HIO GKNEALOGICAL NOTES OF BAKNSTABLK FAMILIES. delphia. After his ai-rival the sailors, relieved from the terror in which they had been held, entered a complaint against their Captain. He was arrested, a preliminary examination was had, and he was sent in irons to P^nglaud for trial. The charges of cruelty to his passengers and crew, of extortion, and of an attempt to embezzle the goods of the passengers, were proved, and he was condemned to be hung and quartered, and this just sentence was duly executed in Dublin.* Such is the short and sad narrative of the passage of James Delap to this country. No details of Individual suffering are given. The fact that more than one-half of all on board perished of starvation, is a suggestive one. He was then fourteen years of age; young, but the incidents of such a- passage would make a< deep impression, not soon to be forgotten. So far as known, he was the sole survivor of the family—an orphan boy, weak and emaciated—a stranger in a strange land, without money, without any friend or protector but "the father of the fatherless." Little is known of his orphanage. From Eastham he came to Barnstable, and Nov. 5, 1729, he chose John Bacon, Jr., saddler, for his guardian, with whom he resided during his minority, as an apprentice to learn the trade of a blacksmith. He had a guardian appointed early that he might, as stated in the record, have an agent who had legal authority to secure the small "estate of his Honored father, deceased." A small portion was recovered, and on the 26th of the following January apprised' at £16, 4s by Geo. Lewis, James Cobb, and John Scudder, Jr. The "Goods and Chatties" saved consisted of articles of men and women's apparel, bedding, table linen, woolen yarns, and a gun. Capt. Delap always spoke kindly of his "Master Bacon." He was treated as a member of the family. The children regarded him as a brother, and for three successive generations the relation between the families was most intimate. * Respecting the Toj'agc and its lermination, there are some discrepencies. Iloosack. in his life of Clinton, says tlie ship sailed from Dublin in May, 1729, and after a voyage of 21 weeks and 3 days arrived at Cape Cod, in the fall, where Mr. Clinton and his surviving friends remained till the following spring, when they took passage for New Winsor, Orange Co., New York. As the ship had been insured in Dublin the captain contrived to let her slip her moorings on a stormy night, in which she was lost. The^accouat in Hoosack says that the captain kept his passengers at sea until he extorted a sum of money from them to land them; that Clinton wanted.the officers oi the ship to seize the Captain and ship but they refused. Eager, in his history of Orange County, N. Y., says the Captain was seized, put in irons by the passengers, and the command given to the mate, who brought the vessel in, in a few days. Among the passengers were three of the name of Armstrong, all of whom died on the passage, Charles Clinton and wife, Alexander Dennison, and John Young, who survived. [For the information in this note, I am indebted to E. B. O'Callagan, Esq., of Albany. I am also indebted to Hon. .John G. Palfrey, and Rev. Henry M. Dexter, of Boston, and J. R. Bordhead, Esq., author of the history of New York, for assistance in compiling this article.] t John Bacon, -Jr., was the father of the late Capt. Isaac Bacon, Sen'r, and own^d the house in which the latter lived, a large two story gambrel roofed honse, that stood next east of the ancient Bacon mansion. .John Bacon, Jr., is called a saddler, lie was also a blacksmith and a sailor. His blacksmith's shop stood on the west of his house, near the row of ancient cherry trees, and there James learned his trade.
GENEALOGICAL NOTES OF BAilNSTABLP: FAMILIES. 311 After completing the term of his apprenticeship, he bought the estate of Jeremiah Bacon, Jr., bounded south by the county road, the present lane to the Common Field is on the west of his land, north by Mill Creek, and east by a small run of water, containing three and one-half acres, with the two story single house thereon. His shop stood on the road, east of the irun of water. The hill on the east of his shop is yet known as Delap's Hill. In the summer season he sailed in the Barnstable and Boston packet, at first, with Capt. Solomon Otis, and afterwards as master. In the winter he was employed in his blacksmith's shop. June 22, 1738, he was married by Rev. Mr. Green, to Mary, daughter of Benjamin O'Kelley, of Yarmouth. She was born April 8, 1720, O. S., and at the tirne of her marriage had been residing in the family of Deacon Isaac Hamblin of Yarmouth. Though only 18, she was a member of the Church in Yarmouth,, and was all her life a woman of exemplary piety. Her mother, Mary, was a daughter of Benjamin and Sarah (Walker) Lumbert, born in Barnstable 17th June, 1688. She was a widow many years, and resided with her daughter, was a mid-wife, a vocation which a century ago was a very common and very useful employment for females. She was experienced, and stood high in her profession. When more than four score years, when on her way to visit a patient, her horse stumbled, and she fell and broke her leg ; but after being confined to her room some months she . recovered, and resumed her useful labors for a short time. She died, according to t^e church records. May 1, 1772, aged 82 years —nearly 84 years of age, if her birth is accurately recorded. Capt. James Delap removed from Barnstable to Granville, Nova Scotia, in the spring of the year 1775, and resided on a farm which he , inherited from his son Thomas, who died young. All his family removed with him excepting his daughters Rose and Catherine. His health began to fail before he removed from Barnstable, and he about 74. died in Granville in 1789, of apoplexy, aged He is spoken of as a "very friendly, civil man, hospitable to strangers, kind to all, and very liberal in his efforts to educate his children." His letters to his children indicate that he was. a very affectionate parent, and took a lively interest in their welfare. "In person he was short, thick set, stout built, with a short neck, a form which physiologists say predisposes to apoplexy of which he had three shocks, two before he removed from Barnstable. In politics, he was a staunch loyalist, a fact that seems inconsistent with the history of his family. Though his widow was sixty -nine years of age at his death, she married John Hall, Esq., of Granville, whom she survived. She died June 4, 1804, aged 84 years. She was an exemplary and consistent Christian ; an active energetic woman ; and an excellent wife and mother.
