Husband Timothy Bourne 1
Born: 5 Dec 1703 - Sandwich, Massachusetts 1
Christened:
Died: 6 Oct 1780 - Sandwich, Massachusetts 1
Buried:
Father: Deacon Timothy Bourne (1666-1744) 1
Mother: Temperance Swift (1666-1746) 1
Marriage:
Wife Elizabeth Bourne
Born: Abt 1705 - Sandwich, Massachusetts
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Ezra Bourne (1676-1764)
Mother: Martha Prince (1677-1766)
Children
1 M Hon Shearjashub Bourne
Born: 14 Jun 1746 - Sandwich, Massachusetts
Christened:
Died: 11 Mar 1806 - Boston, Massachusetts
Buried:
Spouse: Hannah Doane (1749-1839) 2 3 4
Marr: 26 Feb 1767 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 5
General Notes: Husband - Timothy Bourne
married ELIZABETH BOURNE or ELIZABETH LORING. (ref: Gen of May Fam, Vol 1, pg 221-222) 1
Husband Simeon Dillingham
Born: 24 Sep 1700 - Sandwich, Massachusetts
Christened:
Died: 2 Apr 1773 - Sandwich, Massachusetts
Buried: - Old Burying Ground, Sandwich
Father: Edward Dillingham (1665-1739)
Mother: Abigail Nye (1678-1720)
Marriage: Cir 1730
Wife Elizabeth Bourne
Born: 30 Jun 1704 - Sandwich, Massachusetts 6
Christened:
Died: 1763 - Sandwich, Massachusetts
Buried:
Father: Nathan Bourne (1676- )
Mother: Mary Bassett (1676- )
Children
1 M John Dillingham
Born: 17 Jan 1736 - Sandwich, Massachusetts
Christened:
Died: 27 Oct 1825 - Sandwich, Massachusetts
Buried: - Old Burying Ground, Sandwich
Spouse: Sarah Blackmer (1736-1810)
Marr: Est 1760 - Sandwich, Massachusetts
Notes: Marriage
Children
Nathan Dillingham b: 1732
John Dillingham b: 1734
Abigail Dillingham b: 1736
Mary Dillingham b: 1738
Jonathan Dillingham b: 1741
Ward Dillingham b: 1742
Husband Ezra Bourne
Born: 6 Aug 1676 - Sandwich, Plymouth Colony
Christened:
Died: 5 Sep 1764 - Sandwich, Massachusetts
Buried: - Sandwich Old Burying Ground
Father: Shearjashub Bourne (1643-1718)
Mother: Bathshua Skiffe (1648-1714) 7
Marriage: 27 Dec 1698 - Sandwich, Massachusetts 8
Wife Martha Prince
Born: 15 Mar 1677 - Sandwich, Plymouth Colony
Christened:
Died: 22 Aug 1766 - Sandwich, Massachusetts 9
Buried: - Sandwich Old Burying Ground
Noted events in their marriage were:
• wedding, 27 Dec 1698 - Sandwich, Massachusetts
married by Mr Rowland Cotton in Sandwich
Children
1 F Elizabeth Bourne
Born: Abt 1705 - Sandwich, Massachusetts
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Timothy Bourne (1703-1780) 1
General Notes: Husband - Ezra Bourne
stone:
In memory of
EZRA BOURNE Esq
who was many Years
first Justice of the Pleas
for the County and
Representative of this Town
died Sept 5th 1764
in the 89th Year of his Age 9
Husband Isaac Hinckley
Born: 31 Oct 1719 - Barnstable, Massachusetts
Christened:
Died: 2 Dec 1802 - Barnstable, Massachusetts
Buried:
Father: Captain Joseph Hinckley (1672-1753)
Mother: Mary Gorham (1680-1748)
Marriage: 18 Dec 1748 - West Barnstable, Massachusetts 10
Wife Hannah Bourne
Born: 8 Dec 1725 - Barnstable, Massachusetts
Christened:
Died: 9 Apr 1805 - Barnstable, Massachusetts
Buried: - West Barnstable Cemetery
Father: Sylvanus Bourne (1694-1763)
Mother: Mercy Gorham (1695-1782)
Children
1 F Eunice Hinckley
Born: 14 Jul 1765 - Barnstable, Massachusetts
Christened:
Died: 16 Jan 1838 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 9
Buried: - West Barnstable Cemetery
Spouse: Rev Samuel Parker (1742-1811)
Notes: Marriage
Children
Richard Hinckley b: 29 Oct 1749 in Barnstable , Barnstable , Massachusetts
Hannah Hinckley b: 25 Mar 1751 in Barnstable , Barnstable , Massachusetts
Abigail Hinckley b: 13 Feb 1753 in Barnstable , Barnstable , Massachusetts
Joseph Hinckley b: 6 Mar 1755 in Barnstable , Barnstable , Massachusetts
Elizabeth Hinckley b: 30 Apr 1757 in Barnstable , Barnstable , Massachusetts
Isaac Hinckley b: 18 Jun 1760 in Barnstable , Barnstable , Massachusetts
Charles Hinckley b: 1 Nov 1762 in Barnstable , Barnstable , Massachusetts
Husband James Bourne
Born: 21 Feb 1731 - Sandwich, Massachusetts
Christened:
Died: 19 May 1807 - Sandwich, Massachusetts
Buried:
Marriage:
Wife Mary Nye
Born: Cir 1731 - Sandwich, Massachusetts
Christened:
Died: 3 Mar 1798 - Sandwich, Massachusetts
Buried:
Children
1 M Allen Bourne 11
Born: 24 Aug 1759 - Sandwich, Massachusetts
Christened: 6 Sep 1772 - Sandwich, Massachusetts
Died: - Scipio, Cayuga, New York
Buried:
Spouse: Hannah Freeman (1765- ) 12
Marr: 13 Nov 1788 - Eastham, Massachusetts 13 14
General Notes: Husband - James Bourne
Father: Silas Bourne , Col. b: 10 DEC 1701 in Sandwich, MA
Mother: Mary Allen b: ABT 1709
General Notes: Wife - Mary Nye
Father: Ebenezer Nye
Mother: Deborah Tobey b: 30 DEC 1694 in Sandwich
Notes: Marriage
Children, in Sanwich
Benjamin Bourne b: 2 MAY 1753
Hannah Bourne b: 8 APR 1755
Allen Bourne b: 24 AUG 1759
Mary Bourne b: 11 JUN 1762
James Bourne b: 16 AUG 1765
Temperance Bourne b: 26 MAR 1769
Sarah Bourne b: 5 JAN 1771
Source:
NEHGR 118:289, 119:36
Husband John Foster
Born: Est 1692
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Marriage: Cir 1726
Wife Joanna Bourne
Born: 20 Jan 1696 - Sandwich, Massachusetts 1
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Deacon Timothy Bourne (1666-1744) 1
Mother: Temperance Swift (1666-1746) 1
Children
Husband Job Bourne
Born: Abt 1639 - Sandwich, Plymouth Colony
Christened:
Died: Feb 1677 - Hingham, Plymouth colony
Buried:
Father: Rev Richard Bourne (Abt 1610-Bef 1682)
Mother: Bathsheba Hallett (1615-1670)
Marriage: 14 Dec 1664 - Sandwich, Plymouth Colony 15
Wife Ruhamah Hallett
Born: Abt 1644 - Yarmouth, Plymouth colony
Christened:
Died: 13 Sep 1714 - Sandwich, Massachusetts
Buried:
Father: Andrew Hallett (Cir 1615-1684)
Mother: Ann Besse (Cir 1641-1694)
Noted events in their marriage were:
• Alt Marriage, 14 Dec 1664 - Yarmouth, Plymouth colony
Children
1 M Deacon Timothy Bourne 1
Born: 18 Apr 1666 - Sandwich, Plymouth Colony 15
