Andrew Hallett Jr. (abt. 1607 - abt. 1684)

Born about May 1607 in Symondsbury, Dorset, England

Ancestors

Husband of Anne (Besse) Hallett — married after 1661 in Yarmouth, Plymouth Colony

Descendants

Died about 1684 at about age 76 in Yarmouth, Plymouth Colony

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Andrew Hallett Jr. migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Great Migration (Series 2), by R. C. Anderson, vol. 3, p. 195) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Biography

Known as Andrew Hallett Jr. or Andrew Hallett in the Weymouth records. The surname spelling has several variations

Nicknamed "Junior."

Immigration

Andrewe Hallett, 28, was enrolled 20 March 1635, from the port of Weymouth, England, bound for New England.^[1] The ship was allmost certainly the Marygould, Edward Cuttance, master, which was taking on goods and passengers at Weymouth on 30 March. This is the same ship that carried Rev. Hull's company^[2] Andrew was enrolled as a servant to Richard Wade of Simstuly, Dorset, age 60, who came with his wife and daughter.^[1]

Baptism

Simstuly? Robert Wade came from Simstuly, Dorset, according to the English passenger list. Of course no such place exists.

"Simstuly is, without doubt, a mistake or misreading for Simsbury, a shortened form of Simondsbury or Symondsbury, near Bridport, and this is corroborated by reference to the Parish Register.^[3] Richard Wade appears among the Symondsbury baptisms 7th January, 1573, as Rychard the sonne of John Wad [sic]. Henry Lush, 17, came as a servant to Richard. Henry Lush was baptized 3 Jan 1618, and the marriage of his parents are in the Symondsbury register. Others of the group are found in nearby places. But most important to this search:

"Androwe Hallet, the sonne of Androwe Hallet and Betrix his wyfe, was baptized 19th May, 1607, and the entry of the marriage of Androwe Hallet and Betryx Knote, the parents, occurs on 18th December, 1598."^[3] This accords with his age of 28 at sailing.^[4]

Which Andrew Hallet? Jr. or Sr.?

Having two Andrew Hallett's in the same place, at the same time, is bound to cause confusion. Savage^[5] and Pope^[6] and many subsequent genealogists have jumbled the two men together.

Mr. (or gentleman) Andrew Hallett appears in the Plymouth Colony Records on many occasions, beginning 5 Mar 1638/9.^[7][8]

Andrew Hallett, without the honorific, received a 7 and one half acre grant at Moonoonuscusett & Shaume (Sandwich) 16 April 1640.^[9]

By 1643/4, both men were living at Yarmouth and referred to as Sr. and Jr. 1 March 1643/4 "Mr. Andrew Hellot, Senior, of Yarmouth" wrote a letter to the general court.^[10] By this we know that Mr Andrew Hallett was Sr. and the man briefly at Sandwich was Andrew Hallett Jr.

Andrew Hallett Jr. sold his land at Sandwich in 1640.^[11] He must have been at least 21 to sell land, which would make him b. before 1619. This makes him too old to be the son of a man born 1607. So, the immigrant of 1635, baptized in 1607, was the man called Andrew Hallett Jr.^[12]

Was Andrew Hallett Sr. the father of Andrew Hallett Jr.

Anderson concludes, that there is no direct evidence of a relationship, and some slight indication that they were not related, and suggested further research.

Massachusetts

After his arrival in 1635, he probably spent the first few years in Dorchester, in the household of Richard Wade as his servant, but by 1639 had removed to Sandwich and was in Yarmouth in 1642.^[7]

Andrew was a planter and was a freeman before 1639, when he was listed in the Sandwich section of persons who took the Plymouth Colony oath of fidelity.^[13] He was admitted to the church in Yarmouth before 1 June 1646^[14]

He held several offices such as Juryman, and highway surveyor, and served on committees and was the constable in 1651 and 1679.^[7]

28 July 1640. Andrew Hallett of Sandwich sold to Daniel Wing of Sandwich, his house and several parcels of land.^[11] 9 March 1642. Gyles Hopkins of Yarmouth sold to Andrew Hallet Junior of Yarmouth about twelve acres.^[11]

• Otis' Genealogical notes of Barnstable, pp 482-506, contains more information and also contains a generalized picture of life in early Barnstable.

• See also Records of the colony of New Plymouth, in New England' for more information.

