James HAMBLEN

Abt 1606 - 1690  (~ 84 years)

• Name	James HAMBLEN
  Born	Abt 1606	Devonshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Also Known As	HAMLENE, HAMLING, HAMELIN
  Migration	1639
  Noteworthy	Early settler of Barnstable, MA
  Religion	Puritan
  Immigrant?	Y
  Historical Notes	In former works on the history of The Hamlin Family, the author has shown that the Hamlins went with William the Conqueror from Normandy to England, 1066: and that since that event the name has been a common one in England to the present time. The name appears in the roll preserved in the church at Dives, in Normandy, of the companions in arms of the Conqueror, who there assembled to cross over to England: and it also appears in the Battle Abbey Koll of those who fought at the battle of Hastings, 1066; when the Conqueror and his army won the crown of England. In a work on The Battle Abbey Roll, by the Countess of Cleveland, 1889, the following mention of the Hamelins appears: Hamelin—There are three of the name, entered asunder tenants in Domesday: Hamelin. homo Hugonis fill Baldrici, in Lincolnshire; Hamelin holding of Roger de Montgomery In Sussex: and also mentioned in Devonshire; and Hamelin of Cornwall. Whether Hamelin of Devonshire, and Hamelin of Cornwall were the same does not appear. In the latter County, Hamelin held twenty-two manors under the Earl of Montaine. He is supposed to be the ancestor of the Trelawney family, and to have resided at Treloen, one of the manors described in the survey of his property. After the conquest of England by William of Normandy, he caused the lands of the Kingdom to be recorded in what is known as "Domesday Book," completed in 1086. It is the authoritative distribution of the lands of England to the followers of the Conqueror.  [1]
  Died	22 Oct 1690	Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts
  Buried	Cobb’s Hill Cemetery, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts   [2]
  	Unmarked
  Person ID	I4413	Main
  Last Modified	11 Nov 2023

  
  

  Family	Anne SCOTT,   b. Abt 1609, Rattlesden, Suffolk, England ,   d. 1690, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 81 years)
  Married	19 Apr 1632	St Paul, Exeter, Devonshire, England   [3]
  Children	1. James HAMBLEN,   b. 21 Oct 1630, St Lawrence, Reading, Berkshire, England ,   d. 24 Oct 1633, St Lawrence, Reading, Berkshire, England  (Age 3 years)   2. Sarah HAMBLEN,   b. 6 Sep 1632, St Lawrence, Reading, Berkshire, England   3. Mary HAMBLEN,   b. 27 Jul 1634, St Lawrence, Reading, Berkshire, England + 4. James HAMLIN,   b. 10 Apr 1636, St Lawrence, Reading, Berkshire, England ,   d. 3 May 1718, Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes, Massachusetts  (Age 82 years)   5. Hannah HAMBLEN,   b. Abt 1638, London, Middlesex, England   6. Batholomew HAMBLEN,   b. 11 Apr 1642, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts ,   d. 24 Apr 1704, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts  (Age 62 years) + 7. John HAMBLEN,   b. 26 Jun 1644, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts ,   d. 1718, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts  (Age 73 years)   8. Sarah HAMBLEN,   b. 7 Nov 1647, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts   9. Eleazer HAMBLEN,   b. 17 Mar 1650, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts + 10. Israel HAMBLEN,   b. 25 Jun 1652, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts ,   d. 2 Jul 1729, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts  (Age 77 years)
  Last Modified	11 Nov 2023
  Family ID	F1598	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Abt 1606 - Devonshire, England Married - 19 Apr 1632 - St Paul, Exeter, Devonshire, England Died - 22 Oct 1690 - Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth
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• Histories

  About the Puritans Some stuff you might not know, and some stuff to think about

  
  

• Notes

  s/o Giles HAMBLIN & Susan Ashley —— The early settlers at Coggin’s Pond, in Barnstable, were Henry Bourne and Thomas Hinckley from Scituate, and Henry Coggin, Laurence Lichfield, James Hamlin and William Tilley…. The order to which the settlers lots were located at Coggin’s Pond in 1643-3, from east to west were: William Tilley, Gov. Thomas Hinckley, Samuel Hinckley, Gen. James Cudworth, James Hamlin, Laurence Lichfield, Henry Coggin and Henry Bourne. —— While no record of the fact has been discovered; other circumstances render it probably that he was obliged to leave his family and flee from England to escape religious persecution. This may account for the failure to discover the time and manner of his passage; which may have bene intentionally concealed, for his escape and safety. He was a Puritan and a member of Mr. Lothrop’s church after the latter came to Banstable. —— Tradition has it that his four sons agreed, upon their separation, to spell their names differently. —— His personal estate when he died was appraised at £19.17.3. —— Mr. Otis says: "He was never dignified with the title of ‘Mr." and was, all his life, called "Goodman." Speaking of this custom, he says, "In the Plymouth Colony, the Governor, deputy governor, the magistrates, and assistants, the ministers of the gospel, elders of the church, school masters, officers to the militia, men of great wealth or connected with gentry or nobility, alone were entitled to be called Mister, and their wives, Mistress; this rule was rigidly enforced in earlier colonial times; and in all lists of names, it was almost the invariable custom to commence with those that stood highest in rank, and follow that order to the end." "Goodman Hamblen was not much in public life. He was an honest man, a good neighbor and a sincere Christian; he was industrious and prudent in his habits and brought up his children to walk in his footsteps. His descendants have, with few exceptions, inherited the good qualities of the ancestor." Andrews, H. Franklin. A Genealogy of JAMES HAMLIN of Barnstable Massachusetts, eldest s/o James Hamlin, the immigrant, who came from London, England, and settled in Barnstable, 1639. Exira, Iowa, 1902 [1, 4]

  
  

• Sources

  [S118] HAMLIN. The Hamlin Family, Andrews, H. Franklin (Henry Franklin), 1844-1919. [S96] Find a Grave, database and images, 48318610. [S241] Misc, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NJB8-2YN. [S118] HAMLIN. The Hamlin Family, Andrews, H. Franklin (Henry Franklin), 1844-1919, p27.