Genealogical notes of Barnstable families - citizen hylbom blog

GENEALOGICAL NOTES OF BARNSTABLE FAMILIES. 93
ceased, shall be provided for at his house during her widowhood,
or "so long as she bears her deceased husband's name."
To his eldest son, John Jenkins, he devised the dwelling
house in which he then lived and the land adjoining, his lot of land
to the westward of the Great (or Cooper's) pond, his cedar
swamp near Shubael Davis', all his woodland in Barnstable,
meadow, &c., &c.
To his daughter Sarah Basset £20, &c.,—to his daughter
Ruth West £95 on her husband's bond of Jan. 20, 1729,—to his
youngest daughter Patience Jenkins, £100 ; to his daugbter-inlaw
Experience Paine £20 ; to his daughter Mary Studley £90, if
his executors think she needs it ; to his daughter Mehitabel Chapman
£90, and to the poor of the East Church £5. In paying the
legacies he ordered the ounce of silver to be valued at eight shillings.
He appoints his wife Patience, son John, and Joseph
Lothrop, Esq., executors.
To this will there are two codicils annexed. In the second,
dated Dec. 15, 1732, he says, that whereas his son John became
surety for his son-in-law James Chapmanjn a suit brought by Col.
Bourne, commenced before he left the country, &c., therefore
£48 to be deducted from legacy to daughter Mehitabel.
The inventory of his estate is dated 24th Aug. 1736. The
apprisement was not probably made in silver valuing the ounce at
8 shs. ; if so, he was the most wealthy man in Barnstable.
His personal estate apprised at £738,11,11
House, homestead and all his real estate in Barnstable, 1,800
Lands in Falmouth, 600
£3,138,11,11
And this the legal instrument gravely informs us did not include
West.
a pair of old money scales in the possession of Sackfield
He married for his first wife Mary, daughter of Robert Parker
of West Barnstable ; and 23d Nov. 1715, the Widow Patience
Paine.
Oliildren born in Falmouth.
9. I, John, 3d, born about the year 1687, baptized Oct. 8,
1695, was the ancestor of the Jenkins family at Falmouth.
He married 3d Sept. 1708, Abigail Whetstone, or Whiston,
of West Barnstable. She was a daughter of John of Scituate.
His children born in Falmouth were : 1, John, June
27, 1709, married Oct. 30, 1734, Rebecca Green ;
June 5, 1712, married at 18, Aug. 20, 1 730, Hannah Handy ;
3, Abigail, March 27, 1715, married Benj. Crocker, Jr.,
May 15, 1738 ; 4, Mary, Feb. 10, 1717-18, married Sept. 5,
2, Joshua,