Tree HN

The Aglish Line with possible connection to the Buffalo Line

This line has been prepared from a variety of sources. Ray Perrault has supplied an Ahnentafel file of his researches; Ken Hamilton has provided me with many details. I have also been sent a paper on the Hingston of Aglish, prepared by a Dr Richard Hingston (RH) of Neutral Bay, New South Wales, Australia, but it has reached me by a roundabout route and I have no means of contacting him, or thanking him. However, I am grateful to each of the people who has sent me information. Where there is disagreement between sources it has been noted below, as have places where the link is conjectural, or at least not known to me.

RH quotes as sources Burke's Landed Gentry of Ireland, 1836, 1912 and 1958 editions; Rev William M Brady "Clerical and Parochial Records of Cork, Cloyne and Ross", published by Alexander Ross, Dublin, 1864.

The first three generations are conjectural. They rely on a rumoured link between the Hingston who went to Ireland with Cromwell, the Hingston who was Cromwell's organist, and the Hingston's of Holbeton.


Generation No 1.


1. ANDREW HINGSTON. Andrew would have been born sometime around 1540, give or take 10 years. TFF shows him as being the son of RICHARD HINGSTON, who was born about 1500; Andrew is described as being of Holbeton or Wonwell. He is the same as No. 1 in Tree HD.

Child of Andrew Hingston is:

Generation No. 2.

2. WALTER HINGSTON is believed to have been the son of 1. Andrew Hingston and died Abt 1627. TFF shows him as being born 1566, with a wife called SABILLA who died in 1642; he is described as being of Holbeton. He is the same as No. 2 in Tree HD.

Shown tentatively in Allen & Dymond

Child of Walter Hingston is:

Generation No. 3.

3. JOHN HINGSTON. Organist to Cromwell. He has an entry in the DNB and also an entry in Groves Dictionary of Music. Quite a lot is known about him. Grove says that he was born early in the 17th century, possibly in York. The date probably means that he is not a child of Walter, but there could be one or two missing generations. He was buried in London 17 Dec 1683 (as quoted in the DNB; Grove's date of 1688 is wrong) (in St Margarets, Westminster - the small church next to the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey). He was listed as a member of the choir of York Minster on 24 July 1618 and is said to have been a pupil of Orlando Gibbons. He seems to have served Charles I, but later he was employed as state organist and private musician to Oliver Cromwell from 1654 to 1658. Almost uniquely, he retained his place after the Restoration, being appointed as a viol player and in charge of musical instruments at the court of Charles II. He was a member of the Chapel Royal from 1661 to 1666 and in 1663 was elected deputy marshal of the City of London and was given prestigious quarters in Whitehall. He taught John Blow and Purcell was his apprentice and successor. Grove has a copy of his portrait which is hanging in the Faculty of Music, Oxford. The DNB says that his nephew, Peter Hingston, born 1721, became teacher and organist at Ipswich, but the dates do not seem to fit since Peter would have been at least 100 years younger than John.

Neither biography mentions a wife or children, so the idea that he was the father of the James Hingston shown below rests on insecure foundations.

Child of John Hingston is:

Generation No. 4.

4. Major JAMES HINGSTON. Fought in the Parliamentary Army in the English Civil War and came to Ireland in about 1650, settling in County Cork. Commissariat at Cork. His family lineage resided close to Mallow, located in north central Cty Cork. It is said that Major James' ancestry includes John Hingston, the organist that was employed by Cromwell, but there is no substantial evidence on this matter.

Children of James Hingston are:

Generation No. 5.

5. JAMES HINGSTON. Born in County Cork, Ireland. Commisariat at Co Cork, succeeding his father (although RH says he succeeded John Hodder). In 1676 James married MARY BOWLES, in County Cork, Ireland. She was the daughter of Captain Thomas Bowles, a malt merchant at Cork. His influence with the inhabitants had been instrumental in securing Cork City for Cromwell in 1649.

Tom LaPorte <[email protected]> throws doubt on this link. He writes "All your details about Thomas Boles agree with my own research including John Hodder being the Commisariat of Cork town (but now county Cork) as appointed by Lord Percival when he was in charge of the defense of Cork in 1642. I am just a bit doubtful about James Hingston having married Mary in 1676 as in Thomas' Will in 1683 he mentions his daughter Mary as the wife of Thomas Savory and we do know of the birth of a Boles Savory to Thomas Savory and Mary Boles. I don't know of any reference to their marriage but it seems unlikely that she could have married your James only 7 years before that."

They had the following children:

29. WILLIAM HINGSTON. Supposedly the son of 5. James Hingston. Our knowledge about William comes, at the moment, only from the following chronology of the Hingston family that was sent to Gordon Stimmell and which was apparently compiled by W E Hingston, the compiler of the Vine Tree and clearly someone who spent a long time studying the Hingston line. However, it contains a number of dubious items.

John Hingston 1336
Robert Hingston 1311 These three dates must be regarded as suspect.
Richard Hingston 1312
William of Hingston 1370
Robert Hingston 1400
Robert Hingston 1425
Richard Hingston 1460
Richard Hingston 1500
Andrew Hingston of Wormwell (Wonwell near Holbeton?) 1530
Walter Hingston 1566
John Hingston (Cromwell's Organist) 1600 ( No. 3 in this tree )
Major James Hingston 1635. This date is probably too late for him to have fought in the English Civil War, probably by about 10 years. ( No 4 in this tree )
James Hingston 1640. This date must be suspect. A date between 1650 and 1670 is more plausible ( No 5 in this tree )
William Hingston 1700. Not mentioned in tree HN as a son of 5. James
Edward Hingston 1733 ( No. 30 in this tree )

It is believed that he had at least one son:-

Generation No. 6.

6. JAMES HINGSTON was born in County Cork, Ireland, the son of 5. James Hingston and Mary (Bowles). He was made a hereditary freeman in Cork 1714. Purchased the estate of Aglish, in the Barony of East Muskerry, from the Trustees of Forfeited Estates on 29 Apr 1703 for the sum of £829 3s 0d, being 353 acres. The estate had been forfeited by Teige McCorma mcCarthy of Muskerry in the Rebellion of 1642. The original title holder was, by Fiant of Queen Elizabeth in 1578, Sir Cormac McTeige McCarthy of Blarney, 14th Lord of Muskerry, who was described by the Lord Deputy of Ireland, Sir Henry Sidney as "the rarest man that ever was born among the Irishry". James married HELEN MORLEY, daughter of Alderman John Morley in County Cork, Ireland. He (James?) was Mayor of Cork, 1716 and proprietor of Morley Lane and Fishamble Lane (now Liberty St) in the Parish of St Peter. James died in 1728.

They had the following children:

30. EDWARD HINGSTON , born 1733 in Debford (Deptford?), Kent. Described as being Lieutenant. Deptford would be consistent with it being a Naval rank. Married LUCRETIA SMALL in 1770. She died in 1813. They had 21 children. At some time before 1778 they moved to Ireland. If the chronology above has any validity they were moving back to Co. Cork.

One of their children was:-

Generation No. 7.

7. WILLIAM HINGSTON Born in Aglish, County Cork, Ireland, son of 6. James Hingston and Helen (Morley). Justice of the Peace. Succeeded to Aglish on his father's death in 1728. Buried with his wife in the Hingston Family tomb at Aglish. William married ELIZABETH WEBB, in Aglish, County Cork, Ireland. She was the daughter of John Webb who lived at Clonteadmore, County Cork, which adjoined Aglish.

They had the following children:

21. WILLIAM HINGSTON was born on 6 Sep 1778 at Whitehall, Skibereen, County Cork Ireland, one of 21 children of 30. Lt. Edward Hingston and Lucretia Small. He married JANE CARROLL on 3 Mar 1807; she had been born 25 Feb 1783 at Old Court, County Cork. She died Feb. 2, 1837 in Wexford, Ireland.. William was employed by the English Custom House Service and, at least for a time, was lighthouse keeper at Cape Clear Island, seven miles off the west coast of Ireland. After he was pensioned off by the lighthouse service, he moved to Buffalo where he died 3 Dec 1854.

William Hingston and Jane Carroll had numerous children:-

Generation No. 8.

8. Rev. JAMES HINGSTON was born abt 1713 in Aglish, County Cork, Ireland, the son of 7. William Hingston and Elizabeth (Webb). James died in Aglish, County Cork, Ireland on 21 May 1776; he was 63. Occupation: priest. Eldest son and heir. Admitted to Trinity College, Dublin Nov 1729. Ordained priest at Cloyne Cathedral, Mar 1737. Curate of Donoughmore 1737-40 and Kilshannig 1740-50. Rector of Clonmeen, Roskeen and Kilcorney 1751-71. Prebend at Brigowne 1771-2 and at Donoughmore 1772-5. All of his ministry was spent in the Diocese of Cloyne, and much of his adult life at his other county seat of Kilpadder, in the parish of Kilshannig. Author of the state of the Diocese of Cloyne 1762, a collection of legal statutes of Ireland, and Translations from Greek Classics. On 3 Jun 1741 when James was 28, he married CATHERINE MURDOCK, in Kilshannig, County Cork, Ireland. She was the only daughter of Rev. Benezer Murdock and Elizabeth (Love); she was the ggd of Col Randall Clayton M.P. and Judith Perceval (d/o Sir Philip, ancestor of the Earls of Egmont) of Mallow, Co. Cork. By indenture dated 5 Nov 1773 bequeathed Aglish intact to his eldest son Wiliam and in the event of his William's death without issue, to his surviving brothers, Benezer, James and John in equal shares. James was survived by his widow Katherine and all four sons.

Brian Phelan <[email protected]> found this site while researching Danesfort(House/Estate) at Kilpadder, Mallow, Co Cork, one time residence of Rev James Hingston. Deeds and family papers (1770-1946) of the Hingston family of Aglish are held at Library of Representative Church Body, Dublin, http://www.ireland.anglican.org. He believes it is possible that his ancestor, Barnaby Phelan, freeholder of Cashel, Co Tipperary, listed as his abode, Danesfort, Co Cork. He believes he may have married a daughter of Rev James Hingston but has no evidence for that. We have no knowledge of what happened to most of James' daughters.

They had the following children:

25. EDWARD HINGSTON was born in 1810, the son of 21. William Hingston and Jane (Carroll). He was, according to his son's obituary, a master ship-builder of Dublin, who built some of the finest merchant vessels ever constructed in that port. In 1841 he married ELIZABETH JENKINS of Whitehaven, Cumberland. The family emigrated to America in 1843, with his brothers, but he died in about 1844 in Rockland, Maine. Elizabeth returned to Liverpool and subsequently married.

They had two sons:-

22. WILLIAM H. HINGSTON was born on 11 Jan 1820, the son of 21. William Hingston and Jane (Carroll) , died 9 Apr 1900 in Buffalo.( 525 in Vine ) In 1843 he went to America with his two brothers, Samuel and John, where they settled in Rockland, Maine, where they took up in the ship-building industry, staying for about a year. He returned to England with his brother Edward's widow, and while in England studied shipbuilding at Woolwich for about a year. He supposedly returned to America in 1844 (This does not add up, since Edward's son was not born until January 1844, so there is no time for them to return to England, spend a year in Woolwich and to come back to the US the same year - however, this may not be that critical). William married CHARLOTTE CUMMING on 20 May 1850, who had come from Ireland with his sister (about whom we know nothing at present). They settled at Lynn, Mass. Charlotte died 18 Jan 1877. They had seven children of whom four survived.


24. JOHN TOWNSEND HINGSTON was born in Ireland July 1, 1822, the son of 21. William Hingston and Jane Carroll , died in Buffalo on 26 Aug 1879. ( 526 in Vine ) He married on 28 July 1849 at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Buffalo, CHARLOTTE SEYMOUR BIRD, born Aug. 11, 1824, died in Buffalo, Aug. 26,
1904.

John Townsend Hingston and Charlotte Seymour Bird had five children:

Generation No. 9.

