David Barrett (1773 - abt. 1815)

Born 9 Aug 1773 in Alford, MA

Ancestors

Husband of Phoebe (Fowler) Barrett — married 27 Mar 1805 in Burton, OH

Descendants

Died about Mar 1815 at about age 41 in Milan, OH [uncertain]

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Biography

An 1805 settler of Trumball County (Geauga), OH. Served in War of 1812 ^[1] 1810 - David Barrett rented land from Abbott and on April 10th., he moved here with his wife and children to farm the land which was on the east side of the Huron River and about 10 rods ( about 165 feet) north from what would be known as Abbott's Bridge. Among the people who worked this land was Nathaniel Gliees, his wife and family and four unmarried men - Seth Hayes, Stephen Worthington, S. Durand and F. W. Fowler who was also the brother-in-law of Barrett. They built a log cabin on the bottom land beside the river and it was large enough to house all the people in the group. It was the first improvement built by white settlers in the Huron/Avery area.(1) Probate of Eleazer Barrett Jr of Alford, Berkshire County, In 1823, Daniel Barrett listed “three children of David, all over 14, of West Bloomfield, NY” (2) David served as a private under Lt. Col. William W. Cotgreave in Capt. Icabod Nye's (Knox County Militia) Company from Aug 26-Oct 4, 1812. Also that he served several tours as a Lt. under Capt. Delanne Mills (Portage County) Company in Cotgreave's Regmt.(3)

Sources

Massachusetts Vital Statistics, Alford Births to the year 1850, Census

Footnotes

(1)http://milanarea.com/abbott01.htm http://milanarea.com/ma-MilanTownship-1812-EarliestMap-a.jpg (3) Timman, Henry, R., Huron County Historian, Norwalk, Ohio, Letter dated March 27, 1981

1. ↑ Entered by Brian Barrett.

Acknowledgments

Stephen P. Barrett, spbarrett@msn.com Thanks to Brian Barrett for starting this profile. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by Brian and others.