Christened:
Died: 28 Mar 1744 - Sandwich, Massachusetts
Buried:
Spouse: Temperance Swift (1666-1746) 1
Marr: Cir 1688 - Sandwich, Plymouth Colony
2 F Hannah Bourne
Born: 18 Nov 1667 - Sandwich, Plymouth Colony 15
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
3 M Eleazer Bourne
Born: 20 Jul 1670 - Sandwich, Plymouth Colony 15
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
4 M John Bourne
Born: 2 Nov 1672 - Sandwich, Plymouth Colony 16
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
5 M Hezekiah Bourne
Born: 25 Sep 1675 - Sandwich, Plymouth Colony 16
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
General Notes: Husband - Job Bourne
He married in Sandwich, 14 Dec. 1664, Ruhamah3 Hallett (Sandwich Vital Records in Mayflower Descendant, vol. 14, p. 107, April 1912), born there about 1644, died after 13 Sept. 1714, daughter of Andrew2 Hallett, probably by the latter's first wife.
This eldest son Job predeceased his father and as we have seen the court appointed John Miller as agent in 1682 to act on behalf of the children and widow. Perhaps some reader can comment on the genealogical significance of this appointment, since it would seem that this was the John Miller whose wife Margaret was a daughter of Josiah and Margaret (Bourne) Winslow. As eldest son Job evidently lived with his father and stepmother upon the father's homestead farm, which his children inherited (vide supra). The inventory of his estate, dated 30 January, was sworn 5 March 1676/7 by "Ruhamah Bourne relict of Job Bourne, of Sandwich, deceased" (Plymouth Colony Probate, vol. 3, pt. 2, p. 48). In the absence of Barnstable County Deeds the detailed settlement of his estate is of genealogical value:
"Att a Court of His Majtls held att the Town of Plymouth for the jurisdiction of New Plymouth the sixt day of March A.D. 1676/7. In reference to the settlement of the Estate of Job Bourne late of Sandwich, deceased intestate. The Court orders that debts being 1st payed, Ruhamah Bourne the Relict of the said Job Bourne shall have the use and profitt of one third part of all the lands hee died possessed of which are alsoe hereafter mensioned, during her naturall life and one third part of all the moveables to be att her dispose, together with £20 more out of the moveables towards her charge in bringing up the smaller children and the residue of the Estate to be divided equally into six parts, whereof the eldest son to have 2 parts and the other three sons and the daughter to have theire equall parts. The lands to be divided amongst three of the sons, being apprised according to the district bounds thereof as they are assigned by theire grandfather Mr. Richard Bourne, with the consent of the said Ruhamah theire mother, and to be allowed toward theire Respective partes in such proportion as the value thereof shall amount to. Timothy the eldest son to have the lands following, viz.: all the meddows which his father bought of Mr. Standish and one halfe the Creek Stuffe with some small skirts of meddow lying from the tail of the meddow called Mr. Standishes meddow toward Wepanchett and one halfe the Upland bought with the said meddowes and one halfe the herbage of Manamoett field with halfe the wood and Cedar Swampes bought by his father with the privileges belonging to the first grant or bargain according to the proportion of his land & meddow. And the other two sonnes called Eleezer & Hezekiah to have the rest of the meddow, being bounded by a marked tree standing about the middle betwixt Coweeset & Muchmanans field, thence ranging south west to a white oake tree att the head of the little Creeke next the Springs & another parcell of salt marsh lying att the hither part of Manamamoett old field att a little creeke which runs into the mouth of the Creeke that comes from Thomas Burges his meddow & soe runs down the River to Jacob Burges his meddow & soe to a stake standing in the marsh & to the Red Rocke in the River, to be equally divided between them. Hezekiah is allsoe assigned to have six acres on the North side of the River which was bought of Mr. Freeman & Joseph Burge & six acres more of new ground, being on the Easterly side of the River being att a small Run of Water & soe downward, together with the priviledges belonging thereunto. And to the sd Timothy & Eleezer is allsoe assigned the land on the West Syde of the River where the house is, the sd lands att the River above by the hills & soe alonge the topp of the hill untill it comes downward to the narrow stony place unto a flat Rock in the Stony Place & some new ground on the Eastern syde of the River from the end of the six acres given to Hezekiah above mentioned & thence extending to a little swamp that cometh from the River up to the cart way & for any other parcell of land not above mensioned it shall be disposed by the administrators with the advice of the said Richard Bourne to such of the children as they shall judge meet. The other son, called John[A] not above mentioned being to have his portion out of the moveables of the sd Mr. Bourne, having declared his intention to provide some land for him. And the sd Ruhamah theire Mother to have the use of the house and one third of the land during her naturall Life as above sd., and the use of the whole Estate besides her £20 and thirds above sd towards the bringing up of the sd children untill they shall respectively attaine the age of twenty and one years or the day of marriage, which shall first happen, or the time that any of them shall choose their guardians and take theire respective portions unto theire hands. Ruhamah the sd Relict and her brother John Hallett and Elisha Bourne being granted of administration upon theire giving securitie to Mr. Thomas Hinckley in the Court's behalf" (ibid,, p. 270-272).
