Genealogical notes of Barnstable families - citizen hylbom blog

GENEALOGICAL NOTES OF BARNSTABLE EAMILIES. 135
Bursley of Barnstable ; Sarah, born Oct. 24, 1748 ;
Abigail, Oct. 23, 1750, and Joseph, 27th March,
1757.
Joseph Bursley, Sen'r., also had Lemuel, §th Sept.
1718, and Mercy, 10th July, 1721, married May 22,
1757, John Goodspeed.
VIII. Abigail, born 27th Aug. 1690, married Nath'l Bodfish,
March 10, 1713.
IX. Elizabeth, born 5th Aug. 1692, married Nov. 28,
1723, Jon. Crocker.
X. Temperance, born 3d Jan'y 1695. She was of feeble
health, and died unmarried Sept. 20, 1734.
John Bursley, 2d, bequeathed to his son Joseph the
ancient house then appraised, with the house lot, at £240,
and all the easterly half of the estate. John Bursley, 2d,
owned at his death in 1726, the same real estate that;his
father did in 1660, with the addition of shares in the commons,
to which his father was also entitled. The estate was
appraised at £115.5 in 1660, and in 1727, £3.l37.13'.lO.
Presuming that each had the same proportional amount of
personal estate, these appraisals shovv a rapid appreciation
of value during the 68 years. After allowing for the depreciation
of the currency, £115.5 in 1660, if the appraisal was
in sterling money, would be about 520 ounces of silver, and
if in lawful money 384 ounces. In 1727, an ounce of silver
was worth 17 shillings, and £3.137.13.10, was equal to
3.486 ounces of silver.