| ![Show Contents]() Hinkes History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
- Origins Available:
 England Hinkes is an ancient Anglo-Saxon surname that came from the son of Hink or Hinche. 1 However, for the reader's perusal we are including the following quotation: "Hinks is no doubt a corruption of Hengest, which signifies a stallion. Some traditions make Heingist a Frisian, in which language the word is hingst, which approaches nearer to Hincks. In the names of places, Heingist has become changed to Hinks, as in Hinksey, county Berkshire." 2 Early Origins of the Hinkes familyThe surname Hinkes was first found in Oxfordshire at either North Hinksey or South Hinksey, parishes, in the union of Abingdon, hundred of Hormer. 3 Traditionally part of Berkshire, this jurisdiction was changed to Oxfordshire in 1974. The place name dates back to Saxon times when it was first listed as Hengestesige in the 10th century. Literally the place name means "island or well-watered land of the stallion or of a man called Hengest," from the Old English words hengest or the Old English personal name + "eg." 4 One of the earliest records of the family was Roger Hanke who was listed in the Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 in Norfolk. 5 William Hynke was listed in the Subsidy Rolls of Suffolk in 1327 as was ? Hynks in 1381. 6 Early History of the Hinkes familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Hinkes research. Another 69 words (5 lines of text) covering the year 1576 is included under the topic Early Hinkes History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Hinkes Spelling VariationsThe English language only became standardized in the last few centuries; therefore,spelling variations are common among early Anglo-Saxon names. As the form of the English language changed, even the spelling of literate people's names evolved. Hinkes has been recorded under many different variations, including Hincks, Hinks, Hinck, Hincke, Hinckes, Hink and others. Early Notables of the Hinkes familyMore information is included under the topic Early Hinkes Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
 Hinkes migration to the United States | + |
For many English families, the political and religious disarray that shrouded England made the far away New World an attractive prospect. On cramped disease-ridden ships, thousands migrated to those British colonies that would eventually become Canada and the United States. Those hardy settlers that survived the journey often went on to make important contributions to the emerging nations in which they landed. Analysis of immigration records indicates that some of the first North American immigrants bore the name Hinkes or a variant listed above:
Hinkes Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- Tho Hinkes, who landed in Virginia in 1660 7
| Contemporary Notables of the name Hinkes (post 1700) | + |
- Alan Hinkes OBE (b. 1954), English Himalayan high-altitude mountaineer from Northallerton in North Yorkshire, the first British mountaineer to claim all 14 Himalayan eight-thousanders
- Sidney George Stuart Hinkes (1925-2006), British pacifist and a priest in the Church of England, born in Dagenham
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- The Norman People and Their Existing Descendants in the British Dominions and the United States Of America. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1975. Print. (ISBN 0-8063-0636-X)
- Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
- Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
- Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
- Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
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Hinkes migration to the United States 
