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Bicentennial Snapshot # 03: The Hinchers

April 5, 2022January 27, 2025 by Pat Worboys and Maureen Whalen

This week on the Bicentennial snapshot, we take a look at The Hinchers. They were the first European settlers on the shore of Lake Ontario, on the west side of the Genesee, between here and the Niagara This week we introduce you to the Hincher Family, the first European settlers west of the Genesee River. William Hincher, the patriarch of the family, was a veteran of the Revolutionary War and a participant in Shays’ Rebellion. In 1792, he brought his wife, Mehitable, and their eight children to western New York, settling on the west bank of the Genesee River where the Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse stands today.

Eight Miles Along the Shore
Eight Miles Along the Shore By Virginia Tomkiewicz and Shirley Cox Husted

If you would enjoy reading books about history, then here is a list of books related to this snapshot: The Eight Miles Along The Shore by Virginia Tomkiewicz and Shirley Cox Husted is the first book you should pick up. Please visit the online gift shop located on our website or stop in to see our selection during our scheduled hours.

Sources and credits for the graphics used are given either in the lower third portion of an image or at the end of the video.

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Pat Worboys
Technology Coordinator/ Chief Technology Officer |  + posts Bio

Pat Worboys is one of the two Co-Director of the Greece Historical Society's Information Technology Committee. Pat is the Producer of the Bicentennial Snapshots series. Pat holds two degrees one in Information Technology (A.A.S) and the second one is in Interactive Media Design (Web Design) (A.A.S.).

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    January Programs & Winter Museum Closure
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    Evolving Our Gift Shop: A Step into the Future of Museum Retail
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    Craft Show Saturday
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    How to Watch the Sunday Bridge Talk On YouTube
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    Annual Membership Meeting for the 2025 Operating Year
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    A Brief History of Wegmans by Gary Harris
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    Roc The DAY! 2024 With Greece Historical Society
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    Unleash Your Potential: Shape the Future of the Greece Historical Society!
  • Pat Worboys
    2024 “Sweet Sensations” Strawberry & Dessert Tasting Fundraiser
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    The Kannewischer Family Live Stream
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    The 2024 Strawberry Fest is Coming!!
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    Join Us for M & M Sunday! April 21, 2024
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    Play Ball Exhibit
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    Celebrating 50 years of WDKX (103.9)
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    The first Warren C. Crandell Memorial Scholarship entry period is now open!
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    BICENTENNIAL SNAPSHOT COLLECTION ON DVD
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    Bicentennial Snapshot Series Completed
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    Bicentennial Snapshot No. 54: Gone, but Not Forgotten
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    Bicentennial Snapshot No. 53: Buckman’s Dairy
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    Bicentennial Snapshot # 52 – Greece Performing Arts Society
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    Bicentennial Snapshot No. 51: Some Notable Women of Greece
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    Bicentennial Snapshot No. 50: Barnard and Lakeshore Fire Districts
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    Bicentennial Snapshot No. 49: Dewey-Stone / Barnard
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    Bicentennial Snapshot No. 48: Gordon A. Howe
  • Pat Worboys
    Bicentennial Snapshot No. 47: Childhood diseases
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    Bicentennial Snapshot No. 46: Epidemics and Pandemics
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    Bicentennial Snapshot No. 45: Speakeasies
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    Bicentennial Snapshot No. 44: Rumrunners and Bootleggers
  • Pat Worboys
    Bicentennial Snapshot No. 43: Rediscovering Greece’s Historic Schoolhouses of 1872 Part 2
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    Bicentennial Snapshot No. 42: Rediscovering Greece’s Historic Schoolhouses of 1872 Part 1
