On the NY IGI sheets for Barton I found Daniel born 1789/92 son of Peter Barton & Esther Howland. It looks like Peter also had a Jr. born 1797 and that Peter Sr. was the son of Caleb & Rose Palmer Barton and this Caleb was the son of Joseph & Abigail Lewis Barton born 1723/8. I can follow this back, have been off line for a few days. I can send you copies of the NY Bartons and I have all of the MA IGI sheets. Will get back to you. Dorothy Scott Muirhead@inebraska.com ---------- > From: Sheila328@aol.com > To: BARTON-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [BARTON-L] Bartons in Massachusetts & New York > Date: Tuesday, February 22, 2000 8:15 AM > > I'm new to this list, so I'll give you all that I know and hope that someone > will come up with a connection. > > The furthest back I can take my Barton line at the moment is to Daniel W. > Barton (1788-1859), who was said to come from New York, and who died in Ware, > MA. He married Vila Towne (1792-1858) from Massachusetts (I don't have a > year for the marriage). They had nine children: > > Mary Anne (1811-1885) > Silas Demey Kellogg (1813-1886) > Hannah (1816-1818) > Robert Loveland (1818-?) > Eunice (1821-1840) > Fannie (1823-1845) > William F. (1825-1862) > Charles B. (1830-1869) > Andrew (1837-1839) > > Daniel apparently had a brother William (b. 1775)(I don't know where). > > Silas is my direct ancestor. He married Eliza Johnson (1811-1873), who was > born in Moriah NY. They had seven children: > > Willard Allen (1838-1865) > Henry Byron (1839-1911) > Vila Mariah (1841-1926) > Daniel Moody (1843-1913) > Betsy Ann (1845-1846) > Silas Abbott (1846-1914) > Mary Elizabeth (1848-1869) > > They all stuck pretty close to Massachusetts (most are buried in Ware, MA). > Silas A. was my great-great-grandfather, and I have a letter and a few notes > in his hand. He was instrumental in founding the General Electric Company in > Lynn, MA, and I believe his brother Henry worked for them in Schenectady NY, > where he is buried. Vila taught at Smith College and never married. > > The only other historical point of interest comes from a letter written by an > aged cousin to my great-grandmother (Silas's only child) when she was working > on the family genealogy. In this letter in 1928 he said something to the > effect that there was something irregular in the Barton history, and perhaps > my great-grandmother did not want to probe too closely... (this after noting > that someone in another family line had had to hurry up a wedding a little, > according to the dates in the family bible!). > > While some of the above died young or unmarried, I know that some of them did > marry, and I'm hoping there are descendants out there somewhere. Also, I'd > like to take the line back from Daniel, but I'm not sure where to look. Any > suggestions? > > Sheila Connolly > > > ==== BARTON Mailing List ==== > No copyrighted materials are permitted on this list unless by the copyright owner themselves.