Ellis Barron, of Watertown

From Find a Grave: He married, first, by 1630, Grace _____.

He married, second, Anne/Hannah (Hammond) Hawkins.

Children(by first marriage): Mary Barron Warren, Ellis Barron Jr, Susanna Barron Randall, Hannah Barron Coolidge, John Barron, Sarah Barron Estwick, Moses Barron, and, perhaps, Peter Barron.

His will, dated 26 Oct. 1676 and proved 19 Dec. the same year, mentions seven children. It names only his sons Ellis, John, and Moses. It also mentions his wife, grand daughter Elizabeth Barron, and a male Negro servant.

Ellis Barron may have been a barber for the inventory of his estate, taken Dec. 2, 1676, included "Barbers Instrumts, & Instrumts to draw teeth" at a value of 7 shillings. It also included "5. books of Divinity & Phisick" at 5 shillings and "1. Negro" at twenty pounds.[4/4:200]

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Disputed Origins

From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Barron-54

Irish Origins Disputed

It is widely reported that Ellis Barron's origins lie in Ireland; that he, and many of his children were born in Waterford, Ireland. He is stated to be the son of a William Fitzgerald and wife Margaret Butler, to a long line of notable and noble Fitzgerald ancestors. The earliest source found for this information comes from an 1880 work by Albert Welles entitled "American Antiquity". Albert Welles is a known forger of pedigrees, known for his fraudulent work on George Washington's ancestry. Without more contemporary evidence this exotic origin of the 17th century immigrant must be considered unproven and unlikely.

Notes

Ellis was made freeman on 6/2/1641. He served as Constable in 1658 and Selectman in 1668 and 1673. [Descendants of John and Mary Coolidge, p. 154; Colonial and Revolutionary Lineages of America, Vol. 2, p. 149].

After Grace's death, he married secondly, Hannah, the widow of Timothy Hawkins, S.r on 12/4/1653 at Watertown. His son, Ellis, married at about the same time, Hannah, daughter of Timothy Hawkins and Hannah, and was therefore his stepsister.

Four days before his death, Ellis made a will on 10/26 which was proved December 19 following. It contained bequests to his wife; to his eldest son Ellis, ₤10; to son John ₤5; to son Moses ₤4; to granddaughter Elizabeth Barron (daughter of his son Ellis) the "pyed black heifer;" the residue of his estate to be divided into seven parts, the eighth and youngest child, Peter, having been killed by Indians as a soldier at Muddy Brook in 9/1675.

There were no children from his second marriage to Hannah.

Inventory of Ellis Sr.'s estate was valued at ₤139 [Colonial and Revolutionary Lineages of America, Vol. 2, p. 149].

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ELLIS BARRON, was probably born between 1600 to 1610[2], and died on 30 Oct 1676 at Groton, Middlesex Co., MA.[11/V.1, p.4]

He married (1) GRACE (_____) about 1630.[2] Grace died before Dec 1653.

Ellis married (2) Hannah or Anne Hammond on 14 Dec 1653[5] in Watertown. It was the second marriage for both. She was baptized at Lavenham, Suffolkshire, Eng. on 14 Jul 1616 and died on 1 Sep 1685 in Watertown. She was the daughter of WILLIAM HAMMOND and ELIZABETH PAINE. She had married (1) Timothy Hawkins.[3] Both of Hannah's marriages are addressed in a receipt of 1 Apr 1673 given by Benjamin Garfield of Watertown to "Eliz (Ellis) Barron my father in law". The receipt was for that portion left to his wife, Mehitable (Hawkins) Garfield. Specifically, "left hir of the estate of Timothy Hawkins Deced, her father."[8/V.20 pp.135-36]

It isn't known exactly when Ellis arrived in New England only that it was sometime in the 1630's. He settled in Watertown. [3/17]

Ellis Barron may have practiced as a barber in his lifetime for in the inventory of his estate were itemized "Barbers Instrumts, & Instrumts to draw teeth" valued at 7s., and among his books were those detailing the art of "Phisick".[6/V.4 p.200]

In Watertown in the year 1639 the first of several inventories was made of the grants and possessions in the town. Ellis Barron owned a home lot of about 10 acres.He was still possessed of the same property in the third inventory of about 1646.[4/V.1 p31]. Ellis was made freeman in Watertown on 2 June 1641.[3/17]

During his lifetime Ellis Barron held a number of positions in the town; Constable 1658,[5/V.1 p52], Selectman 1668, and 1673,[ibid pp.90, 112]. On the date of 7 Nov. 1670 the Watertown town records have this entry, "It was agreed that Brother Barron shall take a new inventory of the estate of the town".[ibid. p.102]

Ellis's will was dated 26 Oct. 1676. He died four days later. His will proved less than two months afterward on the 19th of December. Ellis named his wife in his will but none of his daughters. Of his children mentioning only his three eldest sons. He also named a grand daughter Elizabeth Barron the daughter of Ellis Jr. Ellis's wife Hannah, as agreed at the time of their marriage was to return to her houses and property which she owned prior to their marriage.[6/V.4, p197]

Also in the Will of Ellis Barron was mentioned a male negro servant. This man was actually a slave and as such was itemized as property on the inventory of Barron's estate as "1. Negro" at twenty pounds.[6/V.4 p.200] This slave was given to his wife Hannah and in her Will of 18 Aug. 1683 she identifies him as "my negro Shippio".[6]

CHILDREN BY (1) GRACE (_____).

