The Hindman Family

Twelve generations from Deacon Edmund Rice of Stanstead Suffolk (b. 1594, Sudbury Mass. settler 1638) through Sudbury, Westborough, Conway and Pittsfield, with a Revolutionary War patriot (Joseph Rice, DAR #A095016) and a Nova Scotia chapter (Ebenezer Rice Jr.), then into the Hindman line at La Salle Illinois by the marriage of Barbara Frances Rice (London 1912) to Boyden William Hindman, the 1945 Syracuse birth of William John 'Bill' Hindman, and his son Brant. Built from a hand-drawn Rice family tree, the William John Hindman NY birth certificate, the 1858 Ward genealogy with 1967 Edmund Rice Association supplement, WikiTree, Find a Grave, and FamilySearch persistent records K4XQ-925 and KJLF-98T.

Primary sources

Every fact on this site is cited to one or more of these sources. The majority of the content was extracted from 190 primary documents:

• Rice family tree (Welsh origin, may formerly have been written Rhys) · author: unknown (Rice family member)
  "Multi-generation Rice family chart traced from Edmond Rice (b. 1594, Barkhamstead, Hartfordshire, England; emigrated 1638 to Sudbury, Mass.) down through 11 generations to the Hindman line by marriage at Barbara Rice and Boyden Hindman."
• New York State Department of Health Certificate of Birth No. 3301 (William John Hindman) · 1945-12-12 · author: New York State Department of Health, Division of Vital Statistics
  "Official birth registration for William John Hindman, born December 12, 1945 at Syracuse Memorial Hospital, Syracuse, NY. Registered as No. 102353, file No. 5339."
• WikiTree profile Rice-52: Edmund Rice (abt.1594-abt.1663) · author: WikiTree community
• WikiTree profile Frost-28: Thomasine Frost · author: WikiTree community
• WikiTree profile Rice-60: Benjamin Rice (abt.1640-1713) · author: WikiTree community
• WikiTree profile Rice-661: Ebenezer Rice Sr. (1671) · author: WikiTree community
• Find a Grave Memorial #29453093: Deacon Edmund Rice (1594-1663) · author: Find a Grave community contributors
• A Genealogical History of the Rice Family: Descendants of Deacon Edmund Rice, who came from Berkhamstead, England, and settled at Sudbury, Massachusetts, in 1638 or 9 · 1858 · author: Andrew Henshaw Ward (1784-1864)
• Vital Records of Sudbury, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 · 1903 · author: New England Historic Genealogical Society
• Amasa Rice papers, Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield, Mass. · author: Berkshire Athenaeum (Pittsfield Library)
• WikiTree profile Rice-653: Ebenezer Rice Jr. (1709-abt.1793) · author: WikiTree community
• WikiTree profile Rice-656: Joseph Rice (1745-1826) · author: WikiTree community
• DAR Patriot Ancestor #A095016: Joseph Rice (1745-1826), 18th Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment · author: Daughters of the American Revolution
• Supplement to The Rice Family: Descendants of Deacon Edmund Rice, by Andrew Henshaw Ward, 1858 (compiled and printed by the Edmund Rice (1638) Association, Inc., 1967) · 1967 · author: Edmund Rice (1638) Association, Inc.
