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Binney Family GENEALOGY OF THE BINNEY FAMILY IN THE UNITED STATES. COLLECTED B\' CHARLES J. F. BINNEY. ALBANY, N. Y.: JOEL MUNSELL'S SONS, Sz STATE ST. 1886. CONTENTS. PART ONE. Descendants of John Binney, of Hull, Mass., 9 PART TWO, Binneys of \Vorksop, Notts., England, 195 Sheffield, England, Branch, · 212 Royal Centre, Indiana, Branch, - 219 Bawtry Branch, • 220 Edinburgh, ;;cotland, Branch in Philadelphia, 221 Newcastle Branch, - 227 PART THREE. The Binney Family in England, - 2 35 Binney Families of the United States, - 2 37 Surmises of the Origin of the name, • 2 39 Coats of arms, · u,2 Biographical Sketches, etc., :t45 Additions and corrections, - 259 Index to Binney names, 265 Index to all other names, - 271 BINNEY GENEALOGY. PART I. DESCENDANTS OF JoHN BINNEY oF HULL, MAss. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN BINNEY OF HULL, MASS. 1, CAPT. Jo1-rn BINNEY, of Hull, Mass., in -1678 or 1679, fisherman, gentleman, was the ancestor of almost a II of the nam,e in America. He died in Hull, Mass., Nov. 10, 1698, incestatJ. Mercy, relict of John Binney, died in Hull, Jan. 19, 1708-9. Children: 2 i John• b. May 3 I, prob. 1678, deacon Hull church; m. first Hannah Paine; m. second Sarah Crosby. 3 ii Samuel• b. prob. 1679 or 1680; m. Rebecca Vickers or Vickere. 4 iii Mercy•b. Hull, Dec. 15, 1682; m. Nath. Baker 1704; removed to Barnstable, Mass., I 705. 5 iv Isaac• b. Hull, June 25, 1685; lost at sea, I 707; was sea captain. 6 v Thomas• b. Hull, Feb. 3, 1687; m. Margaret Miller. 7 vi Elizabeth• b. Hull, Dec. 3, 1690; m. George Vickers, Jr., Dec. 12, 1710. Capt John Binney, the America;1 ancestor, with his wife Mercy---must have come to Hull, Mass., about 1678 or 9, and with his two oldest sons John, Jr., afterwards dea. of Hull church, and Samuel, with them probably, from WorksopNotts., England, whose nearest seaport of that, and also of Scro<>by and Bawtry wls Hull. The first entry of marriages, births and deaths on Hull records is by John Loring, the first town 2 IO BINNEY GENEALOGY. clerk of Hull, viz. "record of the children born in Hull," and "record of those who have died in Hull." These records begin in 1693, at which time, by a law of the General Court, the: parents handed in the names a11d dates of birth of all their children born there; John Binney handed in this record, viz: '· Mercy daughter to John Binnc;y b. Dec. 15, 1782," then fol­ lows Isaac 1685, Thomas 1687, Elizabeth, 1690. It is evident from these entries, that John and Samuel, were born elsewhere and were purposely omitted on the records· on that account, and they were tlien lads of the respective ages of 15 and 13 years and would be well known in so small a place as Hu!L There are now no church records extant so early, ministers did not then marry people but magistrates did. In 1660 John Prince the elder of Hull church was empowered by General Court to marry persons in Hull as 'there were no magistrates nc:ar there. The church_ records under Rev. Zachariah Whitman, from 1660 to 1725, are lost. If John, the ancestor, was born in 1657 and married in 1678 at about 25 years of age and died in 1698, he would be about 41 years at death; and if his wife Mercy, was 20 at marriage, say in 1678 and was b. in I 658, and d. in Hull in I 708, she would have been about 50, at death. (Her foot gravestone in Hull, has only" M. B." on it.) John (2) and Samuel (3) were known to be children of Joho ( 1). Sa,r.uel, at death is described as " son of J oho and Mercy " and John (2) in a deposition of 1710, speaks of •• his brother Isaac;" ana John (2), when m. in Eastham, is described as "John Binney, Junior, of Hull." Dea, John the oldest son, lived and died in Hull, and was the immediate ancestor, after John, Senior, ofmost of the name in America. Samuel (3), also lived and d. in Hull, but his family became extinct in the 4th generation. Isaac (5), was lost at sea in 1710, probably single. Thomas (6), lived in Boston, as a merchant, the latter part of his life, and d. there BINNEY GENEALOGY. ll but was buried in Hull, where he retained his residence corner of Quaker Lane, opposite the meeting-house, in the house that Wm. Chamberlin the Quaker formerly owned. See will of Caleb Gould, the husband of Sarah Binney (25) and will of Capt Benj. Binney (30), of Chestertown, Maryland, for