6/27/6/2021 update The controversy about the wife of Augustine/Austin Bearse named Mary is detailed in uploaded articles in the Source Tab. The connection is HIGHLY Speculative and more likely to be Sgt William Cornell / Cornwell / Cornwall of Middletown, CT.. but even that is unproven and has more to say no connection than maybe.

- TAG 1938 Austin Bearse & Mary Hyanno by Jacobus - which outlines why the link is highly unlikely

- 2006 The Meddler article about Keeping an Open Mind how in 2006 the link was still not proven and more unlikely.

- 2014 NEHGS NEXUS article about Mary Hyanno Keeping an Open Mind reviewing the controversy

The following text was not edited 6/27/2021 and may or may not be applicable to this profile.
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http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~brookefamily/genealogy/hyannomary.htm

AMERICA THE GREAT MELTING POT

Mary Hyanno

	 Born: 1617 Wampanoag Indian Village, MA	

	  HUSBAND

Augustine Bearse

CHILDREN

1. Mary Bearse b. bef. 16 Aug 1640

2. Martha Bearse b. bef. 06 May 1642

3. Priscilla Bearse b. 10 March 1643

4. Sarah Bearse b. 28 March 1646

5. Abigail Bearse b. 18 Dec 1647

6. Hannah Bearse b. 16 Nov 1649

7. Joseph Bearse b. 25 Jan 1650

8. Hester Bearse b. 02 Oct 1653

9. Lydia Bearse b. Sep 1655

10. Rebecca Bearse b. Sep 1657

11. James Bearse b. Jul 1660

Mary Hyanno, known as "Litttle Dove", is said to have married early Plymouth settler Augustine Bearse. Mary was the daughter of John Hyanno, who was born in 1595 at the Mattachee Village at what is now Barnstable, Massachusetts, and Mary No-Pee, who was born at Gays Head on Martha's Vineyard and was the daughter of No-Took-Seet. John was the son of Iyannough, the sachem of the Mattachee village of Wampanoags of Cape Cod, and Princess Canonicus. He died after 1680 on Cape Cod. Princess Canonicus was the daughter of Canochet (Chief) Canonicus and Posh-Pw. Canochet Canonicus was the son of Wessonsuoum and Keshechoo. Wessonsuoum was the son of Chief Tashtassuck, who was born before 1520.

Mary Hyanno is said to have been of fair complexion and red hair. The Wampanoags were often referred to as "white Indians" due to their light skin and are thought by some to have descended from Viking explorers. This assertion is very controversial. There indeed was an Iyannough, and Hyannis, Massachusetts is named for him.

The Bearse/Hyanno marriage entered the written record via a document filed in the 1930's by Franklin Ele-watum Bearse, a Scaticoke and Eastern Indian, in an attempt to obtain benefits as an Indian from the State of Connecticut. Mr. Bearse's claims are analyzed in a article by Jacobus entitled "Austin Bearse and His Alleged Indian Connectionis" in THE AMERICAN GENEALOGIST published about 1936. Mr. Jacobus does not accept the Franklin Bearse story and endeavored to disprove it. Among other things he points out that all we really know about Augustine Bearse is that he was listed as age "20 in the shipping list of the Confidence of London, which sailed from Southampton the last of April 1638. Most of the passengers on this ship came in family groups, and a large number of these families settled in Essex County, Mass. The name Augustine is, be it noted, a Christian name, in good usage in England. There is no evidence whatever that any of the passengers on this ship were deported criminals. There is no evidence whatever that Austin was sent to Barnstable as a prinsoner. On the contrary, he came to Barnstable with the first company in 1639; he became a member of Mr. Lothrop's church, 29 Apr. 1643, and he is the first person named on the present record of those who joined the church after its removal to Barnstable. He was proposed to be admitted a freeman, 3 June 1652, and was admitted 3 May following. He was called Goodman in the records, bespeaking his good standing. He was a grand juror in 1653 and 1662, and a surveyor of highways in 1674. --- To suppose that a Gypsy, a deported criminal, and the husband of an Indian, would have enjoyed such standing in a Puritan community is absurd. In explanation of his marriage to an Indian, the story is told that he was a Gypsy and hence the Puritan girls would not consider him in marriage; yet his children married into the best families of Barnstable and Yarmouth."

However, family traditions of the Hyanno marriage exist to this day in other branches of the Bearse family. These traditions do not appear to have been derived from Franklin Bearse.

In our family lore, Earle White was told by his parents that he was 1/64th Indian. If in fact they were referring to Mary Hyanno they were off by two generations.

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I, Janet Milburn have looked thru what all has been posted in this section, and may have missed the below copy of a thesis on.................... American Gypsies: Immigration, migration, settlement, California University, San Bernadino Katherine Bernice Stephens, 2003 CSUSB ScholarWorks Theses Digitization Project John M. Pfau Library

Very interesting reading There are records of specific gypsies mentioned Augustine Bearse son of Gauche and Matchowitch "Matcho" Bearse, was "deported for being Romany on English soil on 1 Apr 1638 from South Hampton, Hampshire, England He appeared on the passenger list,[of the Confidence] as........... Augustine Bearse, single, age 20": Augustine I Bearse was apparently a member of the Gypsy tribe Heron or Herne. Descendants claim that in 1639 Augustine Bearsei :married Mary, a Hyanno Indian princess, granddaughter of Highyanriough/Ihyannough, a Sachem,of the Cape Cod tribes who gave the couple a large piece , of land at their marriage. Augustine and Mary both joined the Puritan church,

There are several sources that indicate that Augustine Bearse did exist and had issue and was a prominent member of the Puritan society, particularly accounts by ,Amos Otis, James Savage, and Charles Henry Pope. No sources I have found shows proof of his Gypsy descent.......

(much more see link below, doesn't want to copy/paste well. Would be better to print off. Signed: Janet Milburn (Schultz) Capt. Augustine Bearse is my/our 10th great grandfather.

American Gypsies - CSUSB ScholarWorksscholarworks.lib.csusb.edu › cgi › viewcontentPDF by KB Stephens - ‎2003 - ‎Cited by 4 - ‎Related articles This John Faw was a Gypsy leader with a large company. 1 of followers. ... Augustine Bearse, son of Gauche and Matchowitch. "Matcho" Bearse, was "deported.......... ______________________________________________ .

