Genealogical notes of Barnstable families - citizen hylbom blog

324 GENEALOGICAL NOTES OF BARNSTABLE FAMILIES.
III. Thomas. His birth does not appear on the record, probably
in 1653. He died, without issue, in 1679. He was appointed,
Feb. 9, 1676-7, joint administrator with Capt. James Oliver of
Boston, on his grandfather's estate.
IV. John, born about the year 1656, resided in Sandwich. He
married, Nov. 1682, Mehitabel, daughter of the second
Andrew Hallett of Yarmouth, and had Elizabeth Nov. 2, 1683 ;
Thomas, Aug. 26, 1686 ; Abigail, May 26, 1689 ; John, Sept.
11, 1692. From Sandwich he removed to Portsmouth, E. I.,
and was there living 24th June 1717 (Savage.) Mr. Freeman
makes a singular mistake in regard to Thomas of this
family. He says, page 79, "Thomas, born Aug. 26, 1686,
who is afterwards called Jr. , whilst his uncle Thomas is called
Senior." When this Thomas was born, his uncle Thomas
had been dead seven years, and his grandfather Thomas died
before the child was six months old, and the necessity for the
use of the terms in not seen.
V. Elizabeth, born 7th April 1660. She does not appear to have
married. She was single at the time of the settlement of her
father's estate, Feb. 16, 1686-7. Her mother, who died
March 19, 1713-14, bequeaths to Elizabeth in her will dated
Aug. 29, 1689, her whole estate. This will was proved April
8, 1714, and the daughter seems to have then been living, and
unmarried.
VI. Abigail, June 12, 1663, married, Jan. 30, 1684-5, Jonathan
Hallett of Yarmouth, had eight children, and died Sept. 2,
1715, aged 52, and is buried in the old grave yard in
Yarmouth.
William Dexter was in Barnstable in 1657. He probably
was a son of Thomas Dexter, Senior, and came with bis father to
Barnstable about the year 1650. His farm was originally owned
by his father. He removed to Rochester about the year 1690,
where he died in 1694 intestate, and his estate was settled by
mutual agreement between the widow Sarah and her children,
Stephen, Phillip, James, Thomas, John, and Benjamin Dexter,
and her daughter Mary, wife of Moses Barlow. James, Thomas
and John, had the Rochester lauds, and Stephen, Phillip and
Benjamin, the Barnstable estate. In the division of the meadows
in 1694 William had 3 acres assigned him by the committee of the
town, which was reduced to two by the arbitrators in 1697. Stephen
and Phillip, the only children of William of sufficient age,
were assigned 2 acres each. In 1703 Phillip had removed to Falmouth,
and Stephen was the only one of the name who remained
in town. He had 48 shares alloted to him in the division of the
common lands, considerably more than the average, showing him
to be a man of good estate. He married Sarah Vincent July 1653,