Those records are in the Probate court. I would write to the County Courthouse - Probate Clerk http://www.mass.gov/courts/courtsandjudges/courts/barnprobmain.html Probate and Family Court Department Barnstable Division Main Street, P.O. Box 346 Barnstable, MA 02630 -----Original Message----- From: mbaker [mailto:mbaker@newnorth.net] Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 5:35 PM To: MABARNST-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MaBarnstable] Obtaining Guardianship records Can anyone tell me the procedure for obtaining a copy of a guardianship record from Barnstable County in 1750? Specifically the guardianship of Ebenezer Baker age about 14; found in Records volume 7 page 188. Have a great week, Mike Baker ==== MABARNST Mailing List ==== Visit the Barnstable County GenWeb Project web site at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mabarnst/ It continues to be run by the former administrator of this list, and offers a wealth of research information on Barnstable County not found anywhere else.

Can anyone tell me the procedure for obtaining a copy of a guardianship record from Barnstable County in 1750? Specifically the guardianship of Ebenezer Baker age about 14; found in Records volume 7 page 188. Have a great week, Mike Baker

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Covel Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0EB.2ACE/401.1 Message Board Post: Hello, I know of a Mary Covel who married Edward Magoon/McGown in 1789-90 in Plymouth, Ma. Unfortunately, this is all I know right now, as I am working on this line still.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Magoon/ Nye/Weeks/Hall/Coffin/Lovell/ Morey Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0EB.2ACE/403 Message Board Post: I am searching for the family of Edward Magoon. He had at least 6 children, 1.) Nathaniel Magoon b. abt. 1790, sandwich who married Mary Coffin 2.) Lot Magoon b. abt. 1794 ,Sandwich Ma. 3.) Dorothy Magoon b. 1813, sandwich married James P. Nye 4.) Cynthia Magoon b. 1809 married Stephen Weeks of Sandwich 5.) Sally Magoon b. 1807, sandwich, married ASa Morey 6.) Sophronia Magoon b.1819, sandwich , married Jonathan Hall of Rochester, ma. Edward Magoon married first Mary Covel,abt. 1790 in Plymouth. secondly , Susan Lovell in Sandwich. I beleive Lot and Nathaniel's mother is Mary and The children of Susan. Any information on any Magoons , burials in Sandwich..ect would be much appreciated. My goal is to find Edward and Susans graves and also to find Edward Magoon's parents. Respectfully, Candace M. Corthell

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0EB.2ACE/402.1 Message Board Post: If you are looking for Dyer's try this sie http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dyer/ Good luck Carol

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Dyer / Walker Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0EB.2ACE/402 Message Board Post: Mary Dyer and Nathan or Nathaniel Walker were married before 1835, possibly in Wellfleet. They had a daughter, Mary M., who married William R.B. Dadley. They also had daughter, Phebe, born 1842. Need any info on these families.

