Person:John Barron (35)

Supposedly gives parents as Ellis Barron and Mary Sherman - however, this newsletter has not be reviewed yet [will add more when User:RolandHenryBakerIII gets a copy]. The newsletters claimed to have found evidence of his paternity. Not all birth records show up in published vital records.
[ User:Jrich adds that no birth record having this date has been located by User:Jrich, nor deed or probate that shows his parentage. One deed, Vol. 18, p. 384 shows John Barron of Concord cordwainer buying land in Dracut from Benjamin and Elizabeth Barron on 17 Mar 1715/16. This Benjamin is the son of the above couple, but the deed indicates no relationship, it is a purchase for money, and a John Barron born in 1699/00 would not be of legal age, so unable to own property. TAG, p. 20:138, says of the alleged parents, "The loss of birth records, and the lack of probate for Ellis Barron, have occasioned great difficulty in placing his children". The article, which covers the family, does not list or discuss the possibility that John was his child, showing Mehitable b. abt 1697 as the last one, though it gives the caveat, "likely there were other children who died young" (emphasis added because it seems to indicate they do not believe there were other surviving children). Naming a child Eliseus may offer a clue to his lineage, but none is apparent from records so far investigated, nor appears to be found in major journals.]

3655 2 Barron. B.N.H.A. Dec. 14, 1925. Lydia Barron, Born at Dracut Jan. 1, 1734 was daughter of John Barron and Hannah(4) Richardson, born at Chelmsford, Sept. 28, 1698, died at Dracut, May 17, 1746, was daughter of Josiah (3) Richarson, who married at Chelmsford, Dec. 14, 1687, Mercy Parish, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth (Blanchard) parish of Groton. Josiah (3) Richardson, born at Chelmsford, May 18, 1665, died there Oct. 17, 1711, was son of Josiah (2) Richardson, who married at Concord, Remembrance (2) Underwood (William 1), born at Concord, Feb. 25, 1639-40. Josiah (2) Richardson (Ezekial 1) was baptized at Charlestown, Nov. 7 1635, and died Jun 22, 1695
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2. Barron, John of Dracut married at Chelmsford, intentions April 28, 1721, Hannah Richardson. They had born at Dracut: John April 29, 1722; Hannah, Jan 23, 1724; Mary, Jan. 17, 1726; Elisus, June 20, 1728; Sarah, March 13, 1731; Lydia, Jan 1, 1734; Jerusha, Aug. 1, 1735. The daughter Mary married at Dracut, intentions Feb. 22, 1745-6, Jonathan Fox
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link Mary Sherman b 1657 m Ellis Baron Jr of Lancaster, MA b 1655 had son John Barron of Concord 1717-18 [note resided there not born], then at Dracut 1718-21. John Barron m 22 Apr 1721 Chelmsford Hannah b 1698 dau of Josiah and Mercy (Parish) Richarson of Chelmsford, MA and they had: Lydia Barron b. Dracut 1734 d at Greene, ME 1 Jan 1824 m 31 Oct 1753 Lawrence Jackson Harris b Medford 1713 d Lewiston, ME 1784; [Exact dates given in link above].

Browning (above) cites John Barron's residences as Concord 1717-18 then at Dracut 1718-21; other town records (available on Ancestry.com and FamilySearch) show a John Barron back at Groton 1721 (supposedly where he was born) and then at Chelmsford 1741 and back at Groton 1748. It is unknown if he died in Groton but he may also have moved to Lewiston, ME with his dau Lydia or Fairfield, ME with dau Jerusha. As his daughters were very early settlers (Jerusha and her husband Jonathan Emery are thought to be the first to settle Fairfield, ME) there would be no deaths recorded there. A search of town records Lewiston and Fairfield doesn't provide any clues but they probably start too late to record his death if he was there.

3 Oct 1755, acknowledged 15 Dec 1755: Deed of John Barron of Dracutt Yeoman to Eliseus Barron of Dracut Husbandman, for £280 "and in full of his Portion out of my whole Estate", a tract of 100 acres "excepting and reserving to myself for my own use half the buildings standing on said Lands during my natural Life".