DJD-14-Susanna-3

LINE OF DEACON JOHN DUNHAM OF PLYMOUTH

THIRD GENERATION IN AMERICA

14. SUSANNA 3 DUNHAM (John 2,1) born say 1654; [1] died after 1704. [2] Susanna married in Barnstable 20 January 1673 BARTHOLOMEW HAMBLEN, [3] son of James and Anne (--) Hamblen. He was born in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts 11 April 1642; [4] died in Barnstable 24 April 1704, age 62 years and 14 days. [5]

Bartholomew Hamblen resided on his father’s 20 acre lot adjoining Deacon Cooper’s and Mr. Russell’s home lots. He was a farmer. He and his brother Eleazer were listed as soldiers in the company of Capt. John Gorham in King Philip’s War.

Bartholomew Hamblen left an estate appraised at £309 6 sh. 8 d., of which his widow received one-third. His wife, Susannah Dunham, was a sister of Mary Dunham, the wife of his brother James Hamblen, Jr.

Several of the children of Bartholomew and Susanna (Dunham) Hamblen married, but there are no records that indicate that any descendants of this family survived beyond the fifth generation.

Children of Bartholomew and Susanna (Dunham) Hamblen born at Barnstable: [6]

73. i. SAMUEL-4 HAMBLEN, b. 25 December 1674

74. ii. MERCY-4 HAMBLEN, b. 1 June 1677; m. 10 November 1709 Edward Milton. [7]

75. iii. PATIENCE-4 HAMBLEN, b. 15 April 1680

iv. SUSANNAH-4 HAMBLEN, b. 16 March 1682; unmarried 13 July 1718 when she was admitted to the church.

76. v. EXPERIENCE-4 HAMBLEN, b. 13 February 1684; d. 24 July 1749 m. 13 September 1732 Isaac Lewis [8]

vi. JOHN-4 HAMBLEN, b. 19 June 1685; d. 26 April 1705

77. vii. EBENEZER-4 HAMBLEN, b. 23 March 1689; m. in Barnstable 25 October 1722 THANKFUL CHILDS.

Ebenezer and Thankful (Childs) Hamblen had one child, Elizabeth-5 born in Barnstable 1 October 1723. There is no further information on this family. [9]

78. viii. MARY-4 HAMBLEN, b. 23 May 1691

79. ix. BETHIA-4 HAMBLEN, b. 26 November 1693

80. x. RELIANCE-4 HAMBLEN, b. 30 November 1696; unmarried 26 November 1727 when she joined the church.

References:

1. TAG 30:147.

2. Susanna was named in the 1704 probate of Bartholomew, Barnstable Probate 2:149-152.

3. Andrews, Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families, Vol. 1, p. 524-525; MD 6:138.

4. Otis, Barnstable Families, p. 524-5.

5. Ibid.

6. Ibid.; NEHGR 3:134; MD 6:138.

7. Ibid.

8. Ibid.

9. Ibid. p. 531; MD 6:138.