Genealogical notes of Barnstable families - citizen hylbom blog

GENEALOGICAL NOTES OF BARNSTABLE FAMILIES. 141
north side of the road. The ancient house linown as
"Brick John Hinckley's," taken down a few years since,
stood near the location of Bourne's house.
Henry Bourne was a large land holder. In 1654, he
owned eight acres on the north of Coggin's Pond, bounded
westerly by the marsh, northerly by the Calves Pasture and
easterly by the land of Thomas Hinckley ; and five acres of
salt meadow adjoining the same. His house lot on which
he built his hoxise contained eight acres of upland, with
three acres of marsh adjoining ; bounded on the east by the
land of the heirs of Henry Coggin, southerly by the commons,
west by the land of James Hamblin, and north by
the Main Creek or Harbor. The house lot extended across
the highway. The three acres was called "Bourne's Hill,"
and as it was bounded westerly by his house lot, must have
been the hill west of the house of the late Robinson Hinckley.
He also owned two acres in the Calves pasture
adjoining his lot at Coggin's Pond, bounded northeasterly
by the highway, called Calves Pasture Lane ; three acres on
the south side of the road, near the present railroad crossing ;
ten acres of upland in the woods on the west of Pine Hill,
and six acres of marsh at Scorton.
In May, 1659, his great lot was assigned to him, and is
thus described on the records : "Forty acres of upland more
or less, bounded northerly by ye lands of Henry Coggin's
heirs ; southerly by Dolar Davis, butting easterly by ye
Indian Pond, westerly by ye commons, with an acre of
marsh more or less adjoyning to it."
"One acre of upland at Scorton, bounded southerly by
his own marsh, westerly by John Chipman, easterly by
John Coggin's upland."
I do not find the record of the death of Henry Bourne,
or his will. He was living in 1661, but at the time of the
settlement of Mr. Jonathan Eussell in Sept. 1683, he had
deceased. An entry on the Church records, Jan'y 28,
1684-5, refers to him as "late deceased." I am, however,
inclined to the opinion that he had then been dead several
years. His widow Sarah was living in Sept. 1683 ; but
died soon after that date.
Henry Bourne had a still-born daughter born 7th May,
1641, and a daughter Dorcas, bap'd 26th Aug. 1649, but
the latter does not appear to have survived long.