Thomas DEXTER
«b»Genealogy of the Dexter Family in America - Compuiled by William A. Warden & Robert L. Dexter, Worcester, MA 1905 «/b»i. Thomas Dexter, b. England; m. Elizabeth Vincent, 1648 In 1647 he was chosen constable for the town of Sandwich. . . he appears to have been a worthy man, enterprising, useful, a good neighbor, and a good citizen. In addition to the land received from his father, he was granted 100 acres upland in Sandwich in 1667. He married Elizabeth Vincent, 8 Nov 1648, and they have five children, all being alive except Thomas as the time of his death (which occurred 29 Dec 1686).
«b»Genealogy of the Dexter Family in America - Compiled by William A. Warden & Robert L. Dexter, Worcester, MA 1905 «/b»i. Thomas Dexter, b. England; m. Elizabeth Vincent, 1648
«b»Genealogy of the Dexter Family in America - Compiled by William A. Warden & Robert L. Dexter, Worcester, MA 1905 «/b»Pg. 11 - Elizabeth Dexter, b. 21 Sept 1651; died young
«b»Genealogy of the Dexter Family in America - Compiled by William A. Warden & Robert L. Dexter, Worcester, MA 1905 «/b»Pg. 11 - Thomas Dexter, b. 1653; died 1679
«b»Genealogy of the Dexter Family in America - Compiled by William A. Warden & Robert L. Dexter, Worcester, MA 1905 «/b»Pg. 11 - Elizabeth Dexter, b. 7 April 1660. In 1714 her mother left her all her estate.
Pg. 509 - "his wife died 2 Sept 1715, aged 52 years." «b»Genealogy of the Dexter Family in America - Compiled by William A. Warden & Robert L. Dexter, Worcester, MA 1905 «/b»Pg. 11 - Abigail Dexter, b. 12 June 1663; m. Jonathan Hallett, 30 June 1684 «b»Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families «/b»- Pg. 506 - Children of Andrew Hallett and Anne Besse -Jonathan is first heard of in 1683-4 when he "married Abigail Dexter, daughter of Ensign Thomas Dexter of Sandwich and granddaughter of Mr. Thomas Dexter of Lynn. In 1684 he was constable of Sandwich, and an inhabitant of that town. He was 36 when married and his wife 21 years of age. After the death of his father,m he removed to Yarmouth and resided in the west room of his father's house till 1695, the year after the death of his motherm, when he built his new house. . . . Jonathan Hallett after the decease of his father was the most wealthy man in Yarmouth, and is brother John ranked next to him. . . His will is dated 5 Dec 1716 and was proved 14 Feb 1716-1717. He names his five sons, Ebenezer, Thomas, Timothy, David and Jonathan, and his daughter Mehitabel Sturgis, Elizabeth Crowell, and Abigail Hallett. . . The men of the third generation were church members; but not of the noble, self-sacrificing race by whome the country was settled. Jonathan Hallett loved money better than he loved the church; he was industrious and gathered up richesd which his childred put to a better use than he did. He died 12 Jan 1716-1717, aged 69 years, and his wife died 2 Sept 1715, aged 52 years. Both are buried in the old burying ground in Yarmouth, where monuments are erected to their memories.
He married Elizabeth Vincent 8 Nov 1648 at Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts . Elizabeth Vincent was born at Massachusetts 1630 .
They were the parents of 6
children:
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Elizabeth Dexter
born 21 Sep 1651.
Thomas Dexter
born 1653.
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Elizabeth Dexter
born 7 Apr 1660.
Abigail Dexter
born 12 Jun 1663.
Thomas Dexter died at Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts .
Elizabeth Vincent died 1714 .