Genealogical notes of Barnstable families - citizen hylbom blog

398 GENEALOGICAL NOTES OF BARNSTABLE FAMILIES.
man, after due consideration, he acknowledged that he "had no
just cause, soe to say, and -was sorry for soe saying, and desired
Mr. Jenkins to pass it by."
He died in 1685, and his wife Alice in 1689. In her will
dated Jan. 10, 1688, and proved Sept. 4, 1689, she names her
son John whom she cuts off with a shilling ; her daughter Ruth
Davis, to whom she gives 40 shillings, a brass kettle, and half
her wearing apparel ; to her daughter Elizabeth, then unmarried,
£20, and the other half of her wearing apparel ; to her daughterin-law
Lydia, wife of her son Ebenezer, one colt and one gown
to her grandson Benjamin, son of Ebenezer, 1 colt ; and to her
son Ebenezer, her dwelling-house, and all her other estate.
Roger Goodspeed left no will. He divided his large landed estate
to his children by deeds, and the agreement above referred to
executed during his lifetime. He married Alice Layton Dec. 1,
1641. Children born in Barnstable :
2. I. Nathaniel, 6th October, 1642, (see below.)
3. II. John, June 1645, (see below.)
4. III. Mary, July 1647, married, 14th Dec. 1664, Samuel
Hinckley.
5. IV. Benjamin, 6th Mav, 1649, (see below.)
6. V. Ruth, 10th April, "^1652, married, 2d Feb. 1674-5,
John Davis, Jr.
7. VI. Ebenezer, Dec. 1655, (see below.)
8. VII. Elizabeth, 1st May, 1658, (unmarried 1688.)
1. Nathaniel Goodspeed, son of Roger, married Nov. 1666,
Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. John Bursley. He died June, 1670,
and his widow married Oct. 1675, Increase Clap. He had two
children born in Barnstable, namely :
9. I. Mary, born 18th Feb. 1667-8.
10. II. Nathaniel, probably. Another child beside Mary is
mentioned in the settlement of the father's estate.
Nathaniel Goodspeed is also named several times on the
town records. After 1703 his name disappears, and a
Nathaniel Goodspeed, who married Sarah, appears at
Rochester, and had a family born from 1706 to 1713.
2. John Goodspeed, son of Roger, resided at Mistick. He
died in 1719, aged 74, and names in his will his wife Experience,
sons John and Benjamin ; daughters Mary, Rose and Bathsheba,
grand-daughter Ruth, daughter of his son Samuel, deceased. He
left a large estate. He married 9th Jan. 1668, Experience Holway,
and had
11. I. Mary or Mercy, 18 Feb. 1669.
12. II. Samuel, 23d June, 1670, died before his father. He
married, and had a daughter Ruth living in 1719.
13. III. John, 1st June, 1673, (see below.)
14. IV. Experience, 14th Sept. 1676, not living in 1718.