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Bay_Colony

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bearse-3

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Added by E. Nickerson/A piece of circumstantial evidence to consider is that Augustine, coming as a young man with no indication of wealth, called "Goodman" rather than"Gentleman", held some of the best farm land in the Barnstable area. According to Bearce (p. 9) "Land grants other than the common fields at Barnstable and privately amended by Austin and Mary - were held jointley and ceaded verbaly to Austin and Mary By John Hyanno - Sagamore and son of Ihyannough, Mattachee Sachem - who both hated, feared, and mistrusted the English." The fact that Augustine's wife joined the church does not rule out he being an Indian. John Elliot and Richard Bourne and others had a thriving ministry among the Indians on Cape Cod, and many of them were Christians. A final piece of circumstantial evidence to support Augustine's marriage to an Indian lies in the fact that when King Phillip's War broke out, two tribes in the Martha's Vineyard/Cape Cod area remained neutral in the conflict, and the tribe in the immediate area of Barnstable fought on the side of the English colonists.=Myth of Mary Hyanno=

Bearse-Hyanno DNA Project proposal

Augustine (Austin) BeArce arrived in Mass from the Parish Longstock Hampshire on the ship Confidence. He may or may not have had (full) Romany blood, may or may not have been a convicted murderer and may or may not have married Mary Hyanno, who some family researchers believe did not exist but who is known in several disparate branches of the family including Native American branches.

The house Austin and Mary had still exists and was recently for sale. It is located about a mile west of Barnstable Village - right where the train tracks cross over 6A. In Centerville on the corner of Churchill Road and So Main Street. It is very old and has those old fashioned leaded windows in the older protion of the house. It is an interesting house.

More About Augustine Bearss and Mary Hyanno:

Marriage: 1639, Cape Cod, Mass.

Children of Augustine Bearss and Mary Hyanno are:

  1. +Joseph Bearss, b. January 25, 1651/52, Barnstable, Mass, d. 1695.

2. Mary Bearss, b. 1640, Barnstable, Mass, d. date unknown.
3. Martha Bearss, b. 1642, Barnstable, Mass, d. date unknown.
4. Priscilla Bearss, b. March 10, 1643/44, Barnstable, Mass, d. date unknown.
5. Sarah Bearss, b. March 28, 1646, Barnstable, Mass, d. date unknown.
6. Abigail Bearss, b. December 18, 1647, Barnstable, Mass, d. date unknown.
7. Hannah Bearss, b. November 16, 1649, Barnstable, Mass, d. date unknown.
8. Hester Bearss, b. October 02, 1653, Barnstable, Mass, d. date unknown.
9. Lydia Bearss, b. 1655, Barnstable, Mass, d. date unknown.
10. Rebecca Bearss, b. 1657, Barnstable, Mass, d. date unknown.
11. James Bearss, b. 1660, Barnstable, Mass, d. date unknown.
"The Pioneers of Massachusetts" says Augustine Bearse ae 20 came in the Confidence April 11, 1638 and had children born 1640, 1642, 1643, 1646, 1647, 1649, 1651, 1653, 1657, and 1660. No mention of his wife's name.

"New England Marriages Prior To 1700" says Austin/Augustine Beirse married Mary b 1640 Barnstable.

If Mary (?Wilder) was born in 1640, she could not have been the mother of most, if any, of these children. Is it possible that she was a second wife? Does anyone have a different date for her birth, or a date for her marriage to Mr. Bearse?

And . . . is it possible that the mother of Austin Bearse's children was Mary Hyanno, b 1623/24, d after 1660 (per familysearch.org) and that he married Mary (?Wilder) after her death? If Mary Hyanno died aft 1660 and Mary (?Wilder) was born in 1640, this would make sense.

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And another point of view:

There is no evidence of any kind that a person named Mary Hyanno ever existed, other than the semi-literate fairy tale of Franklyn Bearce, a man who lived two hundred years later.

There is, however, positive proof, contained in the church records of Barnstable, Mass, to show that Austin Bearce was neither a gypsy nor the husband of an Indian.

The claims that Josiah Bearse married Mary Sissel are likewise completely disproven by the record, as are, in fact, all claims of Indian heritage in the first 5 generations of the Bearse family.

That so many persist in repeating these errors, and disseminating them to yet more databases is not entirely explainable.

A desire for a more 'romantic' or exotic family legacy, and the current trendiness of all things Native American are probably at fault here, for the record shows the Bearse family kept Indian slaves, usurped Indian lands, and fought in the Indian wars.

A number of the current generation of Bearse descendants now seek to usurp an Indian familial heritage as well, but even a cursory examination of the extant records puts the lie to this absurd tale.

Honest researchers with an interest in historical accuracy should take notice, and conduct inquiries accordingly before accepting such information as fact.

Those who willfully disregard the evidence in compiling family history risk the disappointment of their own descendants, who, upon investigating the histories passed down to them, find the data not credible, compiled with carelessness and filled with inaccuracies, and their opinion of ouselves, their forebears, diminished accordingly.

Sincerely,

A. W. Brown

According to this document based on family legend based on a diary which no longer exists by Zerviah Newcombe Augustine's daughter-in-law and passed down through Franklin Bearse's family, Augustine Bearse was a gypsy who was expelled from England and put on the ship to the New World. Once at Plymouth, the single Bearse was shunned by the English women because of his ancestry. As a result he married a Wampanoag Indian woman named Mary Hyanno, the daughter of John Hyanno, and granddaughter of Iyannough, the sachem of the Mattachee village of Wampanoags of Cape Cod. Mary Hyanno is said to have been of fair complexion and red hair. The Wampanoags were often referred to as "white Indians" due to their light skin and are believed to have descended from Viking explorers. John Hyanno's mother is said to have been a princess of the Narragansett tribe and the daughter of Canonicus who was a sachem of some renown. Canonicus along with one Miantonomi were the two principals in deeding over what is now called Rhode Island to Roger Williams.

There is no proof of Bearse's gypsy ancestry. However, Jacobus' assertion that "to suppose that a Gypsy, a deported criminal, and the husband of an Indian, would have enjoyed such standing in a Puritan community is absurd" perhaps betrays more than a touch of modern-day prejudice.

Among librarians at the Library of Congress, Jacobus is known as an author for hire. A librarian told one Bearse researcher that Jacobus wrote so many books each year that he could not have done much research. In one instance he was hired by a town to compile the records they provided. Wealthy people paid to be in the book and provided the details. Of course, they were selective in what they included and omitted. The poor and non-prominent were not included.

Neither is there any record of his marriage to Mary Hyanno. In fact there is no record at all of his marriage. All we know is that he was married to a woman named Mary. Some have identified her as Mary Wilder, who traveled on the same ship as Augustine to the New World. A careful review of the records, however, shows that Mary Wilder was married to another man at the time Bearse and his Mary were having children of their own.

See refutation of dispute on his wife under Mary Hyanno

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Also known as Austin Bearse and wed in Indian rites in Mattachee Village in the summer of 1639. He arrived in Plymouth at age 20 from Southampton, England on April 24, 1638 aboard the a ship named Confidence.

