Genealogical notes of Barnstable families - citizen hylbom blog

182 GENEALOGICAL NOTES OF BARNSTABLE FAMILIES.
cuted signature that I have seen in that office.*
VIII. Mary, baptized 3d Aug., 1707, mamed 1729, Eben Clark of
Rochester.
IX. Jane, baptized 31st July 1709, married Joshua Lumbert, Jr.,
1755.
X. Ebeneazer, 30th July, 1712, married Oct. 30, 1734, Sarah
Lumbert. She died. He married Sept. 7, 1763, Elizabeth
Hamblin—had Joseph, Oct. 9, 1743 ; Sarah, July 27, 1764 ;
Jane, Oct. 1, 1765, married Job Childs, Nov. 24, 1785.
*Note.—Some would perhaps give precedence to the signature of Hon. Barnabas Lothrop
or Col. William Bassett. Specimens of the chirogrophy of Mr. liOthrop are preserved.
The form of his letters resemble the Old English black letter type. He was not a rapid
writer, and evidently took much pains. Col. Bassett was a rapid penman, wrote a fine running
liand, yet distinct and easily read. Of the early settlers, Rev. Joseph Lord of Chatham
was the best penman. He wrote a splendid hand. I have a volume of his manuscript
written as compactly as a printed page yet perfectly distinct. Joseph Lothrop, Esq., the
first Register of Probate, wrote .1 very neat hand. Anthony Thatcher and his son. Col.
John, were excellent Clerks. In the Gorham family were many who wrote good hands.
There is a remarkable similarity in the signatures of the successive John Gorhams, so
that it requires a practised eye to distinguish them. William, son of Col. David Gor-
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am, wrote a splendid hand for records.