Genealogical notes of Barnstable families - citizen hylbom blog

68 GENEALOGICAL NOTES OF BARNSTABLE FAMILIES.
family in town, I thence infer that she was the wife of Benjamin.
I am indebted to Mr. Franklin B. Dexter for the following list of
his children, probably not arranged in the order of their births :
1, Samuel, who married Mary Hathaway of Dartmouth, and died
in 1728; 2, John, born Nov. 22, 1663, died April 19, 1749, aged
85, and his wife Mary (Arnold) died Aug. 3, 1756, aged 84 ; 3,
Nathan, who married a Dexter ; 4, Benjamin. He had also three
daughters, two died young, and one named Eose Nov. 22, 1676,
very aged.
This list of his children is imperfect. The William named in
the following extract from the Boston Journal, was perhaps his
oldest son
"It may be interesting to our New Bedford and Nantucket
friends to learn, as we do from an ancient chronicle before us,
that the first person who killed a whale upon this coast, was
named William Hamilton. He was born in Scotland, and in early
life settled on Cape Cod, (place not stated) whence he removed to
Rhode Island, he being persecuted for killing the whale by the inhabitants
of the Cape, as one who dealt with evil spirits. Mr.
Hamilton died in Connecticut in 1746, at the advanced age of 103
years. His children died at the following ages : Joseph, 86
David, 79 ; Benjamin, upwards of 90 ; Eliza, 93 ; Thankful, 102 ;
Mary, 62."