John was born about 1673 in Wiltshire, England, the youngest son of (Sir) James Hinton, and Sarah Whitt. Mary was born in Chowan County, North Carolina, the daughter of John and Rebecca Hardy..
His parents were members of the notable Berkshire and Wiltshire family that had intermarried with the with the Palmer family of Parham, Sussex. Mary Hardy, his wife, was of Royal and Magna Charta Surety Descent..
John settled in "Chowan Precinct", North Carolina. He came into the colony with his brother William and his wife, Elizabeth. Before 1710 he purchased 126 acres from Nicholas Stallings on "southside of Bennett's Creek". April 17, 1716, again a patent of 500 acres to John Hinton is recorded. In 1722 he petitioned for 350 acres on Bennett's Creek, and a patent for the same. He was Overseer of highways in 1725. Of him, Dr. Groves wrote in his Allstons of North and South Carolina:.
"Col. John Hinton, a man of prominence, wealth and widely spread connections with many of the most influential families in the colony.".
He is traditionally called "Colonel", but just how he acquired this military title is not known..
In Colonel John Hinton's Will, probated the 25th of April, 1732, he mentioned his wife, Mary, his well beloved son, Hardy, and well beloved brother, William Hinton, who was the overseer and trustee for his four sons. Mary survived him and married Thomas Holliday in 1742..
∼"This John Hinton, the elder, of Chowan precinct, was "a man of prominence, wealth and widely spread connection" and was traditionally called "Colonel." Just how he won this military title is not known. On April 4, 1722, he was granted 350 acres of land on Bennet's Creek in Chowan. He married Mary _______, who survived him, and, two years after his death, married Thomas Holliday, also of Chowan precinct, but a member of the family of that name in Nansemond and Isle of Wight Counties, Virginia. To John and Mary Hinton were born four sons and seven daughters, as follows: John, Hardy, William, Malachi, Rachel, Mary, Sarah, Nancy, Charity, Rose and Judith. Of this large family few records have been preserved and efforts to trace the genealogy seems at this late date quite a hopeless task. Of the eleven only five have been traced beyond youth, viz: John, the subject of this sketch; Malachi, who served in the Revolution with the rank of lieutenant; he married an English lady whose name is unknown; among his numerous descendants are the Slocumbs and Pous of Johnston County; Nancy, or Ann as she is called by genealogists of today, married Solomon Alston and is the ancestress of the Hon. James Alston Cabell, of Richmond, Virginia, a member of the North Carolina Society of the Cincinnati, and of Mrs. William Ruffin Cox, for twelve years President of the National Society of Colonial Dames of America; Mary married Wiley Jones and Sarah married Benjamin Blanchard, all of whom, with the exception of Ann, have descendants living in Wake County. There is a tradition that all the seven daughters of John Hinton, the elder, of Chowan, married Alstons, but this needs to be verified." - The North Carolina Booklet, Vol. XIV, No. 4, pp 225-236, April 1915.
""Col." John Hinton, an emigrant from England to Virginia... had come to North Carolina in 1700 by way of Nansemond County, Va." - NCpedia, Mary Hinton Duke Kerr, 1988.
At one point Gary Boyd Roberts had included him in his work The Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants. However, in his updated work The Royal Descents of 900 Immigrants he stated, "conversations with John Anderson Brayton, ...tells me that Hinton's origin is unknown; once again I too had been doubtful, or at least desired more proof." - Vol. 1, page cxc.
His parents were members of the notable Berkshire and Wiltshire family that had intermarried with the with the Palmer family of Parham, Sussex. Mary Hardy, his wife, was of Royal and Magna Charta Surety Descent..
John settled in "Chowan Precinct", North Carolina. He came into the colony with his brother William and his wife, Elizabeth. Before 1710 he purchased 126 acres from Nicholas Stallings on "southside of Bennett's Creek". April 17, 1716, again a patent of 500 acres to John Hinton is recorded. In 1722 he petitioned for 350 acres on Bennett's Creek, and a patent for the same. He was Overseer of highways in 1725. Of him, Dr. Groves wrote in his Allstons of North and South Carolina:.
"Col. John Hinton, a man of prominence, wealth and widely spread connections with many of the most influential families in the colony.".
He is traditionally called "Colonel", but just how he acquired this military title is not known..
In Colonel John Hinton's Will, probated the 25th of April, 1732, he mentioned his wife, Mary, his well beloved son, Hardy, and well beloved brother, William Hinton, who was the overseer and trustee for his four sons. Mary survived him and married Thomas Holliday in 1742..
