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Baker-Rouse Genealogy
Jonathan Pratt 1 died . He married Sarah Gale.
Sarah Gale 1 died . She married Jonathan Pratt.
They had the following children:
F i Lydia Pratt
Lieutenant Jedidiah Barton [Parents] was born 1, 2, 3 on 18 Sep 1707 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts. He died . He married 4, 5 Sarah Miller on 7 Oct 1778 in Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts.
Other marriages:Pratt, Lydia
Sarah Miller 1, 2 died . She married 3, 4 Lieutenant Jedidiah Barton on 7 Oct 1778 in Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts.
Edmund Barton [Parents] was born 1, 2, 3 on 5 Aug 1714 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts. He died 4, 5 on 13 Dec 1799. He married 6, 7 Anna Flint on 9 Apr 1739 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.
Anna Flint [Parents] 1 was born 2, 3 on 9 Jun 1718 in Middleton, Essex, Massachusetts. She died 4, 5 on 20 Mar 1795. She married 6, 7 Edmund Barton on 9 Apr 1739 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.
They had the following children:
M i Stephen Barton F ii Mary Barton F iii Hannah Barton M iv Jedediah Barton was born 1, 2 on 6 May 1747 in Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts. He died 3 in 1808. M v Flint Barton was born 1 on 3 Dec 1749 in Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts. He died . M vi Elijah Barton was born 1 on 22 Apr 1751 in Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts. He died 2 in Jun 1756. The cause of death was drowning. M vii Gideon Barton was born 1 on 22 Apr 1753 in Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts. He died 2 in Jun 1756. The cause of death was drowning. F viii Anna Barton was born 1 on 1 Aug 1756 in Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts. She died . M ix Luke Barton was born 1 on 1 Feb 1759 in Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts. He died . F x Eunice Barton was born 1 on 22 May 1761 in Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts. She died .
Stephen Flint 1 died . He married Hannah Moulton.
Hannah Moulton 1 died . She married Stephen Flint.
They had the following children:
F i Anna Flint
Matthew Barton [Parents] 1 was born 2, 3 about 1640. He died 4 after 1729. He married Martha.
Other marriages:, Sarah
Tapley, Elizabeth
Barton Family of Oxford, Mass, New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1930, Vol 84, pp. 400-421.
p 403-4
"Matthew Barton, of Salem, Portsmouth, N.H., and Cape Porpoise, Me., shipwright, mariner, born about 1640, was living in 1729. He married first Martha -----, who was living in 1675; secondly Sarah -----; and thirdly, at Salem, 20 Dec 1694, Elizabeth (Tapley) Dickinson, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Pride) Tapley. For many years he probably divided his time between Salem and Cape Porpoise. In 1668 Matthew Barton and Martha, his wife, of Salem, sold to William Dicer of the same their dwelling house and one-fourth acre of land, by the South Harbor, Salem. In the same year he was one of the Salem petitioner against imposts. There are indications that his family lived at Cape Porpoise for some years. On 29 April 1671 Matthew Barton of Salem, mariner, deposed, aged about thirty-two years, his deposition being recorded 30 June 1671. In 1675 Martha Barton is mentioned as a temporary resident of Salem on account of the Indian troubles. In 1683 Matthew Barton bought from Hannah Simmons, administratrix of the estate of Richard Simmons, all of Salem, a house and one-sixth acre of land at Salem, for L35. In 1686 he bought from Edmond Woolland, Sr., a small piece of land adjoining, for L 6.5s. Evidently he possessed other property in Salem. In 1721 he sold to Ezekial Goltwigth a common wright in Salem, in the southeast division of common lands, granted by the last meeting of the proprietors. In 1729, being then of Salem, he sold the farm of three hundred acres, of Cape Porpoise, which was formerly the home of his father. "Barton, Edward S. Genealogy of the Barton Family: of the town of Marshall, Oneida County, New York. Waterville, NY: unknown. 1920.
Part II, About Our Early Ancestors
"(2) Matthew, son of Edward (1). He returned to his father's farm at Cape Porpus, Maine, with his son Samuel. Samuel was born about 1664. Matthew was a sailor, shipbuilder and farmer. His children are:
Samuel, above mentioned. By wife Sarah had Susana, b. May 10, 1680. Matthew, b. Sept 6, 1682. Sarah, b. April 1, 1685. Elizabeth, b. April 20, 1687.
