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- RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. From the biographical sketch included in the "Great Migration," I:154-57, by Robert Charles Anderson, a highly dependable modern research publication:
"Thomas Barber
Origin: St Mildred Breadstreet, London
Migration: 1635 on the Christian
First Residence: Windsor
Occupation: Carpenter. On 28 March 1637, "it is ordered that Mr. Frances Stiles shall teach Geo. Chapple, Tho: Cooper & Thomas Barber his servants in the trade of a carpenter to his promise for their service of their term behind 4 days in a week only to saw & slit their own work that they are to frame themselves with their own hands together with himself or some other master workmen [CCCR 1:8-9].
Church Membership: Either he or his wife was a member of the Windsor church since their children were baptized there.
Freeman: Connecticut 10 April 1645 [CCCR 1:124].
Education: Company of Carpenters apprenticeship (TAG 71: 111-112].
Offices: Connecticut Particular Court jury, December 1655, 1 December 1659 [RPCC 154, 205].
Sergeant, 1649 [RPCC 74].
Estate: On 8 December 1640, Thomas Barber was granted a houselot of eight acres and twelve acres of woodland in Windsor. On the same day it was recorded that he had purchased from "Benjamin Nuberry" a three mile tract, also twelve acres once "Thomas Cooppers" ]WiLR 1-24].
A will, written or not, is implied in the probate of Thomas Barber, but none has been found.
On 4 February 1662[/3], the distribution of Thomas Barber's estate was as follows: "to John and Sarah jointly as their father willed," the house and barn and all the home lot, land over the river, half the 24-acre lot, half the marsh, and to John a cow, as well as £20 more to John and Sarah. Thomas Barber's share comprised "a mare that he claims as a gift from his father," half his father's tools, the 14-acre upland lot, half the out lot, half the marsh, and his proportion, being £33 15s "Sam[ue]ll Barber" received £33 15s, as did "Mercey" and "Josias." "And what the estate amounts to more than the inventory when debts are paid shall be distributed betwixt the four younger children Thomas, Sam[ue]ll, Mercey and Josias and if any child die before they come to age sons 21 years daughters 18 years the portion of the deceased shall be divided amongst the survivors equally" [RPCC 263]. (The land owned jointly by Sarah and John is more fully detailed in the holdings of Timothy Hall, Sarah's husband [WiLR 1:87].)
On 4 February 1662/3, "Samuell Barber manifesting his desire thereto was then placed an apprentice unto his brother Thomas until he accomplish the age of twenty-one years [RPCC 262]. On the same day, "Mercey Barber with her consent and desire is placed with Lt. Walter Filer and his wife until she be eighteen years of age unless she marry before" (RPCC 262]. On the same day, "Josias Barber according to his desire is placed with Deacon John Moore until he accomplish the age of twenty-one years" [RPCC 262]. On 30 January 1664[/5?], "Mercy Barber made choice of Lt. Walter Fyler to be her guardian" [RPCC 264].
The inventory of the estate of Thomas Barber, taken 20 October 1662, was exhibited 4 February 1662[/3] and totalled £132 14s., of which £113 was real estate: "house, barn orchard, home lot," £80; "land over the great river," £15; "14 acres woodland," £4; "24 acres woodland," £4; and "10 acres marsh," £10 [RPCC 273-74].
Birth: Baptized Stamford, Lincolnshire, 25 December 1612, son of John and Elizabeth (Lumley) Barber [TAG 71:111-12].
Death: Windsor 11 September 1662 [CTVR 21; Grant 83].
Marriage: Windsor 7 October 1640 Jane ___ [Grant 24]. She died at Windsor on 10 September 1662 as "[t]he wife of Thomas Bar Ber" [CTVR 21; Grant 83]. In the inventory of Thomas Barber, taken 20 October 1662, "his wives apparel deceased" was valued at £15 [RPCC 273-74].
Children:
i John, bp. Windsor 24 July 1642 [Grant 24; CTVR 33]; m. Springfield 2 September 1663 Bathsheba Coggins [CTVR 10; Grant 25].
ii Thomas, b. Windsor 14 July 1644 [Grant 24; CTVR 33]; m. Windsor 17 December 1663 Mary Phelps [Grant 25; CTVR 10], daughter of William Phelps [GMB 3:1446].
iii Sarah, bp. Windsor 19 July 1646 [Grant 24; CTVR 33]; at Windsor 26 November 1663 Timothy Hall [Grant 62].
iv Samuel, bp. Windsor 1 October 1648 (Grant 25; CVR 33]; m. (1) Windsor 1 December 1670 Mary Coggins [CTVR 12; Grant 25 (surname of bride not .given)]; m. (2) Windsor 25 January 1676[/7] Ruth Drake [CTVR 14; Grant 25].
v Mercy, bp. Windsor 12 October 1651 (published as "Mary" [CTVR 33]; m. Windsor 8 July l669 John Gillett [CTVR 12; Grant 40], son of Jonathan Gillett [GMB 2:768].
vi Josiah, b. Windsor 15 February 1653/4 [CTVR 40]; m. (1) Windsor 22 November 1677 Abigail Loomis [Grant 74; CTVR 14]; m. (2) by 12 March 1701/2 Sarah (___) Drake, widow of Enoch Drake [Manwaring 1:551].
Associations: Barber's master, Francis Stiles, was a native of Milford, Bedfordshjre, but like others on the Christian, he had his letter of conformity from St Mildred Breadstreet. In 1996, Donald S. Barber published London's Worshipful Company of Carpenters guildhall record of Thomas Barber's apprenticeship:
Received of Francis Stiles for apprenticing Thomas Barber, son of John Barber of Stamford in the County of Lincoln, yeoman, deceased, from St Thomas's day next for 9 years. 2s. 2d. (TAG
71: 111].
Thomas was 22 at this time and was probably recruited by Saltonstall for New England. Barber and some of Stiles's other servants were unusually old for apprenticeship, which caused difficulties as they attempted to fit into Windsor society.
Comments: On 16 March 1634[/5], "Tho: Barber," aged 21 years, was enrolled as a passenger for New England on the Christian, having taken the oath of allegiance and supremacy [Hotten 42].
Grant, in his list compiled 17 August 1677, reported that "Thomas Barber Snr." had six children born in Windsor [Grant 90].
On 16 May 1649, Thomas Barber was sued by William Franklin and fined £4 2s. 6d. in wheat [RPCC 65]. Testimony offered by Robert Hayward and Thomas Barber showed that the debt in question had been left "with Thomas Forde to do in it with [Benjamin] Nuberry as he saw cause," but the appeal failed (RPCC 66-67; CCCR 1:183-84, 191].
