Mary Ann Hinds
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth Date: 15 May 1815 - Wayne Co., Kentucky 1 2 Christening: Death: 17 Nov 1868 2 Burial: Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Stephen Hinds (Abt 1794-Abt 1844) Mother: Sarah Reese (Abt 1798-Abt 1849)
Spouses and Children
1. *John Parker Grinstead (25 Nov 1810 - 12 May 1888) Marriage: Abt 1830 Children: 1. Sarah M. Grinstead (Abt 1831- ) 2. Smith Grinstead (1833-1918) 3. Margaret Jane Grinstead (1836-1924) 4. Julia Grinstead (Abt 1839- ) 5. Joel P. Grinstead (Abt 1840-1862) 6. Catharine Grinstead (1842-1928) 7. George T. Grinstead (1843-1917) 8. Elizabeth Grinstead (Abt 1845- ) 9. Mary "Mollie" Grinstead (1847-1938) 10. James C. Grinstead (1853-1900/1910)
Notes
General:
The starting point for my investigation of the Hinds of Pulaski, Wayne, and Madison Counties is Mary Ann Hinds, my great-greatgrandmother, who was the wife of John Parker Grinstead. According to information from my family she was born May 12, 1815 and died Nov 17, 1868. They arrived in Madison County about 1835, and her husband moved to Knox County about 1869. Due to the absence of a marriage record, most Hinds researchers would never be aware that she existed.
John Parker Grinstead was a potter and a preacher. In 1871 he conducted the wedding of his daughter Mollie, and the marriage record says that her mother was born in Wayne Co., Kentucky. There are 4 men named Hinds in Wayne Co. in 1820 who have a daughter less than 10 years old, but for reasons that I indicate below I conclude that her father was most likely Stephen Hinds, who married Sarah Reece in Oct 1813 in Wayne Co. and who by 1820 was living in Madison Co. and who by 1830 had moved to Pulaski Co.
The following 4 considerations suggest to me that Mary Ann is Stephen's daughter. None is by itself conclusive, but in their totality I find them persuasive.
1) John Parker Grinstead was born in Washington Co., Virginia in 1810, and by the early thirties he was a young man just over 20 years of age who had left home, travelled a considerable distance to an adjoining state, and found a wife. By 1835 they had moved to Madison Co. There were no Grinsteads there, so why Madison Co.? A plausible reason is that his wife's father (Stephen Hinds) had recently lived there and could have provided them with information and contacts. Apart from Stephen's older brother Joseph, none of the other Hinds in Wayne Co. have any known connection with Madison Co.
2) By 1830 Stephen had moved to Pulaski Co. Mary Ann spent almost all her married life in Madison Co. She raised her children there. Two of her sons were potters, like their father, and lived all their lives in that county. One of her daughters, Catherine, (my great-grandmother) married in Madison Co., but she married a man, M. E. Parker, whose family was associated with Pulaski Co. How did she meet a man from Pulaski Co.? A plausible explanation is that she had relatives there because her grandfather lived there from about 1824 until his death about 1845. In the early 1860's several of her aunts and uncles lived there. This is not a particularly strong argument since Pulaski and Wayne are adjoining counties. She could have met somebody from Pulaski while living with or visiting relatives in Wayne, but the probability is greater if she was living or visiting in Pulaski.
3) Mary Ann has a brother named Joel, and one of her sons is named Joel. 'Joel' is only moderately common.
4) 'John' is ubiquitous, but the combination 'John Parker' as a given name is rare. In the case of John Parker Grinstead, the provenance of 'Parker' is unknown. Mary Ann's younger brother Samuel named one of his sons 'John Parker Hinds'. It appears likely that he was named for one of his uncles by marriage who was held in high regard by his father.