The following is from the 'Essex Antiquarian':
'June 1679. Thomas Clarke deposed that one night being upon the watch in company with Matthew Barton when the privateer lay within Baker's Island, as they were walking the rounds they heard a loud noise at or near the door of John Williams, the cooper, and it was John Chaplin drunk, Jonathan Barton testified that he saw the man but being a stranger did not know his name until Clarke told him it was Chaplin. The further said that Chaplin swore and said, 'now is the time to get money, the privateer wants horses,' etc.
Sworn 7:11:1678'Hook, James William. Lieut. Samuel Smith: His Children and One Line of Descendants and Related Families. New Haven, CT: Unknown. 1953. p. 130
Barton Family
Intermarried with Smith family XV, page 88 herein.
Sources- Genealogy of Barton Family of the Town of Marshall, NY by Edward S. Barton, 1920.; NEHGS Register, Vol. 84, pp. 400-421; Town Records in Salem, Watertown, Framingham, Oxford, Sutton, South Hadley, Springfield, Granby, and Belchertown, Massachusetts; Genealogies of Watertown, Massachusetts by Bond; West and North Cemeteries in Granby, Mass; Other sources as noted in the text
Family II
Matthew Barton (son of Edward) was b. at Salem, Mass., about 1639. He was still living at Salem in 1729 when he sold the farm of 300 acres at Cape Porpoise which his father had owned. He m. 1st. Martha who was living in 1675. He m. 2nd., Sarah and on Dec. 20, 1694, he m. thirdly, the widow Elizabeth Dickinson, dau. of John and Elizabeth (Pride) Tapley. Matthew Barton was living in Salem in 1668 when he and his wife Martha sold their dwelling house and one quarter of their land in that town to William Dicer. This may have been preliminary to removal to Cape Porpoise where his father lived, because, on April 29, 1671, a time coinciding with his mother's signing of the administration papers on his father's estate he made a deposition there in which he declared himself to be of Salem and about 32 years of age. In 1675 his wife Martha is recorded as a temporary resident of Salem because of Indian troubles. In 1683 he purchased a house and lot from the estate of Richard Simmons in Salem and from then on apparently lived there. Records show that Matthew Barton was a mariner and shipwright and indications are that he operated along the seaboard living in various places, probably for a time in Portsmouth.
Children of Matthew Barton and his first wife Martha:
1. Samuel Barton, b. about 1664, prob. at Salem, Mass.; d. at Oxford, Mass., Sept 12, 1732; m. about 1690 Hannah Bridges (See Barton Family III below)
Probably other children by first wife.
Children of Matthew Barton and his second wife Sarah:
2. Susanna Barton, b. May 10, 1680
3. Matthew Barton, b. Sept 6, 1682
4. Sarah Barton, b. April 1, 1685; m. at Newbury, Mass., 1708, Daniel Rawlins
5. Elizabeth Barton, b. Apr. 20, 1687
Children of Matthew Barton and his third wife Elizabeth (Tapley) Dickinson, (Salem records): 6. John Barton, baptized Dec 6, 1695
7. Patience Barton, baptized, Aug 8, 1697; m. at Salem Nov 7, 1721, James Mascoll
8. Susanna Barton, baptized Mar 29, 1702
9. Susanna Barton, baptized Oct 31, 1703; m. at Salem, June 29, 1723, Nathaniel Knight
10. Martha Barton, baptized Mar 30, 1707
11. Benjamin Barton, baptized Oct 10, 1708
Martha 1 died 2, 3 after 1675. She married Matthew Barton.
They had the following children:
M i Samuel Barton
Matthew Barton [Parents] 1 was born 2, 3 about 1640. He died 4 after 1729. He married 5 Sarah after 1675.
