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Rev Theodore Hinsdale

Birth	:	25 Nov 1738 Berlin, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Death	:	29 Dec 1818 Hinsdale, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial	:	Hinsdale Cemetery, Hinsdale, Berkshire County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.4413760, -73.1129410
Description	:	He died aged 80 yrs. "Early Vital Records of Mass. (Hinsdale Deaths)". Yale graduate 1762; ordained at N. Windsor, CT 1766; Hinsdale, MA named for him son of Captain John Hinsdale and Elizabeth (Cole) Hinsdale m. Anna Bissell July 14, 1768 Children: i. ANNE, (or NANCY), b. Apr. 16, 1769 d. May 16, 1861; unmarried; she established the first young ladies' school in Pittsfield, Mass., and was a long time a teacher in connection with her cousin, Mrs. Emma Willard, in the Willard Female Seminary at Troy, N. Y.J an excellent picture of her is in the Pittsfield Library. ii. LUCY, b. Dec.... Read More	He died aged 80 yrs. "Early Vital Records of Mass. (Hinsdale Deaths)". Yale graduate 1762; ordained at N. Windsor, CT 1766; Hinsdale, MA named for him son of Captain John Hinsdale and Elizabeth (Cole) Hinsdale m. Anna Bissell July 14, 1768 Children: i. ANNE, (or NANCY), b. Apr. 16, 1769 d. May 16, 1861; unmarried; she established the first young ladies' school in Pittsfield, Mass., and was a long time a teacher in connection with her cousin, Mrs. Emma Willard, in the Willard Female Seminary at Troy, N. Y.J an excellent picture of her is in the Pittsfield Library. ii. LUCY, b. Dec. 31, 1770 d. Mar. 21, 1792 iii. THEODORE, b. Nov. 12, 1772 m. Fanny Pomeroy iv. JOSIAH BISSELL, b. Nov. 15, 1774 m. Temperance Pitkin v. JAMES, b. Sept. 28, 1776 d. Sept. 28, 1777 vi. JOHN, b. Nov. 10, 1778 m. twice vii. LEVI, b. Nov. 29, 1780 d. Feb. 19, 1830 viii. ALTAMIRA, (or ALTEMIRA), b. Nov. 8, 1782 d, Nov. 11, 1836 m. Sylvester Emmons, of Princeton N.J. ix. DANIEL, b. Mar. 22, 1785 d. May 4, 1837 Iowa x. HORATIO, b. Nov. 3, 1787 d. Apr. 9, 1813 xi. WILLIAM, b. Mar. 5, 1790 married twice REVEREND THEODORE HINSDALE (John, Barnabas, Barnabas, Robert), son of Captain John Hinsdale and Elizabeth Cole, his wife, born at Berlin, Conn., November 25, 173S, was graduated at Yale College in 1762. He was ordained minister at North Windsor, Conn., April 30, 1766, and dismissed March 4, 1795. He married, July 14, 1768, Anna Bissell, who was born March 11, 1748, and died at Hinsdale, Mass., March 14, 1817. He removed to what is now Hinsdale, Mass., in April, 1795, where, December 17, 1795, he organized a Church with twenty-three members. This town was named for him. It was incorporated June 21, 1804. He was 58 years of age when he entered upon his ministry at what was afterwards Hinsdale. He served the Church at North Windsor twenty-eight years; was a man of marked ability and strong will and an active man of affairs. He died at Hinsdale, December 29, 1818, aged 80 years. Near the gate of the Cemetery at Hinsdale, upon the left, as you enter, is a handsome monument to his memory. The inscription upon it was doubtless a sincere tribute. "A lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate, holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine, both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers." From "History of Berkshire County, •" Edited by D. D. Field, "The Rev. Mr. Hinsdale in honor of whom the town was named, was the son of Mr. John Hinsdale of Berlin, Conn. He was born November 25, 1738, O. S., and in the 20th year of his age was admitted a member of Yale College where he sustained a very respectable standing as scholar and Christian. After he was graduated he was employed several years in teaching and at the same time engaged in preparing for the ministry to which he was ordained in the 29th year of his age as pastor of a church in Windsor, Conn. In a concio delivered at Yale College he defended ably the divinity of the Scriptures, in an argument from prophecy. After 28 years happily spent with his people he was induced to consent to a dismission, by a union of his parish with the other Congregational parish in the town. Being somewhat advanced in age and having a numerous family of sons he came to this town and settled on a farm. It was still his intention to have continued statedly in the ministry, but in providence a door never seemed opened for his re-settlement. He therefore spent his days in the town, occasionally preaching in different places. In town he exerted a very happy influence; was the principal agent in gathering the church and in establishing religious order. For a number of years he officiated as justice of the peace, and in the various conditions of life maintained a dignity of character and soundness which few possess. He was a lover of learning and though in a measure retired from the duties of the ministry, kept up an habitual acquaintance with the intelligence appropriately ministered, associated with his brethern and was not unfrequently called to sit in ecclesiastical councils. He preserved till his death a knowledge of his youthful studies, read the classics with perfect ease and could quote them readily when occasion called. He died in the house of his family suddenly on the 28th of December 1818, not having lived a day beyond his usefulness." [source: "Hinsdale genealogy; descendants of Robert Hinsdale of Dedham, Medfield, Hadley and Deerfield" edited by Alfred Hinsdale Andrews pub. 1906 avail on archives.org]

