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- [S336] Dwight, Benjamin Woodbridge, The History of the Descendants of Elder John Strong, Volume 2, 802-804.
14740-1. viii. Hon. Bushrod Washington Hinckley (son of Col. Oramel Hinckley and Lydia Strong) b. at Thetford, Vt., March 12, 1803, grad. at Dartmouth in 1823 : a lawyer at Orono, Me., and since 1829, at Bluehill, Me : a member of the Maine Legislature (1832-4), State Coun cillor (1838-9), Elector of Prest. and Vice Prost. U. S., in 1850, and Collector of Customs for the Penobscot District, Me. (1849-1869). He m. May 19, 1830, Sarah Fish Wilcox b. Dec. 21, 1809 (dau. of Hon. Jeduthun Wilcox of Orford, and Elizabeth Todd). He d. at Bluehill, Dec. 17, 1869.
[8th Gen.] Children :
14759-60. i. Ellen Maria Hinckley b. Dec. 23, 1831, m. Nov. 2, 1854, Daniel Webster Kimball : a merchant in Lawrence, Mass. He d. July 28, 1863. She d. April 6, 1856, leaving an infant sou : 14761. 1. Clarence Kimball b. March 26, 1856, d. Feb. 8, 1861.
14762. ii. Fanny Barnard Hinckley b. Sept. 5, 1834, resides un married at Bluehill, Me.
14763- 4. iii. Caroline Latham Hinckley b. Sept 29, 1840, m. July 18, 1866, Charles Stedman Blake (son of John Joshua Blake of w, Roxbury, Mass., and Emmeline ) : a mer chant at Denver, Col. No children.
14765. iv. Harriet Hamilton Hinckley b. April 29, 1842, d. Jan. 7, 1864, aged 21.
- [S512] Candage, R. G. F., Historical Sketches of Bluehill, Maine, 53, 83.
Bushrod W. Hinckley was a lawyer, and for a number of years the only one in town. He was born in Thetford, Vt. He married Sarah F. Wilcox, by whom he had children as follows :
1. Ellen Maria, born Dec. 23, 1831; married Daniel W. Kimball.
2. Francis Bernhard, born Sept. 5, 1834.
3. Caroline, born Sept. 29, 1840; married first, Charles S. Blake; second, Silas C. Stone.
4. Hattie H., born April 29, 1842; died Jan. 7,1864.
Mr. Hinckley died Dec. 17, 1869; Mrs. Hinckley July 5, 1889. Squire Hinckley, as he was called, was many years a member of the school committee of the town, a member of the legislature in 1832, 1834, 1837 and 1841, and at one time collector of customs at the Castine custom house. He delivered an address upon the cen tennial of the town's settlement in 1862, which was printed in the papers, and was in other ways an influential citizen.
- [S265] 1850 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Database online. Year: 1850; Census Place: Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts; Roll: M432_315; Page: 224A; Image: 348. Record for Ellen M Hinkly.
Name: Ellen M Hinkly
Age: 18
Birth Year: abt 1832
Birthplace: Maine
Home in 1850: Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts
Gender: Female
Family Number: 225
- [S477] Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections, 1620-1988, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Database online. Record for Ellen M Kimball, 6 Apr 1856 (Reliability: 3).
Name: Ellen M Kimball
Birth Date: abt 1832
Event Type: Death
Event City: Lawrence
Death Date: 6 Apr 1856
Death Age: 24
Spouse Name: D W Kimball
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
- [S475] Hinckley, E. Charles, Hinckley Heritage & History, 75.
- [S475] Hinckley, E. Charles, Hinckley Heritage & History, 93. Citing "6181 Bushrod Washington Hinckley, b 12 Mar 1803 in Thetford, VT. d 17 dec 1869 in Thetford. He was grad of Dartmouth, 1823. m 19 May 1830 Sarah Fisk Wilcox, b 21 Dec 1809 in Hanover, CT. Ch all b in Bluehill, Hancock, ME.".
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