Thomas Barrows (1716 - 1802)

Born 13 Sep 1716 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Mehitable (Porter) Barrows — married 30 Apr 1741 in Mansfield, Windham (later Tolland), Connecticut

Husband of Abigail (Crane) Barrows — married 2 Feb 1744 in Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut

Husband of Elizabeth (Turner) Barrows — married 9 Jan 1752 in Mansfield, Windham (later Tolland), Connecticut

Descendants

Died 16 Jul 1802 at age 85 in Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

American Revolution Veterans NSSAR Patriot P-109854, Revolutionary War Graves Register. Clovis H. Brakebill, compiler. 672pp. SAR. 1993. Also SAR Revolutionary War Graves Register CD. Progeny Publishing Co: Buffalo, NY. 1998

Birth

Lt. Thomas Barrows was born on 13 September 1716 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts to Robert Barrows Jr. (8 November 1689 - 17 Aug 1779) and Bethia Ford (16 March 1687 - 12 November 1773). https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-8979-7FHY?i=39&wc=Q4D4-4WG%3A353350201%2C353482701%2C353484001&cc=2061550. In most of the literature Lt. Thomas is called 2nd, but it isn't because he is a Jr. to his father. It is probably because there is another Thomas Barrows (14 February 1697-28 October 1776), brother to Robert Barrows (1689-1779), married to Esther Hall, who was the first Barrows in Mansfield in 1720. This was probably the way the locals kept uncle and nephew recognizable during their time. Lt. Barrows and his immediate family also appear in Mansfield in about 1720.

Siblings

1. Jabez Barrows born 11 October 1711 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts. He married 1) Sibyl Hall (27 October 1716 - 20 July 1769) d/o Isaac on 20 May 1736 and 2) Abigail Phelps, widow of Thomas Hovey (1706-1749) of Mansfield and d/o Jedediah Phelps of Lebanon.
2. Lemuel Barrows born 25 March 1714 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts. He married Martha Stow (d. 12 October 1825) on 28 July 1763. He died before Martha, but no date found.
3. Amos Barrows born 16 December 1722 in Mansfield, Windham (later Tolland), Connecticut.
4. Lydia Barrows born 6 July 1726 in Mansfield, Windham (later Tolland), Connecticut. She died on 21 October 1767 in Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut.
5. David Barrows born 11 August 1728 in Mansfield, Windham (later Tolland), Connecticut.
6. Elisha Barrows born 13 April 1730 in Mansfield, Windham (later Tolland), Connecticut. He married Hannah Mayo (about 1728-1812), d/o John Mayo, on 20 November 1752. He died on 7 October 1812 in Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut, USA.

Marriages and Family

Thomas married three times.

1. Mehitable Porter (1715 - 25 March 1742), daughter of Deacon Experience Porter on 30 April 1741 in Mansfield, Windham (later Tolland), Connecticut.
2. Abigail Crane (1714-1750) on 2 February 1744 in Mansfield, Windham (later Tolland), Connecticut.
3. Elizabeth Turner (1729-1819), daughter of Phillip Turner, on 9 January 1752 in Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut.

Child of the Barrows-Porter Marriage

1. Experience Barrows born 5 March 1742 in Mansfield, Windham (later Tolland), Connecticut. He died on 17 February 1747 in Mansfield, Connecticut.

Children of the Barrows-Crane Marriage

All children born in Mansfield, Windham (later Tolland), Connecticut.

1. Abigail Barrows born 5 November 1744. She married Nathan Palmer (1742-1825). Abigail died on 12 March 1823 in Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut, USA.
2. Mehitable Barrows born 7 January 1746. She married Thomas Swift Jr. on 31 October 1770 in Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut. Mehitable died on 3 September 1809 in Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut, USA.
3. Thomas Barrows born 24 May 1748. He died on 15 March 1749.
4. Thomas Barrows, Jr. born 27 July 1750. He married Martha Hall (1755-1819) in about 1772 in Connecticut. Thomas died on 14 March 1844 in Lebanon, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA.

