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Sunday, April 19, 2020

THE SHOT HEARD `ROUND THE WORLD

Today is the 245th Anniversary of the Battles of Lexington & Concord which
started the American Revolution on 19Apr 1775.

These are our colonial ancestors from our Dad's family lines for whom I have
so far been able to discover records that they took part in those battles and served in the
Revolution:

Jonathan Barker Jr. My 5x great grandfather
Was a Minuteman from Methuen Ma with rank of Sergeant.
He responded to Lexington and Concord with his sons
Served in Captain Samuel Johnson's Company in
Colonel Titcomb's Regiment for 2 months in 1777 in Rhode
Island and then with Nathaniel Gage's Company in Colonel
Jacob Gerrish's guards from Dec 1777 to l Apr 1778 guarding
the captured troops of General Burgoyne.

Jonathan Barker 3rd My 4x great grandfather
Enlisted on 19 Apr 1775 in Continental Army, Capt. John
Davis' Company, Col. James Frye's Regiment, in the
Massachusetts line for 8 months in Cambridge, Ma. At the
conclusion of the term, he reenlisted for another 3 months in
Capt John Allen's Company, Colonel John Waldron's Regiment,
General Sullivan's Brigade in the New Hampshire Brigade at
Charlestown, Ma. He then enlisted a third time in June 1778
at Methuen, Ma., joining Captain Samuel Carr's Company, Col.
James Weston's Regiment, in General Lerned's Brigade at
White Plains, N.Y. and serving for another 9 months.

John Ames My 5x great grandfather
Was a Minuteman under Capt. Asa Parker on April 19th,
1775. He then enlisted in the Continental Army under Captain
Oliver Parker, Col. William Prescott's Regiment and
in the Brigade that was commanded in turn by Generals
Putnam, Lee, and Washington and served for 8 1/2 months.

Asa Barrows My 4x great grandfather
A member of the militia from Middleborough , Ma. (south of
Boston) in the Company of Captain Joshua Benson, in Colonel
Cotton's Regiment, and General William Heath's Brigade for
8 months during the siege of Boston. In December 1776 he
joined a militia Company commanded by Captain Joshua
Perkins and marched to Barrington, R.I. and was stationed
there for 6 weeks. In July 1780 he again enlisted, this time
in a militia company commanded by Captain Perez Churchill
that marched to Tiverton, R.I. .

Moses Coburn My 4x great grandfather
Moses Coburn got into the War late and by reason of being
"hired by a certain class of men in the then town of Dunstable
to go into the Continental Army in the summer of 1781."
When he reached Phillipsburgh in New York he was placed in
Captain Benjamin Pike's Company, in the Regiment of the
Massachusetts line commanded by Lt. Colonel Calvin Smith in
which he served for nearly two years until it was broken up.
He then transferred to the Company of Judah Alden in the
Regiment commanded by Colonel Sprouts until his discharge
in 1783.

Samuel Haskell My 5x great grandfather
Samuel served in Captain Joseph Elliott's Company in Colonel
William Turner's Regiment and then under Captain Hezekiah
Whitney in Colonel Josiah Whitney's Regiment.

Amos Hastings My 5x great grandfather
Amos responded to the Lexington Alarm as part of
Captain Richard Ayer's Company and Colonel William
Johnson's Regiment. He later served in Captain Timothy
Eaton's Company in Colonel Edward Wigglesworth's Regiment
and was at the taking of the British General Burgoyne at
Ticonderoga.

Elisha Houghton 5x great grandfather
Enlisted at Harvard Ma as a Private in May of 1777 in the
Massachusetts militia and was at the Battles of Bunker Hill
and Stillwater. He then enlisted for three years in the infantry
company commanded by Captain Joshua Brown in Colonel
Timothy Bigelow's 15th Regiment of the Massachusetts line.
and took part in the Battles of Monmouth and Newport and
was at Valley Forge. He twice was promoted to Sergeant and
twice was busted back down to the ranks.

Amos Upton My 5x great grandfather
Responded to the Lexington Alarm and marched there from
his home in Reading. He later joined the militia company
commanded by Captain Asa Prince as an orderly sergeant
and then enlisted for eight months in the Continental Army
under Colonel Mansfield. He was at the Battle of Bunker Hill.
He was discharged in October of 1775.

John Griffith My 5x great grandfather
Enlisted in 1781 as a Matross (he swabbed out the barrel of
the cannons after they fired, or so I've been told) in Captain
William Treadwell's Company in Colonel John Crane's
Artillery Regiment.

Reuben Packard My 5x great grandfather
A Sergeant in Captain Josiah Hayden's Company in Colonel
Bailey's militia. They marched to Lexington at news of the
Alarm. He also responded several more times as a Minuteman
for a total of nearly 8 months duty.

Jonathan Abbott My 5x great grandfather
Served as a Sergeant in the Militia under Captain Henry
Abbott and responded to the Lexington Alarm

Samuel Stowe My 5x great grandfather
Minuteman from Sherborn, Ma. Served in Capt. Benjamin Bullard's
Company in Col. Asa Whitcomb's 5th Massachusetts Bay
Provincial Regiment.

