Samuel Hinde (1731 - 1823)

Samuel was a sailor. He took part in the Battle of the Plains of Abraham. He lived in New Lowther Street, Whitehaven, in the 1760s and 1770s. He died at the age of 92, having retained all his faculties and not having lost a single tooth (according to the newspaper death notice.)

Events

Date of Baptism: 19 March 1730/1.

Place of Baptism: Whitehaven, Cumberland, England (Holy Trinity).

The baptism is given in the bishop’s transcripts of the parish registers.

Date of Death: 12 March 1823.

Place of Death: Whitehaven.

A newspaper death notice gives the date and place.

Date of Burial: 14 March 1823.

Date of Burial: Whitehaven (Holy Trinity)

The burial is given in the bishop’s transcripts.

Relationships

Father: Samuel Hinde.

Samuel’s baptism record names his father.

Mother: Martha.

Samuel’s baptism record gives the name Martha as his mother’s name.

Spouse: Martha Drape (born about 1732). Probably married shortly after 10 January 1752 in Whitehaven.

The marriage bond is dated 10 January and gives the intended place of marriage as the “old Chapel” (St Nicholas’), Whitehaven.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. All children were baptized at St Nicholas’ in Whitehaven.)

Rachal Hinde (baptized 29 October 1752).

Martha Hinde (baptized 26 June 1757).

Isaac Hinde (baptized 21 August 1764 - buried 19 September 1818) married Jane Lancaster 1 July 1786 in Whitehaven.

Agness Hinde (baptized 7 August 1767).

John Hinde (baptized 20 October 1769) married Esther Haddon 8 September 1787 in St Bees, Cumberland.

Samuel Hinde (baptized 25 September 1770).

Thomas Hinde (baptized 23 July 1773).

Betty Hinde (baptized 23 September 1781). The baptism date seems a little late for Martha Drape to be her mother. Perhaps Betty was born a few years earlier, or perhaps her mother is a different Martha. On the other hand, forty-nine is not an impossible age for a mother to give birth.

Evidence

Samuel Hind baptism (1730/1, Holy Trinity bishop’s transcripts)

Mar. 19 Sam: to Samuel & Martha Hind

information from the Samuel Hinde - Martha Drape marriage bond

Bound: Samuel Hinde Marriner & John Drape both of Wt.haven

Date: 10 January 1752

to marry: Samuel Hinde & Martha Drape at the old Chapel of Wthaven

Witnesses: Samuel Hinde, Matthias Forrest, John Drape

Ages: Samuel Hinde - 21 years and upwards; Martha Drape - 20 years.

Newspaper death notice from the Yorkshire Gazette (5 April 1823)

On Wednesday, the 12th ult., at Whitehaven, Mr. Samuel Hinds, mariner, aged 92. He retained all his faculties to the last, and had not lost a single tooth. --- He was one of those employed in drawing up the guns at the taking of Quebec, where the immortal Wolfe fell. He has left five children, fifteen grand-children, and twenty-eight great grand-children.

Burial record (St Bees/Holy Trinity, Whitehaven, 1823, no. 1474)

Name: Samuel Hinde

Abode: Duke Street

When buried: March 14

Age: 92

By Whom the Ceremony was Performed: Edwd Irven

References

Samuel Hind baptism, Whitehaven Holy Trinity, bishop’s transcripts of the parish registers; FHL microfilm 90678, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Samuel Hinde burial, Whitehaven Holy Trinity, bishop’s transcripts of the parish registers; FHL microfilm 90678, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Samuel Hinde - Martha Drape marriage bond; digital image at Ancestry.com (accessed 9 April 2014), citing Lancashire Anglican Parish Registers. Preston, England: Lancashire Archives.

“Deaths”, Yorkshire Gazette, 5 April 1823, page 3, column 2; digital image on Findmypast.co.uk (accessed 10 April 2014).