Other marriages:, Martha
Tapley, Elizabeth
Barton Family of Oxford, Mass, New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1930, Vol 84, pp. 400-421.
p 403-4
"Matthew Barton, of Salem, Portsmouth, N.H., and Cape Porpoise, Me., shipwright, mariner, born about 1640, was living in 1729. He married first Martha -----, who was living in 1675; secondly Sarah -----; and thirdly, at Salem, 20 Dec 1694, Elizabeth (Tapley) Dickinson, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Pride) Tapley. For many years he probably divided his time between Salem and Cape Porpoise. In 1668 Matthew Barton and Martha, his wife, of Salem, sold to William Dicer of the same their dwelling house and one-fourth acre of land, by the South Harbor, Salem. In the same year he was one of the Salem petitioner against imposts. There are indications that his family lived at Cape Porpoise for some years. On 29 April 1671 Matthew Barton of Salem, mariner, deposed, aged about thirty-two years, his deposition being recorded 30 June 1671. In 1675 Martha Barton is mentioned as a temporary resident of Salem on account of the Indian troubles. In 1683 Matthew Barton bought from Hannah Simmons, administratrix of the estate of Richard Simmons, all of Salem, a house and one-sixth acre of land at Salem, for L35. In 1686 he bought from Edmond Woolland, Sr., a small piece of land adjoining, for L 6.5s. Evidently he possessed other property in Salem. In 1721 he sold to Ezekial Goltwigth a common wright in Salem, in the southeast division of common lands, granted by the last meeting of the proprietors. In 1729, being then of Salem, he sold the farm of three hundred acres, of Cape Porpoise, which was formerly the home of his father. "Barton, Edward S. Genealogy of the Barton Family: of the town of Marshall, Oneida County, New York. Waterville, NY: unknown. 1920.
Part II, About Our Early Ancestors
"(2) Matthew, son of Edward (1). He returned to his father's farm at Cape Porpus, Maine, with his son Samuel. Samuel was born about 1664. Matthew was a sailor, shipbuilder and farmer. His children are:
Samuel, above mentioned. By wife Sarah had Susana, b. May 10, 1680. Matthew, b. Sept 6, 1682. Sarah, b. April 1, 1685. Elizabeth, b. April 20, 1687.
The following is from the 'Essex Antiquarian':
'June 1679. Thomas Clarke deposed that one night being upon the watch in company with Matthew Barton when the privateer lay within Baker's Island, as they were walking the rounds they heard a loud noise at or near the door of John Williams, the cooper, and it was John Chaplin drunk, Jonathan Barton testified that he saw the man but being a stranger did not know his name until Clarke told him it was Chaplin. The further said that Chaplin swore and said, 'now is the time to get money, the privateer wants horses,' etc.
Sworn 7:11:1678'Hook, James William. Lieut. Samuel Smith: His Children and One Line of Descendants and Related Families. New Haven, CT: Unknown. 1953. p. 130
Barton Family
Intermarried with Smith family XV, page 88 herein.
Sources- Genealogy of Barton Family of the Town of Marshall, NY by Edward S. Barton, 1920.; NEHGS Register, Vol. 84, pp. 400-421; Town Records in Salem, Watertown, Framingham, Oxford, Sutton, South Hadley, Springfield, Granby, and Belchertown, Massachusetts; Genealogies of Watertown, Massachusetts by Bond; West and North Cemeteries in Granby, Mass; Other sources as noted in the text
Family II
Matthew Barton (son of Edward) was b. at Salem, Mass., about 1639. He was still living at Salem in 1729 when he sold the farm of 300 acres at Cape Porpoise which his father had owned. He m. 1st. Martha who was living in 1675. He m. 2nd., Sarah and on Dec. 20, 1694, he m. thirdly, the widow Elizabeth Dickinson, dau. of John and Elizabeth (Pride) Tapley. Matthew Barton was living in Salem in 1668 when he and his wife Martha sold their dwelling house and one quarter of their land in that town to William Dicer. This may have been preliminary to removal to Cape Porpoise where his father lived, because, on April 29, 1671, a time coinciding with his mother's signing of the administration papers on his father's estate he made a deposition there in which he declared himself to be of Salem and about 32 years of age. In 1675 his wife Martha is recorded as a temporary resident of Salem because of Indian troubles. In 1683 he purchased a house and lot from the estate of Richard Simmons in Salem and from then on apparently lived there. Records show that Matthew Barton was a mariner and shipwright and indications are that he operated along the seaboard living in various places, probably for a time in Portsmouth.
Children of Matthew Barton and his first wife Martha:
1. Samuel Barton, b. about 1664, prob. at Salem, Mass.; d. at Oxford, Mass., Sept 12, 1732; m. about 1690 Hannah Bridges (See Barton Family III below)
Probably other children by first wife.