The will, dated 14 March 1681/2 and proved 4 June 1684, of "Andrew Hallett of Yarmouth," gives... "to my daughter[B] Ruhamah Bourne, what she hath of me already and doe will to her ye just sum of £20 more of my Estate and to my grandson Timothy Bourne I do will £5. & to Hannah Bourne, £5. & to Eliezer Bourne £5. and to Hezekiah £5." (ibid., vol. 4, p. 134). The will of "Anna Hallett of Yarmouth, widdow" (of the above Andrew2 Hallett), dated 23 June 1684, gives "to John Bourne my grandson now living with me, my bed in the chamber, with ye bedstead, curtains and vallents … and my great brass kettle or 22s., he to choose." She orders the residue divided into three equall parts, of which one "to my daughter[B] Ruhamah Bourne," whom she made co-executrix (Mayflower Descendant, vol. 22, p. 188, October 1920).
Rebecca (Chubbuck) Hersey, wife of William2 Hersey of Hingham, died there 1 June 1686, and her widower married, secondly, Ruhamah, widow of the subject Job2 Bourne. William Hersey's will, dated 1689, names his "now wife Ruhamah." This marriage is proved by the fact that "Ruhamah Herssey daughter of Anna Hallett of Yarmouth, widow deceased," made oath to the inventory as Executrix (under her mother's will) 13 April 1694 (ibid.). In 1699 her son Timothy Bourne sold a parcel of land in Agawam to "my honoured mother Ruharnah Hersey of the town of Sandwich" and she was still living 13 Sept. 1714, when she is described as "Mrs. Ruhamah Hersey" in a quitclaim by Job Bourne's heirs (vide post).
[A] Amos Otis, Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families, ed. by G. F. Swift, 1888, vol. 1, p. 111-112, states that the name of this John3 Bourne is "omitted, probably by mistake." But the actual record shows that this mistake lies not with the probate liber.
[B] See "Ann (Besse) Hallett, Stepmother of Abigail (Hallelt) Alden" (The American Genealogist, vol. 26, p. 193-195, October 1950), in which it is argued that the testatrix was not the mother of Ruhama (Hallett} Bourne. The facts as submitted by the author, Mrs. John E. Barclay, seem to us to be reasonably conclusive. [The Rev. Richard1 Bourne of Sandwich, Mass. (c. 1610-1682) by Lydia B. (Phinney) Brownson and Maclean W. McLean, NEHGR 118-9, 1964-5]
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General Notes: Wife - Ruhamah Hallett
Husband John Bourne
Born: 10 Mar 1698 - Sandwich, Massachusetts
Christened:
Died: 2 Feb 1754 - Falmouth, Massachusetts
Buried:
Father: Melatiah Bourne (1673-1742)
Mother: Desire Chipman (1674-1706)
Marriage: 16 Mar 1721 - Barnstable, Massachusetts
Wife Mercy Hinckley
Born: 19 Aug 1700 - Barnstable, Massachusetts
Christened:
Died: 22 Jun 1778 - Falmouth, Massachusetts
Buried:
Father: Captain Joseph Hinckley (1672-1753)
Mother: Mary Gorham (1680-1748)
Children
Husband Jonathan Bourne
Born: 21 Jan 1703 - Sandwich, Massachusetts 6
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Nathan Bourne (1676- )
Mother: Mary Bassett (1676- )
Marriage: 14 Oct 1725 - Harwich, Massachusetts 17
Wife Hannah Dillingham 18
Born: 2 Feb 1707 - Harwich, Massachusetts 19
Christened:
Died: 18 Jun 1747
Buried:
Father: John Dillingham (1663-1746)
Mother: Lydia Chapman (1679-1760)
Children
1 F Maria Bourne
Born: 24 Jun 1727 - Sandwich, Massachusetts
Christened:
Died: 29 Aug 1814 - Sandwich, Massachusetts
Buried:
Spouse: Stephen Nye (1720-1810)
Marr: 7 Jun 1744 - Sandwich, Massachusetts
Husband Joseph Bourne
Born: 26 Feb 1757 - Falmouth, Massachusetts
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Marriage: 28 Sep 1783 - Falmouth, Massachusetts
Wife Sarah Freeman
Born: 28 Aug 1756 - Harwich, Massachusetts 20
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Thomas Freeman (1731-1800)
Mother: Esther Rider (Est 1733-1802)
Children
General Notes: Wife - Sarah Freeman
Frederick Freeman, "Freeman Genealogy in Three Parts"
married Joseph Bourne, son of Joseph Bourne and Hannah Hathaway, on 28 Sep 1783.
Husband Josiah Winslow
Born: 11 Feb 1606 - Droitwich, Worcester, England
Christened: 16 Feb 1606 - St Peter's, Droitwich, Kempsey, Worcester
Died: 1 Dec 1674 - Marshfield, Plymouth Colony
Buried:
Father: Edward Winslow (1560-1620)
Mother: Magdeline Oliver (1566- )
Marriage: 1636 - Marshfield, Plymouth Colony
Wife Margaret Bourne
Born:
Christened: 18 May 1606 - Kempsey, Worcester, England
Died: 28 Sep 1683 - Marshfield, Plymouth Colony
Buried:
Father: Thomas Bourne (1581-1664)
Mother: Elizabeth (1590-1660) 21
Children
1 F Elizabeth Winslow
Born: 24 Sep 1637 - Marshfield, Plymouth Colony
Christened:
Died: 12 Jan 1663 - Marshfield, Plymouth Colony
Buried:
2 M Jonathan Winslow
Born: 8 Aug 1638 - Marshfield, Plymouth Colony
Christened:
Died: 8 Sep 1676 - Marshfield, Plymouth Colony
Buried:
Spouse: Ruth Sargent (1642-1713) 7
Marr: 1663 - (Marshfield, Plymouth Colony)
3 F Margaret Winslow
Born: 15 Jun 1640 - Marshfield, Plymouth Colony
Christened:
Died: 26 Oct 1698 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Buried: - Yarmouth Ancient cemetery
Spouse: John Miller (1632-1711)
Marr: 24 Dec 1659 - Marshfield, Plymouth Colony
4 F Rebecca Winslow
Born: 15 Jul 1642 - Marshfield, Plymouth Colony
Christened:
Died: 15 Jul 1683 - Yarmouth, Plymouth colony
Buried:
Spouse: Colonel John Thatcher (1638-1713) 21
Marr: 6 Nov 1661 - Marshfield, Plymouth Colony
5 F Hannah Winslow
Born: 30 Nov 1644 - Marshfield, Plymouth Colony
Christened:
Died: 1 Mar 1708 - Plymouth, Massachusetts
Buried:
6 F Suzanna Winslow
Born: 30 Nov 1644 - Marshfield, Plymouth Colony
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
7 F Mary Winslow
Born: 1646 - Marshfield, Plymouth Colony
Christened:
Died: 30 Jul 1721 - Norwich, Connecticut
Buried:
8 F Martha Winslow
Born: 1648 - Marshfield, Plymouth Colony
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
General Notes: Husband - Josiah Winslow
GM: Migrated in 1631, first at Plymouth removed to Marshfield by 1643. A bookkeeper, Freeman 1 Jan 1633/34. On list of Plymouth Freemen 7 March 1637 and in Plymouth section of 1639 then erased and entered in Marshfield section on same list. Owned books, held public office - Deputy for Marshfield to Plymouth General Court 6 June 1643, Oct 1643, March 1643/4, March 1645/6 June 1647, June 1651; Council of War 5 June 1671; Marshfield selectman.