Besides those direct ancestors, these other relatives fought
in the Revolution:

Moses Barrows, brother to Asa Barrows.

Samuel, Jesse, and Benjamin Barker, sons of Jonathan
Barker, Jr. and brothers to Jonathan Barker 3rd.

James Swan, brother in law to Jonathan Barker.

Friday, April 19, 2019

THE SHOT HEARD `ROUND THE WORLD

Today is the 244th Anniversary of the Battles of Lexington & Concord which
started the American Revolution on 19Apr 1775. They were celebrated Monday in
Massachusetts on Patriots Day, the third Monday in April, when the Boston Marathon is run.

These are our colonial ancestors from our Dad's family lines for whom I have
so far been able to discover records that they took part in those battles and served in the
Revolution:

Jonathan Barker Jr. My 5x great grandfather
Was a Minuteman from Methuen Ma with rank of Sergeant.
He responded to Lexington and Concord with his sons
Served in Captain Samuel Johnson's Company in
Colonel Titcomb's Regiment for 2 months in 1777 in Rhode
Island and then with Nathaniel Gage's Company in Colonel
Jacob Gerrish's guards from Dec 1777 to l Apr 1778 guarding
the captured troops of General Burgoyne.

Jonathan Barker 3rd My 4x great grandfather
Enlisted on 19 Apr 1775 in Continental Army, Capt. John
Davis' Company, Col. James Frye's Regiment, in the
Massachusetts line for 8 months in Cambridge, Ma. At the
conclusion of the term, he reenlisted for another 3 months in
Capt John Allen's Company, Colonel John Waldron's Regiment,
General Sullivan's Brigade in the New Hampshire Brigade at
Charlestown, Ma. He then enlisted a third time in June 1778
at Methuen, Ma., joining Captain Samuel Carr's Company, Col.
James Weston's Regiment, in General Lerned's Brigade at
White Plains, N.Y. and serving for another 9 months.

Thursday, April 19, 2018

THE SHOT HEARD `ROUND THE WORLD

Today is the 243nd Anniversary of the Battles of Lexington & Concord which
started the American Revolution on 19Apr 1775. They were celebrated Monday in
Massachusetts on Patriots Day, the third Monday in April, when the Boston Marathon is run.

These are our colonial ancestors from our Dad's family lines for whom I have
so far been able to discover records that they took part in those battles and served in the
Revolution:

Jonathan Barker Jr. My 5x great grandfather
Was a Minuteman from Methuen Ma with rank of Sergeant.
He responded to Lexington and Concord with his sons
Served in Captain Samuel Johnson's Company in
Colonel Titcomb's Regiment for 2 months in 1777 in Rhode
Island and then with Nathaniel Gage's Company in Colonel
Jacob Gerrish's guards from Dec 1777 to l Apr 1778 guarding
the captured troops of General Burgoyne.

Jonathan Barker 3rd My 4x great grandfather
Enlisted on 19 Apr 1775 in Continental Army, Capt. John
Davis' Company, Col. James Frye's Regiment, in the
Massachusetts line for 8 months in Cambridge, Ma. At the
conclusion of the term, he reenlisted for another 3 months in
Capt John Allen's Company, Colonel John Waldron's Regiment,
General Sullivan's Brigade in the New Hampshire Brigade at
Charlestown, Ma. He then enlisted a third time in June 1778
at Methuen, Ma., joining Captain Samuel Carr's Company, Col.
James Weston's Regiment, in General Lerned's Brigade at
White Plains, N.Y. and serving for another 9 months.

Tuesday, February 27, 2018

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2018 WEEK 8:ASA BARROWS OF PARIS, ME. PT3

In my last post, Asa Barrows said in his statement he knew of no living witness that might
verify his service record.

On August 21, one stepped forward:

“I, Francis Sturtevant, of Paris in the county of Oxford in the
State of Maine, a pensioner of the United States, on oath declare,
that to my certain knowledge, Asa Barrows, of Hamlin’s Gore in
said county, inlisted into the army of the United States, in the
revolutionary war, on the continental establishment at Plymton,
in the county of Plymouth, State of Massachusetts, for the term
of eight months, in April 1775. The company in which he served
was commanded by Capt. Joshua Benson and the regiment was
commanded by Col. Cotton in the Massachusetts line-and was
stationed at Roxbury near Boston under the command of Gen.
Thomas-and I am satisfied that he faithfully served the term of
eight months.
Francis Sturtevant”

The signature, like Asa Barrows’, is larger, and a bit shaky looking in contrast to the
excellent penmanship of the statement. Below his signature is the following:

"State of Maine
County of Oxford s.s. August 21,1832. The above named
Francis Sturtevant, to me known as a man of truth, personally
appeared and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by
him subscribed-Before me-
Thomas Clark, Justice of the Peace."

