I am so grateful for this information. Thank you! To give a little context, the full writing under the picture says “ residence at New Haven, Connecticut of Edward A. Mitchell, an uncle of Samuel Hinman.”

This photo comes from a genealogy book my great grandmother complied. The family tree in the book starts with Samuels parents, but no birth or death dates for them, just names.

Samuel hinman is my 5th great grandfather and he lived 1839-1890. His mother died when he was 12 in 1851. I’m assuming durning this time period it was more difficult for a single father, so presumably he put him in boarding school of sorts and then it seems he became completely distant from his father. There’s accounts about his life from his children and people that knew him but no mention of his parents. In my family book, there are no other pictures in the book that pertain to Samuels elders or his childhood or any “Mitchell’s”.

Samuel was a translator between the Indians and the US government. There are articles written about him that have his parents as Tom and Mary of New England descent. (Author was probably being lazy, didn’t want to dig into the genealogy and picked two makes no one would question.)

Later on in my research I found one of Samuels marriage licenses that listed his dads initials as H.B. Hinman and long story short, I found out who his parents were. And was able to trace the hinman side back to before they came to America. It’s a very well documented family. The fact the genealogy and tree got so obscured between him and his parents frustrated me. When my great grandma did all her research and complied this book, she never got back further than his parents, presumably because these publications wrongly list his parents name. So I want to reach out to the place the publications came from.

I discovered Samuels mothers maiden name was Mitchell, which made the photo of this house much more interesting. I had assumed his connection to his mothers family stopped when she passed but maybe not. The photo of the house always fascinated me. From the details of the actual build to the people on the front lawn. I’ve wondered about it for so long and this has really given me some head way. I’ll come back with any updates. Thank you, thank you!!