I found a Daniel born born 21 Jul 1768 in Worchester, Oxford to Reuben & Catherine Learned Barton and they also had a William b. 26 Aug 1762 in Worchester, Charlton or Spencer.\ On the Mass IGI sheets There are 53 of them x 08 cents per page plus a little tx and postage. Dorothy Muirhead@inebraska.com ---------- > From: Sheila328@aol.com > To: BARTON-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [BARTON-L] Bartons in NY and MA > Date: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 12:48 PM > > 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.