Pane-Joyce Genealogy
Hon. John Otis (12018) & Mercy Bacon
28557. Mary Otis. Born on 10 Dec 1685 in Hingham, MA.45 Mary died bef Nov 1732.
Ca 1704 Mary married Capt. Isaac Little (23787) , son of Lieut. Isaac Little (9069) (ca 1646-24 Nov 1699) & Bethiah Thomas (ca 1650-23 Sep 1718). Born on 21 Feb 1677 in Marshfield, MA.60 At the age of 23, Isaac was baptized in Marshfield, MA, on 24 Mar 1700.188 Isaac died in Pembroke, MA, on 2 Feb 1758; he was 80.2

Isaac first married Mary Otis, second Abigail (Cushing) Thomas, widow of Isaac Thomas.

As early as 1708, Isaac had acquired a large interest in the furnace at Furnace Pond, Pembroke (then Duxbury), established in 1702 by Lambert Despard. He removed to Pembroke in the summer of 1726, and lived on the estate of his father-in-law, Joshua Cushing. This property has been known as the ‘Little Estate,’ and remained in possession of Isaac’s descendants for several generations.42
Their children include:
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Mary Little (9 Sep 1704-4 Dec 1772)
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Isaac Little (Died soon) (3 Apr 1710-3 Apr 1710)
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Otis Little (29 Jan 1711-)
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Mercy Little (Died young) (28 Apr 1716-13 Jul 1723)
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Nathaniel Little (20 Aug 1722-aft 3 Apr 1795)
28558. John Otis Esq. Born on 14 Jan 1687 in Barnstable, MA.168 John died on 4 May 1758; he was 71.168 Education: Harvard 1707.168

John was representative from Barnstable, and member of ‘His Majesty’s Honorable Council’ from 1747 until his death. He was king’s attorney.168
On 13 Dec 1711 when John was 24, he married Grace Hayman, daughter of Capt. Nathan Hayman (17 Jan 1656/7-27 Jul 1689) & Elizabeth Allen (20 Jan1653/4-), in Barnstable, MA.168 Born 31 Jan 1684/5. Grace was baptized on 19 Apr 1685.25

Grace, of Bristol RI.168
Their children include:
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John Otis (27 Apr 1713/4-1792)
28559. Nathaniel Otis. Born on 28 May 1690 in Barnstable, MA.168 Nathaniel died in Sandwich, MA in Dec 1739.168

Nathaniel settled at Sandwich, where he married Abigail. He was Register of Probage for Barnstable Co. for many years.168
On 21 Dec 1710 when Nathaniel was 20, he married Abigail Russell, daughter of Rev. Jonathan Russell (18 Sep 1655-21 Feb 1710/1) & Martha Moody (ca 1660-28 Sep 1729), in Sandwich, MA.168 Born on 2 Oct 1687 in Barnstable, MA.168 Abigail died in Mansfield, CT, on 20 Mar 1774; she was 86.168

From William A. Otis’s Memoir of the Otis Family:168
    Abigail ‘was in every way a woman of merit and excellence, of exceedingly good natural abilities, very inquisitive, possessed of natural dignity and respectability, and was a person of very considerable reading and extensive observation. She had all along in life been much conversant with ministers, gentlemen of the court, and persons of the first respectability. She was ever learning and imbibing something profitable, and took singular delight in the conversation of instructive characters.’ After her husband’s death she resided at Newport with her son, and died at the house of her son-in-law, Edmund Freeman, in Mansfield Co.
Their children include:
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Abigail Otis (Died soon) (19 Aug 1712-3 Nov 1712)
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Abigail Otis (10 Dec 1713-)
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Nathaniel Otis (Died soon) (16 Apr 1716-6 Sep 1716)
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Martha Otis (11 Dec 1717-22 Jan 1790)
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Nathaniel Otis (8 Sep 1720-1740)
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Maj. Jonathan Otis (30 Apr 1723-16 Oct 1795)
28560. Mercy Otis. Born on 15 Oct 1693 in Barnstable, MA.168 Mercy died in Barnstable, MA, on 23 May 1750; she was 56.

Mercy, also called Mary, Otis.
On 26 Dec 1715 when Mercy was 22, she married Rev. Jonathan Russell, son of Rev. Jonathan Russell (18 Sep 1655-21 Feb 1710/1) & Martha Moody (ca 1660-28 Sep 1729). Born 24 Feb 1689/90 in Barnstable, MA. Jonathan was baptized in Barnstable, MA, on 16 Mar 1690. Jonathan died in Barnstable, MA on 10 Sep 1759. Education: Yale 1708.

Jonathan, pastor of the Barnstable church.168
28561. Solomon Otis. Born on 13 Oct 1696 in Barnstable, MA.168 Solomon died in Barnstable, MA, on 2 Jan 1778; he was 81.168 Education: Harvard 1717.168

Solomon held numerous offices such as Register of Deeds, County Treasurer, Special Justice of Peace for the county, etc.168
On 4 May 1724 when Solomon was 27, he married Jane Turner (23214) , daughter of Col. Amos Turner Esq. (8752) (ca 1671-13 Apr 1739) & Mary Hyland (11310) (15 May 1667-5 Nov 1729). Born on 4 May 1697 in Scituate, MA.52 At the age of 12, Jane was baptized in First Parish Church of Scituate, on 10 Jul 1709.52 Jane died in Barnstable, MA, on 18 Nov 1772; she was 75.168