Husband John Freeman
Born: 12 Jun 1693 - Sandwich, Massachusetts 22
Christened:
Died: 22 Jun 1762 - Sandwich, Massachusetts
Buried:
Father: Edmund Freeman (1655-1720) 23
Mother: Sarah Skiffe (1656-1742)
Marriage: 3 Jan 1723
Other Spouse: Mary Perry (1702-After 1750) - 4 Aug 1726 - Sandwich, Massachusetts
Other Spouse: Deliverance Lawrence (Est 1696-Bef 1723) - 20 Jul 1720
Wife Maria Bourne
Born: 24 May 1699 - Sandwich, Massachusetts 6
Christened:
Died: 18 Jan 1726 - Sandwich, Massachusetts
Buried:
Father: Nathan Bourne (1676- )
Mother: Mary Bassett (1676- )
Children
1 M John Freeman
Born: Cir 1724 - Sandwich, Massachusetts
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Deborah Nye (1726-1770)
Marr: 28 Jun 1748
Husband Stephen Nye
Born: 6 Jun 1720 - Sandwich, Massachusetts
Christened:
Died: 6 Jul 1810 - Sandwich, Massachusetts
Buried:
Marriage: 7 Jun 1744 - Sandwich, Massachusetts
Wife Maria Bourne
Born: 24 Jun 1727 - Sandwich, Massachusetts
Christened:
Died: 29 Aug 1814 - Sandwich, Massachusetts
Buried:
Father: Jonathan Bourne (1703- )
Mother: Hannah Dillingham (1707-1747) 18
Children
1 F Rebecca Nye
Born: 24 Jan 1766 - Sandwich, Massachusetts
Christened:
Died: After 24 Jan 1798
Buried:
Spouse: Paul Gifford (1757-1826)
2 M Zenas Nye
Born: 31 Mar 1763 - Sandwich, Massachusetts
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Mary Freeman (1761-1839)
Marr: 10 Feb 1785
Husband John Bradford
Born: 1617 - Leyden, Zuid-Holland
Christened:
Died: Cir 1676 - Norwalk, Connecticut
Buried:
Father: Governor William Bradford (1590-1657)
Mother: Dorothy May (Est 1595-1620)
Marriage:
Noted events in his life were:
• Alt Death, Cir 1676 - Norwich, Connecticut
Wife Martha Bourne
Born: Cir 1610 - of Kempsey, Worcester, England
Christened: 8 Dec 1611 - Gloucester, England
Died: Between 1676 and 1683 - Norwich, Connecticut
Buried:
Noted events in her life were:
• Alt Death, 1689 - Marshfield, Plymouth Colony
Children
General Notes: Husband - John Bradford
Marriage 1 Cornelia BOWES ?
General Notes: Wife - Martha Bourne
Father: Thomas BOURNE b: Abt 1581 in Tenterden, Kent, England c: in Dorchester, Dorset, England
Mother: Elizabeth ROUSE b: 1581-1590 in Of Tenderden, Kent, England
Marriage 1 Thomas TRACY b: 7 Nov 1610 in Tewkesbury, Estate, Gloucester, England
Married: Jan 1641 in Wethersfield, Hartford, CT
Notes: Marriage
undated children Alice, Samuel, John
Husband John Percival 24
Born: 1680 - Sandwich, Plymouth Colony
Christened:
Died: Apr 1738 - (Barnstable, Massachusetts)
Buried:
Father: James Percival (Abt 1615-Abt 1692) 25
Mother: Mary Rainsford (1632-1694)
Marriage: 30 Jun 1703 - Sandwich, Massachusetts
Noted events in his life were:
• Alt Birth, 1673 - Barnstable, Plymouth Colony
Wife Mary Bourne
Born: 4 Feb 1682 - Sandwich, Plymouth Colony 26
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Elisha Bourne (1647-1706)
Mother: Patience Skiffe (1652-1716)
Noted events in her life were:
• Alt Birth - Barnstable, Plymouth Colony
Children
1 M James Percival
Born: 1711 - (Barnstable, Massachusetts)
Christened:
Died: After 1800 - (Barnstable, Massachusetts)
Buried:
Spouse: Ann Thomas (Est 1718- )
Marr: 1737
General Notes: Husband - John Percival
"According to his will, written in 1737, he bequeathed to his heirs sizable tracts of land in Sandwich and Barnstable."