Ellis Barron Jr. married (1) Hannah Hawkins on 14 Dec 1653 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA.[1/V.1 p.16] She was born on 10 Jun 1637[ibid p.4] and died in Groton, Middlesex Co., MA on 3 Jan 1673/74. Ellis Jr. married (2) Lydia Prescott She was born on 15 Aug 1641 in Watertown the daughter of JOHN PRESCOTT and MARY PLATT-GAWKROGER, the widow of Jonas Fairbanks whom she had married on 28 May 1658 in Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA. Jonas was born in Dedham and was killed by Indians during King Phillip's war on 10 Feb 1675/76 at Lancaster.

Mary Barron died in Watertown on 13 Feb 1715/16.[1/V.2 p.57] She married Daniel Warren on 10 Dec 1650 in Watertown1/V.1 p.15] He was born about 1627 and died after 1699. He was the son of John Warren and Margaret (_____) of Watertown.

Susanna Barron married Stephan Randall in Watertown on 13 Dec 1653.[1/V.1 p.16] He died on 26 Feb 1707/08 in Watertown.1/vV.2 p.35]

HANNAH BARRON

John Barron died in Groton, Middlesex Co., MA on 1 Jan 1693. He married Elizabeth Hunt.

Sarah Barron was born in Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA on 24 Jul 1640.[1/v.1 p.8] She married Phesant Estwick.

Moses Barron was born on 1 March 1643 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA.[1/V.1 p.10] and died on 25 Apr 1699 in Chelmsford, Middlesex Co., MA. He married Mary Learned.

HANNAH BARRON was born perhaps about 1635 died in Watertown , Middlesex Co., MA on 14 July 1680,[1/V.1 p.48] Hannah married SIMON COOLIDGE on 17 Nov 1658.[1/V.1 p.21] Simon was born about 1632, probably in England, and died on 27 Dec 1693 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA. Simon was the son of JOHN COOLIDGE and MARY RAVENS of Watertown. Simeon married (2) Priscilla Rogers on 19 Jan 1681/82 in Watertown. She was born about 1637 and dieed on 9 Jun 1717 in Watertown. She was the daughter of John Rogers and Priscilla Dawes.

CHILDREN OF Hannah and Simeon Coolidge:

Mary Coolidge, m. Nathaniel Bright.

OBADIAH COOLIDGE , m. ELIZABETH ROSE/ROUSE.

Deacon Joseph Coolidge, m. Rebecca Frost, dau. of John Frost and Rebecca Andrews

Hannah Coolidge married (1) Daniel Smith and (2) Deacon Nathan Fiske.

Stephen Coolidge married Sarah Parker.

Lydia Coolidge d. young.

Sarah Coolidge married Samuel Hastings on 10 Jul 1701

For sources not cited for Hannah, her husband and children see:

NEHGR, Oct. 1923

(Barron and Coolidge) Henry Bond, "Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts", 1860.

(Ravens) The American Genealogist, V.62, #2 p. 65-77 & #3 p.161-170.

SOURCES:

Watertown, Middlesex Co, MA Records. Births, Marriages and Deaths, First Book, Vol. 1, 1894

Based upon the known birth dates of the two youngest children in 1740 and 1743, and figuring a minimum average span between the births of the previous five children, Ellis probably married his first wife around 1630. A range of age for Ellis at marriage can be assumed to be 20 to 30 years, thus arriving at the birth range given above.

Henry Bond, "Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts", 1860.

Watertown Records - Lands, Grants and Possessions, 1894

Watertown Records.

Middlesex County Probate, First Series Docket 1291 (Ellis's Will)

Middlesex County Probate, First Series Docket 1292 (Hannah's Will)

"The American Genealogist", Donald Lines Jacobus, 1943

More on Ellis:
http://troutwind.tripod.com/barron.html

Anne Hammond's second husband, Ellis Barron, was married first to a woman named Grace, with whom he had seven or eight children. His eldest son, Ellis Barron, Jr., had been married to Anne Hammond's eldest daughter, Hannah (Anna) Hawkins, some years before the marriage of their surviving parents. Ellis Barron, Sr., died Dec, 1676.

1) O'Harts Irish Pedigrees: One of the Barron's in America By Albert Wells 

This family was founded in America by ELLIS BARRON, one of the family of Palatine Barron, of Burnchurch, in the County of Waterford, Ireland, and related to MILO BARRON, ROLAND BARRON, and NICHOLAS BARRON. above Ellis was born in Ireland, probably Waterford, about 1600 and emigrated to America about 1640. He was in Waterford, Massachusetts in 1641, and was made Freeman there June 2, 1641. He was married in Ireland in about 1625, where five of his children were born. His wife was Grace. His children were: Ellis b;1628, Susanna b;1630, Hannah b;1635,\ John b;1638, Sarah b;1640, Moses b;1643, and Peter b;1645. Grace Barron died at Waterford, Massachusetts, about 1650. He was married secondly December 1653 to Hannah Hawkins. He died October 30, 1676.

References

• http://cybergata.com/roots/2183.htm
• “The Ancestry of Hattie E. J. Bruce - the Barron Family”. http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~mroman/genealogy/barron.htm
• Family Memorials: Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early ... By Henry Bond. Page 17. GoogleBooks

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