HUCKINS / HUGGINS / HUTCHINS
Thomas Huckins, my 9th great grandfather, first
appears as a member of the “Military Company of Massachusetts” muster roll in
1637 in Boston. In 1659 this company
became known as “The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts”,
which still exists. He was the 6th
man (out of 23 original members) to sign
the muster in 1638, and was an ensign in 1639.
By 1640 he removed to Barnstable on Cape Cod as one of the
first settlers in town. He was a freeman
in Barnstable in 1647 and was granted a house lot in 1661. Over the years he
held many civil positions including tax collector, representative to the General Court, selectman,
and a member of the Council of War in 1671.
He was in the military expedition to Kingston, Rhode Island in December
1675.
Thomas Huckins was a member of Rev. Lothrop’s church. In 1642 he married first to Mary Wells, who
died in July 1648. His second wife was
the widow Rose Hyllier, who was my 9th great grandmother. He was accused of abusing a servant, but no
fine was paid.
Thomas died at sea in 1679 when his vessel sank with his
son, Joseph Huckins aboard, too. The records read “Mr. Thomas Huckens was cast
away ye 9 of Nvemb 1679 & died in ye 62 year of is age. His Son Joseph Lost
with him at ye Same time aged 24 years 1679”
[“Barnstable Mass Vital Records”, Mayflower
Descendant, Volume 6, No. 3, July 1904].
Thomas Huckins, Jr., my 8th great grandfather,
was a carpenter and farmer in Barnstable.
He married Hannah Chipman in 1680 as his first wife (my 8th
great grandmother), and took a second wife, Sarah Pope, widow of Samuel
Hinckley in 1698. His daughter, Hope Huckins (1689 – after 1730), is my 7th
great grandmother, who lived in Barnstable with her husband, Benjamin Hamblin,
and had four children, and two more children with her second husband, Ebenezer
Childs.
President Rutherford B. Hayes was a descendant of Thomas
Huckins.
Some HUCKINS resources:
The History of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of
Massachusetts, Volume 1, page 28
Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families, by Amos Otis, 1888, Volume 1, pages 58 - 63 [available online at Archive.org]
My HUCKINS genealogy:
Generation 1: Thomas Huckins, born in Dorsetshire,
England, died at sea 9 November 1679; married first about 1642 in Barnstable,
Massachusetts to Mary Wells. She was
born about 1624 in England and died on 28 July 1648 in Barnstable (she gave
Thomas three daughters). He married
second on 3 November 1648 in Barnstable to Rose Unknown who was the wife of
Hugh Tilley. She gave him four children.
Generation 2: Thomas
Huckins, born 25 April 1651 in Barnstable, died before 15 October 1714 in
Barnstable; married first to Hannah Chipman, daughter of John Chipman and Hope
Howland. She was born 14 January 1659 in
Plymouth and died 4 November 1696 in Barnstable (nine children). He married second to Sarah Pope, the widow of
Samuel Hinckley (one daughter).
Generation 3: Hope
Huckins, born 21 September 1689 in Barnstable, died after 4 January 1730 in
Barnstable; married first on 29 May 1709
to Benjamin Hamblin, son of John Hamblin and Sarah Bearse. He was born on 11 February 1687 in Barnstable,
and died before 29 May 1718 (four children).
Hope married second to Ebenezer Childs, son of Richard Childs and
Elizabeth Crocker, born March 1691 in Barnstable, and died 17 January 1756 in
Barnstable (2 children).
Generation 4: Hannah
Hamblin m. Jonathan Crosby
Generation 5: Ebenezer Crosby m. Elizabeth Robinson
Generation 6: Rebecca Crosby m. Comfort Haley
Generation 7. Joseph
Edwin Healy m. Matilda Weston
Generation 8. Mary
Etta Healy m. Peter Hoogerzeil
Generation 9. Florence Etta Healey m. Arthur Treadwell
Hitchings
Generation 10: Gertrude Matilda Hitchings m. Stanley Elmer
Allen (my grandparents
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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, “Surname Saturday ~ HUCKINS of
Barnstable, Massachusetts”, Nutfield
Genealogy, posted September 16, 2017, (
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