On 6 December 1649, the Particular Court ruled that "Sargeant Barber for his disorderly striking Lt. Cooke is adjudged to lay down his place, and is fined to the country £5" [RPCC 74; CCCR 1:203]. Barber repented, being "affected with his great evil and rash passionate carriage," and was freed from the line, but evidently not re-established as sergeant [RPCC 81].
Bibliographical Note: In 1996 Donald S. Barber published the English origin of Thomas Barber, including the identification of his parents [TAG 71:111-12]."
2. Traditionally no one knew exactly from where in England Thomas Barber came. Some have conjectured that he was born about 1614 in Bedfordshire, England to Edward Barber but they offer no supporting documentation. Millbrook, Bedfordshire was the home of Frances Stiles to whom Thomas was apprenticed in 1634 in London and may be the reason many use Bedfordshire as the home of Thomas. Also, as stated by Stiles, he was age 21 in 1635. Donald Barber, in his book quoted below, makes the case for John Barber of Lincolnshire.
3. FHL book 929.273 B233w, "Descendants of Thomas Barber of Windsor, Connecticut, 1614-1909," John Barber White, p. 11: "Thomas Barber of Windsor, Conn., a partial record of whose descendants is contained in this volume, was the first of that name to emigrate from England to America. Others, however, soon followed. The records of Medway and Dedham show that a Richard Barber was located at the latter palce in 1638, and a George and Edward in 1640 and 1644. A James Barber was in Dorchester in 1637, Jeremy in Cambridge in 1641, and John in Salem about the same time that Thomas arrived in Windsor. Numerous others of the name came at later dates. These early emigrants may or may not have been of the same family. Probably they were but remotely, if at all, related, and it is also likely that they came from different parts of England. There is a tradition to the effect that two brothers of Thomas of Windor came to America shortly after his arrival here, but no proof of this has yet been found..."
4. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 50: "Barber, Thomas, first of name in New England, came to Windsor 1635, with the Saltonstall party under Mr. Francis Stiles; was then ae. 21 years. The Court at Hartford, 28 Mch., 1637, 'ord. that Mr. Francis Stiles shall teach George Chapple, Thomas Cooper and Thomas Barber, his servants, in the trade of a carpenter, according to his promise, for their service of their term, behind 4 days in a week only to saw and slit their own work.' He was made freeman 1645; was a soldier in the Pequot fight (see p. 69, Vol. I.); 1648, dft. in Ct.; Sgt. Barber, for his disorderly conduct striking Lieut. Cook, was adjudged to forfeit his office and pay £5. He rem. to Simsbury, where he contracted to build the first meeting house. He m. Jane ___, 7 Oct 1640 (Old Ch. Rec.); he d. 11, she d. 10 Sept., 1662 (Col. Rec.). Land gr. W. prob. 1640 (see p. 151, Vol. I.) Ch. (Old Ch. Rec.):
A. John, bp. 24 July 1642.
B. Thomas, b. 14 July 1644.
C. Sarah, bp. 19 Jul 1646.
D. Samuel, bp. 1 Oct 1648.
E. Mary, bp. 12 Oct 1651; m. a Hale; set. Suffld. [No Hale in book.]
F. Josiah, b. 15 Feb. 1653.
5. "The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography":
a. Entry for Donn Barber, pg. 368: "The American family was established by Thomas Barber, an Englishman, who settled at Windsor, Conn., in 1634 and married Jane Coggin. From them the line of descent is through their son Josiah and his wife Abigail Loomis."
b. Entry for George Barber, pg. 169: "...a descendant of Thomas Barber who came from Bedfordshire, England, to Windsor, Conn., in 1635, and won local fame by his services in the Pequot war. From him and his wife Jane (or Joan), the line is through their son Thomas and wife Mary Phelps."
c. Entry for George Harrison Barbour, pg. 365: "His first American ancestor was Thomas Barbour who came from London, England, and settled in what is now known as Simsbury, Conn., in 1634; his wife Joan (of Jane) is supposed to have been the first white woman married in New England. Thomas Barbour is credited with having built the first church in New England, Simsbury, Conn., in 1637, and his name is found enrolled as sergeant under Maj. Stoughton, and he participated in several battles with the Pequot tribe of Indians as well as with John Mason. Five generations intervene between Thomas Barbour, who had six children, and the subject of this sketch."
d. Entry for Charles Russel Barber, pg. 399: "...a descendant of Thomas Barber, who came from England in 1635, settling at Windsor, Conn. From Thomas and his wife Jane ___ the descent was through Thomas and Mary Phelps."
6. FHL book 929.273 B233bd, "The Connecticut Barbers, A Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Barber of Windsor, Connecticut," 2nd Ed., Donald S. Barber: "The English Family of Thomas Barber. This section is based on my original 1996 entry in The American Genealogist, v. 71, no. 2, p. 111. It has long been known that Thomas Barber, with several others, was apprenticed to Francis Stiles, who was paid to bring them to Windsor, CT. Francis Stiles was a carpenter and London freeman, so it seemed reasonable to search in the appropriate guild records in London. The following entry was found in the records of the Worshipful Company of Carpenters at the Guildhall, in the minutes of a meeting held on 18 Dec 1634: 'Received of Francis Stiles for apprenticing Thomas Barber son of John Barber of Stamford in the County of Lincoln, yeoman, deceased, from St. Thomas's day next for 9 years. 2s 2 d (2 shillings, 2 pence)." In the parish registers in Stamford and the adjacent parish of Uffington is the following:
A. St. George Parish, Stamford, Lincoln County:
a. Rebecca, dau. of John Barber, labourer, bapt. 17 Apr 1609.
b. Rebecca, dau. of John Barber, bur. 6 Aug 1609.
c. Sara, dau. of John Barber, labourer, bapt. 16 Sep 1610.
d. Thomas, son of John and Elizabeth Barber, bapt. 25 Dec 1612.
B. All Saints Parish, Stamford:
a. Elizabeth Lumley, dau. of Thomas Lumley, bapt. 4 Aug 1597 (how related?).
b. Elizabeth, dau. of John Barber, bapt. 10 or 11 Nov 1616.
c. John, son of John Barber, bapt. 4 Aug 1620.
d. John Barber, bur. 21 Apr 1620.
e. Elizabeth Barber, widow, bur. 8 Mar 1632.
f. John Barber, son of Widow Barber, bur. 22 Mar 1632.
C. Uffington Parish, Lincoln County:
a. Elizabeth Barber, m. William Fowler, 8 Jun 1590 (? related).
b. Margaret Barber, m. John Preeste, 2 Oct 1607 (? a sister of John the father).
c. John Barber, m. Elizabeth Lumley, 17 Oct 1608.
