Benjamin (4) Barrett, b. 1762, publication mentions

History of Ashburnham Massachusetts
From the Grant of Dorchester Canada to the present time 1734-1886
Ezra S. Stearns 1877
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There were six children of Benjamin(3) and Sarah (Merriam) Barrett, of whom the oldest was Benjamin(4), b. June 21, 1762. He married Bridget Lawrence, who d. 1793. He md. (2d) 1794, Rhoda (Stearns) Wheeler, dau. of Thomas and Betty (Manning) Stearns, and widow of Amos Wheeler. There were seven children by the first and two by the second marriage. These children were of the seventh generation of America.
(proceeds to tell of their children)


Historic Homes and Places and genealogical and personal memoirs…..
William Richard Cutter, 1908 (Volume 3)
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(VI) Benjamin Barrett, son of Benjamin Barrett (5), was born in Ashby, Massachusetts, June 21, 1762, died November 6, 1842. He married first, Bridget Lawrence, who died 1793; He married second, Rhoda Stearns, born 1756. Children, born in Ashby: 1. Jonas Prescott, born March 10, 1783; married, December 30 1803, Sally Foule. 2. Benjamin, born June 18, 1786; died, August 3, 1837; married, February 7, 1809, Nancy Stone. 3. Colonel Charles, born February 22, 1788; died, June 8, 1855; married, September 19, 1811, Sarah Hastings; second, August 5, 1817, Betsy Johnson. 4. Oliver, born January 31, 1790; mentioned below. 5. Ezra, born May 11, 1791; died, January 1, 1843. married, November 17, 1817, Rhoda Johnson. 6. Polly, born August 29, 1792; died, February 8, 1857; married, December 3, 1820, Samuel Wiggins; second, June 24, 1834, William Richardson. 7. Thomas, born 1793; died, September 26, 1793. Children of the second wife: 8. Sally, born 1795. 9. Cynthia, born May 26, 1797; died, March 15, 1881; married, December 5, 1816, Isaac Foster.
(VII) Oliver Barrett, son of Benjamin Barrett (6), was born in Ashby, Massachusetts, January 31, 1790, and died 1880……….