Volume 22, Number 2, Winter 2017-2018 All Saints Church Fulham, London, England, Back of Church Photo by Tom Hinchman In This Issue: President’s Message Page 2 All Saints Church Pictures Page 8 2017 Trip to the United Kingdom Page 3 Find A Grave Page 10 United Kingdom Pictures Page 4 Huntington, WV Pictures Page 12 Hinchmans Visiting All Saints Church Page 5 Ohio Trivia Page 13 George S. Hinchman Page 6 Letters to and from the Editor Page 1 William Hinchman, I Page 7 Letters To and From the Editor Page 14 Speaking about heritage, I hope all of you were able to send Esther Hinchman a birthday greeting! Can you believe she is 103!! She is unquestionably the Matriarch of the family - an inspiration for all of us! Everyone needs to come to Troy in June to find out how she does it and celebrate 103 ½ with her. Tom Hinchman We all need to thank Mary Hinchman for all the HHS President hard work she has done putting together this Happy New Year to all the Hinchman families and newsletter, along with so many in the past. Not friends! May 2018 bring good health, prosperity only that, but she does so much communicating on and happiness to everyone! I hope you all had a social media, making calls, sending letters, etc. She wonderful, blessed Christmas and were able to visit could sure use your help - please send her any with family and friends. information and events from your part of the family so she can include it in the newsletters. If you have If you are like me, it is time for New Year’s any special recipes, new pictures, etc. send them to resolutions, especially after enjoying all those her at: holiday goodies and treats! Make one of those resolutions that you will attend the 25th [email protected] Anniversary Hinchman Heritage Society event this year in Troy, Ohio, just north of Dayton! From the Hinchmans in South Carolina, we again Join the rest of your family and extended family wish y’all a Happy New Year and look forward to from June 20th through the 24th and help us seeing you in Troy this June! celebrate our Silver Anniversary! Hosts Sam and Christie Brown are working hard setting up special Tom Hinchman, President activities for this milestone reunion. Make this event part of your family vacation this year! The Dayton area offers plenty of attractions such as the Chronicles Wright Brothers Museum and the U.S. Air Force National Museum along with many other attractions A publication of the that will be detailed in the spring newsletter. Need Hinchman Heritage Society and Library, Inc. something for the kids? Cedar Point is not far away and it has some of the best roller coasters in the Published three times a year (Fall, Winter and Spring) by the world! HINCHMAN HERITAGE SOCIETY AND LIBRARY, INC., 66 Wood Thrush Lane, Berkeley Springs, WV 25411 Mary Hinchman, Editor, 859-373-0518 Remember, to help with expenses, the cost of your [email protected] banquet meal on Saturday evening will be paid by the HHS if you: Membership / subscription: 1. Are an up to date paid HHS member and Membership in the HHS&L runs from June 1 to May 31 and is 2. Attend the business meeting Saturday right before $20.00. Membership is open to all family historians, researchers, teachers, professional genealogists, librarians, the meal archivists or anyone associated with or interested in the field If you can’t attend the entire 4 days, don’t worry - of genealogy and family history. just come by and spend what time you can with Neither the editor nor HHS&L assume responsibility for your family and learn a little more about your opinions stated or the accuracy of information presented by heritage. the contributors to this publication Volume 22, Number 2 * The Hinchman Chronicles * Winter 2017-2018 __________________________________________________________________________________________ 2017 Trip to the United Kingdom Submitted by Tom Hinchman This summer Jan and I traveled to the United Kingdom with 36 members of our Presbyterian church in Anderson. We spent 7 days in England and 10 days in Scotland. Besides visiting many of the normal attractions and beautiful country side, we learned many new things. We were told that driving on the left side of the road dates back to the knights jousting with their right arm. Churchill's war room was very similar to the Greenbrier bunker, except it was actually used during WWII. We learned that the Presbyterian church in the United States came from the Reformed Church of Scotland and the Episcopal Church came from the Reformed Church of England. We even toured the Glenfiddich Distillery and learned they still make single malt scotch whiskey like they did in the 1800's. The 18 yr samples were pretty good! We were fans of the Downton Abbey