Margaret (Unknown) Barrett (1608 - 1681)

Born 8 Jul 1608 in Norwich, Norfolk, England

Wife of Thomas Barrett — married before 1625 in England

Descendants

Died 8 Jul 1681 at age 73 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Disputed Origins

Margaret "Huntington" had been shown as the daughter of Samuel Huntington without sources. (Refer to Research Notes section). In fact, none of the sources within this profile show that her last name at birth was even Huntington. Her last name has been changed to Unknown.

Biography

Margaret ______ married Thomas Barrett in England by 1632.^[1][2][3][4] Margaret ( ) Barrett died in Chelmsford, Massachusetts July 8. 1761.^[5]

Children

Children of Thomas and Margaret Barret: [Snow-Estes Ancestry names four children (John, Thomas, Mary, Joseph), presumably all born in England, but makes no attempt to estimate dates of birth]

• John b. abt 1625 England, d. May 19 1706 Chelmsford, Mass.
• Mary b. abt 1630 likely England, d. Feb 2 1657 Braintree, Mass.
• Thomas b. abt 1634 possibly in Braintree, Mass (no record), d. Dec 8 1702 Chelmsford.
• Joseph b. abt 1639 Braintree, Mass (no record - Braintree records started in 1640), d. Oct 31 1711 Chelmsford

Immigration

BET 1635 AND 1640 Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts^[1][2]

BEF 1662 Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts^[2]

Death

08 JUL 1681 Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts^[1][2][3]

Will

01 MAR 1661/62 Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

"1st 1st mo. 1662"^[1]

Research Notes

Disputed Ancestry: According to a family genealogy site which is not currently maintained, referencing Ancestry's One World Tree, Margaret Huntington was reportedly born about 1572, and was a daughter of Samuel Huntington and Margaret Crane. ^[6] However this reference is to a Margaret of an earlier generation than the wife of Thomas Barrett.

Possible Additional Daughter: Margaret b.abt 1647 (no other information on her). Diane Lane and Dan Barrett, Barrett family researchers identify her as a daughter of Thomas and Margaret Barret. Margaret is not in the list given in the Snow-Estes Genealogy.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Snow, Nora Emma. The Snow-Estes Ancestry (Hillburn, N.Y., 1939) Volume 2, Pages 218-219
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Barnett, Madalene R. The Descendants of Moses and Mary (Dow) Barrett (Waco, Texas, 1982): Page i-vii, "Introduction"
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} McIntire, Robert Harry Ancestry of Robert Harry McIntire and of Helen Annette McIntire, his wife, published 1950. Reference page 100
4. ↑ New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. Reference Volume 1, page 96. Subscription
5. ↑ Warner, Frederick C., The ancestry of Samuel, Freda and John Warner, published 1949. Reference Volume 1, page 41
6. ↑ rchived site via Wayback Machine, captured 10 October 2014 NOTE: Dead link as of Feb 5, 2019. A.

• Barrett, William. Genealogy of Some of The Descendants of Thomas Barrett, Sen., of Braintree, Mass., 1635 (D. Ramaley & Son, Saint Paul, Minn., 1888) Page 9
• Snow, Nora Emma. The Snow-Estes Ancestry (Hillburn, N.Y., 1939) [1]
• Barnett, Madalene R. The Descendants of Moses and Mary (Dow) Barrett (Waco, Texas, 1982)