Person:John Hallett (2)

Deane and Savage both call John brother to Andrew Hallett of Sandwich. Savage assumed that meant he was the son of Andrew Hallett Sr. Hoogs follows this in assigning John as a son of Andrew Hallett Sr.

    Modern information suggests Andrew Hallett Jr. was related to Andrew Hallett Sr., but was the son of Andrew and Beatrix (Knote) Hallett of Symondsbury, Dorset, England.  If John is brother to Andrew Jr., this would be his ancestry also.  
    John Hallett (early written Hollet) was one of the Conihassett partners in 1646.  His house stood at the harbour.  He was an extensive landholder; Hollet's island, near "the stepping stones," retained his name when Deane wrote in 1831.  John had lands assigned to him in Scituate in 1668.  
    Deane says that John "was probably at Yarmouth in 1650" when his son John was born there.  Andrew Hallett Jr. had a son John born at Yarmouth in 1650, and Deane is probably confused on this.
    His will is dated 30 August 1669, proved 7 January 1674 (published in Mayflower Descendant). It names wife Ann, son-in-law Richard Curtis, and Curtis grandchildren Hannah, John, Thomas, Mary, Martha, Elizabeth, Doe, Deborah, and Sarah.
    John's descendants settled at Cape Cod and at Boston.

1. ↑ Deane, Samuel. History of Scituate [Massachusetts]. (Boston: J. Loring, 1831)
   277.
2. ↑ Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
   2:340.
3. ↑ Cynthia Tryon Hoogs. Descendants of Andrew Hallett Jr. of Yarmouth, Massachusetts. (Great Barrington MA: March 1985)
   pp. 164-165.