Joseph Hinds
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: appr 1705 - New Jersey (Elizabeth Town, Essex Co.) Christening: Death: 1772 - Guilford Co., North Carolina ( at age 67) Burial: Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: James Hinds (1648-1719) Mother:
Spouses and Children
1. *Ruth ( - ) Marriage: Abt 1730 Children: 1. Charity Hinds (1731- ) 2. Hannah Hinds (1734- ) 3. Joseph Hinds (1737-Abt 1815) 4. Simeon Hinds (1740- ) 5. Levi Hinds Sr. (1742-1817) 6. John Henry Hinds (1745-Abt 1811) 7. Mary Hinds (1748- ) 2. Susanna McConel ( - ) Marriage:
Notes
General:
LAND in NORTH CAROLINA:
On March 1, 1763 Zachariah Cox of Rowan Co., North Carolina, cooper, and Mary, his wife, sell to Joseph Hines of the same county for £42 a tract of land on one of the branches of Pole Cat Creek in Rowan Co. containing by estimation 250 acres. It is described by metes and bounds. The boundaries cross the branch and the "Trading Path". The tract was granted to Zarariah Cox by deed from the Rt. Honble John Earl Granville December 6, 1761. (Rowan Co., North Carolina Deed Records 5/355)
In subsequent deeds this tract is said to contain 220 acres and to be on the Old Trading Road and one of the SE forks of Polecat Creek. On March 5, 1770 Joseph Hinds and Susanah Hinds of Rowan County for and in consideration of £5 gave a quit claim deed to Simeon Hinds of the same county for 30 acres on a branch of Polecat Creek. Simeon is Joseph's son, and a subsequent deed indicates that the 30 acres is part of the 220. In his will Joseph Hinds bequeaths all of his land to his 3 sons, Simeon, Levi, and John, after the death or remarriage of his wife. On March 21, 1775 a fourth son, Joseph Hinds, purchases the 30 acre tract from Simeon for £19. On February 12, 1775 Joseph purchases the interest of Simeon and Levi in the 220 acres for 5 shillings.
The 220 acre tract is in what is now Randolph Co., North Carolina, which was created February 26, 1799 from the southern third of Guilford Co., which was formed in 1771 from Orange Co. on the east and Rowan on the west. For more details concerning these transactions see notes under Joseph Hinds the son.
WILL-1:
Copied from http://hindskw.com/KennethHinds/1015.html
The will of Joseph Hinds, probated 1771: [1771 and 1770 are wrong]
This is the 14th day of April in the year of our Lord 1770. I Joseph Hinds of the County of Guilford and the Province of North Carolina, yeoman, being sick and weak of body but of perfect mind and memory, do make and ordain this my last will and testament that is to say,
First -- It is my will that all my just debts and funeral charges be paid.
Imprimis -- I give and bequeath to Susanna my beloved wife -- all my estate both real and personal as long as she remains my widow -- and it is my will that in case my stock of creatures is too large for my wife to keep, she may dispose of them as she thinks needful, but in case my said wife should marry another man, I order it and it is my will that she shall possess my estate no longer.
Next -- I give to my son Joseph Hinds -- five shillings proclamation money and further I give liberty to my said wife to give her daughter, Ann McConel, one cow and calf next fall and not before -- I give to Prudence Roberts, one cow and calf, in case she should live with my wife until she is arrived at the age of 18 years.
I give and bequeath to my three sons -- to wit -- Simeon, Levi, and John Hinds -- after my wife's death or marriage all my estate both real and personal to possess by them equally, them and their heirs forever.
I likewise constitute, make and ordain my beloved wife Susanna Hinds my executor with my friends Jeremiah Reynolds and Isaac Beeson of Guilford Co my whole and soul executrix of this my last will and Testament and do hereby utterly disavow, revoke and disannul all and every other former testaments, wills, or legacies and bequests and executors by me in any way before named, willed or bequeathed that ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament.
In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal the day and the year first above written.
