Pane-Joyce Genealogy
Family of John Otis (1826) & Margaret [Otis]

6577. Alicia Otis. Born ca 1604 in Glastonbury, Eng. Alicia was baptized on 23 Jun 1604.223 Alicia died aft 1657.

6578. Joan Otis. Born ca 1610 in Glastonbury, Eng. Joan was baptized on 13 Dec 1610.223 Joan died in 1611. Buried on 22 Dec 1611.223

6579. Joan Otis. Born ca 1612 in Glastonbury, Eng. Joan was baptized on 1 Dec 1612.223 Joan died aft 1657.

(Joan, metnioned in her father’s will as Ann.223)

6580. Elizabeth Otis. Born ca 1614 in Glastonbury, Eng. Elizabeth was baptized on 12 Nov 1614.223 Elizabeth died in 1615. Buried in Mar 1615.223

6581. Richard Otis. Born ca 1616 in Glastonbury, Eng. Richard was baptized on 27 Feb 1617.223,2

Apparently died young, as no mention is made of him in his father’s will, or in the colonial records as far as known.223

6582. Hannah Otis. Born ca 1618 in Glastonbury, Eng. Hannah was baptized on 16 Aug 1618.223 Hannah died on 25 Jan 1675/6 in Hingham, MA.33

Hannah came to New England with her parents in 1630.223

ca 1642 Hannah married Thomas Gill in Hingham, MA.223 Born ca 1616 in England.33 Thomas died on 24 Feb 1704/5 in Hingham, MA.33

Thomas Gill “was one of the early settlers of Hing. and the ancestor of all who have borne the surname in this town [Hingham]. He prob. came here at or ab. the time Rev. Peter Hobart and his company arrived, as he had a house-lot of five acres granted him the same yr., 1635, which was located on or near what is now the corner of main and South Sts. He also had grants of land at Broad Cove, at Pleasant Hill, etc. ... Constable in 1668; selectman 1645, 1646, 1684, and 1690. On May 4, 1650, his house was destroyed by fire. He afts. resided on North St., near Hobart’s Bridge.”33

Various parents have been proposed for Thomas Gill:
    i. John and Phyllis (Bennett) Gill, who married 12 Nov 1607 at St. Andrew, Plymouth, Devonshire.
    ii. Ralph and Ann (Heneage) Gill, where Ann was bp. 10 Oct 1579 at St. Catherine, Colman, London.
    iii. Thomas Gyll of London and of Glastonbury, Somerset.

Their children include:
17141 i. Mary Gill (ca 1643/4-17 Jun 1701)
17142 ii. Sarah Gill (ca 1643/4-)
17143 iii. Hannah Gill (10 Nov 1645-27 Feb 1722)
17144 iv. Elizabeth Gill (ca 1647-8 May 1693)
17145 v. Lieut. Thomas Gill (8 Mar 1648/9-3 Sep 1725)
17146 vi. John Gill (Died young) (8 Apr 1651-23 May 1659)
17147 vii. Deborah Gill (8 May 1653-16 Apr 1727)
17148 viii. Samuel Gill (10 Dec 1655-29 Mar 1730)
17149 ix. Nathaniel Gill (Died soon) (7 Feb 1657/8-1 Mar 1658)
17150 x. John Gill (Died soon) (14 Apr 1660-26 Sep 1660)
17151 xi. Rachel Gill (3 Oct 1661-5 Apr 1715)

6583. John Otis. Born ca 1621 in Glastonbury, Eng. John was baptized in Glastonbury, Eng., on 14 Jan 1622.223,2 John died on 16 Jan 1684 in Scituate, MA.2

When John was “about ten years old the family emigrated to new England, and his father settled at Hingham. The family residence was at ‘Otis Hill,’ where John lived until after his parents’ death. In 1668 he, or at least a John Otis, is mentioned on the Hingham records as being a landholder; it is also recorded that he took the oath of fidelity there in 1662; although in 1661 he had moved to Scituate. There he bought of Deacon Thomas Robinson the house on the south of Coleman Hill, formerly the residence of Gen. Cudworth, and resided there. In 1663, according to thte records, he bought for 69 pounds a certain portion of another property from Mr. Hatherly. In 1678 he went to Barnstable and settled a land called Otis farm, opposite to Hinkley Lane, near the Marshes, West Parish. There he left his son John, and returned to Scituate, where he died.

