coast of Ireland and the Scilly Islands. It was presumed that it was the fishermen who christened him the "Commodore" as he was the owner of most of the boats. These boats were large handsome trawlers and carried each a crew of seven men, were built at Baltimore and at the Isle of Man were very strong and safe as they had to be for those waters.
21. WILLIAM HINGSTON (508 in WEH) was born on 6 Sep 1778 at Whitehall, Skibereen, County Cork Ireland, one of many children of 30. Lt. Edward Hingston and Lucretia Sewell. He married JANE CARROLL on 3 Mar 1807; she had been born 25 Feb 1783 at Old Court, County Cork. She died Feb. 2, 1837 in Wexford, Ireland. WEH (William's grandson) transcribed a document written by William himself "An account of time Mr Hingston served in Their Majestys Service. Joined the Signal Station at Cape Clear the 21 September 1805 as signalman until the 29 April 1813. Appointed by Edward Thornbrough Vice Admiral of the "Trent" Cork Harbour as midshipman in the room of his father Edward Hingston until 16 of February 1816. Joined the Preventive Coast Guards at Cape Clear the 27 Sept 1820 as Extra Man until 13 Feb 1822. Established and commissioned until the 31st of January 1833. Joined the service at Wexford 1 Feb 1833. Superannuated the 15 July 1847." It is known that Trent was Flagship at the Cove of Cork (Cobh) from 1813. She was a 36 gun 5th rate frigate built of fir and launched at Woolwich dockyard in 1796. She served as a hospital ship from 1803 (possibly ferrying wounded from the Napoleonic Wars back to Britain). In 1818 she was under the command of John Franklin but this was to Spitzbergen, which is to the east of Greenland, and not near the Hingston Bay on the west coast of Greenland referred to by WEH in relation to Williams's father. Cape Clear Island is seven miles off the west coast of Ireland. After he was pensioned off by the lighthouse service, he moved to Buffalo where he died 3 Dec 1854.
William Hingston and Jane Carroll had numerous children:-
ELIZA HINGSTON (Aug. 20, 1825 - May 1, 1899) (528 in WEH) Married ROBERT COOPER (Sept. 19, 1821-??). They had six children.
ANNA HINGSTON (birth date unknown - Jan. 11, 1895) Married a man named ANDERSON. Not listed by WEH.
33. ALLEN HINGSTON (509 in WEH) Second son and sixth child of 30. Edward Hingston and Lucretia Sewell born at Whitehall Co Cork Saturday 21 Dec 1779. Married to HANNAH BENNETT (WEH) although Marriage Licence Bond (1796) shows her as CHRISTIAN BENNETT.
There seems to be some confusion about Allen - some sources refer to Allen also known as Freke and quote the wife as Kate Vickery. WEH is clear that they are separate people. The reading here is as in WEH, primarily because we know that he was in communication with members of the family in the late 19th century, so his records are more likely to be accurate. The previous version of this tree showed two additional sons (34. Samuel and 38. John) but following discovery of WEH's material these are now attached to 81. Freke. The reading here differs from what used to be shown on this site, which was largely based on Bill Fahy's West Cork Families web site. Most of that information comes from family sources as quoted on the IGI rather than official records. The site also includes a significant number of Kingston entries, which in Devon at least I have often found confused with Hingston when they are transcribed.
Allen Hingston and Hannah had the following children:-
63. SAMUEL HINGSTON. (513 in WEH) born at Ringcoe (Whitehall) 15 Aug 1789 son of30. Edward Hingston and Lucretia Sewell. He was a shipwright/shipcarpenter and married CATHERINE GREENWOOD (or GRACEWOOD) of Crookhaven Co. Cork). They went to America 15 April 1822 settled first at the St Laurence River afterwards moving to Rochester and finally settling at Buffalo, died 13 April 1861. Samuel and Catherine had several children:-
JOHN HINGSTON (534 in WEH) born at Skibbereen 2 May 1819. Learnt the shipbuilding trade but gave it up for farming. Went west married Miss JANE BROWN and is now (1903) living on his farm near Minneapolis Minn. without issue.
LUCRETIA HINGSTON (535 in WEH) born at Skibbereen 1814. Married in Rochester to WILLIAM FRAZIER and by him had ten children Jennie; Louisa; Eliza; Anne; Kate; Samuel; John; David; William and Mary all born in Rochester. Mrs Frazier died 19 Oct 1895 aged 81 years.
KATE HINGSTON (536 in WEH) born at Rochester NY 25 Dec 1822 and married 29 April 1841 to RICHARD BEMISH of Cork and had five children Rachel; Samuel; Caroline; Francis & Mary. Mrs Bemish and three of the children were still living in Buffalo in 1903, Mr Bemish having died in 1871.
DOROTHY (or DORAH) HINGSTON was born 8 Jan 1824 in Quebec City, was baptised 18 Jan and died 31 Aug 1825 aged one year and eight months, and was buried on 2 Sep 1825, Holy Trinity Cathedral, Quebec City
MARY ANN HINGSTON (537 in WEH) dau of Samuel Hingston of Montreal, shipwright, and of Catherine Gracewood his wife born 25 May 1829, Bap 14 Jun 1829 Christ Church Montreal. Sponsors Thos Notter, Anne Notter [Anne Hingston d/o 30. Edward & Lucretia?] She married ROBERT McCOMBE of Armanat(??) 8 June 1848 and had six children William; Kate; Ann; Samuel; George & Robert. The family all moved to Buffalo NY.
81. FREKE HINGSTON (518 in WEH). Born 1764 the son of 80. Samuel Hingston and Ann Smyth. He married in about 1815, CATHERINE (Kate) VICKERY SULLIVAN, who would have been born about 1794 (IGI). King implies that she was a widow. He died 7 April 1853. WEH said "Freke devoted his time to the mackerel fishery and his farms, and bought out the interests of 30. Lieut Edward Hingston who had a large family of daughters and became sole owner of the estate of Whitehall which has now passed into the hands of the Townsends of Castle Townsend."
(This last statement is incorrect; it is clear that the Townsend family owned the Whitehall estate since 1692 and were the landlords of the Hingstons. But Freke's maternal grandmother was Jane Townsend, so the Hingstons were distant cousins of the Whitehall Townsends who were their landlords.)
25. EDWARD HINGSTON (520 in WEH) was born in 1810, the son of 21. William Hingston and Jane Carroll. He was, according to his son's obituary, a master ship-builder of Dublin, who built some of the finest merchant vessels ever constructed in that port. In 1841 he married ELIZABETH JENKINS of Whitehaven, Cumberland. The family emigrated to America in 1843, with his brothers, but he died in Jan 1844 in Rockland, Maine. Elizabeth returned to Liverpool and subsequently remarried. They had two sons:-
22. WILLIAM H. HINGSTON (525 in WEH) was born on 11 Jan 1820, the second son of 21. William Hingston and Jane Carroll, born in Cape Clear Lighthouse at 2am Tuesday 11 Jan 1820. He learned the trade of shipbuilding at Wexford and Kingstown under his brother 25. Edward and with him came to America in 1843 where he settled with his brothers Samuel and John in Rockland, Maine, taking up the shipbuilding business. Was godfather to 26. W.E.Hingston (the author of these notes) and took care of him on board ship. With the assistance of John Cuthbert, another apprentice, he made his brother's coffin 5 Jan 1844. The next year he returned to England with his brother Edward's widow and was employed for a time in the Woolwich Dock Yards, before returning to America in 1847. Was married in Lynn Mass 2 May 1850 to CHARLOTTE CUMMING (or CUMMINS) and moved to Buffalo NY where he settled and followed the business of boatbuilding in company with his brother John under the firm name "Hingston Bros". Since the death of his brother the firm has been known as "Mr Hingston and Son". They built the boat for the Niagara Falls called the "Maid of the Mist" in 1892 and launched it from the top of the bank. His wife died 13 Jan 1877. Mr Hingston died Monday 11pm on 9 Apr 1900 in the 81st year of his age and is buried in the family lot in "Forest Lawn Cemetery" mourned by a large number of his friends and relations. They had seven children of whom four survived (one was not listed by WEH).
CUTHBERT HINGSTON (542 in WEH) born in Buffalo NY 15 Nov 1851. Was a very bright and promising boy died of Diphtheria 30 Jan 1863 buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery. He was the last child of this branch of the family that died in 28 years
CAROLINE ELIZABETH HINGSTON (543 in WEH), born at Buffalo NY 3 May 1853. She married THOMAS B. READING of Aurora NY 4 Oct 1883. Is a great worker in and some time secretary of the Woman's Union. In 1903 living in Buffalo NY.
CHARLOTTE HINGSTON (544 in WEH) born at Buffalo 5 Nov 1855. Died of Diphtheria 13 Jan 1863. Buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery.
WILLIAM J. HINGSTON (545 in WEH), born at Buffalo 21 Aug 1857 has been engaged in the boat building trade in company with his father for a number of years, now living in Buffalo. M arried MINNIE CHILD (or CHARLES) of Buffalo on 29 Nov 1894
LUCRETIA EUPHROSYNE HINGSTON (546 in WEH), born at Buffalo 6 Jun 1860. Married MILLARD FILLMORE WOODWARD of Buffalo 21 Oct 1893. They moved west where Mr Woodward was engaged in business in Los Angeles but he died in 1895 and she returned to Buffalo where she was living in 1903
JANE HINGSTON (547 in WEH), born in Buffalo 16 Feb 1863. She married 6 Nov 1890 Dr HARVEY J. BUCKHART of Cleveland Ohio. Now (1903) of Batavia NY where Mr Burkhardt has a large practice as a dentist. They have one son Richard Hingston.
