Genealogical notes of Barnstable families - citizen hylbom blog

GENKALOGICAL NOTES OF BARNSTABLE FAMILIES. 517
81. III. Peter, 7th Oct. 1721, married in 1739, Eunice Allen
of Harwich. She died Aug. 26, 1762. His second wife
was Sarah , who died Feb. 13, 1760, and he married
for his third wife Lydia Buck (or Bearse) in 1761. He
died Feb. 1794. He was the father of nineteen children,
whose fortunes in life were widely dissimilar. His children
were Rebecca, Jan. 15,1743, married Bray; John
Allen Nov. 14, 1745, married Mackey ; Elkanah,
Sept. 16, 1749 ; Eunice, Dec. 24, 1751 ; Lot, April 12,
1754; Hannah, Oct. 1756, married Sersham Cobb, and has
descendants; Temperance, Sept. 1758; Benjamin, Aug. 13,
1762, died at sea on the coast of Africa, 1790 ; George,
July 21, 1764 ; Prince, April. 16, died a pauper in Y. ; Job,
Feb. 26, 1767, died young ; Lydia, Feb. 23, 1769, married
Zenas Hallett; Sarah, Feb. 10, 1.771, married and removed;
Peter, March 2, 1775, died at sea ; Mary, Sept. 19, 1777,
married Joseph Hallett; Job, July 28, 1779, of Boston, now
living, and three others who died young, making 19.
(24.) Joseph Hallett, son of John, built a house like his
father's between his brother John's and Andrew's. He married
Abigail 1722, and died Sept. 19,1735, and his widow
Abigail Sept. 18, l7'68, aged 67. His oldest child was born in
Barnstable, his other children in Yarmouth.
72. L Roland, 7th Aug. 1723. (A Rowland Hallett married
Jane Sears in 1772. He resided at Hyannis, had a son
Rowland and other children.
73. II. Joseph, 25th June, 1725, married 1745, Mary Joyce.
74. III. Abigail, 15th June, 1727, married Samuel Gorham
April 20, 1747.
75. IV. Hannah, 23 Oct. 1729, married Josiah Gorham Oct. 9,
1755, and 2d, Thomas Allyn.
76. V. Eunice, 8th Jan. 1731-2.
77. VL Elizabeth, 25th AprU, 1734.
(25.) Samuel Hallett, son of John, married June 15, 1727,
Susannah Clark of Harwich. He resided in the house which was
his father's. His family register I do not find on the Yarmouth
records. His estate was settled Jan. 4, 1757, his widow Susannah
being then living. His children named in the settlement
are
78. I. Enoch, born in 1737, was one of the leading men during
the Revolutionary period. He was a Colonel of the
militia, and afterwards Sheriff of the County. He resided
in the house which was his grandfather's, already described.
Though one of the most prominent men in the County—
man of good business capacity—a man of influence and
highly respected, yet he was satisfied to reside in a house
that neither the joiner, the plasterer, nor the painter ever en-