James Hamlin^{[1, 2]}

1636 - 1718  (82 years)

• Name	James Hamlin
  Born	10 Apr 1636	St. Lawrence, Reading, Berkshire, England   [3]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	F844761580D5415F975F11892C22A5EC2BB9
  Died	3 May 1718	Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts   [2, 3, 4]
  Buried	Dukes, Massachusetts
  	in West Tisbury Village Cemetery
  Person ID	I2378	Strong History
  Last Modified	6 Jan 2018

  
  

  Father	James Hamblin,   b. 1606, London, London, England ,   d. 22 Oct 1690, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Ann Scott,   b. 1610, St. Lawrence, Reading, Berkshire, England ,   d. 1690, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts  (Age 80 years)
  Married	19 Apr 1632	Exeter, St Paul, Devon, England
  Family ID	F680	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Dunham,   b. Abt 1642, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts ,   d. 19 Apr 1715, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 73 years)
  Married	20 Nov 1662	Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts   [3, 5]
  Children	1. Mary Hamblin,   b. 24 Jul 1664, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts ,   d. Nov 1698  (Age 34 years)   2. Elizabeth Hamblen,   b. 13 Feb 1666, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts ,   d. Jan 1743, Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts  (Age 76 years)   3. Eleazer Hamblen,   b. 12 Apr 1668, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts ,   d. Bef 20 May 1698, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts  (Age < 30 years)   4. Experience Hamblen,   b. 12 Apr 1668, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts ,   d. 26 Jul 1766, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts  (Age 98 years)   5. James Hamblen,   b. 26 Aug 1669, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts ,   d. 22 Jun 1743, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts  (Age 73 years)   6. Jonathon Hamblen,   b. 3 Mar 1671, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts ,   d. 22 Jun 1743, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts  (Age 72 years)   7. A Son Hamlin Hamblen,   b. 28 Mar 1672, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts ,   d. 7 Apr 1672, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts  (Age 0 years)   8. Ebenezer Hamblen,   b. 29 Jul 1674, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts ,   d. 8 Apr 1755, Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States  (Age 80 years)   9. Elisha Hamblen,   b. 15 Mar 1677, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts ,   d. 20 Dec 1677, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts  (Age 0 years)   10. Hope Hamblen,   b. 13 Mar 1680, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts ,   d. Yes, date unknown   11. Job Hamblen,   b. 15 Jan 1682, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts ,   d. 3 Jul 1750  (Age 68 years)   12. John Hamlin,   b. 12 Jan 1684, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts ,   d. Bef 1717  (Age < 32 years)   13. Elkanah Hamblen,   b. Bef 16 Mar 1685, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts ,   d. 1764, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts  (Age > 78 years)   14. Benjamin Hamblen,   b. 16 Mar 1685, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	14 Jan 2020
  Family ID	F679	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents2

  James Hamlin

  
  

• Notes

  It is supposed that he was bom in England and baptized in the parish of St. Lawrence, Reading, Berkshire, England, April 10, 1686; that he came over with his mother prior to 1642, and resided at Barnstable, first, at his ``Coggin´s Pond lot, until 1702; when he removed to Hamblin´s Plains, West Barnstable; where his son Ebenezer occupied the old homestead, which he afterwards sold to Col. John Gorham. Mr. Gustavus Hinckley, of Barnstable, writes in 1894, that the site of his house on his father´s Coggin´s Pond lot is well known; it having been owned and occupied by three generations of Gorham; a modern house was built about forty years ago over the old cellar. Mr. Otis says, that he lived all his life in Barnstable; but David Hamblen says, he died in Tisbury, May 3, 1718. He was a farmer, an exemplary member of the church and a good citizen. He married Mary Dunham, November 20, 1662. She was born 1642. Otis says, she was probably the daughter of Dea. John, of Plymouth; but Prof. Charles E. Hamlin, who gave considerable attention to this branch of the family, and from which he descended, says: she was daughter of John, of Martha´s Vinyard. Perhaps Otis and Prof. Hamlin referred to the same individual. Mr. Hinckley says, her grave is about sixty rods distant from the site of the house, on their Coggin´s Pond lot, and the slate headstone bears the inscription: ``Mary, wife of James Hamlin, died April ye l9th 1715, in ye 73d year of her age.´´ James Hamblen is expressly named in his father´s will, dated January 13, 1683. David Hamblen states that his children, Mary, Eleazar and Experience,, are expressly referred to in his will, as being then deceased in 1717; and infers that his children Elisha; John and Benjamin were also dead, from the fact that neither of them, nor any child of theirs is mentioned in the will. His name frequently appears in the Colonial records: May 29, 1670, James Hamblen, Juni., in list of Freemen. June 5, 1671, James Hamblen, Juni., app. to inspect the Ordinaries (Taverns) in Barnstable. June 6, 1682, James Hamblen, Junir., Member of Grand Enquest. - History of the Hamlin Family - with genealogies of early settlers of the name in America. 1639-1894, Franklin Andrews Gravestone Inscription: "Here Lyeth Ye Body Of Mr. James Hamlin Late of Barnstable Who Died At Tisbury May Ye 3D 1718 In Ye Year 82 Of His Age"

  
  

• Sources

  [S12] Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Trees. [S557] Massachusetts, Town Death Records, 1620-1850. Death date: May 3, 1718 Death place: Massachusetts [S344] The Hamlin Family; a Genealogy of James Hamlin of Barnstable, Massachusetts, Baptism Date, Place, Death Date and Place, Marriage Date and Place. [S52] Gravestone, Death Date and Place. [S406] Vital Records of Barnstable, Massachusetts, Vol. 6:136.