Lydia (Prescott) Barron (1641 - 1723)

Born 15 Aug 1641 in Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Jonas Fairbanks — married 28 May 1658 in Lancaster, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Wife of Ellis Barron Jr. — married 1678 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 21 Dec 1723 at age 82 in Watertown, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

"Jonas Fairbank married, May 28, 1658, Lydia PRESCOTT, daughter of John Prescott, who came from Sowerby, Parish of Halifax, England. She was born in Watertown, Mass., Aug 15, 1641. After his death she married Elias BARRON, of Watertown, afterward of Groton and Lancaster."

Children of Lydia PRESCOTT and Jonas FAIRBANK:

Marie FAIRBANKS b: 20 APR 1659 in Lancaster, Worcester, MA d: 15 NOV 1681 in Sherborn, Middlesex, MA

Joshua FAIRBANKS b: 06 FEB 1661 in Lancaster, Worcester, MA d: 10 FEB 1676 in Lancaster, Worcester, MA (Lancaster Massacre)

Grace FAIRBANKS b: 15 SEP 1663 in Lancaster, Worcester, MA d: 10 AUG 1689 in Lancaster, Worcester, MA

Jonathan FAIRBANKS b: 07 OCT 1666 in Lancaster, Worcester, MA d: 11 SEP 1697 in Lancaster, Worcester, MA (killed in Raid of 1697 with his dau. Grace)

Hasadiah FAIRBANKS b: 28 FEB 1668 in Lancaster, Worcester, MA d: about 1740 in Bolton, Wocester, Mass. Married John MOORE

Jabez FAIRBANKS* b: 08 JAN 1670 in Lancaster, Worcester, MA d: 02 MAR 1758 in Lancaster, Worcester, MA. Married Mary WILDER

Jonas FAIRBANKS b: 03 MAR 1673 in Lancaster, Worcester, MA d: 13 SEP 1697 in Lancaster, Worcester, MA

"His widow married Elias Barron, Jr. of Watertown, afterwards of Groton and Lancaster, he returned to Watertown at the end of his life with Lydia." Genealogist William R Randall gives death date of Lydia as 21 Dec 1723 at Watertown, Middlesex, Mass.

Elias BARRON (son of Elias and Grace BARRON of Bury, Lancashire, England) died 07 OCT 1712 in Watertown, Middlesex, Mass. Lydia was alive at the time his estate was in Probate. Lydia Prescott FAIRBANKS was his second wife, the first was Hannah HAWKINS, married on Dec 14,1653 at Watertown, Mass.

Children of Lydia and Ellis BARRON, Jr:

Mary BARRON b: 25 Apr 1679, Watertown, Middlesex, MA. d: 26 Apr 1679 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA

Abigail BARRON b: 30 May 1680, Watertown, Middlesex, MA

Joshua BARRON b: 04 May 1683, Watertown, Middlesex, MA d: 06 May 1683 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA

Joshua BARRON b: 06 Mar 1685, Watertown, Middlesex, MA d: 28 Mar 1685, Watertown, Middlesex, MA

LYDIA Prescott, b. in Watertown, Mass., Aug. 15, 1641; m. in Lancaster, Mass., May 28, 1658, the first marriage recorded there, Jonas, son of Jonathan and Grace Fairbank of Dedham, Mass., he came with his parents from Sowerby in Halifax Parish in Yorkshire, Eng. He was a farmer and carpenter in Lancaster, where he was killed by the Indians, Feb. 10, 1676, when Lancaster was destroyed. She m. (2) Elias Barron of Watertown, afterwards of Groton and Lancaster.

Children:

Mary Fairbank b. June 20, 1659.

Joshua Fairbank b. Apr. 6, 1661 ; killed by the Indians Feb. 10, 1676.

Grace Fairbank b. Nov. 16, 1663

Jonathan Fairbank

Hazadiah Fairbank

Jabez Fairbank

Jonas Fairbank

Birth

BET 1613 AND 1653

Death

BET 1678 AND 1746

Sources

• Prescott, William. The Prescott Memorial (H.W. Dutton & Son, 1870) Page 42

• Lorenzo S. Fairbanks. Genealogy of the Fairbanks Family in America 1633-1897. Boston: 1897. p.38, 39.

• Abijah P. Marvin. History of Lancaster. 1879: p.59.

• C.A.Torrey. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. NEHGS. Boston. 1992: p.46 for Lydia Prescott FAIRBANKS and Elias BARRON. p. 256 for Jonas FAIRBANKS and Lydia PRESCOTT.

• White family quarterly, Volumes 1-3 By Almira Larkin White, page 110

• The Longley Family Genealogy compiled by Louise Baneck Longley and Janneyne Longley Gnacinski, 1967, FHL Film # 928132 Item 6, page 3.

• Ancestral File(R) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Ancestral File Number: 1V8C-4T

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52824552/lydia-barron

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