A seal is affixed to the bottom left hand corner of the image:
(Image 13)

The next image is of the same page, but a smaller scrap of paper lies across the blank area under Thomas Clark’s signature:
STATE OF MAINE
__________
Oxford County, ss.
I, Rufus King Goodenow, Clerk of the Judicial Courts
in and for said County of Oxford, here by certify, that
Thomas Clark Esq. whose genuine signature is annexed
to the foregoing Deposition of Francis Sturtevant
is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county of
Oxford.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed my seal of office, this 28th day of August in the
year A.D. 1832.

R.K. Goodenow Clerk of Oxford
County Courts.

(image 12)

There follows another document. Most of it is preprinted but there is part of one sentence
crossed over:

“And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion,
after the investigation of the matter, ((start of crossed out
portion))and after putting the interrogatories
prescribed by the War Department, ((end of crossed out
portion)), that the above applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states. said applicant having
adduced the deposition of Francis Sturtevant, under oath,
duly administered, in corraboration of his own declaration.
Stephen Emery, Judge”

At the bottom of the page is another preprinted form.:

“I, Joseph G. Cole, Register(written over the crossed out word
“clerk”)of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that
the foregoing contains the original proceedings of
the said Court in the matter of the application of Asa
Barrows for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand
and seal of office this 28th day of August A.D. 1832.
Joseph G. Cole Register.”
(Image 7)

The following spring Asa made another appearance before Thomas Clark to claim his pension:

“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the
Peace and Notary Public, in and for the county of Oxford, Asa
Barrows, who being first duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that by
reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot
swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but
according to the best of his recollection he served not less than
the period mentioned below and all as a private soldier: viz: For
ten months: and for such service I claim a pension.
Asa Barrows

State of Maine, Oxford, ss, April 27, 1833. Then the above
named Asa Barrows made oath to the truth of the above affidavit
and subscribed the same in my presence, and I hereby certify
that he is a man of truth and veracity. In testimony where of I
have here unto subscribed my name and affixed my notarial
seal the day and year afore said.

Thomas Clark, Justice of the Peace and Notary Public
in and for the County of Oxford in the State of Maine.”

Justice Clark’s seal is to the right hand bottom corner of the page.
(Image 8)

Asa died on 13 Sep 1850 at Woodstock, Maine. His last pension payment was made in the third quarter of that year:

Source Information

Title: Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900
Author: Ancestry.com
Publisher: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.Original data - Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files (NARA microfilm publication M804, 2,670 rolls). Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Reco

Saturday, February 24, 2018

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2018 WEEK 8:ASA BARROWS OF PARIS, ME. PT2

As I said in an earlier post, one of the first Revolutionary War pension files I found for an ancestor was that of my 4x great grandfather Asa Barrows.:

Image 1 is of the first page of the file, with the following written and evenly spaced across the page on one line:

Service Mass. Barrows, Asa Number S. 16038

Image 2 is a preprinted form with handwritten information
added. I’ve bold faced the preprinted words:
Maine 18077
____________________________________
____________________________________
Asa Barrows
of Oxford Co. in the State of Maine
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain Benson of the regiment commanded
by Col. Cotton in the Massachusetts
line for 10 months.
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine
at the rate of 33 dollars 33 cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.____________________________________
____________________________________
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of July
1833 and sent to T. Clark
Paris, Me.
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 66.66
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept… 16.66
____
$83.32
_____
{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7,1832}
Recorded by Jm Cuffield Clerk
Book 6 Vol 1 Page 4

Image 3 is of perhaps the next page in the same notebook. The right hand page is blank. On the left hand side the following is written:

9669-
Asa Barrows
12th April 1833
Obj(?) 5-14.16.
P.332
10 mos.
$33.35
Thomas Clark, Esq.
Paris
Maine.

Image 4 is the preprinted Brief of Asa’s claim:

Brief in the case of Asa Barrows of Hamlins Gore in the State
of Maine
(Act 7th June,1832)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?Open court.

2. If before a Judge, does it appear the applicant is
disabled by bodily infirmity? (left blank)

3. How old is he? 81 years.

4. State his service as directed in the form annexed.
There are three entries:
April,1775- 8 months as a Private under Capt. Benson and Col
Cotton.
Dec. 1776 1 month and 12 days as a Private under Capt. Perkins.
July 1780 14 days as a Private under Col. Churchill.
5. In what battles was he engaged? None.

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Plymton,Massachusetts.

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by
documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By a living witness.

8. Are the papers defective as to form or
authentication? and if so,in what respect? Correct.

I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers
agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

Richard Cutts
Examining Clerk.

Image 5 is of a largely blank piece of paper, perhaps the outside of an envelope or folder. Handwritten at the top is “Asa Barrows” with the numbers “9669” written below it. At
the bottom of the page is the signature, “Thomas Clark, agent.”

