Born about in Colchester, Essex, England
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Bland Sr.
and Isabella (Drake) Smith
Sister of
Isabella (Bland) Leavitt
Wife of
William Barsham
— married
about 1634 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Descendants 
Mother of
John Barsham, Hannah (Barsham) Spring, Susanna (Barsham) Capen, Nathaniel Barsham, Sarah (Barsham) Browne, Mary (Barsham) Parker and Rebecca (Barsham) Winship
Died before
before about age 68
in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Biography
Annabel (Smith) Barsham immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).
Annabel (Anabel) Smith (alias Bland) was born say 1615, probably in Colchester, Essex, England. She was the daughter of John Smith, alias Bland, and Isabel Drake Smith.[1]
She arrived in Watertown with her father, mother and sister, Isabel, from Colchester in 1635.[2]
Annabel was married by 1635 in Watertown to William Barsham. [3][4] They had the following children:
- John 1635[5]
- Hannah 1637[6]
- Joshua 1640[7]
- Susanna 1641/2[1]
- Nathaniel c1644[1]
- Sarah 1646[1]
- Mary 1648[1]
- Rebecca c1656[1]
- Elizabeth 1658[1]
She died by August 23, 1683, probably in Watertown, as she was not mentioned in her husband's will.[1]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins, Immigrants to New England 1620-1635 (Boston:NEHGS) 1995 Vol.I A-F, p 109-111.
- ↑ U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Name Annabel Smith Arrival Year 1635 Arrival Place Watertown, Massachusetts Primary Immigrant Smith, Annabel Source Publication Code116.5.5 Annotation Date and place of first residence in New England. Source BibliographyANDERSON, ROBERT CHARLES. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2009. Volume VI, 771p.
- ↑ US, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (second supplement to Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700), published by Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, UT 2012. Barsham, William (c. 1610-1684) & Anabel Smith alias Bland (c. 1615-by 1683); m. by 1635, Watertown.
- ↑ Robert Charles Anderson, ‘’TheGreat Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635,’’ (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society) 2009, Vol. VI R-S, p 393
- ↑ The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011 Name John Barsham Event Type Birth Birth Date 8 Oct 1635 Birth Place Boston, USA Father's Name William Barsham Mother's Name Ammiel Barsham
- ↑ Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 Name Hannah Spring Event Type Death Birth Date abt 1637 Death Date 18 Aug 1710 Death Place Newton, Massachusetts Death Age 73 Spouse Name John Spring
- ↑ Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 Name Joshua Barsham Event Type Birth Birth Date 15 Mar 1640 Birth Place Boston, Massachusetts Father Name William Barsham Mother Name Annibel Barsham
- US Find A Grave Index 1600s-current. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35977545/anabel-barsham
- paper on the various John Smiths of Watertown, TAG 61 Robert Charles Anderson, John Smith of Watertown, Massachusetts, The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT Vol. 61 (1985) Pg. 18-31.
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