According to this document based on family legend based on a diary which no longer exists by Zerviah Newcombe Augustine's daughter-in-law and passed down through Franklin Bearse's family, Augustine Bearse was a gypsy who was expelled from England and put on the ship to the New World. Once at Plymouth, the single Bearse was shunned by the English women because of his ancestry. As a result he married a Wampanoag Indian woman named Mary Hyanno, the daughter of John Hyanno, and granddaughter of Iyannough, the sachem of the Mattachee village of Wampanoags of Cape Cod. Mary Hyanno is said to have been of fair complexion and red hair. The Wampanoags were often referred to as "white Indians" due to their light skin and are believed to have descended from Viking explorers. John Hyanno's mother is said to have been a princess of the Narragansett tribe and the daughter of Canonicus who was a sachem of some renown. Canonicus along with one Miantonomi were the two principals in deeding over what is now called Rhode Island to Roger Williams.

"Augustine Bearse came to Barnstable with the first company in 1639. His house lot, containing twelve acres of very rocky land, was in the westerly part of the East Parish. He was one of the very few against who no complaint was ever made; a fact which speaks well for his character as a man and a citizen. He was a farmer, lived on the produce of his land, and brought up his large family to be like himself, useful members of society. He became a member of Mr. Lothrop's church, April 29, 1643. His name stands at the head of the list, he being the first who joined after its removal to Barnstable. He appears to have been very exact in the performance of his religious duties, causing his children to be baptized on the Sabbath next following the day of their birth. His son Joseph was born on Sunday and was carried two miles to the church and baptized the same day. Many believed in those times that children dying unbaptized were lost, and it was consequently the duty of the parent to present his child early for baptism. Goodman Bearse was influenced by this feeling; he did not wish, by a week's delay. to peril the eternal salvation of his child."

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The origin of the Bearce (Bearse, Barss, Bierce) surname is unknown, it's earliest form is said to be BeArce. Legend says that Augustine Bearce was of Romany (gypsy) extraction of the Heron tribe of Gypsys. He came to the new land at Plymouth, MA on the "good Shipp, the Confidence of London, of two hundred tonnes," from Southampton, England April 23, 1638 at the age of 20.

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http://www.murrah.com/gen/hyanno.htm

Mary Hyanno, Wampanoag Princess?

NOTE: The purpose of this article is to summarize information about Mary Hyanno that circulates among genealogists. All information about Mary Hyanno--her life, ancestry and even existence--should be viewed as legend and not as proven fact. The information in this article comes from many informal sources and should not be attributed any researcher.

Mary Hyanno, known as "Litttle Dove", is said to have married early Plymouth settler Augustine Bearse. Mary was the daughter of John Hyanno, who was born in 1595 at the Mattachee Village at what is now Barnstable, Massachusetts, and Mary No-Pee, who was born at Gays Head on Martha's Vineyard and was the daughter of No-Took-Seet. John was the son of Iyannough, the sachem of the Mattachee village of Wampanoags of Cape Cod, and Princess Canonicus. He died after 1680 on Cape Cod. Princess Canonicus was the daughter of Canochet (Chief) Canonicus and Posh-Pw. Canochet Canonicus was the son of Wessonsuoum and Keshechoo. Wessonsuoum was the son of Chief Tashtassuck, who was born before 1520.

Mary Hyanno is said to have been of fair complexion and red hair. The Wampanoags were often referred to as "white Indians" due to their light skin and are thought by some to have descended from Viking explorers. This assertion is very controversial. There indeed was an Iyannough, and Hyannis, Massachusetts is named for him.

The Bearse/Hyanno marriage entered the written record via a document filed in the 1930's by Franklin Ele-watum Bearse, a Scaticoke and Eastern Indian, in an attempt to obtain benefits as an Indian from the State of Connecticut. Mr. Bearse's claims are analyzed in a article by Jacobus entitled "Austin Bearse and His Alleged Indian Connectionis" in THE AMERICAN GENEALOGIST published about 1936. Mr. Jacobus does not accept the Franklin Bearse story and endeavored to disprove it. However, family traditions of the Hyanno marriage exist to this day in other branches of the Bearse family. These traditions do not appear to have been derived from Franklin Bearse.

The Cornwall family also claims Mary Hyanno as an ancestor.

My Hyanno Line

M. Lee Murrah

Ina Gertrude Johnson m. Earvin Elroy Murrah

Florence Ophelia Largent and Franklin John Johnson

Malcom David Largent and Eliza Azalee Spears

Thomas Wayne Largent and Talitha Maria Freeman

David Barss Freeman and Talitha T. Thompson

James Freeman and Hannah Barss

David Barss m. Rebecca Gammon

Benjamin Barss II m. Jane Collins

Benjamin Bearse I m. Sarah Cobb

Joseph Bearse m. Martha Taylor

Augustin BeArce and Mary (Hyanno?)

John Hyanno and mary No Pee

Iyannouth and Princess Canonicus

Other Hyanno Internet Resources

MaryARoot's Home Page

Mary Hyanno (Little Dove)

Mary Hyanno Genealogy

The Wampanoag Indians

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=glencoe&i...

•ID: I5270

•Name: Augustine (Immigrant, 1638 “Confidence”) * Bearse

•Given Name: Augustine (Immigrant, 1638 “Confidence”) *

•Surname: Bearse

•Sex: M

•Birth: 1618 in Longstock, Hampshire, England

•Death: Aft 1686 in Barnstable, Barnstable Co., MA 1

•Occupation: Farmer

•Religion: Rev. John Lothrop's Church

•_UID: 4C69EABED9A54B8F996F23E08F84E58E46B4

•Change Date: 10 Jul 2008 at 17:25

•Note:

aka Augustin, Austin

Presidents George H. W. and George W. Bush, as well as writer Ambrose Bierce are descendants.

IMMIGRATED, 1638

GRAND JUROR, SURVEYOR OF HIGHWAYS

In 1638, Augustine, at the age of 20, emigrated to America on the ship "Confidence." Family tradition says he was a gypsy, who was deported to the New World for a minor violation of English law. After a short time in Plymouth, he moved to Barnstable. Records show he was a pious man and no complaint was ever made against him, a testament to his character. One story says that Augustine once carried his newborn son two miles in a blinding snowstorm in order to have him baptised and save his soul from damnation.

There are two stories as to the identity of Augustine's wife, whose name was Mary. One says he married Mary Wilder (b. abt 1620) of Shiplake, Oxfordshire, England, but she was married to another man at the time Augustine was having children. The other says that he married a Wampanoag Indian woman named Mary Hyanno. Oral traditions support this claim, though there are no records from the time to prove it.

The Bearse home is still standing today in Centerville, MA.

ORIGIN OF THE SURNAME

The earliest known form of the name is said to be Be Arce. Legend says Augustine Bearse was a gypsy. Perhaps the name is of Romany (gypsy) extraction.

REV. LOTHROP'S CHURCH

Rev. John Lothrop led a very tolerant, liberal congregation, admitting anyone who believed in God and promised to keep the Ten Commandments. He is credited with the founding of Barnstable, MA in 1639.