9. Captain BENEZER MURDOCK HINGSTON was born on 28 Dec 1746 in Kilshannig, County Cork, Ireland, the second son of 8. James Hingston and Katherine (Murdoch). He was named after his maternal grandfather, and sold his one third share in Aglish to his brother 18. James Hingston. Benezer Murdock died in Aglish, County Cork, Ireland on 31 May 1825; he was 78. He seems to have emigrated to Freehold, New Jersey, before he married, since he married PRISCILLA COMPTON in Freehold, New Jersey, which was at that time still a colony. Her father was Sheriff (Spencer?) Compton of Pennsylvania. He served as a recruiter and guide for the British Army during the revolutionary war (RH says that he was a Captain. He lived in Freehold, Monmouth County, NJ on a large tract of land of 100 acres deeded to him by his father-in-law. He also possessed another three pieces of land containing 85 acres. Because of his activities with the British, his property was confiscated and later sold at auction by the Continental Government. The sale took place at Freehold Court House in 1779. Benezer fled the country in 1780, with his wife and children. They returned to Ireland. There is no evidence that Ben was in military service during this time in Freehold. Perhaps he attained the rank of Captain in the Irish Volunteers after he returned to Ireland, in tribute to his service to the British Forces.

From Documents relating to Revolutionary History of the State of New Jersey, VII extracts from American Newspapers, vol II, 1778 , Francis B. Lee, Trenton, NJ: John Murphy Publishing Co., 1903. New Jersey - Monmouth, Inquisition hath been found against the following persons - - - -, Beuzeor Hinkson, (and others listed) - - - - and whereas proclamation hath been made in Court. That if either of them or any person who shall think himself interested, will appear and traverse the said inquisition so found against the said persons and enter into security Agreeable to law, to prosecute such traverse to effect, or else the first default shall be recorded and judgement entered according to law. Signed Samuel Forman, Kenneth Hankinson, Jacob Wikoff, Commissioners, dtd July 29, 1778.

And from Edwin Slater and Geroge Beekman, Old Times in Old Monmouth, Historical Reminiscenses of Old Monmouth, New Jersey , Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1980. Confiscation in the Revolution, Loyalists of Freehold, Middletown, Shrewsbury, Upper Freehold and Dover. Whereas inquisitions have been found and final judgement entered thereon in favor of the State of New Jersey, against persons herein mentioned -- notice is hereby given that the real and personal estates belonging to ---- Benzeor Hinkson --- (others) --- of the Township of Freehold will be sold at the Freehold Courthouse, beginning Wednesday the 17th day of March next and continue from day to day until all are sold. Samuel Forman, Joseph Laurence, Kenneth Hankinson, Commissioners, dtd February 17th, 1799.

13-Nov-1799. We do certify that Priscilla Compton, daughter of Richard Compton, deceased, married Benezer Hinckson, and he joined the British Army, accompanied by the said Priscilla, previous to the battle of Monmouth, and they have not been heard of since their departure. Signed by John Dey, Henry Perrine, Capt. John Clayton, Zebulon Clayton, and Jacob Smith.

17-Nov-1799. This is to certify that there is in my hands a bond of &pound;66, dated May 15, 1786, being for 1/4 part of sales of land of Richard Compton, deceased, given by Joseph Journee to Joseph Compton, Admír of Richard Compton, for the share of Richard, and the law gives his daughter, Priscilla Hingston, for which bond there is a mortgage given by Joseph Journee, the lands now property of Dr. James Anderson. Signed by Thomas Cook.

Priscilla Compton is mentioned in the will of Richard Compton, dated 19-3-1784

Benezer and Priscilla had the following children:

18. Rev JAMES HINGSTON, 3rd son of 8. James Hingston and Katherine (Murdoch). 1755-1840. JP, LLD Ordained Deacon of St Colman's Cathedral, Cloyne, in May 1779 and Priest at St Finbarr's Cathedral, Cork in November 1780. He was curate of Rathcormac 1781-83 and of Inniscarra 1783-88; Rector of Carrigdownane 1788-89, Rector of Ballyclogh and Castlemagner 1798-99; Rector of Whitechurch 1799-1836 and of Aghabullage 1799-1840. He was also Prebend of Subulter from 1790-1828. On 25 Nov 1794 ge was admitted Vicar-General of the Diocese of Cloyne and he held that position for a record period of 46 years. He died at his Cloyne residence on 6 Dec 1840 and was buried 3 days later in the Hingston vault beneath the floor of Cloyne Cathedral alongside his wife, four children and three grandchidlren who had predeceased him. He married ANNE HODNETT, daughter of Rev William (JP, AB, 1714-1782). She died 5 Feb 1827.

The children of James Hingston and Anne were:

19. Rev JOHN HINGSTON was born in 1762 in Cork, the 4th and youngest son of 8. James Hingston and Katherine (Murdoch). Admitted in Jan 1779 to Trinity College, Dublin where he graduated BA in 1783. He was licensed to the Curacy of Kilbragan, Bandon, in May 1785. He was Rector of Leighmoney (Lefinny) from Oct 1796 until his death in 1799, aged 37 years. He married, in 1789, ALICIA BERNARD, daughter of Arthur Bernard of Palace Ann, of the family of Bernard, Earls of Bandon.

The children of John Hingston and Alicia Bernard were:-

26. WILLIAM EDWARD HINGSTON was born in Kingston, Ireland 28 Jul 1842, the son of 25. Edward Hingston and Elizabeth (Jenkins). The family moved to the USA where they settled in Rockland, Maine. His father died in about 1844 and shortly afterwards he returned with his mother and young brother to Liverpool, where she married JOHN WADE, a printer. On leaving school William worked in his stepfather's printing works. He spent some time in the English army. In 1863 he returned to the US, arriving in Buffalo on 4 July, where he worked for his uncles (22. William and 24. John) who had a shipyard at Jersey St, Buffalo. He saw active service in the Civil War, after which he moved to Dubuque, Iowa. He married in 1871 ELIZA P. HALL, of Orange, New Jersey. He returned to Buffalo in 1874, where he became an assistant in the freight office of the Erie Railroad Company. He later worked for a patent medicine business, a manufacturer of fly-plates and in the building trade. Eventually, be became a foreman in the marine contracting business of his brother, 27. Edward Hingston. He died 25 Feb 1906 in Buffalo. This is the W. E. Hingston who produced the family history, part of which we know as the Vine Tree.