∼"This John Hinton, the elder, of Chowan precinct, was "a man of prominence, wealth and widely spread connection" and was traditionally called "Colonel." Just how he won this military title is not known. On April 4, 1722, he was granted 350 acres of land on Bennet's Creek in Chowan. He married Mary _______, who survived him, and, two years after his death, married Thomas Holliday, also of Chowan precinct, but a member of the family of that name in Nansemond and Isle of Wight Counties, Virginia. To John and Mary Hinton were born four sons and seven daughters, as follows: John, Hardy, William, Malachi, Rachel, Mary, Sarah, Nancy, Charity, Rose and Judith. Of this large family few records have been preserved and efforts to trace the genealogy seems at this late date quite a hopeless task. Of the eleven only five have been traced beyond youth, viz: John, the subject of this sketch; Malachi, who served in the Revolution with the rank of lieutenant; he married an English lady whose name is unknown; among his numerous descendants are the Slocumbs and Pous of Johnston County; Nancy, or Ann as she is called by genealogists of today, married Solomon Alston and is the ancestress of the Hon. James Alston Cabell, of Richmond, Virginia, a member of the North Carolina Society of the Cincinnati, and of Mrs. William Ruffin Cox, for twelve years President of the National Society of Colonial Dames of America; Mary married Wiley Jones and Sarah married Benjamin Blanchard, all of whom, with the exception of Ann, have descendants living in Wake County. There is a tradition that all the seven daughters of John Hinton, the elder, of Chowan, married Alstons, but this needs to be verified." - The North Carolina Booklet, Vol. XIV, No. 4, pp 225-236, April 1915.
""Col." John Hinton, an emigrant from England to Virginia... had come to North Carolina in 1700 by way of Nansemond County, Va." - NCpedia, Mary Hinton Duke Kerr, 1988.
At one point Gary Boyd Roberts had included him in his work The Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants. However, in his updated work The Royal Descents of 900 Immigrants he stated, "conversations with John Anderson Brayton, ...tells me that Hinton's origin is unknown; once again I too had been doubtful, or at least desired more proof." - Vol. 1, page cxc.
John was born about 1673 in Wiltshire, England, the youngest son of (Sir) James Hinton, and Sarah Whitt. Mary was born in Chowan County, North Carolina, the daughter of John and Rebecca Hardy..
His parents were members of the notable Berkshire and Wiltshire family that had intermarried with the with the Palmer family of Parham, Sussex. Mary Hardy, his wife, was of Royal and Magna Charta Surety Descent..
John settled in "Chowan Precinct", North Carolina. He came into the colony with his brother William and his wife, Elizabeth. Before 1710 he purchased 126 acres from Nicholas Stallings on "southside of Bennett's Creek". April 17, 1716, again a patent of 500 acres to John Hinton is recorded. In 1722 he petitioned for 350 acres on Bennett's Creek, and a patent for the same. He was Overseer of highways in 1725. Of him, Dr. Groves wrote in his Allstons of North and South Carolina:.
"Col. John Hinton, a man of prominence, wealth and widely spread connections with many of the most influential families in the colony.".
He is traditionally called "Colonel", but just how he acquired this military title is not known..
In Colonel John Hinton's Will, probated the 25th of April, 1732, he mentioned his wife, Mary, his well beloved son, Hardy, and well beloved brother, William Hinton, who was the overseer and trustee for his four sons. Mary survived him and married Thomas Holliday in 1742..
∼"This John Hinton, the elder, of Chowan precinct, was "a man of prominence, wealth and widely spread connection" and was traditionally called "Colonel." Just how he won this military title is not known. On April 4, 1722, he was granted 350 acres of land on Bennet's Creek in Chowan. He married Mary _______, who survived him, and, two years after his death, married Thomas Holliday, also of Chowan precinct, but a member of the family of that name in Nansemond and Isle of Wight Counties, Virginia. To John and Mary Hinton were born four sons and seven daughters, as follows: John, Hardy, William, Malachi, Rachel, Mary, Sarah, Nancy, Charity, Rose and Judith. Of this large family few records have been preserved and efforts to trace the genealogy seems at this late date quite a hopeless task. Of the eleven only five have been traced beyond youth, viz: John, the subject of this sketch; Malachi, who served in the Revolution with the rank of lieutenant; he married an English lady whose name is unknown; among his numerous descendants are the Slocumbs and Pous of Johnston County; Nancy, or Ann as she is called by genealogists of today, married Solomon Alston and is the ancestress of the Hon. James Alston Cabell, of Richmond, Virginia, a member of the North Carolina Society of the Cincinnati, and of Mrs. William Ruffin Cox, for twelve years President of the National Society of Colonial Dames of America; Mary married Wiley Jones and Sarah married Benjamin Blanchard, all of whom, with the exception of Ann, have descendants living in Wake County. There is a tradition that all the seven daughters of John Hinton, the elder, of Chowan, married Alstons, but this needs to be verified." - The North Carolina Booklet, Vol. XIV, No. 4, pp 225-236, April 1915.
