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.