William Hymas
1806-1889
Mary Ann Atkins Hymas 1813-1906
William Hymas was born July 26, 1806 at Rayleigh, Essex, England. He was the son of Edward and Sarah Howlett Hymas. Rayleigh is located on the coast east of London, at the mouth of the Thames River. At the time of his birth, George III was King of England.
We have no record of his life until he was married to Mary Ann Atkins on January 6, 1834, at which time he was twenty-seven years of age. Mary Ann Atkins was born at Hockley, Essex, England, December 20, 1813. She was the daughter of William Atkins and Lucy Hart. They became the parents of five sons and three daughters, namely: George William, William Alfred, John Atkins, Sarah, Susan, Benjamin, James and Mary Ann.
After their marriage they lived in Rayleigh where their first seven children were born. It appears from the records that they moved to Hockley before the birth of the youngest child in 1851. Here William was foreman over a small group of men, caring for the estate of an English Lord. Two grandsons of William and Mary Ann give a description of this farm after their visit while on missions in England. They saw the house and stables and the trees that were around the house and a pond of water in back of it. They told of the thatched roof and the old-fashioned stables. They saw the old brew house, which at that time was being used as a place for storing wood and coal. They entered the kitchen of the old home where on the left they saw the old fireplace and went into a large front room. The visitors told of the extreme poverty that existed among the people of this locality where the Hymas Family once lived and of their joy over the fact that their ancestors had left this farm and come to America.
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We have no record of his life until he was married to Mary Ann Atkins on January 6, 1834, at which time he was twenty-seven years of age. Mary Ann Atkins was born at Hockley, Essex, England, December 20, 1813. She was the daughter of William Atkins and Lucy Hart. They became the parents of five sons and three daughters, namely: George William, William Alfred, John Atkins, Sarah, Susan, Benjamin, James and Mary Ann.
After their marriage they lived in Rayleigh where their first seven children were born. It appears from the records that they moved to Hockley before the birth of the youngest child in 1851. Here William was foreman over a small group of men, caring for the estate of an English Lord. Two grandsons of William and Mary Ann give a description of this farm after their visit while on missions in England. They saw the house and stables and the trees that were around the house and a pond of water in back of it. They told of the thatched roof and the old-fashioned stables. They saw the old brew house, which at that time was being used as a place for storing wood and coal. They entered the kitchen of the old home where on the left they saw the old fireplace and went into a large front room. The visitors told of the extreme poverty that existed among the people of this locality where the Hymas Family once lived and of their joy over the fact that their ancestors had left this farm and come to America.
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