Thomas Hinckley

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Thomas Hinckley (born March 19, 1618 in Tenterden , Kent , England , † April 25, 1706 in Barnstable , in today's US state of Massachusetts ) was the last colonial governor of Plymouth Colony .

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Thomas Hinckley was the son of Samuel and Sarah (Soole) Hinckley. The parents immigrated to Plymouth Colony for religious reasons in 1634. But they were not accompanied by their son Thomas. This must also have left England towards the Plymouth Colony at an unknown time. The family were among the earliest residents of the newly established town of Barnstable. In 1643, Thomas Hinckley joined the local militia. Two years later he was elected to the lower house of the colonial parliament. In the years 1675–76 he took part in the so-called King Philip's War , which is still considered to be one of the bloodiest colonial wars in the history of North America. After the death of Colonial Governor Josiah Winslow , he was elected as his successor in 1680. He held this office from 1680 to 1686. From 1686 to 1689, the Plymouth Colony was part of the short-lived Dominion of New England . Then Hinckley was again governor of the Plymouth Colony. He held this position from 1689 to 1692. In that year the colony was raised together with the former Massachusetts Bay Colony to the English crown colony Province of Massachusetts Bay , which existed until 1776. After the end of the Plymouth Colony in 1692, Thomas Hinckley was a member of the cabinet of the colonial governor (Massachusetts governor's council) of the new Crown Colony until his death on April 25, 1706. He was married twice. His descendants include the American President George HW Bush and his son George W. Bush .

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