24. JOHN TOWNSEND HINGSTON (526 in WEH) was born in Ireland July 1, 1822, the son of 21. William Hingston and Jane Carroll. He learned the shipbuilding trade with his brother 25. Edward and with him came to America in 1843. In the fall of 1844, after the death of his brother he returned to England and worked in the Government Dock Yards at Deptford and Pembroke. In 1847 he again came to America and settled in Buffalo where he was for a number of years and until his death in partnership with his brother William under the name of "Hingston Bros". On the 28 July 1849 at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Buffalo was married to Miss CHARLOTTE SEYMOUR BIRD of Kingstown at Buffalo by the Rev Dr Shelton. On 26 Aug 1879, while repairing a yawl boat laying in Buffalo Creek opposite the foot of Main St the boat gave a lurch causing him to strike himself in the forehead and stunning himself he fell into the water and was drowned before a large number of business people some of whom shouted out they would give large sums to have him saved but owing to delay caused by the passing shipping he was not rescued until life was extinct. He was buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery 28 Aug 1879 in lot 79 section B. John Townsend Hingston and Charlotte Seymour Bird had five children:
JULIANNA MARY HINGSTON (549 in WEH)- Born Feb. 10, 1856, died 1936; married in 1881 HENRY SEWARD HILL (Oct. 23, 1859, died in 1903). It is believed they lived in Buffalo their entire lives. They had four children. Marjorie Hingston (8 Mar 1882-) who married Dr. Edward Norton Libby on 1 June 1907; Helen Bird (24 Oct 1883-) who married 1902 Sanford McWilliams. Two children; Walter Laurence (21 Mar 1887- 1 Dec 1909) unmarried; Norman Hingston (21 Mar 1887-4 Jan 1971). Twin to Walter above. Married Zoe Ovens. Four children.
EMMA BIRD HINGSTON (550 in WEH) Born Sept. 8, 1864, died Jan. 29, 1910. married HARRISON WILLIAMS BLAKE in 1887 (March 9, 1863-Aug. 23, 1901). They had one child.
82. SAMUEL LEWIS HINGSTON (527 in WEH) The fourth and youngest son of 21. William Hingston and Jane Carroll, a twin with his sister Eliza born at Cape Clear at 10am Sat 20 Aug 1825. With his other brothers he learned shipbuilding under the eldest Edward and also with him went to America in 1843. Coasted between New York and Thomastown Maine in the summer of 1844. Settled in Rochester NY in 1846 and there married ANN ANDERSON of Rack Island Co Cork on 31 Mar 1847 and by her had four children He died at Rochester NY aged 66 surrounded by his family on the 22 Jun 1891 of cancer of the lip.
The children of Samuel and Ann were:-
ANNA ELIZA HINGSTON (551 in WEH) born at Rochester NY 29 Jan 1850. Married WILLIAM LAUSING on 16 Nov 1869 and has issue Harry T and Clara W. All living in Rochester in 1903.
JANE MARION HINGSTON (552 in WEH) born at Rochester NY 20 May 1852. Married 27 Dec 1882 to ALBERT ROLAND HAREN(?) of New York, Editor and Author. Both living in Rochester in 1903.
RICHARD ANDERSON HINGSTON (553 in WEH) born in Rochester 8 Jul 1855. In 1903 residing with his sister in Rochester.
83. RICHARD HINGSTON (529 in WEH) Of Skibbereen son of 33. Allen Hingston and Hannah Bennett born 1814 and married ELIZA COPITHORNE in 1839 (Marr. Lic. Bond). Richard died of cholera in St Johns New Brunswick 1847 and is buried on Patricks Island.
MARY ANN HINGSTON (624 in WEH) born in St John NB in 1843. In 1903 living in Boston, Mass.
37. WILLIAM HINGSTON , (530 in WEH) born 1816 at Cunnamore, Aghadown, Co. Cork, the son of 33. Allen Hingston and Hannah Bennett. He married, on 20 Feb 1849 at Schull, ELLEN VICKERY, widow age 25, formerly WOLFE, of Ballycummisk, Schull, daughter of William Wolfe and Margaret of Cappaglass, Co Cork. Issue 6 children. William of Stouke, Schull, Co. Cork, farmer, died 5 Apr 1882 (Civil Records) (6 Apr according to Calendar of Wills) of icterus (Jaundice). His executor was Samuel Wolfe (junior), Farmer of the same place, presumably a brother-in-law. The land that William occupied at Ballycummisk was originally occupied by his father-in-law William Wolfe. There was a copper mine at Ballycummisk that was on, or immediately adjacent to, the land farmed by William.
William Hingston and Ellen (Wolfe) had the following children. They were baptised at Schull East Parish Church. The family were described as being of Ballycummisk. (WEH has slightly different but only approximate dates):-
HANNAH (ANN) HINGSTON (556 in WEH) was baptised 25 Jan 1850 at Schull East Church, and married THOMAS WARNER DEAN. She died c. 1921 - Wisconsin, USA. King lists children Mary (~1881 - ~1909), Charlotte (~1884 - ~1952), Robert (~1887 - ~1961), Thomas (~1889), William (~1890 - ~1966), Harry (~1895 - ~1918).
40. ALLEN HINGSTON (531 in WEH) was born c. 1821 at Cunnamore, the son of 33. Allen Hingston and Hannah Bennett. He was a carpenter although by 1875 he was described as a farmer. He married firstly, on 8 Dec 1851 at Skibbereen, (alternatively 12 Aug 1851 - check date and location) ELIZABETH DRISCOLL (WEH says BESSIE DRISCOE) of Skibbereen, Abbetstrewry, who had been born about 1825 the daughter of Denis Driscoll, a Coast Guard. They had eight children. Elizabeth must have died by 1869. Allen married secondly ELIZA KELLY or Ardurabeg, who had been born at Ballydehob, Co. Cork, the daughter of Robert Kelly. They had 6 children. These children were shown in the Census records as Church of Ireland, which presumably reflects the mother's faith. Allen lived at South Cunnamore where he died on 5 Sep 1888, and is buried at Kilcoe Cemetery, Co. Cork. David Cotcher has provided some updates from the Irish Genealogy Church Records site, and from Civil Records, which started in 1864, although the dates do not match. Allen aged 65, farmer, died 5 Sep 1888 of cancer of the face.
Allen Hingston and Elizabeth (Driscoll) had the following issue:-
MARY ANNE HINGSTON (561 in WEH); born at Whitehall 20 Nov 1852, baptised at the Catholic Church, Aughadown 26 Nov 1852. Married in August 1876 to RICHARD GARDNER of Dublin and has one child Lizzie now living in Birmingham England (1903)
ELIZA (LIZZIE) HINGSTON (562 in WEH) born at Whitehall 14 Oct 1854, baptised Aughadown 15 Oct 1854.
LUCRETIA HINGSTON (563 in WEH); born at Whitehall 1 April 1856 and died 1883.
RICHARD HINGSTON (615 in WEH) born at Whitehall 12 Mar 1858, baptised 25 Mar 1858 at Aughadown, died 1860. (WEH shows him from the second marriage but the church records disagree)
HANNAH HINGSTON (564 in WEH); born at Whitehall (WEH says Oct 1859) baptised Aughadown 27 Aug 1859; went to America and was married 12 Jun 1887 to PATRICK GILLON) of Buttons Bridge, a blacksmith by trade, is now living in New York and has five children Patrick, Christopher, William, John and Edward.
CHARLOTTE HINGSTON (565 in WEH); born at Whitehall 28 Nov 1864 and married SAMUEL LOWRY of Co. Cavin, Ireland. Mr Lowry is a boss brewer in Toronto Ont where he lives with his family of five children. Mary, Charlotte, Thomas, Georgenia and Elease.
92. WILLIAM HINGSTON (566 in WEH) born at Whitehall 22 Feb 1861 (according to WEH) but baptised at Aughadown 9 Feb 1861.
ANNIE HINGSTON (567 in WEH) born at Whitehall 15 Sep 1865 (according to WEH) but baptised at Aughadown 10 Aug 1864. In 1903 was living at Yonkers New York.
Allen Hingston and Ann (Kelly) had the following children:-
ALLEN HINGSTON (616 in WEH) was born in Whitehall 22 Sept 1869. Allen, his sister Katherine and their mother left Cunnamore and went to England. They returned about 1913 and took up dairying in Caherlaska, Scull, working for Samuel Kingston. Allen married KATIE EVAN. They had one daughter ELIZABETH but Katie died after birth and the daughter was raised by her grandmother and an aunt. In later years when dairying ceased to be a way of life he purchased a farm in Kilbronogue. The farm was next door to that owned by Eddie Hingston. Allen was a churchwarden at Ballydehob and in 17 years never missed a Sunday worship. He sold the farm and left to join other family members in Canada. His daughter Elizabeth worked in Bandon and later moved to Dublin.
SUSAN HINGSTON (617 in WEH) born at Whitehall 12 Dec 1871 (Civil Registration says 9 Jan 1870). Went to America about 1890 and married 5 Sep 1899 to WILLIAM ANDERSON a Machinist and Engineer at present (1904) living in Westport Conn and has two children William and Sadie.
FREKE HINGSTON (618 in WEH) born at Whitehall the 24 Dec 1875 (Civil Registration says 21 Dec 1871)
SAMUEL HINGSTON (619 in WEH) born at Whitehall 10 July 1876 (Civil Registration says 10 Aug 1875).