William Hingston and Eliza Hall had seven surviving children:-

27. EDWARD J. HINGSTON , born in Rockland (later known as Thomaston), Maine 22 Jan 1844, the son of 25. Edward Hingston and Elizabeth (Jenkins) , about six months after his father's death. He went with his mother to Liverpool, where he attended the National Schools. He taught at school in Liverpool from 1858-62. He returned to the US in 1862, settling in Buffalo. He learnt the shipbuilding trade 1862-67 (presumably with his uncles William and John). He worked for a Buffalo dredging firm, later joining in partnership with Arthur Woods to form the firm of Hingston and Woods. He married MARY E. REES of Buffalo on 22 Jul 1872.

Edward Hingston and Mary Rees had two daughters

(From Great Lakes website , based on the Marine Captains Biographies site):-
Hingston & Woods have carried on the dredging business from one end of the lakes to the other. They have deepened Niagara river at so many points that the line would be continuous for its whole length if the sections were put together; they have sent their dredges into about twenty ports on Lake Erie, while in Detroit river; at the Sault; on Lake Ontario; and at Morrisburg, on the St. Lawrence, they have also done extensive work.

This firm is practically the successor of the two dredging firms of Clark & Douglas and Spalding & Bennett, which did business in Buffalo and vicinity till 1878, when Hingston & Woods succeeded them in business. Mr. Woods had been the superintendent and Mr. Hingston the bookkeeper for the former firm. Beginning in a moderate way they soon extended operations and increased their plant till it became the largest concern in business on the lakes. The largest contract they accomplished was the development of the harbor system of the Lehigh Valley Company, at the Tifft Farm in Buffalo, which added about five miles to the docks of the inner harbor. This work was begun in 1881, and the greater part of it was finished in two years, although it extended altogether over five years. In the meantime the firm built a 450-foot extension to the Government breakwater, and did large amounts of other dredge work. There is not a port of any size on the south shore of Lake Erie that the firm has not deepened, and in the case of Conneaut and Port Dover, on the Canadian shore opposite, the firm has made it possible to run a line of car ferries from one port to the other. They are now engaged in building very extensive docks and corresponding slips at Conneaut for the Carnegie- Rockefeller ore interest, the contract for this work having been taken in the fall of 1896. They are now building a similar dock for the same purpose at Port Stanley, Ontario. The bare enumeration of the contract work done by the firm on the lakes would make a long list.

Besides all this there have been numerous contracts for railroad, pile, and trestle work, and great city-sewers built. The Bailey avenue sewer, built by the firm in Buffalo, cost $250,000, and this was merely the largest of many. In addition to this the firm has assisted in developing the water-works system not only of Buffalo, but of Syracuse at Skaneateles lake, of Rochester at Hemlock lake, of Canandaigua and Tonawanda, and also assisted the Lehigh Valley Company in diverting the channel of the Tonawanda, at Batavia. Dredging operations have also been carried on at Oneida, Seneca and Cayuga lakes, and also at New Brunswick, N. J. The firm has eleven dredges and the following fleet of tugs; Genevieve, Myrtie, Arthur Woods, William Stevenson, Alice Campbell, Tam O'Shanter, Robert Downey and May French. Others have been owned in late years, but have been sold. This equipment alone will show how extensive the operations are and have been for a long time. They have lately added to their fleet an elevator dredge capable of working in either harbor or in canals, such as the Erie canal, and are now engaged in building what will be the largest dipper dredge on the lakes, and which will be one of the best equipped.

Edward J. Hingston was born January 22, 1844, at Thomaston, Maine, came to Buffalo in 1862, and went to the contracting business as early as 1870. He has long been recognized as a leading mind in the business on the lakes, was the secretary of the dredging association for a long time, when it was not closely organized enough to have a president, and on its being fully organized, early in February 1897, was elected its chief executive.

Arthur Woods was born in Bath, N. Y., in December 1834, and came to Buffalo twenty years later, there engaging with Oswald & Van Valkenburg, who were known as Erie canal dredgers and contractors. He was a man of great energy and executive ability, and these qualifications, combined with the business capability and insight of Mr. Hingston, have insured the steady and rapid advancement of the firm.

28. WILLIAM EDWARD HINGSTON , born Buffalo Aug. 29, 1851, the son of 24. John Townsend Hingston and Charlotte Seymour Bird , and died Wallaston, Mass. Oct. 3, 1942. Married, firstly, Oct. 25, 1876, to ANNA MATILDA LEE, daughter of James Isaac Lee (from Scotland) and Ann Finley (of Montreal), born Dec. 28, 1856, died Feb. 19, 1890. Anna was a schoolteacher in Buffalo who died young at age 33.

William Edward Hingston and Anna Matilda Lee had two children, both born Buffalo:

William married, secondly, CARRIE ELOISE HILL, daughter of Thomas Hill and Mary E. Bullock of Buffalo N.Y.

William Edward Hingston and Carrie Eloise Hill had one child: TOWNSEND HILL HINGSTON (1899-Feb. 23, 1935).

Generation No. 10.

10. Lt. Col. SAMUEL JAMES HINGSTON. Samuel James died on 21 Nov 1830. Samuel is No 701 in Vine ; that record says that he was the youngest son of James 206 and Catherine 2024; born at Cloyne, Ireland 1775; King's record shows him as born on 1 Nov 1775 in Freehold, NJ, USA, the son of 9. Benezer Murdoch Hingston. However there is a conflict which should be resolved. If King is correct he went back to Ireland with his parents when they fled after the revolutionary war, during which they had been loyalists. Stan Hingston says he was the brother of 33. Dr William Freke Hingston. Married [Vine] WINIFRED CAVINDISH of County Cavin, Ireland, 1797 and had by her three children - Said in parish records of St Patrice de Hinchinbrooke to have been Lt- Adjutant of 99th regiment, Hinchinbrooke at time of Thomas's birth.

Arrived in Canada after 1803 (Thomas was born in Ireland) to participate in the war of 1812.

[B. Winn, 1995] joined 100th Prince Regent's Company of Dublin Regiment, probably in Ireland, possibly at its inception; known to have been at the Battle of Lundy's Lane (Niagara Region), where he was wounded. Discharged at Montreal. The 100th was raised in 1805 and with few exceptions its officers and men were Irish. It was on the fighting line at Sacketts Harbour, Plattsburgh, Chippawa, Fort Niagara (Grenadier Corps) and Fort Erie (assault). It was renumbered the 99th in 1816 and then disbanded at Chatham in 1818. SJH received no pension, possibly receivind a land grant instead.

