Genealogical notes of Barnstable families - citizen hylbom blog

514 GENEALOGICAL NOTES OF BAENSTABLE FAMILIES.
62. IV". Benjamin, 9th Oct. 1730, married Bethia Jones of Saudwich
Ap. 26, 1759. He was pilot of a vessel bound to Hali-
fax, lost at sea, and all on board perished. He left no issue
63. V. Elizabeth, 16th Nov. 1735, died Dec. 20, 1735.
64. VI. James, 12th April, 1737, died young.
(On the family record of Benjamin Hallett, grandson of Timo-
thy, the name of James is not given. Joshua Hallett, now living,
(1858) says he does not recollect of having heard his father say he
had a brother James. On the family register, the birth of Joshua
is recorded in the year 1737, which corresponds with the record of
his age at his death.)
65. VII. Joshua, 10th Jan. 1738-9. His house, yet remaining,
is the most westerly on the north side of the County road in
Yarmouth. He married Dorcas Eldridge. He died Aug. 19,
1821, aged 84, and his wife April 26, 1813, aged 72 years.
His children were :
Bethia, Feb. 5, 1763, died aged— yrs.
Elizabeth, Oct. 31, 1764,
Lydia, Feb. 21, 1767,
Dorcas, April 20, 1770,
Mary, June 23, 1772,
Patience, April 26, 1775,
Joshua, April 12, 1778,
Omitting Patience, who died in infancy, the average of the
family, parents and children, is 83 years and some months.
Bethia married Elkanah Crowell and resided at West Yarmouth.
Elizabeth or Betsey as she was called, lived unmarried and
died in her father's house. Lydia married Obed Howes, Esq., of
Dennis. Dorcas was marked at birth with bunches of grapes on
her face. She married at 62 her cousin Benjamin Hallett. Marv
married, first, Josiah Baker. 2d, Robert Dixon ; and 3d, Capt.
Eben Howes of Yarmouth. She resided for a time in the Western
States ; but after her third marriage in Yarmouth, and died of
apoplexy in 1858. Joshua married twice. He was a carpenter,
and resided in a house on the opposite side of the road from his
father's. He died in 1863. •
66. VIII. Isaac, born 24th Aug. 1742, was the youngest child
of Timothy. He was a deacon of the Yarmouth church, and
his family, as well as his brother Joshua's, are long lived. He
married in 1761 Elizabeth Eldridge. He died Oct. 5, 1814,
aged 72 years, and his widow March 1, 1831, aged 86 years.
Children horn in Yarmouth.
Benjamin, Nov. 3, 1762, died Feb. 28, 1838, aged 76 years.
Thankful, Oct. 10, 1764, died Aug. 14, 1831, aged 68 years.
Isaac, Dec. 6, 1766, died 1857 aged 90 years.
Elizabeth, Feb. 23, 1769, now living, aged 95 years. [Died March
26, 1866, aged 97.]
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