FATHER

John Linnell

MOTER

Ruth Davis

WIFE

1st: Sarah Bacon

2nd: Sarah Baker

CHILDREN with Sarah Bacon

1. Mary Linnell
    bap. 20 Feb 1737

2. Deborah Linnell
    bap. 08 Apr 1739
    m. 15 Mar 1760 Nathaniel Allen
    d. 8 Apr 1763

3. Elisha Linnell
    b. 20 Oct 1740
    m. 28 Mar 1767 Mehitable Godtree
    d. 1816

4. Joseph Linnell
    b. 06 Nov 1743
    m. 21 Mar 1765 Susannah Cobb
    d. 29 Aug 1787

5. Jean (Jane) Linnell
    b. 16 Mar 1744/5
    m. 2 Dec 1767 Sila Lovell
    d. 1819

6. John Linnell
    b. 28 Jan 1748
    m. 21 Aug 1779 Mercy Stuges
    d. 22 May 1829

CHILDREN with Sarah Baker

1. Susanna Linnel
    baptized  12 Nov 1752 Barnstable, Barnstable, MA
    m. 14 Nov 1772 Solomon Lewis
    d. 24 Sep 1822

2. Elizabeth Linnell
    baptized 17 Nov 1754
    m. 27 Oct 1774 Enoch Bearse
    d. 28 Dec 1849

Jabez Linnell
by Susan Brooke
April 2023

Jabez Linnell was born in Barnstable on 31 Jul 1711. His parents were John Linnell and Ruth Davis. (1) He married Sarah Bacon on 11 Nov 1736 in Barnstable. (2) They had six children. (3) Then Sarah must have died since Jabez married widow Sarah Sturges on 26 Sep 1751. (4) She was the widow of Jonathan Sturges. (5)  Jabez Linnell  was a respectable blacksmith in Barnstable had two more children with his second wife and then he died in 1755 at the age of 43 leaving several young children, the youngest under 5 months old.. The court records show that he was a blacksmith and died intestate.  Each of his eight children had a guardian appointed for them in May 1755. Samuel Linnell was appointed guardian to Joseph who was 11 and Elisha who was 16.  Joseph Linnell was appointed guardian to Jane Linnell aged 10.  John Linnell was appointed guardian to John Linnell who was 7.  Oris Bacon, a brother of Sarah Bacon, was appointed guardian of Deborah Linnell who was aged 16.  Robert Davis was appointed administrator and guardian of Mary Linnell who was aged 18 at that time.  The widow Sarah was appointed administrator of her two children, Susannah who was 2 years old and baby Elizabeth who was only 5 months old. (6)

Sources

(1) Birth Record
also Barnstable Town Records

(2) Marriage to Sarah Bacon
Barnstable Town Records
Jonathan Sturges  Sarah Baker  Oct 26 1732 
Jabez Linnel and Sarah Bacon Nov 11, 1736

(3) Children of Jabez Linnell
Barnstable Twon Records

(4) Marriage to Mrs. Sarah Sturges
Barnstable Town Records
Marriages by the Reve'd Joseph Green
Jabez Linnell  Sarah Sturges Sep 26th 1751
Marriage Intention of marriage to Widow Sarah Sturges

(5) "Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families" by Amos Otis, 1888 Vol 1 page 160
"Mr. Jabez Linnel, the youngest son of John, was a respectable man. He inherited his father's dwelling-house on the Davis estate, afterward the property of the late Hezekiah Doane. Mr. Jabez Linnel married Nov. 11, 1736, Sarah Bacon, 3d, and Sept. 26, 1751, Mrs. Sarah Sturgis.  She died Jan. 31, 1768, aged 54. The eight children of this family did not maintain the respectable position in society of the parents. Elisha, one of the sons, born Oct. 20, 1740, was the laziest among the lazy, and he took no offence when reproved for his slothful and vagrant habits.  If such notoriety be an honor, Elisha would have undisputed claim to be called the champion of the lazy."

(6) Barnstable Probate Records
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pg. 367 Oris Bacon appointed guardian of               Deborah Linnel daughter of Jabez Linnel blacksmith          8 May 1755
pg 368  Samuel Linnell appointed guardian of          Joseph Linnel son of Jabez Linnel, blacksmith                    6 May 1755
pg 369 Joseph Linnell appointed guardian of            Jane Linnell daughter of Jabez Linnell blacksmith               6 May 1755
pg 370 Robert Davis appointed guardian of             Mary Linnell daughter of Jabez Linnell blacksmith            15 May 1755
pg 371 John Linnell appointed guardian of               John Linnell son of Jabez Linnel blacksmith                        6 May 1755
pg 372 Samuel Linnell appointed guardian of           Elisha Linnell son of Jabez Linnell blacksmith                     6 May 1755
pg 373 Sarah Linnell appointed guardian of             Susannah Linnell daughter of Jabez Linnell balcksmith      15 May 1755
pg374 Sarah Linnel widow appointed guardian of    Elizabeth Linnell daughter of Jabex Linnell blacksmith      15 May 1755
pg 375 Robert Davis appointed administrator of the estate of Jabez Linnel who died intestate                           8 May 1755

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