Minnesota Society Sons of the American Revolution
Year Book 1889-1895
Holding of the Genealogical Society of Utah
William Henry Grant
“As relayed by Edward Harris Barrett”
Page 196
Benjamin(3) Barrett was born January 9, 1734; died at Fosterville, Cayuga County, N.Y. He was at Concord Bridge on the morning of the 19th of April, 1775, and participated in the pursuit of the British on their retreat; afterwards served in many of the battles of the Revolution.
Edward’s grandfather, Benjamin(4) Barrett, died in Fosterville, but we have that his great-grandfather, Benjamin(3) Barrett, died in Ashby, MA.
History of Ashburnham Massachusetts
From the Grant of Dorchester Canada to the present time 1734-1886
Ezra S. Stearns 1877
http://books.google.com/books?id=sryfgqKpPPQC&pg=PA600&lpg=PA600&dq=From+the+Grant+of+Dorchester+Canada+to+the+present+time+1734-1886+humphrey+and+mary+potter&source=bl&ots=Ae6hurFEz2&sig=QFfDc0bd_2BF784XlBo-RhmTLz0&hl=en&ei=QcHDTZiSEsyjtgfLp9WgBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false
Page 600
Of the four children of Benjamin(2) and Rebecca (Jones) Barrett, Benjamin(2) and Jonas settled in Ashby. Benjamin(2) b. Jan. 9, 1735, md. Nov. 24, 1761, Sarah Merriam of Lexington; he md. (2d) Feb. 18, 1786, Hannah Jones who d. 12-8-1831. He d. Sept. 14, 1811.
Historic Homes and Places and genealogical and personal memoirs…..
William Richard Cutter, 1908 (Volume 3)
http://books.google.com/books?id=b6AhB-PTzMYC&pg=PA1110&lpg=PA1110&dq=Barrett+Ancestry+Benjamin+Barrett,+second+son+of+Humphrey,+married+January+3,+1705,+Lydia+Minott&source=bl&ots=WR9b4TSzFz&sig=-DY9CudfjEZEC5osjXLeCZXQOZQ&hl=en&ei=A8XDTdiHCpCUtwfbscS2BA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false
Page 1110-1111
(V) Benjamin Barrett, son of Benjamin Barrett (4), was born in Concord, January 9, 1734¬1735, and died, September 14, 1811. He married, November 14, 1861, Sarah Merriam, born 1735, died 1781; he married second, Hannah Jones, born 1742, died 1831, daughter of William and Sarah (Locke) Jones. He was in the Revolution, serving as private in Captain Samuel Jones company. Colonel Samuel Prescott’s regiment, on the Lexington alarm, April 19, 1775. The time of service was fifteen and one half days. Children, born in Ashby, Massachusetts: 1. Benjamin, born June 21, 1762; mentioned below. 2. Jonas Prescott, born September 2, 1764; died, October 31, 1781. 3. Mary, born March 25, 1767, died August 22, 1841; married, February 18, 1790, Josiah Whitney. 4. Lydia, born November 7, 1769; died, February 20, 1784. 5. John Beaton, December 5, 1774; died, April 5, 1800. 6. Joseph Merriam, born September 30, 1778; died, January 21, 1806; married, May, 1803, Sally Green.
Footprints of the Patriots – Beside Old Hearth-Stones
Abram English Brown 1897
http://books.google.com/books?id=iyvSJ7dxqisC&pg=PA261&lpg=PA261&dq=Footprints+of+the+Patriots+%E2%80%93+Beside+Old+Hearth-Stones&source=bl&ots=2KJxYhNupb&sig=cRrXF5bybeKOgRJyj9JCoobnTJo&hl=en&ei=yA_FTeagKpKG0QHI_cD_Bw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CFcQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=Footprints%20of%20the%20Patriots%20%E2%80%93%20Beside%20Old%20Hearth-Stones&f=false
Page 273-274
Head Quarters, Oct. 24, 1776
The Commanding Officers of the Regts. Are directed to ¼ lb. of buck shott for every man fit for Duty in the respective Camps. The honorable, the Congress of the United States of America have for the Reward & encouragement of each non Commissioned Officer & Soldier who shall engage to serve during the War, further resolved to give every above the Bounty of 20 Dollars to each man annually with one complete suit of clothing which for the present year is to consist of two linen hunting shirts, two pair stockings, 2 pair of shoes, two pair of Overhalls, a leather or woolen jacket with sleeves, one pair of Breeches, one leather cap or hat amounting to 20 Dollars in the whole or that sum to be paid each soldier who shall procure those Articles for himself & produce a certificate thereof for the Capt. Of the Company to the Paymaster of the Regmt.
It was this campaign that Rev. William Emerson was taken ill and died. (See Chap. XXIV) The names of the patriots of Chelmsford who responded to the
Lexington alarm, preserved by Captain Ford, are here given, together with the number of days each was in service, in order that the reader may more clearly understand the confused state of the country at that time:--
Oliver Barron, Capt, 16 John Roby, 17
Samuel Stevens, Lieut., 10 Benjamin Parkhurst, 3
John Ford, Sergt., 6 Moses, Barron, 5
Benjamin Warren, Sergt., 9 John Mears, 5
Silas Spaulding, Sergt., 16 Jeremiah Abbott, 5
Jonas Pierce, Corl., 6 Reuben Parker, 13
John Spaulding, Drummer, 10 David Danforth, 4
Jacob Howard, Private, 10 Benjamin Parker, 3
Benjamin Spaulding, 11 Amos Mastes, 7
David Burge, 11 Isaac Kent Jr., 6
Ephraim Parkhurst, 11 David Marshall, 5
Oliver Richardson, 7 Benjamin _____, 5
Daniel Dammon, 18 Samuel Marshall, 9
Daniel Sillaway, 9 Daniel Keyes, 6
Willard Howard, 2 John Keyes, 6
William Bowers, 13 William Dunn, 4
Josiah Richardson, 3 Benjamin (3) Barrett, 6
John Dunn, 3 James Dunn Jr., 8
John Twiss, 3 Francis Daverson, 7
Henry Spaulding Jr., 7 Moses Esterbrooks, 8
Joseph Marshall, 5 William Cambel, 6
Stephen Pierce Jr., 5 David Chambers, 8
Samuel Fletcher, 4 John Chambers, 7
Joshua Davis, 8 Jonathan Sprague, 6
Jonathan Pierce, 11 Isaiah Foster Jr., 6
Nathaniel Farrar, 9 Samuel Britton, 6
Joseph Taylor, 10 William Chambers, 3
Thomas Marshall Jr., 9 Benjamin Pierce, 7
William Mears, 4 Josiah Fletcher Jr., 9
Joseph Spaulding, 6
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