[Army Lists, 1810-20] Adjutant for 100th Regiment of Foot and Enseign, 4-1-1810; Lieutenant attached to 99th of Foot 15-5-1813; half-pay 25-9-1818.

He was in command of the infantry in Port Erie, Canada, when they bombarded the then village of Buffalo and Fort on the 17th March 1813. Some of the shells fell short, and, falling in the Niagara River, two of them, a six and a ten inch, were dug up by Hingston and Wood's dredge, then in charge of W.E. Hingston, the compiler of these notes, on the 22nd of June, 1889, 76 years afterwards, and are now in his possession. [Vine]

Lieut. Hingston distinguished himself and earned his promotion at the Battle of Chippawa, near Niagara Falls, where he was wounded in the forehead and in the groin, 5 July, 1814. The British loss that day was 138 killed and 365 wounded. When the regiment was disbanded some time afterwards, he chose a very pretty place near Huntingdon, on the Chateauguay river. There he organized the Militia Force, Lord Dalhousie giving him command of the County of Huntingdon, and subsequently Sir James Kempt gave him Colonelcy of the whole County of Beauhamoes (Beauharnois?). He continued, to the end of his life, in 1830, to be lame from the wound he received at Chippawa. [Vine]

1825 Census shows 7 members of Hingston household: 2 single men 18-25 (Samuel Jr and Thomas), 1 married man older than 40 (Samuel Sr), 1 woman under 14 (Eleanor Jr), 2 single women under 45 (Sarah and one other: a maid?) and one married woman under 45 (Eleanor Sr)

From Memorandum from NAC:

The published "Army Lists", 1810-20, contain the following:

(1) on 4 -1-1810, he was assigned as Adjutant for the 100th Regiment of Foot. He attained the rank of Enseign in the Army the same day.

(2) on 15-5-1813, he became a Lieutenant attached to the 99th Regiment of Foot

(3) He was placed on half pay (pension) on 25-9-1818.

British Military and Naval Records "C" Series (R G 8 I) show about 50 references to SJH. Index is on reel C-11822.

Land petitions in Upper Canada (1834, Reel C-2053) and Lower Canada (1822-40, C-2511; 1826, C-2560; 1827-35 C-2533; 1826-30, C-2533; 1835, C-2495)

Officer in Irish Volunteers, with service in Royal Irish Regiment of Artillery. His unit sailed to Canada in 1805 and during the War of 1812 he participated in the shelling of Buffalo, NY (17-3-1813)

On 11 Apr 1815 when Samuel James was 39, he married ELEANOR MCGRATH, in Montreal, Quebec. Vine says in October, 1821, and adds that she died in 1866, having survived him 35 years.

They had the following children:

33. ALLEN HINGSTON would have been born about 1790. He was a farmer and was also known as "Freke". He married, in about 1815, CATHERINE (Kate) VICKERY SULLIVAN, who would have been born about 1794 (IGI). This reading of the situation comes from Bill Fahy's West Cork Families web site. Most of that information comes from family sources as quoted on the IGI rather than official records. The site also includes a significant number of Kingston entries, which in Devon at least I have often found confused with Hingston when they are transcribed.

According to Stan Hingston <[email protected]>, his family memories are that the father of 34. Samuel (from whom he is descended) was a Dr WILLIAM FREKE HINGSTON, who was the brother of 10. Lt. Col. SAMUEL JAMES HINGSTON ( this adds to my uncertainty about who were the parents of 10.SJH ). Stan says that he married CATHERINE VICKARY.

It is possible that there is a grain of truth in both versions, but it also means we must be careful.

The Freke name is common in the Cork Hingstons. According to Bill Fahy it is merely an abbrevaition for Frederick, but it is possible that it is more than this. Stan Hingston says that they are named in honour of Castle Freke and the Freke family, and it is also possible that there was a family link, with the name of a wealthy or well-connected family being honoured through several generations. Castle Freke at Rosscarbery in Co Cork was originally a 15th Century tower house belonging to Barry family. It was occupied by the Frekes 1617. In 1642 it was beseiged by local clans in what was to become the longest siege in Irish history. It was destroyed by Cromwellian forces in 1648. The Frekes and Evans intermarried and became Barons of Carbery 1715 and Castle Freke was rebuilt in 1780 by Sir John Evans-Freke, incorporating the original castle keep in its design. The renowned architect Sir Richard Morrison altered the castle into its current Gothic castellated style in 1820. In 1910 a fire gutted the castle and it was extensively refurbished in time for a lavish coming-of-age party for the tenth Lord Carbery, John. He was a dashing eccentric who learned to fly and became an ace pilot in the First World War. John Carbery returned from the War and found that the world had changed. He was forced to sell Castle Freke in the 1920s and it was dismantled in 1952.

Tantalisingly, several of the descendants are shown on the printers sample which accompanies the Vine Tree. It is possible that the data on that sample is purely spurious but seems to be borne out by the data here. There is a reference in Vine to four (brothers?) Edward 520, William 525, John 526, and Samuel 527 who passed through Buffalo on their way from Liverpool to Boston; it implies they were from what the author called the Whitehall branch but it is not immediately clear where they fit in here.

Allen Hingston and Catherine (Sullivan) had the following children:-

31. JAMES HINGSTON 1780-1851. Son of 18. Rev James Hungston and Anne Hodnett. Ordained Deacon in August 1806 and Priest in September 1807, both at Cloyne. Curate of Aghabullage 1806 and of Aghada 1807-1810. Rector of Kilnemartery 1810-25; of Clonmult 1825-36 and of Youghal 1828-36. He succeded his father as Rector of Whitechurch 1836-51. He died 23 Jan 1851 and was buried at Cloyne Cathedral. On 14 Jul 1812 at Brade Church he married LUCINDA BECHER, who had been born c. 1792, the daughter of Richard Hedges Becher of Hollybrook, Co. Cork, and his second wife Mary Alleyne of Ballyduvane. At the time of his marriage, a newspaper described James as Prebend of Cooleney in the Diocese of Cloyne.

The children of James and Lucinda included:-

So a brother and sister married their first cousins, also a sister and brother. These families are written up in Burkes; the information here has been supplied to me by Jenny Stiles <[email protected]> who is compiling a Becher family tree.

