FATHER

Robert Linnel

WIFE

Hannah Garnet Shelley

CHILDREN

1. Samuel Linnel
    b. 15 Dec 1655

2. Elisha Linnel
    b. 1 Jun 1658

3. Hannah Linnel
    b. 15 Dec 1660
    m. 3 Aug 1681 Dollar Davis
    d. Bef. 1710

4. Mary Linnel
    b. Abt. 1662
    m. John Sargent
    d. Abt. 1755

5. Abigail Linnel
    b. Abt. 1664
    m. 17 Mar 1721 Ralph Jones

6. Experience Linnel
    B. Abt. 1666
    m. 20 Aug 1689 Jabez Davis
    m. 13 Feb 1712 Benjamin Hatch

7. Jonathan Linnel
    b. Abt. 1668
    m. Elizabeth
    m. Rebecca
    d. 27 Jul 1725

8. John Linnel
    b. Abt. 1671
    m. Abt. 1695 Ruth Davis
    d. 9 Feb 1747/8

9. Susannah Linnel
    b. Abt. 1673
    m. 14 Nov 1695 Ebenezer Phinney
    d. 10 Apr 1752

David Linnell
by Susan Brooke
April 2023

David Linnell was old enough to bear arms in 1643 so he was probably at least 13 to 15 and thus born about 1628 - 1630.  (1) His mother had probably died when he was young and his father remarried. His father was elderly and there are indications David was not very close to his step-mother who is noted as saying she "knew not David."  (1)  Hannah Shelley was baptized in 1637.  Her mother was an outspoken woman who "had little control over her tongue." She was excommunicated from the church in 1649 when Hannah was twelve.  David Linnell and Hannah Shelley must have found comfort in their friendship and started a courtship.  In consequences of some miscarriages between them, the particulars of which are stated in the church records, they were pulled before the court on 3 Jun 1652 and sentenced to be publicly whipped. They were properly married the next year on 15 Jun 1652/3. (2) They had nine children and were married for 36 years.  David did eventually join the church on 1 Jul 1688.  His wife did not join.  He wrote his will on 6 Mar 1688. It was proved on 9 Mar 1689. (3).   

Sources 

 (1) Excepts from  "Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families" Vol 2 page 154     By Amos Otis, 1888

"David Linnell, son of Robert, was able to bear arms in 1643, consequently was born as early as 1627.  He was married March 9, 1652-3, by Thomas Hinckley, Esq. to Hannah Shelley, a daughter of Robert Shelley, and then in the sixteen year of her age.  ----
pg 154
"The Pilgrim fathers enacted, 'That if any shall make any motion of marriage to any man's daughter, or maybe servant, not haveing first obtayned leave and consent of the parents or master so to doe, shall be punished either by fine or corporall punishment or both at the discretions of the bench.' Under this law David and Hannah were censured by the church, and condemned by the magistrate to suffer its penalties.
pg 156
David Linnel and Hannah Shelley were 'children of the Barnstable Church.' In consequence of some miscarriages between them, the particulars whereof are stated in the church records, they were cut off from the privileges of that relation May 30, 1652, and for the same offence, by order of the Court at Plymouth, both were 'punished with scourges here in Barnstable June 8, 1652.'
pg.156
Mr. Robert Linnel was aged and had taken a second wife that 'knew not David,' and cared little for his well-being. Robert Shelley was an easy, good-natured man, and cared little how the world moved. He was however an honest man, a good neighbor, and a sincere Christian. His wife Judith Garnet was, before her marriage, a Boston woman - a member of the church there, proud, tenacious of her own opinions, and had very little control over her tongue, which ran like a whip-saw, cutting everything it came in contact with.
pg 156
In 1648 some of the sisters of the church held a private meeting. Mrs. Judith was not called - she took umbrage, and vented her spite in slandering the members of the church. She said, 'Mrs. Dimmock was proud, and went about telling lies;' that Mrs. Wells had done the same, that Mr. Lothrop and Elder Cobb 'did talk of her' on a day when they went to visit Mr. Huckins, who was then sick at Mrs. Well's house. She continued to affirm these things 'as confidently as if she had a spirit of Revelation.' Mr. Lothrop in his record adds, 'Wee had long patience towards her, and used all courteous intreatyes and persuations; but the longer wee waited, the worse she was.'
pg 157
She was excommunicated June 4, 1649. Hannah was then only twelve years of age. David, with an aged father and no mother,  and Hannah, with a mother who had been excommunicated,  must have courted during the next years and by 1652 agreed to marry without the consent of their parents.  David and Hannah were summoned to appear at a meeting of the church. They attended May 30, 1652,,, and there in the presence of the whole congregation confessed their fault. 'They were both, by the sentence and joint consent of the church, pronounced to be cutt off from that relation which they hadd formerlye to the church by virtue of their parents convenaunt.' On June 3, 1652, the Court condemn 'both of them to be publicly whipt at Barnstable, where they live,' and the sentence was executed at Barnstable five days afterwards, that is on the 8th day of June, 1652.
pg 158
David Linnel inherited, as already stated, the homestead of his father. That portion of it that adjoined the public highway he does not appear to have owned in 1686. He may have owned the north part of it, and the description of it in his will favors that presumption, and there he built his two story single house, with a lean-to. He was not a prominent man, and little is known of him. He delayed joining the church till July 1, 1688, the year before his death. His wife did not join. His will is dated Nov. 14, 1688, and was proved March 9th following. To his sons Samuel and Elisha, and his daughters Hannah Davis, Mary, Experience, Susanna and Abigail, he gives one shilling each. To his sons Jonathan and John his dwelling-house and housing and all his lands, both upland and marsh, the upland to be divided lengthwise, and his son Jonathan to have his house to pay his brother John one-half as much as said house shall be judged to be worth by indifferent men; and both upland and marsh to be equally divided for quantity and quality 'between them, and to be unto them, and their heirs forever.' He gave to his loving wife Hannah the improvement of one-third of his lands and the lean-to room of his house during her widowhood, and appoints her sole executrix. His personal estate was appraised at 28 pounds, 6, 6.
pg 158
The will of Wid. Hannah Linnel is dated Feb. 2, 1708-9, and was proved on the 5th of April following. She names her daughters Abigail Linnel, Mary Sergeant, wife of John. Experience, wife of Jabez Davis, Susanna, wife of Eben. Phinney, and her granddaughter Hannah Davis, daughter of Dollar. She signs with her mark, and appoints John Phinney, Jr., her executor."

(2) Marriage Record
David Linnel & Hannah Shely Married about 15 of March 1652/3
his son Samuel was bout was 15 December 1655
his son Elisha was born about first of June 1658
his daughter Hannah about 15 of December 1668

(3) Will of David Linnell written March 6, 1688.
Will proved 9 Mar 1689
Barnstable Probate Record BK 1 page 24
FHL film 904598   image 23

Left one shilling to: sons Samuel and Elisha Linnell, one shilling to daughters: Hannah Davis, Mary Linnell, Experience Linnell, Susannah Linnell, Abigail Linnell.
To sons Jonathan and John "my dwelling house and housing and all my lands both upland and marsh.
To Hannah my loving wife one third of land

Chase Jackson Brooke (Chuck) is descended from Mary Linnel and Susan White Brooke is descended from John Linnel making Chuck and Susan ninth cousins.

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