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Humphrey probably lived in the Peary Area (Potato Neck) between Winter Harbor & Horn Harbor. His son John's land was listed as Winter Harbor & Horn Harbor. Humphrey owned 300 acres 1782 - 1787. 180 acres 1788. 205 acres 1789 - 1791. 155 acres 1792-1798. First listed as estate in 1797. Land transferred to John in 1799." Allen Hudgins in Jackie Hudgins notes.

From Geneology.com - https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/h/u/d/Geoffrey-L-Hudgins/BOOK-0001/0002-0002.html )

Robert Hudgins, born in Lancaster in the year 1660 maintained a large shipyard and ship-building enterprise and had homes both in Lancastershire and in the family hometown of Llandaff, Wales. In 1686 he was appointed Sheriff of Llanthony,. He married Charlotte Lewis, daughter of Henry Lewis of Trelech, Wales, in 1701. They lived thereafter in Liverpool but maintained his family home in Llandaff.
Robert and Charlotte Hudgins had four children, all sons:
William Hudgins 1702-1771
John Hudgins 1705-1784
Lewis Hudgins 1706-17*
Robert Hudgins 1710-1791
More About ROBERT HUDGINS and CHARLOTTE LEWIS:
Marriage: 1701, Trelech, Wales

Children of ROBERT HUDGINS and CHARLOTTE LEWIS are:
3. i. WILLIAM3 HUDGINS, b. 1702, Wales.
4. ii. JOHN HUDGINS, b. 1705; d. 1784.
5. iii. LEWIS HUDGINS, b. 1706.
iv. ROBERT HUDGINS, b. 1710.Father of four beothers (William, Lewis, John and Robert) who came to America in 1742.
(You Tube documentary.)

Details of his life require more research. However, he is believed to be the father of Robert Hudgins, who was the father of four brotehrs who emigrated from England to America.

When the King of England purchased the rights to the Carolinas from Lords Proprietors in 1729, a plan was formed to attract settlers to this large unsettled land.

The King's council offered 50 acres to each man, woman and child, including slaves, who would come and settle the land. The scheme worked and settlers came, not only from England and Europe, but from other American colonies.

Nicholas Frink (Dec. 17, 1696 to Jul 9 1749) was a son of John Frink and his wife, Hannah Prentice of New London, Conn, where many of the early Frinks had settled. The Father of Hannah was John Prentice, a sea captain, supplying the coastal waters between New England and the Carolinas.

Nicholas went to South Carolina in 1734 with his large family and settled on what is today known as Little River Neck.

The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research
SCMAR, Volume II, Number 2, Spring, 1974
Royal Grants, Volume 41, 1734-1738 (Continued from Vol. 2, p.52.)

Source: Vicky Hammond, Rootsweb.com
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NICHOLAS FRINK of Horry County, SC

Nicholas Frink, 1695-1749, of Connecticut, patriarch of the Frink family in NE South Carolina in 1735. He was a landowner at Kings Township, SC in Feb 1735. Kings Town Township was established and first settled in 1734 by Scots-Irish from Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Maryland and Virginia. Kings Township was located on the north bank of the Waccamaw River in northeastern South Carolina. By the end of the Royal Period its name had been shortened to Kingston Township and the town of Kingston was thriving therein. It was originally situated in the original Craven County, then in the new Kingston County of 1785. Located a mere twelve miles from present-day Myrtle Beach, SC, this scenic river town is one of the oldest cities in South Carolina. Originally named Kings Town, then shortened to Kingston, Conway was created in 1734 as part of Royal Governor Robert Johnson's Township Scheme, and was then considered the colonial frontier, quite a distance from Charles Town. Conway, SC is in Horry County today.

When the King of England purchased the rights to the Carolinas from Lords Proprietors in 1729, a plan was formed to attract settlers to this large unsettled land.

The King's council offered 50 acres to each man, woman and child, including slaves, who would come and settle the land. The scheme worked and settlers came, not only from England and Europe, but from other American colonies.

