Genealogical notes of Barnstable families - citizen hylbom blog

GENEALOGICAL NOTES OF BARNSTABLE FAMILIES. 471
57. VII. Anne, bap. Sept. 1, 1706.
68. VIII. James, and probably married Abigail Knight, of Tisbury,
July 24, 1718.
59. IX. Martha, married David Cottle of Chilmark, Dec. 9,
1728.
Samuel Hatch, son of Sa^uuel, married Dec. 1, 1724, Mary
Clifford, of Chilmark ; James married March 22, 1720, Judith
Cottle, of Chilmark, second wife ; Edward married Rebecca
"Weeks at Falmouth Aug. 17, 1727, and died at Falmouth 1760.
Matthew Rowley was appointed Feb. 1750, guardian of Wait,
minor son of Edward. Anne married David Butler of Chilmark,
Dee. 2, 1726 ; Joseph married Lydia Cottle of Chilmark, Dec.
30, 1726 ; Lydia married Ebenezer Hatch (son of Jonathan and
Elizabeth), Oct. 25, 1720.
11-8. Dea. Moses Hatch, youngest son of Jonathan, reputed
to be the first white child born in Falmouth, was a man of
note in his day. He was admitted to the Barnstable church June
19, 1698, and his wife Elizabeth Aug. 2, 1702. Oct. 10, 1708,
both were dismissed to the Falmouth church, of which he became
a leading member and "the first deacon." He was a wealthy
farmer, a man of good business capacity, and a good citizen.
For one act he will ever be remembered. He gave to the town
the land on which the first church was built, now a public square,
ornamented with trees—a beautiful place of which the citizens are
justly proud. He died "20th of May, 1747, in the 85th year of
his age," and is buried in the ancient burying grounds in Falmouth.
Dea. Moses Hatch married May 9, 1686, Hepsiba Eddy of
Tisbury, said to be a younger sister of Elizabeth, wife of Benjamin
Hatch. For his second wife he married Elizabeth, daughter
of Col. John Thacher of Yarmouth, Oct. 18, 1699. She died
May 18, 1710. A Moses Hatch married about this time Hannah,
widow of Joshua Bangs, and a daughter of John Scudder of Barnstable.
She was baptized 5th Oct. 1651, consequently was twelve
years older than Dea. Moses, and as Mr. Savage suggests, the
disparity of their ages renders it doubtful whether Dea. Moses
married the widow Hannah Bangs. On the Falmouth records is
this entry, "Hannah, wife of Capt. Moses Hatch, died May 13,
1739." Capt. Moses was a son of the Deacon, and if he married
the widow the disparity was still greater. The last wife of Dea.
Moses was named Patience. The early records of Falmouth are
dilHcult to decipher, and are not always reliable. There is no full
record of the family of Dea. Moses Hatch. The following is
obtained from various sources, and is an approximation to accuracy
:
60. I. Abiah, born Feb. 1, 1686-7, died on the 13th, and was
buried on the 14th of same month.