Edward H Barton

1. PLACE OF DEATH MAY ALSO HAVE BEEN: Cape Porpoise, York Co., ME, USA 2. ◦!CITED in "Lieutenant William Barton of Morris County, New Jersey" by William Eleazar Barton, D.D., privately printed, Oak Park IL, 1900, copy in possession of Gary Barton (BART081). p.16.

!CITED in "The Name and Family of Barton", compiled by The Media Research Bureau, Washington D.C., FHL microfilm 0874252, item 13: "...settled in Essex County, Mass., probably about the year 1632. Very little is known of this immigrant, but some family historians maintain that he was the father of the Edward Barton who was at Salem, Mass., in 1640 and who later made his home at Exeter and Portsmouth, N.H."

!CITED in "Barton & Hummell Family Histories", Ellen Cochran French, 1967 (BART247): "... prob. descended from, Gilbert de Nottun and his wife Editha Grelle (or Gredle), Lady of Barton, of the Manor of Barton, Lancashire, Eng.; came from Lancashire, Eng.; 1632; settled in Essex Co., Mass., by 1650; condemned to slavery, 1643; one account states that one of his descendants was Clara Barton, the philanthropist and "friend of the wounded soldier" in the Civil War whereas another says Samuel Barton (qv), of Salem, Framingham and Oxford, Mass., was the immigrant; m. and had issue (at least); 1. Samuel (b. 1665-d.Sept. 12, 1732; (qv) settled at Oxford, Mass; married Hannah, daughter of Edmund Bridges; Poss. 2. Edward (qv)

!CITED in "Our New England Sampsons", G. G. Sampson, pub. privately 1953, p. 120 (BART273)
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Edward had his will probated 4 JUL 1671 in York, York, ME.(4) Edward is the founder of our branch of the Barton family in America. His origins are unknown at this writing but he was in Salem MA before 1640 and established at Portsmouth, NH by 1646 when in August of that year Reynold Fernald was granted four acres of marsh at the great house at Little Harbor, on the Piscataqua and his grant mentions that he was bounded on the east by Goodman Barton.

He seems to have resided at Salem and Marblehead prior to Portsmouth. In court at Salem in June of 1660, one Benjamin Parmenter testified that he hired a house an land of Edward Barton about 17 years previously for 20 shillings a year and that it was fenced and planted with Indian corn by Barton.

At the same court preceding Richard Hide deposed that he has built the house on a half acre granted to him by the town of Marblehead and that he had exchanged the house with Barton for a house and land in Salem. He said that Barton had possessd the house and land for three or four years.

A court case heard 30 June 1640 had George Wright suing Edward Barton. The details are unknown.

On 15 October 1650 at a General Court held at Georgianna Edward Barton sued Phillip Gorrell in an action for a seven pound debt. The action was withdrawn.

He served in 1650 at Portsmouth as a trial juryman and in 1651 was brought to court for beating his wife. He received additional grants of land at Portsmouth in 1652 and 1653 and served as a grand juryman in 1656 and as a coroner's juryman in 1657, the same year in which he took the oath of fidelity at Exeter, NH to the Massachusetts Bay government. At the town meeting of March 20, 1656 James Johnson, William Seavey and Anthony Bracket were directed to settle a land dispute between Edward and Nicholas Row. In June of 1656, at Portsmouth, Susannah Trimmings, wife of Oliver Trimmings of Little Harbor, complained that she had been bewitched by Jane Walford, wife of Thomas Walford, formerly the first settler of Charlestown and among the witnesses was Eliza Barton, Edward's wife who testified to Susannah's unusual physical appearance. The Walfords earlier had sued Nicholas and Elizabeth Roe for slander in calling Jane a witch and they won in court. At the town meetings between 1658 and 1666 he was among those who subscribed to the minister's salary in the amount of 15 shillings.

In July of 1661 Edward presented at Court in a section referring to the Isles of Shoals for swearing commonly by Jesus Christ. The witnesses were William Scadlocke and Morgan Howell. Barton was fined 10 shillings and 5 shillings for officers fees.

Probably about 1666 Edward moved from Portsmouth to Cape Porpoise, ME and settled on a farm of about 300 acres which he bought from Anthony Littlefield. The move may have been occasioned by Edward being a loyalist to Massachusetts. Even then New Hampshire politics differed from their southern neighbor. A. The Maine farm was situated on Montague's Neck bounded by the sea, Cape Porpoise River and Montague River.

On 18 July 1665 in court at Wells, Edward sued Stephen Batson for "not performing his bond according to his award to the value of 40 pounds." The court found for Edward and Batson forfeited the bond.

He was one of the appraisers of the estate of Morgan Howell at Cape Porpoise in June of 1666 and swore to its accuracy 1 April 1667.

Indian troubles forced Edward, his wife and family to abandon the Cape Porpoise farm for safe haven at Salem where he purchased a house and land which later were exchanged for a house and lands at Marblehead. His estate with the house, lands and marsh at Cape Porpoise and other property was valued at £ 81 in an oath sworn by the widow 16 June 1671. The inventory was done by Griffin Montague and John Davies

Accused of 1651 (Age: About 30-31) -- brought to court for beating his wife

Crime 1661 (Age: About 40-41) -- swearing commonly by Jesus Christ