Genealogies of Some Old Families of Concord, Massachusetts
C.E. Potter 1887
http://books.google.com/books?id=9Td7G4YqUiIC&lpg=PA105&ots=ZQihVhGtmq&dq=barrett%20james%20gravestone%20concord%20massachusetts&pg=PA105#v=onepage&q&f=false
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Humphrey Barrett settled on Concord in 1639; admitted a freeman May 6, 1657. It is supposed that he came from the county of Kent, England. There came with him a wife and three sons, John, Thomas and Humphrey, Jr. Respecting the son John, it is not definitely known where he settled. Shattuck supposes him to have been of Marlboro. The records of probate, however, show that John Barrett of Marlboro had a brother William Barrett of Cambridge, and Thomas Barrett of Marlboro, formerly of Cambridge.
Thomas Barrett, here mentioned, in his will, Jan. 16, 1672, made a little before his death, names brothers John and William, an a sister Lydia Cheever. As Humphrey, Sr., had a son Thomas, who was drowned in the North River at Concord, in 1652, leaving a son Oliver, who died in 1671, and a daughter Mary, who married James Smedley, both of these children being mentioned in the wills of Humphrey Barrett and his wife Mary Barrett as their grandchildren, it therefore follows that John Barrett of Marlboro was not a son of Humphrey Barrett of Concord.
Humphrey Barrett’s farm was some three hundred acres or more; his house-lot of twelve acres was near the centre of the town. The old house was on what is now known as Monument Street.
Historic Homes and Places and genealogical and personal memoirs…..
William Richard Cutter, 1908 (Volume 3)
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BARRETT
Humphrey Barrett (1), the immigrant ancestor, was born in England, in 1592, and died November 7, 1662, aged seventy years. He came to Concord, Massachusetts, from England, about 1640, and settled on the Abel B. Heywood place. He was admitted as a free man May 6, 1657. He had three hundred acres of land, house lot twelve, on what is now Monument street, Concord. He married Mary -----, who died 1663, aged seventy-three. Children, born in England: 1. Thomas, drowned in the Concord river in 1652, son of Oliver who died 1671; His widow, Elizabeth married (second), Edward Wright. 2. Humphrey, born 1630, mentioned below. 3. John of Marlborough (according to Shattuck). 4. James of Charlestown.
History of the town of Mason, N.H. from The First Grant in 1749, to the year 1858
John B. Hill 1858
Page 266-267
Capt. Joseph Barrett, was a descendant of Humphrey Barrett, who came from England, and settled in Concord, Mass., about 1640.
(Proceeds with Joseph’s life.)
New England Library of Genealogy and Personal History of representative citizens of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts published 1902
Page 118–120
Henry Barrett, late of the firm of Barrett & Brother, of Somerville, was a native and life long resident of Malden. He was the second and for many years the eldest surviving son of William and Mary Keizer (Hall) Barrett and a descendant in the seventh generation of Humphrey Barrett, who settled at Concord in 1640, and was the founder of the family in New England. The line was: Humphrey, born England 1652, d. at Concord 1662; Humphrey Jr., b. England 1630, d. in January, 1715-6; Benjamin, b. 1681 at Concord, d. in 1728; Colonel James, b. in 1710, d. in 1779; Colonel James b. in1735, d. in 1791; William, b. in 1775, d. in 1834; Henry, b. October 19,1807, d. December 23, 1892.
Humphrey Barrett came to this country accompanied by his wife Mary, and three sons.
(proceeds with Barrett descendants and the life of Henry.)
Concord in the Colonial Period
chapter 1
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Page 88
On Monument Street, going north, we find, on the west side of the way, Humphrey Barrett occupying a house-lot of twelve acres (D. Goodwin Lang’s).
Concord Historic, Literary and Picturesque – Third Edition Revised
George B. Bartlett
http://books.google.com/books?id=6eJuImdLFxoC&pg=PA42&lpg=PA42&dq=Concord+Historic+Going+up+Monument+street+toward+the+Battle+Ground&source=bl&ots=9-NP-THLZO&sig=YAT_yzuOr7lEf4JT9rrGl9HuXfo&hl=en&ei=IinFTd3MJ6nx0gGqi9GHCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false
Page 42-43
Going up Monument street toward the Battle Ground, the first of the old houses is that owned by Mr. Lang which was built by Humphrey Barrett, the great grandfather of Col. James Barrett who had commanded of the American forces. He came to Concord I 1640, and a portion of the house bears marks of great age.
Chicago: Its History and Its Builders
J. Seymour Curry 1912
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Page 98, vol. 1 (section goes from page 98-100)
Oliver W. Barrett of Chicago
His parents were Oliver and Elizabeth (Brown) Barrett of Concord, the former a descendant of Humphrey Barrett, who settled in Concord, Massachusetts, in 1639, after crossing the Atlantic from County Kent, England. He was admitted a freeman on the 6th of May, 1657. His wife and three sons, John, Thomas and Humphrey Barrett, Jr., accompanied him on the long voyage across the Atlantic and among his descendants was Lieutenant Oliver Barrett, of Massachusetts, who served with the American forces in the Revolutionary war; Colonel James Barrett, of Concord, Massachusetts, was a commander of the provincial troops in the battle at Concord on the 19th of April, 1775, when the first forcible resistence was made against the British.
Ancestors and Descendants of Joshiah Hosmer Jr. 1600-1902
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Ancestors of Bathsheba Barrett (wife of Aholiab Sawyer)
Humphrey and Mary Barrett
Came to America in 1639 and settled in Concord, Mass.
