Genealogical notes of Barnstable families - citizen hylbom blog

226 GENEALOGICAL NOTES OF BARNSTABLE FAMILIES.
Barnstable families of this name are supposed to have been descendants
of John.
Josiah, of Barnstable, married Jan. 19, 1688, Elizabeth,
daughter of Joseph Warren. His descendants, if any, are not on
record.
Robert, of Barnstable, third son of John, born 1656, joined
the expedition of Wm. Phips, (afterwards Governor of Mass..)
against Quebec. This expedition did not reflect much credit
upon the foresight or military skill of the commander, and in it
Robert Phinney, like many others, lost his life.
THIRD GENERATION.
John, born 1665, and died Nov. 27, 1746, married Sarah
Lombard, and had Elizabeth, 1690 ; Marv, 1692; John, 1696;
Thomas, 1697; Hannah, 1700; Sarah, 1702; Patience, 1704;
Martha, 1706; Jabez, July 16, 1708.
Thomas, born 1672, married widow Sarah Butler, and had
Gersham, 1700;
Mercy, 1708.
Thomas, 1703; Abigail, 1704; James, 1706;
Ebenezer, born 1673, married Susannah Linnell, and had
Mehitable ; Mercy ; Martha ; Samuel ; Ebenezer ; and David,
born June 10, 1710, who married Marv Pope, of Sandwich,
27, 1733.
Sept.
Benjamin, married Martha Crocker and had Temperance,
1710; Melatiah, 1712 ; Barnabas, 1715 ; Silas, 1718; Zaccheus,
1720; Seth, 1723.
Jonathan, married Elizabeth , had Thankful, 1713 ;
Joseph, 1716 ; Jonathan, 1718.
Zaccheus, married Susanna Davis, and had Benjamin, 1744 ;
Timothy, 1746 ; Barnabas, 1748.
Capt. John Phinney, born 1696, and son of John and of
Sarah Lombard,' was the founder of the town of Gorham, in
Maine. The second and third generation of our forefathers," be- ,.
gan to feel that they were cramped in planting and pasture lands,
and that they needed more territory for development. The first
emigration from the Cape was in the easterly direction. Maine
was a part of Massachusetts, and the undeveloped territory there
was at the disposal of our people. The soldiers of the Indian
wars felt that they had a claim upon this
1727, after many delays and discouragements,
territory, and
the legislature
in
of
Massachusetts granted to the officers and soldiers of the Narragansett
expedition, during Philip's war, and their heirs, a township
six miles square in the Province of Maine, to each 120 persons
whose claims should be established within four months of the
passage of the act. Seven townships were laid out in pursuance
of this act. The 7th town was named Gorham, in honor of Capt.
John Gorham of Yarmouth, who commanded the Cape expedition