Genealogical notes of Barnstable families - citizen hylbom blog

PREFATORY REMARKS.
The writer of the succeeding brief sketches approaches the
task with sincere misgivings. He does not assume to have had
the opportunities for acquiring information respecting the Barn-
stable families, even if he has the ability, and enthusiasm for the
work, which Mr. Otis possessed in so remarkable a degree. Yet
desiring to see these sketches continued to the end, and no native
of the town being found who will undertake the work, he will en-
deavor to compile some account of the remaining first comers,
whose history Mr. Otis has left unwritten, so that the series may
be rendered in some degree complete. The genealogical tables,
however, will not be usually traced beyond the second, or, at the
most, the third generation. The authorities upon which the writer
will rely, are the colonial, town and church records, Savage's
Genealogical Dictionary, Pierce's Colonial Lists, and the preced-
ing pages of Mr. Otis. c. f. s.