Children of Matthew Barton and his second wife Sarah:
2. Susanna Barton, b. May 10, 1680
3. Matthew Barton, b. Sept 6, 1682
4. Sarah Barton, b. April 1, 1685; m. at Newbury, Mass., 1708, Daniel Rawlins
5. Elizabeth Barton, b. Apr. 20, 1687
Children of Matthew Barton and his third wife Elizabeth (Tapley) Dickinson, (Salem records): 6. John Barton, baptized Dec 6, 1695
7. Patience Barton, baptized, Aug 8, 1697; m. at Salem Nov 7, 1721, James Mascoll
8. Susanna Barton, baptized Mar 29, 1702
9. Susanna Barton, baptized Oct 31, 1703; m. at Salem, June 29, 1723, Nathaniel Knight
10. Martha Barton, baptized Mar 30, 1707
11. Benjamin Barton, baptized Oct 10, 1708
Sarah 1, 2 died . She married 3 Matthew Barton after 1675.
They had the following children:
F i Susannah Barton was born 1, 2, 3 on 10 May 1680 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. She died 4 Prob bef 1702. M ii Matthew Barton was born 1, 2, 3 on 6 Sep 1682 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. He died . F iii Sarah Barton F iv Elizabeth Barton was born 1, 2, 3 on 20 Apr 1687 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. She died .
Matthew Barton [Parents] 1 was born 2, 3 about 1640. He died 4 after 1729. He married 5 Elizabeth Tapley on 20 Dec 1694 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.
Other marriages:, Martha
, Sarah
Barton Family of Oxford, Mass, New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1930, Vol 84, pp. 400-421.
p 403-4
"Matthew Barton, of Salem, Portsmouth, N.H., and Cape Porpoise, Me., shipwright, mariner, born about 1640, was living in 1729. He married first Martha -----, who was living in 1675; secondly Sarah -----; and thirdly, at Salem, 20 Dec 1694, Elizabeth (Tapley) Dickinson, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Pride) Tapley. For many years he probably divided his time between Salem and Cape Porpoise. In 1668 Matthew Barton and Martha, his wife, of Salem, sold to William Dicer of the same their dwelling house and one-fourth acre of land, by the South Harbor, Salem. In the same year he was one of the Salem petitioner against imposts. There are indications that his family lived at Cape Porpoise for some years. On 29 April 1671 Matthew Barton of Salem, mariner, deposed, aged about thirty-two years, his deposition being recorded 30 June 1671. In 1675 Martha Barton is mentioned as a temporary resident of Salem on account of the Indian troubles. In 1683 Matthew Barton bought from Hannah Simmons, administratrix of the estate of Richard Simmons, all of Salem, a house and one-sixth acre of land at Salem, for L35. In 1686 he bought from Edmond Woolland, Sr., a small piece of land adjoining, for L 6.5s. Evidently he possessed other property in Salem. In 1721 he sold to Ezekial Goltwigth a common wright in Salem, in the southeast division of common lands, granted by the last meeting of the proprietors. In 1729, being then of Salem, he sold the farm of three hundred acres, of Cape Porpoise, which was formerly the home of his father. "Barton, Edward S. Genealogy of the Barton Family: of the town of Marshall, Oneida County, New York. Waterville, NY: unknown. 1920.
Part II, About Our Early Ancestors
"(2) Matthew, son of Edward (1). He returned to his father's farm at Cape Porpus, Maine, with his son Samuel. Samuel was born about 1664. Matthew was a sailor, shipbuilder and farmer. His children are:
Samuel, above mentioned. By wife Sarah had Susana, b. May 10, 1680. Matthew, b. Sept 6, 1682. Sarah, b. April 1, 1685. Elizabeth, b. April 20, 1687.
The following is from the 'Essex Antiquarian':
'June 1679. Thomas Clarke deposed that one night being upon the watch in company with Matthew Barton when the privateer lay within Baker's Island, as they were walking the rounds they heard a loud noise at or near the door of John Williams, the cooper, and it was John Chaplin drunk, Jonathan Barton testified that he saw the man but being a stranger did not know his name until Clarke told him it was Chaplin. The further said that Chaplin swore and said, 'now is the time to get money, the privateer wants horses,' etc.