From the above records the English family of Thomas Barber appears to be as follows: John Barber, b. probably in the early to middle 1580s; buried at All Saints, Stamford, Lincoln County, 21 Apr 1620, md. Uffington, Lincoln County, 17 Oct 1608, Elizabeth Lumley, who was buried at All Saints, Stamford on 9 Mar 1632/3. John is called a labourer in 1609, and a yeoman later. Yeomen were small land owners, a step up from labourers, but below gentry. John and Elizabeth lived first in St. George Parish, Stamford, Lincoln County, which is the part of Stamford adjacent to Uffington, and later in All Saints Parish on the other side of Stamford. Stamford is about 80 miles north of London. Children of John and Elizabeth, bapt. in Stamford:
a. Rebecca, bapt. St. George Parish 17 Apr 1609; bur. there 6 Aug 1609.
b. Sarah, bapt. St. George Parish, 16 Sep 1610.
c. Thomas, bapt. St. George Parish 25 Dec 1612; died in Windsor, Connecticut, 11 Sep 1662.
d. Elizabeth, bapt. All Saints Parish 10 or 11 Nov 1616.
e. John, bapt. All Saints Parish 4 Aug 1620; bur. there 22 Mar 1632/3.
It seems likely that Thomas Barber was born 21 Dec 1612, which is St. Thomas' Day, and bapt. 4 days later. He was still 21 old on the date of his apprenticeship (18 Dec 1634) and this figure (21) was perhaps mistakenly carried over by Francis Stiles when reporting it less that 3 months later for the shipping list of 16 mar 1634/5 by which time Thomas was 22 years old. The Elizabeth Lumley who was baptized in 1597, dau. of Thomas Lumley, is probably not the same person who married John Barber, since her baptism was only 9 years before the marriage, and baptisms at that time almost always took place soon after birth. No other Lumleys were found in Stamford or Uffington. I notice that John Barber [the son] was born 3 months after his father John died."
7. FHL book 929.273 B233bd, "The Connecticut Barbers, A Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Barber of Windsor, Connecticut," 2nd Ed., Donald S. Barber [Note: I also have a first edition copy on hand, which is not as detailed as the second edition which I quote below.]:
"Sgt. Thomas Barber baptized at St. George Parish, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England, 25 Dec 1612; b. probably 21 Dec 1612 (St. Thomas' Day); d. Windsor, CT 11 Sep 1662; md. Windsor 7 Oct 1640, Jane ___, b. ___; d. Windsor 10 Sep 1662; resided Windsor. Before coming to New England, Thomas was apprenticed on 18 Dec 1634 for a period of 9 years (until Dec. 1643) under Francis Stiles, a master carpenter from Millbrook, Bedfordshire, England. Stiles was contracted by Sir Richard Saltonstall to bring apprentices to Windsor and to build houses in America for Englishmen who were to follow. Thomas Barber at the age of 21 was among the twenty apprentices plus others who sailed with Stiles for New England in the ship 'Christian' (John White, Master)., which left London 16 Mar 1634 (Julian Calendar), and arrived 3 months later in Boston, June 1635.
Each of the passengers had a certificate which read in part: 'with certificate from St. Mildred, Bread Street, London, and having taken the oaths, to be transported to New England from London in the 'Christian.' (From the Public Record Hall, Westminster Hall, London.)
After 10 days in Boston the 'Christian' sailed up the Connecticut River to Windsor, arriving there on the first of July 1635. That same year Thomas was granted a lot of a few acres extending from Mill Brook, near the old Warham gristmill, north along both sides of Poquonock Avenue. The author's father was born on this same land, and my brother, sister and I were brought up on this the original land grant. After 330 years of continuous Barber ownership, the land has now all been sold.
The Pequot War in 1637, which according to the settlers was precipitated by the Pequot Indians and their continual harassment of the settlers, the friendly Mohegan Indians, and sometimes the Narragansetts, found Thomas a Sargeant, one of 30 soldiers from Windsor who were enrolled under Major Stoughton for 3 weeks and 2 days. Under the leadership of Capt. John Mason, the May 26, 1637, night attack on the Pequot fort was a complete surprise to the sleeping Pequots, and a large percentage of the tribe was massacred. Thomas Barber's bravery (he was inside the Pequot Fort at Mystic during the attack, and along with Edward Pattison, 'having no time to reload their muskets, slew seven fleeing Indans with axes and knives,' gained him honorable mention from Capt. Mason, and in return for this service, in 1641, he was granted 600 acres of land in Massaco, in the western part of Windsor. Massaco became Simsbury in 1669.
On March 28, 1637, Francis Stiles (master carpenter) was ordered to teach his servants George Chapple, Thomas Cooper and Thomas Barber in the trade of carpentry. The year 1645 found Thomas still an apprentice carpenter. Stiles apparently was slow to finish Thomas' apprenticeship, and needed a court order to force him to do so. Shortly after that Thomas was a free man. At the time of his death in 1662, Thomas may have been making preparations to move to Northampton, MA, where he was offered a home lot and 20 acres.
Life was apparently not completely peaceful for Thomas Barber. Court records in 1649 show that he was found liable for a debt to William Franklin. Thomas claimed that he had given the money to Thomas Ford to pay to Franklin. Then in 1650, Sargeant Barber was fined 5 pounds and forced to surrender his rank, for the disorderly striking of Lt. Cooke in an argument over church matters; Thomas believed that the church had no right to interfere in temporal matters. This penalty was later canceled when apparently Thomas apologized: 'he is affected with his great evil and rash passionate carriage in striking the Lt.' Thomas left an estate appraised at over 132 pounds.
A deep mystery surrounds Jane, wife of Thomas. He married her in 1640, but the written record by Matthew Grant gives only the name Jane or Joan. Two of Thomas' sons married Coggin ladies, but there is little sign that Jane was a Coggin, as some have suggested. One report (LDS record) has it that Jane Coggin, b. Bedforshire, Eng., was the dau. of John Coggin, b. in Bedford, Bedfordshire about 1593. It has also been suggested that Thomas Barber married Jane Bancroft, widow of John Bancroft who died in 1637. Jane Bancroft had ties to Windsor thru her daughter Anna, b. 1627, who married 1647 to John Griffin of Windsor and Simsbury, and her son John, born about 1620, who married in 1650 Hannah Dupper and had a family in Windsor. But Jane Bonython who married John Bancroft was born in 1573, and would have been way too old to have borne Thomas Barber's children. This theory against the wife being Jane Bancroft was written up in 'The American Genealogist,' v. 37, p. 164, in 1961 by George E. McCracken and more or less disproved at that time. He points out that she would have had to have borne children for too long a time span - highly unlikely, and also she would have had 2 sons named John and 2 named Thomas - also unlikely. Another account has John Bancroft born about 1596, died 1637, m. Jane about 1622. that would have meant that she was born about 1606 or before, making her about 47 in 1653 when Thomas' youngest child Josiah Barber was born - not impossible, but very unlikely. It has been said by some that Thomas may have married the daughter of one of the Dutch traders at Old Saybrook, or Hartford, and also that the one he married was 'the first white woman to land in Connecticut.' One of Francis Stiles' sisters was name Jane, born 1605. She married in England and presumably remained there. There was a Jane Morden or Worden, age 35 (in 1635), on the passenger list of the 'Christian'; however I know nothing further about her. It seems she was too old to have borne all of Thomas's children. There seems as yet no way of knowing who Jane was (an all too frequent problem in genealogy). (Sources: Windsor Hist. Society, Jay Mack Holbrook, 1992; 1909 Barber Gen.; Barbour Index; Lyman Barber Gen., Stiles: Windsor; Lure of the Litchfield Hills.)"