Image 6 is the statement of Asa Barrows:

STATE OF MAINE.
______
County of Oxford, ss.
ON this 20th day of August, A.D. 1832,personally appeared
in open Court, before the Court of Probate now sitting,
Asa Barrows,a resident of Hamlin’s Gore in the County
of Oxford and State of Maine,aged 81 years,
who being first duly sworn according to the law, doth,
on his oath, make the following declaration , in order
to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June
7, 1832. That he enlisted in the service of the United
States as a private((this part crossed out))under the
following named officers and served as herein stated
((end crossed out portion)) in April, 1775 at Plymton in the
county of Plymouth in the State of Massachusetts, his then
residence, and served for the term of eight months, in the militia
company commanded by Capt Joshua Benson, in the regiment
commanded by Col. Cotton; and mustered in Middlebury,
the ajoining town, marched to Roxbury near Boston,where he
was stationed under Gen. William Heath; at the expiration of
said term was discharged by Gen. Thomas -which discharge he
lost a long time since.

On an alarm in December 1776, he marched as a volunteer in the
militia company from Plymton, under the command of Lieut
Joshua Perkins to Barrington, in Rhode Island; was there
stationed & served about six weeks, at the expiration of which he
was verbally discharged. And on the last of July, 1780,he
marched (inserted later here: “as a volunteer” end insertion)in
the militia company from Plymton aforesaid to Tiverton (under
the command of Capt. Pereg Churchill) in Rhode Island where he
was stationed and served about two weeks,and was there
verbally discharged. He has no documentary evidence to prove
his service as a volunteer as aforesaid, and he knows of no
person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his
service as volunteer aforesaid.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a
pension or annuity except the present, and declares
that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of
any State.”

Asa Barrow’s larger and less refined signature is written at the right hand corner of notation of “before Stephen Emery, Judge.” It might be the judge’s actual signature or perhaps his clerk
signed his name.

A few observations. I was curious how far Asa marched on these three occasions and went to the Rand McNally page which has a mileage calculator. Of course, the distances are driving distances and Asa and his fellow soldiers might have taken a more direct cross country route but it still gives
me a good idea on the marching involved.

Plympton to Boston is 48 miles.
Plympton to Barrington RI is 44 miles.
Plympton to Tiverton RI is 39 miles.
Interesting that Boston is the furthest away of the three.

The march to Barrington must have been in response to the British under Sir Henry Clinton landing
at and occupying Newport. I must confess that I wasn’t aware that the British remained in Rhode Island for most of the Revolution and when you consider that people in this area were still that
close to British forces,it must have been a tense period for them.

Pereg Churchill was, I believe, actually Peleg Churchill

Hamlin's Gore no longer exists. It was annexed in 1872 as I found out over at Chris Dunham's
Maine Genealogy Site.

And Asa Barrows was about to find that someone could swear to his service in the War after all.

Source Information

Title: Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900
Author: Ancestry.com
Publisher: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.Original data - Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files (NARA microfilm publication M804, 2,670 rolls). Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Reco

Thursday, February 22, 2018

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2018 WEEK 8:ASA BARROWS OF PARIS, ME.

My 4x great grandfather Asa Barrows was one of the first of my ancestors for whom I found a Revolutionary War veteran pension file. He lived most of his life in what was then a remote region of New England, and as a result the entries for him in the town histories are probably based on family memories and hearsay. William Berry Lapham and Silas P. Maxim have this for Asa in their History of Paris, Maine:

Three brothers by the name of Barrows, came from Middleborough, Mass. They were the sons of Moses and Deborah (Totman) Barrows of Plympton. Two of them, Asa and Malachi, settled in Paris, and Ansel in Sumner.

Asa Barrows was b. July 28, and m. Content Benson of Middleborough, Feb. 12, 1781. He settled on the lot, now the homestead of William A. King. He subscquenth' exchanged farms with Capt. Samuel King, and moved to High street, and afterward to "Hamlin's Grant." He was a prominent member of the Baptist church. Children:

Abijah, b. North Yarmouth, July 30, 1782. He was in the war of 1812,and died in the campaign in Northern New York.
Asa, b. in Paris, May 9, 1784, m. Anna Pike. He d. in Milan, N. H. *
Deborah, b. in Paris, May 21, 1786, d.---- . Hers was the first burial in the Bisco cemetery.
Polly, b. in Paris, Sept. '22, 1788, m. Morton Curtis, a 2d wife, and died 1879, at the age of 91 years.
Hannah, b. in Paris, Aug. 5, 1790, m. Moses Robbins, s. Milan, N. H.
Caleb Bensoni, b. in Paris, April 5, 1793, m. Abagail, dau. of Malachi Barrows, s. Hamlin's Grant; d. in Aroostook, aged about 90.
Rachael, b. in Paris, Aug. 3, 1795, m. John Ellingwood, s. Milan, N. H.
The mother died, 1735, the father died at Morton Curtis' 1850.-pp501-502

History of Paris, Maine: From Its Settlement to 1880, with a History of the Grants of 1736 & 1771, Together with Personal Sketches, a Copious Genealogical Register and an Appendix Printed for the Authors, 1894.

I'll be reposting what I have transcribed of Asa's pension file next.

Sunday, February 18, 2018

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2018 WEEK 7: MOSES BARROWS JR. OF PLYMPTON, MA.

