Genealogical notes of Barnstable families - citizen hylbom blog

GENEALOGICAL NOTES OF BARNSTABLE FAMILIES. 37
Mercy, born Jan'y 27, 1734-5, baptized Feb. 2,
1734-5. She died unmarried March 29,' 1765 ; Simeon,
born July 26, 1736, died March 21, 1740;
Desire, born May 20, 1738 ; she was never married,
lived in the house with her brother Isaac, in which
she had a life estate. She died March 2, 1811
Mary, born Aug. 23, 1740. married Joseph Bavis.-
VI. Isaac, born March 29, 1699, married Hannah Stevens.
He removed to Provincetown where he died
in 1730, leaving a daughter Mary, and a posthumous
child, born after the death of the father.
VII. Solomon, born April 3, 1701, married July 16, 1726,
Hannah Capron, a Tiehobeth name. He was a physician
and resided some time in Barnstable. Whether
he removed or died young, I am unable to say. I
have a memorandum that he had a daughter Sarah,
who died April 11, 1775, aged 20.
VIII. Judah, born Dec. 9, 1703. I do not find that he left
issue.
Nathaniel Bacon, including the male and female lines,
is the ancestor of a very large proportion of the eminent
men of Cape Cod. The sketch which I have givein, is only
an outline. There are an abundance of materials for an in-
teresting, useful and popular work, and I hope the author of
the Sears' Memorial will deem it a subject worthy of his
eloquent pen.
The descendants of Jeremiah Bacon did not inherit the
business talents for which the other branches of the Bacon
family were distinguished. Some of them were noted for
their pleasant humor and ready wit. The saying of Nathaniel,
brother of the second Oris, are often repeated in the
neighborhood where he resided. He married a granddaughter
of William Blatchford, and his wife Elizabeth, the
reputed witch. He was a poor man, had a large family,
and died at the Almshouse in Barnstable. At first he resided
near the late Mr. Ebenezer Sturgis, afterwards in a
small house, at a distance from neighbors. On a cold,
stormy winter's day, when the roads were blocked by drifts
of snow, he sat in his comfortable room, while Mr. Sturgis
and his sons were out watering and taking care of their large
stock of cattle. Nathaniel remai-ked : "I am thankful that
I do not own that stock of cattle ; Sally and I have been