Complied June 12, 2025 - Person Sheet
Complied June 12, 2025 - Person Sheet
NameAnne Hinde Hynes wife #2 
1885
1885Birth1616, England
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Death1665, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Age: 49
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Spouses
Birth1612, Aghadown, Cork, Ireland
Residence1634, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts1884 Age: 22
Death7 Sep 1695, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Age: 83
FatherSir (Thomas) Henry Hoskins (1591-1634)
MotherAnne Winthorpe (~1612-1638)
Marriage21 Dec 1638, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts1886
ChildrenWilliam (1647-1730)
Notes for Anne Hinde Hynes wife #2
On 2 Mar. 1641, Ann Hinde wife of William Hoskins, aged 25, made a deposition (ordered recorded 7 June 1665). She stated that in England she lived in Mr. Darby’s house at the same time with John Chipman, who came over to serve Mr. Richard Darby, and that she afterwards came over to serve Richard Darby. The Derby family lived in Sterthill in the parish of Burton-Bradstock, co. Dorset, which points to the place of origin of Ann Hinde.
The Granberry Family and Allied Families, Including The Ancestry of Helen (Woodward) Granberry, based on data collected by and for Edgar Francis Waterman, and compiled by Donald Lines Jacobus, published 1945
Unfortunately, there is no baptism record found for Anne 1610-1620 in Dorset county, England who is a likely match to our Anne Hyn(e)(s)/Hinde(s). Searched both “England Births and Christenings 1538-1975,” and “England Dorset Parish Records 1538-1936,” at familysearch.org.
With her youngest child born 1659 it seems unlikely that she was born much earlier than 1619, although the deposition of 1641 gives her age as 25 years and born 1616. Age 25 may have been her best guess, for this was surely a woman who could neither read or write, and may not have known her own birthyear.
We only know that her point of origin (last known location) before she boarded a ship and sailed for Plymouth was in the employ (or indenture) of the Derby family who lived at Sterthill in Burton-Bradstock, Dorset, England.
It is likely that wherever Anne Hynes was born, it was probably not too far (within 5? 10? 15? Miles) of Sterthill.
In researching Richard Derby of Plymouth, there is no mention that he held the indenture papers for Ann Hynds.
http://www.histarch.illinois.edu/plymouth/DERBYR.htm
So we don’t know who, within the Derby family, paid for Anne’s passage to Plymouth (and thus would have held her indenture). I would assume that when William Hoskins married Anne he would have had her indenture transferred to him (or paid her debt), but no mention is made of this so perhaps it was never recorded in Plymouth town records?
Some interesting information:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~barbpretz/ps03/ps03_424.htm
“Savage refers to John Derby, of Plymouth, Massachuseetts in 1637, son of Christopher, from the west part of Dorsetshire, England. He removed to Yarmouth before 1643, when John Derbe, Yarmouth, appears among those able to bear arms, and was dead in February, 1652. The inventory of his estate is dated February 22, 1656. He had a son, born the last day of Februrary, 1648, whose name is lost from the record, and a son, Matthew, born February 8, 1650.”644
Later, John [Chipman] accused his uncle, Christopher Derby, of defrauding his father. In March, 1641, Ann Hinde, the wife of William Hoskins, testified that she had lived in the house of Mr. Christopher Derby at the same time as John Chipman and had been sent to New England to serve Richard Derby, Christopher’s son. When she came to New England, she was charged with reporting to Christopher Derby whether his ‘cozen Chipman’ . . . ‘were a good boy,’ and if so, ‘hee would send him over the money that was due him when hee saw good . . . ‘
The declaration referred to above, made in February of 1650/51, alleges that ‘Tenements with a Mill & other Edifice thereunto . . . in Whitechurch of Marshwood vale near Burfort . . . in Dorsetshire . . . worth 40 or 50 pounds p’Annum had been inadvisably sold by his father many years before to a kinsman, Christopher Derby, in exchange for care and maintenance for life. It claimed, on the word of Christopher Derby’s son, John Derby, who died in Yarmouth [Plymouth Colony], that Christopher Derby had not lived up to the terms of the sale but had, instead, provided Thomas Chipman and his family with ‘only a poor Cottage and Garden Spott.’
That’s interesting. John Chipman was not only a servant of the Derby’s he was their relations, specifically nephew of Christopher Derby and 1st cousin of John Derby of Plymouth.
Regarding John Derby…. He was born “probably Burton-Bradstock, Dorset… he was at Plymouth, New England 1637….. son of Christopher Darby, gent of Sterhild, Burton-Bradstock, Dorset (2 miles south of Bridport) and Anne (Agnes) Symonds, dau of William Symonds of Exeter and Alice Moone, dau. Of Robert Moone….. John Derby came on the ‘Speedwell’ in 1637 with his wife, brother and two servants. …
“On 2 March 1641, Anne Hinde Hoskins made a deposition to Edward Winslow in a case between John Derby and John Chipman - Anne was living in the house of Christopher with John Chipman. John Chipman left for New England to serve Richard Derby. Cristopher sent a message with her to his cousin Chipman, ‘if he were a good boy he would send him over the money that was due him when he saw good’. John Derby affirmed that this money had already been paid to Chipman’s mother, but Anne knew that the mother had been dead a quarter of a year before the time of Christopher’s message.”
