Jonathan Hallett (1647 - 1717)

Born 20 Nov 1647 in Yarmouth, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Dexter) Hallett — married 30 Jan 1683 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 12 Jan 1717 at age 69 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Parents: Andrew Hallett and Unknown

Jonathan Hallett, b. Yarmouth 20 Nov 1647; m. Abigail Dexter, d/o Thomas Dexter.^[1] Jonathan sonn of Andrew Hallet of Yarmouth bpt 23 April 1648.^[2]

In 1686 his brother in law, John Dexter sold to him, a negro slave called "Harry", aged 29 years, for £20.^[3]

Probate

The will of Jonathan Hallet of Yarmouth, gentleman was dated 5 December 1716 and proved on 14 February 1717 in Barnstable. He mentioned his children, Ebenezer Hallett (executor), Thomas Hallett (executor), Timothy Hallett, David Hallett, Jonathan Hallett (executor), Mehitable Sturgis, Elizabeth Crowell, and Abigail Hallett. His inventory was taken on 8 February 1716/17 in Yarmouth which included three enslaved Indians.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Great Migration 1634-1635, G-H. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume III, G-H, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB116/i/7118/195/235152548 pp 195-200
2. ↑ ”Scituate and Barnstable Church Records.” New England Historical and Genealogical Register 9:283, 284
3. ↑ Genealogy of the Dexter Family: Page 14
4. ↑ "Probate records v. 1-3 1686-1747" database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9YB-NVW  : 1 May 2024), Film# 007705400, Barnstable, Massachusetts, image 428-430, Vol 3, Page 405-408.

• http://www.ourfamtree.org/browse.php?fid=291979

• http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Family:Jonathan_Hallett_and_Abigail_Dexter_(1)

• Andrew Hallett, in Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (NEHGS, 1999-2011).

Children... iv Jonathan Hallett ... m. Yarmouth 30 January 1683[/4] Abigail Dexter [YarVR 1:128; MD 2:209], daugther of THomas Dexter of Sandwich (in the settlement of the estate of Thomas Dexter on 16 February 1686/7, one of the shares was received by "Jonathan Hallett of Yarmouth, for his wife Abigail" [MD 3:176-77, citing BarnPR 1:8]).

• Sherman, Robert M. (Robert Moody), and Ruth Wilder Sherman. Vital records of Yarmouth, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. (Providence, Rhode Island?: Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Rhode Island, c1975), 152.

[p. 47] Mr. Jonathan Hallet died on the 14th day of January in the year 1716/17.

• Hoogs, Cynthia Tryon. Descendants of Andrew Hallett, Jr. of Yarmouth, Massachusetts. (Great Barrington, Massachusetts: C.T. Hoogs, 1985).

• Bowman, George Ernest. Gravestone records in the ancient cemetery and the Woodside Cemetery Yarmouth, Massachusetts. (Boston, Mass.: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants at the charge of the Cape Cod Town Record Fund, 1906), 18.

HALLET Jonathan, died 12 January, 1717*, aged 69.

• Cutter, William Richard. New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of the Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation. (New York, New York, United States: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913-14), 4:2033.

Jonathan Hallet, s/o Andrew, b. 20 Nov 1647, d. 12 Jan 1716-17, m. 30 Jan 1683-84 Abigail Dexter. Will dated 5 Dec 1715, proved 15 Feb 1716-17, names sons Ebenezer, Thomas, David, Jonathan, Timothy; daughters Mehitable Sturgis, Elizabeth Crowell, Abigail Freeman. In 1676 he was taxed in Yarmouth, but soon moved to Sandwich, Massachusetts [constable there in 1684], but soon after his father's death [will proved 1684], he returned to Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts.

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCH5-BYG : 14 January 2020), Jonathan Hallot, 1647.

• Surname: Hallett Page: 208 Text: Mayflower Planters, Cape Cod Series Vol II, Early Britain of out Forefathers

• Pilgrim Genealogies and Histories, 1600s-1900s Title: Pilgrim Genealogies and Histories, 1600s-1900s Author: Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc Publication: Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc,

from History of the Hamlin Family Vol 1 Mr. Andrew Hallett, Gentleman, ancestor of the family in Barnstable and Yarmouth, was one of the first who came to Mattakeset, but did not make it his place of abode until 1641; he came over as early as 1637; was in Plymouth in 1638-9. He appears to have revisited England about 1641-2 and returned; he speculated in lands, and had several lawsuits; it is claimed, not with certainty, that he was a school teacher; although not wealthy he gave a cow to the poor of Yarmouth at a time when it was of the value of a good farm. The title of "Gentleman" was conferred on but few in the colony, and the word then had a different signification from its present one; it meant that one to whom it applied was connected with the gentry or wealthy class, that he was not a mechanic or common laborer, and that he was well educated, etc. The records afford but little information about his employment, or true character. He probably died about 1647, leaving a wife Mary, and five children, born in England. His son Andrew,2 married Ann, daughter of Anthony Besse, of Lynn and Sandwich, in her fourteenth year; he settled in Sandwich but removed to Yarmouth in 1640, where he resided until his death, 1684; his wife died 1694. Goodman Hallett was "an husbandman," and by honest industry, skillful management and economy, accumulated a large estate. In 1676, his tax was equal to one-twentieth of the entire assessment of the town; his estate was appraised at œ1.180, 13,09, a large amount at that period; six children. Jonathan Hallett,?? the fourth child, born November 20, 1647, married Abigail, daughter of Ensign Thomas Dexter. In 1684 he resided in Sandwich, but removed to Yarmouth and occupied a room in his father's house until 1695; after the death of his father he was the most wealthy man in Yarmouth; will dated December 5, 1716; proved February 14, 1717; real estate œ2,000, and a large personal estate; eight children. His son David,4 married August 19, 1719, Mary, daughter of John Annable, of West Barnstable, and resided at Hyannis; ten children, of whom Mary, born May 11, 1739, married Timothy Hamblin. Thomas Hallett,4 son of Jonathan,?? resided at Yarmouth, married first, February 18, 1719-20, Thankful Sturgis, who died January 10, 1721; second, Elizabeth, daughter of Moses Hatch, of Falmouth, who died October 23, 1744; third, May 23, 1745, Thankful Jones, of Barnstable; he died January 24, 1771, aged 69; six children. His son Moses,?? born April 20, 1729, resided in Yarmouth; married four wives, two of whom were, Phoebe and Eleanor Hamblen: he died December 14, 1809; seven children. [Otis Papers.] Page 128