Genealogical notes of Barnstable families - citizen hylbom blog

GENEALOGICAL NOTES OF BAKNSTABLE FAMILIES. 523
His other lands were six shares and six acres of upland in
$he Calves Pasture, twenty acres of upland, and the meadow on
the north, bounded easterly by the land of Henry Bourne, and
westerly by the land of Dea. John Cooper. His great lot of fifty
acres was bounded south-westerly by the great Indian Pond,
southerly by the lot of Thomas Lpthrop, and northerly by the
Comnions. It was the most northerly of the Indian Pond lots,
and his son John built a house thereon. The Hamblens were
among the first settlers in that part of the town, ancj that region
of country is now known as Hamblen's Plain.
In 1686 James Hamblen, Senior's, house is described as standing
on his twenty acre lot, on the north side of the highway, between
the houses of Mr. Russell (known in modern times as Brick
John Hinckley's) and Dea. John Cooper's, now owned by Mr.
William Hinckley and others. In the year 1653 this land is called
on the records Mi;. Gvoom's land, but in the following year, 1654,
Gpodman Hamblen's.
James Hamblen, Sen'r, died ^n 1690. In his will da,ted Jan.
23, 1683-4, he names his wile Anne and all his children. To James
h^ gave £10, to Bartholemew, j66, and to his daugh,ter Hannah,
^'according tp ye desire of my mother," £5. 4^\l the rest of his esta,te
he gave tP his wife during her natural life, and after her death
tp b^ 4.1^^,^:4 equally amopg his chil^reij. He ha,