Allied Families

The following allied families are in our direct Barrett ancestry: Potter, Minot, Wheeler, Jones, Merriam, Stone, Cutler, Dewey, Lawrence, Johnson, Spaulding, Chandler, Ladd, Gilman, Maverick, Hurley, Hilton, Dudley, Hall, Jewett, Hutchins, Carleton, Haseltine, Stone, Eastman, Smith, Barnard, Peasley, Kimball, Wilson, Farnum, Mason, Wells, Fiske, Wyeth, Monk, Brown, Simonds, Cravath, Clutterbuck, Hook, Butler, Austin, Wintermute (Windemuth), Kleppinger, Bernhardt, Ludolsin, Arason, Hankinson, Mattison, Snyder

Friday, April 29, 2011

Benjamin Barrett (b. 1735) in the Lexington Alarm

Our ancestor, Benjamin Barrett, born 1735 in Concord, had moved away to Ashby in the northern part of  Middlesex County.  His brother, Jonas Barrett, was the Lieutenant of the Ashby Minutemen.  The British were informed by Loyalists that the Massachusetts Minutemen had a large supply of weapons and ammunition stored at the Barrett Farm in Concord.  Paul Revere's famous ride was part of the method of alerting the Minutemen Militias throughout Massachusetts that "the British are coming!".  On the day of the march (19 April 1775), Ashby received news of the assault and responded immediately.  However, they arrived too late to take part in driving the British back to Boston.

Benjamin Barrett is listed in the muster of troops that marched on Concord that day:

http://books.google.com/books?id=m74TAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA312&dq=%22benjamin+barrett%22+ashby&hl=en#v=onepage&q=%22benjamin%20barrett%22%20ashby&f=false
Posted by Andrew at 9:59 AM

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)