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Facts and Events
References
- Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
1:126.
ELLIS, or ELLIZ, Watertown, freem. 2 June 1641, brot. from Eng. prob. three or four ch. for Bond names the issue in this order, ELLIS; Mary, wh. m. 10 Dec. 1650, Daniel Warren; Susanna, wh. m. 14 Dec. 1653, Stephen Randall; Hannah, wh. m. a. 1659, Simon Coolidge; John; Sarah, b. 4 July 1640; Moses, 1 Mar. 1643; and Peter, a soldier in Moseley's comp. k. by the Ind. Sept. 1675. He had two ws. Grace (thot. to be mo. of all those ch.), and Hannah, wid. of Timothy Hawkins, m. 4 Dec. 1653; was constable 1658, selectman 1668, and d. 30 Oct. 1676. His will made four days bef. pro. 19 Dec. foll. provides for w. for the seven ch. remain. after loss of Peter, and for gr.ch. Elizabeth Barron.
- The Barron Family.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mroman/barron.htm
ELLIS BARRON [#598], d. Watertown, MA 30 Oct 1676,[9/42] m(1) GRACE _____, m(2) Hannah or Anne (Hammond) Hawkins (dau. of William Hammond and Elizabeth; widow of Timothy Hawkins), bap Lavenham, Suffolk, Eng. 14 Jul 1616, d. 1 Sep 1685.
Ellis Barron left England for the Massachusetts Bay Colony sometime in the 1630's. He became a freeman in Watertown on 2 June 1641,[1/17] was the constable in 1658[2/1:52] and a selectman in 1668[2/1:90] and 1673.[2/1:112] On 7 November 1670 "It was a greed that Brother Barron shall take a new inventory of the estate of the town".[2/1:102]
According to the first inventory of grants and possession in Watertown, taken in 1639, Ellis owned a homestall of ten acres, more or less, bounded east by Thomas Boyson and Richard Linton, west with Stone Street, north by James Cutler, and south by Thomas Smith.[3/1:31] This is the same holding as described in the third inventory, taken about 1646.
His will, dated 26 Oct. 1676 and proved 19 Dec. the same year, mentions seven children. It names only his sons Ellis, John, and Moses. It also mentions his wife, grand daughter Elizabeth Barron, and a male Negro servant. Thomas Hastings was to be the overseer of the will, which was witnessed by John Biscoe and Thomas Hastings. Further mentioned in the will is an agreement made between Ellis and his wife at the time of their marriage. It stated that if he died first, she should return to her houses and lands that were hers before they married.[4/4:197] Hannah's will was dated 18 August 1683 and mentions her late husband Ellis and "my negro Shippio".[6] The second marriage by Ellis Sr. is proved in Middlesex deed[8/5:21] by a receipt given 1 April 1673 by Benjamin Garfield of Watertown to "Eliz Barron my father in law" for the portion of Mehitabel his wife, "left hir of the estate of Timothy Hawkins Deced, her father".[7]
Ellis Barron may have been a barber for the inventory of his estate, taken Dec. 2, 1676, included "Barbers Instrumts, & Instrumts to draw teeth" at a value of 7 shillings. It also included "5. books of Divinity & Phisick" at 5 shillings and "1. Negro" at twenty pounds.[4/4:200]
REF: [1] The History of Watertwon - Henry Bond, 1860
[2] Watertown Records, 1894
[3] Watertown Records, 1894 (Lands, Grants and Possessions)
[4] Middlesex County Probate (First Series Docket 1291)
[5] Lancaster Vital Records
[6] Middlesex County Probate (First Series Docket 1292)
[7] The American Genealogist - Donald Lines Jacobus, 1943 Vol.
20 (pgs.135-136)
[8] Middlesex County Deeds
[9] Records of Births Marriages and Deaths, First Book - Watertown
Records, Vol. 1, 1894
[10] Births, Marriages, and Deaths, Second Book - Watertown
Records, Vol. 2, 1900
| Founders of Watertown, MA
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| Located along the Charles River, Watertown was one of the first settlements in Massachusetts Bay Colony. After a brief stay by Roger Clapp and others who then went on to settle Dorchester. In late July 1630, Sir Richard Saltonstall led a group of about 115 households to settle at Watertown, which at the time included parts of present-day Cambridge and much of the surrounding area; the population approached Boston's in the mid 17th century. In 1632 the residents of Watertown protested against being compelled to pay a tax for the erection of a stockade fort at Cambridge; leading to the establishment of representative government in the colony.
Full list of original heads of households
See also: History of Watertown - Wikipedia entry - Richard Saltonstall on Wikipedia
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Current Location: Middlesex County, Massachusetts Parent Towns: None Daughter Towns: Cambridge, Weston, Waltham, Belmont, Lincoln
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