Hinckley (mtDNA)

Status summary

Completed as of March 20, 2022:

• Recruiting matrilineal (direct female-line) descendants of Elizabeth HINCKLEY Sturgis for mtDNA testing - anyone interested in submitting their DNA for testing should contact MayflowerDNA1620@gmail.com

Biography

First Generation

Elizabeth Hinckley was baptized Harrietsham, Kent, England 20 Sep 1617, daughter of Thomas and Ann ___ Hinckley. She died Yarmouth about 14 Feb 1691. Elizabeth married Watertown about 1638 Edward Sturgis and they had (among other children) Sarah and Hannah.

Second Generation

Sarah Sturgis was born about 1656 and died Yarmouth bef 3 Feb 1738/9. She married probably Yarmouth bef 1678 Joseph Gorham and they had eight children (Yarmouth): Sarah (1678/9), Joseph (1681), Samuel (1682), John (1683/4 d.y.), Desire (1685), Isaac (1687-1714 s.p.), Hezekiah (1689-1714 s.p.) and Josiah (1692).

Hannah Sturgis was born about 1654 and died Harwich 17 Oct 1736. She married twice, first about 1670 John Gray and second about 1676 Jabez Gorham. By her first husband she had one child: John. By her second husband she had eleven more children: Hannah (1677-1682), Elizabeth (c1680), Samuel (1682-1753), Jabez (1683/4), Shubael (1686-1734 s.p.), Isaac (1689), John (1690-1717), Joseph (1692), Hannah (1693/4 d.y.), Benjamin (1695) and Thomas (1701 d.y.)

Third Generation

Sarah Gorham was born Yarmouth 16 Jan 1678 and died there 9 Sep 1705.. She married Yarmouth 20 Apr 1699 (as his first wife) Ebenezer Howes and they had five children (Yarmouth): Thomas (twin, 1699/1700), Sarah (twin, 1699/1700), Elizabeth (bp 1701), infant son (1704-1704) and Ebenezer (1705).

Desire Gorham was born Yarmouth Apr 1685 and died there 23 Jun 1746. She married Yarmouth 11 Jun 1706 John Baxter and they had twelve children (Yarmouth): Elizabeth (1706/7), Sarah (1708), Jane "Jeney" (1710), Temperance (1712), John (1714), Joseph (1715/6), Isaac (1717/8), Hezekiah (1720), Desire (1722-1722), Samuel (1722/3 n.f.r.), Thomas (1724/5 n.f.r.) and Shubael (1726).

Elizabeth Gorham was born Bristol (now in RI) abt 1680 and died Yarmouth 11 Apr 1746. She married twice, first probably Bristol abt 1700 William Downs and second, Yarmouth about 1710 Thomas Baxter. By her first husband Elizabeth had three children (Bristol): Edward (1701), William (1703) and Samuel (1705). By her second husband she had three more children (Yarmouth): Thankful (1711/2), Richard (1713) and Hannah (1720 d.y.)

DNA results TBD

To date, we know of no matrilineal (all female line) descendants of Elizabeth HINCKLEY Sturgis, who has taken a mtDNA test (and publicly posted their results). Anyone who believes they are a matrilineal descendant (ie mother's mother's mother's etc.) is encouraged to contact MayflowerDNA1620@gmail.com.

External resources and references

• White, Elizabeth Pearson, John Howland of the Mayflower, volume 2 (son John Howland), Picton Press, Camden, ME. 1993