8. FHL book 929.273 B233w, "Descendants of Thomas Barber of Windsor, Connecticut, 1614-1909," John Barber White, pp. 15-19: "The following is a copy of a portion of the London Passenger Register for the ship 'Christian' in which the Saltonstall party sailed for America: '16 Marcij 1634, Theis vnderwritten names are to be transported to New England inbarqued in ye 'Christian' de Lo (from London); Joh. White Mr. bound thither, the men having taken ye oath of Allegiance & Supremacie.
Names/Yeres:
1 ffrancis Stiles 35
2 Tho: Bassett 37
3 Tho: Stiles 20
4 Tho: Barber 21
The ancient Jewish year which opened with the 25th of March continued long to have a legal position in Christian countries. In England, it was not until 1752 that the 1st of January became the initial day of the legal year, as it had long been of the popular year. The 'Christian,' therefore, sailed on the 16th of March 1635 instead of March 1634, as the London Custom House Record states. According to the Windsor records, in 1635 Thomas Barber was granted 'a lot ten rods west of Humphrey Hyde's Mill Road, 8 acres and 22 rods wide, bounded south by Mill Brook, extending as stated 2 rods wide, to accommodate Barber and Alvord, and also a way for Mr. Wareham, Minister to go to his lot north of Barber's and Alvord's and ended in the Poquonock Road.' It is evident from the records, that Francis Stiles failed to fulfill his contract with Thomas Barber and the other young men of his party, for on Mch. 28, 1647 the following order was made by the Court of Hartford: Ord. 'That Mr. Francis Stiles shall teach Geo. Chapple, Thos. Cooper and Thos. Barber, his servants (apprentices) in the trade of a carpenter, according to his promise for their services for their term, behind 4 days a week only to saw ans slitt their own work that they are to frame themselves with their own hands, together with himself or some other master workman; the time to begin for the performance of this order 14 days hence without fail.' Thomas Barber's residence, it is stated, was located 'upon an ancient road which running about southwesterly from the rivulet (near where the present road from Palisade Green comes in) intersected the Poquonock road above the old mill.' On the north side of this road were the residences of Thos. Barber, Humphrey Hyde, and Alex Alvord, and on the south side that of Jonathan Gillett. Thomas Barber was a soldier with the rank of Sergeant in the Pequot War; he distinguished himself by his bravery in a number of fights with the Pequots, and particularly in the taking of a fort which the Indians considered impregnable. After describing the march and the plan of the attack, Capt. Mason gives the following account of the exploit. 'We called up our forces with all expedition, gave fire thro' the Pallisade upon them; the Indians being in a dead, indeed their last sleep. Then we wheeled off and fell upon the main entrance, which was blocked up with bushes about breast high, over which the Captian passed, intending to make good the entrance, encouraging the rest to follow. Lieut. Seeley endeavored to enter, but being somewhat encumbered stepped back and pulled out the bushes, and so entered, and with him about 16 men. We formerly concluded to destroy them by the sword and save the plunder. Whereupon, Capt Mason, seeing no Indians, entered a wigwam, where he was beset with many Indians waiting all opportunites to lay hands on him, but could not prevail. At length Wm. Heydon espying the breach in the wigwam, supposing some Englishman might be there, entered; but in his entrance fell over a dead Indian, but speedily recovering himself, the Indians some fled, others crept under their beds. The Captain going out of the wigwam saw many Indians in the lane or street; he making towards them they fled, were pursued to the end of the lane, where they were met by Edward Pattison, Thomas Barber, with some others, where seven of them were slain.' This occurred probably in June 1637. While returning from this memorable fight, Thomas Barber engaged with Lieut. Cook in a discussion on religious and church matters, and becoming incensed at some remark made by the latter, struck him, for which offense the Court adjudged that he should forfeit his military rank, and pay a fine of five pounds. In 1641 the lands in the locality called by the Indian name Massaco, were apportioned among the Colonists. Thomas Barber was granted about 600 acres of these lands. The records of Northhampton, Mass., contain the following regarding Thomas BarbeR: 'A Towne Meeting 24th of 4 mon. 1661. The day and year abovesaid it was voted and agreed - Thomas Barber of Windsor may bee an inhabitant of this Towne and grant him a home lott and alsoe liberty to looke out a platt of ground to the quantity of 20 acres, and if it doe encourage him to come they grant it (to him) upon this condition; that he come and inhabit and make imporvemente of it within a yere, after the date of - ' The proposition from the town of Norhthampton, seems not to have been considered, as Thomas died the following year at his home in Windsor... The Hartford Probate Records contain the following regarding the settlement of Thomas Barber's estate: 'Barber, Thomas, Windsor, Invt. ₤132-14-00; taken 10, Oct. 1662, by Benj. Newberry and John Moore. 'Court Record, Page 187 - 4 Feb., 1662-3, Invt approved. Samuel was placed with his brother Thomas Barber to learn a trade; Mercy (Mary) Barber was placed with Lt. Walter Fyler and his wife until 18 years of age, unless she marries before, with her Master's and Dame's and eldest brother's approbation; Josias Barber was placed with Dea. John Moore until 21 years of age to learn a trade; Thomas Barber doth engage to take Samuel Barber's portion and after two years from the present to allow 6% simple interest per annum. John Barber took Josias' portion upon the same terms. Page 188 - 6 Jun 1662, Dist. to John and Sarah jointly. House and Home lot as their Father willed - 126-13-04. To Thomas Barber by Gift & his portion - 13-00-00. To Samuel, Mercy & Josias each - 36-15-00. By Capt Newberry, Deacon Moore, Sgt. Alvord.' He died on Sept. 11th, and his wife Joan on Sept. 10th, 1662. Children: John, bp. 24 Jul 1642; Thomas, b. 14 Jul 1644; Sarah, bp. 19 Jul 1646; Samuel, bp. 1 Oct 1648; Mary, bp. 12 Oct 1651; Josiah, b. 15 Feb 1653. In the Hartford Probate records it will be observed that the name of the fifth child of Thomas and Joan Barber is given as Mercy instead of Mary, as shown above. Also some records seem to indicate that she married a Hale, but the Gillett family records furnish conclusive evidence of her marriage to John Gillett. It is possible that in the records showing the name of Hale, her marriage was confused with that of her sister Sarah's to Timothy Hall, as a confusion of the names Hale and Hall is quite common."