Joseph Hinds (seal)
Signed and published -- pronounced and declared by the within testor the said Joseph Hinds to be his last
will and testament in the presents of us the subscribers --
Edward Norton -- Jurat
Joseph Caness
WILL-2:
Will records of Guilford Co., North Carolina at FamilySearch.org, "Wills, v. A-B 1771-1838", film #19059, Book A, pg 150, image 86/499:
In the name of God amen --- This fourteenth day of Aprill in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy two, I Joseph Hinds of the County of Guilford and Province of North Carolina yeaoman being sick and weak of body but of perfect mind and memory thinks be given to God, and calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain this my last will and testament that is to say principally and first of all I give and recommend my Soul into the hands of Almighty God that gave it and my body I recommend to the earth to be buried in a deacent and christian like maner at the discretion of my Executors nothing douting but at the General Resurrection I [will] receive the same again by the mighty power of God.--- and as touching such worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me with in this life, I give demise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form.
First-- It is my will that all my just debts & funeral charges be paid
Impremis-- I give and bequeath to Susanna my beloved wife all my estate both real and personal as long as she remains my widow, and it my will that in case my stock of creatures is two large for my wife to keep she may dispose of them as she shall think needfull, but in case my said wife should marry to another man I order____ and it is my will she should possess my estate no longer.
Next I give to my son Joseph Hinds five shillings proclamation money and further I give liberty to my said wife to give to her daughter Ann McConnel one cow and calf next fall, and not before --- I give to Prudence Roberts one cow & calf in case she should live with my wife until she is arrived to the age of eighteen years.
I give and bequeath to my three sons (to wit) Simeon Levi and John Hinds after my wife's death or marriage all my estate both real and personal to possessed by them eaqually share and share alike according to quantity and quallty them and their heirs forever.
I likewise constitute make and ordain my beloved wife Susanna Hinds my Executrix with my friends Jeremiah Reynolds and Isaac Beeson of Guilford County my whole & sole Executors of this my last will & testament and I do hereby utterly disalow revoke and disanul all and every other former testaments wills or legases and bequests and Execut___ by me in any way before named willed or bequeathed rattifieing and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament
In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first above written
Joseph Hinds (seal)
Signed sealed published pronounced and
declared by the within Testator the said Joseph Hinds
to be his last will and testament in the presence of us
the subscribers -- Edward Norton (Jurat)
Joseph Chamness (Jurat)
John Wood
North Carolina, Guildford County ss August Court 1772.--- Then the within last will & Testament of Joseph Hinds, deceased, proved in open court by the oaths of Edward Norton, Joseph Chamness two subscribing witnesses thereto & on motion ordered to be recorded.
WILL-3:
Another copy of the will is at image 260/1941 in United States, North Carolina, Guilford - Probate records, "Original wills Heath, Eliza A. - Linegar, Issac" at
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9GC-ZW7K?i=259&cat=456975
WHO WAS HIS FATHER?
James Hinds of Elizabeth Town, Essex Co., New Jersey wrote his will 24 Sep 1731. In the will he mentions his son Joseph, who inherits a 6-acre tract in the Great Meadows by Stansol's Creek. The Joseph Hinds who left New Jersey and migrated to North Carolina in about 1763 is about the right age to be his son. However, the Joseph Hinds who wrote his will 30 Jun 1766 in Elizabeth Town, Essex Co., New Jersey mentions the 6-acre tract in his will and says that he inherited it from his father. Hence, the Joseph Hinds who migrated to North Carolina is not the son of the James Hinds who died in 1731.
James's father, also named James, died intestate in 1719 in Elizabeth Town, Essex Co. His son James was granted letters of administration on his estate. There were presumably other sons, but we have no documentation for them.
Before Joseph Hinds went to North Carolina, he lived in Hunterdon and Morris Counties. He is specifically associated with Mendham Township in Morris Co. Morris Co. was formed March 15, 1739 from a part of Hunterdon Co. Mendham Township is about 30 miles WNW of Elizabeth. Joseph could plausibly be a younger son of James who died in 1719. There is no other older man named Hinds in the area who would be a likely candidate for his father. If Joseph is a son of James (--1719), then he is a brother of James (--1731), who named one of his sons Joseph.
We do not know when Joseph was born. He was of age by 1732. The birth year of 1705 is just a guess.
MORRIS and HUNTERDON COUNTIES, NEW JERSEY:
All of the following references to Joseph Hinds are from Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey, Vol XXX, Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Administrations, Etc., Vol II--1730-1750. Page 126 can be seen at
https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/300863/?offset=0#page=126&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q=
Morris Co. was created March 15, 1739 from parts of Hunterdon Co. The references to Hunterdon Co. in the 1730s refer specifically to New Hanover Township. The references to Morris Co. in the 1740s and 1750s refer specifically to Mendham Township. Mendham Township exists today, and it is clear where it is. It is not clear where New Hanover Township was. It may be that they are the same place. Mendham Township appears to be about 30 miles WNW of Elizabeth Town in Essex Co.
