Genealogical notes of Barnstable families - citizen hylbom blog

120 GENEALOGICAL NOTES OP BARNSTABLE FAMILIES.
He had three daughters : Clarissa, Charlotte and Fanny.
One married Col. Orne of Marblehead, another Dr.
Swett of Newburyport, and the third Judge Peabody
of Exeter, N. H., the father of the authors of that
name.
[From the Boston Weekly News Letter of 30th August, 1770.]
"On Wednesday were interred the Eemains of the
Hon. William Bourn, Esq., Son of the Hon. Sylvanus
Bourn, Esq. ; late of Barnstable :—A Gentleman blessed
with good natural Abilities, which were improved by a
liberal Education and an extensive acquaintance with
the world.
In early Life he was engaged in the military Service,
and has since been constantly honored with public Employments,
which he filled with dignity, and discharged
with uprightness.
In the vale of private life, where merit is impartially
examined, his worth was conspicuous : His vivacity,
frankness, and delicacy of sentiment, endeared him to
every acquaintance, and to his honor, his free, social
hours will long be remembered by ihem with delight.
The goodness of his heart and the integrity of his
life corresponded to the clearness of his head ; so that
he beheld with philosophic firmness and Christian resignation
his approaching dissolution ; and, a few days
before his death, discovered an uncommon vigor and
> &c.,
serenit}' of mind in the orderly disposition of his af-
fairs.
Quis desiderio sit pudor aut modus Tam cari capitis ?
to Quando ullum inveniet parem."
V. Hannah, born Dec. 8, 1725, bap'd Jan'y 9, 172(5,
married Isaac Hinckley, Jr., Dec. 18, 1748, of Barrlstable.
She had eight children.
VI. Mercy, born Monday, Aug. 22, 1727, says the record,
and bap'd Aug. 27, following. She m-arried Samuel
Jordan, Esq., of Biddeford, Maine, April 10, 1751.
VII. Abigail, born Saturday, June 21, 1729, bap'd next
day according to Puritan custom. She married March
14, 1754, Kenelm Winslow, Jr., ot Marshfield. She
died before her father, leaving three children as above
stated.