Marriages

(1) ______ ______ The mother of his children except Mehitable.^[7]

(2) Ann Besse. There is certainly lots of reason to believe that Ann was the mother of all the Hallett children. Her will and that of Andrew refer to his children as my children. However, she was named in her father's will, 1656/7, unmarried at the time. A Plymouth Colony Court Record 4 Mar 1661/2 indicates that she was unmarried at the time. Judging from the order given in Besse's will, she second, and the only known birth date in 1649 for the sixth child, Ann Besse daughter of Anthony Besse was born about 1641, which would preclude her being the mother of the younger Hallett children born about 1642 to 1650.^[15][7]

Death and Will

There is no recorded death date, but his will was dated 14 March 1681/2 (proved 4 June 1684), and an inventory was taken 19 May 1684. Andrew Hallett of Yarmouth made bequests to his loving wife, one third of his estate of movables, right to the eastern half of the house, and one third of the profits during her natural life. He also made bequests to sons Jonathan Hallett, John Hallett; daughter Ruhamah Bourn and grandchildren Timothy Bourne, Hanah Bourne Elezer Bourne, Hezekiah Bourne; to daughter Abigall Alldin (wife of Jonathan Alldin) and £20 for her children ie £5 each; daughter Mehettabell; grandchild John Bourne; loving wife Ann and sons Jonathan and John Hallett to be executors. His inventory was valued at £1180 13s 9d part of which was £909 in real estate.^[16] In 1676, his tax was one twentieth of the taxes of all of Yarmouth.^[17][18]

Children

With first wife

1. Abigail Hallett, b. say 1642; m. Duxbury 10 Dec 1672 Jonathan Alden, son of John Anden.^[7] Her tombstone says she died 17 Aug 1725 aged 81 making her born about 1644.^[15]
2. Ruhamah Hallett, b. say 1644; m. (1) Sandwich 14 Dec 1664 Job Bourne, son of Richard; m. (2)William Hearsey of Hingham.
3. Dorcas Hallett, bpt Barnstable 1 June 1646; no further record.^[7] Dorcas dtr of Andrew Hallet bpt 1 Jun 1646 (of the church of Yarmouth, beeing ye 2d sabbaoth of or meeting in our new meeting-house)^[19]
4. Jonathan Hallett, b. Yarmouth 20 Nov 1647; m. Abigail Dexter, d/o Thomas Dexter.^[7] Jonathan sonn of Andrew Hallet of Yarmouth bpt 23 April 1648.^[19]
5. John Hallett, b. Yarmouth 11 Dec 1650; ;m. Mary Howes

By second wife Anne Bessey

6. Mehitable Hallett b. say 1663; m. 10 Nov 1682 John Dexter.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Hotten, John Camden (editor). The Original Lists of Persons of Quality: Emigrants, Religious Exiles, Political Rebels, Serving Men Sold for a Term of Years, Apprentices, Children Stolen, Maidens Pressed, and Others, who Went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700. London: John Camden Hotten, 1874
2. ↑ "Passenger Ships of 1635 Part II" Great Migration Newsletter. Volume 7 p. 9. (Apr-Jun 1998)
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Weaver, Frederic William (ed) and Mayo, Charles Herbert (ed). Notes & queries for Somerset and Dorset. Volume XII (Sherborne:1911) p. 290
4. ↑ This information is more recently found in two articles by John G Hunt, TAG 36:64 and TAG 37:84 which cite the notes and queries.
5. ↑ Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692.
6. ↑ Pope, Charles Henry. The Pioneers of Massachusetts, A Descriptive List, ... Boston, Mass.: Charles H Pope, 1900 reprint 1965
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7} Great Migration 1634-1635, G-H. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume III, G-H, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB116/i/7118/195/235152548 pp 195-200
8. ↑ Anderson cites Plymouth Colony Records p 1:117 5 Mar 1638/9 1:121, 130, 135, 162, 2:20, 58, 70, 7:12, 33, 42]
9. ↑ Anderson cites Plymouth Colony Records 1:149 and also cites 8:184.
10. ↑ Shurtleff, Nathaniel B and David Pulsifer (eds) Records of the Colony of New Plymouth in New England Vol 2 p. 70
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1 11.2} Otis, Amos. Genealogical notes of Barnstable families. (1888) p. 483/4
12. ↑ Anderson p. 199
13. ↑ Anderson: citing Records of New Plymouth Colony 8:184, except that it's at 8:184
14. ↑ Anderson citing NEHGR 9:283
15. ↑ ^{15.0 15.1} Braclay, Mrs. John E. "Ann (Besse) Hallet, Step-Mother of Abigail (Hallet) Alden." the American Genealogist. 26:193-195
16. ↑ Anderson citing Plymouth Colony Probate Records 4: 2: 134-35
17. ↑ Otis p 493
18. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-V391 : 16 March 2023), Wills 1633-1686 vol 1-4 > image 604-605 of 616; State Archives, Boston.
19. ↑ ^{19.0 19.1} ”Scituate and Barnstable Church Records.” New England Historical and Genealogical Register 9:283, 284

See Also:

• Robert Charles Anderson, "The Great Migration", Volume III, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003, pp. 195-200.
• Warden, William Albert, and Robert L. Dexter. Genealogy of the Dexter Family in America: Descendants of Thomas Dexter; Together with a record of other allied families (The Blanchard Press, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1905), p. 14
• Andrew Hallett III Probate Records; http://www.hallett.tripod.com/id41.html
• Barclay, Mrs. John E., Ann (Besse) Hallet, Step-Mother of Abigail (Hallet) Alden, The American Genealogist (1950) Vol. 26, Page 194.