“BEARSE, BEARCE, or BIERCE, AUSTIN, or AUGUSTINE, Barnstable, came in the Confidence 1638, aged 20, from Southampton, and join. Lothrop's ch. in Apr. 1643, had Mary, b. 1640; Martha, 1642; both bapt. 7 May 1643; Pricilla, 10 Mar. 1644; Sarah, 29 Mar. 1646; Abigail, 19 Dec. 1647; Hannah, 18 Nov. 1649; Joseph, 20 Jan. 1652; Esther, 2 Oct. 1653; Lydia, late in Sept. 1655; Rebecca, 26 Sept. 1657; and James, late in July 1660. Of this sec. s. as no more is heard, it is suppos. that he d. young; but for the nine ds. we know only three that m., Sarah, in Aug. 1667 to John Hamlin; Abigail, 12 Apr. 1670 to Allen Nichols; and Rebecca, 17 Feb. 1671 to William Hunter.” --James Savage

Notes on this website are authored by Larry Overmire, unless noted otherwise. Permission of the author is required to reproduce elsewhere.

Sources:

1) Steve Riddle Database

http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET &db=sriddle&id=I08267

2) Bill Aylor Database

http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET &db=:1880976&id=I1186

3) Bruce Cox Database

http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET &db=bcox2899&id=I15490

4) The Great Migration Begins, by Robert Charles Anderson

5) A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May 1692, Vol I-IV Boston 1860-1862 by James Savage

6) "The Pioneers of Massachusetts", by Charles Henry Pope

7) Who our Forefathers really were, by Franklin Bearse

8) Cape Cod Genealogy, by Edward A. Cooper, 2000.

http://history.vineyard.net//allen/Web%20Cards/WC17/WC17_034.HTM

9) Little Dove

http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze297s2/hyanno.htm

10) Lee Murrah's Hyano Family Page

http://www.murrah.com/gen/hyanno.htm

11) Bearse / Barss Family Page, by Lee Murrah

http://www.murrah.com/gen/bearse.htm

12) "Saints and Strangers" by George F. Williams (page 408; Time Inc. edition, 1964)

Discusses Rev. Lothop's Church.

13) Rosemary West Database, Pedigree of Dorothy Walker

http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED &db=rkwest&id=I5686

14) Jacobus, Donald L., "Austin Bearse and His Alleged Indian Connectionis", The American Genealogist, published abt. 1936.

15) Descendants of Augustine Bearse

http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze297s2/ab_descendents.htm

16) Bearse/Bearce

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/3374/bearce.htm

17) Mid-Cape, Barnstable, information on Rev. Lothrop

http://www.insiders.com/capecod/main-historic4.htm

18) Jim Baker Database, Pedigree of Ambrose Bierce

http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED &db=wesslingbaker1&id=I3155

19) Ambrose Bierce: Alone in Bad Company, By Roy Morris, Jr., The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/books/chap1/b ierce.htm

20) Mary Hilliard Database, 11 Nov 2004

http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET &db=maryhilliard&id=I1102

21) A Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England,

Before 1692, By James Savage, Volume #1, Pgs 144 - 155

http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage/bk1/144-155.h tm

Father: Gauche * Bearse b: Abt 1592 in of Southampton, Hampshire, England

Mother: Unknown * Matchowitch

Marriage 1 MARY HYANNO * OF THE WAMPANOAG TRIBE b: Abt 1623 in Barnstable, Barnstable, (Cummaquid) MA

•Married: Summer 1639 in Mattachee Village, (Barnstable) MA

•Change Date: 10 Jul 2008

Children

1. Priscilla * !!! Bearse b: Bef 10 Mar 1643/44 in Barnstable, Barnstable Co., MA

2. Sarah (President Bush Ancestor) Bearse b: 28 Mar 1646 in Barnstable, Barnstable Co., MA

3. James (Ambrose Bierce Ancestor) Bearse b: 31 Jul 1660 in Barnstable, Barnstable Co., MA

4. Joseph Bearse b: 25 Jan 1650/51 in Barnstable, Barnstable Co., MA

Sources:

1.Media: Website

Abbrev: Overmire Tifft Richardson Bradford Reed

Title: The Ancestry of Overmire, Tifft, Richardson, Bradford, Reed

Author: Larry Overmire

Publication: RootsWeb World Connect Project, © 2000-2007

Date: 3 May 2007

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Austin or Augustine Bearse, the ancestor of this family, came over in the ship Confidence of London, from Southampton, 24th April, 1638, and was then twenty years of age. He came to Barnstable with the first company in 1639. His house lot, containing twelve acres of very rocky land, was in the westerly part of the East Parish, and was bounded westerly by John Crocker's land, now owned by his heirs, northerly by the meadow, easterly by Gooman Isaac Robinson's land, and "southerly into ye woods." He owned six acres of meadow adjoining his upland on the north, and two thatch islands, still known as Bearse's islands. He had also six acres of land in the Calves Pasture, esteemed to be the best soil in the town, eight acres of planting land on the north side of Shoal pond, and bounded by Goodman Cooper's, now called Huckins' Neck, and thrity acres at the Indian pond, bounded easterly by the Herring River. The Indian pond lot he sold to Thomas Allyn, who sold the same in 1665 to Roger Goodspeed.

He was proposed to be admitted a freeman June 3, 1652, and admitted May 3, following. His name rarely occurs in the records. He was agrand juror in 1653 and 1662, and a surveyor of highways in 1674.

He became a member of Mr.Lothrop's Church April 29, 1643. His name stands at the head of the

list, he being the first named who joined after its removal to Barnstable. He appears to have been very exact in the performance of his religious duties, causing his children to be baptised on the Sabbath next following th day of their birth. His son Joseph was born on Sunday, January 25, 1651, O.S. was carried two miles to the church and baptized the same day. Many believed that children dying unbaptized were lost, and that consequently it was the duty of parents to present their children early for baptism. Goodman Bearse was influenced by this feeling, he did not wish by a week's delay to imperil the eternal salvation of his child. Now such an act would be pronounced unnecessary and cruel. However differently the present generation may view the question of baptism, he did what he honestly believed his duty, and he who does that intelligently is to be justified.

He was one of the very few against whom no complaint was ever made, a fact which speaks well for his character as a man and a citizen. He was a farmer, living on the produce of his land, and brought up his large family to be like himself--useful members of society. His house stood on the north side of the road, and his celar and some remains of his orchard, existed at the commencement of the present century. There appears to be no record of his death, nor settlemant of his estate on the probate records. He was living in 1686, but died before 1697. His marriage is not on record. Had eleven children, all born at Barnstable, Cape Cod, Massachusetts."

GENEALOGICAL NOTES OF BARNSTABLE FAMILIES

FROM LEE MURRAH'S WEBSITE

Mary Hyanno, Wampanoag Princess?

