In all of my years of researching Bartons, have not found a Thomas anywhere. He is listed on the IGI sheets as a son of John & Lidea Barton b. 1680 Essex, Salem He m. Mary Willoughby 1 May 1710 then there is another m. to Rebecca Diamond in 1780 and one abt 1831 to a Mary ? Burris and a Thomas Anson Barton m. Minerva Snow 1830 Dorothy Muirhead ---------- > From: Leo K. Barton <lbarton@wizzards.net> > To: BARTON-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [BARTON-L] Bartons in NY and MA > Date: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 3:37 PM > > > Dear Sheila > You have some very good info,so don't give up. We just need to connect the dots. > Here is a link to the passenger list of the ship " Fortune " that landed in > Plymouth in 1621. The Master of the ship is named Thomas Barton. Click here or > go to: http://istg.rootsweb.com/v2/1600v2/fortune16211109.html > So far it is unknown whether or not this Thomas Barton has any link to our Edward > of 1620,but it would be nice to find what line of Barton' he is linked to. We > hope someone out their can help the rest of us. Thank you very much for > responding .......................Leo > > Sheila328@aol.com wrote: > > > Thank you to all those who responded, even third-hand--I really seem to have > > triggered something. But I think I am still left with more questions that I > > started with. > > > > Betsey (Perra?) has the original Barton settler coming from Holland to New > > Amsterdam, with four brothers, three of whom stayed. One of these was Roger? > > Then Leo Barton cites the Alvin Barton text that suggests the Bartons > > originated in Wales (at least there are still four brothers). We won't even > > get into the discussion whether Barton is an Irish name. My family thought > > it was English. > > > > Someone else suggested my Daniel was descended from Roger. Does anyone have > > any detail on that line? I have access to the IGI, but I'm still not sure > > which Daniel I'm supposed to be following--and did he have a brother William? > > Dorothy Muirhead suggested that my Daniel was the son of Peter Barton. But > > that line leads back to Edward (Edward1, Matthew2, Benjamin3, Joseph4, > > Caleb5, Peter6, Peter Jr.7, then Daniel and William?) > > > > And, to go back to my original question, are there any descendants of Mary > > Anne, Robert Loveland, William F., Charles B, Willard Allen, Henry Byron, or > > Daniel Moody Barton lurking out there? I did check all the middle names > > against the Barton Index and found none of them. > > > > My family did pass on a number of stories, but I have a sneaking feeling they > > tended to get mixed up over time. The reference to the slightly murky > > background of the Barton side of the family was attached to an early ship's > > captain who was reputed to have a wife in England and in the colonies > > (presumably the English one came first)--but the name my family associated > > with that little myth turns out to have been a military captain (no ship), > > and have a clean record. So was it a Barton story? > > > > All suggestions welcome. > > > > Sheila Connolly > > > > P.S. I have a lovely photo of Silas Abbott Barton, in case anyone wants to > > compare features. > > > > ==== BARTON Mailing List ==== > > All messages posted to this mailing list are the property of their writers. > > Please obtain permission from all parties before forwarding or publishing > > any message from this list. > > > ==== BARTON Mailing List ==== > Please visit the surname mailing list homepage at: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cbrogan/barton.html > for information on this list, it's member's pages, queries and other helpful genealogy pages.