According to Marcia Melnyk's _Genealogist's Handbook for New England Research_, Barre, MA, was established in 1753 from the parent town of Rutland; also called Rutland District until 1774. Conflicts, but hope it somehow helps. Sandy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Renne M Blocker" <im2funny4u@juno.com> To: <MAWORCES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 4:32 PM Subject: [MAWORCES] What was Barre known as in 1804? > Hello Listers: > I know all of you that have been part of the list for more than a couple > of months are probably sick of my queries. So long story short, > my grgrgrgrandfather Johnathan(Jonathan)HARRINGTON was born 25 July 1804 > in Barre, Ma. His death certificate from Vt. showed his > father as Samuel Harrington and his mother was just listed as: Mother's > Maiden Name: S. The death certificate broke my brick wall > on Johnathan but I hit another one trying to find his birth certificate > and any information on Samuel or "S" Harrington. I wrote the town > clerk of Barre and her assistant wrote me back and informed me she could > not find Johnathan's birth certificate and she had checked all > of Barre's records to 1850 and never found any Harringtons in Barre at > all. Interestingly enough, I heard from Helen, the historian of > Barre , that she could find no information on Johnathan or Samuel either > as the town of Barre's records burned in 1866. I would have > thought the assistant town clerk would have told me that. Also I learned > from Helen, town historian, that Barre was not formed until > 1818 and there were very few settlers there during 1804. What my question > to all of you is: Does anyone know what Barre was called, > meaning what town it was a part of in 1804 before it became a town in > 1818? I am wondering if I contacted what town Barre was before > 1818, that may be where Johnathan HARRINGTON'S birth certificate is. I > also hope to find evidence of a Samuel HARRINGTON being > in whatever Barre was called before 1818. I found a Samuel HARRINGTON > listed with Joseph HEATH and his family in a 1850 census of > Barre. In the 1850 census Samuel HARRINGTON was listed as an 82 yr. old > laborer from Conn. I have no way of connecting that Samuel > HARRINGTON to my family of HARRINGTON'S. I started searching Winham Ct. > as it is a bordering town of Worcester, and I found a > query from an ancestor of Joseph Heath(he was listed as being from Ct. > also in the 1850 census). The query on the Windham query board > was 4 yrs. old and of course the email address was obsolete. The ancestor > of Joseph Heath was looking for information on Joseph Heath > marrying a Zerviah HARRINGTON in 1816. The Joseph Heath he was looking > for was b 1774 d 1844. The Joseph HEATH in 1850 Barre > census was born 1798 in Ct. So it is very possible the Joseph Heath b > 1774 could have been the father of the one born 1798. If there was > a connection btwn. the HARRINGTON'S and HEATH'S that would explain Samuel > living with them 1n 1850. I only reitterate all of the above > in case somebody has info on the Heath family that was in Barre in 1850. > I wrote a letter via US MAIL Dec.10 to Barre Historical Society. > I have not heard back from them unless the town of Barre Historian is one > and the same. I was wondering who you listers recommend I contact > because all of the records burned. Do you think I would get the best > results from writing Worcester Historical Society, New England Historical > Society, or perhaps the Historical Society of whatever Barre was called > before 1818? As always thanks a million for all of your help. Renne > Blocker > > ________________________________________________________________ > Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today > Only $9.95 per month! > Visit www.juno.com > > > ==== MAWORCES Mailing List ==== > ####--- Need to UNsub for vacation or summer?? ---###### > Forget How to UN sub??? > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/MA/worcester.html > >