Children of Solomon and Jane (Turner) Otis:168
    i. Jane Otis, b. 10 Dec 1725, d. age 10;
    ii. Mary Otis, b. 29 Aug 1727, d. 15 Oct 1730;
    iii. John Otis, b. 24 Sep 1729, d. young;
    iv. Mercy Otis, b. 18 Jan 1731, d. 17 Mar 1731;
    v. Solomon Otis, b. 1 Jan 1732, m. Susanna Davis, d. May 1788;
    vi. Mercy Otis, b. 18 Jan 1735/6, m. 16 Dec 1762 Adino Hinckley; and
    vii. Amos Otis, b. 14 Jun 1737, d. 6 Dec 1771, m. 7 Nov 1767 Catherine Delap (b. 3 Sep 1743).
28562. Col. James Otis Esq. Born on 14 Jun 1702 in Barnstable, MA.168 James died in Barnstable, MA, on 9 Nov 1778; he was 76.168

From William A. Otis’s Memoir of the Otis Family:168
    Mr. Otis rose to be a man of great distinction and influence, of superior genius, but more indebted to the native energy of his mind than to a regular education, for the acquirements he possessed. The simplicity of the life and times is shouwn by the fact that accidental circumstances led him to engage in the legal profession. On one occasion when he was at Court in Barnstable, a neighbor, who had a case pending, was unprovided with counsel, and solicited his aid. He consented to act, and managed the case with such ability as to receive the strong encomiums of the court, and appreciative friends induced him to study for the profession of the law, in which he soon acquired a commanding position. His study of the principles of law, as connected with politicl institutions, had prepared him for a clear perception of the effects that would have resulted from the execution of the ministerial plans agains the colonies, and he ardently engaged in asserting their rights. He was elected a member of the provincial legislature in 1758, made Speaker of the House in 1760, and continued in that office for two years, when he was negatived by Gov. Bernard.
    He was, among his other positions, also Colonel of the militia. A document is given in ‘Barstable Families,’ Vol. II. pg. 42, ordering a troop of horse in the County of Barnstable, Aug. 14, 1757, to which his name is signed as ‘Coll’n of st. Regiment.’
    In 1763 he was appointed Judge of Probate for Barnstable county, and Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, Feb. 1764, and he continued at the head of that court until the Revolution. The same year he was again chosen Speaker of the House, and also one of his Majesty’s Council, but was negatived by the Governor, owing to his opposition to the measures of teh government. HE was elected into the Council every succeeding yer, and was negatived ass regularly as chosen, until 1770, when Lieut. Col. Hutchinson approbated the choiser. Mr. Otis sat at the Council board during the first years of the war; he was president and oldest member of that body. From the departure of Gage and the adoption of the state constitution, he exercised during that period the functions of chief executive magistrate of Mass.
    He served on many committees of the legislature during the period from 1760-1775, which reported some of the most remarkable of those sincere and masterly state papers which were produced during the period preceding the epoch of the American Revolution. His name has been frequently mentioned in terms of high esteem, as a compeer with Adams, Quincy and Hancock.
Ca 1722 James married Mary Allyn (25621) , daughter of Joseph Allyn (18290) (7 Apr 1671-bef Apr 1742) & Mary Doty (10061) (9 Jul 1671-bef 6 Apr 1742), in Wethersfield, CT. Born on 10 Nov 1702 in Plymouth, MA.63 Mary died bef 21 Apr 1774.

Mary Allyn, of Wethersfield, CT, was born in 1702 in the ancient Alleyne house at Plymouth, which stood on Cole’s Hill, where the Universalist Church is now (1936) standing.42

Children of James and Mary (Allyn) Otis, born at Barnstable:
    i. James Otis, b. 5 Feb 1724/5, d. 23 May 1783 at Andover, MA, m. ca 1755 Ruth Cunningham (b. Jun 1729 at Boston, d. there 6 Nov 1789);
    ii. Joseph Otis, b. 6 Mar 1725/6, d. 23 Sep 1819 at West Barnstable, MA, m.1st at Boston 1 Nov 1753 Rebecca Sturgis (b. 12 May 1735 at Barnstable, dau. of John & Abigail (Allyn) Sturgis), m. 2nd at Roxbury, MA, 22 Feb 1770 Maria Walter (b. 19 Mar 1742/3 at Roxbury, d. 19 Sep 1826);
    iii. Mercy Otis, b. 14 Sep 1728, d. 19 Oct 1814 at Plymouth, m. there 14 Nov 1754 James Warren (b. 28 Sep 1726 at Plymouth, d. there 28 Nov 1808, son of James and Penelope (Winslow) Warren);
    iv. Mary Otis, b. 9 Sep 1730, d. 5 Nov 1763 at Boston, MA, m. there 1761 John Gray;
    v. Nathaniel Otis, b. 9 Jul 1732, d. 13 Jan 1735/6;
    vi. Hannah Otis, b. 31 Jul 1734, d. after 21 Apr 1774;
    vii. Martha Otis, b. 9 Oct 1736, d. 25 Nov 1736;
    viii. Abigail Otis, b. 30 Jun 1738, d. 30 Jul 1738;
    ix. Elizabeth Otis, b. 1 Sep 1739;
    x. Samuel Allyn Otis, b. 24 Nov 1740, d. 22 Apr 1814 at Washington, DC, m. 1st at Boston 14 Nov 1764 Elizabeth Gray (d. 22 Jan 1779 at Boston, dau. of Harrison & Elizabeth (Lewis) Gray), m. 2nd at Boston 7 Mar 1782 Mary Smith (b. 28 Mar 1757 at Boston, dau. of Isaac & Elizabeth (Storer) Smith);
    xi. Sarah Otis, b. 11 Apr 1742, d. 5 May 17442; and
    xii. Nathaniel Otis, b. 9 Apr 1743, 30 Apr 1743.
Their children include:
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Hon. James Otis (2 Feb 1724/5-23 May 1783)
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