Genealogical notes of Barnstable families - citizen hylbom blog

GENEALOGICAL NOTES OF BARNSTABLE FAAQLIBS. 47
Sarah Lewis June 17, 1711 ; she died March 21, 1737-8, aged
46, and he married for his second wife, July, 1739, Mrs. Thankful
Miller of Yarmouth. He died April 12, 1751, aged 65,
(gravestones.) In his will dated on the day preceding his death
he made provisions that were unsatisfactory to his widow and
children, but they had the good sense to settle the trouble satisfactorily
among themselves. He bequeathed to his wife all the
property she brought to him excepting her dock and negro woman,
and the use of one-third of his estate so long as she remained a
widow. To his three sons, Eben, Thomas and Samuel, he gave
all his real estate. To Eben his negro boy Boston, and his Indian
boy, &c. ; to Thomas and Samuel his negro boy "George" ;
to his daughter Susannah Hinckley his negro girl "Barbara," &c.
and to his daughter Mary Hinckley his negro boy "Jethro." His
wife's negro woman he undertook to make the common property
of his five children, but that matter and the clock was set right by
the sons. His children born in Barnstable were : 1, Ebenezer,
10th Sept. 1712, married in 1743, Mehitable Sturgis of Yarmouth,
and had Sarah April 19, 1744, Temperance Jan. 20,
1748, and Ebenezer Sept. 23, 1754, the latter married, had a
family, and lived to great age—the mother died Nov. 14, 1773,
aged 53 ; 2, Daniel, 8th July, 1714, died Aug. 8, 1714 ; 3, a son,
24th Sept. 1715, died Sept. 27, 1715 ; 4, Thomas, 27th July,
• 1717, married Nov. 9,-1752, Phebe Holmes of Plymouth, and had
Daniel March 20, 1754, Phebe, Aug. 8, 1755, Patience July 16,
1757, Temperance, Thomas and James. He resided in a house
that stood opposite the present residence of Mr. Solomon Hinckley
in Barnstable. He died AprU. 30, 1775, aged 59 ; 5, Susannah,
April 18, 1722 ; 6, Samuel, 7th Sept. 1727, a sea captain,
had the westerly part of his father's estate, on which he built a
splendid mansion, married, and had one daughter who married
Samuel Allyn. He died early in life, leaving a large estate. His
widow survived him many years, and died in the Alms House ; 7,
Mary, born 12th April, 1729, married Feb. 20, 1752, Samuel
Childs.
(37.) Thomas Hinckley, son of the second Samuel, born
1st Jan. 1688-9, resided at West Barnstable. He was a tanner
and died in 1756. aged 68, leaving four children, two of whom,
Mercy and Mary, were of feeble minds and incapable of taking
care of themselves. His real estate was apprised at £944, and
his personal at £863,5,6. Seth Hamblen was appointed guardian
to Mercy and Mary, to each of whom was assigned £182, paid by
their brother Elijah, to whom four-fifths of the estate was set off,
and to his sister Temperance Otis, one-fifth. The children of Mr.
Thomas Hinckley, born in Barnstable, were : 1, Seth, Aug. 17,
1720, died Sept. 20, 1720 ; 2, Mercy, Feb. 11, 1721 ; 3, Temperance,
Jan. 20, 1725, married John Otis, Esq., Dec. 3, 1741 ; 4,