jcovel, My Covel ancestor is SARAH COVEL who married Ansel ELLIS at Wellfleet 27 Sept. 1792. Ansel Ellis died 1813 at Charlestown, Mass. Sarah COVEL Ellis lived at Swampscott in her later years and is in the Swampscott Cemetery. I believe that her brother is THOMAS HOPKINS COVEL who married Bethiah DOANE, 25 Dec. 1794 Wellfleet. Thomas COVEL moved to Hardwick/Petersham/Dana, Mass. and was lost in in New York in the War of 1812. Their parents? Could they be Philip COVEL and Rebecca HOPKINS who married at Eastham 19 Dec. 1754? Evidence that Sarah COVEL (Mrs. Ansel Ellis) and Thomas Hopkins COVEL are related is a deed. They sold land at Eastham and Wellfleet. I would like to have a birth record for Sarah COVEL and for her brother Thomas Hopkins Covel. Their births were not recorded at Wellfleet. Bethiah Doane is related to Dr. David Doane, as I recall. Sarah COVEL'S children are recorded under her husband's name, ANSEL ELLIS, at Wellfleet: Benjamin Franklin Ellis (died young), Betsey Ellis, Mehitible or Hitty Ellis married Moses NESBITT, Olive Ellis married Abraham RICH, Sarah Ann Ellis married Allen Holbrook BACON, in July of 1822. Allen Holbrook Bacon and his cousins the Atwoods (Stephen and Hawes), all of Wellfleet, Boston, Chelsea, and Everett, owned the Union Oyster House in Boston and other oyster houses named - Atwood and Bacon Oyster House. Allen Holbrook BACON is the son of Freeman Bacon and Huldah HOLBROOK of Wellfleet. Freeman Bacon is the son of John Bacon of Barnstable and Joanna LANMAN (widow of Mr. Foster of Plymouth. Joanna Lanman's mother is Joanna Boylston, daughter of Tomas BOYLSTON of Boston. Susan Martin Lovell On Jul 4, 2005, at 5:47 PM, jcovel@pacifier.com wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0EB.2ACE/401 > > Message Board Post: > > Looking for info on the eleven Covel/Covell/Coval/Covall people > listed in Ma. 1790 Census. > > Thank you for any info on them > Jim > > > ==== MABARNST Mailing List ==== > To visit the Barnstable message board, go to the RootsWeb message > board home page at: > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/script/main/rw > and click on "U.S. States," then "Massachusetts," "Counties" and > then "Barnstable." Postings to the board will also appear on this > mailing list, giving you "two for one" exposure to your post. > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0EB.2ACE/401 Message Board Post: Looking for info on the eleven Covel/Covell/Coval/Covall people listed in Ma. 1790 Census. Thank you for any info on them Jim

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0EB.2ACE/400 Message Board Post: does anyone know of the giraurds from east falmouth.im from the uk trying to trace them.they of a large family of 9.mum has passed away sometime ago.couple of names i recall is pamela,ronnie,joe and al their dad.any info would be off a help.thanks

I have found records of 16 original gravestones from the 1600's located in Barnstable County. 14 of the 16 exist today. I have modified the Gravestone Image Styles section of www.capecodgravestones.com to list them all. Click on the link http://www.capecodgravestones.com/styles.html . If you know of other original gravestones from the 1600's, please let me know. There are several Monuments on Cape Cod erected in the 19th and 20th centuries memorializing deaths in the 1600's but these monuments should not be confused with original gravestones. Bob Carlson N Eastham

Betty (GEN MASS list) was discussing the existence of cemeteries in Mass in the 1600s. On Cape Cod, Robert Carlson has documented 11 gravestones from before 1700: http://www.capecodgravestones.com/styles.html The oldest (1683) are in Barnstable's Lothrop Hill cemetery off Rte 6A in the old village of Barnstable (also the County seat) and in Sandwich's Old Burial Ground http://www.capecodgravestones.com/blothpixweb/chipman83blo.html There were probably some kind of markers before that which have not survived? There are some curious boulders, right in line with newer markers, in the Ancient Sears Cemetery in West Brewster. I believe these boulders are markers for the earliest progenitors of my family dating from about 1639. Many of my family are buried in this now formal cemetery which was once the "backyard" of Richard Sears (1590-1676). The oldest dated marker is 1721. http://www.searsr.com/searscem/searscemetery.htm Regards, Ray Sears