It’s interesting reading, but it doesn’t get me any closer to identifying Anne’s parents and where she was born, but I still would think quite likely very near to Sterthill in Burton-Bradstock, or perhaps one of the parishes bordering.
It is possible that Anne Hynes and her family were in service to the Derby family for more than one generation, OR that the Derby family found their servants in the locations where they themselves lived.
The father of Christopher Derby and grandfather of John Derby was Nicholas Derby, born about 1545 in Askerwell, Dorset, England, and died 30 October 1955 in Brianspuddle, Dorset.
Re the findagrave listing #11266731 for Anne Hinds Hoskins.
The listing states she died in 1665. Wrong. The information we have is that she died “after 1665,” which is a very different thing.
The listing states she died in Plymouth. That is the likliest location. However, if she outlived her husband William Hoskins, who died in 1695, then she would likely be found in the home of one of her children when she died. Many of them lived at Taunton and other locations. So... the truth is, we don't really know when she died, or where, and naming a specific date and place is just plain dishonest.
We don’t know that she was buried in Burial Hill, Plymouth. If this was the ONLY cemetery in Plymouth prior to [say 1700] then this conclusion would be logical IF we knew she had in fact died in Plymouth. However, it is apparent that no headstone or gravemarker has survived (no photo posted) and no burial record is cited or sourced. It's a possible burial location, but I'm sure there are several other possible burial locations. Stating that she IS buried at Burial Hill is, in fact, an unprovable claim, and to my way of thinking is dishonest.
We don’t know where she was born, so the claim she was born “in Stethill, Devonshire, England” is a clear misreading of Sterthill, Burton-Bradstock, Dorset County, England, the only known location we have for Anne. She was living at Sterthill in the employ or service to Christopher Derby before she arrived in Plymouth where she was the servant of Christopher's son John Derby before Anne married William Hoskins in December 1638. It is possible she was born on or near the Sterthill estate, or in or near Burton-Bradstock parish, but no record has survived and none is found at familysearch.org.
To state that she was born at Sterthill is dishonest; to top it off to not even get the county correct is really sloppy. The problem? If you post to findagrave that she was born in Devonshire, then people will start looking for her baptism record in Devonshire. That's not even where she was. She herself stated in her 1641 deposition that she was in the house of Sterthill in Burton-Bradstock.
I don't intend to be nasty, but as far as I'm concerned it's time to start calling out people on stuff like this. I'm tired of seeing my ancestors disrespected in this manner - just making stuff up doesn't fly, and it's a practice that needs to end.
I’m not opposed to commemorative listings – as long as they are clearly stated to be such at findagrave - I’ve created a couple of them myself, but I am very much opposed to DIS-information listings which include erroneous information. It’s completely irresponsible of people to do so.
The Granberry Family and Allied Families, Including The Ancestry of Helen (Woodward) Granberry, based on data collected by and for Edgar Francis Waterman, and compiled by Donald Lines Jacobus, published 1945
Unfortunately, there is no baptism record found for Anne 1610-1620 in Dorset county, England who is a likely match to our Anne Hyn(e)(s)/Hinde(s). Searched both “England Births and Christenings 1538-1975,” and “England Dorset Parish Records 1538-1936,” at familysearch.org.
With her youngest child born 1659 it seems unlikely that she was born much earlier than 1619, although the deposition of 1641 gives her age as 25 years and born 1616. Age 25 may have been her best guess, for this was surely a woman who could neither read or write, and may not have known her own birthyear.
We only know that her point of origin (last known location) before she boarded a ship and sailed for Plymouth was in the employ (or indenture) of the Derby family who lived at Sterthill in Burton-Bradstock, Dorset, England.
It is likely that wherever Anne Hynes was born, it was probably not too far (within 5? 10? 15? Miles) of Sterthill.
In researching Richard Derby of Plymouth, there is no mention that he held the indenture papers for Ann Hynds.
http://www.histarch.illinois.edu/plymouth/DERBYR.htm
So we don’t know who, within the Derby family, paid for Anne’s passage to Plymouth (and thus would have held her indenture). I would assume that when William Hoskins married Anne he would have had her indenture transferred to him (or paid her debt), but no mention is made of this so perhaps it was never recorded in Plymouth town records?
