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JOB BOURNE (c. 1639–1677), son of Reverend Richard Bourne and Bathsheba Unknown
RUHAMAH HALLETT (say 1644–aft. 1714), daughter of Andrew Hallett
Job Bourne was born about 1639 in Sandwich. [1] He died in February 1676/7 in Hingham. [1] He married Ruhamah Hallett on 14 December 1664 in Sandwich. [2]
Ruhamah, the daughter of Andrew Hallett, was born say 1644. [3] She died after 15 September 1714. [1] She married second William Hersey of Hingham as his second wife. [3][4] William died after 1689. [1] He married first Rebecca Chubbuck. [1] She died on 1 June 1686 in Hingham. [1]
In a letter dated 16 February 1676/7, Richard Bourne says, "my son who was at Hyngham was taken with the disease that many have died of, who was sick about five weeks and died last Saturday & was buried on the Lord's day." [1]
Ruhamah swore to Job's inventory on 5 March 1676/7. Job died intestate and the following day his estate was divided between his relict, Ruhamah, and his children, Timothy, Hannah, Eleazar, John, and Hezekiah. The settlement refers to the children's grandfather, Mr. Richard Bourne, and Ruhama's brother, John Hallett. [1]
Ruhamah is referred to as Ruhamah Bourne in the 23 June 1684 will of her stepmother Ann (Besse) Hallett, proved on 1 June 1694. Among the items in Ann's inventory was a debt due from Ruhamah Hersey. Ruhamah attested to the inventory on 13 April 1694. [4]
William Hersey referred to Ruhamah as his "now wife" in his will of 1689. [1]
On 3 May 1670, Job Bourne was chosen surveyor of highways. [5] On 26 6 1677, Job Bourne and Thomas Tupper were chosen to lay out land for Lieutenant John Ellis. [5]
Children of Job Bourne and Ruhamah Hallett: Births recorded in Sandwich. [2]
i. Reverend Timothy Bourne was born on 18 April 1666. [1] He died on 28 March 1744. [1] He married Temperance Swift about 1688. [1]
Timothy's father-in-law, William Swift, named him his sole executor. [1]
ii. Hannah Bourne was born on 18 November 1667. married Jonathan Morey.
iii. Eleazar Bourne was born on 20 July 1670. He died after 26 February 1745. [1] He married Abigail ___.
iv. John Bourne was born on 2 November 1672. He died on 13 August 1747. [1] He married Elizabeth (Arnold?). [1]
v. Hezekiah Bourne was born on 25 September 1675. He possibly died in 1755. [1] He married first Abigail ___. He married second Mary Besse on 19 October 1726. [1] He married third Mehitable Hinckley on 20 October 1743. [1]
References:
1. Lydia B. (Phinney) Brownson and Maclean W. McLean, "The Rev. Richard Bourne of Sandwich, Mass. (c. 1610–1682)," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 118 (1964): 197–214.
2. Caroline Lewis Cardell and Russell A. Lovell, Vital Records of Sandwich, Massachusetts: To the Year 1850, 2 vols. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996), vol. 1: 9 (Job's marriage and birhs of first five children).
3. "Great Migration, 1634–1635, G–H," digitized book, originally published as Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration to New England, 1634–1635, Volume III, G–H (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003), 195–200.
4. Mrs. John E. Barclay, "Ann (Besse) Hallet, Step-Mother of Abigail (Hallet) Alden," The American Genealogist 26 (1950): 193–5.
5. Sandwich and Bourne Colony and Town Records, Library of Cape Cod History and Genealogy (Yarmouthport: C.W. Swift, 1912), no page numbers.
Last revised: 29-Feb-2024