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Isaac Hinckley

Hinckley was born on Oct. 28, 1815, in Hingham, Massachusetts, a son of Isaac Hinckley (1793-1818), who had gone to sea at a young age and rose to command three ships: the brig Reaper (1809-10), which he sailed on a trading voyage from Boston to Aden and Calcutta; the ship Tartar (1812-13), on another voyage to Calcutta; and finally the ship Canton (1815-18) for three voyages from Boston to Canton, China.



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