Humphrey Barrett, of Concord

Humphrey/1 Barrett, his parents unknown, was born in England circa 1592 and died 7 Nov 1662 in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony.

He settled, 1639, at Concord, MA, "where he had a farm of three hundred acres and a 'house lot' of twelve acres near the centre of the town." Shattuck says he "settled where Abel B. Heywood now [1835] lives."

Admitted a freeman of Concord, 6 May 1657.4

He married Mary in England before 1630; she died, his widow, on 15 Aug 1663 in Concord.

family

From http://www.tributaries.info/p351.htm Last Edited: 1 Jan 2016

Humphrey/1 Barrett, born in England circa 15921, there married Martha Mary Wheeler.2 He settled, 1639, at Concord, Massachusetts, "where he had a farm of three hundred acres and a 'house lot' of twelve acres near the centre of the town." Shattuck says he "settled where Abel B. Heywood now [1835] lives."2,3 Admitted a freeman of Concord, 6 May 1657.4 There he died 7 Nov 16625, and his widow 15 Aug 1663.6

Children with Martha Mary Wheeler:

1. John/2 Barrett+7 b. 1628 or 1629, d. 5 Oct 1715
2. Dea. Humphrey/2 Barrett+2 b. circa 1630, d. 3 Jan 1715/16
3. Thomas (2) Barrett8 b. say 1632, d. 1652

biography

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 settled in Concord in 1639 ; admitted a freeman, May 6, 1657. It is supposed that he came from the county of Kent, England. There came with him a wife and three sons, John, Thomas, and Humphrey, Jr. Respecting the son John, it is not definitely known where he settled. Shattuck supposes him to have been of Marlboro. The records of probate, however, show that John Barrett of Marlboro had a brother William Barrett of Cambridge, and Thomas Barrett of Marlboro, formerly of Cambridge.
Thomas Barrett, here mentioned, in his will, Jan. 16, 1672, made a little before his death, names brothers John and William, and a sister Lydia Cheever. As Humphrey, Sr., had a son Thomas, who was drowned in the North River at Concord, in 1652, leaving a son Oliver, who died in 1671, and a daughter Mary, who married James Smedley, both of these children being mentioned in the wills of Humphrey Barrett and his wife Mary Barrett as their grandchildren, it therefore follows that John Barrett of Marlboro was not a son of Humphrey Barrett of Concord.
Humphrey Barrett's farm was some three hundred acres or more ; his house-lot of twelve acres was near the centre of the town. The old house was on what is now known as Monument Street.

descent

From Concord Public Library, BARRETT FAMILY PROPERTY AND FINANCIAL PAPERS, 1734-1860 link

The Barretts were established in Concord with the arrival of Humphrey Barrett and his wife Mary from England around 1640. His son Humphrey (b. 1630) left two sons, Joseph and Benjamin, at his death in 1715. Joseph’s descendents included a son, John, and a great-grandson, Joel. Benjamin had eight children, including Thomas and James. Thomas (1707-1779) was a farmer who later became a church deacon. Col. James Barrett (1710-1779) served as Concord’s representative to the General Court in Boston from 1768-1777, and was a well-known Revolutionary leader in Concord. Thomas’s son Samuel (1749-1804) continued to acquire land in Concord (while brothers Charles and Amos left Concord for other towns), and Samuel’s son Samuel Barrett (1773-1825) had a gristmill in Concord – hence the present-day "Barretts Mill Road". One of Col. James Barrett’s sons, Nathan (1735-1791), had many children, including Nathan, Ephraim, Susanna and William. Stephen (1750-1829), another of Col. James Barrett’s sons, was the father of Sally and Cyrus Barrett. (2)

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• "A History Of The Town Of Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts". 2017. Google Books. Accessed April 29 2017. page 362
• "New England Marriages Prior To 1700". 2017. Google Books. Accessed April 29 2017. page 45 BARRETT, Humphrey (1592 - ) & Mary -- ? (1590-1663); in Eng; by 1630; Concord