“His monument was in the old burying ground. ‘Meeting House Lane,’ one mile south of the harbor, and in 1845, although broken and defaced, ws still legible. His will, dated Scituate 1683, gives to his eldest daughter, Mary, the wife of John Gorham, and daughter of Hannah and Elizabeth 50 pounds each; houses and lands at Hingham and Barnstable to John, Stephen, James, and Job; to Joseph and Job house and lands in Sciutate after after his mother’s decease. He is said to have been in King Philip’s War.

“John seems to have been of a rather pugnacious disposition and not easily amenable to the strict laws of the Puritans, so that one finds frequent references in the old records to his various legal troubles...”223

"John, whose posterity is very numerous, married Mary, daughter of Nicholas Jacob of HIngham, 1653. In 1661, he settled in Scituate, on the south of Colman's hills. In 1678, he went to Barnstable, and took ujp 'the Otis farm,' near Hinckley lane. He left at Barnstable his eldest son John, and returned and deceased in Scituate 1683. His monument is in 'the old burying ground in Meeting-house lane': it is broken and defaced, but legible at this time.

"In his will, dated at Scituate, 1683, he gives 'To eldest daughter Mary, (wife of John Gowin), and daughters Hannah and Elizabeth 50 pounds each. Houses and lands at Hingham and Barnstable, to John, Stephen, James and Job. To Joseph house and lands in Scituate, after his mother's decease.'"6

“In 1655, in accordance with a promise made to him at the time of his marriage in 1649, his father conveyed to him all of his real estate in Hingham, includeing the home on North Street. John Otis and his family resided there until 1661, when he purchased from Deacon Thomas Robinson a house, formerly that of Gen. James Cudworth (his second home in Scituate), on the south side of Colman hills in Scituate, and here he removed from Hingham. The site of this house is now [1938] covered by the railroad track of the Scituate Sand and Gravel Company.”7

ca 1649 John married Mary Jacob (4768) , daughter of Nicholas Jacob (ca 1604-5 Jun 1657) & Mary Gilman (1302) (ca 1605-15 Jun 1681), in Hingham, MA.5 Born ca 1632 in Hingham, Norfolk. Mary was baptized in Hingham, Norfolk, on 11 May 1632.5 Mary died aft 12 Jul 1699.

Their children include:
13730 i. Mary Otis (Died soon) (14 Jan 1653-bef 1654)
13731 ii. Mary Otis (14 Mar 1654-1 Apr 1733)
13732 iii. James Otis (Died soon) (1655-bef 1663)
13733 iv. Hon. John Otis (21 Sep 1657-23 Sep 1727)
13734 v. Hannah Otis (22 Mar 1659/60-)
13735 vi. Capt. Stephen Otis (1661-26 Aug 1733)
13736 vii. James Otis (1663-1690)
13737 viii. Hon. Joseph Otis (1665-11 Jun 1754)
13738 ix. Job Otis (20 Mar 1667-1758)
13739 x. Elizabeth Otis (1671-17 Jun 1748)

6584. Margaret Otis. Born ca 1619 in England. Margaret was baptized ca 1619.223 Margaret died on 21 Oct 1670 in Hingham, MA.223

ca 1640/1 Margaret married Edward Burton. Edward died bef 21 Oct 1670.5

Edward came to New England in 1632. His first residence was Charlestown, and he settled at Hingham in 1646.5

He was one of the signers of Dr. Child’s petition for ‘redress of wrongs and grievances in the Governmane,’ which William Vassall of Scitaute went to England to present in 1646.7

Their children include:
17152 i. Hannah Burton (ca 1641-)
17153 ii. Phoebe Burton (ca 1644-)
17154 iii. Ruth Burton (Died soon) (ca 1646-17 Aug 1647)
17155 iv. Sarah Burton (ca 1649-)

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