James Barrett (1710 - 1779)

Born 31 Jul 1710 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca (Hubbard) Barrett — married 21 Dec 1732 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 11 Apr 1779 at age 68 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

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Colonel James Barrett served with 3rd Regiment, Middlesex County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

James Barrett is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A006669.

James Barrett is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 109643
Rank: Colonel

James Barrett - Revolutionary War soldier. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

During the French and Indian Wars and up until 1774, Colonel James Barrett supplied the British troops with oatmeal and other provisions. ^[4] He commanded patriot forces during the battle of Concord. ^[4]

Colonel, 3rd Middlesex Regiment, Commander of the Provincial troops in the Concord fight, 19 April 1775, MA Militia ^{[5] [6]}

Burial: Old Hill Burying Ground, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War
2. ↑ Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783
3. ↑ United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} The Great Women of the American Revolution, Washington, D. C.: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, 1775, pg. 12.
5. ↑ SAR https://sarpatriots.sar.org/patriot/display/109643
6. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2020-10-06), "Record of James Barrett", Ancestor # A006669.

• Barrett, William. Genealogy of Some of The Descendants of Thomas Barrett, Sen., of Braintree, Mass., 1635 (D. Ramaley & Son, Saint Paul, Minn., 1888)

• Page 266-7: "Col. James Barrett was commander of the Provincial Troops in the fight at the North Bridge, Concord, Mass., April 19, 1775, with the British regulars."

• Colonial Soldiers and Officers in New England, 1620-1775. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013). Massachusetts Officers in the French and Indian Wars, 1748-1763, p. 43

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 14 December 2020), memorial page for Col James Barrett Sr. (31 Jul 1710–11 Apr 1779), Find A Grave: Memorial #7398260, citing Old Hill Burying Ground, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Smith Family (contributor 46500408) .

• Hudson, Alfred. The History of Concord, Massachusetts (Erudite Press, Concord, Mass., 1904); index

• Hurd, Duane. History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts (J. W. Lewis & Co., Philadelphia, 1890); [1]

• </span>COL James Barrett documents
• COL James Barrett Pedigree

• "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLRL-KMTW : 15 November 2020), James Barrett, 19 Apr 1775; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RW-YJK5 : 17 March 2018), James Barret, 07 Feb 1776; citing Military Service, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,020,676.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLPP-LQJ7 : 15 November 2020), James Barret, 28 Dec 1776; citing Military Service, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCSC-48M : 10 November 2020), James Barret, 21 Dec 1732; citing Marriage, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPC7-VDR1 : 31 October 2019), James Barrett and Rebecca Hubbard, 21 Dec 1732; citing Marriage, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011227.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZ2-G81R : 31 October 2019), James Barret and Rebecca Hubbard, 21 Dec 1732; citing Marriage, Concord, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009675.

• 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. Digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org) case 1194

• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1896); Vol. 1, p. 674

• Tolman, George. Concord, Massachusetts Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850 (Beacon Press, Boston, Mass., 1895)
  • p. 132, "James Barrett and Rebeckah Hubburd, both of Concord, were Married by Justice Minott, December 21, 1732 "
  • p. 135, James, b. 1733
  • p. 139, Nathan, b. 1735
  • p. 147, Lydia, b. 1738
  • p. 154, Rebecca, b. 1741
  • p. 163, Ephraim, b. 1744
  • p. 172, Persis, b. 1747
  • p. 186, Stephen, b. 1750
  • p. 190, Peter, b. 1755
  • p. 210, Lucy, b. 1761
  • p. 328 "Rebecca Barrett, relict of the late Col. James Barrett, died Oct. 18, 1806, aged 90"
  • p. 416, Death of Col. James Barrett

• NEHGS Volume I

• Potter, Charles Edward. Genealogies of some old families of Concord, Mass. and their descendants in part to the present generation, Alfred Mudge & Son, Printers, Boston, 1887 p. 5

• Shattuck, Lemuel A History of the Town of Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Russell, Odiorne & Co., Concord, 1835); p. 363 and many others

• Society of Colonial Wars in Massachusetts Membership Applications, 1620-1910. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2018). Member 741, Member 907, Member 1386

• Humphrey Barrett Descendants

• Swain, William Chester. Swain and Allied Families (Swain & Tate Co., Milwaukee, Wis., 1896) Page 65-8

• "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QRQB-52MM : 29 August 2019), James Barret, 9 Apr 1775; citing Military Service, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 103140774.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLLV-FYF6 : 22 August 2019), James Barrett, 9 Apr 1775; citing Military Service, Concord, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 103140774.

• Wikipedia:James Barrett (colonel), Wikidata: Item Q47541994

• Shattuck, Lemuel. The Minott Family, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1847) Vol. 1, Page 257.

• He "was the distinguished commander of the Provincial troops in the battle of Concord, when the first forcible resistance was made to the British, at the commencement of hostilities in the American Revolution on the 19th April, 1775."