KATHERINE HINGSTON (620 in WEH) born at Whitehall 26 March 1878 (Civil Registration says 1 Apr 1877). Lived in England for a short period and then married JACK BENNETT of Corthna and they lied in Schull.
ROBERT HINGSTON (621 in WEH) born at Whitehall 1 Sept 1882. Emigrated to Manitoba 1903.
39. FREKE HINGSTON (532 in WEH) was born 1822 at Cunnamore, the son of 33. Allen Hingston and Hannah Bennett. He married 1 Jun 1852 ANN KENNEY, the daughter of Matthew Kenney at the Parish Church, Skibereen. He was age 30, a farmer; she was 22 and a servant at Glebe House, the parish rectory at Aughadown. King says that her father was a shoemaker from Drimoleague and that she was a sewing maid at Aughadown Rectory. The 1901 census lists Anne Hingston, age 68, a widow living at Cunamore with sons Richard and Matthew, daughter in law Ellen and grandson Freke Allen. They were all listed as living on a farm containing a house (3rd Class), outbuildings including a cow house, piggery and fowl house. The Rev Tom Kingston (sic) from Tipperary told King that Freke died 29 Dec 1884 aged 62, and that Allen, William and Freke emigrated to America. WEH said that his family, like his brother's (40. Alan) is scattered broadcast but mostly in the neighbourhood of Boston Mass.
Freke Hingston and Ann (Kenney) had issue:-
RICHARD HINGSTON (568 in WEH) was born c. 1858 (WEH says 1854) at Cunnamore, Aghadown, Co. Cork. Was involved in mackerel fishing. Tom Kingston said he died 16 Jan 1915, age 61.
ANN JANE HINGSTON (569 in WEH) born at Whitehall 1856 was married and living in England.
ALLEN HINGSTON (570 in WEH) born at Whitehall 20 Jan 1858. Was an excellent pilot and did all of the work of bringing the new fishing boats from the Isle of Man around the coast to Whitehall. He came to America and was for several years Capt. on the Submarine Drill Boat Thor belonging to Hingston & Woods of Buffalo. He died of pneumonia at Hammond Ill 13 Feb 1900.
CATHERINE ANN HINGSTON (573 in WEH) was born 25 May 1864 at Cunnamore and married in 1896 JAMES YOUNG. She died 2 Sep 1901 at Skeaghanore, Kilcoe, Co. Cork. They had two daughters, Ann (30 Jun 1897) and Patience (3 Dec 1898). She died in childbirth at the home of her sister Ann and Robert on 9 Sep 1901.
MARY ANN HINGSTON (574 in WEH) was born 14 Mar 1866 at Cunnamore and married 1884 ROBERT YOUNG of Scrahanaleary (brother of James who married Catherine). She died 18 Mar 1952 at Cunnamore. They had no children. (King lists Anne born about 1863 as the husband of Robert, and Mary Ann born 1866 as separate sisters but other souces list only one of them)
DORAH HINGSTON (not listed in WEH) was born 21 Oct 1869 in Tullagh District, Cork.
84. EDWARD HINGSTON (533 in WEH) Eldest son of 63. Samuel Hingston and Catherine Greenwood, born at Skibbereen Dec 1816 married in 1838 to SARAH JUSTICE daughter of Edward Justice of Four-mile-water and by her had two sons and seven daughters. He went to America in 1822 with his father, learnt the shipbuilding trade in Brockville on the St Lawrence and Rochester NY settled in Buffalo about 1844 where he died 26 Feb 1902.
The children of Edward and Sarah were:-
KATE HINGSTON (576 in WEH), born at Rochester 1 Sep 1841 and died in Buffalo 19 Feb 1861.
SARAH HINGSTON (577 in WEH), born in Buffalo 29 Sept 1844. Married 8 Mar 1881 to ELIAS HOHNER and died after a short illness 9 Jan 1903, leaving one son Samuel.
SAMUEL HINGSTON (578 in WEH) born in Buffalo 1 Jan 1846 and died 10 Jul 1875 without issue.
MARY HINGSTON (580 in WEH) born in Buffalo about 1850 and died when three years old.
ISABELLA HINGSTON (581 in WEH), born in Buffalo 26 Feb 1855. Married to WILLIAM JORDAN of Iowa 3 Sep 1880 and died 1 Oct 1893 leaving four children William, Sarah, Edward & Charles.
MARY E HINGSTON (582 in WEH), born in Buffalo 8 May 1859 and married 2 Feb1893 to THOMAS HARTOP of England. Moved to Canada.
IDA HINGSTON (583 in WEH), born in Buffalo 11 April 1861.
EMMA HINGSTON (584 in WEH), born in Buffalo 30 Mar 1864 married 30 Sept 1894 to WILLIAM JORDAN the widower of her late sister Isabella.
34. SAMUEL HINGSTON, (538 in WEH) born 8 Feb 1818 at Cunnamore, the son of 81. Freke Hingston and Catherine Sullivan. He married 19 Sep 1848 ANNIE SYMES (born ~1825), the daughter of Charles Symms of Gubeen, Co. Cork, but she was not well and died after 12 years of marriage in about 1860; they appear not to have had any children. He married, secondly, on 14 Sep 1876 at St Frachan's Cathedral, Rosscarbery, ELIZABETH (Bessie) JOSEPHINE WOLFE who had been born 6 Jun 1852 at Stouke, Schull, Co. Cork. She was a schoolteacher at Baltimore, Co. Cork. He was then 58 and she was 24. Samuel died on 20 Dec 1888 at Lisheen, Aghadown when he was 71, leaving Elizabeth to bring up their five sons who were still young children. The oldest son John Freke was 10 years old, and the youngest son Freke Wolfe was 4 years old. Elizabeth collected rent on the land to support the family. In the 1901 census she was residing at Lisheen Lower; living with her were John (age 22), Joseph (20) and Freke (16), as well as her unmarried sister, Evesia Wolfe; the house was rated 2nd Class, equating to 7 rooms, with 6 outbuildings. She was listed as also owning the Lisheen Roman Catholic Chapel and the Lisheen National School. She later emigrated to Canada to be with her sons and died 28 Nov 1926 at Cavell, Saskatchewan, Canada.
There is a curious tale reported in the Zoologist Vol 19, 1861, p 7354. There were a number of hoax tales around about serpents at the time and this seems to have been one of them! "A Sea Serpent. - As Samuel Townsend, Esq., J.P., of Whitehall, was sailing in Whitehall Harbour, he saw, following his wake, what appeared to him (from the many descriptions he had read of the monster) to be a sea serpent about twenty-five or thirty feet in length ; and being in a small boat he endeavoured to keep as respectful a distance as possible. There was, however, another boat in the harbour at the time, in which was Mr. Samuel Hingston, his brother, Mr. John Hingston (of Trinity College, Dublin), and a party of ladies. These parties also saw the huge monster; and upon raising its neck about six feet above the surface the females became greatly alarmed, when Mr. John Hingston, who is a remarkably good shot, fired at it, upon which it immediately disappeared. Mr. Townsend informed us the serpent presented a beautiful appearance, having large, brilliant scales of a yellow hue, and is of opinion it was struck by the shot fired by Mr. Hingston. It was likewise distinctly seen from the windows of Whitehall House. Mr. Robert Atkins told us he saw it the day before off Barlogue.-' Skibbtreen Eagle,' as quoted in the ' Cork Constitution of Sept., 1860."
(Information about this family from David Cotcher ?cotcher@sasktel.net>)
38. JOHN HINGSTON (539 in WEH) was born at Whitehall 31 May 1822 born c. 1819, the son of 81. Freke Hingston and Catherine Sullivan, and married ELIZABETH McCOMB. He was appointed to the Linen Draper trade in Skibbereen but left it and served his time to the ship building with his cousin 25. Edward. Spent three years in St Johns NB returned to Ireland and was for thirteen years agent on the Great Southern and Western Railway, and for thirty four years Chief Steward of Trinity College Dublin, also has been land agent the last 20 years for several estates. According to Stan Hingston he was chief steward (librarian) at Trinity College, Dublin, and was also a musician who is listed in a book named "Irish Minstrels and Musicians" published in USA. WEH says that he received a threatening letter (presumably from a Fenian Group) but the details are missing. John died 23 Jun 1893 in Dublin, leaving estate valued at £2806 4s 10d. One of his executors was his eldest son Dr William Freke of Deptfotrd, England but the other was a Richard Paul Hingston of 33 Bloomfield Avenue, Dublin, of whom we have no other record.
SAMUEL RICHARD HINGSTON (590 in WEH) was born 29 Apr 1852 and died 5 Dec 1863 (Vine 490)
EMMA HINGSTON (589 in WEH) was born at Inchicore 25 Aug 1856. Was married to GEORGE ALFRED LEWES MD on 24 Feb 1875 and died at sea while on way out to New Zealand on the 1 Oct 1879. No issue.
JOHN HINGSTON (591 in WEH) was born 12 Mar 1859. Lived in Dublin.
KATE HINGSTON (592 in WEH) was born in Dublin 4 Dec 1860. Married 31 Jan 1885 to DELAMERE P FLEMING of Eaton Park Kingstown.
ARTHUR LEE GUINESS HINGSTON (593 in WEH). Died young.