dis­ position of that estate. All the sons of John ( 1), and most of his grandsons, were sea captains. Me.rcy (4) eldest daugh:er of John ( r ), whose birth was the first of his children recorded on Hull record as b. there, m. Nath. Baker of Hull ; he was son of Samuel and Fear (Robinson,) Baker of Hull, and Barnstable, Mass., Fear R. being a granddaughter of John Robinson, of Leyde~ and daughter of Isaac R. of Scituate. One of this Mercy's children, was " Binney Baker" (see No. 4.) Elizabeth (7) daughter of John (1), married in Hull 1716,. George Vickers or Vickere, as indifferently spelled, and died 1725. Thomas (1) was father of Jonathan (29) ancestor of the Nova Scotia branch of the name. John Binney, (1) always wrote and spelled his name as we do, Binney, see his deed anrl signature 1694 from Hull records No. 5. John Binney (J) was buried in the burial ground in Hull, the site of his and widow Mercy's grave is known, and when his son Dea. John• who died June 30th, 17 59, in his Sm year, was buried, his body was placed in his father's grave. A suitable monument or marble headstone. has been erected by some of their descendants, and is now over the spot, and in 1883 the lot was raised and arranged by Robert Gould, under the ~upervison of the writer, by request and at the expense of another descend­ ant of the name (see the photograph of the monument which Wm. G. Binney had taken in 1883). The cellar of the site of the ancestor John\ house has been seen by ,the writer, it was between the Parsonage house r2 BINNEY GENEALOGY. which is yet standing ( 18831) and the mansion house, erected by his son Dea. John, on part of the land, and west of it. North-west of the latter house, was the one occupied by Amos Binney Jr., and wife Mary Prentice, the grandparents of the writer, and where his uncle Amos Binney, formerly Navy Agent, Boston, and his brother John, the writer's father, and Miss Sarah Binney, and Mrs. Nancy Cop;:land, sisters of Amos and John above, were born. This house is of oak and a good one yet and was I 884 occupied by the Postmaster, Mr. Pope. Probably the first settlers were mostly fishermen and also husbandmen and cultivated their lots of land in Hull, as the General Court to encourage the fishery, granted most of the Islands in Bosron Harbor, and special privileges to settlers in Hull, for that object. · " We whose names are under written, being desired by Mar­ sey Iliney Relict of John Biney late of Hull deceased: did ap­ prize as followeth the estate of her said late husband. And first his Wearing Cloaths at .Cog 0 0 H;s Armes at 2 0 0 Books and Tools I 0 0 The Dwelling House and Land it stands on, at 40 0 0 A '\Nood Lot at Hingham at 12 0 0 Three Quarters of a Sloop at 60 0 0 A Bed and Furn•ture at .C8. a Bed and Furniture at £6. 14 0 0 A Bed and Furniture at .C4. a lled and Furniture at .C2. 6 0 0 For Sheete, and Pillow Beers and Table Lining 5 0 0 For Brass and Puter 2.13, for Iron Ware in the house 3.8 6 I 0 For Chests, Boxes, Chairs, Cushions, and Spinning Wheels. 03 12 0 For Earthenware and Lumber QO 10 0 BINNEY GENEALOGY. 13 For 2 Cowes 06 0 0 For Sea Bedding in 'the Boat C>l O 0 JOHN LORING,} THOMAS LORUIG." There is no other Suff. Probate record relative to his estate or its settlement. In Hull's Bull rate or tax 1684, he is rated 2s. 6d. for 2 cows. 2- DEACON JoHN 2 BINNEY of Hull, son i c,f; John and wife Mercy Binney of Hull, born in -- ? May 3i, 1679, died Hull, June 30, 1759 "in the 8ist year of his age" (80 yr. I mo.) He was early called "mariner;" on the Hull record" deacon;" on Suffolk Probate record, gentleman. He in youth probably, went with his father in his vessel fishing. He was married m, on his birth-day, May 31 in i704, bv Jonathan Sparrow, Esq .• in Eastham, Mass., viz. "John Binney Jr. of Hull, to Ha1111ah b. in Eastham, May 12, 1684, daughter of Thomas Paine, Jr., (or 3d.) and wife Hannah, daughter of Jonathan and Phebe (Watson) Shaw ; she died in Hull, Jan. 14 1757, at the age of 72. Dea. John probably became. ac­ quainted with Hannah Paine in one of his trips with his father. Dea John Binney, married again, as a tradition in the family said. His wife dead, all his children married and left, and feeling lonesome he started on horseback to Boston, for another wife; he was published in Boston, Nov.
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