1650/1: Feb. 20: Owned part of the water mills. [1]
1656/7: March 7: Matthew and wife Rebecca lands to the mill ponds. [1]
1653: March 14: He was one of the surveyors of highways at Boston. [1] (p. 333)[5]
1658: Matthew deeds to John Cunny lands from the sea to the mill ponds. [1]
1659: Oct. 19: Matthew lets house, garden and lands to Robert Nash. [1]
1659: Nov. 20: Matthew and wife Elizabeth, deed land to William Talbot. [1]
1660: March 5: Matthew deeds part of the tide water mill, 3 mills, dams, etc. to Thomas Clarke. [1]
1660: Oct. 18: Matthew Barnes of Boston, and wife Elizabeth, deed house and land to William Whitwell. [1]
He died in 1667. His estate was probated in June 1667. [6]
On 4 m: 6th: 1667 (June 6, 1667), John Button age 73, testified that Matthew Barnes had stated that when he took Elizabeth, widow of Thomas Hunt as his wife, that he would make good to her children. [7]
Children
Sarah born in 1641; married John Tomline in 1660. [1][2]
1651: Thomas of Matthew Barnes of Braintry 16 day 1 mo, First Church. (p. 34)
1652: Alice of Mathew & Rebecca Barnes born 22nd Dec. (p. 36)
1652: Alce of Matthew Barnes of Braintry, 26 day 10 mo. First Church. (p. 40)
1655: Hannah of Matthew & Rebecca Barnes, born 14th March. (p. 50)
Boston Deaths
1657: Rebecca, wife of Matthew Barnes, died 19th 7th mo. (p. 61)
Boston Marriages
1657: Matthew Barnes & Elizabeth Hunt widow were married 4th -- 9th month by Richard Bellingham Dept. Govr. (p. 62)
1660: John Tomline & Sarah Barnes, daughter of Mathew Barnes of Boston, were married 28th December by John Endecott, Gov. (p. 77) [2]
Sources
↑ 1.001.011.021.031.041.051.061.071.081.091.101.111.121.131.14 Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630–1800 and The Crooked and Narrow Streets of Boston, 1630–1822.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014.)
↑ 2.02.12.22.32.42.52.6 City Document 130: A Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston Containing Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699, Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, Boston, MA, 1883
↑ The information in this biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import. Barnes-5489 was created by Bradley Douglas through the import of Douglas Family Tree.ged on Jul 2, 2014.
↑ Some Account of the Early History and Present State of the Town of Quincy: In the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, by George Whitney, S. B. Manning, printer, 1827
↑ The History and Antiquities of Boston: The Capital of Massachusetts and Metropolis of New England from Its Settlement in 1630 to the Year 1770, by Samuel G. Drake, Luther Stevens Publ., Boston, MA, 1856
↑ Case 1112: p.1-3) Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.)
↑ ( V. 2: p. 45) Middlesex County, MA: Abstracts of Court Files, 1649–1675. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003), (Unpublished abstracts by Thomas Bellows Wyman, "Abstract of Middlesex court files from 1649," n.d.)
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