My 5x great grandfather Moses Barrows Jr is a mystery and a source of aggravation to me.
First, I haven't found a record of his birth yet. I've searched the online birth records for Plympton, Ma. and the surrounding towns:Carver, Kingston, Rochester, and Hanson. It's possible he was born in Plymouth but those records aren't online. The various genealogy and family history books online do not have a birthdate either.

Secondly, there is a theory that there was Moses Jr is the gransdson of Moses Sr, not the son; this seems to have started with genealogist Lucien Robinson who puts another Moses Barrows between the other two. But there is no record of the birth of that third Moses.

At any rate, my 5th grandfather Moses Barrows Jr. married Deborah Totman on 29 Dec 1748 at Plympton, Ma. I've found that record. However, no such luck with some of their childrens' births:
Asa Barrow b 28 Jul 1751 at Plymouth, Ma. (my 4x great grandfather)
Moses
Carver
Ansel
Malachi
Mary
I've got a lot of work to do with this family group!

Sunday, February 11, 2018

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2018 WEEK 6: MOSES BARROWS SR. OF PLYMPTON, MA.

There isn't a lot of information available online about my 6x great grandfather Moses Barrows Sr. of Plympton, Ma., and some family trees at Ancestry.com contradict what I have for him.

Moses was born to George and Patience (Simmons) Barrows at Plymouth, Ma on 14 Feb 1697. He married Mary Carver 4Dec 1719, who was related to John Carver, the first Governor of Plimouth Plantation. Moses farmed in Plympton and also was involved in the fledgling iron ore industry at Sampson's Pond. The estate list in his probate file of July 1769 includes the following:

"The 16th part of a furnace by Samson's pond.
The right to the ore in Samson's pond."

The contradiction comes in his family. I have only two sons for him: Seth, born in Plympton in 1719, and Moses Jr, born in 1725. Seth was the administrator for his father's estate. Moses Jr , who is my 5x great grandfather, is not mentioned in the will, but by the time of his father's death he had moved up to New Hampshire,

But of the 42 family trees on Ancestry.com that Moses Barrows Sr. appears on, 18 of them list up to 9 children in the family, including Seth and Moses. None of these others are mentioned in the probate file. I suspect a mix up with another Moses Barrows. I hope to clear up the discrepancy as I add more
of the Barrows family to my data base.

Wednesday, January 31, 2018

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2018 WEEK 5: GEORGE BARROWS OF PLYMPTON, MA.PT3

((I first blogged this information in Feb 2014))

Just a few more things about George Barrows and my Barrows ancestry.

First, I have a double descent from George and his wife Patience Simmons.
Here's that list of his children by Lucien Moore Robinson from in the first
post in this series:

16 I. Moses4, b. Feb. 14, 1696-7, m. Mary Carver Dec. 4, 1717.
17 II. George4, b. Mch. n, 1698, m. Desire (Doly.2)
18 III. Samuel4, b. 1700, m. Susannah Tobey, Nov. 21, 1723.
19 IV. Peleg4, b. 1708, m. Hopestill Darling, Nov. 26, 1733.
20 V. Benjamin4, m. Lois Tilson, Oct. 15, 1741.
21 VI. James4, m. 1st, Oct. 15, 1741, 2d Nov. 3, 1726, Mary Coffin.
VII. Patience4, m. Jos. Waterman, 1733.
VIII. Ruth4, m. Seth Sampson, Mch. 19, 1723-4.
IX. Keziah4, m. Saml. Benson, May 21, 1728.
X. Deborah4, m. Caleb Benson.
XI. Sarah4, m. Caleb Cushman, Nov. 1742.

I highlighted the two Barrows children who are my ancestors.I haven't
been able to find a date of birth for Deborah Barrows but I estimate
she was about fifteen years younger than oldest brother Moses. My
double descent comes from the marriage of Asa Barrows and Content
Benson:

They were first cousins once removed.

Five years agoI took a ride down to Lakenham Cemetery in Carver, Ma. where I found the
graves of George and Patience (Simmons) Barrows as well as the grave of his third wife,
Hannah (Ransom) Barrows. George's second wife Anne Barrows is probably there as well,
but as you can see the headstones are quite weathered so I wan't able to find it.

George Barrows

Patience (Simmons) Barrows

Hannah (Ransom) Barrows

Tuesday, January 30, 2018

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2018 WEEK 5: GEORGE BARROWS OF PLYMPTON, MA.PT2

((I first posted this information back in February 2014))

I'd seen reference once before to iron ore and George Barrows in Florence O'
Connor's book on my Dunham and Ellingwood ancestors but hadn't really given
it much thought. But then I ran into more information in Henry Griffith's History
of the Town of Carver, Massachusetts: Historical Review, 1637-1910.