32. WILLIAM HALES HINGSTON 1785-1823. Son of 18. Rev James Hungston and Anne Hodnett. Ordained Deacon January 1810 and Priest in Feb 1811, both at Cork. He was Curate of Cloyne Cathedral 1811-16, prebend of Lackeen 1816-19 and Prebend of Coole 1819-23. He died 23 Jan 1823 and was buried at Cloyne Cathedral. He married, in 1812, ANNE COTTER, daughter of Rev George Sackville Cotter.

They had issue three daughters and two sons,

Generation No. 11.

11. THOMAS HINGSTON ( 703 in Vine ). Eldest son of 10. Samuel James Hingston and his first wife Winifred (Cavindish) ; born Cloyne, Ireland, 1801. Was married in Canada, 14 August 1843, to MATHILDE PICARD. Mr Hingston, who was a farmer, died at his home in Athelstan, 2 March 1883. She died 10 March 1881, leaving a large family - The family seems to have been involved in fighting during the Fenian raids across the border from the United States in 1866 and 1870. In 1855, Canada passed a Militia Act creating cavalry, infantry, and artillery units, made up of volunteer, part-time soldiers. Strained Anglo-American relations during the American Civil War (1861-65) led Britain to send 11,000 troops to protect its North American colonies. Following the Civil War, the Fenian Brotherhood, largely composed of Irish-American veterans, sought to achieve Ireland’s independence from Britain by capturing Canada as a hostage. Between 1866 and 1871, they raided Canadian territory from New Brunswick to Manitoba. During the largest raid, in June 1866 along the Niagara frontier, the Fenians defeated a small Canadian force at Ridgeway. The Fenians returned to the United States before Canadian and British reinforcements arrived. Every other Fenian raid ended in failure, and the movement collapsed after 1871. Robert McGee's book "The Fenian Raids on the Huntingdon Frontier 1866 and 1870" contains the names of approximately 314 men who were on active service during the 1870 invasion, including Sgt. William Hingston and Pvt. Thomas Hingston who were both in the 5th company (raised in Athelstan) of the 50th Battalion Huntingdon Borderers. Both were awarded Fenian Medals. They are presumably both children of 11. Thomas above.

A contemporary map of the area is available on the web.

12. Sir WILLIAM HALES HINGSTON ( 707 in Vine ), born at Huntingdon, Canada, 29 June 1829, eldest son of 10. Samuel James Hingston and his second wife Eleanor (McGrath). His father died some 18 months afterwards. He is widely known as W.H. Hingston, M.D., L.R.C.S.E., D.C., LL.D. etc., the most popular and able surgeon in Canada. I believe he died in 1907. He was invited by the American Consul General to go to Washington to assist in consultation with President Garfield's physicians, but he replied that he concurred in the opinion of Drs. Hamilton and Agnew; that there was already a sufficient number of able surgeons attending the wounded President, and that any further meddling might be disastrous.

Dr Hingston was twice mayor of Montreal, 1875 and 1876. "The Illustrated Paper of Montreal" of 7 April 1875, has a good likeness of him engrossed from a photo, also a brief sketch of his life, from which I quote the following:

"He was sent to a small grammar school in the neighbourhood, kept by a Rev. Mr. Williams, a Church of England clergyman, and afterwards by Mr. (now Sir) John Rose, and subsequently Mr. Anderson. During Mr. Rose's time he obtained the first prize in the Junior class, and during Mr. Anderson's incumbency, the prize among the seniors. Then at 13 he was sent to the Montreal College, where, at the end of the first year he obtained the prize in every branch, carrying three firsts and two seconds, while his chief opponent, the present Superior of the College, obtained the remaining two first and three second. The Rev. Mr. Villineure, one of the masters, often spoke of him as having been at that time full of fun and merriment, "un grand farceur" as he was then termed, and doing anything to create merriment or avoid a quarrel, but when a quarrel was forced upon him, never shrinking from the issue, no matter how uncertain it might appear. He afterwards spent a couple of years in studying pharmacy with R.W. Rexford, when he entered upon the study of medicine at McGill University. He graduated at the end of four years, and immediately left for England. He obtained the Surgeon's diploma of the University of Edinburgh. By the most rigid economy he succeeded in visiting England, Ireland and Scotland, and almost every country in Europe, spending the greater part of his time in hospitals, and bringing back with him diplomas from Scotland, France, Prussia, Austria and Bavaria, one, the membership of the Leopold Academy, purely honory and given only to authors, was the first ever obtained by a Canadian, Sir William Logan and T. Slerry Hunt being the next recipients of the honor. Much of his journeys in Europe were made on foot, an exercise in which he still excels, his travelling companion for the time being young Alexander (now Lord) Shand of Edinburgh and Mr P. Honeymeade of Glasgow. His utter abnigation of self and untiring zeal and benevolence during the cholera season of 1854 has built for him an extensive practice, besides a host of friends.

Soon after beginning practice, Mr. Hingston received unsolicited the appointment of Surgeon to the English speaking departments of the Hotel Dieu Hospital. Many of the more difficult and hazardous operations in surgery have been thus introduced by him to the profession in Canada, such as, for instance, excision of the knee joint, removal of the uterus and congenitalia, and acquired deformities, the successful removal of the tongue and lower jaw at the same time, etc. While visiting Europe in 1867 one of his masters, Professor (now Sir) James Simpson, paid a high tribute to Canadian surgeons in the person of Dr. Hingston, by inviting him to perform a surgical operation of difficulty on one of his (Sir James') patients; and on speaking of him a few weeks afterwards in a British medical journal of the time Sir James styles him 'that distinguished American surgeon lately amongst us'. He received the degree of D.C.L. from the University of Lennoxville (Bishop's University) in 1871, and in 1874 he was unanimously elected Governor of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Lower Canada."

He was elected mayor of Montreal in 1875 by a very large majority. The same paper quoted above, speaking of it, adds: "The boldness and frankness of the new Mayor's inaugural address was of a character to call forth enconiums from the press generally, the Witness speaking of it as equalling Gladstone's efforts in clothing the dryest material in poetic language."