Generation No. 5
26. WILLIAM EDWARD HINGSTON (540 in WEH) was born in Kingston, Ireland 28 Jul 1842, the son of 25. Edward Hingston and Elizabeth Jenkins. The family moved to the USA where they settled in Rockland, Maine. His father died in Jan 1844 and shortly afterwards he returned with his mother and young brother to Liverpool, where she married JOHN WADE, a printer. On leaving school William worked in his stepfather's printing works. He spent some time in the English army. In 1863 he returned to the US, arriving in Buffalo on 4 July, where he worked for his uncles (22. William and 24. John) who had a shipyard at Jersey St, Buffalo. He saw active service in the Civil War, after which he moved to Dubuque, Iowa. He married in 1871 ELIZA P. HALL, of Orange, New Jersey. He returned to Buffalo in 1874, where he became an assistant in the freight office of the Erie Railroad Company. He later worked for a patent medicine business, a manufacturer of fly-plates and in the building trade. Eventually, be became a foreman in the marine contracting business of his brother, 27. Edward Hingston. He died 25 Feb 1906 in Buffalo. This is the W. E. Hingston who produced the family history, part of which we know as the Vine Tree. William Hingston and Eliza Hall had seven surviving children:-
ANNIE E. E. HINGSTON (594 in WEH) born at Dunluth Ill at 3pm Monday 4 Oct 1871 (during the great fire in Chicago) now 1904 living with her parents in Buffalo NY.
EDWARD CLARENCE HINGSTON (595 in WEH) born in Dunluth Ill 9am 11 May 1874. Married Miss HATTIE IDE 6 Oct 1898 at Geneva NY. Mr Hingston is a Mechanical Engineer and Draughtsman at present 1903 Master Mechanic and superintendent of construction for the Lake Erie Dredge Co of Buffalo NY.
GEORGE IRWIN HINGSTON (596 in WEH) born in Buffalo at 4pm Friday 21 April 1876. Now 1903 a clerk in a Dry Goods house in Pittsburg Pa.
WILLIAM HENRY HINGSTON (598 in WEH) B orn in Buffalo at 2.20 pm Thursday 24 June 1880 is now 1903 Captain and Engineer on board one of the dredges of the Lake Erie Dredging Co.
RAYMOND CREIGHTON HINGSTON (599 in WEH) born in Buffalo at 10.30 am Saturday 21 April 1883 and died of Spinal Meningitis 4 am the 19 Feb 1891. He was the first child of this branch of the Hingstons to die since Jan 1863 was christened at the same time as his four elder brothers who acted as his pall-bearers. He is buried in Lot 599 Section 10 Forest Lawn Cemetery (NB 599 is his number on the Hingston Register; the number of the lot where buried and his father's Regimental number in the British Army). The bones of his great grandfather 21. William were buried in the same grave and at the same time.
HOWARD HOLMES HINGSTON (600 in WEH) born in Buffalo at 12 noon on Friday the 10 July 1885, is now 1903 Clerk in the Dry Goods house of H A Meldrum Co, Buffalo.
RALPH PENFIELD HINGSTON (601 in WEH) of Buffalo born in Buffalo at 9.40 am Monday 1st Aug 1888.
27. EDWARD J. HINGSTON (541 in WEH) born in Rockland (later known as Thomaston), Maine 22 Jan 1844, the son of 25. Edward Hingston and Elizabeth Jenkins, 18 days after his father's death. He went with his mother to Liverpool, where he attended the National Schools. He taught at school in Liverpool from 1858-62. He returned to the US in 1862, settling in Buffalo. He learnt the shipbuilding trade 1862-67 (presumably with his uncles William and John). He worked for a Buffalo dredging firm, later joining in partnership with Arthur Woods to form the firm of Hingston and Woods. He married MARY E. REES of Buffalo on 22 Jul 1872. Edward Hingston and Mary Rees had two daughters
LOUISE HINGSTON, who married H. A. MELDRUM
GENEVIEVE HINGSTON, who married CLARENCE SPAULDING SIDWAY.
(From Great Lakes website, based on the Marine Captains Biographies site):- Hingston & Woods have carried on the dredging business from one end of the lakes to the other. They have deepened Niagara river at so many points that the line would be continuous for its whole length if the sections were put together; they have sent their dredges into about twenty ports on Lake Erie, while in Detroit river; at the Sault; on Lake Ontario; and at Morrisburg, on the St. Lawrence, they have also done extensive work. This firm is practically the successor of the two dredging firms of Clark & Douglas and Spalding & Bennett, which did business in Buffalo and vicinity till 1878, when Hingston & Woods succeeded them in business. Mr. Woods had been the superintendent and Mr. Hingston the bookkeeper for the former firm. Beginning in a moderate way they soon extended operations and increased their plant till it became the largest concern in business on the lakes. The largest contract they accomplished was the development of the harbor system of the Lehigh Valley Company, at the Tifft Farm in Buffalo, which added about five miles to the docks of the inner harbor. This work was begun in 1881, and the greater part of it was finished in two years, although it extended altogether over five years. In the meantime the firm built a 450-foot extension to the Government breakwater, and did large amounts of other dredge work. There is not a port of any size on the south shore of Lake Erie that the firm has not deepened, and in the case of Conneaut and Port Dover, on the Canadian shore opposite, the firm has made it possible to run a line of car ferries from one port to the other. They are now engaged in building very extensive docks and corresponding slips at Conneaut for the Carnegie- Rockefeller ore interest, the contract for this work having been taken in the fall of 1896. They are now building a similar dock for the same purpose at Port Stanley, Ontario. The bare enumeration of the contract work done by the firm on the lakes would make a long list. Besides all this there have been numerous contracts for railroad, pile, and trestle work, and great city-sewers built. The Bailey avenue sewer, built by the firm in Buffalo, cost $250,000, and this was merely the largest of many. In addition to this the firm has assisted in developing the water-works system not only of Buffalo, but of Syracuse at Skaneateles lake, of Rochester at Hemlock lake, of Canandaigua and Tonawanda, and also assisted the Lehigh Valley Company in diverting the channel of the Tonawanda, at Batavia. Dredging operations have also been carried on at Oneida, Seneca and Cayuga lakes, and also at New Brunswick, N. J. The firm has eleven dredges and the following fleet of tugs; Genevieve, Myrtie, Arthur Woods, William Stevenson, Alice Campbell, Tam O'Shanter, Robert Downey and May French. Others have been owned in late years, but have been sold. This equipment alone will show how extensive the operations are and have been for a long time. They have lately added to their fleet an elevator dredge capable of working in either harbor or in canals, such as the Erie canal, and are now engaged in building what will be the largest dipper dredge on the lakes, and which will be one of the best equipped. Edward J. Hingston was born January 22, 1844, at Thomaston, Maine, came to Buffalo in 1862, and went to the contracting business as early as 1870. He has long been recognized as a leading mind in the business on the lakes, was the secretary of the dredging association for a long time, when it was not closely organized enough to have a president, and on its being fully organized, early in February 1897, was elected its chief executive. Arthur Woods was born in Bath, N. Y., in December 1834, and came to Buffalo twenty years later, there engaging with Oswald & Van Valkenburg, who were known as Erie canal dredgers and contractors. He was a man of great energy and executive ability, and these qualifications, combined with the business capability and insight of Mr. Hingston, have insured the steady and rapid advancement of the firm.
28. WILLIAM EDWARD HINGSTON, (548 in WEH) born Buffalo Aug. 29, 1851, the son of 24. John Townsend Hingston and Charlotte Seymour Bird, and died Wollaston, Mass. 3 Oct 1942. He married, firstly, on 25 Oct 1876, ANNA MATILDA LEE, daughter of James Isaac Lee (from Scotland) and Ann Finley (of Montreal), born 28 Dec 1856. According to WEH she was a schoolteacher in Buffalo who died young at age 33 on 19 Jan 1890 in Sioux City, Iowa. (Other sources say 19 Feb) William Edward Hingston and Anna Matilda Lee had two children, both born Buffalo:
LEE HINGSTON (604 in WEH) born 20 Jul 1877, died St. Albans Vermont on Aug. 4, 1937. He married LILA L SANFORD in Boston and they had one child, Marrion Lee Hingston, born 1900. WEH said that Lee was an editor of a newspaper in Boston
LOUISE ISABEL HINGSTON (605 in WEH) born Sept. 5, 1879, died in Pittsfield, New Hampshire on April 11, 1959. She was a photographer’s model and reporter in Buffalo by 1900, an ardent suffragette and battler for women’s freedoms. She married in Albany on Dec. 31, 1902 to Jean Gould Stimmell, son of Thomas Stimmell and Alice Mary Gregory, born June 5, 1876 in Davenport, Iowa, died Nov. 29, 1944 in Pittsfield, New Hampshire. Jean, a newspaperman, pioneered news photography in North America and was arts and graphics editor at the Boston Herald for 40 years. They had three sons, John Hingston Stimmell (1904-1984); David Hynes Stimmell (1910-1981) and Lee Stimmell (1912-1986).
William married, secondly, CARRIE ELOISE HILL, daughter of Thomas Hill and Mary E. Bullock of Buffalo N.Y. William Edward Hingston and Carrie Eloise Hill had one child:
TOWNSEND HILL HINGSTON (635 in WEH) born 24 Apr 1899 at Boston, died 23 Feb 1935).