Chap 11of the History of Barnstable County, S Deyo, ed. Has been transcribed and scanned- Pdf (8 meg) at http://www.rootsweb.com/~mabarnst/hbch11.pdf And 71K text file at http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ma/barnstable/hbch11.txt Loads of names and dates Hon. HENRY A. SCUDDER.--In the village of Osterville, where the waters of Vineyard sound wash the southern shore of Cape Cod, a son was born, on the 25th of November, 1819, to Josiah and Hannah (Lovell) Scudder. They gave to him the name of Henry Austin, and the Commonwealth knows him to-day in her political and judicial history as Judge Scudder of Barnstable. The family name became a part of New England's history in 1635, when John Scudder, who was born in England, came to Charlestown, Mass. In 1640 he removed to Barnstable, where he was admitted a freeman in 1654, and where he died in 1689, leaving a wife, Hannah, and several children. His sister Elizabeth, in 1644, married Samuel, son of Rev. John Lothrop. and removed from Boston to Barnstable the same year. John Scudder, son of John and Hannah, was born in Barnstable. In ]689 he married Elizabeth, daughter of James Hamblin, and afterward removed to Chatham, where he died in March, 1742, and she in the January following. Their son Ebenezer, born in 1696, at Barnstable, married Lydia Cobb in 1725, and died in 1737. Their son Ebenezer, born in Barnstable in 1733, married Rose Delap in 1759, and died June 8, 1818. Their seven children, including Judge Scudder's father, were: Ebenezer, born August 13, 1761; Isaiah, born January 8, 1768; Asa, born July 25,1771; Elizabeth, born October 12, 1773; Josiah, born November 30, 1775; James D., born October 27, 1779; Thomas D.. born January 25, 1782. Of this generation, the youngest was a merchant, Josiah was a farmer, and the other sons followed the sea and became captains. The children of Josiah Scudder were: Puella L., born December 3. 1800, married George Hinckley, and died August 30, 1885; Josiah, a merchant, born February 12, 1802, married first Sophronia Hawes and second Augusta Hinckley, and died December 29,1877; Freeman L., a merchant, born March 16, 1805, married Elizabeth Hinckley, and a few anecdotes- Hon. Nymphas Marston, who was born at Barnstable, February 12,1788, and died there May 2, 1864, graduated at Harvard College in the class of 1807. In 1828 Governor Lincoln appointed him judge of probate, and he served 26 years to 1854,at which time he resigned. Probably no lawyer ever practised in the county of Barnstable, who more completely gained and held the confidence, love and esteem of all the people of the county, than Nymphas Marston. He was always ready to advise a settlement, rather than contend in court: but when he did try a cause, the people believed he was on the side of justice, and he usually won the verdict. He was one of nature's own advocates; and before the court and jury he was a magician. He was a man of "infinite jest." After defending in court, a client, who was accused of stealing a pig, the jury acquitted him, which greatly surprised the defendant, whereupon he whispered in M. Marston 's ear: -" What shall I do 'with the pig?" Mr. M.'s reply was:-" Eat him, the jury said you did not steal him "!! Mr. Marston could have been elected to almost any office within the gift of the people: but as he often said: " I would rather be Judge of Probate for the county of Barnstable, and protect the rights of its widows and orphans than hold any other office. " Regards, Ray Sears

And just an addendum to what Harlow says ... it looks like the NEHGS will have Heritage Quest available soon on their (paid membership) site. Cheers! Bobbie Hall Chicago ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harlow Chandler" <harlowchandler@earthlink.net> > This book, along with something over 20,000 others, the US census, PERSI, > and Rev. War pension files is available online through HeritageQuest. > > Many people may have access to HeritageQuest without realizing it. For > instance, I have access through four institutions that I am aware of, and > I wouldn't be surprised if there are others. These include my local > library and a nearby university, both of which included HeritageQuest in > their online offerings only this year. There are ways anyone can have > online access to HeritageQuest from home for a relatively small fee, but > it is quite possible that free access is available to many people as well, > as it is to me through my public library. Alumni of some colleges are > able to use the online services their schools subscribe to, and some > genealogical societies include access to HeritageQuest as part of the > membership benefits. Anyone who hasn't checked recently might find that > he is now able to use HeritageQuest from home for free. >

Once again, I must thank everyone who answered my plea for a copy of a page of the Barnstable Book. You all are a great bunch...........and I promise that will be all the copies I need, because I finally finished the Col. Dames application and now have everything. Whew!!! Thanks a bunch, Kathy Wells. Kathy & David Wells 425 Evergreen Dr., Hurst, Texas 76054 rebeltrumpet@sbcglobal.net Successful Participant in the Carter DNA Project http://www.carter-cousins.org. My Homepage http://www.geocities.com/kathywells2002/index.html Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Tent #1, Texas (President & Past Registrar) http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Quarters/7706/DUV.html Member of Mayflower Society http://geocities.com/texasmayflower/index.html ------------------------------------------------------------ "History is the essence of innumerable biographies" - Carlyle

