Colonial Governor. Served 1680 to 1686 and again 1689 to 1692 as the 14th and last elected Governor of the Plymouth Colony. In 1692 during the English reign of William and Mary, Plymouth ceased to exist as an independent English colony and became part of the Providence of the Massachusetts Bay (now the U.S. state of Massachusetts.)
Colonial Governor. Served 1680 to 1686 and again 1689 to 1692 as the 14th and last elected Governor of the Plymouth Colony. In 1692 during the English reign of William and Mary, Plymouth ceased to exist as an independent English colony and became part of the Providence of the Massachusetts Bay (now the U.S. state of Massachusetts.)
Inscription
Beneath this stone
erected A. D. 1829
are deposited the mortal remains of
Thomas Hinckley
He died A. D. 1706, aged 85 years.
History bears witness to his peity,
usefulness, and agency
in the public transactions of his time.
The important offices he was called to fill,
evidence the esteem in which he was held
by the people.
He was successively elected an assistant in
the government of Plymouth colony,
from 1658 to 1681, and
Governor
except during the interruption
by
Sir Edmund Andros
from 1681 to the
junction of Plymouth colony with Massachusetts
in 1692.
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