Genealogical notes of Barnstable families - citizen hylbom blog

216 GENEALOGICAL NOTES OF BARNSTABLE FAMILIES.
elusive; in 1675 was also one of tlie conncil of war to devise
measures for repelling the attacks of hostile Indians ; was the
Barnstable member of the Select Courts in 1676 ; an agent for the
settlement of the new town of Rochester in the same year ; a Jus-
tice of the Court of Common Pleas in 1692 and several years following
; Judge of Probate Court 1702 to 1714. Besides these
local offices, lie was an assistant to the governor from 1681 to
1686, inclusive. Upon the union of Plymouth Colony with that
of Mass. Bay, he was selected, under the new charter, by the influence
of Increase Mather, it is said, in company with his neighbor
and friend. Gov. Thomas Hincliley, as one of the Councillors
of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, under the administration
of Sir William Phipps. There was a good deal of comment upon
the make-up of this new Council, and many were inclined to think
that Gov. Hinckley and his friends were not disinclined to surrender
the Plymouth charter and to become life members in the
new and consolidated government. The fact that the governor,
Mr.Lothrop and Mr. Walley, recently of Barnstable, were three out
of four of the members of the Council from what had been the
Plymouth colony, gave some color to this impression. Men were
in those days as suspicious and jealous of the acts and motives of
public officers as they now are ; human nature still remains the
same as of yore. But there is no good reason for the imputation
that Gov. Hincklev was not true to the interests of the colony.
It was, at best a struggling and feeble community. It was unable
to raise funds to sustain an agent to guard its interests in
England, and it came very near being annexed to New York.
Mr. Mather did the best thing in his power for the colony, by
securing its union with Massachusetts ; and he provided for its
prominent men by having them named as members of the new
council. It is strong evidence of Mr. Lothrop's standing and
influence, that he should have been called to this honorable and
responsible position. He died in 1735 in the 79th year of his
age.
JoHK, the youngest son of Rev. John, was probably born in
Barnstable, about the year 1642. He was not in public life. He
married, in 1672, Mary Cole of Plymouth.