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