NOTE: The purpose of this article is to summarize information about Mary Hyanno that circulates among genealogists. All information about Mary Hyanno--her life, ancestry and even existence--should be viewed as legend and not as proven fact. The information in this article comes from many informal sources and should not be attributed any researcher.

Mary Hyanno, known as "Litttle Dove", is said to have married early Plymouth settler Augustine Bearse. Mary was the daughter of John Hyanno, who was born in 1595 at the Mattachee Village at what is now Barnstable, Massachusetts, and Mary No-Pee, who was born at Gays Head on Martha's Vineyard and was the daughter of No-Took-Seet. John was the son of Iyannough, the sachem of the Mattachee village of Wampanoags of Cape Cod, and Princess Canonicus. He died after 1680 on Cape Cod. Princess Canonicus was the daughter of Canochet (Chief) Canonicus and Posh-Pw. Canochet Canonicus was the son of Wessonsuoum and Keshechoo. Wessonsuoum was the son of Chief Tashtassuck, who was born before 1520.

Mary Hyanno is said to have been of fair complexion and red hair. The Wampanoags were often referred to as "white Indians" due to their light skin and are thought by some to have descended from Viking explorers. This assertion is very controversial. There indeed was an Iyannough, and Hyannis, Massachusetts is named for him.

The Bearse/Hyanno marriage entered the written record via a document filed in the 1930's by Franklin Ele-watum Bearse, a Scaticoke and Eastern Indian, in an attempt to obtain benefits as an Indian from the State of Connecticut. Mr. Bearse's claims are analyzed in a article by Jacobus entitled "Austin Bearse and His Alleged Indian Connectionis" in THE AMERICAN GENEALOGIST published about 1936. Mr. Jacobus does not accept the Franklin Bearse story and endeavored to disprove it. However, family traditions of the Hyanno marriage exist to this day in other branches

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Augustine, born in Europe was a full blood Gypsy of the Romany Race. He was deported by the British Government on the Confidence of London 1638 on the passenger listed as Augustine BeArce, single,20 years old. He married the summer of 1639 in Machatche Village Cape Cod, now Hyannis, under pagan Indian ceremonial rights to Mary Hyanno, a full blood Wampanoag Princess, daughter of John Hyanno Sagamore at Cummunaquad Barnstable Harbor. At the time of their marriage, some of the best land was ceded verbally and held jointly by her grandfather, Highyannough Sachem and them. Land was in family for 3 generations without a written deed. Since Augustine was of Romany blood, no Puritan maid would marry a Romany due to religious and racial scruples. So Augustine married Mary Hyanno at the age of puberty. They joined the Puritan church (for protection) and he became a freeman in 1652. Mary's grandmother was a daughter of the ruling Narragansett tribe. The marriage of Austine and Mary was a powerful factor in preventing the Cape tribes from attacking the English.

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Augustine Bearce (b. April 24, 1618, d. Abt. 1697)
Augustine Bearce (son of Gauche BeArce and Matchowitch)22, 23 was born April 24, 1618 in Saxony, France24, 25, and died Abt. 1697 in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA26, 27. He married Mary Hyanno on 1639 in Mattachee Village, Cummaquid, Barnstable, MA28, 29, daughter of Iyannough and Mary Nopee.

Includes NotesNotes for Augustine Bearce: The origin of the Bearce (Bearse, Barss, Bierce) surname is unknown, it's earliest form is said to be BeArce. Legend says that Augustine Bearce was of Romany (gypsy) extraction of the Heron tribe of Gypsys. He came to the new land at Plymouth, MA on the "good Shipp, the confidence of London, of two hundred tonnes," from Southampton, England April 23, 1638 at the age of 20.

He went to Barnstable, MA in 1639 with the first company of settlers. His settlement at Barnstable placed him in the midst of the Wampanoag villages on the Cape. He soon married in the summer of 1639 Mary Hyanno at the Mattachee village of Cummaquid (Barnstable). Mary was a Mattachee Wampanoag Indian girl of 15; daughter of Iyannough, Sagamore at Cummaquid and Granddaughter of Highyannough, Sachim on the Cape. With this special relationship he gained accession to large amounts of land in that area. Some of the best land in the Barnstable area was ceded verbally by old Highyannough to Augustine and Mary and held by the family for three generations without written deed.

His home which still stands is believed to be the oldest in what is now Centerville, MA. During remodeling of the home a coin dated 1689 was found as well as a beam marked 1692. It was a custom in early times to place a coin in a new home. A road from his house to Hyannis is still known as "Bearse's Way." Two thatch islands off the coast are still known as "Bearse's Islands."

He became a member of Lothrop's Church April 29, 1643; his name stands at the head of the list, - - - the first person admitted. He joined the Puritan Church in 1650 for the protection afforded. His wife Mary also joined the church that year. He was proposed to be admitted a freeman, June 3, 1652 and admitted the May 3rd of the following year.

His name rarely occurs in records. He was a grand juror in 1653 and 1662 and a surveyor of highways in 1674. He was a farmer and also mastered as Captain the ship "Two Marys." His marriage to Mary Hyanno which produced eleven children all born at Barnstable is not on record. The only reference to the marriage is "by Indian Ceremony at Mattachee." Many decend from this union both white and Indian Bearce. There appears to be no record of his death, nor settlement of his estate on probate records. He was living in 1686, but died before 1697.

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The origin of the Bearce (Bearse, Barss, Bierce) surname is unknown, it's earliest form is said to be BeArce. Legend says that Augustine Bearce was of Romany (gypsy) extraction of the Heron tribe of Gypsys. He came to the new land at Plymouth, MA on the "good Shipp, the confidence of London, of two hundred tonnes," from Southampton, England April 23, 1638 at the age of 20.

He went to Barnstable, MA in 1639 with the first company of settlers. His settlement at Barnstable placed him in the midst of the Wampanoag villages on the Cape. He soon married in the summer of 1639 Mary Hyanno at the Mattachee village of Cummaquid (Barnstable). Mary was a Mattachee Wampanoag Indian girl of 15; daughter of Iyannough, Sagamore at Cummaquid and Granddaughter of Highyannough, Sachim on the Cape. With this special relationship he gained accession to large amounts of land in that area. Some of the best land in the Barnstable area was ceded verbally by old Highyannough to Augustine and Mary and held by the family for three generations without written deed.

His home which still stands is believed to be the oldest in what is now Centerville, MA. During remodeling of the home a coin dated 1689 was found as well as a beam marked 1692. It was a custom in early times to place a coin in a new home. A road from his house to Hyannis is still known as "Bearse's Way." Two thatch islands off the coast are still known as "Bearse's Islands."

He became a member of Lothrop's Church April 29, 1643; his name stands at the head of the list, - - - the first person admitted. He joined the Puritan Church in 1650 for the protection afforded. His wife Mary also joined the church that year. He was proposed to be admitted a freeman, June 3, 1652 and admitted the May 3rd of the following year.