He was a blacksmith and farmer. 27
Husband Rev Nathaniel Stone
Born: 29 Nov 1713 - Harwich, Massachusetts 28
Christened:
Died: 7 Jan 1777 - Harwich, Massachusetts
Buried:
Father: Rev Nathanael Stone (1667-1755)
Mother: Reliance Hinckley (1675-1759)
Marriage: 7 Jul 1742 - Barnstable, Massachusetts
Wife Mary Bourne
Born: 22 Apr 1720 - Barnstable, Massachusetts
Christened:
Died: 14 Nov 1813 - Brewster, Massachusetts
Buried:
Father: Sylvanus Bourne (1694-1763)
Mother: Mercy Gorham (1695-1782)
Children
1 M Selvanus Stone
Born: 17 Jun 1743 - Harwich, Massachusetts
Christened:
Died: 9 Aug 1743 - Harwich, Massachusetts
Buried: - Old Burial Ground, Brewster
2 F Hannah Stone
Born: 4 Apr 1744 - Harwich, Massachusetts 29
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
3 M Selvanus Stone
Born: 4 Apr 1746 - Harwich, Massachusetts 30
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
4 F Abigail Stone
Born: 29 Dec 1747 - Harwich, Massachusetts 30
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
5 M William Stone
Born: 31 Jan 1750 - Harwich, Massachusetts 30
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
6 F Lucy Stone
Born: 22 Feb 1752 - Harwich, Massachusetts 30
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
7 F Eunice Stone
Born: 9 Feb 1754 - Harwich, Massachusetts 30
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
8 F Mercy Stone
Born: 6 Mar 1758 - Harwich, Massachusetts 30
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
9 F Sarah Stone
Born: 4 Mar 1760 - Harwich, Massachusetts 30
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
10 F Olive Stone
Born: 23 Oct 1762 - Harwich, Massachusetts 30
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Rev John Simpkins (Est 1760-1843)
Marr: 30 Aug 1792 - Harwich, Massachusetts 31
Notes: Marriage
Children, in Harwich
Mary STONE c: 25 Jul 1742
Sylvanus STONE c: 19 Jun 1743
Hannah STONE c: 05 Aug 1744
Sylvanus STONE c: 05 Apr 1746
Abagail STONE c: 03 Jan 1746/47
William STONE c: 04 Feb 1748/49
Lucy STONE c: 23 Feb 1750/51
Eunice STONE c: 10 Feb 1754
Nathan STONE c: 16 May 1756
Mercy STONE c: 19 Mar 1758
Sarah STONE c: 16 Mar 1760
Olive STONE c: 24 Oct 1762
Frances STONE c: 18 Aug 1765
Husband Joseph Nye 1
Born: 1694 - Sandwich, Massachusetts 1
Christened:
Died: 24 Jun 1775 1
Buried:
Father: John Nye (1650-1722)
Mother: Esther Shedd (Est 1653-1726)
Marriage: 3 Jul 1726 - Sandwich, Massachusetts 1
Wife Mehitable Bourne 1
Born: 2 Jan 1700 - Sandwich, Massachusetts 1
Christened:
Died: 1759 - Sandwich, Massachusetts 1
Buried:
Father: Deacon Timothy Bourne (1666-1744) 1
Mother: Temperance Swift (1666-1746) 1
Children
1 F Temperance Nye
Born: 11 Apr 1727 - Sandwich, Massachusetts
Christened:
Died: 17 Nov 1803 - Sandwich, Massachusetts
Buried: - Old Burying Ground, Sandwich
Spouse: Joshua Hall (1717-1800)
Marr: 4 Oct 1744
Husband Melatiah Bourne
Born: 12 Jan 1673 - Sandwich, Plymouth Colony
Christened:
Died: 24 Nov 1742 - Sandwich, Massachusetts
Buried:
Father: Shearjashub Bourne (1643-1718)
Mother: Bathshua Skiffe (1648-1714) 7
Marriage: 23 Feb 1692 - Sandwich, Massachusetts
Wife Desire Chipman
Born: 16 Feb 1674 - Barnstable, Plymouth Colony 32
Christened:
Died: 28 Mar 1706 - Sandwich, Massachusetts
Buried:
Father: Elder John Chipman (1620-1708)
Mother: Hope Howland (1629-1684) 33
Noted events in her life were:
• Alt Birth 34, 26 Feb 1673 - Barnstable, Plymouth Colony
Children
1 F Bathsheba Bourne
Born: 11 Nov 1703 - Sandwich, Massachusetts
Christened:
Died: 1787 - Hardwick, Massachusetts
Buried:
Spouse: General Timothy Ruggles (1711-1795)
Marr: 18 Sep 1736 - Hardwick, Massachusetts
2 M John Bourne
Born: 10 Mar 1698 - Sandwich, Massachusetts
Christened:
Died: 2 Feb 1754 - Falmouth, Massachusetts
Buried:
Spouse: Mercy Hinckley (1700-1778)
Marr: 16 Mar 1721 - Barnstable, Massachusetts
3 M Sylvanus Bourne
Born: 10 Sep 1694 - Sandwich, Massachusetts
Christened:
Died: 18 Sep 1763 - Sandwich, Massachusetts
Buried:
Spouse: Mercy Gorham (1695-1782)
Marr: 20 Mar 1718 - Barnstable, Massachusetts
4 M Rev Shearjashub Bourne
Born: 21 Dec 1699 - Sandwich, Massachusetts
Christened:
Died: 14 Aug 1768 - Roxbury, Massachusetts
Buried:
Spouse: Sarah Brooks (1702-1739)
Marr: 12 Feb 1736 - Medford, Massachusetts 35
Notes: Marriage
Children, in Sandwich
Sylvanus BOURNE b: 10 Sep 1694
Richard BOURNE b: 13 Aug 1695
Sarah BOURNE b: 7 Feb 1697
Samuel BOURNE b: 7 Feb 1697
John BOURNE b: 10 Mar 1698
Shearjashub BOURNE b: 21 Dec 1699
Silas BOURNE b: 10 Dec 1701
Bathsheba BOURNE b: 11 Nov 1703
Husband Rev Experience Mayhew
Born: 27 Jan 1672 - Martha's Vineyard
Christened:
Died: 29 Nov 1758 - Chilmark, Massachusetts
Buried:
Father: Rev John Mayhew (1652-1689) 36
Mother: Elizabeth Hilliard (1655-1746)
Marriage: 4 Dec 1711 - Sandwich, Massachusetts
Other Spouse: Thankful Hinckley (1671-1706) - 12 Nov 1695 - Barnstable, Massachusetts
Wife Remember Bourne
Born: 6 Feb 1683 - Sandwich, Plymouth Colony
Christened:
Died: 2 Mar 1721 - Chilmark, Massachusetts
Buried:
Father: Shearjashub Bourne (1643-1718)
Mother: Bathshua Skiffe (1648-1714) 7
Children
Husband Rev Richard Bourne
Born: Abt 1610 - England
Christened:
Died: Bef 18 Sep 1682 - Sandwich, Plymouth Colony
Buried:
Marriage:
Other Spouse: Ruth Sargent (1642-1713) 7 - 2 Jul 1677 - Sandwich, Plymouth Colony
Wife Bathsheba Hallett
Born: 1615 - England
Christened:
Died: 1670 - Sandwich, Plymouth Colony
Buried:
Father: Andrew Hallett (Abt 1595-1649)
Mother: Mary Reeves (Abt 1598-Abt 1660)
Noted events in her life were:
• Alt Birth, 1616 - England
Children
1 M Job Bourne
Born: Abt 1639 - Sandwich, Plymouth Colony
Christened:
Died: Feb 1677 - Hingham, Plymouth colony
Buried:
Spouse: Ruhamah Hallett (Abt 1644-1714)
Marr: 14 Dec 1664 - Sandwich, Plymouth Colony 15
2 M Elisha Bourne
Born: 1647 - Sandwich, Plymouth Colony
Christened:
Died: 21 Dec 1706 - Sandwich, Massachusetts
Buried: - Sandwich Old Burying Ground
Spouse: Patience Skiffe (1652-1716)
Marr: 26 Oct 1675 - Sandwich, Plymouth Colony 7
3 M Shearjashub Bourne
Born: 21 Apr 1643 - Sandwich, Plymouth Colony
Christened:
Died: 7 Mar 1718 - Sandwich, Massachusetts
Buried: - Sandwich Old Burying Ground
Spouse: Bathshua Skiffe (1648-1714) 7
Marr: Est 1670
4 M Ezra Bourne
Born: 12 May 1648 - Sandwich, Plymouth Colony
Christened:
Died: 5 Dec 1676 - Hingham, Plymouth colony
Buried:
General Notes: Husband - Rev Richard Bourne
Rev Bourne was a founder of Sandwich, and known for his work among the Indians.
