Pane-Joyce Genealogy
Thankful Otis (26755) & Job Otis (28579)
45745. Job Otis. Born on 31 May 1730 in Hanover, MA.486 Job was baptized in First Congegational Church of Hanover, on 14 Jun 1730.446

“Job Otis Son of Job otis and Thankful his wife was born the 31st day of May: first day of the weak att 9 o’clock in the morning in the year 1730”486
45746. Mercy Otis. Born on 15 Mar 1731 in Hanover, MA.486 At the age of 1, Mercy was baptized in First Congegational Church of Hanover, on 26 Mar 1732.446

“Marcy Otis Daughter to Job otis and Thankful was Born the 15 of March 1731”486

Daughter Mercy Curtis was named in Job Otis’s will.
Mercy married Curtis.
45747. Samuel Otis. Born on 15 Dec 1733 in Hanover, MA.486 Samuel was baptized in First Congegational Church of Hanover, on 23 Dec 1733.446 Samuel died bef 1781.

“Samuel Otis Son of Job Otis and Thankful his wife was born the fifteenth Day of December in the year 1733”486

His name may have been Lemuel as that’s what’s transcribed on the baptism record.446

Samuel was not mentioned in his father’s will and probably had died young.
45748. Thankful Otis. Born on 15 Jul 1735 in Hanover, MA.486 Thankful died in Scituate, MA, on 21 May 1826; she was 90. Buried in South Parish Cemetery, Norwell.

“Thankful Otis Daughter to Job otis and Thankful was Born 15th Day of July 1735”486

Ignatius and Thankful were first cousins since Ignatius’s father, Ensign, and Thankful’s mother, Thankful Otis, were both children of Stephen Otis; but they were also second cousins since Thankful’s father, Job was a nephew of Stephen.

Children of Ignatius and Thankful, born in Scituate: Amos 1758, Oliver bp 1760, Fanny bp 1763 (d. umarried 1834), Mary bp 1767, Oliver bp 1768, Deborah bp 1770, Lydia bp 1772, and Job bp 1779.52
Thankful married Ignatius Otis (45730) , son of Lieut. Ensign Otis (26751) (29 Jan 1691-Nov 1774) & Hannah. Born on 2 Feb 1731 in Scituate, MA.52 At the age of 1, Ignatius was baptized in First Parish Church of Scituate, on 30 Jul 1732.52 Ignatius died in Scituate, MA, on 21 Jan 1802; he was 70.52 Buried in South Parish Cemetery, Norwell.

From William A. Otis’s Memoir of the Otis Family:168
    The residence of Ignatius and Thankful was near Halifax Hill [now Otis hill] in Scituate. He was a warm whig, and took an active part in the Revolution; thereby losing his property and his reason. He remained insane until his death. He was one of the members of the Committee of Inspection of Scituate during the Revolution.

Ignatius was an ardent Whig and very active in the Revolutionary cause.42

Ignatius died in his 70th year.52
Their children include:
57763i.
Amos Otis (Died soon) (ca 1758-)
57764ii.
Oliver Otis (Died soon) (ca 1760-)
57765iii.
Thankful Otis (1761-23 Mar 1821)
57766iv.
Fanny Otis (Died unmarried) (ca 1763-7 Apr 1834)
57767v.
Amos Otis (25 Jun 1765-)
57768vi.
Mary Otis (ca 1767-)
57769vii.
Oliver Otis (ca 1768-)
57770viii.
Deborah Otis (ca 1770-)
57771ix.
Lydia Otis (ca 1772-)
57772x.
Job Otis (Died unmarried) (ca 1779-15 Oct 1842)
45749. Betty Otis. Born on 2 Sep 1737 in Hanover, MA.486

“Betty Otis Daughter to Job otis and Thankful was Bourn 2d Day of September 1737”486

Daughter Betty Sutton was named in Job Otis’s will.
Betty married Sutton.
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