FATHER

David Linnel

MOTHER

Hannah Garnet Shelley

WIFE

Ruth Davis

CHILDREN

1. Thankful Linnel
    b. 12 Nov 1696
    m. 6 jan 1726 James Bearse
    d. 7 Jun 1759

2. Samuel Linnel
    b. 16 Nov 1699
    m. Abt. 1725 widow Hannah Scudder
    d. 12 Sep 1770

3. John Linnel
    b. 15 Jun 1702
    m. 28 Nov 1734 Mary Phinney
    d. 7 Jan 1781

4. Bethia Linnel
    b. 14 May 1704
    m. 3 Jun 1728 Augustine Bearse
    d. 7 Oct 1743

5. Joseph Linnel
    b. 12 Jun 1707
    m. 26 Nov 1747 Dorcas Smith
    d. 18 Jan 1783

6. Hannah Linnel
    b. 10 Jul 1709

7. Jabez Linnel
    b. 31 Jul 1711
    m. 11 Nov 1736 Sarah Bacon
    m. 26 Sep 1751 widow Sarah (Baker) Sturgis
    d. Bef. 6 May 1755

John Linnell
by Susan Brooke
April 2023

John Linnell was born about 1671. (1) He was the son of David Linnel and inherited lands from his father in 1688. (2) John Linnell married Ruth Davis about 1695 and they had 7 children starting in 1796. ( 3) According to Amos Otis in 1888, "He was a prudent, industrious and respectable man. He resided a part of his life on the farm in the easterly part of Chequasquet, now called Hyannis Port, and a part, on the John Davis estate." (4) a picture of his house is below.  (5)
He wrote his will on 1 Oct 1737 naming "his wife Ruth and his daughters Thankful Bearse, Bethia Bearse and Hannah Linnel. In a codicil dated July 5, 1748, he says his daughter Bethia is dead. To his daughter Hannah he gave his great chamber and privileges in the house so long as she remained single. To his son Samuel the southwest part of his farm or homestead at South Sea, containing twenty-one acres of upland and seven of meadow. To his son John the middle portion containing nineteen acres of upland and three acres of marsh. To his son Joseph the remaining or easterly part, containing eleven acres of upland and three of marsh; and to his son Jabez, 'All his homestead farm lands, meadows, and house wherein he then dwelt.' His wife Ruth owned real estate in her own right. Her will, proved July 5, 1748, is witnessed by Solomon Otis, David Crocker and Robert Davis. She refers to her sister Mercy Davis, deceased, and to her unmarried daughter Hannah. She owned land on the east side of Hyannis road, adjoining Nathaniel Baker's, formerly the property of her father." (4) John Linnell died 9 Feb 1747/8. (1) The will was proved 6 Apr 1748. (6) His wife Ruth died three months after the death of her husband, on 8 May 1748.  They had been married about 53 years. 

Sources

(1) Find a Grave Record
tombstone reads " Here Lyes ye Body of  Mr. John Linel who died February ye 9th 1747 in ye 78th Year of His Age."

(2) Will of David Linnell written March 6, 1688.
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: Hanhah 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

(3)  Barnstable Town Records

(4) "Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families" by Amos Otis, 1888  Vol 2 page 159
"John Linnel, son of David, is the ancestor of the Barnstable and Yarmouth families of the name. He married Ruth, daughter of John Davis. He was a prudent, industrious and respectable man. He resided a part of his life on the farm in the easterly part of Chequasquet, now called Hyannis Port, and a part, on the John Davis estate. At his death he owned and occupied the house that stood opposite the residence of Dea. John Munroe, now owned by Capt. Foster. He was one of the earliest who removed to South Sea, as the south part of the town was then called. He died Feb. 9 (7th town record) 1747-8, in the 78th year of his age. and his wife Ruth May 8, 1748, in the 75th year of her age. Both have monuments to their memory in the old grave-yard.
In his will dated Oct. 1, 1737, proved 7th July, 1748, he names his wife Ruth and his daughters Thankful Bearse, Bethia Bearse and Hannah Linnel. In a codicil dated July 5, 1748, he says his daughter Bethia is dead. To his daughter Hannah he gave his great chamber and privileges in the house so long as she remained single. To his son Samuel the southwest part of his farm or homestead at South Sea, containing twenty-one acres of upland and seven of meadow. To his son John the middle portion containing nineteen acres of upland and three acres of marsh. To his son Joseph the remaining or easterly part, containing eleven acres of upland and three of marsh; and to his son Jabez, 'All his homestead farm lands, meadows, and house wherein he then dwelt.' His wife Ruth owned real estate in her own right. Her will, proved July 5, 1748, is witnessed by Solomon Otis, David Crocker and Robert Davis. She refers to her sister Mercy Davis, deceased, and to her unmarried daughter Hannah. She owned land on the east side of Hyannis road, adjoining Nathaniel Baker's, formerly the property of her father."

(5) House of John Linnell

 (6) Will of John Linnell
Barnstable Probate Record BK 8 page 169-170
FHL film 904601 image 102
will written 1 Oct 1737
codicil dated 5 Jul 1748
will proved 5 Apr 1748

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