Genealogical notes of Barnstable families - citizen hylbom blog

GENEALOGICAL NOTES OF BARNSTABLE FAMILIES. 157
which is now owned by his descendants. The deed is dated Dec.
10, 1672, and for the consideration of £16 Mr. Howland conveys
to him one-half of his lands in Barnstable, containing forty-five
acres of upland. The deed is in the hand writing of Gov. Thomas
Hinckley, is on parchment, and is now in the possession of the
family of Mr. Samuel Chipman of Sandwich. The lands sold
were bounded, easterly, partly by the land of John Otis and partly
by the land of William Crocker, northerly by the marsh, westerly
by the other half of the lands not sold. The boundaries are particularly
described, and the range between Howland and Chipman
ran over a well or spring, giving each a privilege thereto. Mr.
Howland names his northern orchard, showing that at that early
date he had set out two. Elder Chipman owned lands at West
Barnstable before 1672, for in the same deed he makes an exchange
of meadow with his brother-in-law. After his second marriage
in 1684 he removed to Sandwich. He was admitted an
inhabitant of that town in 1679, but appears to have been in Barnstable
in 1682. His removal was deeply regretted by the people,
and many efforts were unsuccessfully made to induce him to return
to Barnstable. The church, though dissatisfied at his removal
without their consent, agreed to pay him five or six pounds annually,
if he would resume his office of Elder, and the town voted
to make him a liberal grant of meadow lands if he would return.
These votes show that his services were appreciated by the members
of the church, with which he had held communion nearly
forty years, and that he was highly esteemed as a man and a
christian by his fellow townsmen and neighbors.
His connection with the Barnstable church was most happy.
His wife Hope joined the chm'ch Aug. 7, 1650, and he joined
Jan'y 30, 1652-3. "Henry Cobb and John Chipman were chosen
and ordained to be ruling Elders of this same church, and- they
were solemnly invested with office upon ye 14th day of April Anno
Dom : 1670." [Church Records.
It is probable that he was a deacon of the chm-ch before he
was elected Elder. He survived Mr. Cobb many years, and was
the last Ruling Elder of the chm-ch. Subsequently, attempts were
made to revive the office. The question was frequently discussed
at church meetings ; but a majority opposed another election.
His talents and services in civil life were duly appreciated.
In June, 1659, he and Isaac Robinson and John Smith of Barnstable,
and John Cook of Plymouth, were appointed by the Plymouth
Colony Court to attend the meetings of the Quakers "to endeavour
to reduce them from the errors of their wayes."—The re-
sult was that Robinson, whose name appears most prominent in
these proceedings, recommended the repeal of the severe laws that
had been enacted against that sect. Smith and Chipman did not
incur the censure of the Court, thousfh there is no reason to doubt