9. From the booklet "The Settlement of Windsor, Connecticut," by Kent Avery, Donna Siemiatkoski, and Robert Silliman, reprinted 2002 by the Windsor Historical Society. The booklet contains various editions of a list of the "Founders of Ancient Windsor" with the latest and most accurate being amended and approved June 1996. The list names the heads of households in Windsor by June 1641. Family related ancestors included are as follows. ST=Saltonstall Party of 1635 (Lords and Gentlemen); D=Dorchester, Mass; H=Huit Party from England arrived in Massachusetts on the Susan and Ellen, 1638; *=Arrived at Dorchester on the Mary and John in 1630.:
Thomas Barber (ST. 1635)
William Filley (D. 1640)
Jeremiah Gillett
Jonathan Gillett (D. 1635)*
Nathan Gillett (D. 1635)*
Edward Griswold (H. 1639)
Matthew Griswold (H. 1639)
Joseph Loomis (H. 1639)
George Phelps (D. 1635)*
William Phelps (D. 1635)*
John Porter, Sr. (H. 1639)
The second and third generations of these founders intermarried children from many other names among the Founders. The booklet also gives some history of the founding from which I quote the following:
"The Connecticut River valley was first explored in 1614 when the Dutch explorer Adriaen Block sailed up the river as far as the Hartford area. However, the Dutch at New Amsterdam (now New York City) did not take advantage of the river valley until 1633 when they built a fort at the present site of Hartford.
The valley was also explored by the English, both Pilgrims from the Plymouth Colony and Puritans from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. In April of 1631 representatives of the River Indians went to Boston and then to Plymouth to ask that each colony make settlements in the valley..." [The local Indians were seeking to preserve peace in the valley by protection from their more warlike enemies including the encroaching Pequots from the southeast and the Mohawks from the northwest.]
"...In 1633 groups from New Amsterdam, Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay colonies explored and/or attempted to settle in the valley. During the early months of 1633, the Dutch were becoming apprehensive about the English colonies possibly settling on what they considered their land..." [The Dutch erected a fort at the present site of Hartford with two cannons and named it "House of Hope."]
"The Plymouth Colony decided to go ahead with their explorations in the late summer of 1633... under the command of Lt. William Holmes... This party landed on Sep. 26, 1633, at the junction of today's Connecticut and Farmington Rivers and immediately erected... a 'Palizado' or stockade fort.
"In the late summer of 1633 the Massachusetts Bay Colony decided to reconsider the possibilities of settling... A party led by John Oldham explored an overland route to Connecticut. They traveled westerly following an ancient Indian trail known as the Old Connecticut Path, then known as the Great Trail, until they reached the valley. His positive report encouraged the MBC to send their first party to settle the valley in 1634. Ten adventurers were the first settlers of Wethersfield. After this party of Puritans arrived in the valley, many more followed.
"At this time the MBC was ripe for a massive migration. The colony was established in 1628 by Puritans from England who were seeking to 'purify' the community's civil, economic and religious lifestyle in response to the abuses of church and state power in England. Led by Gov. John Winthrop, these Puritans felt called by God to attempt to live personal and public lives pleasing to Him in the unspoiled wilderness to form a model Christian society for the world to emulate. After a few years in the Massachusetts Bay, some of the colonists began to feel that Winthrop's version of the Puritan vision was too restrictive. He believed that God governed society through only a few select men. For these theological and political ideals as well as for the practical concern of the desire to move from the overcrowded seacoast to the new land along the fertile river, Puritans from the towns of Waterton, Dorchester and Newtown were eager to consider the possibilities opened up by Oldam's explorations in the valley.
"As a result, an advance party from Dorchester under the leadership of Roger Ludlow explored the Windsor area in the late spring of 1635 followed by a permanent settlement of 60 men, women and children in October. They probably moved just before winter to thwart the plans of yet another group of explorers, the 'Lords and Gentlemen.'
"This party of about 20 men under Francis Stiles was sent form England by Sir Richard Saltonstall. They claimed the right to settle the valley by a patent granted in 1631 by the Earl of Warwick to Saltonstall and other noblemen of England. The Stiles group arrived in Boston from England on June 16, 1635, and stayed in Boston for ten days before leaving for Windsor. They sailed up the Connecticut River..."
"All the land within the present borders of Windsor was legally purchased from these Indians [Podunk, Poquonocks, Sicaogs and Tunxis]."
"...disaster struck in the winter of 1633-34 when a smallpox epidemic spread through the River Indians tribes killing most of them..."
"The Pequots continued to conquer most of the tribes in Connecticut until they were finally stopped in the Pequot War in 1637 when the men in the river settlements united to fight after the Wethersfield massacre on April 23. After the Pequots were defeated, the River Indians, and the Englishmen were able to maintain a peaceful coexistence."
In regards to the Plymouth group "just one month after the trading post was completed... the Dutch governor at New Amsterdam sent 70 men to evict the Plymouth settlers from their trading post. When the Dutch force reached Windsor, they found the Plymouth settlers so well entrenched that after a few hostile demonstrations they returned to New Amsterdam. After this one attempt to dislodge the Windsor settlers, the Dutch took no further action against the settlement at Windsor... The trading post stayed undisturbed for nearly two years after the Dutch conflict until in 1635 two groups of settlers came form the MBC to settle on land in what is now Windsor."
"The Dorchester group who arrived in Windsor in 1636 was actually a Puritan congregation established by the Rev. John White in Plymouth, England, in 1630. Seeking a creative solution to the problems of political and religious oppression in England, the Puritans decided to emigrate to the New World to perform an 'errand in the wilderness,' to develop a model society under God free from the corruption of England. Rev. White encouraged 140 people to covenant with God and each other to live as a Christian community in the New World. Rev. John Warham and Rev. John Maverick were chosen as ministers. Others in company included... established gentlemen... William Phelps; and young, mostly single men such as... George Phelps. After a day of prayer, fasting and preaching, they boarded the Mary And John where they met together every day for worship and preaching during the ten weeks of their voyage. Landing in the New World, they established their new community in Dorchester under the jurisdiction of the Massachusetts Bay Colony headed by Governor John Winthrop."
