An American Family History

Thankful Davis Hinds was born on January 7, 1730/31 in Littleton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Her parents were Simon and Jane Davis.

She married Jacob Hinds on February 26, 1749/50 in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. They were married by the Reverend, Mr. Palatiah Webster. Jacob was born on January 22, 1731 in Shrewsbury. His parents were Jacob Hinds and Grace Morse.

Their children were Sarah Hinds (April 20, 1751) and John Bradford Hinds (February 22, 1753). 

Thankfull may have died in childbirth when John Bradford was born. She was only 22 years old.

Jacob married Tryphena Keyes on November 24, 1756. Tryphena was born January 5, 1730/31 in Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Her parents were Ebenezer Keyes and Tamar Wheelock.

Jacob died when he was 30 on May 16, 1761 in Warren, Worcester County, Massachusett.

Tryphena married Moses Tyler in Warren on June 16, 1772. She died there on January 28, 1788.

Jacob Hinds, son of Jacob and Grace (Morse) Hinds (John, James), born in Shrewsbury, Mass., Jan. 22, 1731, and died some time between 1764 and 1770; married in Greenwich, Mass., Feb. 26, 1750, Thankful Davis, daughter of Lieutenant Simon Davis.

Children, born in Quobbin (Greenwich), Mass.
115. i . Sarah5, b. April 20, 1751. Nothing further known of her.
116. ii. John Bradford5, b. Feb. 22,1753.

New England Families, Genealogical and Memoria ledited by William Richard Cutter

I) James Hinds, the first settler, was born in England. He came to Salem, Massachusetts, to make his home, as early as 1637. About the same time two brothers came also, William and Richard Hines or Hinds, many of whose descendants spell their names Haynes, Haine and Hayne, and Haines. They owned a farm together, selling it in part, June 29, 1648, and William gave a letter of attorney November 25, 1647, to Thomas Haynes, merchant of London, for collection at Danes Halle, Bedfordshire. James and these two were believed to be related, perhaps brothers, and the records indicate London and Bedfordshire as the English homes of the family. He was admitted a freeman March. 1637-38, and sold land in Marblehead in 1649. He was a member of the Salem church, April 25, 1637. He removed to Southold, Long Island, in New York, and died there March, 1652-53. He was a cooper by trade. His widow Mary married (second) June. 1656, Ralph Dayton, of Southold. Hinds made his will March 1, 1652-53, bequeathing to wife Mary, eldest son John, and other children, not named in the will. Children: John, mentioned below; James, born August 2, 1641; Benjamin, baptized August 26, 1643; Mary, baptized February 19, 1646; James, baptized December 27, 1647-48; Jonathan, baptized April t1, 1648; Sarah, baptized April, 1648, twin; Thomas, baptized March 4. 1651.

(II) John Hinds, son of James Hinds, was born August 28, 1639, and died at Lancaster, Massachusetts, March 20, 1720. He resided in Lancaster, removing there from Woburn in 1676 or soon atterwards, and his house there was a garrison house, under John Moore, April 20, 1704. For a short time he lived in Brookfield, Massachusetts, but returned to Lancaster, where he died. He received a grant of sixty-two acres of land in Brookfield, owning one hundred and ninety-nine acres there. He sold his Brookfield house lot to his son John, April 13, 1719. He lived in the part of Lancaster which became Bolton. He married (first) . (second; February 9, 1681-82. Mary Butler, widow of James Butler, an early settler of Lancaster. Child of the first wife: James, resided at Lancaster. Children of the second wife: John, a sketch of whom follows; Jacob, mentioned below: Hannah; Hopestill; Deborah; Experience; Enoch.

(III) Jacob Hinds, son of John Hinds, was born probably in Brookfield, Massachusetts, in 1685, and died in West Boylston, Massachusetts. He was a farmer in Marlborough, Massachusetts, where his name was spelled Hins on the records. In 1717 he went with other Marlborough people to settle in Shrewsbury, and from there went to West Boylston in 1720, being probably the first white settler in that region. He was a corporal in Captain Asa Whitcomb's company. He received a grant of land in Shrewsbury of sixty acres, December 30, 1718, the 33d lot. His will was dated September 24, 1764.

He married, in Marlborough, December 6, 1716, Grace Morse, daughter of Joseph and Hester (Peirce) Morse. She was born in Watertown, Massachusetts, June 7, 1694. Joseph Morse came from Ipswich, England, in April, 1634, on the ship "Elizabeth." and settled in Watertown, where he was a proprietor; admitted freeman May 6, 1635; he was son of Joseph and Deborah Morse, who came to this country shortly after their son came. Hester, wife of Joseph, was daughter of John and Elizabeth Peirce.

Children of Jacob and Grace (Morse) Hinds, first three born in Marlborough, others in Shrewsbury:
Tabitha, born 1718, died in infancy:
Sarah, born 1719;
Abigail, born 1720;
Daniel, born June 21, 1722, died June 2, 1740;
Joseph, born January 20, 1724;
Benjamin, mentioned below;
Mary, born August 18, 1726;
Tabitha, born November 14, 1727;
Jason, born December 8, 1728;
Elizabeth, born January 22, 1730;
Jacob, born January 22,

Moses Tyler (John4), born in Tolland, Conn., February 25, 1730; died about 1777; married Widow Tryphena (Keyes) Hinds, of Warren, Mass. Moses has a deed from John Davies, of Western, May 5, 1764, interest in four lots in Shrewsbury, Mass., the consideration being £38, 10s. He was probably a private in the Revolution and appears on a return of Captain Harwood, of Colonel Learned's regiment, dated October 7, 1775. Abner Tyler (his brother) was appointed guardian of the children, who were all minors at the time of the death of Moses. Moses lived in Warren and the children were born there. Children:
730 Moses Tyler, born in 1764.
731 John Tyler, born in 1766.
732 Isaac Tyler, born Nov. 16, 1767.
733 Sarah Tyler, born in 1770; published, Oct. 8, 1789, to Rufus Barrett, of West Brookfield, Mass. In 1784 she chose Pattridge, of Western, as guardian.
They moved to Canada.
734 Tamar Tyler, born in 1773.