In surgery, Dr. Hingston has probably done as much work as any surgeon in America. When in Europe in 1866 (1886) this fact was recognized by the British Medical Association when electing him an honory member, the President of the Council, Sir Walter Foster, saying, "He is too well known to the members of this Association to require I should say anything regarding him. Dr. Hingston's reputation as a surgeon is not confined to Canada."

In July, 1892, Dr. Hingston went to England at the invitation of the British Medical Association to deliver the inaugural address on surgery before that great body. This is the first time Canada, or indeed America, has been so honored.

Dr. Hingston married, 16 Sep 1875, MARGARET JOSEPHINE McDONALD, daughter of the Honorable D.A. McDonald, Lieut. Governor of Ontario. The ceremony took place in St. Michael's Church, Toronto, and the reception was held in the Government House. She was a Catholic, and it is believed that William, who had been brought up a protestant, like the other Irish Hingstons, but converted to catholicism on his marriage.

On the Queen's birthday, 1895, Dr. Hingston was created a Knight Batchellor (Bachelor) at the same time as Lewis Morris, the poet, Dr. W. Russell, the war correspondent, Henry Irving, the actor, and Walter Besant, the author. His residence is on the corner of Sherbrooke and Metcalf Sts., Montreal, Canada.

Sir William and Lady Hingston have issue -

Cornelia Molson <[email protected]> has written:-
Sir William was knighted for his services as Chief Surgeon at the Hotel Dieu Hospital and as Mayor of Montreal. There is a book on his work at the hospital. He had 4 sons. William was Jesuit and was Rector of Loyola College. Donald, my Grandfather, founded St. Mary's Hospital as the English Catholics didn't have a hospital. Harold was grandfather of Bill Hingston <[email protected]> (last surviving descendant carrying name Hingston) and Basil was killed in the War. Donald had 5 daughters all of whom had children so, as I said, there are lots of us but not Hingstons except as middle names. Cornelia Hingston Vaughan Molson. (This needs expanding when I get dates, and to reconcile a couple of differences with the Vine Tree)

There are records about him at Concordia University Archives , including a photograph. <>Lucinda Boyd <[email protected]> writes that on 20th October 2004 a book by Alan Hustak was published about Sir William Hales Hingston , 1829-1907 (ISBN 1896881483). The book has been commissioned by Brian O'Neal Gallery, a great-grandson of Dr. Hingston, and he has been assisted by Bill Hingston. It is understood that AH had looked at the original Vine Tree documentation, but had dismissed it as containing errors, particularly about the Montreal Hingstons (i.e. Captain Samuel J's family. The book was "launched" at a fundraiser for Canadian Irish Studies Program of Concordia University.

13. SAMUEL JAMES HINGSTON ( 708 in Vine ) Posthumous child of 10. Samuel James Hingston and his second wife Eleanor (McGrath). Born at Hinchenbrooke, 28 June 1831, his father having died December, 1830. He married, 27 November 1856, REBECCA CECILIA TURNEY 2105, of Montreal. Mr. Hingston followed a drygoods or clothing business all his life, and has crossed the Atlantic 27 times to purchase stock, and was for many years senior partner in the firm of Hingston, Coy and Peake, Clothiers, Kansas City, Mo. Mrs Hingston died in 1899. Mr. Hingston and their son,

37. WILLIAM HINGSTON , born 1816 at Cunnamore, Aghadown, Co. Cork, the son of 33. Allen (or Freke) Hingston and Catherine (Sullivan). He married, in 1849, ELLEN WOLFE, daughter of William Wolfe and Margaret. It may have been her second marriage. Issue 6 children.

William Hingston and Ellen (Wolfe) had the following children:-

34. SAMUEL HINGSTON , born 8 Feb 1818 at Cunnamore, the son of 33. Allen (or Freke) Hingston and Catherine (Sullivan). ( Vine 438 ) He married in 1848 ANNIE SYMES, but she was not well and died after 12 years of marriage in about 1860; they appear not to have had any children. He married, secondly, on 14 Sep 1876 at the Church of Ireland, Aghadown, ELIZABETH JOSEPHINE WOLFE who had been born 6 Jun 1852 at Stouke, Schull, Co. Cork. He was then 58 and she was 24. Samuel died on 20 Dec 1888 at Lisheen, Aghadown when he was 71, leaving Elizabeth to bring up their five sons who were still young children. The oldest son John Freke was 10 years old, and the youngest son Freke Wolfe was 4 years old. Elizabeth collected rent on the land to support the family. She died 28 Nov 1926 at Cavell, Saskatchewan, Canada.

(Information about this family from David Cotcher <[email protected]>)

Samuel Hingston and Elizabeth (Wolfe) had issue:-

38. JOHN HINGSTON was born c. 1819, Co. Cork, Ireland, the son of 33. Allen (or Freke) Hingston and Catherine (Sullivan) , and married ELIZABETH McCOMB. According to Stan Hingston he was chief steward (librarian) at Trinity College, Dublin, and was also a musician who is listed in a book named "Irish Minstrels and Musicians" published in USA. ( Vine 439 )

John Hingston and Elizabeth (McComb) had issue:-

39. FREDERICK (aka Freke) HINGSTON was born 1822 at Cunnamore, the son of 33. Allen (or Freke) Hingston and Catherine (Sullivan). He married on 1852 ANN KENNEY, the daughter of Matthew Kenney. Issue 7 children.

Frederick Hingston and Ann (Kenney) had issue:-

40. ALLEN HINGSTON was born c. 1823 at Cunnamore, the son of 33. Allen (or Freke) Hingston and Catherine (Sullivan). He married firstly, on 8 Dec 1851 at Skibbereen, ELIZABETH DRISCOLL, who had been born about 1825. They had two children. Elizabeth must have died by 1869. Allen married secondly ANN KELLY who had been born at Ballydehob, Co. Cork. They had 5 children. Allen died 5 Sep 1888 at Cunnamore, and is buried at Kilcoe Cemetery, Co. Cork.