Nicholas Frink (Dec. 17, 1696 to Jul 9 1749) was a son of John Frink and his wife, Hannah Prentice of New London, Conn, where many of the early Frinks had settled. The Father of Hannah was John Prentice, a sea captain, supplying the coastal waters between New England and the Carolinas.

He was probably influential in attracting Nicholas Frink to the Carolinas. Nicholas came here in 1734 with his large family and settled on what is today known as Little River Neck.

Some other settlers coming from from New England, kinsmen of Nicholas Frink, included James Minor who had a grant for 375 acres on Cedar Creek and Boriah Grant who received an adjoining tract of 300 acres in a grant dated Jan 18,1733. It is on this property that the modern developments known as Cedar Creek Village and Lightkeepers Village are situated. Cherry Grove Beach had been known as Minor's Island for this James Minor.

Nicholas Frink's numerous descendants intermarried with the Gause, Gore, Bellamy, Vereen and many other families whose names are prominent in Horry and Brunswick counties today.

A great-grandson of Nicholas Frink was Samuel Frink (1758 to 1862) who had a large number of slaves on his plantation, which was located North of Calabash River. Some years ago, I led a group of descendants (C B Beery writer of this article) through a dense forest to visit the family cemetery. In recent years, the Pearl golf course has been built on this property.

Samuel Frink married Elizabeth Bellune, daughter of Daniel Bellune and his wife, Mary Bossier and they became the parents of 12 sons and daughters. One of the sons was Lorenzo Frink who became a prominent doctor and made his home in "Hickory Hall," which was built prior to 1812. This old house is still standing and may be seen today in Calabash.

Dr. Lorenzo Frink later made his home in Southport, N.C. where he is buried. The late movie actor, Joseph Cotton (born 1905) was a great-grandson of Dr. Lorenzo Frink. Dr. Frink gave Hickory Hall to his son, Samuel Frink who sold it together with many personal effects in 1875. Mr. J.H. Lay of Olypmic, N.C., (Columbus County) said his Father attended the sale and bought a wagon load of farming utensils and household goods and among the goods was a collection of books from Dr. Frink's library, including his medical books.

About 25 years ago, a Frink descendant, the late Marshall L. Shepherd of Raleigh, N.C., visited me and asked to be shown some of the old Frink plantations. Later, he told of visiting Mr. Lay at Olyphic who showed him the old house once occupied by Col. John Gore, which was then being used as a storage barn.

Little River Neck was early known as "Frinks Neck" for the family of Nicholas Frink. Old land grants and some deeds in the Horry County records refer to properties there as being in "Frink's Neck". A map of 940 acres of land made Feb. 15, 1808, by Thomas Hemingway, on Little River and Cedar Creek, shows "Frink's Neck".

The Chicora Chapter, Colonial Dames 17th Century will hold a dedication ceremony at the site at 2:30 p.m. May 4, to honor the Frink name of Little River Neck. (C.B.Berry, a former mayor of Crescent Beach, was instrumental in the creation of the Horry County Museum. He is a surveyor and a member of the Horry County Preservation Commission. He has written extensively on the history and genealogy of the area.).

The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research
SCMAR, Volume II, Number 2, Spring, 1974
Royal Grants, Volume 41, 1734-1738 (Continued from Vol. 2, p.52.)

SCMAR, Vol. II, Spring 1974, No. 2, p.85
95. to The Reverend Mr Daniel Dwight … a tract of land in Craven County containing Five hundred acres on the North West side of Waccamaw River, in the bounds & Limits of Kingston Township, to the South West & South East on vacant land, to the North East on Mr Nicholas Frink, and to the North West on Mr John Elliott. 26 June 1736. (26 Feb. 1735/6).

Source: Vicky Hammond, Rootsweb.com
Updated: September 2003

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Proof that Jabesh was Nicholas Frink's son.
From " Hall of Records, Charleston, South Carolina". Book Q4, page 26. Called otherwise Mesne Conveyance Office. Meaning conveyance between living persons.
Jabesh Frink to David Hewitt
South Carolina - Craven County
Date: 3 Dec 1767

Excerpt:
Tract of land granted to Coll. Williams Waites in 1736 sold by said Wait to "My Father Nicholas Frink" now dead and by his last will and testament bequeathed to me and to my brother Epraim Frink, to be equally divided.