First, some knowledge about the location of the Barrows homestead which is
of use. The pond mentioned is Sampsons Pond, which was named after a local
Indian sachem:

Reckoned from the standpoint of continued influence, George Barrows and John
Murdock were the pioneers of South Carver. Through marital connections Caleb
Cushman, (whose wife was a daughter of George Barrows), established the Cushman
farm about 1740; and later the Saverys were settled in the village through the Barrows
girls. The Barrows property skirted the west shore of the pond and John Murdock held
the claim to the land on the east side. The pond itself was lightly regarded, except for
the fish it yielded and the grassy coves for their hay giving and pasturage qualities. Grassy Island was also used as a pasture, being approached through a slough from the west shore. The old Barrows' homestead stood at the junction of Mayflower road with Rochester road; the Murdock homestead was the farm on the east side of the pond, later known as the Israel Thomas farm; the Tillson farm was located about midway between Rochester road and Meadows road, in what is now known as New Meadows; and it is probable that the main highway at that time passed the Tillson
house, the Silas Shaw house, the Barrows house and the Murdock house and so on to the fishery at the outlet of the pond. Rochester road as we travel it, was laid out in 1698, but it is probable that the main travel south was on the east side of the pond,
and the old roads leading to Halfway ponds and Agawam, show signs of having once
been main travelled roads.p61-62

History of the Town of Carver, Massachusetts: Historical Review, 1637-1910 , E. Anthony & Sons, Printers, Carver, Ma.1918

The location of the Barrows and Murdock homesteads came into play because of the
rich iron ore deposits beneath Sampsons Pond.

The operation of Popes Point furnace created a demand for bog ore that gave life to industrial Plympton and the swamps and ponds were regarded as valuable properties.

A rich bed of this ore was found in Sampsons Pond and tributary coves which was being turned to a source of profit to the abutters when the officials of the town raised the point that the bog was public property. The matter found its way into Town meeting in 1749, where the private claimants were defeated and agents appointed to guard the interests of the public. After a few years of clashing between these factions the courts decided in favor of the private claimants and the pond passed to the control of George Barrows and Bartlett Murdock who in 1758 signed an indenture whereby a line was established extending from a point on the northerly shore to a point near the connection of Sampsons brook, Barrows to have the ore on the westerly side of the line, and Murdock the ore on the easterly side, while each was bound to guard the property of the other against poachers. p198 ibid

Eventually Murdock would build a second furnace, the Charlotte Furnace, and for about
a hundred years Carver was one of the leading producers of iron cooking and kitchen utensils in the colonies. When the iron ore deposits began to run out in town, more ore was imported from other town in the area and from as far away as New Jersey. Eventually the industry died out, and today the town of Carver is better known for its cranberry bogs and the Edaville Railroad Park and Museum.

But my ancestor George Barrows and members of his family had played a part when Carver was know for its iron furnaces.

To be continued.

Monday, January 29, 2018

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2018 WEEK 5: GEORGE BARROWS OF PLYMPTON, MA.PT1

((I first posted this information back in February 2014))

I found the following in an article THE BARROWS FAMILY by Rev. Lucien Moore Robinson in The Maine Historical and Genealogical Recorder, Volume 7 (Google
eBook) (S.M. Watson, 1893).:

(7) George, (Robert2, John1,) b. 1670, m. Feb. 14, 1694, Patience, dau. of John Simmons, a descendant of Moses Symondson who came in "Fortune" 1621. She died Oct. 30, 1723. George m. 2nd, Anne Dunham, June 25, 1724, m. 3d, Hannah Jackson, Dec. 20, 1736.

CHILDREN.
16 I. Moses4, b. Feb. 14, 1696-7, m. Mary Carver Dec. 4, 1717.
17 II. George4, b. Mch. n, 1698, m. Desire (Doly.2)
18 III. Samuel4, b. 1700, m. Susannah Tobey, Nov. 21, 1723.
19 IV. Peleg4, b. 1708, m. Hopestill Darling, Nov. 26, 1733.
20 V. Benjamin4, m. Lois Tilson, Oct. 15, 1741.
21 VI. James4, m. 1st, Oct. 15, 1741, 2d Nov. 3, 1726, Mary Coffin.
VII. Patience4, m. Jos. Waterman, 1733.
VIII. Ruth4, m. Seth Sampson, Mch. 19, 1723-4.
IX. Keziah4, m. Saml. Benson, May 21, 1728.
X. Deborah4, m. Caleb Benson.
XI. Sarah4, m. Caleb Cushman, Nov. 1742.

7. George resided in Plymouth till 1711. The next year he is described as of Plympton where he was already the owner of considerable quantities of land. He was known as "Captain George" and being, it is said, a successful negotiator with the Indians he was often entrusted with the settlement of business affairs with them. He seems to have been a very great enterprising and successful man, brought up a large family, which appear to have intermarried with the most respected families of that vicinity,

He gave deeds to each of his sons during the later years of his life, of lands near him and near to each other, on which it seems that most of them resided. One deed conveys to his sons and sons in law the privilege and the right to take iron ore from Samson's Pond in Plympton, (now Carver) for which they are to pay him two shillings sixpence per ton. Sampson's Pond is in that part of Plympton which became in 1790 the town of Carver. The descendants of George still reside in this town and occupy the lands that have been in their families for several generations.

