Rhoda (Ware) Barber (1753 - 1824)

Born 1753 in Massachusetts Bay Colony

Wife of George Clark — married 5 Jun 1775 in Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Wife of Hamblet Barber — married 1778 in Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 25 Dec 1824 at about age 71 in Bellingham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA

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Biography

Rhoda, daughter of George Ware/Waers/Wire/etc., was born in 1753 per her grave memorial.^[1] Her place of birth is unclear.

Between Dec. 10, 1761, and Jan. 3, 1762, she was baptized in Hopkinton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, with her brother Archibald and sister Rebecca, children of "George Waers".^[2]

"Rhoda Wires" married in Hopkinton 29 Jun 1775 George Clarke "Regular" per the church records. The intention to marry, issued 5 June 1755, were to George Clarke and “Rhoda Ware."^[3] [A regular is a full time soldier.]

She married in 1778 Hamblet Barber [There is no record of this marriage in the Hopkinton, Holliston or Bellingham vital records.] Per Hamblet's profile "In 1778 he married the eldest Ware daughter, Rhoda Ware (Clarke), who was then a young widow with an infant daughter."

From the children's birth records, etc., it appears they lived in Milford, Hopkinton, Holliston and Bellingham.

Rhoda, "wife of Hamblet Barber," died Dec 25 1824 in nearby Bellingham, Norfolk County, per both the Bellingham and Hollston records,^[4][5] but she is mention on a large family memorial stone in South Cemetery in Holliston.^[1]

Hamblet died in Holliston, Middlesex County, in 1834.^[6]

Children

Hopkinton MA Vital Records^[7]

1. James, s. Hamblet and Rhody, May 16, 1779, in Milford.
2. Rhoda, d. Hamblet and Rhoda, Oct. 22, 1783.
3. Hamblet, s. Hamblet and Rhoda, June 24, 1785.
4. Hannah, d. Hamblet and Rhoda, July 17, 1788.
5. Salley, d. Hamblet and Rhoda, May 28, 1790.
6. Polley, d. Hamblet and Rhoda, Aug. 20, 1792.
7. Anna, d. Hamblet and Rhoda, June 29, 1794, in Holliston.
8. John, s. Hamblet and Rhoda, Apr. 18, 1796, in Milford.
9. Thomas, s. Hamblet and Rhoda, Apr. 10, 1798, in Milford.

Research Notes

Originally she was thought to be Rhoda Ware (1759-1777), daughter of Ebenezer Ware (1726-1795) and Esther Hunting of Needham, Suffolk [Norfolk] County, Massachusetts. That Rhoda died in Needham 1 Mar 1777, [age 18].^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 20 February 2021), memorial page for Rhoda Ware Barber (1753–25 Dec 1824), Find A Grave: Memorial #60864743, citing South Cemetery, Holliston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by DakotaRoots (contributor 47339011) . Using sameas=no since death place was in a different town from family memorial. This prevents an error on the profile.
2. ↑ The Hopkinton vital records, Rhodo Waers, ch. George, bp. ––– –– [rec. between Dec. 10, 1761, and Jan. 3, 1762]. https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Middlesex/Hopkinton/aBirthsW.shtml
3. ↑ Hopkinton vital records, Rhoda Wares/Wires and George Clarke married 29 Jun1775. https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Middlesex/Hopkinton/Images/Hopkinton_M382.shtml
4. ↑ Holliston vital records. https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Middlesex/Holliston/aDeathsB.shtml
5. ↑ Vital records of Bellingham, Massachusetts, p.167: w. "old mr" Hamblat, https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofbe00bell/page/166/mode/2up
6. ↑ Holliston vital records. https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Middlesex/Holliston/aDeathsB.shtml
7. ↑ Hopkinton vital records. https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Middlesex/Hopkinton/aBirthsB.shtml
8. ↑ Needham Vital Records, Rhoda, d. Ebenezer and Esther, d. Mar. 1, 1777. https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Norfolk/Needham/DeathsW.shtml

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Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Jonathon Dale Walter Myers for creating WikiTree profile Ware-901 through the import of EVEY2.ged on Oct 4, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Jonathon Dale Walter and others.