The booklet says he was of Salem, Marblehead, Portsmouth NH and Cape Porpoise now Kennebunkport ME died at Cape P not later than Apr 1671 Its quite detailed. Dorothy ---------- > 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 6:58 PM > > Dear Barbara > Below is a copy from a Paul Barton web site click on it and it will take you there. > http://www.nh.ultranet.com/~pwbarton/barton/i0000097.htm#s1 > As you can see the Edward Barton moved around and on some Genealogy pages they refer to the Barton's > being from different parts of New England. Hope this helps. Leo > > First Generation > > 1. Edward1 Barton was born circa 1620. Edward died June 1671 in Cape Porpoise, York, ME, at 50 years of > age.(1) > > He married Elizabeth 1639 in Marblehead, MA.(2) (Additional notes for Elizabeth(3)) Elizabeth died after > 1671/1672. > > In 1671 Elizabeth the widow of Edward, along with Griffin Montegue, gave bonds for L200 as security for > Edwards estate > which was valued at L81 with the house, lands and marsh valued at L40. > > Edward is the founder of our branch of the Barton family in America. His origins are unknown at this > writing but he was > established at Portsmouth, NH by 1646 when in August of that year Reynold Fernald was granted four acres > of marsh at the > great house at Little Harbor, on the Piscataqua and his grant mentions that he was bounded on the east by > goodman Barton. He > served in 1650 at Portsmouth as a trial juryman and in 1651 was brought to court for beating his wife. He > received additional > grants of land at Portsmouth in 1652 and 1653 and served as a grand juryman in 1656 and as a coroner's > juryman in 1657, the > same year in which he took the oath of fidelity at Exeter, NH to the Massachussetts Bay government. At > the town meeting of > March 20, 1656 James Johnson, William Seavey and Anthony Bracket were directed to settle a land dispute > between Edward > and Nicholas Row. In June of 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 Charlestown > and among the witnesses was Eliza Barton, Edward's wife who testified to Susannah's unusual physical > appearance. At the town > meetings between 1658 and 1666 he was among those who subscribed to the minister's salary in the amount > of 15 shillings. > Probably about 1666 Edward moved from Portsmouth to Cape Porpoise, ME and settled on a farm of about 300 > acres which > he bought from Anthony Littlefield. The move may have been occasioned by Edward being a loyalist to MA. > The Maine farm > was situated on Montague's Neck bounded by the sea, Cape Porpoise River and Montegue River. Indian > troubles forced > Edward, his wife and family to abandon the Cape Porpoise farm for safe haven at Salem where he purchased > a house and land > which later were exchanged for a house and lands at Marblehead. His estate with the house, lands and > marsh at Cape Porpoise > and other property was valued at £ 81. > > Edward Barton and Elizabeth had the following children: > > + 2 i. William2 Barton. > > 3 ii. Benjaman Barton. > > He was at Kennebec in 1672 when Ruth Berry claimed land to the East of his. > > 4 iii. Joshua Barton. > > + 5 iv. Matthew Barton was born circa 1640. > > 6 v. Edward Barton was born circa 1647. > > In 1672 Edward and brother Benjamin (see below) Barton were among the petitioners at Cape Newagen, ME to > the > Massachussetts Bay Goverment for protection; and in 1674 Edward took the oath of fidelity both at > Pemiquid and at Salem. > He was a soldier in King Phillips war and was mentioned as being at the garrison at Mendon, now in > Worcester County. In > 1674 the General Court ordered that he be allowed to "keep a house of public entertainment and to retail > beere, wyne and > liquers at Cape Bonewagon in Boothbay Southport. He was jailed in Boston for resisting the draft for a > Maine expedition and > filed a suit there in 1682. > > 7 vi. Elisha Barton was born circa 1655. Elisha died after 1688/1689 in Kittery, York, ME. He married > Mary Crockett. > Mary was the daughter of Thomas Crockett and Ann Lynn Gunnison. > > Elisha and Ephriam Crockett registered an agreement at the Court of Sessions 28 October 1684 in York > whereby for the sum > of 12 pounds Elisha discharges his wife's right to her father's estate. The sum was payable over three > years at 4 pounds a year. > > + 8 vii. Mary Barton was born circa 1657. > > > Brassell wrote: > > > Have any of you researched the 17th Century Bartns of MD and VA? No link? > > Barbara B. > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Leo K. Barton <lbarton@wizzards.net> > > To: BARTON-L@rootsweb.com <BARTON-L@rootsweb.com> > > Date: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 3:38 PM > > Subject: Re: [BARTON-L] Bartons in NY and MA > > > > > > > >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. > > > > > > > ==== 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. > > > ==== 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.