Another reason for believing that Mary Ann is a daughter of Stephen involves a process of elimination. There are 4 census entries in Wayne Co. in 1820 with surname Hinds which have a female child less than 10. There are 2 in Madison Co. Consider these one by one. One of the entries in Madison Co. is Stephen and the other is his older brother Joseph. Since Joseph left Madison Co. and was in Perry Co., Missouri, by 1825, it seems unlikely that a daughter 10 years old in 1825 would have married in Kentucky. She would have gone to Missouri with her father and would have married there. The four entries in Wayne Co. are Samuel, Jr. (born 1792, son of Samuel), Mrs. Joseph Hinds, George Hinds (brother of Stephen), and Levi, Senior (born 1766, son of Levi). 1) Based on the Wayne Co. tax records Samuel, Jr. left about 1823. He went to Fentress Co., Tennessee. As in the case of Stephen's brother Joseph, his daughters would probably have married in Tennessee and stayed there, or moved westward. 2) From the census and from a May 24, 1871 deed in Breckinridge Co., Kentucky, it is possible to build a list of the children of George and Mary Hinds. No child is named Mary Ann. 3) In 1820 Mrs. Joseph Hinds has 2 females in her household less than 10. The large number of children suggests that the Brady children are there. One of those young females is Elizabeth Hinds and the other is probably Charity Brady. There are numerous deeds in the 1830's, 40's and 50's in Wayne Co. in which the legatees of Joseph Hinds (10 children and 4 named individuals with surname Brady) sell their inherited property. By means of these deeds it is possible to establish the names of all of his 10 children. Mary Ann is not among them. 4) In 1820 Levi Hinds, Senior, has 1 daughter less than 10. That daughter is Clarissa, born about 1817, whose existence is well documented. The minutes of the probate court in Brazoria, Texas, where Levi died, provide a complete list of his 12 children. Mary Ann is not among them.
The censuses in 1820, 1830, and 1840 suggest that Stephen's first 3 or 4 children were girls and that the rest were boys. It is convenient to assume that he had 4 girls. The oldest daughter is presumably the Scynthia Hines who married Washington Reese Gragg January 9, 1829. In the 1830 census Washington Gregg is living next to Stephen Hines. Two girls, Nancy and Margaret, are still at home in 1830. Presumably Mary Ann married shortly before 1830. Margaret married in 1865, and is inexplicably absent from the census in 1840 and in 1850.
The timing relative to Stephen's first 2 children is possible, but uncommon. He married Sarah Reece in October 1813 in Wayne Co. Assume that their first child (Scynthia) was born 9 months later in July 1814. Scynthia is then 14 1/2 when she marries in January 1929. The marriage records for Pulaski Co. in the period 1864-86 often give the age of the bride and of the groom. It is not uncommon for girls to marry at 15, but only in a few cases does one find marriages at 14. They do, however, occur. Another problem is the short time lapse between the births of the first two children. Mary Ann was born May 12, 1815 according to my family information, and that date is consistent with 2 census entries. She was born only 10 months after her sister based on the assumption that Scynthia was born in July 1814. I have been told by a gynecologist that that is possible although uncommon. Note the case of Charity F. Hinds and Tennessee L. Hinds, daughters of Mary Ann's uncle, old Benjamin. Based on tombstone inscriptions they were born August 25, 1846 and June 23, 1847, respectively. Another possibility is that Scynthia was born in early 1814, based on the adage "the first one can come at any time; all the rest take 9 months".
FAMILY SOURCES:
In my "Log of Life" book there is a family tree with the names of the 4 grandparents of my paternal grandfather (Lewis Parker). Inserted in the book is a slip of paper on which are typed the full names, and birth and death dates, of those 4 grandparents, including Mary Ann Hinds. I suspect this was typed in the early 1940's, and that it represents information that my mother got from my grandfather (Lewis Parker) or from his sister in law, Aunt Mattie Lee (wife of J. Harry Parker). She (Aunt Mattie Lee) was interested in family history and had gone to Kentucky to do research.
Apart from Mary Ann Hinds it is possible to confirm the birth and death dates from other sources. It is hence reasonable to regard Mary Ann's dates as reliable.
Neal Parker, April 1999.
1 Knox County Genealogical Society, "Knox County, Kentucky Marriage Bonds and Records," Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.
2 Log of Life/Horace Neal Parker.
3 Maggie Parker, Descendents of M. E. Parker and Kate Grinstead, about 1942; unpublished.
4
H. Neal Parker, Visit to Oakwood Cemetery, Honey Grove, Texas.
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