Genealogical notes of Barnstable families - citizen hylbom blog

GENEALOGICAL NOTES OF BAKNSTABLE FAMILIES. 473
them alike. The proprietor's and church records were better
kept.
I would like to give a particular account of the "Little
Hatches" of Falmouth ; but am unable. They were children of
Barnabas Hatch, who married in 1776, his relative Abigail Hatch,
and had two sons and seven daughters. Six of the daughters
were less than four feet in height, and could stand upright under
the old fashioned "lift latch" on the front door of their father's
house. Neither of the six married, but lived and died in their
father's house. The other daughter, Rebecca, was of common
size, and married Robert Hammond.
The two sons were Barnabas, born June 15, 1788, and Robinson,
born Nov. 9, 1790. Both of these were of low stature.
The one whom I knew was scarce four feet in height—a portly
gentleman, almost as broad as he was long.
The desendants of Jonathan Hatch are very numerous.
Many are in Connecticut, and in New York, and in the Western
States. Among them are many distinguished men, and most of
them inherit that energy of character for which their ancestor was
noted. They claim to be of Welch descent, and that the "honest
blood" of their maternal ancestor yet flows in their veins.
THE HALLETT FAMILY.
Several of the name of Hallett came early to New England.
William, the ancestor of the Long Island family, was born in
Dorcetshire, England, in 1616, joined in the settlement of Greenwich,
Conn., whence he removed to Long Island, and Dee. 1,
1652, purchased of Jacques Bentyn, one of the Directors of Van
Twiller's Council, 161 acres of land at Hellgate, at a place known
as Hallett's Cove. "In the fall of 1655, the Indians destroyed
his house and plantation at Hallett's Cove, which induced him to
take up his residence at Flushing. Here he was appointed Sheriff,
in 1656, but the same year was deposed by Gov. Stuyvesant,
fined and imprisoned, for entertaining the Rev. Wm. Wickenden
from Rhode Island, allowing him to preach at his house, and re-