Genealogical notes of Barnstable families - citizen hylbom blog

GENEALOGICAL NOTES OF BARNSTABLE FAMILIES. 459
II. Sarah, June 24, 1718.
III. Temperance, May 23, 1720.
IV. Patience, Feb. 27, 1724-5.
V. Susannah, Sept. 3, 1726.
VI. Thomas, Dee. 3, 1730.
James Hadaway, probably son of Thomas by his first wife,
married Oct. 9, 1730, Bethia, daughter of Barnard Lumbard, and
had:
I. Lois, born 17th April 1732.
II. James, 13th Nov. 1733.
He died in 1733, leaving Widow Bethia and one small child.
At the time of his death he was in the whaling business.
James, the second of the name, had a farm* at Rowley's
pond, afterwards called Lewis', and of late years Hadaway's
pond. His house, built perhaps by one of the Lewis family,
stood on the south side of the pond. He was a very odd man, a
firm believer in withcraft, and other strange fantasies. He lived to
the ripe age of 95, a healthy old man, and to the last capable of
great physical endurance. He married Dec. 9, 1756, Mary Lumbard,
and had Benjamin, Lewis, John, and Hannah, whom I remember—
perhaps others. For his second wife he married Mary,
or Molly, as she was usually called, widow of Eli Phinney, one of
the most efficient men in Barnstable during the Revolutionary
period. She was a daughter of Jabez Phinney, and was born 3d
Dec. 1735, and was perhaps one of the smallest specimens of humanity.
She was the mother of nine children by her first husband,
six of whom were living at the time she married Hadaway.
She died Jan. 12, 1821, aged 85 years.
Of James' children John did not marry, and his father called
him his boy more than 60 years. Benjamin has descendants.
His house was destroyed by fire Feb. 1799. t His two sons were
sleeping in a chamber at the time, and could not be approached
by the stairway which was in flames. The eldest perished in his
bed, the second was rescued by the father only to survive and
suffer a few hours. Both are buried in one grave in the west
burying-ground near the East Church. In attempting to rescue
his children the father was badly burned, and for some time it
was feared that he would lose his eyesight.
Thomas Hadaway youngest son of Thomas, married Dec.
18, 1757, Huldah Smith, daughter of Matthias of West Barnsta-
*Creorge Lewis' great lot was at Rowley's pond. Jan. 12, 1662-3, George Lewis, Sen.,
and his son George, Jr., conveyed tlie same to Edward and John, sons of George, Sen.,
namely : 27 1-2 acres on the northerly side to Edward, and 27 1-2 on the southerly to John.
The latter was killed in the Kehobeth battle March 26, 1676, and his lands passed out of the
family and for many years hare been known as the Hadaway farm.
fThe house which he built on the same spot with funds contributed to him, was also
destroyed by fire the present yeEix.