His name rarely occurs in records. He was a grand juror in 1653 and 1662 and a surveyor of highways in 1674. He was a farmer and also mastered as Captain the ship "Two Marys." His marriage to Mary Hyanno which produced eleven children all born at Barnstable is not on record. The only reference to the marriage is "by Indian Ceremony at Mattachee." Many decend from this union both white and Indian Bearce. There appears to be no record of his death, nor settlement of his estate on probate records. He was living in 1686, but died before 1697.

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The origin of the Bearce (Bearse, Barss, Bierce) surname is unknown, it's earliest form is said to be BeArce. Legend says that Augustine Bearce was of Romany (gypsy) extraction of the Heron tribe of Gypsys. He came to the new land at Plymouth, MA on the "good Shipp, the confidence of London, of two hundred tonnes," from Southampton, England April 23, 1638 at the age of 20.

He went to Barnstable, MA in 1639 with the first company of settlers. His settlement at Barnstable placed him in the midst of the Wampanoag villages on the Cape. He soon married in the summer of 1639 Mary Hyanno at the Mattachee village of Cummaquid (Barnstable). Mary was a Mattachee Wampanoag Indian girl of 15; daughter of Iyannough, Sagamore at Cummaquid and Granddaughter of Highyannough, Sachim on the Cape. With this special relationship he gained accession to large amounts of land in that area. Some of the best land in the Barnstable area was ceded verbally by old Highyannough to Augustine and Mary and held by the family for three generations without written deed.

His home which still stands is believed to be the oldest in what is now Centerville, MA. During remodeling of the home a coin dated 1689 was found as well as a beam marked 1692. It was a custom in early times to place a coin in a new home. A road from his house to Hyannis is still known as "Bearse's Way." Two thatch islands off the coast are still known as "Bearse's Islands."

He became a member of Lothrop's Church April 29, 1643; his name stands at the head of the list, - - - the first person admitted. He joined the Puritan Church in 1650 for the protection afforded. His wife Mary also joined the church that year. He was proposed to be admitted a freeman, June 3, 1652 and admitted the May 3rd of the following year.

His name rarely occurs in records. He was a grand juror in 1653 and 1662 and a surveyor of highways in 1674. He was a farmer and also mastered as Captain the ship "Two Marys." His marriage to Mary Hyanno which produced eleven children all born at Barnstable is not on record. The only reference to the marriage is "by Indian Ceremony at Mattachee." Many decend from this union both white and Indian Bearce. There appears to be no record of his death, nor settlement of his estate on probate records. He was living in 1686, but died before 1697.

More About Augustine Bearce: AKA (Facts Pg): BeArce, Bearse, Barss, Bierce.30, 31 Emigration: April 24, 1638, "Confidence" of London.31 Immigration: April 24, 1638, "Confindence" of London. Nationality: Romany/Gypsy.32, 33 Occupation: Farming & Fishing.34, 35 TRIBAL: Romany, Heron/Herne.36, 37

More About Augustine Bearce and Mary Hyanno: Marriage: 1639, Mattachee Village, Cummaquid, Barnstable, MA.38, 39

Children of Augustine Bearce and Mary Hyanno are:

   Mary Bearce, b. 1640, Barnstable, Barnstable, MA40, 41, d. date unknown.

   Martha Bearce, b. 1642, Barnstable, Barnstable, MA42, 43, d. date unknown.

   Presilla Bearce, b. March 10, 1643/44, Barnstable, Barnstable, MA44, 45, d. date unknown.

   +Sarah Bearce, b. March 28, 1646, Barnstable, Barnstable, MA46, 47, d. date unknown47.

   Abigail Bearce, b. December 18, 1647, Barnstable, Barnstable, MA48, 49, d. date unknown, Barnstable, Barnstable, MA49.

   Hannah Bearce, b. November 16, 1649, Barnstable, Barnstable, MA50, 51, d. date unknown.

   +Joseph Bearce, b. January 25, 1650/51, Barnstable, Barnstable, MA52, 53, d. February 13, 1716/17, Barnstable, Barnstable, MA53.

   Hester Bearce, b. October 02, 1653, Barnstable, Barnstable, MA54, 55, d. date unknown.

   Lydia Bearce, b. September 29, 1655, Barnstable, Barnstable, MA56, 57, d. date unknown.

   Rebecca Bearce, b. September 26, 1657, Barnstable, Barnstable, MA58, 59, d. date unknown.

   +James Bearce, b. July 30, 1660, Barnstable, Barnstable, MA, d. 1728, Plympton, Barnstable, MA59.

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“Immigrant to Cape Cod 24 Apr 1638. Ship “Confidence” of London. Lived a short time in Plymouth then moved to Barnstable with the first company in 1639. First to join Rev. John Lothrop's church in 1643. Farmer, surveyor of highways (1674). www.murrah.com/gen/bearse.htm

According to Jacobus, ( Jacobus, Donald L., "Austin Bearse and His Alleged Indian Connections", The American Genealogist) the evidence as to the identity of the wife of Austin Bearse is in an unpublished manuscript entitled: "Who Our Forefathers Really Were.’ This manuscript is a certified copy of an original sworn statement now on file in the office of the Litchfield County (CT) District Court and accepted by the State Commissioner in Charge of Indian Rights and Claims as an authentic and Legal declaration of lineage.

The marriage of Augustine and Mary was a powerful factor in preventing Hyannough and the Cape tribes from attacking the English.

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• Augustine arrived in Massachusetts on 2 April 1638 aboard the ship Confidence. He resided first in Plymouth, then relocated in 1639 to Barnstable on Cape Cod.
• Undocumented and unverifiable sources, both on the Internet and in a book from the 1930s named From Out of the Past - Who Our Forefathers Really Were, A True Narrative of Our White and Indian Ancestors, by Franklin Ele-watum Bearse, claim that Augustine (Austin) was a Romany [a gypsy] who was expelled from England, and that he married a woman named Mary Hyanno, who was supposedly a beautiful, fair-complexioned, red-haired daughter of John Hyanno and granddaughter of Iyannough, the sachem of the Mattachee village of Wampanoags on Cape Cod. But there is no documented proof that Augustine was a Romany, and no documentation of his supposed marriage to a Native American woman named Mary Hyanno, or of any marriage of Augustine’s, for that matter. However, several Native American sources claim that the legend is true; that the lack of documentation might be because the marriage was performed at the Mattachee village and not in an English church; and that present knowledge cannot rule out the possibility that the traditional Wampanoag story is true. [The Wampanoags, the so-called “White Indians,” have other traditional stories, including their claim that they are descended from Viking explorers, because numerous members of the tribe had fair skin and red hair. These allegations have not been proven scientifically.]