An obituary in The Patriot Ledger, Quincy, Massachusetts for 3 Oct 1942 referred to "Prof. William Edward Hingston, 12 Muirhead St, Wollaston, nationally known handwriting expert, died at Quincy city hospital early this morning after a brief illness." He was 91 years old and died from complications after falling and breaking his hip. It went on to describe how he had been born in Buffalo, and began work as an accountant, but for almost half a century had practised as a handwriting specialist, handling more than 5000 cases, many of national importance, finally retiring at age 87. Several of the cases were described in detail including one where he had been called as an expert by the prosecution but ended up acting on behalf of the defendant. It also described how he had burnt all his notes on his famous cases because "I did not want any documents from my files to burn up in print in one form or another to bring scandal to the homes of persons involved". He also said "You can't fool an American jury ... you can't bind them with ignorance nor with dishonesty. The court expert must be both honest and sincere and furthermore he must know what he is talking about ... or the jury will discard his testimony as so many words."
97. SAMUEL EDWARD HINGSTON (554 in WEH) born at Rochester 13 July 1862, son of 82. Samuel Lewis Hingston and Ann Anderson. Married 24 March 1888 in New York to Miss IDA WILHELMINE PETERSEN daughter of Ernest Rickard Petersen by his wife Louisa Olsen of Goteborg Sweden and has two children. Mr Hingston is in business for himself in New York City.
Samuel and Ida had two children:-
SAMUEL ANDERSON HINGSTON (606 in WEH), born in New York 12.45 am 17 Aug 1889.
ANN MARION HINGSTON (630 in WEH) born in New York 4 Aug 1895
ANNA FLORENCE HINGSTON (625 in WEH) born 16 March 1877.
ALAN JAMES HINGSTON (626 in WEH) born 26 April 1882
41. ALLEN HINGSTON (555 in WEH) was baptised 18 Feb 1852 at Schull East Church, of Ballycummisk, the son of 37. William Hingston and Ellen Wolfe. He married HESTER ROYCROFT on February 22, 1887, at a parish church, Kilmoe, Co. Cork. Hester was born around 1856. Allen died on April 20, 1920, at Stouke, Schull, Co. Cork. 6 children recorded but not listed by WEH. Hester died on June 4, 1906, at Stouke, Schull, Co. Cork. (Updated information about this family from John Fitzgerald).
The children of Allen Hingston and Hester (Roycroft) are:-
HANNAH HINGSTON was born in 1887 at Ballydehob; she died c. 1955. She married firstly Joseph Rycroft by whom she had one daughter Esther, and secondly William Arbuthnot. It seems Hannah emigrated to Brookline, Mass in about 1909. (There is considerable scope for confusion between Hannah and Anna - indeed they may be the same person)
WILLIAM JAMES HINGSTON was born 6 Jun 1889 at Ballydehob. He married ELIZABETH SWANTON 13 Apr 1922 and died 7 Sep 1946 at Ballydehob. They had four children, ALLEN EDWARD HINGSTON (18 Apr 1923), ELIZABETH MAY HINGSTON (11 Aug 1928), ANNIE JOSEPHINE HINGSTON (7 Jun 1931), WILLIAM THOMAS HINGSTON (3 Sep 1936)
ANNA AVESIA HINGSTON was born on August 20, 1891, at Stouke, (confirmed by Birth certificate). Anna emigrated to the USA on the RMS Saxonia (5 May – 13 May 1909) with younger brother, John. She married THOMAS ROYCROFT. They had children William (1924), Thomas (1927).
JOHN JOSEPH HINGSTON was born 28 Dec 1892 at Stouke, Ballydehob , Co. Cork. John emigrated to the USA on the RMS Saxonia (5 May – 13 May 1909) with sister, Anna. He married KATIE ANN JENNINGS on December 24, 1919, at Brookline, Massachusetts. Kate had been born on 9 Feb 1891, at Keelinga, Leap, Co. Cork, daughter of farmer, William Jennings and Sarah Damery. Kate emigrated to the USA on the RMS Ivernia (5 Apr – 13 Apr 1911). John & Kate were members of the Episcopal Church. His occupation was listed as "Engineer-Stationary". Kate died young on 4 Mar 1947 and John died on 30 Jan 1971 at Brookline, Massachusetts. They had children ALICE JENNINGS HINGSTON (9 Jul 1923), ALLAN JENNINGS HINGSTON (7 Jun 1925), JOHN WESLEY HINGSTON (9 Nov 1927).
ALLEN HINGSTON was born 11 Oct 1894 at Ballydehob and married 1929 JOSEPHINE HAWTHORNE. He emigrated to America in 1913 and was a Baker. He died 11 Jan 1974 at Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. They had one child EVELYN FLORENCE HINGSTON (8 Nov 1943).
EDWARD HINGSTON was born 28 Mar 1896 at Ballydehob and married in 1936 to MARGARET HAWTHORNE. He emigrated to America on the RMS Franconia (27 May – 4 Jun 1914). He was a Baker. He died 9 May 1967 at in Massachusetts.
46. RICHARD HINGSTON (558 in WEH who says he was born Jul 1863), baptised 21 Aug 1856 at Schull East Church, the son of 37. William Hingston and Ellen Wolfe. He married in 1887 ELLEN O'NEILL at Peabody. He emigrated to America in about 1882. Richard was listed as a Freight Clerk, Bleachery, and later as a Foreman, Cotton Mill.
They had 5 children
WILLIAM J. HINGSTON born 1889, reported to be in business in Philadelphia;
JOHN P. HINGSTON born 1891 - listed as "Tacker, Leather Factory"
? HINGSTON born 1893, believed not to have survived
SAMUEL HINGSTON born 29 Aug 1895. Partner in Larrabee and Hingston located in Peabody. Described in Library of Congress record as "The Larrabee & Hingston Company shop complex, consisting of the Main Shop Building, the Lumber Drying Shed, Lumber Storage Shed #1, the Office Building, and Lumber Storage Shed #2, is significant for its association with Peabody's most important historic industry, the tanning of animal hides, and as a good example of a late nineteenth to mid-twentieth century light woodworking and fabricating shop. Larrabee & Hingston, founded in 1931, was a custom builder of wooden tanning vessels and was the last such facility in the Northeast when it closed in 1997." There is an audio description of Sam and the firm at Peabody Museum. Married to MARGARET SULLIVAN; three children born by 1920, JOHN, GEORGE and MARGARET (obituary). He died 26 Jan 1970
ELLEN (Nellie) HINGSTON born c.1897. Worked in Bleachery as a Thread Puller. Died in 192x(?). Never married.
RICHARD T HINGSTON born 21 Mar 1908, Foreman on Leather Tannery, Peabody. Moved to New Hampshire about 1952. Married EDNA, three children, died Oct 1972.
42. FREKE WILLIAM HINGSTON (559 in WEH) was baptised 8 Dec 1858 at Schull East Church, Schull, the son of 37. William Hingston and Ellen Wolfe. He married, in about 1883 ANNA SMYTHE at Peabody, Essex County, MA, USA. She had been born Jun 1860 in England (King says she came from Ireland and was a widow). Freke died 2 Jan 1899 at Peabody.
They had five children
MARY E. HINGSTON was born Oct 1884 at Peabody, Essex County, MA, USA and married MARTIN QUINLAN who had been born about 1880 in Peabody. She was a Stitcher in a Cotton Mill, he was a Policeman. They had one son, Laurence.
WILLIAM R. HINGSTON was born Jan 1889 at Peabody, and married FLORENCE REID who had been born 28 May 1891 at Salem, Mass. He was a Policeman She died Oct 1894; he died c. 1954, both at Peabody. They had three children BARBARA, PRISCILLA and ALLAN.
JAMES E. HINGSTON was born Jul 1890 and died c.1913, both at Peabody
JOSEPH H. HINGSTON was born Nov 1894 and died c. 1920, both at Peabody
FLORENCE L. HINGSTON was born Aug 1896 at Peabody. She was a Stitcher at a Cotton Mill and married ?? ATWOOD. One daughter.
47. JOSEPH HINGSTON (560 in WEH) was born 29 Dec 1865 at Stouke, Schull, the son of 37. William Hingston and Ellen Wolfe. He married on 4 Jul 1896 at St. Paul's Church, Brookline, Mass, USA, MARGARET ROYCROFT. She had been born 28 Oct 1871 in Co. Cork and died 15 Sep 1948 at Brookline. Joseph died 1 May 1924.
They had four children.
WILLIAM F HINGSTON born 18 May 1897 who married ELIZABETH ADAMS. They had an adopted daughter JOY HINGSTON. Died in an automobile accident with his brother Joseph 25 Jul 1969.
VIOLETTE M HINGSTON. born 19 Aug 1901 who married HAROLD EDWARD WIGHT. They had children Harold and Joseph.
JOSEPH R HINGSTON born 22 Mar 1903. Plumber. Unmarried. Died in automobile accident 25 Jul 1969 with his brother William.
EDWARD J HINGSTON born 23 Sep 1905. Laborer in Water Dept, Brookline. Married EVA KENNEDY. Children MARGARET, JOSEPH and EDWARD. He died 31 Jan 1962.
92. WILLIAM HINGSTON (566 in WEH) born at Whitehall 22 Feb 1861, the son of 40. Allen Hingston and Elizabeth Driscoll. Married 24 March 1885 to MATILDA CONNERY of County Down. Is now (1903) superintendent for a large Bleachery and lives in Montreal Canada with his family.
William and Matilda had issue
JOHN HINGSTON (622 in WEH), born 31 Jun 188? and died 18 Aug 1887.
THEODORA MARGERY HINGSTON (645 in WEH) born at Montreal Canada 4 Sept 1899.
FLORENCE GLADIUS HINGSTON (646 in WEH) born at Montreal Canada 17 Apr 1901.