This indenture made 3 Dec 1767 between Jabesh Frink of the Parish of All Saints in the County of Craven, Carpenter, with the consent of Nathan Frink and Ephraim Frink "my elder brothers" and also with the consent of "my nephew" John Frink, son of my deceased brother John Frink.

For 20 pounds current money of the province aforesaid, 200 acres, being the half of the aformentioned tract of 400 acres and the Northernmost part adjoining the Province line being Ephraim Frink's half bequeathed by my father and sold and conveyed to Edward Wingate Sr 4 Aug 1750. The remaining southernmost part I hereby convey to David Hewitt.....

Signed & Sealed & Delivered Jabesh Frink (L.S.)
In the Presence of us Nathan Frink (L. S.)
Martha Frink John Frink
Thomas Frink
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Name: Nicholas FRINK
Birth: 17 Dec 1696 in Taugwonk, Stonington, New London, CT

Death: 8 Jul 1749 in Little River, Horry, SC

Father: John FRINK III b: 18 May 1671 in Taugwonk, Stonington, New London, CT
Mother: Hannah PRENTICE b: Jun 1672 in New London, New London, CT
Marriage 1 Deborah PENDLETON b: 29 Aug 1697 in Westerly, Washington, RI
Married: 30 Nov 1715 in Stonington, New London, CT

Children:
Nathan FRINK b: 12 Oct 1716 in Stonington, New London, CT
John FRINK b: 7 Mar 1718 in Stonington, New London, CT
William FRINK b: 30 Oct 1719 in Stonington, New London, CT
Deborah FRINK b: 15 Jun 1722 in Stonington, New London, CT
Sarah FRINK b: 7 Mar 1724 in Stonington, New London, CT
Oliver FRINK b: 12 Dec 1726 in Stonington, New London, CT
Ephraim FRINK b: 8 Jan 1728 in Stonington, New London, CT
William FRINK b: 20 Jan 1730/1731 in Stonington, New London, CT
Jabesh FRINK b: 16 Jun 1736 in , Horry, SC

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Moved to SC shortly after 1734 and took up residence on the side on Little
River, Kingston Dist. 1736-- purchased land from Col. William Waties.

Little River Neck was originally called "Frink's Neck" for Nicholas' family.

Source: John Evans, Worldconnect Project, Rootsweb.com.

Born in 1630 in County Devon, England, John Frink died February 10, 1717, in Stonington, Connecticut. John Frink came to Stonington, Connecticut, as early as 1666. He was the son of John and Mary Frink of Ipswich, Massachusetts. He bought a tract of land on Taugwonk in Stonington, upon which he erected a dwelling house for himself and family. He was in King Philip"s War. He was married several years before he came to Stonington to live, having been united in marriage to Grace Stevens of Taunton, Massachusetts, in 1657. He brought with him to Stonington his wife and three daughters. He is buried in the Frink/Williams Yard Cemetery (Hale Cemetery #28) where his original hand-carved fieldstone marker still exists beside a modern tombstone placed there by Major General James Luke Frink in 1971.

John Frink was Stonington's first carpenter. At a town meeting in 1677, he agreed to make a table for the meeting house. He was also chosen as a surveyor for the town. He served as a Sergeant in King Phillip's War, a fierce Narragansett Indian uprising. John, as did many of those who served, received 200 acres in what became Voluntown, Connecticut.

(The preceding taken in part from: The Frink family in America by Peggy Frink Humphreys 2005 & "Frink's Neck (1734-1820) by Dorothea M. Long. Published in the Independent Republic Quarterly, Spring of 1996.
Source: donburg
https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/59448015/person/110053807472/media/ab3dd36c-5f26-4adb-89a9-9c35a95d4a91

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Wheeler's History of Stonington, p.376.
KC.