6 Jan 1732-3 "Samuel Crosman and Joseph Hinds, of Hunterdon County, yeoman, sureties" for the bond of Comfort Leonard of New Hanover, widow, as administratrix for the estate of Stephen Leonard, Esq. of New Hanover, Hunterdon Co., yeoman (pg 298, image 298/708)
6 Jan 1732-3 Joseph Hinds of New Hanover Township, yeoman, is a surety for Samuel Crossman of the same place as administrator of the estate of his brother Robert Crossman (pg 126, image 126/708)
18 Jan 1732-3 Joseph Hinds is twice a witness relative to the estate of Ebenezer Killburn of Hanover Township, Hunterdon Co. (pg 281, image 281/708)
13 Apr 1749 Joseph Hinds is an appraiser of the estate of Joseph Crosman of Mendum Township, Morris Co. Ebenezer Byram of the same place is Int. Adm'r. (pg 126, image 126/708)
25 Feb 1749-50 Joseph Hinds is an appraiser of the estate of Timothy Peneton of Mendom Township, Morris Co. (pg 375, image 375/708)
19 Jun 1750 Joseph Hinds of Morris Co. is an executor of the will of Stephen Thompson of Morris Co. A list of debtors on 8 Sep 1750 includes Ebenezer Byrams, Jun'r. (pg 479, image 479/708)
The following additional items have been copied from the entry for Joseph Hinds at Ken Hinds's website:
Mar 28, 1749--First officers of Mendham Morris Co. N.J --Joseph Hains, (Hinds) Freeholder & Ebenezer Byram Jr. Clerk (note--Bev says records show Sarah Hinds, daughter of Joseph Hinds II m. Ebenzezar Byram IV)
June 19, 1750--Will of Stephen Thompson of Morris Co.--Joseph Hinds of Morris Co. is one of executors--proved 9 July 1750
Sept 8, 1750 List of debtors--Ebenezar Byram--Note the Ebenezer Byram who was with John Hinds in N.C. & in TN
Mar. 27, 1750 Mendham, Morris Co. N.J.-- Ephraim Leonard, clerk--Note--Ephraim Leonard m. Hannah Hinds
Mar. 26, 1751--Mendham, N.J. Joseph Hinds, Freeholder
Dec 11, 1751--He declined to serve as executor for Jacob Bescherer of Roxbury, N.J.
1752--Listed as a freeholder of Mendham twp.
Mar. 24, 1752--Ephraim Leonard, clerk; Joseph Hinds & Henry Clark, freeholders' Joseph Hinds, collector
1753-- Apprenticed his son John to Robert Carlile of Roxbuty
1753 earmarks--Simeon Riggs, Jabish Baldwin, Abraham Lee--Ebenezer Byram Jr. clerk; Joseph Hinds, collector; Joseph Hinds & Caleb Baldwin were overseers of the poor; Ebenezer Byram, Sr. Moderator. (Could these Baldwin's be related to Joseph's wife Rutha Baldwin?? Ebenezer Byram shows up with Joseph Hinds in many places-- note records show Sarah Hinds, daughter of Joseph Hinds II m Ebenzezar Byram IV)
1754-- Joseph Hinds, collector; Henry Clark & Joseph Hinds, freeholders
1755--Joseph Hinds
Dec. 21, 1756-- Joseph Hinds--Justice of the Peace
1757--found no Joseph Hinds
1758 Joseph Hinds, collector & Asa Cook
June 1759--Joseph Hinds was called "Esquire" & was "late" of Morris Co. N.J. as stated in his son John's apprentice bond. His wife, Rutha, was living in Morris Co. by this record.
June 2, 1759-- Joseph witnessed his brother John Hinds' bond in Mendham, N.J. (Is this Joseph Sr. or Joseph Jr?)
by 1761--Rutha Baldwin had died in N.J. (so Lovena Norton said)
by 1761-- Joseph had moved to North Carolina
1 Kenneth Hinds, http://hindskw.com/genealogy.html.
2 http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com db: tvdavis.
3
Gonzales County Historical Commission, "The History of Gonzales County, Texas," 1986, Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.
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