43. WILLIAM HINGSTON (572 in WEH) was born 25 Dec 1860 at Cunnamore, the son of 39. Freke Hingston and Ann Kenney. He married in Peabody, MA, on 15 Jan 1885 MARGARET QUINLAN who had been born in Ireland in Aug 1862. He died 28 Feb 1916 at Bridgewater, MA; she died 1 Mar 1906 in Charlestown, MA. King says that he emigrated to Boston, Mass on 7 Oct 1876 and then moved to Peabody, Mass in about 1882, where he was joined by his brother Freke and a cousin Richard. William took US citizenship on 10 Dec 1895.
William Hingston and Margaret (Quinlan) had ten children:-
ANNIE HINGSTON (612 in WEH) born May 1885 and died c.1940 Boston, Massachusetts. She married THOMAS F CUSHING; he had been born 1886 in Newfoundland. She worked at "Raymonds" a large department store in Boston and operated "Beano" games (an early form of Bingo) at her home in Silver Lake. She seems to have been something of an entrepeneur. They had two daughters, Mary and Mildred and in 1920 were living at 16 Sackvile St, Charlestown.
FRANK (FREKE) HINGSTON (613 in WEH) was born 12 Jul 1886 and died 25 Sep 1962, both at Boston. He worked as a Teamster (Union organiser) at the Bell Telephone Co., and retired as a Foreman. He was not married.
WILLIAM HINGSTON (614 in WEH) was born Feb 1888 and died Dec 1942, both at Boston. He never married and was self employed in various enterprises, including restaurants, fruit and produce stands and a bicycle shop. He was a heavy smoker and died of cancer.
RICHARD D. HINGSTON was born Oct 1889 at Boston and married in 1913 JENEVA LANE. He died 13 May 1932 at Charlestown, Mass. They had eight children, Mary (1914-1922), Margaret (1915-), Richard (1917-), William (~1921), Frances Robert (1923), Joseph (1924), Leonard (~1926), Jean M (~1928). His son Richard told King "During the prohibition era in the 1920s, my dad was a cabinet maker and a side line as a bootlegger. We lived on the third floor of a tenement building across from Wiggen Terminal, on Medford St, Charlestown, Mass. We had no central heating of course, only a couple of wood stoves. One source of wood came from damaged wooden desks and furniture from the Boston Schools. It was delivered to us. In the same delivery, hidden among the wood would be a supply of alky (alcohol) in square 5 gallon cans. The alky would be placed in the storage box, sunken into the black dirty floor in the basement. Then the box covered and dirt and wood chips spread over it, plus some scraps of wood. Under cover of darknes the local junk dealer would deliver a supply of pint and half pint bottles. Then by some kind of message, (I never understood), the hardware store would give one of the kids a package of cork stoppers for our Dad. After all of these components were gathered my father would open up his "Secret Room" on the 3rd floor, where we lived, then using a large washtub, he would mix (dilute) the "stuff" and bottle it. I can clearly recall the hygrometer he used to test the stuff to get the mix he wanted. When he had an adequate supply he'd deliver it to the customers. Usually the first sales gave him money to pay off his "sources". The next sales were used to support the family. The remainder was stored in hiding places in the house. These consisted of flannel lined spaces in the walls and floor. The cloth lining insulated each bottle from another. This was necessary because during police raids the Cops would jump on the floors and pound the walls in search of the stuff. My father could join two pieces of wood together so you couldn't see the joint."
SAMUEL HINGSTON was born 15 Mar 1892 and died Jan 1980, both at Boston. He married BERTHA about 1825 but they later separated and may have divorced. He was a contractor, mostly working on Boston Public Schools. He was an active Democrat and much of his work came from the patronage of politicians. They had three children but no details are known.
MATTHEW HINGSTON was born and died c. 1893 at Boston
ALLEN HINGSTON was born and died c.1894 at Boston
KATHERINE HINGSTON was born 29 Mar 1895 at Boston and married 1918 THOMAS G KING; she died 2 Aug 1984. Thomas supervised the electroplating dept. of the United Carr Fastener Group, Cambridge, Mass; he retired in 1959. They had six children; Marion (~1918), Francis Thomas (1920), Thomas (~1921), Anna (~1923), James W (1925) who conducted research into the Hingston family, Claire (~1927).
JOSEPH HINGSTON was born 12 Aug 1896 and died 16 Nov 1976, both at Boston. He was unmarried and was a teamster at the Revere Sugar Refinery, Charlestown, retiring about 1961.
AGNES HINGSTON born and died ~1898.
FLORENCE HINGSTON was born 15 Feb 1900 at Boston. She was not married and maintained the family home for her brothers Frank and Joseph. They moved to 16 Sackville St, Charleston and was the last surviving member of the family,
44. FREKE HINGSTON (571 in WEH) was born Nov 1862 at Cunnamore, the son of 39. Freke Hingston and Ann Kenney. He married in 1891 ELLEN QUINLAN and died at Charlestown, Mass in about 1940.
They had three children
FRANCIS HINGSTON (627 in WEH) born 9 Jun 1892 who married FRANCES. In 1920 they were both aed 27, living at 706 Tremont St, Boston. He was listed as "Demonstrator, Automobile Co." while she was listed as "Officer - Bindery"
ANNIE VERONICA HINGSTON (634 in WEH) born 5 Jan 1900
45. MATTHEW HINGSTON (575 in WEH) was born 1867 at Cunnamore, the son of 39. Freke Hingston and Ann Kenney and married ELLEN FORBES on February 24, 1900 at St. Matthew’s Church, Drimoleague, Co. Cork. Ellen was born on September 22, 1872, at Liscroneen, Ballymeen, Dunmanway, Co. Cork, daughter of Richard Forbes and Catherine Regan. She came from Clodagh, Drimoleague, Co. Cork. Matthew died 26 Oct 1954 at Cunnamore and is buried at Old Aughadown Cemetery. Ellen died 13 Apr 1901 and is buried in Dunmanway Churchyard. They were listed as Church of Ireland and lived in a single family home on a farm. Eugene Daly, in his book “Heir Island – Its History and People” (2004) wrote "The Hingstons of Cunnamore were good friends to the islanders of Heir and the two Skeam islands. If the weather was not suitable for crossing to the islands, Matthew Hingston gave lodgings for the night to stranded islanders. His son, Freke, was for years the unofficial ferryman to Heir Island. He was known to go ‘missing’ on occasions, if the dog warden or some other unwelcome visitor, came to Cunnamore looking for a ferry to the island. Jim Kingston of Dunmanway, a brother-in-law of Freke Hingston, sold clothes on the island, bringing them from house to house with a donkey and cart. (Updated information about this family from John Fitzgerald.)
They had four children
FREKE ALLEN HINGSTON (1901-1981) was born on February 1, 1901 at Cunnamore, Skibbereen, Co. Cork. He married EMILY JENNINGS on 23 Aug 1945 at Douglas Parish Church, Cork city. Emily was born on May 31, 1905 at Keelinga, Leap, Co. Cork, daughter of farmer, William Jennings and Sarah Damery. They lived at Cunnamore where Freke farmed and provided a ferry facility across to the islands of Heir and Skeam. They did not have any children.Freke died on August 27, 1981 and Emily died on August 29, 1982. They are buried together in Aughadown Cemetery where a headstone stands.
WILLIAM THOMAS HINGSTON (9 Oct 1902-14 Jun 1976). Lived at Cunnamore, never married. He is buried in Aughadown Cemetery with his brother Freke and Emily.
ANNE HINGSTON (17 Jan 1907- 24 Feb 1983) married JAMES KINGSTON (sic). Children Rev Tom (who supplied information to King), James, Ida, Reginald, Audrey, Dorothy, Raymond.
KATHLEEN ELIZABETH HINGSTON (17 Oct 1909) married 4 Jul 1935 JOHN KINGSTON (sic). Lived in Dunmanway. They had children Thomas, William, Elizabeth, Evie, Violet.
85. EDWARD HINGSTON (579 in WEH); Second son of 84. Edward Hingston and Sarah Justice, born in Buffalo 21st Dec 1848 was married about 1871 to KATE GIBBONS of Buffalo NY. He died 19 April 1883
Edward and Kate had children
EDWARD HINGSTON (607 in WEH), born in Buffalo 19 Sep 1872. Living there in 1903.
SAMUEL HINGSTON (608 in WEH), born in Buffalo 29 Sep 1876.
WILLIAM HINGSTON (609 in WEH), born in Buffalo 11 Nov 1878. Died 2 Feb 1880.
SARAH HINGSTON (611 in WEH), born in Buffalo 23 May 1881 Died 15 Sep 1881.
86. JOHN FREKE HINGSTON (585 in WEH) was born 6 May 1878 at Lisheen Lower, Aghadown, Co. Cork, son of 34. Samuel Hingston and Elizabeth Wolfe. John inherited the land at Lisheen Lower where he stayed until 1921, when he went to Saskatchawen to farm near his brothers. He married 1908 JANE ANN ALICE BRYAN and died 30 Nov 1962 at Haney, British Columbia; he is buried at Mission Cemetery, Mission, BC.
