Hingstons near Teignmouth


We know that there was a small group of Hingstons in and around Teignmouth, north of Torquay on the South Devon Coast. The area includes Teignmouth itself, West Teignmouth, Shaldon, which lies across the river from Teignmouth, and the parish of Ringmore. Note that there are two Ringmore parishes - this one is not to be confused with the one in the South Hams. The parish at Shaldon is variously known as St Nicholas, Ringmore or Shaldon!

Some of the information here (noted as LD) comes from Liz Davidson <liz@davidson32.freeserve.co.uk> who is researching the Whiteway family.

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St Nicholas, Ringmore (near Shaldon)

Checked by mistake (thinking it was the other Ringmore) but there are Hingstons there. It is from an index in the WCSL. The entries naturally fall into 4 generations.

Generation No. 1

A. JOSEPH HINGSTON We don't know when or where Joseph was born, but from the dates of his children it would presumably have been between 1710 and 1725. There was HF#4. Joseph born in Thurlestone in Feb 1721, but he has an established family that would overlap with that described below, so it cannot be him. But his family does include an Abraham, and many of the Thurlestone men were mariners, so there may be a link somewhere.

It seems likely that Joseph was married before he came to Ringmore, to SARAH. The last child we know of was born in 1746, and he later had at least one child with MARY. We don't have marriage entries for either wife, or indeed a burial record for Sarah, and indeed it is not confirmed that it is the same Joseph

Joseph's children with Sarah are presumed to include:-

Joseph's children with Mary are presumed to include:-

Generation No. 2

B. ABRAHAM HINGSTON was baptised 22 Oct 1743 at Ringmore, the son of A. Joseph and Sarah Hingston. He seems to have initially been a mariner in his own right, but is later described as a merchant in association with his brother-in-law William Whiteway who is described as a mariner. On 23 Dec 1770 Abraham HINGSTON, mariner, of St. Nicholas, co Devon married Mary RUNDLE, by Licence, at Fowey in Cornwall (see Odds and Ends #43)

According to LD, the Exeter Shipping Register shows that Abraham owned several ships. It seems that most, if not all, of these vessels were involved in trade with Newfoundland.

The children of Abraham and Mary Hingston include:-

Generation No. 3

The following entries are preseumed to be children of Generation 2 but it is not known who their parents were.

17 Oct 1835 (in the Western Times, Sat 17 Oct 1835): A very short item stated that Hingston, of Teignmouth, had been killed by falling from a building only seven feet high, and that his nephew, Arscott, had been killed in the same manner the previous week. "Both were respectable men". (Odds and Ends #54)

NB. The DFHS marriage index does not have any suitable entries for the marriage of either Abraham. More work is needed!

31 Mar 2023 Chris Burgoyne