Sworn 7:11:1678'Hook, James William. Lieut. Samuel Smith: His Children and One Line of Descendants and Related Families. New Haven, CT: Unknown. 1953. p. 130
Barton Family
Intermarried with Smith family XV, page 88 herein.
Sources- Genealogy of Barton Family of the Town of Marshall, NY by Edward S. Barton, 1920.; NEHGS Register, Vol. 84, pp. 400-421; Town Records in Salem, Watertown, Framingham, Oxford, Sutton, South Hadley, Springfield, Granby, and Belchertown, Massachusetts; Genealogies of Watertown, Massachusetts by Bond; West and North Cemeteries in Granby, Mass; Other sources as noted in the text
Family II
Matthew Barton (son of Edward) was b. at Salem, Mass., about 1639. He was still living at Salem in 1729 when he sold the farm of 300 acres at Cape Porpoise which his father had owned. He m. 1st. Martha who was living in 1675. He m. 2nd., Sarah and on Dec. 20, 1694, he m. thirdly, the widow Elizabeth Dickinson, dau. of John and Elizabeth (Pride) Tapley. Matthew Barton was living in Salem in 1668 when he and his wife Martha sold their dwelling house and one quarter of their land in that town to William Dicer. This may have been preliminary to removal to Cape Porpoise where his father lived, because, on April 29, 1671, a time coinciding with his mother's signing of the administration papers on his father's estate he made a deposition there in which he declared himself to be of Salem and about 32 years of age. In 1675 his wife Martha is recorded as a temporary resident of Salem because of Indian troubles. In 1683 he purchased a house and lot from the estate of Richard Simmons in Salem and from then on apparently lived there. Records show that Matthew Barton was a mariner and shipwright and indications are that he operated along the seaboard living in various places, probably for a time in Portsmouth.
Children of Matthew Barton and his first wife Martha:
1. Samuel Barton, b. about 1664, prob. at Salem, Mass.; d. at Oxford, Mass., Sept 12, 1732; m. about 1690 Hannah Bridges (See Barton Family III below)
Probably other children by first wife.
Children of Matthew Barton and his second wife Sarah:
2. Susanna Barton, b. May 10, 1680
3. Matthew Barton, b. Sept 6, 1682
4. Sarah Barton, b. April 1, 1685; m. at Newbury, Mass., 1708, Daniel Rawlins
5. Elizabeth Barton, b. Apr. 20, 1687
Children of Matthew Barton and his third wife Elizabeth (Tapley) Dickinson, (Salem records): 6. John Barton, baptized Dec 6, 1695
7. Patience Barton, baptized, Aug 8, 1697; m. at Salem Nov 7, 1721, James Mascoll
8. Susanna Barton, baptized Mar 29, 1702
9. Susanna Barton, baptized Oct 31, 1703; m. at Salem, June 29, 1723, Nathaniel Knight
10. Martha Barton, baptized Mar 30, 1707
11. Benjamin Barton, baptized Oct 10, 1708
Elizabeth Tapley [Parents] 1, 2 died . She married 3 Matthew Barton on 20 Dec 1694 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.
Other marriages:Dickinson,
They had the following children:
M i John Barton was christened 1, 2 on 6 Dec 1695 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. He died . F ii Patience Barton F iii Susanna Barton was christened 1, 2 on 29 Mar 1702 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. She died as a child. F iv Susanna Barton F v Martha Barton was christened 1, 2 on 30 Mar 1707 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. She died . M vi Benjamin Barton was christened 1, 2 on 10 Oct 1708 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. He died .
Dickinson 1 died . He married Elizabeth Tapley.
Elizabeth Tapley [Parents] 1, 2 died . She married Dickinson.
Other marriages:Barton, Matthew
John Tapley 1, 2 died . He married Elizabeth Pride.
Elizabeth Pride 1, 2 died . She married John Tapley.
They had the following children:
F i Elizabeth Tapley
Edward Barton died 1, 2 before Apr 1671/1673 in Prob Cape Porpoise, York, Maine/Salem, Massachusetts. He married Elizabeth.
