 In 1821, after the death of his brother he married Hannah, sister of John's widow Mary and daughter of Nathaniel Buckley, a clothier of Saddleworth (formerly of Staley, and described as a cotton spinner of Duckinfield when John and Mary married).Charles and Hannah had six children; one daughter (Hannah) survived to adulthood and married Henry Woods, another daughter died aged twelve, none of the other four children reached their second birthday.Hindley's first wife died in July 1837, and he remarried (Jun 1839) Ann, the sister of John Fort of Read Hall.