Dea. Humphrey Barrett

Dea. Humphrey/2 Barrett Jr. was born in England circa 1630.1,2 He emigrated to New England with his parents, who settled at Concord, Massachusetts in 1639. There he married (1), 17 Jul 1661, Elizabeth Paine.

From Savage

BARRETT, HUMPHREY, Concord, s. of the preced. freem. 1682, had, I suppose, m. a d. of Robert Hawes of Roxbury, wh. in his will calls him s. had Joseph, and Benjamin, was rep. Oct. 1691.

In the 1666 tax list, he lived at Abel Heywood's place in the North Quarter.4 His taxes were abated that year on 11 lots, 316 acres in Concord's North District. In 1672 he was one of a committee presenting the selectmen with 17 articles of instruction.

His wife Elizabeth died at Concord 21 Dec 1674. There he married (2), 23 Mar 1674/75, Mary/2 Potter, daughter of Dea. Luke/1 Potter and Mary/2 Edmunds.

Admitted freeman of Concord, 24 May 1682.8 Witnessed the will of Capt. Timothy/1 Wheeler of Concord, 1 Mar 1686/87. Deputy to the General Court, 1691. Named overseer, 20 Apr 1691, with Steven Willis of Medford, in the will of Mary/2a Brooks Wheeler of Concord, and each provided 10s. for the task.

His wife Mary died at Concord 17 Nov 1713. There Humphrey, ensign of the trainband and deacon, died, 3 Jan 1715/16 ("aged 86 yrs.", g.s.). He is buried in the South Burying Ground with his 2d wife.

Concord's 1666 tax list notes Richard Temple in the North District "near Barrett's Mills." Since Humphrey was the town's only Barrett poll at the time, the mills appear to have been his. 109 years later, Barrett's Mills would be the target of the British expeditionary force which arrived at Concord on April 19th, 1775.4

From "Genealogies Of Some Old Families Of Concord, Mass. And Their Descendants In Part To The Present Generation". 2017. Archive.Org. Accessed April 29 2017. page 105

Humphrey Barrett, Jr., born in England, 1630, and came to Concord with his parents. He married Elizabeth Paine in 1661 ; issue by this marriage, a daughter Mary, who married Josiah Blood. His wife, Elizabeth Paine, died in 1674, and in 1675 he married Mary Potter, a daughter of Luke Potter, one of the tirst settlers in Concord. Thus Humphrey Barrett, Jr., and Mary Potter, his wife, became the common ancestors of the Concord branch of the Barrett family of New England. Their sons, Joseph and Benjamin Barrett, married the sisters Rebecca and Lydia Minott, respectively, daughters of James and Rebecca (Wheeler) Minott of Concord.
Humphrey Barrett, Jr., was a deacon of the church in Concord; admitted a freeman. May 24, 1662; was deputy and representative to the General Court, 1691, and ensign of the foot company. Major Gen. Gookin, in 1685, reported to the General Court that the Concord train band "had but one commissioned officer that officiates in that company, viz., Left. Buss, who is very aged, and not well able to conduct the affairs of y* great company, therefore, having informed himself as the fittest man to supply the place of ensign for that company, did propose to the court, Humphrey Barrett, who was a freeman, and of y'- church at Concord, a sergeant of that company, that the court would make him ensigne of Concord foot company." He was appointed and approved of Oct. 14, 1685.

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