Margaret (Barrett) Stoughton (1595 - abt. 1666)

Born 29 Sep 1595 in Norwich, Norfolk, England

Ancestors

Wife of Simon Huntington Sr — married 11 May 1623 (to 1633) in St. Andrew, Norwich, Norfolk, England

Wife of Thomas Stoughton — married 1635 in Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died about 14 Mar 1666 at about age 70 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut

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Biography

Margaret Barrett Huntington Stoughton died on March 25, 1661 at Windsor, Hartford county, Connecticut Colony.^[1]

She died after 14 March 1665/6, when John Winthrop recorded that he had treated "Mrs. Stoughton, Margaret, of Windsor."^[2]

Residence Norwich, Norfolk, England Marriage: Her Second Husband: Thomas Stoughton His Second Wife: Margaret Barrett Residence Windsor, Hartford county, Connecticut Colony

Source: The Great Migration. Margaret Barrett was daughter of Christopher Barrett, mayor of Norwich, England in 1634. In 1649 her brother Peter Barrett wrote to her son Christopher regarding a legacy due to "yourself (Christopher), Symon, Thomas and Ann" from their grandfather. In 1671 another of her brothers, Thomas Barrett, spoke of his sister "Margaret who married to one Symond Huntington who carried her to New England & had several children by her; but we can give no account of her or them, yet think that she & several of her children are living there" (Hale, House 648, citing Joseph James Muskett, Suffolk Manorial Families, 3 vols. (Exeter 1900-1914), 2:153-60]. This information and much more,including the known Barrett pedigree and a dismissal of the proposed Huntington English pedigree, were published by Jacobus in 1952, the best account available of the immigrant family, lacking only the Norwich parish register entries [Hale, House 647-51].)

Source: Connecticut, 1600s-1800s Local Families and Histories; NewEngland Families, Vol. IV, Genealogies and Memorials, page 1627;copyright MyFamily.com, Inc. Simon Huntington, the immigrant ancestor, was born in England and sailed for New England in 1633 with his wife and children, but was taken ill and died on the voyage of smallpox. His widow Margaret (Barrett) Huntington, settled with her children first at Roxbury, Massachusetts, where she married (second) 1635-36, Thomas Stoughton of Dorchester. They removed to Windsor, Connecticut, and settled there. Margaret was probably born in Norwich, England. Practically nothing is known of Simon Huntington. Even his name was a mystery to the early genealogists of the family. Children: William, settled in Salisbury about 1640; Thomas, settled in Connecticut; Christopher, . . . .Simon, settled in Norwich, Connecticut; Ann, mentioned in a letter written by Peter Barrett to his sister, Margaret (Barrett) Huntington.

source: Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration Study Project, New England Historic Genealogical Society. www.newenglandancestors.org:

"She was admitted to Roxbury church as member #83: 'Margret Huntington widdow; she came in the year 1633. Her husband died by the way of small pox; she brought children with her. She married (2) shortly after December 1634 Thomas Stoughton of Dorchester (and later Windsor). CHILDREN: i. Christopher. . . ii. Thomas . . . iii. Simon. . . iv. Henry "At the 1629 Bishop's Visitation of the Diocese of Norwich, Simon Huntington of the parish of St. Simon & Jude, Norwich, was presented 'for that he doth not use to stand up at the Creed, nor bow at the name of Jesus' </Norwich and Norfolk Record Office, Norwich DiocesanArchives, VIS 6/1>. These were typical Puritan infractions.

Name

Margaret Barret

Birth

29 SEP 1595 Norwich, Norfolk, England

Arrival

1633 Roxbury, Massachusetts;

Death

25 MAR 1661 Windsor, Hartford county, Connecticut

She died after 14 March 1665/6, when John Winthrop recorded that he had treated "Mrs. Stoughton, Margaret, of Windsor."^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ What is the basis for this?
2. ↑ Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633 (3 vols.) Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995. Vol. 3, page 1775.
3. ↑ Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633 (3 vols.) Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995. Vol. 3, page 1775.

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