First Settlers of Hingham
Communicated by Andrew H. Ward, Esq.,
Extracted from
New England Historical & Genealogical Register
Vol 2, p 250 to 252
July 1848

[Transcribed by Jane Devlin]




[Note:-- Hingham Massachusetts was part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and Suffolk County from its settlement until 1803. It was never in the Colony of New Plymouth and did not become a part of Plymouth County until 1803. - courtesy of Betty Miessner]

Names of the first proprietors in Hingham, who drew thier house-lots on 18 Sep 1635, from the Cove on the north side of the road to Fort hill, viz:--
    1. James CADE
    2. Abraham MARTIN
    3. William NOTTER
    4. John OTIS
    5. Thomas LORING
    6. John STRONG
    7. David PHINNEY
    8. Thomas ANDREWS
    9. Joseph ANDREWS
    10. William WALTON
    11. Richard BETSTOME
    12. Thomas WAKLEY
    13. William ARNALL
    14. Nicholas JACOB
    15. Edmund HOBART
    16. John SMART
    17. Edmund HOBART, Sen.
    18. Joshua HOBART
    19. Mr. Peter HOBART
    20. Richard OSBORNE
    21. George LANE
    22. George MARSH
    23. George LUDKIN
    24. Nicholas BAKER
    25. Nath'l BAKER
    26. Andrew LANE
    27. George BACHOR
    28. Thomas COLLIER
    29. Francis SMITH


Many of the above named persons owned other pieces of land in the year 1635; and some others not mentioned above, viz:--
  • Thomas CHUBBUCK
  • John PALMER
  • Richard IBROOK
  • William COTHERUM
  • William COTHCRILL
  • Wid'w MARTAYNE
  • John FEARING
  • Nath'l PECK
  • John TULKER (TUCKER?)
  • Clement BATE
  • Thomas HILL


Names of persons to whom lands were granted by the town between the years 1635 & 1640, including those before named, viz:--
  • 1636, Nicholas LOBDIN
  • 1636, Josiah COOPER
  • 1636, Henry GIBBS
  • 1636, Richard SANGER
  • 1637, Thomas LINCORNE, cooper
  • 1637, Thomas NICKOLS
  • 1638, John STEVENS
  • 1638, Stephen LINCORNE
  • 1638, Jeremy MORSE
  • 1638, Samuel PACKER
  • 1638, Stephen GATES
  • 1636, William BUCKLAND
  • 1636, William HERSYE
  • 1638, Thomas LINCORNE, husbandman
  • 1636, John WINCHESTER
  • 1636, Benjamin BOSWORTH
  • 1637, John CUTTER
  • 1636, William WALKER
  • 1636, Adam MOTT
  • 1636, Thomas HUBBARD
  • 1638, John BEALS
  • 1636, Jonas AUSTIN
  • 1636, Ralph WOODWARD
  • 1636, Jarnce GOULD
  • 1636, Thomas LINCORNE, weaver
  • 1636, Daniel FOXE
  • 1636, Thomas JOHNSON
  • 1636, Clement BATES
  • 1636, George RUSSELL
  • 1636, John FARROW
  • 1636, Thomas LINCORN, miller
  • 1636, William LAYRE
  • 1637, Aaron LUDKIN
  • 1637, Thomas PAYNFER
  • 1637, John LORD
  • 1639, John PRINCE
  • 1638, Robert PECK
  • 1638, Mr. Joseph PECK
  • 1637, Jonathan BOSWORTH
  • 1638, John STODDER
  • 1637, Henry TUTTILL
  • 1637, Thomas CHAFFE
  • 1637, William LUDKIN
  • 1637, John TOWER
  • 1636, William SPRAGUE
  • 1637, Thomas SHAW
  • 1637, Joseph PHIPPENY
  • 1637, Thomas HILL
  • 1637, Thomas BARNS
  • 1637, Ralph SMITH
  • 1638, Henry CHAMBERLIN
  • 1638, Mathew CUSHING
  • 1638, Thomas COOPER
  • 1638, Henry CHAMBERLIN, shoemaker
  • 1638, John SUTTON, Sen.
  • 1639, Anthony HILLIARD
  • 1637, Thomas DIMOCK
  • 1637, Thomas CLAP
  • 1638, Thomas LAWRENCE
  • 1638, Mr. Henry SMITH
  • 1638, Mathew HAWKE
  • 1638, Francis JAMES
  • 1636, Phillip JAMES
  • 1638, James BUCKE
  • 1638, John FOULSHAM
  • 1638, William RIPLEY
  • 1638, Thomas THAXTER
  • 1638, John THAXTER
  • 1638, Stephen PAYNE
  • 1638, John BENSON
  • 1638, Widow WILDER
  • 1637, Joseph UNDERWOOD
  • 1637, Vincen DRUEE
  • 1638, Bezowne ALLEN
  • 1637, Samuel WARD
  • 1637, Thomas UNDERWOOD
  • 1637, Nicolas HODSDIN
  • 1638, Thomas JOANES
  • 1637, Robert JOANES
  • 1637, Thomas HAMMOND
  • 1639, Edmund PITTS


Names of other persons not before mentioned who had lands granted between the years of 1640 & 1692, viz:--
  • 1669, Purthy McFARLIN
  • 1647, Edward BURTON
  • 1647, Widow COLLIER
  • 1663, Moses COLLIER
  • 1680, Samuel STOWELL
  • 1647, Abraham JOALIN
  • 1656, John GARNET
  • 1647, Thomas HUIT
  • 1680, Nathan FARROW
  • 1682, James BATE
  • 1647, Nath'l BEALS
  • 1657, James WHITON
  • 1646, Stephen PAYNE
  • 1684, Peter BARNS
  • 1645, Mark EAMES
  • 1665, Daniel CUSHING
  • 1664, Mathew CUSHING
  • 1639, Anthony HILLIARD
  • 1655, John SMITH
  • 1655, John RIPLEY
  • 1690, Ephraim WILDER
  • 1647, John LAZELL


The above was copied from a copy of the Rev. Peter HOBART's Journal from which the following is also extracted.

"Mr. Peter HOBART was born in England at or near Hingham in the County of Norfolk the latter end of the year 1604.

He was educated at the University of Cambridge, was employed at different places as a preacher of the Gospel; the last place of his residence in England was the town of Haverhill; his parents and brothers & sisters had, to his great affliction, embarked for New England.

Some time after this, owing to the persecutions in England, he also resolved to remove to New England.

Accordingly in the summer of 1635, he embarked with his wife and four children, and after a tedious voyage and constant sickness, he arrived at Charlestown, on the 8th of June, where he found his relations, who had safely arrived before him.

Several towns now adressed him to become their minister -- but he chose with his fathers family, and some other christians, to form a new plantation, which they called Hingham, and there gathered a church.

He continued a faithful Minister for about 13 years

Soon after his arrival in New England, his wife died -- he married again and had a number of children.

About eight weeks before his death, he assisted in the ordination of the Rev'd Mr. NORTON, his successor."

This account of Rev. Mr. HOBART was probably entered in the journal by his son, David HOBART, who continued it for many years, and after him, others, in like manner, in which the Rev. Mr. HOBART kept it. It consists of a record of baptisms, marriages & deaths, beginning in 1637, and brought down to 1847.

The following appears to have been the first entry made by Mr. HOBART in his journal:

"Jun 8, 1635 -- I, with my wife and four children came safely to New England June 8, 1635 -- forever praised be the God of Heaven, my God and my King."

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