Barton Family of Oxford, Mass, New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1930, Vol 84, pp. 400-421.
p 401-2
"Edward Barton of Salem, Marblehead, Portsmouth, N.H., and Cape Porpoise (now Kennebunkport), Me., was at Salem about 1640, possibly earlier, and died probably at Cape Porpoise, not later than Apr 1671. He married Elizabeth ------, who survived him. He owned a house and land in Salem, which he later exchanged for a house and lands at Marblehead. In 1646, possibly before that year, he received a grant of lands in the Portsmouth jurisdiction, evidently at Little Harbor, on the Piscataqua, and he received additional grants of land there in 1652 and 1653. He served in 1650 at Portsmouth as a trial juryman, in 1656 as a grand juryman, and in 1657 as a coroner's juryman. He took the oath of fidelity to the Massachusetts Bay Government at Exeter, N.H., in 1657. At the town meetings in 1658 and 1666 he was among those who subscribed to the minister's salary. In 1656, at Portsmouth, Susannah Trimmings, wife of Oliver Trimmings of Little Harbor, complained that she had been bewitched by Jane Walford, wife of Thomas Walford, formerly the first settler of Charleston; and among the witnesses in this case was Eliza (or Elizabeth) Barton, wife of Edward Barton. Probably about 1666 Edward Baton moved from Portsmouth to Cape Porpoise, and settled on a farm of about three hundred acres, which he bought from Anthony Littlefield. It was situated on Montague's Neck, and was bounded by Cape Porpoise River, the sea and Montague River. There he built a house. In April 1671 Elizabeth Barton, widow of Edward, and Griffin Montague gave bonds for L200, as security for Elizabeth's Barton's administration of the estate of her late husband, which was appraised at L81, the house, lands, and marsh being valued at L40. In 1729 Matthew Barton, formerly of Cape Porpoise but then of Salem sold to James Ruck of Salem, for L40, the farm of three hundred acres at Cape Porpoise, which was formerly the home of his father, Edward Barton. At the time when this deed was recorded there was also recorded the deposition of Samuel Scarlet of Marblehead, formerly of Winter Harbor and Cape Porpoise, Me., evidently a family friend, which was dated in 1714, when the deponent was about sixty-seven years old. He deposed that he well knew Edward Barton, an inhabitant of Cape Porpoise Town, that said Edward Barton possessed as his own a large tract of land situated there, on which he built a new dwelling house to take the place of the old one, that the wife and family of said Edward Barton possessed said lands and house, after said Barton's death, until they were driven out by the Indians, and that Edward Barton and his family were in actual possession of the premises about twenty years. It is thought that the widow lived for a time at Marblehead. The homestead at Cape Porpoise was deserted for many years, on account of the troubles with the Indians. Evidently the sons were scattered; and from the fragments of records still extant it seems likely that only one son, William Barton, received a recorded grant of lands from the town of Cape Porpoise. At all events, this recorded grant is the only one in existence."Barton, Edward S. Genealogy of the Barton Family: of the town of Marshall, Oneida County, New York. Waterville, NY: unknown. 1920.
Part II, About Our Early Ancestors
"(1)Edward Barton was perhaps the son of Marmaduke Barton, who came to New England about 1632; and settled in Essex County, Massachusetts. Edward may have come to Essex County at the same time as Marmaduke, for they are first heard of at about the same time. By 1640 Edward had settled in the coast town of Salem. A little later he was at Exeter and Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He was made a freeman at Exeter, N.H., 14 Jully 1657. In 1671 he had a 300-acre farm at Cape Porpus, Maine. In that year, owing to Indian outbreaks, he was forced to flee with his family to Salem, where he died in 1673. His son Edward is in the list of Freemen that took the oath of fidelity at the Court in Pemaquid, July 22, 1674.
There is very little known about Edward Barton or of his sons Edward and Matthew, except from fragmentary notes that I have taken from the 'Essex Antiquarian.' They are as follows:
'Att a Towne meetinge hild the :20 of March 1656.
'It is ordered that Jams Johnson, William Seuvey and Anthony Brakit, shall end the difference between Edward Barton & Nicholis Row; concerning their land of difference.'
Att a meetinge the 3th. of Jamuary 1652.
1. 'It is granted that each Inhabitant is to have out Lottes of ---- according unto the order under wrighten.' Edward Barton had 20 acres.
Att a Towne meetinge hild at Strabery Bank the last of January 1648.
