Melatiah BOURNE (Hon.)

Father: Shearjashub BOURNE
Mother: Bathsheba SKIFFE

Family 1: Desire CHIPMAN

(1) Source: Vital Records of the Towns of Barnstable and Sandwich via Ancestry.com.

  1. Sylvanus BOURNE
  2. Richard BOURNE
  3. Samuel BOURNE
  4. Sarah BOURNE
  5. John BOURNE
  6. Shearjashub BOURNE
  7. Silas BOURNE
  8. Bathsheba BOURNE

Family 2: Abigail // (widow of Thomas SMITH)

(1) Source: Otis, Amos. Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Mass.] Families Volume I. Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, F.B. & F.P. Goss (the "Patriot Press"), 1888. Page 115. 
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                      _Richard BOURNE_|
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 _Shearjashub BOURNE_|
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|--Melatiah BOURNE
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|                     _James SKIFFE___|
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|_Bathsheba SKIFFE___|
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Notes

Updated January 12, 2026. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records via Ancestry.com: Sandwich

"Meletiah BOURNE son of Shearjashub BOURNE was born January 12th 1673"

(2) Mayflower Marriages via Ancestry.com: John HOWLAND Family

"Desire CHIPMAN-3 and Melatiah BOURNE, 23 Feb. 1692/93, Sandwich (MD 29:70)"

(3) Vital Records of the Towns of Barnstable and Sandwich via Ancestry.com: Sandwich

"Melatiah BOURNE and Desier CHIPMAN both of Sandwich wer maryed by Stephen SKEFFE Esq. Just peace the 23rd day of February Anno 1692/3"

(4) U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast via Ancestry.com: Death (Outside Boston)

"BOURNE Melatiah, Hon. at Sandwich, formerly on his majesty's council, Nov. 24th, 1742, a. 68y. News-Let."

(5) Otis, Amos. Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Mass.] Families Volume I. Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, F.B. & F.P. Goss (the "Patriot Press"), 1888. Page 114-116, 161.

Page 114: "The children of Shearjashub BOURNE ['son of Richard' who married 'Bathsheba, daughter of James SKIFF, Esq.'], born in Sandwich were: I. Melatiah, born 12th Jan'y 1673-4, married Feb. 23, 1695-6, Desire CHIPMAN..."

Pages 115-116: "Hon. Melatiah BOURNE, oldest son of Shearjashub BOURNE, Esq., inherited his father's lands in Falmouth, but he settled in Sandwich. He was a distinguished man, held many responsible offices, and during the last years of his life was Judge of Probate for the County of Barnstable. He married Feb. 23, 1692-3, Desire, youngest daughter of Elder John CHIPMAN. She died March 28, 1705, and he married second, Abigail, widow of Thomas SMITH. In his will, dated 24th Sept. 1742, proved Feb. 15th following, he gives to the Sandwich Church £10, old tenor, 50 shillings lawful money. He names his wife Abigail, her sons Samuel and John SMITH, her daughter Rebecca, Mary and Isaac, children of her son Shubael, deceased, and her grandson, Doctor Thomas SMITH, to all whom he gave legacies. He gave his cain to his eldest grandson, Melatiah, and his clock to his son Silas. Names his son Sylvanus; gave to his son John and grandson Joseph, his lands in Falmouth. He gave legacies to his daughter Bathsheba RUGGLES and to each of the children she had by her late husband, William NEWCOMB. He orders his negro man Nero to be manumitted. Children of Hon. Melatiah BOURNE: I. Sylvanus, Sept. 10, 1694, married Mercy GORHAM, March 20, 1718. II. Richard, Aug. 13, 1695, died in Falmouth, 1738. III. Samuel, Feb. 7, 1697; died young. IV. Sarah, Feb. 7, 1697; died young. V. John, March 10, 1698, married March 16, 1772, Mary HINCKLEY. VI. Shearjashub, Dec. 21, 1699, married four wives. VII. Silas, Dec. 10, 1701, married --- ALLEN. VIII. Bathsheba, Nov. 11, 1703, married William NEWCOMB; second, Timothy RUGGLES, 1736."

Page 115 (footnote): "His house is yet remaining in Sandwich; it was most substantially built. The clapboards on the walls were shaved from cedars about an inch in thickness, and nailed with wrought nails. They are now tight and as good as new."

(6) Find a Grave

- Name: Col Melatiah BOURNE
- Birth: 12 Jan 1673; Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
- Death: 24 Nov 1742 (aged 69); Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
- Burial: Old Town Cemetery; Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
- Memorial ID: 16585667