Mary Barber

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Thomas Barber married Mary Phelps, the daughter of William Phelps, Sr. and Mary Dover Phelps, on December 17, 1663. Mary Phelps was born on March 2, 1644, in Windsor; when her husband died on May 10, 1713, she and five of their eight children shared his estate.

Thomas Barber is buried in the Hopmeadow Cemetery near the site of the now lost meetinghouse.

Children of Thomas and Mary Phelps Barber

• 1. John (born 1 November 1, 1664; married Mary Holcomb; died 1 March 1, 1711/12)
• 2. Marcy also called Mary (born January 11, 1666)
• 3. Sarah (born July 12, 1669; married Lieutenant Andrew Robe)
• 4. Joanna (born 1670; married first Josiah Adkins; married second Benjamin Colt)
• 5. Annie (born 1671; married Jonathan Higley died November 15, 1722)
• 6. Thomas, Jr. (born October 7, 1672; married Abigail Buel; died 17 Jul 17, 1714)
• 7. Samuel (born May 17, 1673; married Sarah Holcomb; died December 18, 1725)
• 8. Infant (born 1677)

Citations

1. [S135] Judge Oliver Seymour Phelps Phelps Family, Vol. I:Pg. 97/Item 25.
2. [S240] Peter Haring Judd, The Hatch and Brood of Time, Page 304.
3. [S695] Edwin Stanley Welles, Welles, page 10.

Links

• http://www.simsburyhistory.org/SimsHistory/FirstSettlers.html
• http://www.holcombegenealogy.com/data/p68.htm#i3400

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GEDCOM Note

Biography

This is the THIRD MARY PHELPS. She was born to William PHELPS and Anne DOVER. The first two Marys died in infancy. This third Mary survived to adulthood. Submitted by Dorothy Phelps, Monday, September 15, 2014. Mary was born on 2 Mary 1644 Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, the youngest child, the daughter of Wiliam Phelps and Anne Dover. She was baptized on 19th of July 1644. She married Lieut. Thomas Barber, son of Thomas Barber who immigrated to New England in 1635, on 13 Dec 1660 in Hebron, Hartford Co., Connecticut. (in Barber Genealogy, it says the marriage date was 13 Dec 1663).

They had the following children:

i. John Barber, b. 1 Nov 1662/1664 Windsor, m. Mary Holcomb. ii. Mary Barber, b. 11 May 1666 Windsor.iii. Sarah Barber, b. 12 July 1669 Windsor, m. Nov 26, 1701 Andrew Robe. No issue.iv. Joanna Barber, b. abt 1670 Windsor, m. Josiah Adkins on 3 Jan 1710-11. No issue. v. Anna Barber, b. abt 1670/1671 Windsor, m. Jonathan Higley.vi. Thomas Barber, b. 7 Oct 1671/1672 Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT, m. Abigail Buell. vii. Samuel Barber, b. 17 May 1673, m. Sarah Holcomb. viii. A child Barber, b. 1677 Windsor, died young. (NOTE: These dates were from Phelps & Servin, if you see the date AFTER the slash, that date is from Barber Genealogy. These dates do need to be verified with other sources.) In 1669 Massaco was carved from Windsor and made a separate township and named Simsbury. Mary's husband Thomas Barber and his brother Samuel, and their families moved in 1670 or 1671 to the land (that is now in Simsbury) that they inherited from their father Thomas Barber. [This inherited portion of the "Meadow Lands" was lying along Massaco River]. She passed away on 13 Feb 1724 in Simsbury, Hartford Co., Connecticut.

Please check her father William Phelps' Bio/Sources for more info. Mary Phelps Born 2 MAR 1644. Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut <ref>Heritage Consulting Millennium File Ancestry.com </ref><ref>New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635 Ancestry.com</ref><ref>U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Volume 338 Ancestry.com </ref><ref>"A genealogical record of the descendants of Joseph and Jemima (Post) Phelps of Hebron, Connecticut" </ref><ref>Yates Publishing U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Source number: 154.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: CCC Ancestry.com </ref> Died 1687 <ref>See page 21 of https:/archive.org/detailsbarbergenealogyi00wils Barber genealogy (in two sections) Section I. Descendants of Thomas Barber of Windsor, Conn. 1614-1909. Section II. Descendants of John Barber of Worcester, Mass. 1714-1909 by Wilson, Lillia.</ref> 13 FEB 1725. Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. <ref>Heritage Consulting Millennium File Ancestry.com </ref><ref>U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Volume 338 Ancestry.com </ref> Marriage 13 DEC 1660. Windsor, Hartford, CT. <ref>"A genealogical record of the descendants of Joseph and Jemima (Post) Phelps of Hebron, Connecticut" </ref><ref>Yates Publishing U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Source number: 154.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: CCC Ancestry.com </ref> Marriage 17 DEC 1663. Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. <ref> See page 21 of https:/archive.org/detailsbarbergenealogyi00wils Barber genealogy (in two sections) Section I. Descendants of Thomas Barber of Windsor, Conn. 1614-1909. Section II. Descandants of John Barber of Worcester, Mass. 1714-1909 by Wilson, Lillia.</ref><ref>"A genealogical record of the descendants of Joseph and Jemima (Post) Phelps ofHebron, Connecticut" </ref> Daughter of William II Phelps and his second wife Ann Dover (NOT Mary Dover).

Marriage 1638 Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.

Sources

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• Welles, Edwin. Births, Marriages, and Deaths Returned from Hartford, Windsor, and Fairfield, and Entered in the Early Land Records of the Colony of Connecticut (Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1898) Windsor Marriages, Folio 45. Page 10
• Great Migration Series, 1995.
• Phelps, Oliver. The Phelps Family Of America And Their English Ancestors (Eagle Pub. Co., Pittsfield, Mass., 1899) Vol 1, pg 97.
• Willson, Lillian May. Barber Genealogy (John Barber White, Haverhill, Mass. Pressof the Nichols Print., 1909) pg. 21. (Note that it says her mother was Mary (Dover) Phelps, which is incorrect. Her mother was Anne (Dover) Phelps.
• First Settlers of Simsbury, Simsbury Historical Society. Available athttp://www.simsburyhistory.org/SimsHistory/FirstSettlers.html.
• HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF STONINGTON, County of New London, Connecticut, from its first settlement in 1649 to 1900, by Richard Anson Wheeler, New London, CT, 1900, p. 537

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