Reverend Solomon Barrett Sr (abt. 1766 - 1854) Needs Massachusetts genealogy help

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We Need A Source With Parental Lineage. He shouldn’t be a dead end as their is so much info about this family during this time, but I can’t seem to uncover the source for parents in this beautiful era! 

We have sources but it’s a bit confusing. 

1. This source has much info http://barrettgenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/06/generation-14-geoffrey-barrett-was-born.html also the Barrett study I manage has many sources, but need another set of eyes to review. 

I haven’t  been able to get much collaboration on these Barrett’s in this historic time frame of the revolution war era. 

I would think there would be a source of all the Reverends/Pastors of this colonial era especially the areas of Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts? 

2. We have him and his wife’s gravestone info! His son Thomas Augustus Barrett also has a source from the St. Lawrence County poor house showing his father’s birth origins and occupation, etc. both his sons David and Thomas are my grandfather’s as their kids married. Norman Barrett son of David Married Charlott Daughter of Thomas Augustus Barrett (first cousin’s). Any help is appreciated  I have much info up to Rev. Solomon Barrett  it seems this time period is very difficult for me in researching. 

I have tried searching here but no luck yet just need more eyes searching in this http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org./   I was hoping in the history of the town of Pittsfield Massachusetts I could find something related to this baptist reverend  

See also

http://barrettgenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/06/origin-of-name-barrett.html

http://barrettgenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/05/barretts-in-america.html

Come join our name study here: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Barrett_Name_Study

WikiTree profile: Solomon Barrett
in Genealogy Help by Andrew Simpier G2G6 Pilot (681k points)
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At this point you have identified an uncertain father (Jonathan) and FindaGrave has identified a different father (John).  More research to flesh out these two persons could be useful in identifying whether Solomon was in fact the son of either.  

I went ahead and edited Solomon's profile in chronological form in order to group together information about the same topic (his marriage) which had been scattered.  This required using the form <ref name="arbitrary site identifier"> in order to cite the same source but with information now scattered through the profile.  I think you'll find use of this form helpful as you continue your research.  In addition, when you obtain conflicting data-- as you already have, with his parents, it will help answer the question, "which source provided this information, and which of the competing sources is the more reliable?"  

This is one of the tragedies of the Find a Grave site -- it would be so easy for them to require sources but they don't.  So their naming a John Barrett is something to consider -- and they have a nice profile for him, a Revolutionary War soldier -- but that can only be a starting point for further research to figure out why they made the connection, or whether they got it wrong.
by Jack Day G2G6 Pilot (461k points)
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Thank you Jack

Love the layout & form you used! It’s going to take time to get parental lineage source. I wonder if it’s possible to pull his death record from New York State as it might have parents listed. I corrected just one thing his daughter is Sharlott (Barrett) Sloan the sister to professor/author Solomon Barrett jr. per news article. His wife is Charlotte Stevens (her parental lineage is uncertain still). I think the daughter’s name is the French spelling version. Even Sharlott’s grave has the exact spelling with the letter “S”.   

I would love to get a copy of Byron S. Barrett, "The Barrett Family Record" 1913. 

Research continues : )

Andrew, Sharlott is English if anything, Charlotte is the French form of this name.  wink

Very interesting fact!

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