Genealogical notes of Barnstable families - citizen hylbom blog

50 GENEALOGICAL NoTES OF BARNSTABLE I'AMILIES..
wife Anna, to whom he gave all the household goods she
brought with her, and the imj)rovement of one-third of all
his real and personal estate. To Augustine he ga\e land
bounded S. E. and N. by the heirs of Jonathan Lewis, deceased
; to Joseph and Samuel his house and orchard ; to
Peter a house and one acre of land on the north side of the
road; to Stephen and Benjamin all his lands m Gorham
town ; to Joseph, Peter and Samuel all the rest of his real
and personal estate, they paying debts, legacies, and allowing
Augustine a convenient way to the landing "where I
make oysters," and a place to land and dry fish ; to Benjamin,
Martha and Priscilla £12 old tenor each ($5.33), and
to Sarah and Thankful £2 each, a bed and other articles to
be divided equally. His personal estate was appraised at
£431, 16,9., 6p., and his real estate at £910, and his mulatto
boy Tom at £()()—all I presume in old tenor currency,
corn being appraised at £1 per bushel—that is 50 coppers
equal to 44 cents.
He was engaged in the fisheries, and the soccess ot*
himself and sons was sung b}' some contemporar}' troubadour,
whose verses are remembered though the name of the
poet is forgotten. He married first, Sarah, daughter of
Samuel Cobb, Feb, 4, 1701-2, she died Jmiuary 14, 1742,
and he married in 1747 his second wife, Anna Nickerson of
Chatham. He died May 15, 1748, aged 66, and is buried
with his first wife in the old graVe-yard in Hyannis, where
their son Samuel caused grave stones to be erected to their
memory.
Children of benjamin Bearse born in Barnstable :
1. Martha, born 9th Nov. , 1702, married Antipas Lewis,
Oct. 15, 1730.
H. Augustine, born 3d June, 1704, married June 3,
1728, Bethia, daughter of John Linnell, she died 7th
Oct., 1743, aged 39, and he married Sept. 7, 1744,
for his second wife. Thankful, widow of Nathaniel
Bacon. He died June 2, 1751, aged 47, and his
1 Hyannis,
, fishery
widow, Nov. 1774, aged 70. He resided at first at
perhaps after his second marriage, with his
wife at Barnstable. He was engaged in the whale
and owned try-works which were sold after
his death. He had seven children, all of whom are
named in his will. 1. Prince, born 12th March