1693 Alexander Hinson [Henson] was present at the marking of land for a deed dated 3 May. Richard Wood, of Richmond County, and Mary Wood, for a valuable consideration, sold to Thomas Reyly … a parcell of land binding on the side of the br whereon the said Thomas Reyly now liveth pt/o 200 acres bought of Colonel William Loyd and adjacent to George Henson & Thomas Loyd … being marked out & delivered in the presence of George Henson & Alexander Henson. Witness: Charles Spee, Martha Stockford . Ackn 3 May 1693. [1][Richmond County Virginia Deed 1-67]
1704 Mary Wood Hinson's daughter Ann Hinson was visiting Ann's grandmother Mary Wood-Williams-Webb in Stafford County, Virginia when they were attacked by Indians. Mary Hinson's mother, Mary (widow Webb), and step-sister Catherine Williams Rowley were killed. Daughter Ann Hinson escaped and Mary Wood Hinson went from Pennsylvania to Virginia to get her. [2]
1706 Mary Wood Hinson's brother, William Wood, died and bequeathed 100 acres to his niece Anne Hinson.
1726 Mary Rowley (sister-in-law to Catherine Rowley, who was killed by indians in 1704), aged 53, deposed that Ann Hinson, daughter of Mary Hinson and now the wife to Hopkins was the same girl that was saved by the indians when they committed the murder at John Rowley's plantation. The deponent (Mary Rowley) was also present when Ann's uncle Wm. Wood made his will and left 100 acres bending on the land of John Grigsby, land then in Stafford but now in King George County. [see notes of daughter Ann]. Dated October 26, 1726.
1727-28 The will of Alexander Hinson, of the parish of Sittonbourne in King George County, Virginia, was dated October 2, 1727, with probate date on June 7, 1728. [3] In the Name of God Amen. I Alexander Hinson of the Parish of Sittenbourne in the County of King George being sick of body but in perfect sense, memory and judgment doe make my last Will and Testament as followeth. I give and bequeath unto [my] beloved wife my dwelling plantation and land thereunto belonging during her natural life and after her decease to my son Christopher Hinson and his heirs forever.
Item: I give and bequeath to my son John Hinson one black mare and all her future increase.
Item: I give and bequeath unto my son Wm Hinson one mare colt and her increase.
Item: I give and bequeath unto my daughter Ann Hinson one heifer.
Item: I give and bequeath unto my loving wife all and singular my moveable estate and after her decease to be equally divided. Witnessed by John Paine and Wm Grant.
[4][There is a question arising from the fact that Mary Rowley deposed that Ann Hinson was already married to Hopkins in 1726 while the will of Alexander Hinson did not indicate that his daughter Ann was married to Hopkins. It is unclear whether Ann Hinson, the daughter of Alexander Hinson, was the same person as the daughter of Mary Hinson]
1728 Alexander Hinson died. [5]
1728 John Hinson, son and heir of Alexander Hinson, deceased, was ordered to appear at the next court to show cause why the last will and Testament of Alexander Hinson, deceased, may not be admitted to probate. Dated March 1, 1727/8. [6]
Christopher and John Hinson both inherited land from their father Alexander.
1728 The last will and Testament of Alexander Hinson, deceased, was presented in court and ordered to be recorded. Dated June 7. [7]
1739 Alexander Hinson, perhaps this one, sold land to Christopher Hynson of Westmoreland County. Dated November 2. [8]
Research Notes:
See also [9] and Lyon G Tyler, Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine Richmond, Virginia: Oct 1993, p. 118-19, which gathers facts about this family.
Christopher and John Hinson were named as heirs of Alexander Hinson. "The parents of our ancestor, William Hinson (17??-c1799) can not be proved, although he was certainly the grandson of Alexander Hinson. The loss of King George Co. will book no 1 has deprived us from examining Alexander's will, and consequently, the names and numbers of his children are unknown. Two sons have been positively identified, Christopher and John, both of whom inherited land from their father. Very little else about them has been found." [10]
[1] Mary Marshall Brewer, Abstracts of Land Records of Richmond County, Virginia 1692-1704 (Colonial Roots, 2001), [GoogleBooks].
[2] Mrs P. W. Hiden, "Adam Banks of Stafford County," Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, 15 (1933), 116-125, at 118-19.
[3] King George County, Virginia, Will A1-67.
[4] Christine South Gee, Genealogical Notes on the South Family (1963), 80, [GoogleBooks].
[5] William Ashley Hinson, Hinson and Related Families (Winston-Salem, NC: 1986), 148.
[6] Virginia Court Order, Book 1-394, 1728.
[7] Virginia Court Order, Book l-407.
[8] Christine South Gee, Genealogical Notes on the South Family (1963), 80, [GoogleBooks].
[9] William Ashley Hinson, Hinson and Related Families (Winston-Salem, NC: 1986), 148.
[10] Margaret Kimbrough Mulkey, Kimbrough, Dumas and Related Southern Families (Naples, Florida: self-published, 1977), 166-167.