4. 'It is likewise granted Edward Barton that no man shall sit downe between him and John Crouder: Raylls.'Hook, James William. Lieut. Samuel Smith: His Children and One Line of Descendants and Related Families. New Haven, CT: Unknown. 1953. p. 129
Barton Family
Intermarried with Smith family XV, page 88 herein.
Sources- Genealogy of Barton Family of the Town of Marshall, NY by Edward S. Barton, 1920.; NEHGS Register, Vol. 84, pp. 400-421; Town Records in Salem, Watertown, Framingham, Oxford, Sutton, South Hadley, Springfield, Granby, and Belchertown, Massachusetts; Genealogies of Watertown, Massachusetts by Bond; West and North Cemeteries in Granby, Mass; Other sources as noted in the text
Family I
Edward Barton, b. in England, came to Salem, Mass. before 1640. He d. probably at Cape Porpoise, now Kennebunkport, Maine, not later than 1671. His wife Elizabeth survived him. He exchanged his house and land in Salem for property in Marbleheard, later receiving grants of land at what is now Portsmouth, New Hampshire and moving there about 1646. He is recorded as having been a trial juryman in Portsmouth in 1650 and other records as late as 1666 show him subscribing to the minister's salary indicating that he was still living there. He took the oath of fidelity to the Mass. Bay Colony in 1657 at nearby Exeter, Mass., now New Hampshire. About 1666 he moved on up the coast to Cape Porpoise and settled on a farm of about 300 acres which he had purchased from Anthony Littlefield and upon which he built a house. In April of 1671, Elizabeth gave bond as administrator of the estate of her late husband which consisted of house, land and marsh at Cape Porpoise valued at 40 pounds and other property which was sufficient to bring the total value of his estate to 81 pounds.
The children of Edward Barton and his wife Elizabeth were:
1. Matthew Barton, b. about 1639, was still living in 1729. He m. 1st., Martha, m. 2nd., after 1675, Sarah and m. 3rd., Dec 20, 1694, the widow Elizabeth (Tapley) Dickinson, the daughter of John and Elizabeth (Pride) Tapley. (See Barton Family II below)
2. William Barton, d. about 1698/9. His wife was Anne who m. as her 2nd. husband, at Newbury, Mass., Walter Penuel. William Barton's brother-in-law was John Puddington from who he purchased land at Cape Porpoise. His children were, (1) Susannah, who married William Smith and lived at Biddeford, Maine; (2) Mary, b. 1673; d. Oct 18, 1736, age 63; m. Solomon Holman, and lived at Newbury, Mass; (3) Ebenezer, d. 1721; m. May 5, 1710, Esther Flood and had five children and lived at Newbury; (4) John, who m. and had 3 children. William Barton lived at Cape Porpoise until Indian troubles drove him to more protected settlements nearby.
3. Elisha Barton, (said to have been a son of Edward), m. Mary Crockett, dau. of Thomas Crockett
4. Edward Barton, took oath of fidelity both at Pemaquid and Salem 1674. He was a soldier in King Philip's War.
5. Benjamin Barton, along with Edward Barton, signed 1672, petition to Mass Bay Genl. Court for protection. They signed this petition at Camp Newagon, Maine. He also took oath of fidelity, both at Pemaquid and Salem in 1674.
6. Joshua Barton.Cole, Haydn Samuel. "Haydn Samuel Cole and his ancestry: being a geneological study & a reminiscent sketch". St. Paul, MN: Private printing. 1935. pp 42-43
"Barton
Edward Barton was living at Salem in 1640. he traded a house there for property in Marblehead, living there in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and in Point Porpoise (Kennebunkport), ME. he did in 1671, or earlier. His wife's name was Elizabeth. Their children were:
Matthew, b. about 1640
William
Elisha
Edward
Benjamin
JoshuaMatthew Barton was b. about 1640 and was still living in 1729. He lived in Salem, Portsmouth, and Cape Porpoise, and worked as a shipwright and mariner. Martha, the first of his three wives, was in Salem temporarily in 1675 on account of Indian troubles. She was the mother of Samuel, b. about 1664 and probably of other children."
Elizabeth 1 died . She married Edward Barton.
They had the following children:
M i Matthew Barton M ii William Barton M iii Elisha Barton M iv Edward Barton 1, 2 died . M v Benjamin Barton 1, 2 died . M vi Joshua Barton 1, 2 died .
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