• FamilySearch persistent ID K4XQ-925: Charles Leslie Rice (1879-1950) · author: FamilySearch community-curated tree
• FamilySearch persistent ID KJLF-98T: Boyden Erwin Hindman (1878-1954) · author: FamilySearch community-curated tree
• Princeton Alumni Weekly memorial for Charles Leslie Rice Jr. '41 · author: Princeton Alumni Weekly
• Henry Hubbard (Wikipedia article) · author: Wikipedia contributors
• H. Hubbard, Senator from New Hampshire (lithograph, c. 1835-1841) · 1835-1841 · author: Charles Fenderich (lithograph from life), printed P.S. Duval Lith., Philadelphia, published in Washington City by Chas. Fenderich
• Henry Hubbard (National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian) · author: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
• Henry Hubbard, National Governors Association biography · author: National Governors Association
• Hubbard, Henry (1784-1857), New Hampshire Historical Society object record · author: New Hampshire Historical Society
• Sally Walker Hubbard (Dean) (1795-1876), Geni profile · author: Geni.com community
• FamilySearch persistent ID L6LS-87K: Boyden William Hindman (1908-1972), Brant Hindman's paternal grandfather · author: FamilySearch community-curated tree
• FamilySearch persistent ID GLDP-HB9: William 'Bill' Hindman (about 1946-Deceased), Brant Hindman's father · author: FamilySearch community-curated tree
• FamilySearch persistent ID LTQS-1MQ: William Murphy Hindman (1844-1915), Brant Hindman's great-great-grandfather · author: FamilySearch community-curated tree
• FamilySearch persistent ID L1GX-K64: Samuel Hindman (1797-1860), Brant Hindman's 3rd-great-grandfather · author: FamilySearch community-curated tree
• FamilySearch persistent ID KN72-NYD: Bertha Rae Hardin (1883-1972), Brant Hindman's paternal great-grandmother · author: FamilySearch community-curated tree
• FamilySearch persistent ID LCCW-MFH: William Wallace Hardin (1859-1944), Brant Hindman's great-great-grandfather (Hindman maternal side) · author: FamilySearch community-curated tree
• FamilySearch persistent ID GLDG-S8F: Robert W 'Bob' Hindman (about Jan 1940-Deceased), Brant Hindman's paternal uncle · author: FamilySearch community-curated tree
• Brant Hindman spearhead attestations during the 2026-06-04 site-build session · 2026-06-04 · author: Brant Hindman
• FamilySearch persistent ID LCCW-3HH: Alvin Hardin (1836-1904), Brant Hindman's 3rd-great-grandfather (Hindman maternal side) · author: FamilySearch community-curated tree
• FamilySearch persistent ID LCCW-38W: Minerva Mildred Gaines (1839-1917), Brant Hindman's 3rd-great-grandmother (Hindman maternal side) · author: FamilySearch community-curated tree
• FamilySearch persistent ID 9J7S-GDT: Samuel Hindman Sr. (1762-1816), Brant Hindman's paternal 4th-great-grandfather and the Hindman immigrant ancestor · author: FamilySearch community-curated tree
• FamilySearch persistent ID LHTV-C4R: Lettice Mc Clenahan (1771-1854), Brant Hindman's paternal 4th-great-grandmother · author: FamilySearch community-curated tree
• FamilySearch GQKD-K95: Hannah Hindman (~1803-Deceased)
• FamilySearch GGG2-D42: Reverend John Hindman (1720-1789), Brant Hindman's paternal 5th-great-grandfather
• FamilySearch GGG2-SF6: Hannah Knott (1735-1806), Brant Hindman's 5th-great-grandmother
• FamilySearch 94XT-RGC: Robert WESLEY Hardin (1807-1881), Brant Hindman's 4th-great-grandfather (Hardin line)
• FamilySearch MM3P-RRG: Philadelphia Baird (1812-1859), Brant Hindman's 4th-great-grandmother (Baird line)
• FamilySearch 9V73-VGW: Joseph P. Gaines (1802-1852), Brant Hindman's 4th-great-grandfather (Gaines line)
• FamilySearch 9V73-VGV: Eliza Bell Metier (1806-1867), Brant Hindman's 4th-great-grandmother (Metier line)
• FamilySearch 24B3-S85: Presley Hardin (1777-1858), Brant Hindman's 5th-great-grandfather (Hardin Virginia line)
• FamilySearch L764-161: Joseph Hardin (1750-1805), Brant Hindman's 6th-great-grandfather (Hardin Virginia line, Revolutionary War militia)
• FamilySearch KHJL-HBL: Samuel Davis Baird Sr (1780-1850), Brant Hindman's 5th-great-grandfather (Baird Virginia/Kentucky line)
• FamilySearch GGB8-MVD: Archibald Baird (1755-1809), Brant Hindman's 6th-great-grandfather (Baird Virginia line)
• FamilySearch LHC1-P5G: Susannah Bolling (1764-1820), Brant Hindman's 6th-great-grandmother. Revolutionary War heroine who warned Lafayette of Cornwallis's plan to capture him in 1781.
• FamilySearch LC5Z-TC1: Alexander Bolling (1721-1766), Brant Hindman's 7th-great-grandfather. Virginia Burgess for Prince George County.
• FamilySearch L4W8-QMQ: Stith Bolling (1686-1727), Brant Hindman's 8th-great-grandfather. Definitive evidence that Brant's Bolling line is the 'White Bolling' branch via Anne Stith (not the Red/Pocahontas branch via Jane Rolfe).
