http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/6630/bartonfam.html Katy, The above URL I think may be the line you are talking about. Lena KatyDay@aol.com wrote: > Hi, > I'm new to this list. I am looking for additional information on Rufus > Barton, he is listed as a Sea Captain, does anyone know what ship(s) he was on > and where he sailed? What follows is what I have found over the years. > > Thank you, > Katy Day > > Husband: Rufus Barton > > Death: 1648 > Location: NY,Portsmouth,RI;Warwick,RI > Father: Edward Barton > > > Wife: Margaret (Barton) > > Location: Warwick, RI > Other Spouses Walter Todd > > Children... > 1. F Child: Elizabeth Barton > Birth: 1637 Place: Old Warwick, Kent Co. > Death: 20 Aug 1693 Place: Warwick, Kent Co. > Spouse: Thomas Greene I > Marriage: 30 Jun 1659 Place: Warwick, Kent Co. > > 2. M Child: Benjamin Barton > Birth: 1645 Place: RI > Death: About 1720 > Location: Warwick, RI > Spouse: Susannah Groton > Marriage: 18 Jun 1672 > > 3. F Child: Phebe Barton > Spouse: Richard Codner > Marriage: 23 May 1671 > > 4. F Child: Margaret Barton > > Husbands Notes... > Notes: > A Quaker > Settled at NY. > 1640: Fled from the persecution of the Dutch to Portsmouth, RI. > 1647, 8 Aug: Member Warwick Town Council > 1647: Town Magistrate > 1648: A Gortonite, sent a letter to Winthrop in Dedham -Winthrop's Journal > 1648: Died intestate and town council made inventory and distribution of his > estate; one account names children as Elizabeth, Benjamin, Margaret, and > others. > > Name from a town in Lincolnshire, England. A corn or barley village from > bere, barley and ton, an enclosure, a house, a village. In Devonshire it is > applied to any freehold estate not possessed of manorial privileges. Rufus > was at Portsmouth, RI in 1648. -Dir Anc Hds. > > ==== BARTON Mailing List ==== > No copyrighted materials are permitted on this list unless by the copyright owner themselves.