John and Jane had issue:-
ALICE ELIZABETH HINGSTON born 1909
EMMA HINGSTON born 1910
SAMUEL FREKE HINGSTON born 1911
WINNIE HINGSTON born 1912
HESSIE HINGSTON born 1918
87. JOSEPH GEORGE HINGSTON (586 in WEH) was born 2 Apr 1880 (twin of Samuel below) at Lisheen Lower, son of 34. Samuel Hingston and Elizabeth Wolfe, and married 1911 MARY ALICE CALVEY who had been born 19 Apr 1880 in Donaghmore. Joseph George went to Columbus Ohio USA in 1904 to find work in a factory. James Edward followed him there in early 1905. They saw an advertisement for a quarter section (160 acres) of farm land offered for $10.00 in Saskatchewan Canada, which had just become a province of Canada and was offering incentives for people to come and settle there. They acquired 3 adjacent quarter sections of land in central Saskatchewan, one for each of them and one for their youngest brother Freke Wolfe. Freke came to Saskatchewan in May 1906 with his mother Elizabeth, and Agnes Adrian who married James Edward. Joseph died 8 Oct 1951 and Mary died 23 Mar 1953, both at Edmonton, Alberta.
Joseph and Mary had six children:-
EILEEN ELIZABETH SUZANNE HINGSTON born 19 Oct 1912
MURIEL VICTORIA JOSEPHINE HINGSTON born 24 May 1914
MARY ALICE ISOBEL HINGSTON born 8 Feb 1916
SAMUEL BRIAN HINGSTON born 25 Jan 1918
EDITH CAVELL HINGSTON born Jan 1919
LILLIAN FRANCES PATRICIA HINGSTON
88. SAMUEL WILLIAM HINGSTON (587 in WEH) was born 2 Apr 1880 (twin of Joseph above) at Lisheen Lower, son of 34. Samuel Hingston and Elizabeth Wolfe, and married on 10 Apr 1910 at Sligo MAUDE CAUSER who had been born 30 Jun 1887 in Dublin. They lived at Sligo, Ireland, where he worked in banks. He died 18 Mar 1958 at Belfast; she died 24 May 1872 at Shrewsbury, England.
Samuel and Maude had three children
GEOFFREY ROY HINGSTON born 23 May 1912
GRAHAM WOLFE HINGSTON born 21 Aug 1914
FLORENCE EVELN MURIEL HINGSTON born 7 Apr 1917
89. JAMES EDWARD HINGSTON (628 in WEH) was born 2 Oct 1882 at Lisheen Lower, son of 34. Samuel Hingston and Elizabeth Wolfe, and baptised 2 Nov 1882 at Abbeystrewry, Skibbereen, and was married in 1906 AGNES KEARNE ADRIAN; she had been born 7 Jan 1884 in Ballyclare, Co Antrim. James moved to Canada in 1905 with his brother Joseph. Agnes died 8 Mar 1918 at Saskatoon, Canada; he died 2 Apr 1954 at Biggar, Saskatchewan.
They had four children:-
ROBERT EDWARD JOHN HINGSTON born 1 Jul 1907
JEANETTE ELIZABETH NORAH HINGSTON born 12 Apr 1912
NORAH ELIZABETH HINGSTON born 12 Apr 1912
MARY AGNES EVESIA CAROLINE HINGSTON born 8 Sep 1913
90. FREKE WOLFE HINGSTON (629 in WEH) was born 3 Jan 1885 at Lisheen Lower, son of 34. Samuel Hingston and Elizabeth Wolfe, and married 6 May 1914 at Cavell, Saskatchewan CATHERINE ANN ROSS, who had been born 7 Nov 1887 at Dunmanway Co Cork. He moved to Saskatchawen in 1906 to join his brothers but in 1913 moved to another farm 6 miles north where he married Catherine. Their 4 children were born at this farm, and his mother Elizabeth died here in 1926. Freke farmed here until his retirement in 1946. He lived in nearby rural communities of Cavell and Landis until 1962, and then in North Battleford until his death at 90 years old on 16 Apr 1975. In addition to being a farmer, Freke was a lay minister at a church in Cavell for 25 years. She died 18 Apr 1983, both at North Battleford, Saskatchewan.
They had four children:-
HESTER EVESIA HINGSTON born 31 May 1915
ELIZABETH FRANCES GEORGINA HINGSTON born 10 Nov 1916
WINNIFRED ANNE HINGSTON born 24 Oct 1918
WILLIAM FREKE HINGSTON
93. Dr WILLIAM FREKE HINGSTON (588 in WEH) was born 24 Sep 1848 in Co. Cork (WEH says at Inchicore, Co. Dublin), the son of 38. John Hingston and Elizabeth McComb, and married on 4 Oct 1877 FLORENCE MATILDA RATCLIFFE at St Paul's, Deptford, Kent; a John Hingston was a witness at the marriage. She had been born about 1856. She died without issue and he married secondly Miss ADELIA BEATRICE BAXTER (FreeBMD has her as BARTER) of Plymouth on 30 Dec 1890 and has issue two daughters, Dr Hingston has enjoyed a large and varied practice at Deptford for thirty years, but at present 1903 has been confined to his bed for nearly two years with paralysis(??) from over work. He is mentioned in a note in the British Medical Journal for 29 Apr 1871 which reports that he had been awarded the Silver Medal of the Dublin Pathological Society for an essay on the subject of "Diagnosis and Pathology of the Vertebral Column and Spinal Marrow"? If so, he would have been 22 at the time and still a student - hence the "Mr.". William and Adelia have issue:-
BEATRICE EMILY HINGSTON (631 in WEH) born Jun Qtr 1893 in Greenwich
NORA HINGSTON (632 in WEH) born Sep Qtr 1895 in Greenwich
Generation No. 6
94. FRANCIS (Frank) HALL HINGSTON (597 in WEH) born in Buffalo at 11 am Wednesday 5 June 1878, the son of 26. William Edward Hingston and Eliza Hall.. Married ETHEL M BATTY of Buffalo 22 Nov 1899. Is now 1903 Captain of the Submarine Drillboat "Thor" for the Buffalo Dredging Co.
Frank and Ethel have two children
FRANCES NEIL HINGSTON (637 in WEH) bon at Buffalo 4.40 am Monday 11 Feb 190?
BEATRICE HINGSTON (643 in WEH) born in Buffalo at 12.20 am 1 March 1903.
HND Descendants of Richard Hingston of Dunmanway
Information about this family has come almost entirely from WEH but by two routes. He sent a letter in 1880 to 55. John R Hingston, in which he gives the bare bones of the line, but the detailed line is only given in the full 1906 version of his "register". Note that the reference numbers he uses in the two versions differ; the later version is used here.
At the head of this line stands 49. Richard Hingston. WEH says that Richard was born around 1780. In his 1880 letter WEH supposed that he was the son of 48. John Hingston, who some sources say had no children but who we now believe had one son, 104. William born about 1755. However, in his later list WEH suggests that Richard might have been the son of William, a Royal Navy Lieutenant, who was was oldest son of 8. Rev James and was born in 1744 in Kilshannig. All the records say that he died unmarried. I am not convinced by either connection so I have left this as a seperate line.
The family appear to have come from Dunmanway, which is midway between the Aglish (HNA) and Whitehall (HNC). There is almost certainly some connection between the families but I am not yet convinced what it is.
Generation No. 1
49. RICHARD HINGSTON (1933 in WEH), son of 48. John Hingston. WEH says he was born in 1780. Richard married CATHERINE COURTNEY. The children of Richard and Catherine were:-
110. RICHARD HINGSTON (1960 in WEH) born 1828 and died 24 Dec 1893. He married to KATE PHIPPS
ELLEN HINGSTON (1961 in WEH) married PATRICK FITZGIBBONS
KATE HINGSTON (1962 in WEH) married IRA EMMERSON of Marlborough, Mass.
MARY HINGSTON (1963 in WEH) of Lynn, Mass, married WILLIAM MURRAY
ELIZABETH HINGSTON (1964 in WEH)
JOHN HINGSTON (1965 in WEH)
Generation No. 3
53. RICHARD HINGSTON (1939 in WEH) was the son of 51. John Hingston and Margaret Joice. He lived at Dunmanway Co. Cork but emigrated to the USA and was married in Lynn, Mass in July 1849 to HONORA BARRETT and died 9 Jun 1865 Richard and Honora had issue
111. WILLIAM J HINGSTON (1978 in WEH) born at Dunmanway 11 Oct 1862 and married to MARY AHEARNE 1 Dec 1889
JOHN HINGSTON (1979 in WEH) born 22 Feb 1867 and died 1893
EDWARD HINGSTON (1980 in WEH where he is listed by as Edmond) born 20 Oct 1873. Edward Hingston emigrated in about 1893/5, married Catherine McCann and served as a Jersey City firefighter. Edward died on 26 April 1957
DAVID HINGSTON (1981 in WEH) born 7 Sep 1875. He emigrated to Jersey City, at about the same time as his brother Edward. He married Anne and had four children, RICHARD, EDWARD, MAY, and ANNE. David died on 15 December 1922. David's sons Richard and Edward were Jersey City firefighters.