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    Bicentennial Snapshot # 41: Northgate Plaza
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    Bicentennial Snapshot # 40 – Growing up on Paddy Hill Farm
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    Bicentennial Snapshot # 39 – Paddy Hill, Read’s Corners, Latta at Mount Read
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    Bicentennial Snapshot No 38: Our Town in World War II
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    Bicentennial Snapshot No. 37: Unsolved Arson Case – The Holiday Inn Fire of 1978
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    Bicentennial Snapshot No.36: Centennial Celebration of North Greece and Ridge Road Fire District
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    Bicentennial Snapshot # 35: “Lafayette, We Are Here!”
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    Bicentennial Snapshot # 34: Extreme Weather Part 2
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    Bicentennial Snapshot # 33: Extreme Weather Part 1
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    Bicentennial Snapshot # 32 – Ghost Legends Of Greece NY
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    Bicentennial Snapshot # 31 – Notable homes in Greece, NY
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    Bicentennial Snapshot No. 30: Cobblestone houses, Part 2
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    Bicentennial Snapshot # 29 – Cobblestone Houses Part 1
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    Bicentennial Snapshot # 28 – Jerome Combs, The Cobblestone Baseball Catcher
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    Bicentennial Snapshot # 27: “The Cooper” Tom Toal
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    Bicentennial Snapshot # 26 – Doctor Abdiel Bliss Carpenter
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    Bicentennial Snapshot # 25 Hotel De May
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    Our Annual Pasta Dinner
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    Bicentennial Snapshot # 24 The Hotel of Many Names
  • Pat Worboys
    “Set in Stone”: The History of Cobblestone Masonry
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    Bicentennial Snapshot # 23 – The Larkin Hotel
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    A Farewell to Frear’s Garden Center
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    Bicentennial Snapshot # 22 – North Greece / Jenkin’s Corners
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    Bicentennial Snapshot # 21 – Doctor Samuel Beach Bradley
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    Bicentennial Snapshot # 20 – “Hoosick” / West Greece
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    Bicentennial Snapshot # 19- Henpeck, Hoosick, and Hojack, What’s in a Name? Part 2
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    Bicentennial Snapshot # 18 Henpeck, Hoosick, Hojack, What’s in a Name? Part 1
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    Bicentennial Snapshot # 17 – Henpeck / South Greece Hamlet
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    Bicentennial Snapshot # 16 – ‘ADA’ Ridge Hamlet
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    Bicentennial Snapshot # 15 – Erie Canal
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    Bicentennial Snapshot # 14 – General Stores
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    Bicentennial Snapshot # 13: Asa Rowe, James Vick and the Beginning of the Nursery Industry
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    Bicentennial Snapshot # 12 – The Ridge Part 2
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    Bicentennial Snapshot # 11 – The Ridge Part 1
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    Bicentennial Snapshot # 10 – Samuel and Lydia and George and Frances Latta
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    Bicentennial Snapshot # 09 – Giles H Holden
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    Bicentennial Snapshot # 08 – Charlotte – Genesee Lighthouse
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    Bicentennial Snapshot # 07: Town of Greece War of 1812 Part 3
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    Bicentennial Snapshot # 06: War of 1812 Part 2
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    Bicentennial Snapshot # 05: War of 1812 Part 1
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    Bicentennial Snapshot # 04: King’s Landing
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    Bicentennial Snapshot # 02: The Onödowá’ga (Oh-n’own-dough-wahgah) (Seneca is the English name)
  • Pat Worboys
    Bicentennial Snapshot # 01: The Founding of The Town of Greece
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    Bicentennial Snapshot # 0: The Trailer
Maureen Whalen
+ posts Bio

