Genealogical notes of Barnstable families - citizen hylbom blog

GENEALOGICAL NOTES OF BARNSTABLE FAMILIES. 519
age he set out an orchard, and lived to gather the fruit many
years. His children born in Yarmouth were :
89. I. Ruth, 18th Sept. 1743, married Eben Howes.
90. II. A son, 7th Sept. 1745, died 15th of same month.
91. III. Edward, 6th April, 1747, married Sarah Hedge, and
had Nathan, Dec. 10, 1768; Ansel, Nov. 1, 1770; Hannah,
March 16, 1773; Olive, April 16, 1775 ; Betty, Aug. 2,
1777, died young; Betty, Nov. 2, 1779, married John
Eldridge; Edw. Bangs March 16, 1782; Sally, June 18,
1784 ; and Nancy Jan. 4, 1787. The father of this family
died aged 49, but his children were all long-lived, and he has
numerous descendants.
92. IV. Ebenezer, 22d May, 1750. He was a farmer, and was
one of the first contractors to carry a weekly mail to Boston.
(See Thacher.) His children were : Lot, Oct. 17,
1777; Catte, Feb. 4, 1780; Ann, April 13, 1783 ; Ebenezer,
May 22, 1785 ; Matthews C, May 25, 1787; Elizabeth,
Feb. 4, 1790; Lucy, March 21, 1795; and Randall, Jan.
24,1799. All are now deceased excepting Elizabeth, wife
of Charles Sears, Esq.
93. IV. Bette, 17th March, 1752.
94. V. Lucy, 4th July, 1754, died Sept. 6, 1765.
95. VI. A son, 13th Oct. 1758, died Nov. 24, 1758.
96. VII. A son, 23d June, 1759, died July 25, 1759.
97. VIII. Elizabeth, 23d March, 1764, married Eben Whelden.
98. IX. Lucy, 20th Jan. 1768, married Johu Eldridge.
41. Jonathan HaUett, son of Dea. Jonathan, married
Thankful Crowell. By mistake she took rats-bane instead of
salts, and died in six hours. He died Feb. 6, 1814 ; aged 90
years. His children were: Lydia, born 11th Aug. 1745, married
Josiah Miller ; Thankful, 16th Sept. 1747, married Barnabas
Hedge and removed to Maine ; Howes, 21st July, 1749, married
Temperance Hedge; Jonathan, 13th June, 1751, married Sarah
Hedge; Azuba, 4th Dec. 1752, married Ansel Taylor ; Solomon,
23d Nov. 1754, married Deborah Chapman and removed to Kennebec,
Maine ;
Elisha, married Elizabeth Hawes Oct. 15, 1779, removed
to Kennebec; Isaiah, 10th Aug. 1762, died of small pox
in Boston harbor—left no issue ; Zenas, 9th Aug. 1768, married
Lydia HaUett ; and Josiah, 27th Aug. 1765, married Elizabeth
Matthews.
Howes HaUett of this family was, in 1789, skipper of a new
fishing vessel, owned principally by a Mr. Evans of Providence,
R. I. She was lost in a gale on Nantucket Shoals, and all on
board perished, namely : Howes HaUett, master, Josiah HaUett,
Daniel HaUett, Edmond Hallett, Levi HaUett, Joseph HaUett, Josiah
MUlef and Moody Sears.