Allen Hingston and Ellizabeth (Driscoll) had the following issue:-

Allen Hingston and Ann (Kelly) had the following children:- 35. GEORGE SACKVILLE COTTER HINGSTON was born 1817 in Cork Ireland the son of 32. William Hales Hingston and Anne Cotter , and died 25 August 1858 in Queenstown Ireland. He entered Trinity College, Dublin on 17 Oct 1834. He married ISABELLA RUDKIN Abt. 1848, daughter of Henry Rudkin and Arabella Cotter. In 1856 he was appointed Vicar of Queenstown Ireland. Isabella had performed on the Irish Harp to audiences in Ireland and England and was known as "The Infant Lyra". The information for George and the descendants of his first three children is from Grant Bertrand <[email protected]>. The existence of the last two children is inferred from burial records in Queensland found by Heather Chapman <[email protected]>.

The children of George and Isabella were:

Generation No. 12.

14. SAMUEL HINGSTON ( 709 in Vine ) Eldest son of 11. Thomas Hingston and Matilda (Picard). Born at Athelstain, 27 March 1844. Married 22 September 1877, to CATHERINE CLARY, of the same place. They have four children - 15. THOMAS CAVINDISH HINGSTON ( 713 in Vine ). Fifth child of 11. Thomas Hingston and Matilda (Picard). Born at Athelstan, 12 April 1852.

(Note that the details here, although referring to the same people as in Vine, differ in various ways. I am grateful to Ken Hamilton <[email protected]> for sending me the details of this family which he has spent some time disentangling. In particular, the order of Thomas' wives is reversed.)

Married, 9 April 1877, to Miss HELEN MUNRO 2172. She was born in 1854 and died in 12 Oct 1886 (from her tombstone), and left him five children -

Mr Hingston married secondly Miss MARGARET SINCLAIR MUNRO in 1887 (date not confirmed). She had been born 7 Mar 1868 and died in 1901. It is not known whether there was any relationship between Helen and Margaret. They had seven children, the last 4 of whom are not mentioned in Vine - Mr. Hingston and one of his sons are engaged in the hardware and house furnishing business at Ormestown, Canada, and seem to be prospering (as quoted in Vine). Thomas died in 1939.

16. JAMES ALBERT HINGSTON ( 719 in Vine ). Youngest child of 11. Thomas Hingston and Matilda (Picard). Born 5 October 1863 (Vine) or 1865 (SC). Most of the information for James and his descendants comes from Sara Clarkson (SC) <[email protected]> who would welcome contact from other relatives. James was sometimes referred to as Albert James Hingston. Family legend says he was born in a town with a name that sounded like "Atherson". (I understand that Atherston is near or an alternative name for Hintingdon) James was married on 27 July 1892 in Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Schroon Lake, New York, USA to ELLEN ELIZABETH LANDERS. Ellen was the daughter of Edward Landers and Mary Sullivan. Ellen was born August 7, 1873 in Chittenden, Vermont, USA and her mother died soon after Ellen's birth. Ellen also died young, on 7 June 1902 in Ticonderoga, New York, USA. She is buried in Crown Point, New York but, as yet, no one has found her grave/ grave marker. After Ellen's death, James married LUCY NERON. The records of St. Mary's Church, Ticonderoga, NY show that James Hingston married Lucy Lamark on November 16, 1902. Lucy also had a previous marriage, and it is unknown whether Lamark was her maiden name or the name of her first husband. Lucy had a son by her first husband, but we do not think she had any children with James Hingston. James Hingston died July 5, 1922 in Ticonderoga, Essex County, New York, USA. He had been a paper mill worker at the International Paper Co., Ticonderoga, NY

James Hingston and Ellen Landers had four children:

17. JAMES WILLIAM HINGSTON ( 725 in Vine ). Only child of 13. Samuel James Hingston and Rebecca (Turney). Born at Montreal, 26 December 1859. Married, 19 November 1884, ADA SCHUSTER, only daughter of A.H. Schuster and Lucret Price, of St. Joseph, Missouri. Mr. Hingston was at one time a partner in the firm of Schuster, Hingston & Co., of St. Joseph, Mo. and head of the firm of Hingston and Co., Little Rock, Arkansas. He is now engaged in the music business in Kansas City, Mo. Mr. Hingston is much sought after, he having a very fine tenor voice, and has composed a large number of pieces of music.

41. ALLEN HINGSTON was baptised 18 Feb 1852 at Ballycummisk. He married in 1880 HESTER ROYCROFT, who had been born in 1856. Allen died 20 APR 1920 Co. Cork. 6 children recorded.

The children of Allen Hingston and Hester (Roycroft) are:-

42. FREDERICK (aka Freke) W HINGSTON was born 1859 at Stouke, Schull. He married, in about 1883 ANNA SMYTHE at Peabody, Essex County, MA, USA. She had been born Jun 1860 in England. Frederick died 2 Jan 1899 at Peabody.

They had five children

43. WILLIAM HINGSTON was born 25 Dec 1860 at Cunnamore. He married in Peabody, MA, on 15 Jan 1885 MARGARET QUINLAN who had been born in Ireland in Aug 1862. He died 28 FEB 1916 at Bridgewater, MA; she died 1 Mar 1906 in Charlestown, MA.

William Hingston and Margaret (Quinlan) had ten children:-

36. JOHN HINGSTON the son of 35. George Sackville Cotter Hingston and Isabella Rudkin. He married ANN.

Children of JOHN HINGSTON and ANN are:

Places

Jack Crowley <[email protected]> and Brian Phelan <[email protected]> have identified some of the locations for me.

Cloyne is a small village a few miles inland on the east side of Cork harbour. It was important a long time ago as the seat of the bishop of the diocese of the same name. The Established Church merged it a long time ago into the Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross. The great thinker, Dr. Berkeley, was Bishop of Cloyne around 1740. The RC Diocese is now centred at Cobh (formerly Queenstown).
Inchicore is a working class suburb of Dublin long associated with railway yards and works. It was the operational HQ of the Great Southern and Western Railway.

Whitehall and Cunamore are both townlands in the civil parish of Aghadown, Barony of Carbery West, on the shores of Roaringwater Bay about 6 miles SW of Skibereen, according to Brian Phelan <[email protected]>. This matches up with what Stan Hingston <[email protected]> believes, where Whitehall is near the location of the original farm home at Cunamore of his great-grandfather Samuel Hingston.

Aglish is a townland in the civil parish of Aglish, Barony of Muskerry East, on the S bank of the R Lee about 8 miles E of Macroom.

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Updated by Chris Burgoyne 30th December 2007