Researcher, writer, narrator, and a retired librarian and local historian who worked at the Charlotte Branch Library, Author of A History of the Seneca Park Zoo, and Co-Author of the following books Winning the Vote in Greece, Our Town in World War II. She is the Narrator to all the Bicentennial Snapshots.

  • Maureen Whalen
    The Fight Against Polio
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    Ralph Francis: Black Activist and Abolitionist
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    Bicentennial Snapshot No. 54: Gone, but Not Forgotten
  • Maureen Whalen
    Bicentennial Snapshot No. 53: Buckman’s Dairy
  • Maureen Whalen
    Bicentennial Snapshot # 52 – Greece Performing Arts Society
  • Maureen Whalen
    Bicentennial Snapshot No. 51: Some Notable Women of Greece
  • Maureen Whalen
    Bicentennial Snapshot No. 50: Barnard and Lakeshore Fire Districts
  • Maureen Whalen
    Bicentennial Snapshot No. 49: Dewey-Stone / Barnard
  • Maureen Whalen
    Bicentennial Snapshot No. 48: Gordon A. Howe
  • Maureen Whalen
    Bicentennial Snapshot No. 47: Childhood diseases
  • Maureen Whalen
    Bicentennial Snapshot No. 46: Epidemics and Pandemics
  • Maureen Whalen
    Bicentennial Snapshot No. 45: Speakeasies
  • Maureen Whalen
    Bicentennial Snapshot No. 44: Rumrunners and Bootleggers
  • Maureen Whalen
    Bicentennial Snapshot No. 43: Rediscovering Greece’s Historic Schoolhouses of 1872 Part 2
  • Maureen Whalen
    Bicentennial Snapshot No. 42: Rediscovering Greece’s Historic Schoolhouses of 1872 Part 1
  • Maureen Whalen
    Bicentennial Snapshot # 41: Northgate Plaza
  • Maureen Whalen
    Bicentennial Snapshot # 40 – Growing up on Paddy Hill Farm
  • Maureen Whalen
    Bicentennial Snapshot # 39 – Paddy Hill, Read’s Corners, Latta at Mount Read
  • Maureen Whalen
    Bicentennial Snapshot No 38: Our Town in World War II
  • Maureen Whalen
    Bicentennial Snapshot No. 37: Unsolved Arson Case – The Holiday Inn Fire of 1978
  • Maureen Whalen
    Bicentennial Snapshot No.36: Centennial Celebration of North Greece and Ridge Road Fire District
  • Maureen Whalen
    Bicentennial Snapshot # 35: “Lafayette, We Are Here!”
  • Maureen Whalen
    Bicentennial Snapshot # 34: Extreme Weather Part 2
  • Maureen Whalen
    Bicentennial Snapshot # 33: Extreme Weather Part 1
  • Maureen Whalen
    Bicentennial Snapshot # 32 – Ghost Legends Of Greece NY
  • Maureen Whalen
    Bicentennial Snapshot # 31 – Notable homes in Greece, NY
  • Maureen Whalen
    Bicentennial Snapshot No. 30: Cobblestone houses, Part 2
  • Maureen Whalen
    Bicentennial Snapshot # 29 – Cobblestone Houses Part 1
  • Maureen Whalen
    Bicentennial Snapshot # 28 – Jerome Combs, The Cobblestone Baseball Catcher
  • Maureen Whalen
    Bicentennial Snapshot # 27: “The Cooper” Tom Toal
  • Maureen Whalen
    Bicentennial Snapshot # 26 – Doctor Abdiel Bliss Carpenter
  • Maureen Whalen
    Bicentennial Snapshot # 25 Hotel De May
  • Maureen Whalen
    Bicentennial Snapshot # 24 The Hotel of Many Names
  • Maureen Whalen
    Bicentennial Snapshot # 23 – The Larkin Hotel
  • Maureen Whalen
    A Farewell to Frear’s Garden Center
  • Maureen Whalen
    Bicentennial Snapshot # 22 – North Greece / Jenkin’s Corners
  • Maureen Whalen
    Bicentennial Snapshot # 21 – Doctor Samuel Beach Bradley
  • Maureen Whalen
    Bicentennial Snapshot # 20 – “Hoosick” / West Greece
  • Maureen Whalen
    Bicentennial Snapshot # 19- Henpeck, Hoosick, and Hojack, What’s in a Name? Part 2
  • Maureen Whalen
    Bicentennial Snapshot # 18 Henpeck, Hoosick, Hojack, What’s in a Name? Part 1
  • Maureen Whalen
    Bicentennial Snapshot # 17 – Henpeck / South Greece Hamlet
  • Maureen Whalen
    Bicentennial Snapshot # 16 – ‘ADA’ Ridge Hamlet
  • Maureen Whalen
    Bicentennial Snapshot # 15 – Erie Canal
  • Maureen Whalen
    Bicentennial Snapshot # 14 – General Stores
  • Maureen Whalen
    Bicentennial Snapshot # 13: Asa Rowe, James Vick and the Beginning of the Nursery Industry
  • Maureen Whalen
    Bicentennial Snapshot # 12 – The Ridge Part 2
  • Maureen Whalen
    Bicentennial Snapshot # 11 – The Ridge Part 1
  • Maureen Whalen
    Bicentennial Snapshot # 10 – Samuel and Lydia and George and Frances Latta
  • Maureen Whalen
    Bicentennial Snapshot # 09 – Giles H Holden
  • Maureen Whalen
    Bicentennial Snapshot # 08 – Charlotte – Genesee Lighthouse
  • Maureen Whalen
    Bicentennial Snapshot # 07: Town of Greece War of 1812 Part 3
  • Maureen Whalen
    Bicentennial Snapshot # 06: War of 1812 Part 2
  • Maureen Whalen
    Bicentennial Snapshot # 05: War of 1812 Part 1
  • Maureen Whalen
    Bicentennial Snapshot # 04: King’s Landing
  • Maureen Whalen
    Bicentennial Snapshot # 02: The Onödowá’ga (Oh-n’own-dough-wahgah) (Seneca is the English name)
  • Maureen Whalen
    Bicentennial Snapshot # 01: The Founding of The Town of Greece
  • Maureen Whalen
    Bicentennial Snapshot # 0: The Trailer

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