"When these compilers commenced their research on the early settlers of Sandwich, Mass., it was our impression that the celebrity of Richard Bourne and the material in print about him and his descendants would preclude the necessity of an article on the Bourne family. However, as our research proceeded it became increasily evident that there were many gaps as well as errors in the genealogies available.
With the exception of the introductory discussion this article is limited to the data which we have found regarding the first five generations. However, we suggest that these Bournes as a family group are worthy of study by geneticists. It seems to us remarkable that this man and his first wife, whose identity is not proved, should have been the progenitors of such an unusually high percentage of persons of more than average ability. Although some writers have alleged that Richard Bourne brought with him to America considerable wealth, we do not find that the original records sustain that hypothesis. In fact, the earliest records imply that these Bournes began with no special advantages.
We have made no attempt to investigate Richard's English origin, although work along this line may have been done: the Rev. Dr. Frederick Lewis Weis in his The Colonial Clergy & Colonial Churches of New England (1936) states that Richard Bourne was a son of William and Ursula (Day) Bourne of Devonshire, England. John Camden Hotten in The Original Lists of Persons of Quality (1962 edition) shows that Richard Borne [sic] aged 24, and Thomas Borne aged 22, appear upon a list of persons, dated January 1634, to be transported to St. Christophers and Barbadoes. Several writers have concluded that these entries refer to our Richard Bourne of Sandwich and to "his brother" Thomas Bourne, the progenitor of the Bourne family of the town of Marshfield,[A] in The Register, vol. 51, p. 109-114, January 1897, H. F. Waters' "Genealogical Gleanings in England" included abstracts of English wills which prove the origin of early Boston Bournes; we hope that some one may come forward with proof that the Sandwich and Marshfield families and that of Henry Bourne, an early settler in Barnstable, had a common origin.
More than a hundred years ago Amos Otis in his article Richard Bourne[B] argued that the activities of Bourne in earning the respect and loyalty of the Indians of Cape Cod and the neighboring communities of Plymouth Colony had failed to receive sufficient recognition by historians; we share this view. In order to avoid unnecessary duplication we will briefly summarize the printed accounts of his family. Mary Farwell Ayer published in The Register (vol. 62, p. 138-143, April 1908) an excellent paper on "Richard Bourne, Missionary to the Mashpee Indians." In 1919 appeared the History of Richard Bourne & Some of His Descendants, compiled by Hannah S. B. Dykes, containing a wealth of material well worth reading. However, Mrs. Dykes relied rather heavily on the charts which are in the Aptuxcet Library in Bourne, which, unfortunately, contain almost no dates or documentary reference and some errors. And, too, Mrs. Dykes reprinted the rare and extremely interesting letters [C] by Richard Bourne to his betrothed, Ruth (Sargent) Winslow, as well as many family papers, letters, etc.
We find, in the first place, no record giving the age of Richard Bourne, even his age at death. If it can be shown that the Richard Borne listed by Hotten and our Richard Bourne actually were one and the same person, we would know that the year 1610 was a closely approximate date for his birth. As it stands the date is merely an informed guess, based on general internal evidence, Otis tells us that Richard Bourne "was a householder in Plymouth in 1636" and "it may safely be inferred that he was then a married man" (op. cit., 111). Otis and other early writers state that the first wife was "probably" Bathsheba Hallett, daughter of Andrew Hallett, Sr., although Mrs. Ayer calls her father Andrew Bartlett. Since there was no one named Andrew Bartlett at that period it seems safe to assume that this was a printer's error or slip of the pen. We would like conclusive proof that the first wife was indeed Bathsheba Hallett. James Savage [D] says that Richard Bourne was of Lynn in 1637 and went from there to Sandwich. Although he is not included among the ten "men of Saugus" (Lynn) to whom the original grant of Sandwich land was made, he was closely associated with them, especially with Edmond Freeman and Thomas Tupper and came with them or soon after.[E] On 2 Jan. 1636/7 he was granted seven acres to belong to his dwelling house and at the same court a grant was made to John Bourne in behalf of his father, Thomas Bourne of Marshfield. His name appears on a list of freemen of the colony 7 March 1636/7 (Otis, op. cit., p. 108). On 2 May 1637 he was on a committee to lay out highways about Plymouth, Duxbury and Eel River. At a Court, 5 June 1638, he was a grand juror and served on a coroner's inquest. By 4 Sept. 1638 he had removed to Sandwich where he was fined 18d. for having three pigs unringed (ibid.).
Richard Bourne was a Deputy, representing Sandwich, in 1639, to the first General Court; he continued in this capacity for six years, again in 1652, 1664-1667, and in 1670. In the division of meadows in 1640 he had seven acres assigned to him. In 1645 he was on a committee to draft laws for Plymouth Colony. In 1650 he and others of Sandwich petitioned to have lands granted to them at Marshpee Pond, Cotuit River, meadow at Mannarnuchcoy. In 1652 he was authorized agent for Sandwich to supervise the collection of oil. In 1655 he and others were granted meadow land at Manomet and use of upland meadow at the end of Marshpee Pond, "provided that hee doe it with the consent of the Indians to whom it belongeth" (Ayer, op. cit.; Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed., Records of the Colony of New Plymouth, vol. 3, p. 8), About this time Bourne was given a salary by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in New England; and we find that "Richard Bourn in Plymouth Jurisdiction for his paines in teaching the Indians there" received £15 in September 1657 (ibid., vol. 10, p. 205).
