THE BOURNE GENEALOGY By HELEN BOURNE JOY LEE The Pequot Press, Inc. Chester, Connecticut 1972 Copyright© 1972 by Helen Bourne Joy Lee All Rights Reserved ISBN: 87106-113-9 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 73-175810 Printed in United States of America THE BOURNE GENEALOGY This Bourne Genealogy is dedicated to My Descendants Who Now Number Nineteen. Here are recorded over three hundred and sixty years of joys and sorrows accomplishments and defeats the faiths and hopes of nearly eight hundred families all descended from Richard Bourne the first Missionary to the Mashpee Indians of Cape Cod Table of Contents The Bourne Coat of Arms 11 Descendants of Richard Bourne 315 Addenda 319 . The Hurricane, Watch Hill, RI, 21 Sept 1938. Stories of Helen Joy Lee and her daus Marian Lee Mikesell and Eunice Bourne Fuller. 347 Bournes in America not identified with Richard I Bourne. In­ dexed alphabetically. 393 Bournes in America-John I, 1695 507 Appendix 511 Index: First names of Bournes Surnames other than Bourne US places by states, alphabetically Foreign countries, alphabetically Ships mentioned in text Vil Helen Bourne9 Joy Lee. FRANK JO RAYMOND, STONINGTON, CONN. Bourne Homestead- Wareham Mass. Foreword This Bourne Genealogy has been compiled over eight years of work, from material found by research in State, Town, county & church records as noted, from various family histories found in li­ braries & from letters received from some 250 Bournes with whom I have corresponded. Unfortunately there are always "dead ends" - living descendants of Richard Bourne & his brothers Henry & William whom I have had no way of contacting. In this genealogy there are 806 families to the thirteenth genera­ tion from Richard Bourne. There is also a section of Bournes not identified with Richard Bourne. There have been errors in the references which I have corrected from new data. There will be corrections and additions made, I am sure, on the information in this genealogy. I welcome them. lt is my hope that someone will continue to keep the Bourne family genealogy up to date. Helen Bourne Joy Lee IX How to Use a Genealogy You would like to trace your line back to Richard1 Bourne. Find your name in the index. If you have descendants you will have a number such as #592. Your parents will have a number such as #513, as YOUR parents, father or mother. Go backwards & find that number in the margin where the parent is the CHILD of his parents who have a number such as#369[mIJ_ And continue on backwards to Richard1 Bourne. XI Bourne coat of arms. The Bourne Coat of Arms Richard1 Bourne b Barnstable, Co Devon Eng 1610 came to Ply­ mouth Mass ab 1635. The "Arms" in possession of his descendants are certain evidence that this branch of the family traces back to Sir John Borne, Secy of State to Queen Mary (1553-1558). In Sir John's line is found the most distinctive feature of the arms, namely the "chevron party per pale." The arms are "sable a chevron party per pale argent & or between three griffins' heads erased proper." Though the tinctures are not the same, the chevron divided in this manner is so exceedingly rnre that the connection between the fam­ ilies cannot be questioned. The crest is so nearly identical that if the charge were not suffi­ cient the crest would be; a griffin's head and a rose being the char­ acteristics. The modifications of the crest & charge in color & other details are doubtless due to the differencing & cadency necessary to dis­ tinguish the several diverging branches of the family. The sable (black) of the shield usually denotes constancy & very rarely grief. The heads of the griffins charged upon the shield repre­ sent the same traits as the entire beasts would if they were placed as bearings. The griffin is a chimerical creature, having the head, wings & talons of the eagle & the body of the lion. Guillim says "A griffin sets forth the property of a valorous soldier whose magnanimity is such that he will dare all danger, even death itself, rather than be­ come a captive." It also symbolizes vigilancy & is as old as the times of the Phoe­ nicians, as shown by Count d' Alviella. The chevron suggests the rafters of a house or two swords crossed & denotes security & pro­ tection. Crests were originally worn by knights on their helmets. They often wore the chief charge of their shield as the crest. This accounts for the similarity between crest & charge in many coats of arms, as in that of the Bourne family. Some writers claim the ducal crown is significant of royal power or manorial authority. The rose is always an emblem of hope &joy. The motto Frangas non Flectes ("You can break but you cannot bend