WIVES

1st Mary Welles or Wells

2nd Rose  b. Abt. 1616

          d. 1687 Barnstable, Barnstable, MA

CHILDREN with Mary Welles

1. Lydia Huckins
    b. 04 Jul 1644 
    d. Infancy

2. Mary Huckins
    b. 29 Mar 1646
    m. 6 Dec 1666 Samuel Storrs
    d. 24 Sep 1683

3. Elizabeth Huckins
    b. 27 Feb 1647
    d. 8 Dec 1648

CHILDREN with  Rose

1. John Huckins
    b. 02 Aug 1649
    m. 10 Aug 1670 Hope Chipman
    d. 20 Nov 1678

2. Thomas Huckins
    b. 25 April 1651
    m. 1 May 1680 Hannah Chipman

3. Hannah Huckins
    b. 14 Oct 1653

4. Joseph Huckins
    b. 21 Feb 1656
    d. 9 Nov 1679 at sea

Thomas Huckins
by Susan Brooke
Mar 2023

The death record for Thomas Huckins says that he died in 1679 at the age of 62 which makes him born about 1617. (1)  He came to the colonies when he was about 18 years old.  He married Mary Welles in Barnstable in 1642. They had three daughters but only one, Mary Huckins,  lived to adulthood. Mary Welles, his wife, died on 28 Jul 1648.  He married Rose, the widow of Hugh Hillier, on 3 Nov 1648 and his third daughter, Elizabeth died on 8 Dec 1648.  (1)  He had four more children with Rose who had two children from her previous marriage.   In 1653 he was licensed to sell wines and strong waters.  (2)  He and his son Joseph died at sea on 29 Nov 1679. (1)


Both Chase (Chuck) Jackson Brooke and Susan White Brooke are related to Thomas Huckins which makes Chuck and Susan tenth cousins once removed. Chuck is descended through the first wife, Mary Welles. Susan is descended from the second wife, Rose. And Chuck is descended again through Deborah Hillier, daughter of Rose from her first marriage.

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Marriages and children of Thomas Huckins

Thomas Huckens to Rose Hyllier
03 Nov 1648
Barnstable, Plymouth, MA

The Births of ye Children of Thomas Huckens with his Marriage Thomas Huckens Married with Mary Wells 1642 his Daughter Lydia born about ye 4 of July 1644 & buried ye 28 of ye Same Month July his Daughter Mary born ye 29 of March 1646                    Elizabeth born 27 of Feb 1747 &                               buried ye 8 of December 1648 Mary his Wife buried ye 28 July 1648 & Tho's Huckens & Rose Hyllier wid Married 3 Nov 1648 his son John born about ye 2 of August 1649 his Son Tho's                 ye 25 of April 1651 his Daughter Hannah           14 of Octo'r  1653 Mr Thomas Hucens was Cast away ye 9 of November 1679 & Died in ye 62 year of his age his Son Joseph Lost with him at ye Same time aged 24 years 1679

Barnstable Town Records

 "Genealogical notes of Barnstable families," 1888, by Amos Otis page 58
Thomas Huckins came over before 21 years of age and resided in the vicinity of Boston; member of the Ancient and honorable Artillery company and bore its standard, 1639. - He was a member of Mr. Lothrop's church and he was one of the tolerant element of that church. "The criminal calendar records only one charge affecting his moral character. He is charged with having abused a poor servant. No details are given, and no opinion can be formed of the heinousness of the offence. Mr. Huckins was only required to pay the expenses, as he was obliged to do as the boy's master; no fine nor punishment being imposed on him." He was a large landowner; and captain of the packet. He and his son Joseph were cast away in his vessel and perished in a gale. Nov. 9, 1679.

"Mr. Huckins had a landing place or wharf near his house, where he discharged and received freights. He was one of the 'farmers' or partners that hired the Cape Cod fisheries. In 1670 considerable quantities of tar were manufactured in the colony, and he was appointed one of the purchasers." Oct 4, 1675"

"March 1, 1653, he was licensed to sell wines and strong waters until the next June court. He had probably been authorized to keep an ordinary, or public house, during the previous ten years. He was for several years receiver of the excise imposed on the importation of wines and liquors and powder and shot. In the last mentioned year, he was captain of the packet, and he brought into the town for himself 35 gallons of wine and 9 of brandy, besides liquors and powder and shot for other persons. Mr. Otis says: After the death of Mr. Lothrop the Barnstable church ceased to act in harmony. Mr. Huckins adhered to the party that invited Mr. William sergeant to become the pastor. This faction belonged to the political party that in 1656 had become dominant in the colony, and had adopted the narrow sectarian policy that had always ruled in Massachusetts. That Mr. Huckins adopted the intolerant policy of the party to which he belonged does not appear. Though constable in 1657, he lived on friendly terms with his neighbor Nicholas Davis (of Quaker sympathies), and as the notorious Barlow of Sandwich was employed to search the house of Davis, it may be inferred that Huckins declined to act officially in the case. In 1662, Mr. Huckins cordially united with the other factions of the church in the settlement of Mr. Walley, a man of peace and an able advocate of the 'tolerant principles of the Rev. Mr. Lothrop.' He was a large land owner.

"When Mr. Huckins settled there, a stream of fresh water run all the year on the south of his house, through a morass impassable by teams. In this isolated spot he kept an ordinary, as taverns were then called, for the accommodation of travellers. It is however to be presumed that the lovers of 'strongwater' knew the paths that lead to his house."

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