I am also related to the Bartons of R.I. I have Clara Barton's family from Oxford. Her father was Stephen Barton, his father Dr. Stephen Barton 1740 - 1804 His father was Edmund, Samuel Matthew Edward of Oxford, Mass. Quoting from "The Barton Familya of Oxford, Mass. by Rev. William Barton. This is just a little booklet with genealoigy in it. "The surname of Barton first appears in New England records amaong the early Puritan settlers at Salem, in what is now Essex Co. And Edward Barton is the first-mentioned of the name. It is possible, but not probably that he was related to Toger Barton (New York) and to Rufus Barton, who settled in R.I. about the same time. In the seventeenth century there were several famialies of Bartons in the American Colonies, but it is doubtful if all of the early Bartons in America were related, or all the earlier Bartons in Engla,d Scotland, Ireland and Wales. etc etc Many of the earlier Bartons in America lived in places where the records have been destroyed by Indians or fire or were not carefully kept. Salem was the home of two Barton families, [possible not closely related but probably descended from the same Engliah family, the Bartons of Lancashire. One of these Salem families was founded by Dr. John Barton, physician, who came to New England in 1672 lived first at Marblehead, and moved to Salem in 1676, where many of his descendants lived. The other Salem family was descended from Edward Barton, who arrived in Salem about 1640. This Edward Barton was the progenitor of the family that forms the subject of this article" I have always just gone back to Rufus as the R.I. head of that family. Dorothy Muirhead muirhead@inetnebr.com ---------- > Dear Betsy: > > I received a copy of your e-mail in regards to the Barton Family History and > noticed your address. I am also a Barton decendent and my mother has done > much research on the subject. I'm not sure if we are in fact related to > Clara, however, my mother, Adelaide (Barton) Owens also lives in McAllen, Tx. > > Ruth Jutzi > Crazedmomi > > > ==== 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. >