Esther (Stetson) Barry (1784 - 1859)

Born 23 Jul 1784 in Braintree, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Wife of William Barry — married 5 Sep 1802 in Boston, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 24 Mar 1859 at age 74 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Esther Stetson was born on July 23, 1784 in Randolph, Massachusetts (then part of the town of Braintree). Her parents were John Stetson and Rachael Paine. ^[1][2]

She married William Barry in Boston, Massachusetts, on September 5 or 6, 1802.^{[3] [4][5]} Thirteen children were born to the marriage:^[6]

1. Sarah Ann Barry
2. William Barry
3. John Barry
4. Esther Barry
5. George Barry
6. Henry Barry
7. Adaline Barry
8. Charles Barry
9. Rebecca Barry
10. Ann Barry
11. Benjamin Franklin Barry
12. Benjamin Barry
13. Amasa Barry

The 1850 United States Census recorded Wm. Barry, age 74, and Esther Barry,age 65, in Boston, Massachusetts. Both were born in Massachusetts. Wm. Barry reported having no occupation, but he had $8,000 in real estate. Also in their household were two servants: Hannah Lane, age 28, born in Ireland, and Eliza Snow, 40, born in Massachusetts.^[7] In 1855 the Massachusetts state census recorded William Barry, age 79, "gentleman," and Esther Barry, age 71, in Boston, sharing their household with Eliza Snow, 35; Thomas Newton, 18, a clerk; and Mary Regen, 28. All were born in Massachusetts except Mary Regen, who was born in Ireland.^[8]

Esther (Stetson) Barry died at her home at 17 N. Russell Street in Boston, Massachusetts, on 24 March 1859, at age 74, and is buried in Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.Cause of her death was reported as paralysis.^{[9][10][11][12][13]}

Sources

1. ↑ Barry, John; p. 27
2. ↑ Barry, Esther; p. 6
3. ↑ Boston, MA: Marriages, 1700-1809. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2006), Originally published as: Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston, Containing the Boston Marriages from 1700 to 1751 (Vol. 28), Boston, Municipal Printing office, 1898. Records Relating to the Early History of Boston, Containing Boston Marriages from 1752 to 1809 (vol. 30), Boston, Municipal Printing Office, 1903. Vol. 2, page 196: William Barry & Esther Stetson Married By Rev. Samuel Stillman on Sept. 6, 1802.
4. ↑ Barry, Esther; p. 6, gives the date as September 5. Boston Marriages, 1720-1751, 1762-1808; Vol. 12, pp. 297-8, lists the date as September 6.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-JZ3R : 29 November 2018), William Barry and Esther Stetson, 1802; citing Marriage, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011047.
6. ↑ Barry, Esther; p. 14
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDSZ-GZR : 4 April 2020), Esther Barry in household of William Barry, Boston, ward 5, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing family 480, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
8. ↑ "Massachusetts State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQWJ-KRL : 9 March 2018), Ester Barry in household of William Barry, Ward 05, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 953,959.
9. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHQL-P8S : 17 January 2020), Deaths Registered in the City of Boston for the Year 1859. Esther Stetson Barry, 1859.
10. ↑ Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).Boston Death Records. Accessed on Ancestry.com.
11. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910. (From original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004.) Vol. 31, page 18: Boston deaths, 1859
12. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/149976004/esther-barry: accessed 15 March 2023), memorial page for Esther Stetson Barry (23 Jul 1784–24 Mar 1859), Find a Grave Memorial ID 149976004, citing Forest Hills Cemetery and Crematory, Jamaica Plain, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Margo Reasner (contributor 48205047).
13. ↑ Photograph of the gravestone of Esther Stetson Barry, Forest Hills Cemetery in Boston, Massachusetts, posted on Ancestry.com by dsloman1a, 14 August 2014. Inscription: To the memory of Esther, wife of William Barry, born July 23, 1784, died March 24, 1859.

• Barry, Esther Stetson. William and Esther Barry and their Descendants : A Memorial Record, Boston, 1909.
• Barry, John Stetson. 'A Genealogical and Biographical Sketch of the Name and Family of Stetson. Boston: Printed for the author by W.A. Hall and Co. 1847. page 27
• Stetson, Oscar Frank, 1875-1948, editor; Stetson, Nelson Mitchell, 1855-1930. The descendants of Cornet Robert Stetson of Scituate, Massachusetts. Providence: Stetson Kindred of America, Inc. 1933. page 44 Stetson Gen Index: 1-1-2-5-3-11

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Laura H for creating WikiTree profile Stetson-208 through the import of Haley Family Tree.ged on Aug 8, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Laura and others.