"After a few years differences arose between Winthrop and some of the other ministers including Rev. Thomas Hooker, Warham and Maverick concerning the basis of authority in the government by a very few people whereas others saw that all the governed should have a voice in the government. Since these two ideas could not coexist, the problems of overcrowding the seaside colony and the inducement of a lucrative fur trade in the fertile inland valley helped the Dorchester group under Warham and the Newtown group under Hooker to decide to move west as congregations to develop their vision of the Puritan community under God."
"The Dorchester group traveled to the Connecticut River Valley following the Old Connecticut Path. It is debated whether the group continued all the way to Windsor on the Old Connecticut path or rather went through Agawam (now Springfield), Massachusetts, and traveled south along the Connecticut River until they reached Windsor. Most likely they took the Old Connecticut Path all the way since there were no known paths to Agawam large enough for a group of that size until the Bay Path was discovered in 1648."
"After walking for 14 days, the group reached Windsor at the end of October and settled on the east side of the Connecticut River across form the mouth of the Scantic River. For temporary shelter they dug into the sides of the low hills along the Connecticut River making homes that were enclosed on three sides by dirt, in front by posts and on the roof by wood and thatch."
"The unusually harsh winter came early that year freezing the river over by mid-November and preventing the ship laden with their possessions and provisions from sailing upriver from Long Island Sound. Some settlers traveled downriver, freed a ship and returned to the Bay Colony. Some returned to Dorchester overland through the snow. Still others decided to stay, subsisting through the winter on acorns, malt, grain and possibly receiving some food from the Indians and other groups of settlers. Undeterred from the harshness of the first winter, the Dorchester community renewed their determination to settle permanently in the Conn. River Valley. By the end of April of 1636 most of the congregation of the Dorchester church had removed to what is now Windsor, taking their church records with them and leaving a few townsmen remaining to reorganize a new church under the ministry of the Rev. Richard Mather who arrived from England a few months later."
"The land the Dorchester settlers started building on was owned by the Plymouth group. This piece of land was from a second land purchase from the Indians stretching from the Farmington River in the south to what is now Hayden Station in the north. The Dorchester settlers refused to acknowledge that the land belonged to the Plymouth group. The Plymouth group, who had not actually settled this second piece of land, was forced to stay in the Plymouth Meadow at the junction of the two rivers and eventually sold their land to Matthew Allyn. In 1640, two years after this sale, the Plymouth House and lot was declared to be within the jurisdiction of the orders of Windsor."
"In 1637 because of the threat of a Pequot attack, the Dorchester settlers constructed a palisade or fence of wooden posts on the higher ground north of the Farmington River. Here the settlers constructed more permanent homes. After the threat of Indian attack subsided and the homes of their families were completed, the settlers built their first meetinghouse for their church in 1639. The site of the meetinghouse in the center of what is now the Palisado Green is marked by a monument to the early settlers of Windsor."
"A few days after the Dorchester group reached Windsor, another group arrived...'The Lords and Gentlemen,' this group envisioned developing the Connecticut Valley into large manor-like estates upon which they would continue to enjoy the lifestyle to which they were accustomed in England. They claimed the right to settle under the Warwick Patent... giving them the right to settle anywhere in what is now Connecticut. This group included the Stiles brothers … as well as their servants and apprentices including... Thomas Barber..."
"Although the Stiles party wanted to settle the highland around the area that is now the Palisado Green, the Dorchester settlers allowed them to settle only in the northernmost part of Plymouth's second land purchase, the land just south of what is now Hayden Station..."
"In March 1636 the General court of Massachusetts established a commission of eight members to govern the river towns, including Agawam (now Springfield), for one year. Windsor's representatives were William Phelps and Roger Ludlow."
"Early in the following year the town of Dorchester changed its name to Windsor, Newtown to Hartford, Watertown to Wethersfield. The changes from Massachusetts names to wholly new names reflected the fact that the three towns were no longer under Massachusetts jurisdiction but constituted the separate colony of Connecticut."
"The three settlements in Windsor were merging into one identity with most of the Plymouth group leaving, the Dorchester group continuing to be the most prominent..."
"In May 1638 Rev. Thomas Hooker preached a sermon in which he propounded the theological basis of a democratic government. These beliefs were actually put into words by Roger Ludlow, a brilliant legal mind trained at Oxford University. Known as the 'Fundamental Orders of 1639,' this document expressed Rev. Hooker's belief that 'the foundation of authority is laid in the free consent of the people.' Thus, Roger Ludlow and Thomas Hooker were the primary contributors to the first written constitution in the world, which expressed the right of the people to govern themselves."
"Meanwhile, large-scale emigration into Windsor continued until about 1641 when it became a trickle, reflecting both the exodus of Puritans from England and the end of that Exodus when the Puritans finally secured political power there in 1641. In most cases people migrated first to the MBC then on to the Connecticut River Valley. One of these later groups which emigrated in 1638 form England to Massachusetts and then to Windsor was led by the Rev. Ephraim Huit, who then assisted Warham in his work. That group of immigrants, many of whom came over on the Susan and Ellen included John Porter and Joseph Loomis (who married the White sisters), John Bissell, Edward and Matthew Griswold and Daniel Clarke...."
10. On file with me (file 2656) are various maps of early Windsor, Connecticut that are copies of those found at the Windsor Historical Society. Included are:
A. "Plan of Ancient Windsor, 1640-1654." Also includes a blow-up of the Palisado. Ancestral "Heads of Households" shown on the plan include John Bancroft, Thomas Barber, William Filley, Jonathan Gillett, Nathan Gillet, Edward Griswold, Jos. Loomis, Wm. Phelps, Jr., Wm. Phelps, Sr., John Porter.
B. "Map of Windsor, 1633-1650." Shows many ancestral heads of households.
C. A map entitled "Southern New England in the 17th Century," which also shows the "Great Trail" leading from Dorchester, Mass. to Windsor, Connecticut.
D. Misc. other Windsor maps in the same time periods locating ancestral heads of households and their land.
11. Savage's "Genealogical Dictionary," p. 113: "Thomas Barber, Windsor, came in the Christian, 1635, aged 21, resid. prob. at Dorchester first, was engag. in the Pequot war, I suppose, under Stoughton, m. 7 Oct. 1640, Joan, had... [lists 6 children]."
12. FHL book 929.273 B695bo "Ancestral Lines, Third Edition," compiled by Carl Boyer, 3rd [Santa Clarita, CA; 1998], pp. 69-70:
"While the compiler of this work has had relatively little experience researching Connecticut records, he has had the good fortune of finding excellent published works on the Barber and Hale families. The allegation that the immigrant member of the Barber family came from Bedfordshire has not been supported strongly in Lillian May Wilson's Barber Genealogy.
