Bourne / Richards / Gayhart Family History:Information about Richard Bourne
Richard Bourne (b. 1610, d. 18 Sep 1682)
Notes for Richard Bourne:
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"The Orginal List of Persons of Quality" (1962 addition) shows that Richard Borne(sis) age 24, and Thomas Borne age 22, appears upon a list of persons, dated January 1634, to be transported to St Christophers and Barbadoes.
Passengers embarking from the Port of London on the Bonaventure bound to Barbados and St. ChristophersIslands
Richard Bourne had many interests but his work with the Indians is probably the most outstanding. The continued peace with the Indians was due more to his efforts than to the military forces. He learned the Indian language and began his work about 1658. He was ordained pastor of the Indian Church at Mashpee in 1670. Richard purchased at his own expense 16 square miles as a permanent home for the Mashpee Indians. He translated the Lords Prayer into the Indian language - copies are available at the Aptucxet Trading Post near Bourne. In 1919 Indians were still living on the land given them by Richard.
More About Richard Bourne:
Christening: 13 Jan 1610/11, Bobbingworth, Essex, England.
Immigration: 1634, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
More About Richard Bourne and Bathsheba Hallett:
Marriage: 1637, Barnstable, Yarmouth, Massachusetts.
Children of Richard Bourne and Bathsheba Hallett are:
- Job Bourne, b. 1639, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, d. Feb 1676/77, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
- +Elisha Bourne, b. 1641, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, d. 01 Mar 1701/02, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts.
- Sheanashub Bourne, b. 21 Apr 1643, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, d. 07 Mar 1717/18, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts.
- Ezra Bourne, b. 12 May 1648, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, d. 31 Dec 1682, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts.