Genealogical notes of Barnstable families - citizen hylbom blog

480 GENEALOGICAL NOTES OF BARNSTABLE FAMILIES.
Andrews. John, 8on of Andrew, Jr., he calls a son of John of
Scituate, and the wife of Richard Curtis he calls in one place
"Ann," and in another "Lydia." He informs us that John Hallett
was an extensive land holder ; that his house was near the
harbor at Scituate, and that Hallett's Island near the "stepping
stones," still retains hjs name.
Bathsheba, the first wife of Mr. Richard Bourne, on the authority
of Mr. Freeman, I called a daughter of Andrew, Sen.
but the statement wants confirmation.
Family of Mr. Andrew Hallett, Sen. All his children probably
born in England :
2. I. Andrew, born about 1615, married Ann Besse, died in
1684, (see below.)
3. II. Samuel, was sixteen years of age, or upwards, in 1643,
consequently was born in England before the year 1627.
He came to Yarmouth early, before the removal of his father
from Plymouth, as the following record dated June 17, 1641,
seems to prove, because Mr. Hallett had no other son to
whom it could refer, Andrew being then of age and a resident
in Sandwich, and neither Josias nor Joseph, if they
had then came over, was over twelve in 1639.
"It is ordered by the Court, that Mr. Andrew Hallett shall
pay Massatampaimf one fadome of beads [wampam] within two
moones, beside the nett he alleadgeth the sd Massatampaim soold
him, for the deare that Mr. Hellot's sonn bought of him about two
years since."
In the division of his father's estate a part of the "Hallett
Farm" situate within the boundaries of the town of Barnstable,
and the homestead bought of Dr. Starr in Yarmouth, appears to
have been set off to him, and was sold by his administaators,
probably to Capt. John Gorham who was the owner in 1652. J
He had no family. Neither widow nor children are named in
the settlement of his estate. He was drowned at Eastham, and
the particulars are thus recorded by Mr. Lothrop on the Barnstable
church records : "Thomas Blossom and Samuel HoUet
fMas-sa-tam-paim was the sachem of Nobscusset, or Yarmouth. He sold the lands in
the north part of Yarmouth and Dennis to Mr. Bradford, and his release in the handwriting
of Anthony Thacher is yet preserved. He lived to be very aged. The first syUable of
his name signifies great—the whole perhaps "great sagamon," but I am not certain. It is
sometimes writen "Mas-am-tam-paigue."
Jin the Gorham article I state that Capt. John purchased the whole of the "Hallett
Farm" about the year 1652. A more careful examination of deeds and the other records,
satisfies me that he did not at first purchase the whole. The forty-four acres of the
*'Farin" within the boundaries of Yarmouth, excepting some small portions, has never
been sold, and the descendants of Andrew, Sen., still hold it by virtue of the original
grant in 1639, also a tract of about 15 acres on the west of Long Fond; I am also inclined
to the opinion that he did not at first purchase the northwest portion of the "Farm"
which aopears to have been set ofi" to Joseph, who sold to James Gorham, a son pf Capt.
John. My recent investigations seem to lead to this conclusion. I am perfectly certain
that I was in an en-or when I stated that Capt. John Gorham bought the whole of the
"Hallett Farm," and those who keep files of these articles are requested to make the
correction by interlining before "Hallett Farm" the words "a large part of."