television series and were able to visit Highclere Castle where it was filmed, and on the way to Oxford, visited the little village of Bampton where the church and cemetery scenes were filmed. While in London, we were able to break away from the group one morning and took a bus ride from the Victoria section of London to the Fulham area to locate the All Saints Fulham Church and see the burial marker of Bishop Humphrey Henchman. We have seen pictures and articles from past newsletters but wanted to see part of our heritage up close. We were able to find the church easily. It sits on a main street, almost at the Thames River. Entering the church, we stopped at the information desk asking for the location of the grave site. The attendant was new but she was able to contact someone who knew right where the memorial was. You can see from some of the pictures that it is located in the left corner just as you come in the main door, but had been covered by a rug to protect it. That is me with "Buster" the church dog. We took many pictures of the church that was established over 700 yrs ago. As we were preparing to leave, the attendant asked if we were going to visit Fulham Palace which was behind the church. We had already visited Buckingham Palace, Kensington Palace and several others, but decided while we were that close, why not? We walked through some beautiful gardens and reached the palace which was stately but smaller than the "tourist" palaces. Walking through the rooms, we learned that parts of the structure was built in the 700's and it was the summer home for the Bishops of London from then until 1973. It is now owned by a Historical Trust. While in one of the rooms we were asked about our visit by one of the historical guides. I explained about visiting All Saints Church to see our ancestor's grave. I gave her the name and showed her a picture of the marker. She proceeded to pull out a book, showed me his name and dates as Bishop, and explained to me that although Bishop Henchman is buried at All Saints Church, that his main church would have been historic St. Paul's Cathedral in London. He would have been third in line to the king. He was the Bishop of London during the great fire of London in 1660 which burned much of the city including St. Paul's Cathedral. She also explained that the crossed swords on the left part of the coat of arms on the marker indicated that he was a Bishop of London. We were able to purchase the palace history book at the gift shop with the names and coats of arms of all the Bishops of London. We were not able to spend much time there, but the combination of this visit plus the earlier visit to the archives at Marshall during the HHS Conference has certainly peaked my interest and I will be doing more research in the future! See photos next page and page 8. Volume 22, Number 2 * The Hinchman Chronicles * Winter 2017-2018 __________________________________________________________________________________________ Bishop Humphrey Henchman, his coat-of-arms and marker at top of gravesite. See additional pictures on page 8 of this newsletter. Photos submitted by Tom Hinchman. Volume 22, Number 2 * The Hinchman Chronicles * Winter 2017-2018 __________________________________________________________________________________________ Other Hinchmans Visiting All Saints Fulham Church Robert Hinchman, Jr. of Dallas, Texas located the burial site of Bishop Humphrey Henchman as a favor to his family historian sister Colleen Hinchman McNamara. After locating Bishop Henchman’s burial site in All Saints Fulham Church, Robert became interested in the genealogy of the Henchman / Hinchman family in England. Robert made several trips to England where he researched the family. 1988 - Robert Hinchman, Jr., Wavel Hinchman Webb; and Connie Hinchman Richardson. Letter 3-1990. 1990 - “Dedication and Installation of the Banner of the Coat of Arms,” Robert Hinchman, Jr. 1992 - “Hinchman Heritage Week in England”, Presentation of the Gold and Silver Communion Service, John M. Henchman, chairperson. Robert Hinchman, Jr.; John and Betty Henchman; Jack and Linda Hinchman Clarkson; Patric and Molly Hinchman; Don and Ellie Hinchman; and John S. Hinchman. The morning service at All Saints Fulham Church included the presentation of Communion Service by Robert Hinchman and John Henchman and with placement of a hand-hooked rug on Bishop Henchman’s tomb. The covering was made by Mrs. Marion Hinchman McGraw and her son Robert and presented by Linda Hinchman Clarkson. 1994 - “Presentation of Ceremonial Covering for Tombstone of Bishop Henchman.” Made by Marion McGraw, Norma Crane, Esther Murphy Hinchman 1996 - Ken and Mary Hinchman, The Chronicles, Vol 1, No 3.