Genealogical notes of Barnstable families - citizen hylbom blog

GENEALOGICAL NOTES OF BARNSTABLE FAMILIES. 505
day of their marriage or when they shall come to ye age of one and
twenty years or sooner If my Executor shall see cause, and to my
daughter Mehettabell I do will and bequeath unto her ye just sum of
sixty pounds with what she hath had already of my estate, and to my
grandchild John Bourne he shall have pounds when he shall come of
age of one and twenty years, to be paid by my Executor out of their
estates according to proportion of what they have of mine estate. Bee
it further knowne by these presents that I doe make and appoint my loveing
wife Ann, and my son Jonathan Hallett and John Hallett joynt Executors
to this my last will and testament as witness my hand and seal
this fourteenth day of March Ano Domi one thousand six hundred
eighth one eighty and two.
The jnarke of A. A.
Andrew Hallett,
and a (seal.)
Signed and sealed in presence
of us, Thomas Thornton, Sen.
John Miller.
This will is proved at ye
Court held at Plymouth
ye 4 June, 1684.
Nathaniell Morton, Secretary.
Of the family of the second Andrew Hallett no perfect record
has been preserved. He married Anne or Anna Besse,
daughter of Anthony of Lynn and Sandwich. Tradition says she
was only fourteen at marriage, that she was a strong, healthy
woman, and was the mother of twins before she completed her
fifteenth year.* That she was very young when married, the
known age of her mother confirms. After the death of her husband,
she occupied the easterly part of his house. Her grandson
John Bourne resided with her, and her son Jonathan occupied the
west part of the house. She died in the spring of 1694, leaving a
will dated June 23, 1684. To her grandson John Bourne, she
gave her bed in the chamber with the curtains, valances, and all
that belonged to it, and her great brass kettle or 22 shillings in
money. To her youngest dnughter, Mehitaiiel Dexter, her satin
gownf and mohair petticoat. All the rest of her estate, apprised
at £180,07,06, (£67 of which was in money) she gave equally to
her three daughters, Ruhannah Bourne, Abigail Alden, and Mehitable
Dexter. Her wearing apparel, consisting of articles of
wool, linen, and silk ; hose, shoes, hat, &c., was apprised at
*The tradition iiirther relates, that on the day following the birth of her children, she
requested her mother, who acted as nurse, to take care of the babes, while she went out to
seek birds eggs, for them. The grandmother at that time could not have been over thirtjr,
for she had children of her own fifteen years younger than her grandchild Abigail, and if
Riihama was one of the twins, not far from twenty. Several similar instances of early
marriages have occurred in the family, one during the present year 1864. [See Cudworth
for account of Barlow family.]
fin the inventory it is called "Satinistow," a word not found in the dictionaries
and in another place, silk. For many years some of the articles belonging to the first
comer were preserved as heir-looms, and some are now probably in existence.