""Col." John Hinton, an emigrant from England to Virginia... had come to North Carolina in 1700 by way of Nansemond County, Va." - NCpedia, Mary Hinton Duke Kerr, 1988.
At one point Gary Boyd Roberts had included him in his work The Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants. However, in his updated work The Royal Descents of 900 Immigrants he stated, "conversations with John Anderson Brayton, ...tells me that Hinton's origin is unknown; once again I too had been doubtful, or at least desired more proof." - Vol. 1, page cxc.
His parents were members of the notable Berkshire and Wiltshire family that had intermarried with the with the Palmer family of Parham, Sussex. Mary Hardy, his wife, was of Royal and Magna Charta Surety Descent..
John settled in "Chowan Precinct", North Carolina. He came into the colony with his brother William and his wife, Elizabeth. Before 1710 he purchased 126 acres from Nicholas Stallings on "southside of Bennett's Creek". April 17, 1716, again a patent of 500 acres to John Hinton is recorded. In 1722 he petitioned for 350 acres on Bennett's Creek, and a patent for the same. He was Overseer of highways in 1725. Of him, Dr. Groves wrote in his Allstons of North and South Carolina:.
"Col. John Hinton, a man of prominence, wealth and widely spread connections with many of the most influential families in the colony.".
He is traditionally called "Colonel", but just how he acquired this military title is not known..
In Colonel John Hinton's Will, probated the 25th of April, 1732, he mentioned his wife, Mary, his well beloved son, Hardy, and well beloved brother, William Hinton, who was the overseer and trustee for his four sons. Mary survived him and married Thomas Holliday in 1742..
∼"This John Hinton, the elder, of Chowan precinct, was "a man of prominence, wealth and widely spread connection" and was traditionally called "Colonel." Just how he won this military title is not known. On April 4, 1722, he was granted 350 acres of land on Bennet's Creek in Chowan. He married Mary _______, who survived him, and, two years after his death, married Thomas Holliday, also of Chowan precinct, but a member of the family of that name in Nansemond and Isle of Wight Counties, Virginia. To John and Mary Hinton were born four sons and seven daughters, as follows: John, Hardy, William, Malachi, Rachel, Mary, Sarah, Nancy, Charity, Rose and Judith. Of this large family few records have been preserved and efforts to trace the genealogy seems at this late date quite a hopeless task. Of the eleven only five have been traced beyond youth, viz: John, the subject of this sketch; Malachi, who served in the Revolution with the rank of lieutenant; he married an English lady whose name is unknown; among his numerous descendants are the Slocumbs and Pous of Johnston County; Nancy, or Ann as she is called by genealogists of today, married Solomon Alston and is the ancestress of the Hon. James Alston Cabell, of Richmond, Virginia, a member of the North Carolina Society of the Cincinnati, and of Mrs. William Ruffin Cox, for twelve years President of the National Society of Colonial Dames of America; Mary married Wiley Jones and Sarah married Benjamin Blanchard, all of whom, with the exception of Ann, have descendants living in Wake County. There is a tradition that all the seven daughters of John Hinton, the elder, of Chowan, married Alstons, but this needs to be verified." - The North Carolina Booklet, Vol. XIV, No. 4, pp 225-236, April 1915.
""Col." John Hinton, an emigrant from England to Virginia... had come to North Carolina in 1700 by way of Nansemond County, Va." - NCpedia, Mary Hinton Duke Kerr, 1988.
At one point Gary Boyd Roberts had included him in his work The Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants. However, in his updated work The Royal Descents of 900 Immigrants he stated, "conversations with John Anderson Brayton, ...tells me that Hinton's origin is unknown; once again I too had been doubtful, or at least desired more proof." - Vol. 1, page cxc.
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