A survey of Sandwich lands, begun 17 Jan. 1658, described six lots belonging to Richard Bourne (Proprietors' Records). He was appointed in that year to settle a disputed boundary between the towns of Yarmouth and Barnstable.
In 1659 he and Mr. Thomas Hinckley were authorized to purchase lands of the Indians at Suckinesset (Falmouth) and he and Mr. Freeman were authorized to view land in Manomet and confirm it to Thomas Burges. At a General Court, held in Plymouth 4 June 1661, Mr. Richard Bourne was granted "a certain tract of land lying on the Westerly side of Pampaspecite River where Sandwich men take alewives ... a long slip by the riverside, for breadth from the river to the hill or ridge that runs along the length of it, from a point of rocky land by a swamp called Pametoepauksett unto a place called by the English Muddy Hole, by the Indians Wapoomspauksett. The meddow is that which was called Mr. Leverich his meddow, also all the meddow lying on the Easterly side of ye River unto Thomas Burges Senr his farm … moreover ... he shall have Liberty to take yearly 12,000 alewives at the River where Sandwich men usually take alewives, to him and his heirs forever. Likewise a ... psell of meddow lying at Marshpee, one half to belong to him and ye other half to be improved by him ye sd Richard Bourne until the Court shall see reason otherwise to order …also a neck of meddow between two brooks with a little Upland adjoining, at Mannamuchcoy, called by the Indians Auntaanta" (Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed., Records of the Colony of New Plymouth, vol. 5, p. 3). In 1661 Richard Bourne, Nathaniel Bacon and Thomas Hinckley were authorized to purchase all the unpurchased land at Suckanesset and places adjacent (Otis, op. cit., p. 108).
The text of a deed, dated 17 May 1661, shows that John Alden acted as agent for Richard Bourne in the purchase of land from the Manomet Sachem, Quachatasett (Mayflower Descendant, vol. 16, p. 179-80). Richard Bourne introduced a motion to the court, 7 Feb. 1664/5, in behalf of the Indians under his instruction, urging that for the redressing and the better preventing of things amiss amongst them, "some orderly way of government" be instituted. The court approved and so ordered (Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed.. Records of the Colony of New Plymouth, vol. 4, p. 80; Otis., op. cit., p. 109-110) . On 2 April 1667 Mr. Richard Bourne, William Bassett and James Skiffe, Sr.. with the commissioned officers of Sandwich were appointed to the Council of War. An unrecorded, original deed from the sachem Quachatasett to Richard Bourne, dated 22 Sept. 1668, for Sandwich land, bears the signature of John Alden and is witnessed by Elisha2 Bourne and by Ruhamah (Hallett) Bourne, wife of Job2 Bourne (photograph in the Mayflower Descendant, vol. 25, p. 145). The will, dated 9 Feb. 1669, of an Indian, Nunquid Numackes of Pinquin Hole alias Wesqueebs in the jurisdiction of New Plymouth, requests Mr. Edmond Freeman and Richard Bourne to "watch over" the testator's heirs and to help them to "keep and walk in the ways of God" (ibid., vol. 19, p. 30).
It was not until 1670 that Richard Bourne was formally ordained as pastor of the Indian Church in Marshpee. As Otis said, his parish extended from Provincetown to Middleborough (see also Ayer, op. cit.; Cotton Mather's Magnalia Christis Americana (1702), vol. 1, p. 567; and "Plymouth Church Records" in the Mayflower Descendant, vol. 4, p. 215-16). A deed, dated 9 March 1672, from several Indians to "our well beloved friend Richard Bourne of Sandwich," is witnessed by Elisha2 Bourne, Ezra2 Bourne and Isaac Wampom (Mayflower Descendant, vol. 33, p. 50). This signature furnishes conclusive proof that the son Ezra2 lived to maturity. Some writers have supposed that he died in infancy, but he was evidently alive in June 1672 (see above).
At a Court, 1 July 1672, Richard Bourne was authorized to purchase a parcel of land in Manomet "for the improvment of his meddow there, provided the Indians to whom it belongeth shall have free Liberty to improve it without interruption" (!) (Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed.. Records of the Colony of New Plymouth, vol. 5, p. 95). In an interesting report of his labors, dated 4 Sept. 1674, to Maj. Daniel Gookin he relates that he is the only Englishman employed in the extensive region, and enumerates the results of his efforts (see Otis, op. cit., p. 105; Ayer, op. cit., and text of the report, Massachusetts Historical Society Collection, 1st series, vol. 1, p. 198). This was only a year before the outbreak of King Philip's War and Otis is certainly correct in emphasizing the importance of the work of Bourne in terms of the outcome of that bloody struggle.
Richard and Job Bourne appear on a list of "the inhabitants of Sandwich who have just right to the priviledges of the town" dated in 1675 (Freeman, op. cit., vol. 2, p. 68). It seems strange that the names of the other sons do not appear, but Elisha2 and Shearjashub,2 although both were married men at this time, are not listed free-men until 1681. The letters from Rev. Richard Bourne to "Ruth Winslow of Marshfield" begin with one dated 5 Feb. 1676/7. Such correspondence has rarely survived; the subject matter therefore gives an unusual insight into the feelings of an early Plymouth colony settler. The second letter, dated 16 of 12th mo. [Feb.] 1676/7, is, in addition, of genealogical interest, since we find no other record of the date and place of the untimely death of Job2 Bourne. The unhappy father tells his beloved "my son who was at Hyngham was taken with the disease that many have died of, who was sick about five weeks and died last Saturday & was buried the last Lord's day." We come now to a letter from William1 Sargent to his daughter Ruth Winslow in Marshfield, dated 17 May 1677, and then the third letter from Richard to his beloved Ruth, dated 1 June 1677, in which he explains that he "sent a letter to you and some other things by Mordecai Ellis the last week and he promised to bring them, into yr hands at the last 2nd day but I understood since that he left them at Samuel Hunt's at Duxbury. I hope Ezra will bring them to you. I spoke with Ezra's father and this is the sum of his answer; that he desired to know why you are still willing to let him goe." Bourne then tells her that he will hope that "my cousin Steven" will bring a few lines from his beloved Ruth. Bourne's spirits were revived by a letter from his beloved, in reply to which we have a final note, dated Sandwich 4 June 1677, in which he says "yours I have received by Steven Skiff[F] … I would entreat you to signifie to mee in a few lines by William [? her brother, William Sargent] whether you are not inclinable to change your name here before you return again to Marshfield."