• FamilySearch 9NSF-5JZ: Otho Wilcoxon (1808-Deceased), Brant Hindman's 3rd-great-grandfather (Wilcoxon Ohio line)
• FamilySearch LJBM-3GS: Mary Earley (~1814-Deceased), Brant Hindman's 3rd-great-grandmother (Earley Ohio line)
• FamilySearch LQ8W-61K: James Sprouse (1834-1904), Brant Hindman's 3rd-great-grandfather (Sprouse Virginia line)
• FamilySearch LQ8W-XQ5: Julia Maria Ewing (1837-1923), Brant Hindman's 3rd-great-grandmother (Ewing Ohio line)
• FamilySearch M3GW-S7M: William Prior Gaines (1775-Deceased), Brant Hindman's 5th-great-grandfather (Gaines line)
• FamilySearch GHRM-XBL: Henry C. Baird (1709-1783), Brant Hindman's 7th-great-grandfather (Baird line)
• FamilySearch MSZF-8JC: Mary D. Biddle (1712-1755), Brant Hindman's 7th-great-grandmother (Biddle line)
• FamilySearch KZXD-9HH: Alexander Baird (1680, Falkirk Stirlingshire Scotland), Brant Hindman's 8th-great-grandfather. The Scottish-immigrant Baird ancestor.
• FamilySearch LCPX-PJX: Captain John 'Indian John' Ewing (1747-1824), Brant Hindman's 5th-great-grandfather. Significant research lead for Brant's family lore of Native American ancestry.
• FamilySearch LCF8-3HY: Andrew Ewing (1787-1868), Brant Hindman's 4th-great-grandfather (Ewing line)
• FamilySearch LC3S-J64: Virginia Janet 'Jennie' Glen (1794-1849), Brant Hindman's 4th-great-grandmother (Glen Scots-Irish line)
• FamilySearch GVDJ-NTQ: John Wilcoxen (1777-1834), Brant Hindman's 4th-great-grandfather (Wilcoxon line)
• FamilySearch L71H-VR1: Ruth Wilcoxon (1770-1828), Brant Hindman's 4th-great-grandmother (Claggett line via Wilcoxon)
• FamilySearch LZVW-L4G: Michael Earley (1791-1835), Brant Hindman's 4th-great-grandfather (Earley line)
• FamilySearch K2BS-ZM4: Andesire Williams (1794-1870), Brant Hindman's 4th-great-grandmother (Williams line)
• FamilySearch KJ3S-PLV: Sarah 'Sallie' Sears (1779-1868), Brant Hindman's 5th-great-grandmother (Sears line via Hardin)
• FamilySearch L621-5BY: Susannah Ratliff (1788-1833), Brant Hindman's 5th-great-grandmother (Ratliff line via Baird)
• FamilySearch GQZ8-T7F: Joseph Combs (1725-1808), Brant Hindman's 7th-great-grandfather. The Combs-to-Hardin surname switch via his wife Harding.
• FamilySearch P7DK-8B1: Harding (given name not recorded, ~1725 British Colonial America), Brant Hindman's 7th-great-grandmother. Source of the Hardin surname.
• FamilySearch MGVF-K5G: John Baird (~1648), Brant Hindman's 9th-great-grandfather. Earliest documented Baird ancestor.
• FamilySearch PHGM-TR9: Jonnet Wilson (~1650 Scotland), Brant Hindman's 9th-great-grandmother
• FamilySearch L5LB-LTW: James Ewing (1721-1801), Brant Hindman's 6th-great-grandfather (Ewing line, Revolutionary War militia)
• FamilySearch L6DV-4LK: Sarah Mayes (1728-1818), Brant Hindman's 6th-great-grandmother (Mayes Irish line)
• FamilySearch LZJ6-RVB: John Ewing (1648-1745), Brant Hindman's 7th-great-grandfather. Anglo-Irish Plantation noble descent.
• FamilySearch LBT1-LQ9: Jennet McElvaney (1663), Brant Hindman's 7th-great-grandmother (McElvaney Gaelic Irish line, bringing in the O'Neill ancestry through her mother)
• FamilySearch L8T2-8X7: Sir William Ewing II Baron (1625-1718), Brant Hindman's 8th-great-grandfather. Anglo-Irish Plantation noble.
• FamilySearch GQPL-MK5: Bridgit O'Neil Dennan (1630, Omagh Co Tyrone), Brant Hindman's 8th-great-grandmother. The Gaelic Irish O'Neill ancestry source.
• FamilySearch G1V9-P9N: William Ewing (1535-1600), Brant Hindman's 12th-great-grandfather (Stirling Scotland)
• FamilySearch GX7N-RMJ: Catherine C. Alexander (1545-1601), Brant Hindman's 12th-great-grandmother. Daughter of the Alexander of Menstrie (later Earl of Stirling) noble line.
• FamilySearch PC4P-22L: William Ewing (~1560-1640), Brant Hindman's 11th-great-grandfather. Notable: born in Ireland, 50 years before the official Plantation of Ulster.