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Augustine Bearse (1618 - 1686)

Privacy Level: Open (White) Augustine "Austin" Bearse aka Bearce Born 1618 in Southampton, Hampshire, Englandmap Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown] [sibling%28s%29 unknown] Husband of Mary (UNKNOWN) Bearse — married about 1639 in Barnstable, Massachusettsmap [uncertain] DESCENDANTS descendants Father of Mary Bearse, Martha Bearse, Presiller (Bearse) Hall, Sarah (Bearse) Hamlin, Abigail Bearse, Hannah Bearse, Joseph Bearse Sr., Hester Bearse, Lydia Bearse, Rebecca Bearse and James Bearse Died 2 Jun 1686 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusettsmap Profile managers: Jillaine Smith private message [send private message], Puritan Great Migration Project WikiTree private message [send private message], Carole Partridge private message [send private message], and Heather Brown private message [send private message] Profile last modified 9 Nov 2018 | Created 14 Sep 2010 This page has been accessed 7,943 times. Categories: Franklin Bearce Fraud | Puritan Great Migration | Puritanism, North America | Barnstable, Massachusetts | Confidence, sailed April 1638.

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Contents

[hide] 1 Disputed Origins 2 Disputed Spouse 3 Biography 4 Children 5 Sources Disputed Origins

Renowned genealogist, Colonel Charles Edward Banks, believed he had found 10 year old Augustine Bear(s)e, of Longstock, on the King's Somborne Lay Subsidy Roll, of 1628.[1] The surname and place name, Bere, goes back to the 13th century, in this area of Hampshire, and seems to originate with La Bere Forest.[2] The "Beare" spelling was in use, in the early 1600s.[3][4]

There is no confirmed documentation of the birth date, place or parents of Augustine/Austin Bearce. For example, there is no proof that they were Gauche BeArce and Princess Matchowitch. Nor is there any support for the gypsy origins in the debunked claims made by Franklyn Bearce.

Hints as to his father’s name might be found in how he named his sons— Joseph and James.

Disputed Spouse

In the 1933, Franklyn Ele-watum Bearce filed with the Library of Congress a manuscript entitled "From Out of the Past--Who Our Forefathers Really Were, a True Narrative of our White and Indian Ancestors." This Bearce claimed he was a Schaghticoke and Eastern Indian attempting to obtain benefits as an Indian from the State of Connecticut. Part of his genealogy was then published in an article, about Jacob Hamblin, claiming that Austin Bearse was of gypsy heritage, a criminal shipped off to Barnstable, and that he had married "Indian Princess" Mary "Little Dove" Hyanno.[5]

The first three generations of Mr. Bearce's claims were analyzed in a 1938 article by Donald Lines Jacobus, a renowned professional genealogist, and founder of the prestigious journal The American Genealogist.[6] See Lee Murrah's rebuttal to Donald Lines Jacobus' rebuttal to F.E. Bearce, and an analysis of his rebuttal. See the profile page for Mary Hyanno for a detailed review of the controversy.

This profile follows the argument of Donald Lines Jacobus. Therefore please do not attach Little Dove as spouse, nor any gypsy/Roman parentage.

Biography

The first Bearse in the line was Augustine Bearse, also known as Austin Bearse. What we know for sure about Augustine Bearse is that at age 20 he arrived at Plymouth from Southampton, England on April 24, 1638 aboard the "Confidence". He is listed immediately following Martha Wilder and Mary (!), her daughter (no ages given) of Shiplocke, Oxfordshire, England.[7] After a short time in Plymouth proper, he moved to Barnstable (Cape Cod) with the first company in 1639.

His house lot, contained 12 acres of very rocky land and was in the westerly part of the East Parish and bounded westerly by John Crocker's land, northerly by the meadow, easterly by Goodman Isaac Rolinson's land and "southerly into ye woods." He owned six acres of meadow adjoining his upland on the north, and two thatch islands, still known as Bearse's islands (in the 1870's). He also had six acres of land in the Calves Pasture, esteemed to be the best soil; in the town, eight acres of planting land on the north side of Shoal pond, and bounded by Goodman Cooper's, now call Huckins' Neck, and thirty acres at the Indian pond, bounded easterly by the Herring River. The Indian pond lot he sold to Thomas Allyn.

He was proposed to be admitted a freeman, 3 June 1652, and admitted 3 May 1653. Rarely found in the records, nonetheless he is shown as a grand juror in 1653 and 1662, and a surveyor of highways in 1674.

He was a farmer, lived on the produce of his land and brought up his large family to be useful members of society. His house stood on the north side of the road, and his cellar and some remains of his orchard still existed up to the beginning of the 1800's.

In 1643 he was the first to join the church of Rev. John Lothrop which had moved to Barnstable after a dispute over infant baptism, which the Lothrop Church supported. In 1652 Bearse was admitted a freeman. It is said that he was one of the few residents against whom no complaints were ever filed. He was a farmer, but in his civic role he served as surveyor of highways in 1674. He was still living in 1686 but had died by 1697.

Augustine Bearse was said to be a very pious man as shown by the following excerpt from Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families:[8]

He appears to have been very exact in the performance of his religious duties, causing his children to be baptized on the Sabbath following the day of their birth. His son Joseph was born on Sunday, Jan'y 25, 1651, O. S., and was carried two miles to the church and baptized the same day. . . .Now such an act would be pronounced unnecessary and cruel. The Bearse name survives on Cape Cod to this day in the short unpaved road near his former homesite in Eastham known as "Barss Lane". Austin's wife's name is unknown. She was unidentified by both Otis and Newcomb in their pre-1875 works. Early 20th century claims that she was a Native American were soundly disputed in 1935. See the profile page for Mary Hyanno for details.

There is no record of his death nor estate settlement in the Probate records.

OR: he died 2 Jun 1686 in Barnstable, MA.[citation needed]

A road from his house to Hyannis is still known as Bearses' Way (easily located in Google Maps).