GENEALOGICAL NOTES OF BAilNSTABLP: FAMILIES. 311<br />
After completing the term <strong>of</strong> his apprenticeship, he bought<br />
the estate <strong>of</strong> Jeremiah Bacon, Jr., bounded south by the county<br />
road, the present lane to the Common Field is on the west <strong>of</strong> his<br />
land, north by Mill Creek, and east by a small run <strong>of</strong> water, containing<br />
three and one-half acres, with the two story single house<br />
thereon. His shop stood on the road, east <strong>of</strong> the irun <strong>of</strong> water.<br />
The hill on the east <strong>of</strong> his shop is yet known as Delap's Hill.<br />
In the summer season he sailed in the <strong>Barnstable</strong> and Boston<br />
packet, at first, with Capt. Solomon Otis, and afterwards as<br />
master. In the winter he was employed in his blacksmith's<br />
shop.<br />
June 22, 1738, he was married by Rev. Mr. Green, to Mary,<br />
daughter <strong>of</strong> Benjamin O'Kelley, <strong>of</strong> Yarmouth. She was born<br />
April 8, 1720, O. S., and at the tirne <strong>of</strong> her marriage had been<br />
residing in the family <strong>of</strong> Deacon Isaac Hamblin <strong>of</strong> Yarmouth.<br />
Though only 18, she was a member <strong>of</strong> the Church in Yarmouth,,<br />
and was all her life a woman <strong>of</strong> exemplary piety. Her mother,<br />
Mary, was a daughter <strong>of</strong> Benjamin and Sarah (Walker) Lumbert,<br />
born in <strong>Barnstable</strong> 17th June, 1688. She was a widow many<br />
years, and resided with her daughter, was a mid-wife, a vocation<br />
which a century ago was a very common and very useful employment<br />
for females. She was experienced, and stood high in her<br />
pr<strong>of</strong>ession. When more than four score years, when on her way<br />
to visit a patient, her horse stumbled, and she fell and broke her<br />
leg ; but after being confined to her room some months she .<br />
recovered, and resumed her useful labors for a short time. She<br />
died, according to t^e church records. May 1, 1772, aged 82 years<br />
—nearly 84 years <strong>of</strong> age, if her birth is accurately recorded.<br />
Capt. James Delap removed from <strong>Barnstable</strong> to Granville,<br />
Nova Scotia, in the spring <strong>of</strong> the year 1775, and resided on a farm<br />
which he , inherited from his son Thomas, who died young. All<br />
his family removed with him excepting his daughters Rose and<br />
Catherine. His health began to fail before he removed from<br />
<strong>Barnstable</strong>, and he<br />
about 74.<br />
died in Granville in 1789, <strong>of</strong> apoplexy, aged<br />
He is spoken <strong>of</strong> as a "very friendly, civil man, hospitable to<br />
strangers, kind to all, and very liberal in his efforts to educate his<br />
children." His letters to his children indicate that he was. a<br />
very affectionate parent, and took a lively interest in their welfare.<br />
"In person he was short, thick set, stout built, with a short neck,<br />
a form which physiologists say predisposes to apoplexy <strong>of</strong> which<br />
he had three shocks, two before he removed from <strong>Barnstable</strong>. In<br />
politics, he was a staunch loyalist, a fact that seems inconsistent<br />
with the history <strong>of</strong> his family. Though his widow was sixty -nine<br />
years <strong>of</strong> age at his death, she married John Hall, Esq., <strong>of</strong> Granville,<br />
whom she survived. She died June 4, 1804, aged 84 years.<br />
She was an exemplary and consistent Christian ; an active energetic<br />
woman ; and an excellent wife and mother.
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