Genealogical notes of Barnstable families - citizen hylbom blog

116 GENEALOGICAL NOTES OF BARNSTABLE FAMILIES.
legacies. He gave his cane to his eldest grandson, Melatiah,
and his clock to his son Silas. Names his son S3^1vanus
gave to his son John and grandson Joseph, his lands in
Falmouth. He gave legacies to his daughter Bathsheba
Euggles and to each of the children she had by her late
husband, William Newcomb. He orders his negro man Nei'o
to be manumitted. Children of Hon. Melatiah Bourne :
I. Sylvanns, Sept. 10, 1694, married Mercy Gorham,
March 20, 1718.
n. Richard, Aug. 13, 1695 ; died in Falmouth, 1738.
ni. Samuel, Feb'. 7, 1697 ; died young.
IV. Sarah, Feb. 7, 1697 ; died young.
V. John, March 10, 1698, married March 16, 1772,
Maty Hinckley.
VI. Shearjashub, Dec. 21, 1699, married four wives.
VII. Silas, Dec. 10, 1701, married Allen.
VIII. Bathsheba, Nov. 11, 1703, married William Newcomb;
second, Timothy Ruggles, 1736.
Hon. Sylvanus Bourne, son of Melatiah, of Sandwich,
born Sept. 10, 1694, married in 1717, Mercy, daughter of
Col. John Gorham of Barnstable. In 1720, he was an inhabitant
of Falmouth, but soon after removed to Barnstable,
where he resided till his death. He bought the estate which
was Mr. James Whippo's, who removed to Boston in 1708.
Mr. Thomas Sturgis, who died that year, bought this estate
for his son Edward ; but it passed not many years after into
the possession of the Bourne family, in which it continued
about a century.
He inherited a good estate from his father, and his Avife
belonged to one of the most wealthy families in Barnstable.
In early life he was a merchant, and engaged in commercial
business, in which he was successful, and became
wealthy. He was a Colonel of the militia, many years one
of the Governor's Council, Register of Probate, and after
the death of his father in 1742, was appointed Judge of
Probate.
He died in 1764. In his will, dated May 20, 1763, he
names hig sons Melatiah, to whom he gives £66.13 : William,
£133.6.8; and Richard, £133.6.8. To each of his
five daughters, namely, Desire Clap, Mary Stone, Hannah
Hinckley, Mercy Jordan and Eunice Gallison, £66.13.4
each. He also gives legacies to his grand-children Reuben,