• FamilySearch PHJY-CF7: Eliza Milford (1560-1640), Brant Hindman's 11th-great-grandmother (Milford Scottish line)
• FamilySearch GMZ1-1Y8: William Load (1567), Brant Hindman's 11th-great-grandfather (Load Scottish line)
• FamilySearch GM8M-CJR: Margaret Patrick Mathie (1555-1587), Brant Hindman's 11th-great-grandmother (Patrick/Mathie Scottish line). Born Edinburgh during the reign of Mary Queen of Scots.
• FamilySearch P3PK-K1J: Edward Ewing (1475-1535), Brant Hindman's 14th-great-grandfather. THE OLDEST documented ancestor in the verified tree.
• FamilySearch PQYK-RQ9: Sophia Pullman (1475-1540), Brant Hindman's 14th-great-grandmother
• Down Survey of Ireland (Wikipedia)
• Provenance note for the Petty 1685 General Mapp image used on the site · 2026-06-05 · author: Brant Hindman
• Hugh O'Neill, 2nd Earl of Tyrone (Wikipedia)
• Red Hand of Ulster (Wikipedia)
• Niall of the Nine Hostages (Wikipedia)
• Flight of the Earls (Wikipedia)
• Plantation of Ulster (Wikipedia)
• Stirling Castle (Wikipedia)
• Battles of Lexington and Concord (Wikipedia)
• Edmund Rice (colonist) (Wikipedia)
• John Speed (Wikipedia)
• Pocahontas (Wikipedia)
• Edmund Rice (1638) Association
• History and Genealogy of the Families of Chesterfield, Massachusetts · author: Hardy, Henrietta H. (compiled and ed.)
• The Clapp Memorial: Record of the Clapp Family in America · author: Ebenezer Clapp
• Memoirs of Roger Clap · author: Roger Clap (1609-1691), self-authored
• Mary and John (1630) passenger list
• Capt. Stephen Williams (1640-1720) WikiTree profile
• Robert Williams (bef.1608-1693) of Roxbury WikiTree profile
• Sarah (Wise) Williams (abt.1647-1728) WikiTree profile
• The Genealogy and History of the Family of Williams in America (Descendants of Robert Williams of Roxbury) · author: Stephen West Williams
• William Clapp Rice (1802-1871) WikiTree profile
• Descendants of John Dean (1650-1727) of Dedham, Massachusetts · author: Marion Deane Cooper
• History of Charlestown, New-Hampshire, the old No. 4: embracing the part borne by its inhabitants in the Indian, French and Revolutionary Wars, and the Vermont controversy; also genealogies and sketches of families from its settlement to 1876 · author: Rev. Henry Hamilton Saunderson (1810-1890)
• John Dean (abt.1650-1727) of Dedham WikiTree profile
• Seth Walker (1691-1772) Geni profile
• The Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown and Billerica · author: Thomas Bellows Wyman
• Joseph (Deacon) Walker (1645-1729) of Billerica Geni profile
• Isaac P. Parker Jr. (1709-1762) of Groton Geni profile
• Lieutenant Isaac Parker Sr. (1685-1762) of Groton Geni profile
• DAR Patriot Ancestor A120940: WALKER, ABEL · author: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
• DAR Patriot Ancestor A101104: SEARS, ROBERT · author: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
• DAR Patriot Ancestor A210122: HARDING, JOSEPH · author: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
• DAR Patriot Ancestor A095016: RICE, JOSEPH · author: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
• John Hindman Sen. (abt.1675-bef.1741) WikiTree profile
• Robert Bolling Wikipedia entry
• Robert Bolling (1646-1709) WikiTree
• John Bolling (bef.1620-aft.1648) WikiTree
• Robert Bolling (abt.1586-bef.1639) WikiTree
• Robert Bolling Jr (1683-1749) WikiTree
• Susanna Bolling (1728-1788) WikiTree
• Colonel Robert Bolling II (1682-1749) Geni
• Anne Bolling (Cocke) (1690-1747) Geni
• John Bolling (1615-1684) Geni
• John Stith (abt.1625-1694) WikiTree
• Major John Drury Stith I (1631-1694) Geni
• Bolling Hall Bradford Wikipedia entry
• Mary Ann (Ratliff) Ringo (1781-1826) WikiTree
• Francis Dunnington Sr. (1665-1734) WikiTree
• Margaret Beck Dunnington (1674-1725) Find a Grave
• The Dunnington Family of Charles County, Maryland