His son Samuel removed to Killingly, Conn., but "in consideration of fatherly affection" etc., is made the recipient in 1748, of 100 acres of land in Plympton, near "the forge standing on South Meadow River." It seems a fair inference that he must have been quite wealthy. His will disposes of additional quantities of land among his sons, and grand children, and directs the payment of small legacies to his daughters. His son Peleg is made executor and residing legatee. The will bears date September 4, 1750. The original is on file in the probate office in Plymouth, and is witnessed by Nathl. Bradford, Nathl. Leonard Jun. and James Hovey. The signature is written as in the other documents named, "Gorg Barrow" (the handwriting in the opinion of good judges being the same in each. This fact seems to leave no possible room for doubt concerning the identity of this person. It seems to establish the fact that he was the son of Robert, who was the son of John the emigrant to Plymouth. There is a record in an old family Bible in Maine, written by a grandson of this George who came to Plymouth from the West of England in 1668 and married a daughter of George Bonum. But this record we cannot explain. The Plymouth records mention the daughters of George Bonum, giving the name of Ruth and the date of her marriage with Robert Barrow2, Nov. 28,1666, and Patience who m. Richard Willis, Dec. 28, 1670, and Sarah who probably died unmarried. But no record or deed is found referring to any other daughter of George Bonum who married a Burrow or any other person. (George Bonum it may be proper to say in passing, was a prominent man, a land Surveyer, often in public service, and his name frequently appears on the town records. He m. Sarah, dau. of Geo. Morton, Dec. 20, 1644, and died April 28, 1704, 95 years of age. He was a member of the Plymouth Church. The record of the church says, "He lived to a good old age, being about 95. He was a man almost all men spoke well of and is gone to receive his crown."
The will of George Barrows was not presented for probate till 1794, nearly forty years after the death of the testator.
-p144

There's a lot of information in there, and I'll discuss that in the next post.

To be continued.

Sunday, January 28, 2018

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2018 WEEK 4: ROBERT BARROWS OF PLYMOUTH, MA.

7x great grandfather Robert Barrows interests me because of the women he married. I'll explain why
after this entry about him from another of William Richard Cutter's genealogy books:

(II) Robert Barrows, son of John Barrows, was born about 1640. He married, at Plymouth, Ruth ___, and (second) Lydia Dunham. Children by first wife: John, born 1667; George, mentioned below; Samuel, 1672; Mehitable. Children by second wife: Elisha, 1686; Robert, 1689; Thankful, 1692; Elisha, 1695; Thomas, 1697; Lydia, 1699.-p223

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 4 Lewis historical publishing Company, N.Y., N.Y, 1914

Robert's first wife was Lydia Bonum/Bonham, daughter of George Bonum and Sarah Morton. George refers to Robert as his son in law in some land sale records. For many years as a bookseller I sold a childrens' book Sarah Morton's Day, never realizing it was about my 8x great grandmother.

Robert's second wife, Lydia Dunham, was my 7x great grandaunt by way of her parents. John and
Dorothy Dunham who were my 8x great grandparents.

I've found land sale records and Robert's probate file which I will post here after I've transcribed them.

Thursday, January 25, 2018

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2018 WEEK 3: JOHN BARROWS OF PLYMOUTH, MA.

There is a question about my 8x great grandfather John Barrows. Here is what William Richard Cutter wrote over a century ago:

The surname Barrows was variously spelled in ancient times. Burroughs, Burrows, Burrow and Borowe were common in the early American records. John Barrows (Barrow or Borowe), the immigrant, was born in England and came to New England, sailing from the port of Yarmouth, May 10, 1637, or soon afterward, having taken the examination on that date to go to New England, stating his age as twenty-eight, that of his wife Anne as forty. He was a cooper by trade. He was a proprietor of Salem. May 10, 1637. Afterward he removed to Plymouth. It is believed that he was related to Jeremiah Barrows or Burrows, of Scituate and Marshfield. In 1665 John Barrows was of Plymouth, where he died in 1692. He seems to have had a second wife, Deborah. Children: Robert, mentioned below; Benajah, Joshua, Ebenezer, Mary, Deborah and John.-p1988

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 4 Lewis historical publishing Company, N.Y., N.Y, 1913

While Cutter gives John Barrows' wife's name as Anne there is evidence that there were two John Barrows. Martin Hollick in his article "John Barrows of Plymouth, Massachusetts," (NEHGR 166:121) writes that my Barrows line is descended from John Barrows and a wife whose name is unknown through their son Robert. The rest of the children were with his second wife Deborah (LNU)

I haven't found any birthdates for John Barrows' children:
With 1st wife:
1.Robert Barrows

With 2nd wife Deborah:
2. Mary
3.Deborah
4. Benajah
5. Joshua
6. Ebenezer

Friday, January 19, 2018

MY BARROWS LINE

I'm about to start posting about the ancestors of my 3x great grandmother Rachel (Barrows) Ellingwood.This is one of my three Plymouth county lines and includes a veteran of the Revolutionary War and Mayflower passengers.