Children of the Barrows-Turner Marriage

1. Solomon Barrows born 13 September 1752. He married 1) Lydia Babcock of Stonington, New London, Connecticut (d. 22 October 1786), d/o of James Babcock, on 24 November 1774 and 2)Prudence Moulton, widow of Windham, on 4 April 1787.
2. Mary Barrows born 28 October 1754. She married Asa Bennett.
3. Experience Barrows born 2 December 1756. He died on 23 October 1776 at Stamford as a Revolutionary War Soldier.
4. Elizabeth Barrows born 2 December 1758. She died unmarried on 3 March 1837 age 78.
5. Phillip Barrows born 29 November 1760. He lived on his father's homestead in Mansfield. He married Sarah Parker (d. 29 November 1835), d/o Joshua Parker and widow of Stephen Fisk of Stafford on 29 March 1787. Phillip died on 16 August 1809.
6. Eleazer Barrows born 4 September 1763. He married Mary Hall on 1 April 1781. Shortly after 1793 he moved to Middlebury, Vermont.
7. Lydia Barrows born 10 August 1765. She married Joseph Southworth.
8. Lemuel Barrows born 2 June 1769. He married Hannah Moore Storrs, eldest daughter of Rev. John Storrs by his first wife. Lemuel died in November 1852. His widow married Jeptha Fitch of Mansfield in 1830.

Military Service

Corporal Thomas Barrows served with 6th Connecticut Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Thomas Barrows is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A006823.

He served in the Continental Army. He was in a list of the men from Mansfield who marched to the relief of Boston during the Lexington Alarm in April 1775. ^[1]

In 1776 he was a Pvt. in Capt. Gallup's Company, Col. Samuel Holden Parson's Regiment. In 1776 in was again a Pvt. in Capt. Nathaniel Wales Co., Col. Jonathan Wales Regiment of Connecticut Militia at Saratoga. He was drafted on 24 August 1777 and discharged on 5 November 1777.

Death and Burial

Thomas died on 16 July 1802 in Mansfield, Windham (later Tolland), Connecticut at the age of 85. He was buried in the Olde Mansfield Center Cemetery, Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut. Find A Grave: Memorial #23752784. A photo of the headstone is available.

Sources

1. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed Date), "Record of BARROWS, THOMAS", Ancestor # A006823.

• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970: No. 42077, 21 Apr 1925, Hurlbut Gershom Barnes Cutting, 3rd great-grandson of Thomas Barrows and Elizabeth Turner. National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Louisville, Kentucky. Microfilm, 508 rolls.
• Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusets, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 for Thomas Barrows. Births in Plymouth, Handwritten record says: The children of Robert Barrows and Bathyah Barrows 1) Jabiz born on ye 11th of october 1711. 2) Lamuel born on ye 25th of March 1714. 3) Thomas born September 13th 1716. [1]
• Find A Grave Index.
• Weaver, William Lawton. History of Ancient Windham, CT. Genealogy:Containing a genealogical record of all the early families of ancient Windham, embracing the present towns of Windham, Mansfield, Hampton, Chaplin and Scotland: Part I A-Bil., pages 74-90.
• Connecticut Marriages. Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp.. Connecticut Marriages to 1850. Mehitable Porter and Thomas Barrows.
• Connecticut Marriages. Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp.. Connecticut Marriages to 1850. Abigail Crane and Thomas Barrows.
• Bailey, Frederic W., editor. Early Connecticut Marriages as found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800. New Haven, CT: Bureau of American Ancestry, 1896. Book 2, page 127. Records from the First Congregational Church of Mansfield.
• 1790 United States Federal Census in Mansfield, Windham, Connecticut. 1790: Barrows, Thomas, head. Only number totals given, 4 males under 16, 4 females, 1 male under 16 for a total of 9 household members.
• 1800 United States Federal Census in Mansfield, Windham, Connecticut. 1800: Barrows, Thomas, head. Only number totals given, 1 male over 45, 1 female 26-44, 1 female 45 and over for a total of 3 household members.
• Connecticut Deaths and Burials.
• Dimock, Susan Whitney. Births, Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths, From The Records of The Town and Churches in Mansfield, Connecticut, 1703-1850 (Baker & Taylor Co., New York, 1898) Page 18.
• DAR Ancestor Search: BARROWS, THOMAS, Ancestor #: A006823, Service: CONNECTICUT, Rank(s): CORPORAL, Birth: 9-13-1716, PLYMOUTH, PLYMOUTH CO MASSACHUSETTS, Death: 7-16-1802 MANSFIELD WINDHAM CO CONNECTICUT, Service Source: JOHNSTON, CT MEN IN THE REV, P 16, Service Description: 1) CAPT JONATHAN NICHOLS, LCOL EXPERIENCE STORRS, LEXINGTON ALARM.[2]