Person:Moses Barrett (2)

Moses has not been identified. No good candidate is obvious. It is not known who his parents are, how old he is, nor whether this was his first marriage, etc. The probate mentions a minor child, but no record of the child has yet been located, and it is not known if it belongs to Hannah or possibly an earlier marriage. No such child is living with Hannah in 1850, though the child would be an adult by then, and may have left home.

1. ↑ Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1914)
   p. 362.

   BARRET, Moses, [died] Oct. 13, 1828. CR3
   [CR3=Second Congregational Church, North Chelmsford]

2. ↑ Film 386013 Files 1208-1268, in Massachusetts. Probate Court (Middlesex County). Probate records, 1648-1924. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1964-1967)
   File 1244: Moses Barrett 1828.

   29 Oct 1828: Petition of Hannah Barrett that "it is inconvenient to me to administer on the estate of Moses Barrett, my late husband, and late of Chelmsford in the County of Middlesex, Carpenter, deceased ... and request that Samuel Burbank of said Chelmsford may be appointed ...The said Barrett has left only one child who is a minor."
   15 Nov 1828: Inventory of the Estate of Moses Barrett, Carpenter, late of Chelmsford.
   18 Nov 1828: Hannah Barrett of Chelmsford widow of Moses Barrett prays for allowance of personal estate. Granted $100.
   28 Apr 1829: estate insolvent, request commissioners to examine debts.
   28 Oct 1829: Report of commission.
   8 Jun 1830: First accounting allowed.
   14 Oct 1832: Second accounting allowed.
   14 Aug 1832: distribution to creditors