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Rev Theodore Hinsdale's memorial is located at: Hinsdale Cemetery, Hinsdale, Berkshire County, USA.
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Rev Theodore Hinsdale death on 29 Dec 1818 in Hinsdale, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA
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Latitude: 42.4413760
Longitude: -73.1129410

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Anne Bissell Hinsdale

(1748 - 1817)

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(1770 - 1772)

(1780 - 1830)

(1787 - 1813)

(1790 - 1860)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Hinsdale Cemetery
Hinsdale, Berkshire County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4413760, -73.1129410

2. Saint Patricks Cemetery
Hinsdale, Berkshire County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4528008, -73.1355972

3. Ford Burial Ground
Peru, Berkshire County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4478100, -73.0738800

4. South Cemetery
Peru, Berkshire County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4213700, -73.0762500

5. Redway-Morey Cemetery
Hinsdale, Berkshire County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4796000, -73.0902400

6. East Main Street Cemetery
Dalton, Berkshire County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4735985, -73.1513977

7. South Hinsdale Cemetery
Hinsdale, Berkshire County, USA
Coordinate: 42.3979970, -73.1255360

8. Peru Center Cemetery
Peru, Berkshire County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4361000, -73.0496979

9. Main Street Cemetery
Dalton, Berkshire County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4733696, -73.1751022

10. Fairview Cemetery
Dalton, Berkshire County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4771996, -73.1722031

11. South Thompson Burial Ground
Peru, Berkshire County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4342000, -73.0297600

12. Ashuelot Cemetery
Dalton, Berkshire County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4761900, -73.1824800

13. Wentworth Cemetery
Windsor, Berkshire County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4829400, -73.0479200

14. East Part Cemetery
Pittsfield, Berkshire County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4291992, -73.1999969

15. Washington Cemetery
Washington, Berkshire County, USA
Coordinate: 42.3725000, -73.1212800

16. Smith Family Cemetery
Dalton, Berkshire County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5128786, -73.1218018

17. Town Hall Cemetery
Washington, Berkshire County, USA
Coordinate: 42.3657300, -73.1425470

18. North Cemetery
Peru, Berkshire County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4603004, -73.0089035

19. Hill Cemetery
Windsor, Berkshire County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5128555, -73.0545731

20. Shaw Cemetery
Windsor, Berkshire County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5008011, -73.0046997

21. New Town Cemetery (Defunct)
Pittsfield, Berkshire County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4509300, -73.2492300

22. Ingalls Road Cemetery
Cheshire, Berkshire County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5258700, -73.1889500

23. New Lenox Cemetery
Lenox, Berkshire County, USA
Coordinate: 42.3925018, -73.2341995

24. East Windsor Cemetery
Windsor, Berkshire County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4791985, -72.9843979