me") has a peculiar significance when coupled with that of the arms. (Signed) Emily H.Butterfield, Detroit Mich 5 Jan 1905. Compare the above with these Bourne arms: "Argent on a chev­ ron gules three lions rampant or". (Burke's Gen! Armory). Bourne arms - Richard Bourne, Barnstable, Co Devon, Eng. Sir John Borne, Secy of State to Queen Mary 1553-1558. Also: "Argent a chevron gules between three lions rampant sable, a chief ermine." Crest: "a demi tiger argent maned, tufted & armed, sable gorged with a collar ermine." Bourne ancestry in England: John Borne m Margaret .... William Bourne d 1581; m Margaret Ryse. (Master Bourne, after­ ward Bishop of Bath, was appointed Canon of St Paul's London 13 Aug 1553). William Bourne d 1607; m Greensted Eng, Mary Morris. William Bourne 1589-1634;m Ursula Day. Henry Bourne of Scituate Mass was a brother of Richard. Thom­ as, the first Bourne in America, is listed as a brother in some records & not in others. The first school was started in Thomas' home, but he could not have been a man of means. Gov Brewster in his will left a sum of money to each of the poor of Marshfield Mass. Thom­ as' name is on the list. Richard' Bourne aged 24 left England, coming by way of St Kitts & Barbados, arriving in America 1 Jan 1634/ 5. He stayed with his brother Henry in Scituate Mass. (Burton S Tandy Family Booklet, 1961). Richard I was one of the earliest settlers of Shawmee Mass, m- 2 corporated 1637 as Sandwich (part of Sandwich became Bourne 1884). He was a householder in Plymouth Mass 1636. (Bourne Ped Mss, NEHG Soc Boston). On 7 Jan 1637 "a grant of 7 acres of land was made to Richard Bourne on the westerly side of the Pamaspecite (Herring) River from a rocky point of land by a swamp called Pamepoapauksett, to Mr Leveriche's meadow." Richard admitted a freeman (voter) 7 Mar 1637. A useful & prominent citizen, he bought considerable property with the money he brought from England. (Plymouth recs). On 2 May 1637 Richard was appointed one of the Commissioners to lay out the highways about Plymouth, Duxbury & Eel River; member Grand Jury 1638; 4 Sept 1638 fined 18 s for having 3 pigs unringed (nose-rings) (Otis, Barnstable Fams 108); Repres in Col­ ony's earliest House of Delegates; 1st Deputy from Sandwich to Grand Court 1639-42, 44, 45, 52, 64-67, 70; on Commission 1640 to purchase lands from the Indians; 1655 his lands lay along the Mano­ met River on the north side from what is now (1969) Bournedale, to Buzzards Bay, with the right to take 10,000 alewives & herring a year (10,000 in Mayflower XXXIII 51; 12,000 in Hist of Richd Bourne, Dykes 8); also in 1655 "In regard to some trials & hardships upon Richard Bourne & others, freemen of Sandwich, the court grants them the grass they shall find & parcel of meadow about Manarnett (Manomet now Monument) or other lands nearby, bor­ dering upon Sandwich, that shall not be found to encroach on lands already granted." In 1658 he was one of 4 men appointed to settle a disputed bound­ ary between Sandwich & Barnstable. This line is the present bound­ ary. Nearly all the land purchases from the Indians around Sand­ wich were referred to Richard Bourne, which shows that both the Indians & the white men had confidence in his integrity. 17 May 1661 a deed signed by Quachatasett & Skippauge (Their marks) & John Aldin, assistant, sold for £15 to Richard Bourne the above-mentioned land & "Two slippes on the easterly side of the river. ...certain tracts on the westerly side where the Sandwich men take alewives .... those who enjoy the above sd lands shall have lib­ erty for their cattle to feed on the lands adjoining .... to timber. ... , to fish as basse, oysters & other fish; it is further agreed for prevent- 3 ing of trouble between the Indians & the English who make use of these lands ....that the English shall draw stuffe to the place & the Indians to make the fence secure to assure their own Corne from damage ....(Old Colony Court Orders Book 197 p 70 grants of land to Richard Bourne 1661-73; Mayflower Desc XVI 179, 80). Richard Bourne had many interests but his work with the Indians is probably the most outstanding. One historian states the continued peace with the Indians was due even more to his efforts than to the military forces of Gov Bradford. He learned the Indian language & began his work about 1658. He was the chief missionary on the Cape. He seems to have had general oversight of the Indians from Middleborough to Provincetown. He was an indefatigable & devoted missionary to the Indians of Cape Cod, many of whom he Chris­ tianized to such an extent that about 1666 Mr Bourne's labours at­ tracted the notice of the public very generally.