My 8x great grandfather John Barrett is the subject of Week 45 in the 2015 52 Ancestors in 52
Weeks Challenge. I haven't found much about him as yet. I know from what I've found about
his father that John was born in England before emigrating with his parents to Braintree, Ma.
The rest of what I know is from this brief sketch by William Richard Cutter:
(II) Lieutenant John Barrett, son of Thomas Barrett, was a comparatively large proprietor of lands. In 1659 he had a grant of land in Chelmsford, where he settled after his marriage, and he received several grants or divisions of common lands later. He served as tithingman and lieutenant. He was a mill owner. He and his wife Sarah deeded land in 1698 to their son-in-law, Nathaniel Collar. He died May 19, 1706. Children, first two born in Braintree, others in Chelmsford: John; Jonathan, mentioned below; Lydia, born September 22, 1659; Samuel, June 16, 1661; Mary, March 13, 1663; Margaret, November 10, 1667, died February, 1681; Joseph; Sarah, married Ambrose Swallow. p924
New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation, Volume 2 Lewis historical publishing Company, New York, New York 1913
I haven't been able to find anything else except that some genealogies say his wife's maiden name was Bates.
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