Person:John Barrett (58)

Name	John Barrett
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	2 Jan 1759	Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage	26 Aug 1784	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United Statesto Bridget Bryant (add)
Death^[2]	4 Apr 1821	Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital records of Hopkinton, Massachusetts, to the year of 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1911)
p. 26.

BARRETT, John, s. Samuel Jr. and Mary, [born] Jan. 2, 1759.
↑ Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital records of Hopkinton, Massachusetts, to the year of 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1911)
p. 402.

BARRETT, John, [died] Apr. 4, 1821. [[school]master, Apr. 5, a. 62, CR1] [Barret, Mar. 28, a. 62 y. 2 m. 26 d., CR2]
[Birth calculates to 9 Jan 1759.]
Howe, Nathanael, and Elias Nason. A Century Sermon Delivered in Hopkinton on Lord's Day, December 24, 1815: With a Memoir of the Author. (Boston: John P. Jewett & Co., 1851)
p. 32n.

Samuel Barrett and Mary Caswell had two children, John, b. 1759 and Anna, 1761. "John was a good classical scholar, and was by profession what might be termed an "itinerating schoolmaster". Although wayward and eccentric in his habits, his skill as a teacher was such as to procure him pupils wherever he went. He is the author of an English grammar, which has at least the merit of originality. There is a very humorous 'critique', by Edward Everett, on this grammar, in one of the early numbers of the North American Review.
"Mr. John Barrett died April 4, 1821, aged 62, leaving two children, Orlando and Clarissa, both of whom are still living. - N."