KATE HINGSTON (1982 in WEH) born 7 Sep 1879
MARY HINGSTON (1983 in WEH) born 22 Nov 1865 and married 20 Jan 1899 MICHEL MAGNER of Kildowery
ELLEN HINGSTON (1984 in WEH) born 1869 and died 1876
THOMAS HINGSTON (1985 in WEH) born 4 Jul 1871 and married 9 Jun 1894 ELLEN RYAN
KATE HINGSTON (1986 in WEH) born 2 Oct 1890
JAMES HINGSTON (1987 in WEH) born 16 Apr 1893
Generation No. 4
55. JOHN RICHARD HINGSTON (1966 in WEH) was born in Lynn Mass 24 June 1851, the son of 53. Richard Hingston and Honora Barrett. Married 3 Apr 1872 to HANNAH DOOLEY; she died 29 June 1877. John married secondly to ELLEN McCARTHEY 18 Jan 1880 who died 1 Sep 1901. He was foreman in a large shoe factory at Lynn Mass for many years. John was the recipient of a letter from WEH in 1880. John and Hannah had issue:-
MARGARET E HINGSTON (1973 in WEH) born 23 Sep 1876
John and Ellen had issue:-
JOHN CHARLES HINGSTON (21 Jul 1881-1954) (1974 in WEH). He married FRANCES GERTRUDE BARRY (1882-1963). They had a son JOHN W HINGSTON (1906-1991) who married MARY C. CRIGHTON (1909-2002). Their daughter is Mary Conklin <lawleralcott@yahoo.com>
WILLIAM PAUL HINGSTON (1993 in WEH) born 2 Nov 1883
MARY ALICE HINGSTON (1994 in WEH) born 13 Dec 1886
EUGENE HINGSTON (1995 in WEH) born 24 May 1889
THOMAS HENRY HINGSTON(1996 in WEH) born in Lynn, Mass., 24 Aug 1891
111. WILLIAM J HINGSTON (1978 in WEH) born at Dunmanway 11 Oct 1862, the son of 110. Richard Hingston and Kate (Phipps). William Hingston went to the United States in about 1881, settling in Jersey City, New Jersey, where he lived for the rest of his life. He became a U.S. citizen in 1886 and worked for the New Jersey Public Service Electric and Gas Company for 40 years. According to the NJ census of 1885, William Hingston was a boarder in the Jersey City home of James Ahearn and family. Mary Ahearn was 15 years old at the time. She and William married on 1 Dec 1889. Their marriage license lists Mary's mother's maiden name as Hingston, which could be a mistake, but it may also indicate a cousin marriage. [Mary's father, James Ahearn, had emigrated from County Cork in about 1862 when he was about 14 years old (so born about 1848) and there is another Hingston-Ahearn link when Mary Hingston, daughter of William's great-uncle 106. David married James Ahearne in 1835 (presumably in Co. Cork). Are the two James Ahearns the same person, with just an error in the dates? This would make William and Mary second cousins with HN#49 Richard Hingston and his wife Catherine Courtney as the common ancestors.] William died on 23 Apr 1947; his wife Mary died on 8 Sep 1901. Both are buried in Holy Name Cemetery in Jersey City, New Jersey, in the Ahearn family plot.
William and Mary had four children:-
KATHERINE HINGSTON (1986 in WEH) was born 2 Oct 1890 and married THOMAS LOONEY; they had no children. She died 16 Jan 1951
JAMES HINGSTON (1987 in WEH) born 16 Apr 1893, married MARGARET LARKEY. They had six children: Charles, John, William, Margaret, Elizabeth, and Marie.
MARY HINGSTON, born 5 Aug 1895, married THOMAS J. DUNN. They had one daughter, Dorothy. Mary died 18 Nov 1985. Dorothy's son, John Brennan email became Director of the CIA (2013-17) and is researching this family.
RICHARD HINGSTON born 5 Jan 1899 and died before 1910.
EDWIN A HINGSTON (1992 in WEH) born in Lynn, Mass., 8 May 1901
HNE Descendants of Richard Hingston in Ballarat
Paul Hingston <pdhingston@yahoo.com.au> has sent me a tree prepared by Joan Meney (nee Hingston); He and Joan are descendants of a couple who were originally listed in Odds and Ends page #28. Marlene Kavanagh found a and entry in the registration record of births at Ballarat East in the Colony of Victoria relating to the birth of one child (Margaret), registered 23 Jun 1884, but it lists a significant amount of other information about the family.
This line is not yet attached to the rest of Tree HN but there is almost certainly some link. There is a family tale that they are related to Cotter-Hingston which would imply there was a link to 32. William Hales Hingston and Anne Cotter, but I cannot see a logical place for them to fit in there. It is not known how they reached Tasmania or why they moved to Victoria.
75. RICHARD HINGSTON, a miner, age 25 (so born about 1839) in County Cork, Ireland, married 7 Aug 1863 at St Joseph's Church, Hobart Town, Tasmania, MARY VAUGHAN, age 24 (so born about 1840) in Ennistymon, Co. Clare, Ireland. Richard and Mary are both buried at Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. He died in 1908; she died in 1919. The family lived at 32 Eureka St, Ballarat. Paul Hingston <pdhingston@yahoo.com.au> has sent me a tree prepared by Joan Meney (nee Hingston)
The children of Richard and Mary were:-
MARY ANN HINGSTON, born 1864, died 1874 aged 10 years.
DAVID HINGSTON, born 1868 was unmarried. Died 1924 aged 56 and is buried with his parents in Ballarat.
HONORAH ELLEN HINGSTON, born c. 1870, married JOHN CONNOLEY and had several children; John, Mary, Joseph, Monica, Richard, Thomas. She died 1932 in Geelong.
CATHERINE (KATE) MARY HINGSTON, born 1875, married PATRICK BURKE; they had children Henry John, James, Eileen, Kathleen, Lilian, Molly, Thomas, Richard, Cecilia, Irene, Edward, Patricia. She died 1934 aged 59.
MARGARET ANN HINGSTON, born 16 May 1884, at Eureka Street, Ballaarat East, Victoria, birth registered 23 Jun 1884, married JAMES BRUDENALL and had children Phyllis, Agnes, Irene, James, Joyce, Kathleen, Thomas. Margaret died 1951 aged 64 in Ballarat.
76. DENIS HINGSTON, born 1872; married CATHERINE; He died 1918 in East Melbourne.
They had three children:-
MARY BERNADENE HINGSTON married JOHN HAYES; they had one son, Denis
CATHERINE HINGSTON married RUSSELL NISCHELM; they had one daughter Helen Mary
RICHARD HINGSTON
77. RICHARD HINGSTON, born 1878. He married LUCY ADELINE UPJOHN in 1905. Richard moved with his family to Melbourne. Died 1953 aged 67 at Thornbury, Victoria.
They had children (no further details given since they were all born after 1900):-
VAUGHAN HINGSTON
GEORGE HINGSTON
HERBERT HINGSTON (father of Paul Hingston <pdhingston@yahoo.com.au>)
LEO HINGSTON
MARY AGNES HINGSTON
MILLICENT HINGSTON
ALICE HINGSTON
SYLVIA HINGSTON
MARIE HINGSTON
78. THOMAS JAMES HINGSTON, born c. 1881, married MARGARET LARKINS. Died 1948 aged 67 at Ballarat.
They had children (no further details given since they were all born after 1900):-
THOMAS JAMES HINGSTON
JOHN JOSEPH HINGSTON
PETER HINGSTON
RICHARD DAVID HINGSTON
MARY MARGARET HINGSTON
JOAN MONICA HINGSTON (who compiled this tree)
COLLINS HENRY PETER HINGSTON
VAUGHAN LARKINS PAUL HINGSTON
NOEL DENIS HINGSTON
PATRICIA ANN HINGSTON
In the previous version of Tree HN 3. John Hingston was shown as the son of 2. Walter and the father of the Major James Hingston, but there seems to be little evidence for it and the dates do not match. I have left the entry on this page for convenience
Gordon Stimmell has a long family pedigree that was apparently compiled by W E Hingston, the compiler of the Vine Tree and clearly someone who spent a long time studying the Hingston line. However, it contains a number of dubious items.
John Hingston 1336 Robert Hingston 1311
These three dates must be regarded as suspect. Richard Hingston 1312 William of Hingston 1370 Robert Hingston 1400 Robert Hingston 1425 Richard Hingston 1460 Richard Hingston 1500 Andrew Hingston of Wormwell (Wonwell near Holbeton?) 1530 Walter Hingston 1566 John Hingston (Cromwell's Organist) 1600 (No. 3 in this tree) Major James Hingston 1635.
This date is probably too late for him to have fought in the English Civil War, probably by about 10 years.
(No 4 in this tree) James Hingston 1640.
This date must be suspect. A date between 1650 and 1670 is more plausible
(No 6 in this tree) William Hingston 1700. (No 7 in this tree) Edward Hingston 1733 (No. 30 in this tree) but with a very different pedigree
Places
There is now an extremely good web site run by the Ordnance Survey of Ireland where historical maps of Ireland can be viewed. It has 6" and 25" historical maps, including some showing townland boundaries, that can be overlaid on modern maps. It also has three sets of aerial photography for different dates that is more detailed than those available from Google or other sites. Unfortunately it is not possible to link to a specific location yet but the relevant locations have been transferred to the Hingston Maps page.
Jack Crowley <crowleyj@indigo.ie> and Brian Phelan <phelanb@eircom.net> have identified some of the locations for me.
Cloyne is a small village a few miles inland on the east side of Cork harbour. It was important a long time ago as the seat of the bishop of the diocese of the same name. The Established Church merged it a long time ago into the Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross. The great thinker, Dr. Berkeley, was Bishop of Cloyne around 1740. The RC Diocese is now centred at Cobh (formerly Queenstown).
Inchicore is a working class suburb of Dublin long associated with railway yards and works. It was the operational HQ of the Great Southern and Western Railway.
Whitehall and Cunamore are both townlands in the civil parish of Aghadown, Barony of Carbery West, on the shores of Roaringwater Bay about 6 miles SW of Skibereen, according to Brian Phelan <phelanb@eircom.net>. This matches up with what Stan Hingston <rose.massage@sk.sympatico.ca> believes, where Whitehall is near the location of the original farm home at Cunamore of his great-grandfather Samuel Hingston.
Aglish is a townland in the civil parish of Aglish, Barony of Muskerry East, on the S bank of the R Lee about 8 miles E of Macroom.