Children

Presumably all with his wife Mary ______ (the published vital records only name the father, not the mother).[9]

Mary Bearse, b. 16 Aug 1640, Barnstable, Barnstable, MA d. 1643, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Plymouth Colony.[10] Martha Bearse, b. 1642, Barnstable, Barnstable, MA, USA, d. 06 May 1643, Barnstable, Barnstable, MA Priscilla Bearse, b. 10 Mar 1643, Barnstable, Barnstable, MA, USA, d. 30 Mar 1712, Yarmouth, Barnstable, MA Sarah Bearse, b. 28 Mar 1646, Barnstable, Barnstable, MA, d. 30 Mar 1712, Barnstable, Barnstable, MA Abigail Bearse, b. 18 Dec 1647, Barnstable, Barnstable, MA, d. 12 Apr 1670, Barnstable, MA Hannah Bearse, b. 16 Nov 1649, Barnstable, Barnstable, MA, d. 1719, Barnstable, Barnstable, MA Joseph Bearse, b. 25 Jan 1651, Barnstable, Barnstable, MA, d. 27 Jan 1728, Barnstable, Barnstable, MA. There is a death for "Martha, w. Joseph, Jan. 27, 1727-8, age about 77 years," which might be this Joseph's wife.[11] Hester Bearse, b. 02 Oct 1653, Barnstable, Barnstable, MA, d. 1723, Barnstable, Barnstable, MA Lydia Bearse, b. 30 Sep 1655, Barnstable, Barnstable, MA, d. 1725, Barnstable, Barnstable, MA Rebecca Bearse, b. 26 Sep 1657, Barnstable, Barnstable, MA, d. 1727. She did NOT marry William Hunter; Hunter's wife was Rebecca, dau of Anthony Besse of Barnstable. James Bearse, b. 30 Jul 1660, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, d. 07 Oct 1728, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts Sources

↑ Topographical Dictionary of 2885 English Emigrants to New England, 1620-1650 [1] ↑ The National Archives [2] ↑ British History Online, King's Beere (West Beare) [3] ↑ British History Online, East Beare [4] ↑ Utah Genealogical Magazine, July 1935 (vol. 26, pp. 99-100).[5] ↑ Donald Lines Jacobus, "Austin Bearse and his Alleged Indian Connections," in The American Genealogist, 15 (1938-39):113-118 ↑ NEHGS Register 2 (1848):108-109 ↑ Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families, by Amos Otis [6] ↑ Unless otherwise noted, the following births are extracted from Barnstable, MA, Vital Records, vol. 2, pp 213-214 ↑ Note: published records only indicate "1640", no date. ↑ Barnstable Vital Records, vol. 32, p 58 See also:

Savage, Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England H. Franklin Andrews, History of the Hamlin Family, Exira, IA: George W. Quernsey (1894); available via Call Number: 919.2 H1822A at the Allen County Public Library in Ft Wayne, IN Fanny Louisa Meadows, "Genealogical Records of Austin Bearse (or Bearce) of Barnstable, Cape Cod, MA," Record Number: 929.2 B38176m; self published, Cleveland, OH, 1 Oct 1933 Dale L. Burley, Bearse - Bears - Barss Family Genealogy of Augustine Bearse and Princess Mary Hyanno of Barnstable, MA, Harbor Beach, MI: Author (1979); available via Call Number: LC: CS71 at the Library of Michigan, Lansing, MI Simeon L. Deyo, editor, History of Barnstable County, MA 1620 - 1890, New York, NY: H. W. Blake & Co. (1890) Meredith B. Colket, Founders of Early American Families - Emigrants from Europe 1607-1657, Cleveland, OH: General Court of the Order of Founders and Patriots of America (1975) Cookie Crumbs Ancestry Amos Otis & C.F. Swift, Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families, pages 52-59. William Richard Cutter, A. M., Genealogy - Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company (1908) Franklyn Ele-wa-tum BeArce, From out of the Past, Who Our Forefathers Really Were -- Our White and Indian Ancestors back to 1628, (Library of Congress Manuscript) c1935. Warning: many of the claims of Native American relations in this book have subsequently been disproven. John Bearss Newcomb, A Contribution to the Genealogy of the Bearse or Bearss Family in America 1618-1871, Elgin, IL: Gazette Printing Co. (Dec. 7, 1871). NOTE: This book incorrectly claims that Austin's daughter Rebecca married William Hunter; a different Rebecca married Hunter. Laws Governing Sex and Gender in Colonial New England [7] Eyewitness History: The Price of Adultery in Puritan Massachusetts, 1641[8] The Plymouth Colony Archive Project: Sexual Misconduct in Plymouth Colony [9] Brainerd, Dwight. Ancestry of Thomas Chalmers Brainerd (Montreal, Quebec, 1948) Page 32

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Sarah (Bearse) Hamlin (1646 - 1712)

Privacy Level: Open (White) Sarah Hamlin formerly Bearse aka Hamblin Born 28 Mar 1646 in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusettsmap Daughter of Augustine Bearse and Mary (UNKNOWN) Bearse Sister of Mary Bearse, Martha Bearse, Presiller (Bearse) Hall, Abigail Bearse, Hannah Bearse, Joseph Bearse Sr., Hester Bearse, Lydia Bearse, Rebecca Bearse and James Bearse Wife of Johnathan J Hamlin — married Aug 1667 in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusettsmap DESCENDANTS descendants Mother of Melatiah (Hamlin) Higgins, Priscilla (Hamblin) Rogers, Sarah (Hamlin) Higgins, Martha (Hamlin) Doane, Experience Hamlin, Hannah Hamlin, Esther Hamlin, Thankful Hamlin, John Hamlin, Ebenezer Hamblen, Abigail (Hamlin) Hamblin and Benjamin Hamlin Died 30 Mar 1712 in Hamlin's Plains, Barnstable County, Massachusettsmap Profile managers: Michael Sheffield private message [send private message], Heather Brown private message [send private message], and Merry Ann Palmer private message [send private message] Profile last modified 31 Dec 2018 | Created 19 Aug 2011 This page has been accessed 1,455 times. Biography

Sarah Bearse was born or baptized 28 MAR 1646 in Barnstable, MA, daughter of Austin Bearse and Mary UNKNOWN.[1] [2]

Her mother was not a Native American; see her father's profile for discussion.

She married John Hamlin (aka Hamblin) in August 1667.[3]

She died 30 MAR 1712 in Hamblin's Plaines, MA.

Children

1. Melatiah Hamlin
2. Priscilla Hamlin
3. Sarah Hamlin
4. Martha Hamlin
5. Experience Hamlin
6. Hannah Hamlin
7. Esther Hamlin
8. Thankful Hamlin
9. John Hamlin
10. Ebenezer Hamlin
11. Abigail Hamlin
12. Benjamin Hamlin

Sources

↑ William Richard Cutter, A. M., Genealogy - Boston and Eastern Massachusetts (Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, 1908) , vol 3, p 1294 ↑ John Bearss Newcomb, A Contribution to the Genealogy of the Bearse or Bearss Family in America 1618-1871 (Gazette Printing Co., Elgin Illinois Dec., 7, 1871) , p 4 ↑ Cutter, vol. 3, pg. 1294 See also:

Fanny Louisa Steed Meadows, Genealogical Records of Austin Bearse (or Bearce) of Barnstable, Cape Cod, MA, Cleveland, OH, 1 Oct 1933 Claire Dietz (transcriber), Records of the Colony of New Plymouth 1633 -1689, Boston 1857 ; reprinted Baltimore 1976 Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families Research of Bob Anderson Vital Records of Barnstable and Sandwich Massachusetts, vol. 02 - 1900 Boston, MA: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants Bears C Austin, Bears Barss Genealogy Vol 2, Bears Books Canada, 1989

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