Here's a relationship chart from 8x great grandfather John Barrows down to my father;:

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

THE SHOT HEARD ROUND THE WORLD

Today is the 242nd Anniversary of the Battles of Lexington & Concord which
started the American Revolution on 19Apr 1775. They were celebrated Monday in
Massachusetts on Patriots Day, the third Monday in April, when the Boston Marathon is run.

These are our colonial ancestors from our Dad's family lines for whom I have
so far been able to discover records that they took part in those battles and served in the
Revolution:

Jonathan Barker Jr. My 5x great grandfather
Was a Minuteman from Methuen Ma with rank of Sergeant.
He responded to Lexington and Concord with his sons
Served in Captain Samuel Johnson's Company in
Colonel Titcomb's Regiment for 2 months in 1777 in Rhode
Island and then with Nathaniel Gage's Company in Colonel
Jacob Gerrish's guards from Dec 1777 to l Apr 1778 guarding
the captured troops of General Burgoyne.

Jonathan Barker 3rd My 4x great grandfather
Enlisted on 19 Apr 1775 in Continental Army, Capt. John
Davis' Company, Col. James Frye's Regiment, in the
Massachusetts line for 8 months in Cambridge, Ma. At the
conclusion of the term, he reenlisted for another 3 months in
Capt John Allen's Company, Colonel John Waldron's Regiment,
General Sullivan's Brigade in the New Hampshire Brigade at
Charlestown, Ma. He then enlisted a third time in June 1778
at Methuen, Ma., joining Captain Samuel Carr's Company, Col.
James Weston's Regiment, in General Lerned's Brigade at
White Plains, N.Y. and serving for another 9 months.

Tuesday, April 19, 2016

THE SHOT HEARD ROUND THE WORLD

Today is the 241st Anniversary of the Battles of Lexington & Concord which
started the American Revolution on 19Apr 1775. They were celebrated yesterday in
Massachusetts on Patriots Day, the third Monday in April, when the Boston Marathon is run.

These are our colonial ancestors from our Dad's family lines for whom I have
so far been able to discover records that they took part in those battles and served in the
Revolution:

Jonathan Barker Jr. My 5x great grandfather
Was a Minuteman from Methuen Ma with rank of Sergeant.
He responded to Lexington and Concord with his sons
Served in Captain Samuel Johnson's Company in
Colonel Titcomb's Regiment for 2 months in 1777 in Rhode
Island and then with Nathaniel Gage's Company in Colonel
Jacob Gerrish's guards from Dec 1777 to l Apr 1778 guarding
the captured troops of General Burgoyne.

Jonathan Barker 3rd My 4x great grandfather
Enlisted on 19 Apr 1775 in Continental Army, Capt. John
Davis' Company, Col. James Frye's Regiment, in the
Massachusetts line for 8 months in Cambridge, Ma. At the
conclusion of the term, he reenlisted for another 3 months in
Capt John Allen's Company, Colonel John Waldron's Regiment,
General Sullivan's Brigade in the New Hampshire Brigade at
Charlestown, Ma. He then enlisted a third time in June 1778
at Methuen, Ma., joining Captain Samuel Carr's Company, Col.
James Weston's Regiment, in General Lerned's Brigade at
White Plains, N.Y. and serving for another 9 months.

West in New England

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Sunday, April 19, 2020

THE SHOT HEARD `ROUND THE WORLD

Friday, April 19, 2019

THE SHOT HEARD `ROUND THE WORLD

Thursday, April 19, 2018

THE SHOT HEARD `ROUND THE WORLD

Tuesday, February 27, 2018

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2018 WEEK 8:ASA BARROWS OF PARIS, ME. PT3

Source Information

Saturday, February 24, 2018

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2018 WEEK 8:ASA BARROWS OF PARIS, ME. PT2

Source Information

Thursday, February 22, 2018

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2018 WEEK 8:ASA BARROWS OF PARIS, ME.

Sunday, February 18, 2018

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2018 WEEK 7: MOSES BARROWS JR. OF PLYMPTON, MA.

Sunday, February 11, 2018

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2018 WEEK 6: MOSES BARROWS SR. OF PLYMPTON, MA.

Wednesday, January 31, 2018

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2018 WEEK 5: GEORGE BARROWS OF PLYMPTON, MA.PT3

Tuesday, January 30, 2018

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2018 WEEK 5: GEORGE BARROWS OF PLYMPTON, MA.PT2

History of the Town of Carver, Massachusetts: Historical Review, 1637-1910 , E. Anthony & Sons, Printers, Carver, Ma.1918

Monday, January 29, 2018

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2018 WEEK 5: GEORGE BARROWS OF PLYMPTON, MA.PT1

Sunday, January 28, 2018

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2018 WEEK 4: ROBERT BARROWS OF PLYMOUTH, MA.

Thursday, January 25, 2018

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2018 WEEK 3: JOHN BARROWS OF PLYMOUTH, MA.

Friday, January 19, 2018

MY BARROWS LINE

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

THE SHOT HEARD ROUND THE WORLD

Tuesday, April 19, 2016

THE SHOT HEARD ROUND THE WORLD