He was born in 1592, in England.
Died November 7, 1662 in Concord, Mass.
She died in 1663, in Concord, Mass.
(proceeds to give descendants: Humphrey, Humphrey Jr, Capt Joseph, Lieut Oliver to her)
History of Ashburnham
http://books.google.com/books?id=JQs1AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA600&lpg=PA600&dq=History+of+Ashburnham+humphrey+barrett&source=bl&ots=0iYQ1MChdH&sig=g4wZ1vndrzryxP0zH23gbeF9oV0&hl=en&ei=oyzFTZT-FaTo0QGa2JCQCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBwQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false
Page 600-606
(Talking of brothers Benjamin, Charles and Oliver Barrett, sons of Benjamin (4) & Bridget
Barrett)
In 1640 Humphrey Barrett, with three sons, came from England and settled in Concord. He d. 1662, aged 70; his wife Mary d. Aug. 15, 1663.
(Proceeds with Barrett descendants)
Supplement to Section I of The Heros of the American Revolution and their Descendants
1898
Page 21-22
(Referring to Hon. Edwin Shepard Barrett, 4th Presidential-General SAR, 1897)
His emigrant ancestor, Humphrey Barrett, an Englishman from the County of Kent, England, was first of the name in Massachusetts.
(proceeds with his ancestors and his life)
Clarke-Clark Genealogy – Records of the Decendents of Thomas Clarke Plymouth
Rev. William W. Johnson 1884
Page 24
Foot notes:
Thornton Barrett, sen., had two brothers, Samuel and John, who were Deacons of the North Church from 1715 to 1740. They came from Concord, Mass., and were relatives to Col. James Barrett, who commanded the Americans at the Concord fight April 19, 1775. The first of the name there, was Humphrey Barrett, who came to Concord from England in 1640.
History of the Town of Concord
Middlesex County, Massachusetts From Its Earliest Settlement to 1832 and of the adjoining towns, Bedford, Acton, Lincoln and Carlisle
Lemuel Shattuck 1835
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BARRETT. Humphrey Barrett came to Concord from England about 1640, an settled where Abel B. Heywood now lives; d. Nov. 7, 1662, a. 70; his wife in 1663, a. 73. They left Thomas, Humphrey, John of Marlborough, James of Charlestown, and probably other children.
Swain and…..Allied Families
William C. Swain 1895
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BARRETT
I.-1. Humphrey Barrett, b. 1592, settled in Concord, Mass., in 1639; admitted a freeman May 6, 1657. It is supposed he came from the County of Kent, England. There came with him a wife and three sons, John, Thomas and Humphrey, Jr. His farm was some three hundred acres or more; his house-lot of twelve acres was near the center of the town. He died Nov. 7, 1662. His wife’s name was Mary _____.
Barrett Ancestry
George Castor Martin 1912
Page 16
Humphrey Barrett was born in England, it is believed in Kent County, in 1592, where he married Mary _____, by whom he had three children, who emigrated to America with him in 1639, and settled in Concord, Mass. He died in Concord, November 7, 1662. His wife died in 1663. Nothing is known of his eldest son John and his descendants.
Issue:
John, born in England
Thomas, born in England
Humphrey, born in England, in 1630
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THE BARRETT ARMS
The coat of arms of the Barrett family of Kent, described in Crozier’s “General Armory,” as belonging to the family of Humphrey Barrett is a follows:
Arms: Ermine, on a fesse gules, three lions rampant or.
The shield is of ermine fur with a broad band of red passing horizontally across the shield on which are three lions rampant of gold.
The arms used by the majority of the Barrett family in America, whether with authority or not, is the coat used to illustrate this work. It is described:
Arms: Or, on a chevron between three mullets sable, as many lions passant, guardant, argent (sometimes or).
Crest: A lion couchant argent, the dexter paw resting on a mullet sable.
The shield is of gold, the chevron and mullets (stars) are black, and the lions are of silver, its paw resting on a black mullet.
The cut is an exact reproduction from the original plate in the possession of the publishers.
Founders of Early American Families
Emigrants from Europe 1607-1657
The order of the Founders and Patriots of America
Meredith B. Colket, Jr., A.M., Litt. D., F.A.S.G., F.S.A.A.
Director, The Western Reserve Historical Society published 1975
page 19
Barrett, Barret
Humphrey Concord (Mass.) 1640 d there Nov 1662. Savage #1863.
History of the Town Of Marlborough
Middlesex County, Massachusetts from its First Settlement in 1657 to 1861
Charles Hudson 1862
http://search.ancestry.ca/Browse/BookView.aspx?dbid=18007&pageno=321
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The Barrett Family
Humphrey Barrett came to Concord about 1640. He d. 1662, aged 70; his wife d. 1663, aged 73. They left Thomas, John, Humphrey, and James; and probably daughters. Shattuck tells us that Thomas was drown in Concord river, James moved to Charlestown, and John to Marl.
Aldermere Farm / Environmental and Social History (class 2003)
A Bowdoin College Community Service Learning Project with the MCHT
starting page 9
Barrett Period
The Barrett’s are the earliest known farmers and owners of the property which time became Aldermere Farm. The family lived in Kent Co., England until Humphrey Barrett brought his wife and adolescent children to settle in Concord, MA. in 1639.
(proceeds with discussion of the land and it’s ownership past Humphrey, Jr.)
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