Her reaction to this repeated proposal is to be implied from a letter from Richard Bourn in Sandwich, dated 18 June 1677, to "Capt. Southworth At Duxbury," in which he says "I make bould to entreat a favour from you … that you would please come to Sandwich to joyne my well beloved Mrs. Ruth Winslow and myself in Marriage (Dykes, op. cit., p. 113-122).
Some nine weeks before his second marriage Richard Bourne, by deed dated 19 May 1677, conveyed land in Manomet to his son Elisha (Dykes, op. cit., p, 2).
This second wife was Ruth Sargent, born 25 Oct. 1642, hence probably some thirty years younger than her second husband, daughter of William Sargent of Charlestown and Barnstable. Her father's will, dated in Barnstable 9 March 1680, names "my beloved daughter Ruth Bourne" (Savage, op. cit., Plymouth Colony Probate Records). Mr. Richard Bourne married in Sandwich, 2 July 1677, Mrs. Ruth Winslow (Sandwich Town Records in the Mayflower Descendant, vol. 14, p. 172). There was no issue of this second marriage (by her first husband, Jonathan Winslow of Marshfield, she had one son who died in 1676 aged ten, within a year or so of the death of his father).
"Richard Bourne, for diverse causes and reasons as well as for love and affection" conveyed by deed, dated 1 Aug. 1682, to his son Shearjashub Bourne land which had come into his possession by a deed, dated 25 July 1661, from Paupmunnuck through the agency of Mr. Alden (Mayflower Descendant, vol. 25, p. 52). This unrecorded deed is of special interest since the conveyance must have been made within a few weeks of the father's death. The Rev. Richard Bourne died intestate before 18 Sept. 1682, the date of his inventory.
"The Finall Settlement of ye Estate both real and Personall of Mr. Richard Bourne, late of Sandwich, deceased, by agreement of ye parties concerned therein & approved by the Court held at Plymouth 31 Oct. 1682. Whereas ye sd Richard Bourne died intestate & also his eldest son Job died in ye life time of his father, leaving four sons and one daughter who arc yett living and also Shearjashub and Elysha sons of ye sd Richard are yett living. It is mutually agreed between John Miller, agent for ye children of sd Job & his Relict Widdow Ruhamah Bourne of ye one part; and ye sd Sherjashub & Elisha of ye other part as followeth, viz: That the sd children of ye sd Job shall have all ye housing and lands of ye sd Richard Bourne which he died seized of, namely ye housing and lands he lived on, aprised at £300., and twenty acres of land lying at a place called ye Great Hollow in Sandwich afsd, to them and their heirs, to be divided in such manner as ye Court see cause. After ye decease of Ruth Bourne, Relict Widdow of ye sd Richard Bourne shall belong & appurtain to ye sd Shearjashub and Elisha Bourne who are the administrators of ye sd Estate, and for the confirmation hereof ye Court orders ye recording of this Instrument" (Plymouth Colony Probate Records, vol. 4, pt. 2, p. 1). Letters of Administration were "graunted by the Court unto Shearjashuub Bourn and Elisha Bourne" same date (Plymouth Colony Records in New England, vol. 6, p. 97).
The widow, Ruth (Sargent) (Winslow) Bourne, married thirdly, about 1684, John1 Chipman, of Sandwich, born in 1615. Chipman was also a generation older than his bride. By a first wife, Hope2 Howland, daughter of John Howland, the Mayflower passenger, he had fathered eleven children, of whom the daughter Lydia married John2 Sargent (Ruth's brother), and the youngest, Desire Chipman, married Melatiah3 Bourne (vide post). The will of Elder John1 Chipman of Sandwich, dated 12 Nov. 1702 and proved 17 May 1708, gives to his "loving wife Ruth" all the property that she brought to their marriage and all his personal property in Sandwich. The will of the thrice-widowed Ruth (Sargent) (Winslow) (Bourne) Chipman "of Sandwich", dated 6 Dec. 1710, gives to her own relatives and various relatives by her marriages, including £5 to the seven-year old Bathsheba Bourne, daughter of her step-grandson, Melatiah3 Bourne. This child was also a step-grandchild to the testatrix through its mother, Desire2 (Chipman) Bourne (Mayflower Descendant, vol. 3, p. 182-3). Mrs. Ruth Chipman died 4 Oct. 1713 (Sandwich Vital Records, ibid., vol. 29, p. 23). The three witnesses were sworn 8 Oct. 1713: John2 Chipman (her step-son), Lieut. Melatiah3 Bourne and "Remember Jennings, late Remember Smith" (a daughter of Shubael2 Smith, she had married 20 Jan. 1712/13 Samuel Jennings, Esq., by whom in the following February she had a daughter Lydia who was to become the wife of Nathan4 Bourne (vide post).
[A] Throughout this article all places named are in Massachusetts unless otherwise designated.
[B] See Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families, being a reprint of the Amos Otis Papers, rev. by C. F. Swift (1888-1890), 1:104-111.
[C] Op. cit., p. 113-123. These letters, found in the Rev. Thomas Prince Collection, were first printed in The New England Magazine, vol. 22, p. 113 (1900), copied and edited by C. Alice Baker.
[D] A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England (1860), vol. 1, p. 218.
[E] Frederick Freeman, History of Cape Cod (1858), vol. 2, p. 15-16.
[F] In the context of the correspondence this can only mean that Steven2 Skiffe is the "my cousin Steven" earlier referred to, which implies that the wife of James1 Skiffe may have been a Hallett or a Bourne. It is true that both Elisha2 Bourne and his brother Shearjashub2 married sisters of Steven2 Skiffe. Yet Bourne does not use the term "kinsman," but called Steven2 Skiffe "my cousin" which at that period usually denoted either cousin or nephew in the modern sense. [The Rev. Richard1 Bourne of Sandwich, Mass. (c. 1610-1682) by Lydia B. (Phinney) Brownson and Maclean W. McLean, NEHGR 118-9, 1964-5]