Genealogical notes of Barnstable families - citizen hylbom blog

76 GENEALOGICAL NOTES OF BARNSTABLE FAMILIES.
was a landholder in 1647, and he and his brother Peter had
a lot granted to them in partnership at Cotuit. Thomas
does not appear to have been a householder. He resided in
the easterly part of the town, and after his marriage, probably
at the house of Thomas Lothrop, who was father-in-law
to his wife. He was a mariner, and at the time of his death,
April 22, 1650, was on a fishing voyage.
Peter removed with his fathei'-in-law to West Barnstable
about the year 1650. His farm, containing forty acres
of upland, was on the east of the Bursley farm, and separated
from it by Boat Cove and the stream of fresh water emptying
into it. On the northeast it was bounded by Thomas
Sharv's marsh and the land of Henry Rowley, and on the
southeast by the farm of Mr. Thomas Dexter, Sen'r. He
owned twelve acres of meadow. A part of his land is now
owned by his descendants.
Children of Deacon Thomas Blossom born in Leyden.
I. A son, who died before Dec. 1625.
II. Thomas, born about the year 1620, married June 18,
1645, by Major John Freeman, to Sarah Ewer, at the
house of Thomas Lothrop in Barnstable. She was a
daughter of Thomas Ewer, deceased, of Charlestown,
and was then residing with her mother. He and another
Barnstable man, Samuel Hallet, were drowned at Nauset,
April 22, 1650. He left one child, a daughter
named "Sara," and had, perhaps, a posthumous son
named Peter.
JH. Peter, born after the year 1627, married Sarah Bodfish,
June 21, 1663. He resided at West Barnstable, was a
farmer, and died about 1700, intestate. His estate was
settled Oct. 5, 1706, by mutual agreement between his
widow Sarah and sons Thomas, Joseph and Jabez, and
daughters Thankful Fuller and Mercy Howland. His
children born in Barnstable were :
I. Mercy, born 9th April, 1664; died in 1670.
II. Thomas, born 20th Dec, 1667, married Dec. 1695,
Fear Robinson. He resided at West Barnstable.
III. Sarah, born 1669; died 1671.
IV. Joseph, born 10th Dec. 1673, married Marv Pinchon,
17th June, 1696.
V. Thankful, born 1675, married Joseph Fuller, 1700.