Genealogical notes of Barnstable families - citizen hylbom blog

GENEALOGICAL NOTES OF BARNSTABLE FAMILIES. 399
15. V. Benjamin, 31st March, 1679, (see below.)
16. VI. Rose, 20th Feb. 1680-1, married, July 10, 1700,
Isaac Jennings, of Sandwich. Died Dee. 21,' 1721.
17. VII. Bathsheba, 17th Feb. 1683.
5. Benjamin Goodspeed, son of Roger, married Mary,
daughter of John Davis, and had,
18. I. Mary, 10th Jan. 1677, married 7th Jan. 1702, Ichabod
Hinckley. She died Oct. 1, 1719. Benjamin Goodspeed
died early and his widow married Ensign John
Hinckley Nov. 24, 1697.
7. Pibenezer Goodspeed, son of Roger, lived to a great age.
He resided at Mistick, and owned a large real estate. Jan. 23,
1740, he conveyed one-half of his real estate to his son Roger.
Dec. 30, 1746, being then 91 years of age, he conveyed to his
son Moses the other half of his real estate, in consideration of an
obligation from his son to maintain him ten years, or till 101
years of age. His signature to this deed is a very good one,
written thus, "Eben—Good—speed." In a deed dated Feb. 22,
1725-6, he names his sons Moses, Benjamin and Roger.
He was the youngest son, and appears to have been, contrary
to the usuages of those days, the favorite son. He was
better educated than any of the family. Though his father, in
1678, conveyed the bulk of his estate in equal proportions to John
and Ebenezer, something appears to have occurred that alienated
the affections of the parents from John. The latter accumulated
a large estate, and was probably an avaricious man—and having
his father's estate legally secured to him he forgot, as is too often
the case in such circumstances, the duties he owed in love, in
honor and in common justice, to his confiding parents. Such instances
are not rare, and they teach a lesson that parents should
never forget.
Ebenezer left no will. Not profiting by the example of his
brother John, he conveyed all his estate to his children in his lifetime,
including the ancient homestead of his father at Mistick, bequeathed
to him in his mother's will.
Ebenezer Goodspeed married Feb. 15, 1677, Lydia Crowell
of Yarmouth. According to the records she was his only wife.
May, 1694, Lydia, wife of Ebenezer Goodspeed, was a member
of the Barnstable Church, and her daughter Patience was bap-
tized, and subsequently in regular course her other children.
When she was admitted to the church does not appear, and the
fact that there is no record of the baptisms of the older children
indicates that Lydia, the mother of Patience, and the subsequent
children was not the first wife. His children born in Barnstable,
were
19. I. Benjamin, 31st Oct. 1678, (see below.)
20. II. Son, 21st Jan 1679-80, died Dec. 20, 1689.