Hingstons in Newfoundland
It would appear that there were two sets of Hingstons in St John's Newfoundland, one in the 1790s and another from about 1840. However, they seem to have had a preponderance of daughters and the Hingston name has died out.
Joan Wendling and Jean Hardy have put information on the Southside Hills St. John's website. The following tree is taken from that site. One of the pages on that site says William Hingston is the same William Thomas Hingston (Tree HD#47) born in Newton Ferrers in 1822, but he is well attested by records and letters to have emigrated to Tasmania, so we must look for another William to take the line back further.
There is another web page about Newfoundland Grand Banks genealogy but at the time of writing it appeared not to have any information that is not already here.
Descendants of William Hingston
Generation No. 1
1. WILLIAM HINGSTON was born 1816 in Newton Ferrers, Devon, England, and died January 28, 1887 in St. John's, Newfoundland. He married (1) JANE HARRIS May 15, 1842 in St. John's Cathedral, St. John's, NF, daughter of GEORGE HARRIS and ELIZABETH. She was born 1819 in St. John's, NF, and died July 07, 1860 in St. John's, Newfoundland. He married (2) MARY JANE HARRIS, a widow (nee WEBBER) August 05, 1860 in St. Thomas Anglican Church , St. John's, NF. She was born Abt. 1834, and died in St. John's, Newfoundland. Witness to the marriage of William Hingston and Jane Harris were John Gregory and Ann Gregory. Witnesses to the marriage of William to Mary Jane were John Blackler, Ann Webber and George Webber. It seems that Mary Jane Webber married James Harris, brother of William's first wife Jane Harris. James was drowned and William married his sister-in-law a month after he too was widowed.
Children of WILLIAM HINGSTON and JANE HARRIS are:
- MARY ANN HINGSTON, b. July 14, 1843, St. John's, Newfoundland; d. May 1851, St. John's, Newfoundland.
- ELIZABETH JANE HINGSTON, b. February 06, 1845, St. John's, Newfoundland. She married ROBERT EDDY GUEST July 06, 1862 in St. Thomas C of E Church, St. John's, NF. He was born 1839 in Bickington, Devon, England. They had six children (William Thomas, James Harris, Ann Ede, Elizabeth Jane Hingston, Selina Marian, May, Robert Edward and Georgina)
- 3. WILLIAM HINGSTON, b. December 08, 1846, St. John's, Newfoundland; d. October 24, 1911, St. John's, Newfoundland.
- SELINA HINGSTON, b. May 11, 1848.
- SOPHIA HINGSTON, b. August 06, 1849; m. PETER BARR, September 10, 1872, St. Thomas Anglican Church , St. John's, NF; b. Greenock, Scotland. witnesses for the wedding were William Hingston & Selina Ann Hingston
- SELINA ANN HINGSTON, b. March 23, 1851; d. Aft. 1862, Billerica, MA; m. WILLIAM WESTCOTT; d. Billerica, MA.
- LOUISA JANE HINGSTON, b. July 05, 1853, St. John's, Newfoundland; d. January 1862, St. John's, Newfoundland. cause of death – diptheria
- MARY JANE HINGSTON, b. May 02, 1855, St. John's, Newfoundland; m. WILLIAM OLIVER, January 03, 1882, St. Thomas Anglican Church, St. John's, NF; b. Padstow, Cornwall, England.
Children of WILLIAM HINGSTON and MARY WEBBER are:
- SARAH HINGSTON, b. January 14, 1861, St. John's, Newfoundland; m. STEPHEN ELIAS EBSARY, January 27, 1883, St. Mary the Virgin Church, St. John's, NF; b. St. John's, Newfoundland. Stephen's occupation: Sea Captain. witnesses at their marriage were William Hingston & Mary Ann Shephard Hingston
- REBECCA LOUISE HINGSTON, b. April 09, 1862, St. John's, Newfoundland; d. St. John's, Newfoundland. She married FREDERICK WILLIAM HEATH BURSELL December 18, 1881 in St. Thomas Anglican Church, St. John's, NF, son of JOSEPH BURSELL and RACHEL CAMPBELL. He was born October 1857 in St. John's, Newfoundland, and died in St. John's, Newfoundland. Fred and his sister Hannah were raised by their grandparents. In 1898, Fred was an undertaker with a house located at 64 Water Street. They had one child, Sydney.
- HENRY PETER HINGSTON, b. July 09, 1864, St. John's, Newfoundland; d. May 11, 1885, St. John's, Newfoundland.
- MARY ANN SHEPHERD HINGSTON, b. March 16, 1865.
- EMILY HINGSTON, b. April 08, 1867, St. John's, Newfoundland; m. JOHN OTT, March 11, 1892, St. Thomas Anglican Church , St. John's, NF; b. Abt. 1866.
- HARRIET HINGSTON, b. April 08, 1867, St. John's, Newfoundland; d. April 09, 1897, St. John's, Newfoundland; m. JOHN HENRY LEWIS, July 1884, Methodist Parsonage, Military Rd., St. John's, NF; b. Liverpool, England.
- GEORGINA HINGSTON, b. January 28, 1869, St. John's, Newfoundland; d. May 30, 1883, St. John's, Newfoundland.
Generation No. 2
3. WILLIAM HINGSTON was born December 08, 1846 in St. John's, Newfoundland, and died October 24, 1911 in St. John's, Newfoundland. He married ANASTATIA BAMBRICK Abt. 1879 in St. John's Cathedral, St. John's, NF. She was born December 1946 in St. John's, Newfoundland, and died Aft. 1921 in St. John's, Newfoundland. William's occupation: 1871, Fisherman
Child of WILLIAM HINGSTON and ANASTATIA BAMBRICK is:
- MARY JANE HINGSTON, b. 1880.
Abraham Hingston
There was another Hingston in St. John's in the early days. ABRAHAM HINGSTON was well set up in St John's by the last decade of the 18th century. He was from St Nicholas (Shaldon, near Teignmouth in Devon), where he seems to have been baptized on 25 Aug 1773, the son of Abraham and Mary Hingston. Newfoundland census records always kept track of religion. In Abram Hingstone's case there were two protestants in his family and four Catholics. The Catholics might be servants. Abraham's daughter Mary married Thomas Bennett in 1796; she was the grandmother of Charles Fox Bennett who became one of the prime ministers of Newfoundland. That marriage seems to have taken place in Shaldon (see the Teignmouth page.)
There is probably more work needed to flesh out this tree.
2nd Sep 2007. Chris Burgoyne