Genealogical notes of Barnstable families - citizen hylbom blog

CLAGHORN,
.TAMES CLAGI-IOEN.
James Claghorn was not one of the first settlers. He was of
Barnstable in 1654, and took the oath of fidelity in 1657. He
removed to Yarmouth about the year 1662, when his wife committed
suicide Oct. 1677, by hanging herself in the chamber of
her house. This is the first suicide on record in this part of the
Colony.
James Claghorn married 6th January, 1654, Abigail, sometimes
written Abia, probably a daughter of Barnard Lombard, though she
may have been a sister. His children bom in Barnstable were :
I. James, 29th January 1654. He probably died early. Mr.
Savage was led into a mistake by a typographical error in the
Genealogical Register of 1856, page 348, where Jane is
printed James.
n. Mary, born 26th October, 1655, married March 28, 1682,
Joseph Davis, had four children, died 1706.
HI. Elizabeth, April 1658.
IV. Sarah, 3d January, 1659.
V. Robert, 27th Oct. 1661.
VI. Shubael. Birth not recorded.
Robert Claghorn, son of James, married 6th November,
1701, Bethia, widow of Nathaniel Lothrop. By her first husband
she had John and Hannah. She died, say the church records,
'last end of October, 1731, aged about 60.' Robert Claghorn's
estate was settled 22d Aug. 1715, and his widow Bethia, sons
Joseph, Nathaniel and Samuel, and only daughter Abia are
named. He owned 7 1-2 acres of land in the common field, a lot
in the neck below Joshua Lumbard's, and lands bought of the
heirs of Joseph Davis at South Sea, shares in the common lands,
and about £300 in money. No house is named in the settlement.
He administered on the estate of his sister Mary, and probably
resided at her house at the time of his death. In 1702 he owned
a part of the Lumbert farm, and had a house at the east end of
the pond and for that reason it is sometimes called in the records