HINGHAM, PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS

FAMILIES:

Johnson, Smith, Thaxter, Wilder

 

LINKS:

Wikipedia entry, Google maps

Hingham, Norfolk, UK website

Town Website

GenWeb Project Site

Hingham (Old Ship) Cemetery

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Istockphotos: Hingham, Massachusetts

 

Hingham, named after the town in Norfolkshire where many of its early colonists came from, was incorporated in 1635. In 1635 Rev. Peter Hobart and others from Hingham in Old England arrived. In 1638 the Diligent brought a further 133 settlers from old to new Hingham. Hingham was originally part of Suffolk County, but when the southern part of Suffolk County became Norfolk County in 1793, Hingham became part of Norfolk. In 1803, Hingham chose to become part of Plymouth County.

 

 

 

 

 

References:

Aldridge, Bertha Bortle Beal, John Beal the Centenarian and Descendants, Victor, N.Y.: unknown, 1956. [Available on www.ancestry.com (membership required)]

Anderson, Charles Robert, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols, 1995, available as The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants in New England 1620-1633, online database of the New England and Historic Genealogical Society. [membership required]

Egan, C. Edward, "The Hobart Journal," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 121, 1967, p. 3*. [Journal of Rev. Peter Hobart]

Faxon, Walter, "Whiton, Hobart, Turner, Beal, Jacob," Notes and Queries Section, New England Historical and Genealogical Register 57, 1903, p. 224.

Thompson, Roger, "Social Cohesion in Early New England," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 146, 1992, p. 235.

Tibbets, Leonard, "Whiton, Whitten, Whitney Notes," Notes and Corrections section, New England Historical and Genealogical Register 123, 1969, p. 228.

Ward, Andrew N., "First Settlers of Hingham," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 2, 1848, p. 250.

*I have provided the page the article or series starts on; some continue through several issues. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register is available on the New England Historic and Genealogical Website (membership required).