Person:Joseph Hatch (1)

According to Pack - Joseph was probably born at the West Barnstable home shortly before Jonathan Hatch removed to his estate on "ye South Sea" and presumably was baptized in the historic first Meeting House which stood on Lothrop Hill. He was 6 or 7 when his parents removed to Falmouth, then called Succannessett.^[5]

In 1675-76, when 21, he became a soldier in King Philip's War. Dec 10, 1675, when the MA Colony soldiers were mustered to march against the Narraganset Fort, a proclamation was issued by the Governor that if the fort was taken and the enemy driven out of the Narraganset coutry, they should have a gratuity of land besides their wages.^[10] 52 years later, 1728, the General Assembly of the Province took steps to redeem this promise and "passed a Resolve for granting two Tracts for Townships of the contents of Six Miles square each to the persons whether Officers or soldiers who were in the service of their country in the Narraganset Was. The legal representatives of those that were deceased were to send in names. From Falmouth there were but two names, Joseph Hatch and Philip Dexter both reported alive.

Joseph Hatch received his grant in Narraganset township No. 3 now incorporated as Amherst, New Hampshire. It originally embraced parts of the towns of Merrimack, Mt. Vernon and Milford and was in MA until 1741 when it was found to fall within the province of NH. The tract lay on the south side of the Souhegan River and contained 24,457 Acres. ^[11] The grantees were obligated to settle families and a learned Orthodox minister within 7 yeears or forfeit their rights.

Isaac Robinson, pioneer neighbor of Jonathan Hatch in Falmouth, moved to Marthas Vineyeard and established his home at West Tisbury. The two families maintained close association so it became home ground to the sons of Jonathan Hatch. The of them found their wives there.

Jonathan was married in Barnstable and lived there till about 1653, when he moved to South Sea Island and resided there till early in 1661, when he and 14 others purchased a tract of land in Falmouth.

Jonathan was a large land holder and prominent in the administration of the town. Upon the death of his father in 1710 Joseph Hatch inherited the paternal homestead, and he added to it, creating a large estate.

According to Pack, Joseph was a farmer and held office of tythingman, fence viewer. He was Lt. of Falmouth militia and constable. All Joseph's children but Lydia and Ebenezer setled in state of CT. Because his children all moved to Connecticut before his death, his property was divided at their removal.

Leonard K. Hatch writing in 1850 "Brief Historical Sketch of Joseph Hatch says - Joseph was a farmer and a man of considerable property. He was of the same religious sect as his father and like him is said to have been a man of sound sense and exemplary piety. In his person he is said to have been robust and hardy and regular and temperate in his havits. He was distinguished for his military valor and skill in the wars with the Indians, no party of his neighbors venturing on a hazardous expedition without him. It is said in the use of the rifle he was never excelled. As an instance, however incredible it may seem, he could level with such precision as to split an apple at the sidtance of twenty rods. It seems it was a part of a training day's exercise in those times to fire at a mark for a prize in the presence of the whole assembled village. He left 10 children 4 sons and six daughters.

It is thought that Joseph Hatch of Falmouth, who possessed land in Tolland may have made CT this home sometime between the death of his wife Amy Allen Hatch in Feb 1709-10 and his own death (back in Falmouth) in 1735.

In 1728 when he was appointed on this Tolland comittee Capt Joseph Hatch of Falmouth was a man of influence, of large interests and ripe in years, being then 74. Six of his sons and daughters were married and established in their own Tolland homes. His son Capt. Joseph of Tolland was 38 had a son Joseph a lad under 13, while another son Ichabod also had a son Joseph, called in later years Joseph 3rd, then only 9. There was therfore no necessity of distinguishing on the public records Capt. Joseph Hatch of Tolland as Senior, and it is clear the Cap Joseph Hatch Senior was his father Joseph the first of Falmouth.

There is no will on record; it may have burned in 1825 at Barnstable.

1. ↑ Barnstable Town Clerk's records Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families - Otis Pack says 1728. The other two say 1721.
2. ↑ Hamblen, David transcriber. Barnstable County first settlers. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, 19--).
3. ↑ Falmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Falmouth, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Warwick, Rhode Island: Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Rhode Island, 1976).
4. ↑ Falmouth Historical Society. Old Burying Ground p. 7 1903.
5. ↑ Pack, Charles Lathrop. Thomas Hatch of Barnstable Some of his Descendants: the descent of Alice Gertrude Hatch and her husband, Charles Lathrop Pack, from Thomas Hatch and allied families. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Newark, NJ : The Society of Colonial Wars in the State of New Jersey, 1930, 1979).
6.   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)
   2:375.

   "JONATHAN, Barnstable, only s. of Thomas, b. at Sandwich. Eng. may have been at Salem 1640, m. 11 Apr. 1646, Sarah Rowley, had Mary, b. 14 July 1648; Thomas, 1 Jan. 1650; Jonathan, 17 May 1652; Joseph, 7 Mar. 1654; Benjamin, 7 Sept. 1655; Nathaniel, 5 June 1657; Samuel, 11 Oct. 1659; Moses, 4 Mar. 1662, or 7 Mar. 1663; and Sarah, 21 or 23 Mar. 1665; Mark, 27 Apr. 1667; and Lydia, 16 May 1669, the last four at Yarmouth. He built, bef. 1666, it is said, ho. in what is now Falmouth where his eighth ch. Moses was b. by Falmouth, rec. 23 Mar. 1665."

7.   Joseph Hatch, in Find A Grave.
8. ↑ Joseph Hatch's buriel stone inscribed: "Here lyes the body of Mr. Joseph Hatch Aged 83 years Dec'd Feb'ry ye 16th 1735/1736"
9. ↑ He was a soldier in King Philip's in 1675-6.
   He was lieutenant of the militiary company in 1702 and afterwards captain.
10. ↑ Bodge, King Philip's War page 406.
11. ↑ Bodge King Philip's War page 408.