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(Buzzards Bay) (Monument Beach) (Pocasset) (Sagamore)

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Bourne, Massachusetts, USA - Bridge Street, Looking South

Bourne, Barnstable, MA

Bourne was first settled in 1640 as a part of the town of Sandwich. It was officially incorporated in 1884, the last town to be incorporated in Barnstable County. It was named for Jonathan Bourne Sr. (1811-1889), whose ancestor Richard Bourne represented Sandwich in the first Massachusetts General Court and was the first preacher to the Mashpee Wampanoag on Cape Cod. kids.kiddle.co

Bourne includes: Head of the Bay, Monument Beach, North Pocasset, Pocasset, Saconeesett, Sagamore, Sagamore Beach, South Pocasset, Wennamet Neck, Wing's Neck, Buzzard's Bay, Canaumet (Cataumet), and Gray Gables Station.
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Bridge Street, Looking South

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Monument River, Bourne, Mass.

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male ancestorHerman S. HINES (1800, Middleborough, Massachusetts, USA (Middleboro) - 16 April 1895, Bourne, Massachusetts, USA (Buzzards Bay) (Monument Beach) (Pocasset) (Sagamore))
photo of Marcelline LEBELMarcelline LEBEL (29 December 1847, L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte) - 18 July 1926, Bourne, Massachusetts, USA (Buzzards Bay) (Monument Beach) (Pocasset) (Sagamore))
male ancestorCharles F SWIFT (1855, Bourne, Massachusetts, USA (Buzzards Bay) (Monument Beach) (Pocasset) (Sagamore) - 28 October 1887, Ware, Massachusetts, USA)
female ancestorHarriet Augusta BENNETT (15 March 1861, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA - 1 January 1944, Bourne, Massachusetts, USA (Buzzards Bay) (Monument Beach) (Pocasset) (Sagamore))
female ancestorCarrie Eva PHINNEY (1867, Bourne, Massachusetts, USA (Buzzards Bay) (Monument Beach) (Pocasset) (Sagamore) - 1939, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville))
male ancestorFrancis Herbert DUNBAR (7 April 1873, East Providence, Rhode Island, USA (Watchemoket) (Rumford) - 11 June 1964, Bourne, Massachusetts, USA (Buzzards Bay) (Monument Beach) (Pocasset) (Sagamore))
male ancestorRobert W BORROWS (3 August 1880, Raynham, Massachusetts, USA - 1960, Bourne, Massachusetts, USA (Buzzards Bay) (Monument Beach) (Pocasset) (Sagamore))
male ancestorLester Howard ALLEN (September 1888, Bourne, Massachusetts, USA (Buzzards Bay) (Monument Beach) (Pocasset) (Sagamore) - 12 November 1910, Middleborough, Massachusetts, USA (Middleboro))
female ancestorElva W AMES (3 October 1888, Bourne, Massachusetts, USA (Buzzards Bay) (Monument Beach) (Pocasset) (Sagamore) - March 1984, Bourne, Massachusetts, USA (Buzzards Bay) (Monument Beach) (Pocasset) (Sagamore))
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