• Combs Families of Stafford County Virginia (Combs Research Group)
• US Census 1950 (Boyden E Hindman household, La Grange Park IL)
• Illinois Births and Christenings 1824-1940 (Boyden Erwin Hindman)
• Illinois Cook County Marriages 1871-1920 (Boyden + Bertha 1907)
• US Census 1860 (Saml Hindman household, Rushville IL, incl. Wm Hindman age 15)
• William Murphy Hindman Find a Grave Index
• Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths 1916-1947 (Adaline M. Hindman entry naming husband William Hindman)
• US Census 1860 (Saml Hindman head of household, Rushville IL)
• Illinois Deaths and Burials 1749-1999 (Samuel Hindman)
• US Census 1850 (Samuel Hindman, Rushville IL)
• Pennsylvania Marriages 1709-1940 (Samuel Hindman + Lettice Mc Clenahan 1791)
• Samuel Hindman Sr. Find a Grave Index (Round Hill Cemetery, Elizabeth PA)
• Spearhead testimony from Brant Hindman · author: Brant Hindman, co-founder TheAIShop
• US Census 1950 (Charles L Rice household)
• Massachusetts Births 1841-1915 (Charles Leslie Rice)
• New York NYC Marriage Records 1829-1940 (Charles Rice + Adelaide Crist 1903)
• Pittsfield Cemetery, Pittsfield MA — Charles Leslie Rice burial
• Illinois Death Records (William Wallace Hardin)
• Illinois Cook County Marriage (W.W. Hardin + Dona Sprouse 1883)
• Indian Point Cemetery, Athens, Menard County IL — Hardin family plot
• US Census 1850 (Alvin Hardin, Nicholas Co KY)
• US Census 1860 (Alvin Hardin, Menard Co IL)
• US Census 1880 (Alvin Hardin, farmer, Greenview Menard IL)
• Illinois Marriage (Alvin Hardin + Minerva Mildred Gaines 1859)
• US Census 1850 (Robert Wesley Hardin, Nicholas Co KY)
• Kentucky Marriage (Robert Wesley Hardin + Philadelphia Baird 1829)
• Scotland Births and Baptisms 1564-1950 (Henry Baird b. 1709, son of Alexander Baird + Agnes Jack)
• Scotland Marriages 1561-1910 (Alexander Baird + Agnes Jack 6 Aug 1705 Denny Stirlingshire)
• Scotland Births and Baptisms 1564-1950 (Alexander Baird b. 1680, son of John Baird)
• Scotland Marriages 1561-1910 (John Baird + Jonnet Wilson 22 May 1670 Falkirk)
• Scotland Births and Baptisms 1564-1950 (James Baird, son of John Baird + Jonnet Wilson)
• Alexander Bolling Find a Grave Index
• Virginia Births and Christenings 1584-1917 (Robert Bolling entry naming Alexander Bolling)
• Encyclopedia of Virginia: Alexander Bolling
• Surry County Virginia Wills and Deeds 1652-1907
• William and Mary College Quarterly Volume 16
• Riverside Memorial Park, Spokane WA — Dona Sprouse Hardin burial
• Washington Deaths (Dona Sprouse Hardin 1924)
• England Births and Christenings 1538-1975 (Ann Smyth Jan 1615, parents John Smyth + Agnes Wasborow)
• HHH Y-DNA Project (Hardin/Harding/Harden)
• Rev. John Hindman Times Three (gentreeforme blog 2010)
• Faggs Manor Presbyterian Church Records (London Grove Chester Co PA)
• Chester County PA Wills 1714-1825 — John Hindman will dated 21 August 1789
• Stirnet Baird Genealogies (Newbyth, Auchmedden, Saughton Hall, Stichill, Posso)
• Clan Baird Society Worldwide + Baird Y-DNA Project at FTDNA
• HHH Y-DNA Project: William Harding (1720-1798) Stafford VA common ancestor
• William Harding (abt.1720-1798) of Stafford VA WikiTree
• Combs Families of Stafford VA: Aquia Creek land patents 1725-1741
• Christopher Johnston 'The Stith Family' W&M College Quarterly Vol 21 Jan 1913
• Robert Stith (1606-1654) WikiTree — rejected as Maj John Stith's father
• John Hindman of London Grove 1789 Will Abstract (gentreeforme blog)
• Chester County PA Orphans Court Docket 1762-1774 — James Daniel estate
• A Memoir of a Portion of the Bolling Family by Robert Bolling 1868
• Visitation of Yorkshire 1563-1564 William Flower
• Edward Bolling of Bradford (1556-1592) WikiTree

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