Thomas Barrett (abt. 1630 - 1702)

Born about 1630 in England [uncertain]

Husband of Frances (Woolderson) Barrett — married 15 Sep 1655 in Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Husband of Mary (Dike) Barrett — married 22 Jan 1695 in Milton, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 8 Dec 1702 at about age 72 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Thomas Barrett, Baret, Barret

Origins

Thomas Barrett immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

Thomas Barrett was born about 1630^[1] in (Kent?) ^[2] , England. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]} His parents were Thomas Barrett, and the name of his mother is unknown. Some hints have been found in England that his mother's first name may have been Margaret, (see Margaret Huntington), but there is no known record of his parents' marriage. The family emigrated from England, probably with Thomas as a young child, and settled in Braintree, Massachusetts. No birth record has yet been found, neither in England, nor in Massachusetts.

Early Life and Immigrating

Thomas traveled from England to New England with his parents and siblings in about 1635. No record of their sailing has been found. Thomas had three siblings, and all four children were born in England, according to Nora Snow. ^[4] Thomas was second in birth order; there were no twins. ^[4] Therefore, the 1634 birth date seems too late for him, unless the family actually arrived at a different date. Thomas may have been born earlier (see note below).

Note: This was not the Thomas Barrett who sailed from London April 15, 1635 aboard the Increase. That passenger was sixteen years old at the time. Neither was this passenger Thomas' father, the immigrant of Braintree and later Chelmsford. The father, Thomas, "had children born in the early 1630's," according to Anderson.^[7]

So he could not have been sixteen.

Family

Thomas was married twice. He had six children, all born to this first wife.

1) Frances Woolderson married September 14 or 15, 1655 at Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts by Major Autherton of Dorchester ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]} She died May 27, 1694 at Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.^[4]

Children of Thomas and Frances (Woolderson) Barrett:^[8]

1. Martha, b. 17 Sep 1656, m. 10 July 1676 Henry Sparks
2. Mary, b. 17 April 1658, m. 21 Jan 1686 George Robbins
3. Margaret, b. 31 March 1660, m. 22 Nov 1681 Edward Spalding
4. Moses, b. 25 March 1662, m. 10 Sept 1684 Anna Smith
5. Mehitable, b. 12 April 1665, m. 17 March 1684 Samuel Gould
6. Anna, b. 17 Dec 1668, m. 3 Jan 1693 John Swallow

2) Mary Dike married January 22, 1694/5 at Milton.^[9][4][6] They had no children.

Death and Legacy

Thomas died December 8, 1702 at Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.^[10]

Note: The Gould Genealogy says death was 1668, which confuses Thomas with his father.^[3][4][6]

Sources

1. ↑ Thomas Barrett and Thomas Barrett Jr. made depositions in 1653 and in the case of Wilson vs. Faxon. Thomas Barrett aged 23, and Mary Barrett, spinster, aged 19, deposed in 1653. (Court Rec. #188).
2. ↑ Quinn, Heidi S., The Gilman Line link via Wayback Machine archive, captured 2 October 2015
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Still, Mark The Genealogy of the Gould Family: Containing a Record of One Line of Descendants of Francis Goole of Braintree and Chelmsford, Mass. (Pg 5) typescript mimeograph, 50 pages, Sumner Publication: 1971.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6} Snow, Nora E., The Snow-Estes ancestry (Vol. 2, Pgs 218-220) Hillburn, New York, 1939, accessed online 3/30/14
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Bates, Samuel A., ed. Records of the Town of Braintree, 1640 to 1793 (Pg 716, Thomas Barrett and Francis Woolderson) Randolph, Mass., Daniel H. Huxford, 1886
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3} Barnett, Madalene R. The Descendants of Moses and Mary (Dow) Barrett. (Page: i-vii, Introduction) Waco, Texas: 1982
7. ↑ Anderson, Robert C, George F. Sanborn, and Melinde L. Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635 Vol.1: A-B (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Great Migration Study Project, Boston, 1999) page 167. AmericanAncestors.org (by subscription) accessed online 05/24/21
8. ↑ The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 42. Boston, MD: David Clapp & Son, 1888. Page 258-259.
9. ↑ "Rev Peter Thacher's Record of Marriages at Milton" NEHGR, vol 36 (1882), page 303. Internet Archive.
10. ↑ Massachusetts, Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910, index, FamilySearch (accessed 07 Apr 2014), Thomas Barret, 08 Dec 1702; citing Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, reference P 120; FHL microfilm 868435.

See also

• Vital Records of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (The Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, 1914); page 363
  • http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Middlesex/Chelmsford/aDeathsB.shtml
  • http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Middlesex/Chelmsford/Images/Chelmsford_D363.shtml

• The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 42, 1888 : page 258
• Harwood, Joseph A., et.al., Records of Littleton, Massachusetts (Patriot Press, Concord, Massachusetts, 1900, 720 pages);page 413
• Barrett, William. Genealogy of Some of The Descendants of Thomas Barrett, Sen., of Braintree, Mass., 1635 (D. Ramaley & Son, Saint Paul, Minn., 1888)
• The Magazine of American Genealogy, Issues 22-27
• New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation, Volume 2; page 924
• Thomas Barrett, Jr (1619-1702) on Find A Grave: Memorial #11443655 Retrieved 17 January, 2018.