Notable Members

Church Leader & Bishop

Church of England clergyman; Bishop of Salisbury, then Bishop of London from 1663–1675.

Music Executive

Former music executive known publicly as 'Jimmy Henchman'; later convicted in major federal criminal cases.

MLB Outfielder

Major League Baseball outfielder who played from 1905–1920 for the Reds, Cleveland Naps, and Pirates.

Baseball Player & Manager

Professional baseball player and minor-league manager; Baseball-Reference lists his major and minor-league records.

Detroit Businessman & Politician

Detroit businessman, president of Merchants & Manufacturers Bank, sewer commissioner, and Michigan senator in 1877–1878.

Physician & Politician

West Virginia physician and politician; represented Logan County in the House of Delegates from 1866–1869. Man, West Virginia is reportedly named from the last syllable of his surname.

Minor-League Baseball Pitcher

Professional minor-league baseball pitcher from Kentucky; Baseball-Reference lists him as a left-handed pitcher, and his obituary says he faced future MLB stars and kept Roger Maris hitless in six at-bats.

Professional Baseball Player

Professional baseball player from Douglasville, Georgia; played at Tennessee Tech, signed with the Rockies organization, and was assigned to Fresno in 2024 before being released in 2025.

Tax-Policy Attorney & Analyst

Tax-policy attorney and analyst; public-policy figure associated with the National Taxpayers Union Foundation and Tax Foundation.

Artist & Illustrator

Prize-winning American artist, illustrator, photographer, and sculptor; associated with the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Woodmere, Delaware Art Museum, Philadelphia Museum of Art, and Penn Museum collections.

Colonial Boston Publisher

Colonial Boston publisher and bookseller; also active in Boston civic and militia life.

Colonial Silversmith

Colonial Boston silversmith, active before the American Revolution; associated with important Boston silverwork.

Military Figure

1600s New England military figure associated with King Philip's War and the early Henchman family line.

3-Time All-American Football Player – Ohio State

One of only 8 players in Ohio State history to earn First-Team All-American honors three times (1930–32). A Quarterback and Halfback, Hinchman has been called the "Rodney Dangerfield" of Ohio State football history for being overlooked despite his remarkable record. He lettered in four sports at Ohio State — football, basketball, baseball, and golf — and served as Team Captain and 1932 Team MVP. He is a member of the Varsity "O" Hall of Fame.

NFL Player

NFL fullback/halfback who played for the Chicago Cardinals and Detroit Lions in the 1930s.

Baseball Catcher

Baseball catcher listed by Baseball-Reference; played college/amateur baseball for West Virginia State University.

Design Professor & Author

Interior design and architecture-history professor/author; wrote books on furniture and interior architecture/design.

Literacy Scholar

Reading and literacy scholar; known for work in adolescent literacy and literacy education.

Author & Artist

Author and artist associated with nature journaling and illustrated nature writing.

Artist

Detroit-born artist who later worked in Laguna Beach; described as creator of the Laguna Festival of Arts.

Engineer & Village President

Engineer, Spanish-American War Navy veteran, and village president of Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, from 1933–1936.

Educator

Georgia Southern assistant professor whose work uses comics and creative teaching frameworks, including Batman and DC Comics concepts, in education.

Character Actor

Character actor with TV and film credits; a niche but publicly documented entertainment figure.

Detroit Businessman

Detroit businessman connected to T. H. Hinchman & Son / T. H. Hinchman & Sons, later part of Detroit's drug/wholesale business history.

Local History Figure

Indiana local-history figure connected with Vernon, Indiana and abolitionist-era history.

Early Minister

Early New England minister associated with Lynn, Massachusetts; appears in Great Awakening-era religious controversy material.

Historic Preservation Lecturer

Senior research associate and lecturer connected with the University of Pennsylvania's Center for Architectural Conservation.

Army Ranger & Entrepreneur

U.S. Army Ranger veteran, entrepreneur, and Alabama political candidate.

Educator & Civic Figure

West Virginia educator and civic figure, noted in Logan County historical writing as active in education and civic affairs for decades.

Attorney & Solar Energy Advocate

Maine attorney and chief counsel at ReVision Energy, a solar power company. Drafted the first solar Power Purchase Agreement in Maine and chairs ReVision's Board of Directors, pioneering renewable energy law.

Political Science Professor & Author

Professor of political science at Clarkson University; author of 'Hegel's Critique of the Enlightenment' (1984) and scholar of environmental politics and democratic theory.

Environmental Studies Scholar

Professor of environmental studies and politics; co-author with Lewis Hinchman on environmentalism, humanism, and democratic theory.

Michigan Pioneer & Settler

Early settler of Berrien County, Michigan in the 1830s; the community of Hinchman, Michigan was named after him and his wife Susannah.

Abolitionist & Farmer

New Jersey farmer and abolitionist active in the anti-slavery movement; father of Henry Hinchman who became an Indiana local history figure.

Colonial Military Officer

Born 1636 in St. Stephen's, Cornwall; fought against the Dutch in 1664 and received bounty land at Flushing, Long Island. Early American ancestor.

Early American Settler

One of the first Hinchmans to arrive in America, landing in New England in 1654. Established the family's presence in colonial America.

Colonial Settler

Arrived in New England in 1668; among the early Hinchman immigrants who established the family in America during the colonial period.

Colonial Settler

Arrived in Maryland in 1665; part of the first wave of Hinchman immigrants to America in the 17th century.

Early 20th Century Figure

Born 1864, died 1930; documented in genealogical records as part of the Hinchman family lineage during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

19th Century Family Member

Documented in genealogical records; part of the Hinchman family expansion across America during the 19th century.