Ann Hamby wrote: >Dear List, > > > >This book was mentioned in a message today but I am not familiar with it. >If anyone has a copy > This book, along with something over 20,000 others, the US census, PERSI, and Rev. War pension files is available online through HeritageQuest. Many people may have access to HeritageQuest without realizing it. For instance, I have access through four institutions that I am aware of, and I wouldn't be surprised if there are others. These include my local library and a nearby university, both of which included HeritageQuest in their online offerings only this year. There are ways anyone can have online access to HeritageQuest from home for a relatively small fee, but it is quite possible that free access is available to many people as well, as it is to me through my public library. Alumni of some colleges are able to use the online services their schools subscribe to, and some genealogical societies include access to HeritageQuest as part of the membership benefits. Anyone who hasn't checked recently might find that he is now able to use HeritageQuest from home for free.

Here are the pages Kathy, Regards, Ray Sears -----Original Message----- From: David & Kathy Wells [mailto:rebeltrumpet@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 8:30 PM To: MABARNST-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MaBarnstable] Gen. Notes of Barnstable Families? Folks, I am working on my Colonial Dames Application, and I need one more item. Does anyone have the book "Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families", by Amos Otis? I need a copy of page 410-411. For some reason when I copied the other pages I needed from that book a long time ago, I missed those two pages. If anyone has the book and a scanner, could I please beg

Ann, yes, it has two volumes Abigail, II:231 Bathsheba, I: 78 Elizabeth, II:51 Franklin (Capt) I: 334n Hannah, II:111 John, I: 113,382 Joseph, II: 231 Mary, I: 113 Sarah, II 112 Thomas (Capt), I: 110 -----Original Message----- From: Ann Hamby [mailto:aghamby@intrex.net] Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 9:08 PM To: MABARNST-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MaBarnstable] Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families by Amos Otis Dear List, any references to the Percival family of Barnstable?

Dear List, This book was mentioned in a message today but I am not familiar with it. If anyone has a copy would he or she please be so kind to see if there are any references to the Percival family of Barnstable? Thanks so much. Ann H.

Folks, I am working on my Colonial Dames Application, and I need one more item. Does anyone have the book "Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families", by Amos Otis? I need a copy of page 410-411. For some reason when I copied the other pages I needed from that book a long time ago, I missed those two pages. If anyone has the book and a scanner, could I please beg you to copy that for me? Preferably both pages on one sheet, but I'll take whatever I can get. I sure appreciate your help. thanks so much, Kathy Wells. Kathy & David Wells 425 Evergreen Dr., Hurst, Texas 76054 rebeltrumpet@sbcglobal.net Successful Participant in the Carter DNA Project http://www.carter-cousins.org. My Homepage http://www.geocities.com/kathywells2002/index.html Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Tent #1, Texas (President & Past Registrar) http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Quarters/7706/DUV.html Member of Mayflower Society http://geocities.com/texasmayflower/index.html ------------------------------------------------------------ "History is the essence of innumerable biographies" - Carlyle

Wow, what a great bunch of researchers you all are. I had about 4 of you that sent me the image. I surely do appreciate that. I see it is definitely my Mary Gorham, so I doubly appreciate all of your help. :~). thanks so much, Kathy Wells. Kathy & David Wells 425 Evergreen Dr., Hurst, Texas 76054 rebeltrumpet@sbcglobal.net Successful Participant in the Carter DNA Project http://www.carter-cousins.org. My Homepage http://www.geocities.com/kathywells2002/index.html Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Tent #1, Texas (President & Past Registrar) http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Quarters/7706/DUV.html Member of Mayflower Society http://geocities.com/texasmayflower/index.html ------------------------------------------------------------ "History is the essence of innumerable biographies" - Carlyle