Thomas1 Barber, born perhaps in Bedfordshire, England, in 1614, died in Windsor, Connecticut, 11 Sept. 1662.
On 7 Oct. 1640 he married Jane or Joan, whose last name is not known. It has been said that she was a daughter of one of the first Dutch settlers of the Connecticut River Valley, and was the first white woman to land in Connecticut. She died 10 Sept. 1662, the day before her husband.
He came to Windsor in 1635 with the party fitted out for settlement by Sir Richard Saltonstall, under Francis Stiles, a master carpenter lately of London. Jacobus pointed out that while Stiles was originally a Bedfordshire man he had been in the English capital for some time and that his apprentices might have all been Londoners. On the other hand, Frank Hey has pointed out that many who were apprenticed in London were from provincial areas. Thomas Barber was the first of the surname to arrive in America; an entry dated 16 March 1634/5 listed as embarking on the Chrystian of London, John White, Master, ffrancis Stiles, 35, Thomas Barber, 21, Thomas Coop[er] 18, and George Chappell, 20 [Hotten's Persons, 42-43].
According to Windsor records, in 1635 he was granted "a lot ten rods west of Humphrey Hyde's Mill Road, 8 acres and 22 rods wide, bounded south by Mill Brook, extending as stated 2 rods wide, to accommodate Barber and Alvord, and also a way for Mr. Wareham, Minister, to go to his lot north of Barber's and Alvord's and ended in the Poquonnock Road." It has been said his home was nearest to those of Humphrey Hyde, Alex Alvord and Jonathan Gillett.
Some evident difficulties were resolved at court at Hartford, Conn., on 28 March 1637: "It is ordered yt Mr. Frances Stiles shall teach Geo. Chapple, Tho: Coopr & Tho: Barber his servaunts in the trade of a Carpenter accordinge to his prmise for there srvice of their terme" [Jacobus, 497; see "Col. Records Conn.," 1:8]. About three months later Thomas Barber was serving as a sergeant in the Pequot War, when after a battle he fell into talking on religious and church matters with one Lt. Cook. When the discussion became heated he struck Cook, and for this he had to pay £5 and forfeit his rank.
In 1641 he was granted about 600 acres in an area known to the Indians as Massaco. In the town meeting at Northampton, Mass., 24 June 1661, it was voted to ask him to move there, but apparently he chose not to do so. When he died at Windsor a little over a year later he left an estate valued at £132.14s. The probate records showed that his daughter Mercy (Mary) was placed with Lt. Walter Fyler and his wife, and Josias (Josiah) was placed with Deacon John Moore.
Children, born in Windsor:
i. John2, bapt. 24 July 1642; d. Suffield, Mass. (now Conn.), 17 Jan. 1712; m. (1) Springfield 2 Sept. 1663 Bathsheba Coggin, m. (2) 1 May 1669 Mrs. Hannah (Gardner?) Bancroft.
ii. Thomas, b. 14 July 1644; d. Simsbury, Conn., 10 May 1713; m. 17 Dec. 1663 Mary Phelps.
iii. Sarah, bapt. 19 July 1646; m. Windsor 26 Nov. 1663 Timothy2 Hale.
iv. Samuel, bapt. 1 Oct. 1648; d. 1709; m. (1) 1 Dec. 1670 Mary Coggins, m. (2) 25 Jan. 1677 Ruth3 Drake.
v. Mary, bapt. 12 Oct. 1651; m. 8 July 1669 John2 Gillett.
vi. Josiah, b. 15 Feb. 1653; d. c. 1731; m. (1) 22 Nov. 1677 Abigail Loomis, m. (2) 5 Nov. 1701 Mrs. Sarah (Porter) Drake."
Additions by Addendum, p. 735: "Thomas1 Barber [p. 69] was not likely to have sailed in the Chrystian of London directly to Windsor, Connecticut, with a stop in Boston. It is more likely that his party disembarked the ship on arrival in Boston, 16 June 1635, and then arrived in Windsor about 1 July 1635. Record of Thomas Barber has been found in part of the minutes of the Worshipful Company of Carpenters at the Guildhall, London, under the date 18 Dec. 1634: "Received of Francis Stiles for apprenticing Thomas Barber, son of John Barber of Stamford in the County of Lincoln, yeoman, deceased, from St. Thomas's day next for 9 years. 2s 2d" [Donald S. Barber, TAG, 71 (1996), 111]."
13. The book "Dorset Pilgrims," 1989, p. 143: "Because he was the minister, Ephraim Huitt's home was more substantial than most. Towards the other end of the scale was the modest dwelling of Thomas Barber, veteran of the Pequot fort fight. His parlour was furnished with a bed, two tables, a cupboard, some chests and old trunks filled with bed and table linen, a saddle and bridle, a halberd, cutlass and belt, two guns and a book or two. The kitchen had little more than its array of brass and iron kettles, skillets, pots, and a table. The hall, apart from its two beds and bedding, was not only cluttered up with bolts of cloth, timber, corn, wheat, peas, hay and flax, scythes and a cart and tackle, but also sheltered horses, cows, bullocks and sheep. In addition there was a lean-to which housed more timber, a barrel of cider and another cow; and there was a shop containing carpenter's tools and yet more timber. Such were the modest domestic possessions of this one-time apprentice of Francis Stiles who made his living as a carpenter and small farmer."
14. The book "Dorset Pilgrims," 1989:
"APPENDIX I: FIRST GRANTS FROM THE PLANTATION (registered by the end of 1641). Total acreage in orders of magnitude:
Stiles family 763
Loomis, J. 675
Griswold, E. 178
Gillett, J. 115
Barber, T. 102
Gillett, N. 88
Phelps, G. 83 Fourth quarter own 795 acres = 4.8 per cent
TOTAL ACREAGE 16,612
15. The book "Dorset Pilgrims," 1989:
"APPENDIX II WINDSOR INVENTORIES. Total amounts (£s) in orders of magnitude.
First generation: Name/Amount/Birth/Death:
Tudor, Owen 294 England 1691
Gillett, Jonathan 273 England 1677
Stiles, John 222 England 1662
Loomis, Joseph 178 England 1658
Barber, Thomas 132 1614 1662
Bancroft, John 110 England 1662
Skinner, John 90 England 1651
Second generation:
Phelps, Samuel 773 c. 1625 1669
Phelps, Joseph 473 c. 1629 1695
Phelps, William 472 England 1682
Loomis, Thomas 377 England 1689
Loomis, Joseph 281 England 1687
Stiles, John 96 England 1683
Note: The lists in Appendix II should be used with considerable caution and in terms of orders of magnitude only. A few inventories include some land as well as chattels; there are one or two - Matthew Allyn is an example - the bulk of whose possessions lie outside Windsor; and allowance must be made for those, usually elderly, who have already deeded the bulk of their property to children before their death; but even in its raw state the lists reveal the concentration of possessions, if not 'wealth', in the hands of a minority of families and predictable families at that. They bear comparison with the list of grants from the plantation in Appendix I."