Some interesting information:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~barbpretz/ps03/ps03_424.htm
“Savage refers to John Derby, of Plymouth, Massachuseetts in 1637, son of Christopher, from the west part of Dorsetshire, England. He removed to Yarmouth before 1643, when John Derbe, Yarmouth, appears among those able to bear arms, and was dead in February, 1652. The inventory of his estate is dated February 22, 1656. He had a son, born the last day of Februrary, 1648, whose name is lost from the record, and a son, Matthew, born February 8, 1650.”644
Later, John [Chipman] accused his uncle, Christopher Derby, of defrauding his father. In March, 1641, Ann Hinde, the wife of William Hoskins, testified that she had lived in the house of Mr. Christopher Derby at the same time as John Chipman and had been sent to New England to serve Richard Derby, Christopher’s son. When she came to New England, she was charged with reporting to Christopher Derby whether his ‘cozen Chipman’ . . . ‘were a good boy,’ and if so, ‘hee would send him over the money that was due him when hee saw good . . . ‘
The declaration referred to above, made in February of 1650/51, alleges that ‘Tenements with a Mill & other Edifice thereunto . . . in Whitechurch of Marshwood vale near Burfort . . . in Dorsetshire . . . worth 40 or 50 pounds p’Annum had been inadvisably sold by his father many years before to a kinsman, Christopher Derby, in exchange for care and maintenance for life. It claimed, on the word of Christopher Derby’s son, John Derby, who died in Yarmouth [Plymouth Colony], that Christopher Derby had not lived up to the terms of the sale but had, instead, provided Thomas Chipman and his family with ‘only a poor Cottage and Garden Spott.’
That’s interesting. John Chipman was not only a servant of the Derby’s he was their relations, specifically nephew of Christopher Derby and 1st cousin of John Derby of Plymouth.
Regarding John Derby…. He was born “probably Burton-Bradstock, Dorset… he was at Plymouth, New England 1637….. son of Christopher Darby, gent of Sterhild, Burton-Bradstock, Dorset (2 miles south of Bridport) and Anne (Agnes) Symonds, dau of William Symonds of Exeter and Alice Moone, dau. Of Robert Moone….. John Derby came on the ‘Speedwell’ in 1637 with his wife, brother and two servants. …
“On 2 March 1641, Anne Hinde Hoskins made a deposition to Edward Winslow in a case between John Derby and John Chipman - Anne was living in the house of Christopher with John Chipman. John Chipman left for New England to serve Richard Derby. Cristopher sent a message with her to his cousin Chipman, ‘if he were a good boy he would send him over the money that was due him when he saw good’. John Derby affirmed that this money had already been paid to Chipman’s mother, but Anne knew that the mother had been dead a quarter of a year before the time of Christopher’s message.”
It’s interesting reading, but it doesn’t get me any closer to identifying Anne’s parents and where she was born, but I still would think quite likely very near to Sterthill in Burton-Bradstock, or perhaps one of the parishes bordering.
It is possible that Anne Hynes and her family were in service to the Derby family for more than one generation, OR that the Derby family found their servants in the locations where they themselves lived.
The father of Christopher Derby and grandfather of John Derby was Nicholas Derby, born about 1545 in Askerwell, Dorset, England, and died 30 October 1955 in Brianspuddle, Dorset.
Re the findagrave listing #11266731 for Anne Hinds Hoskins.
The listing states she died in 1665. Wrong. The information we have is that she died “after 1665,” which is a very different thing.
The listing states she died in Plymouth. That is the likliest location. However, if she outlived her husband William Hoskins, who died in 1695, then she would likely be found in the home of one of her children when she died. Many of them lived at Taunton and other locations. So... the truth is, we don't really know when she died, or where, and naming a specific date and place is just plain dishonest.
We don’t know that she was buried in Burial Hill, Plymouth. If this was the ONLY cemetery in Plymouth prior to [say 1700] then this conclusion would be logical IF we knew she had in fact died in Plymouth. However, it is apparent that no headstone or gravemarker has survived (no photo posted) and no burial record is cited or sourced. It's a possible burial location, but I'm sure there are several other possible burial locations. Stating that she IS buried at Burial Hill is, in fact, an unprovable claim, and to my way of thinking is dishonest.
We don’t know where she was born, so the claim she was born “in Stethill, Devonshire, England” is a clear misreading of Sterthill, Burton-Bradstock, Dorset County, England, the only known location we have for Anne. She was living at Sterthill in the employ or service to Christopher Derby before she arrived in Plymouth where she was the servant of Christopher's son John Derby before Anne married William Hoskins in December 1638. It is possible she was born on or near the Sterthill estate, or in or near Burton-Bradstock parish, but no record has survived and none is found at familysearch.org.
To state that she was born at Sterthill is dishonest; to top it off to not even get the county correct is really sloppy. The problem? If you post to findagrave that she was born in Devonshire, then people will start looking for her baptism record in Devonshire. That's not even where she was. She herself stated in her 1641 deposition that she was in the house of Sterthill in Burton-Bradstock.
I don't intend to be nasty, but as far as I'm concerned it's time to start calling out people on stuff like this. I'm tired of seeing my ancestors disrespected in this manner - just making stuff up doesn't fly, and it's a practice that needs to end.
I’m not opposed to commemorative listings – as long as they are clearly stated to be such at findagrave - I’ve created a couple of them myself, but I am very much opposed to DIS-information listings which include erroneous information. It’s completely irresponsible of people to do so.