CHRISTENING:
1. Online Ordinance Index FHL film 0505741, batch C031682, printout call 6907077, extracted record: Thomas, son of John, ch. 25 Dec 1612, Saint George, Stamford, Lincoln, England. This same information was extracted again in 2002 and shows mother as Elisabeth.
2. The periodical "The American Genealogist," 71[1996]:111-12, "The English Origin of Thomas1 Barber of Windsor, Connecticut," by Donald S. Barber:
"It has long been known that Thomas1 Barber, with several others, was apprenticed to Francis Stiles, who was paid by Sir Richard Saltonstall to bring them to Windsor to build houses for those who would come from England later.[1] They were on the 16 March 1634/5 shipping list for the "Chrystian" of London,[2] which arrived in Boston on 16 June; the party reached Windsor about 1 July 1635. The shipping list gives Thomas's age as 21. Further details about Thomas1 Barber and his family are given in my book, "The Connecticut Barbers,"[3] published in 1992, before I became aware of his English origin.
Francis Stiles was a carpenter and London freeman, so it seemed reasonable to search the appropriate guild records in London. Frances Markham, a London researcher, recently found the following entry for me in the records of the Worshipful Company of Carpenters at the Guildhall. The entry is part of the minutes for a meeting held on 18 December 1634:[4]
"Received of Francis Stiles for apprenticing Thomas Barber, son of John Barber of Stamford in the County of Lincoln, yeoman, deceased, from St. Thomas's day next for 9 years. 2s 2d."
This led to the International Genealogical Index [IGI] for Lincolnshire and then to the appropriate parish registers in Stamford and to the Bishops' Transcripts for the adjacent parish of Uffington:
St. George, Stamford, co. Lincoln:[5]
Rebecca, dau. of John Barber, bp. 17 April 1609.
Rebecca, dau. of John Barber, bur. 6 Aug. 1609.
Sara, dau. of John Barber, labourer, bp. 16 Sept. 1610.
Thomas, son of John and Elizabeth Barber, bp. 25 Dec. 1612.
All Saints, Stamford:[6]
Elizabeth, dau. of John Barber, bp. [10 or 11] Nov. 1616.
John, son of John Barber, bp. 4 Aug. 1620.
John Barber, bur. 21 April 1620.
Elizabeth Barber, widow, bur. 8 March 1632[/3].
John Barber, son of Widow Barber, bur. 22 March 1632[/3].
Uffington, co. Lincoln:[7]
Elizabeth Barber m. William Fowler, 8 June 1590.
Margaret Barber m. John Preeste, 2 Oct. 1607.
John Barber m. Elizabeth Lumley, 17 Oct. 1608.
SUMMARY
JOHNA BARBER was born probably in the early or middle 1580s and was buried at All Saints, Stamford, county Lincoln, on 21 April 1620. He married at Uffington, county Lincoln, on 17 October 1608, ELIZABETH LUMLEY. She was buried at All Saints, Stamford, on 8 March 1632[/3]. He was called a "labourer" in the baptism of his daughter Sarah.
Children of JohnA and Elizabeth (Lumley) Barber:
i REBECCA BARBER, bp. St. George, Stamford, co. Lincoln, 17 April 1609, bur. there, 6 Aug. 1609.
ii SARAH BARBER. bp. St. George, 16 Sept. 1610.
iii THOMAS1 BARBER, bp. St. George, 25 Dec. 1612, d. Windsor, Conn., 11 Sept. 1662;[8] m. Windsor, 7 Oct. 1640, JANE ___,[9] who d. Windsor, 10 Sept. 1662.[10] [St. Thomas Day is 21 December, and that may be the day of his birth and the source of his name, as well as the day on which his apprenticeship began.]
iv ELIZABETH BARBER, bp. All Saints, Stamford, 10 or 11 Nov. 1616.
v JOHN BARBER, bp. Alt Saints, 4 Aug, 1620, bur. there, 22 March 1632[/3].
No relevant probates were found in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury or the Consistory Court of Lincoln.
More research in records in the Stamford area (including nearby sections of Rutland and Northamptonshire) might be helpful in showing the origin of JohnA Barber and of his wife Elizabeth Lumley.
I am grateful to Frances Markham for finding the key entry in the records of the Carpenters' Company in London, and to Dr. Neil D. Thompson, CG, FASG, for checking my readings of the pariah registers, for confirming the IGI entries for Uffington in the Bishops' Transcripts, and for searching for relevant probates."
Footnotes:
1. Henry R. Stiles, "The History of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut, ..." [1st ed.] (New York, 1859), 19-22; [2d ed.], 2 vols. (Hartford, 1891-92), 1:44, 151, 2:50.
2. John Camden Hotten, "The Original Lists of Persons of Quality…" (New York, 1874),
42-43.
3. Donald S. Barber, "The Connecticut Barbers" (Middlefield, Conn., 1992), 1-2.
4. Worshipful Company of Carpenters, Court Minute Book 1618-35, Guildhall Library MS
4329/4.
5. Family History Library [FHL], Salt Lake City, film #1,450,474.
6. FHL film #1,450,472.
7. FHL film #509,002, Item 2.
8. Edwin Stanley Welles, ed., "Births, Marriages and Deaths Returned from Hortfirrd, Windsor, and Fairfield ..." (Hartford, 1897), 21; hereafter cited as Welles.
9. "Matthew Grant Record," "Some Early Records and Documents of and Relating to the Town of Windsor[,] Connecticut, 1639-1703" (Hartford, 1930), 24. For the unlikely claim that Jane (___) Barber was a widow Bancroft, see George E. McCracken, "Bancrofts in the Connecticut Valley," TAG 37(1961):154-60.
10. Welles, 21."
SOURCES_MISC:
1. Per family group sheet archive record submitted by Jesse T. Warner, 827 s. 8th W, SLC, Utah. Heir listed is Oliver Harmon (3ggson). References "Barber Gen. Book." Copy in file 2658 of Kerry Petersen.
2. Title: Barber Genealogy, section I, genealogy of the descendants of Thomas Barber of Windsor, Connecticut, 1614-1909.
3. Marion Edward Lee, "The Lees of New England and Some Allied Families", pp. 89-92. This book is very sketchy with just the vital information and some highlights in a sentence or two of each person. No footnotes or sources given. Better material can be had from other sources quoted above.
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Chris & Julie Petersen's Genealogy
1612 - 1662 (~ 49 years)