James Barrett

From Cutter:

James Barrett was born at Charlestown, April 6, 1644 and died before 1679, when his estate was divided. He was a carpenter by trade, residing in Malden. He married January 11, 1671-2, Dorcas Green. (Middlesex County Court Records in Office of Clerk of Courts at Cambridge, Mass.) He was in Captain Hutchinson’s company in King Phillip’s War in 1675 and in Lieutenant Hasey’s company of three-county troop in the same year.

Dorcas Green was a daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Green. Dorcas, widow of James, died before 1682, when the inventory of her estate was filed. Children, born in Malden; James, born 1672, lived at Malden and had no son John; John, born 1675; Jonathan, mentioned below. Savage, Vol. 1 p.125 says "John Barrett, Charlestown, son of James of the same, was probably never married, but of slender health. He made his will in 1678 in which he opens with saying he was 23 years old and likely to live long and directs that his brothers and sisters should have his property. Proved 1682." This John was brother of James (2).

Other Cutter:

James Barrett, son of James Barrett (i), was born April 6, 1644. He was a carpenter by trade, and resided in Maiden. He married, January n, 1671-2, Dorcas Green, born May 1, 1655, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Green. Her father died in 1682, and his estate was inventoried at two hundred and sixty-four pounds. According to the records she was living in Charlestown June 15, 1680. The estate of James Barrett was divided in 1679. The widow's estate was inventoried November 3, 1682, at one hundred nineteen pounds. Children: I. James, born 1672; mentioned below. 2. John, born 1675. 3 Jonathan, born 1678.

from Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine By George Thomas Little, Henry Sweetser Burrage, Albert Roscoe StubbsmPublished by Lewis historical publishing company, 1909:

(II) James (2), eldest child of James (i) and Anna (Fosdyck) Barrett, was born April 6, 1644. He was a carpenter and lived in Malden. The records show that he was a landholder. He married. January 11, 1672, Dorcas, tenth child of Thomas and Elizabeth Green, of Malden, born May 1, 1653. Her inventory, 3 (9) 1682. was £119. The children of James and Dorcas were : James, John and Jonathan.

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Name: James Barrett Sex: M Birth: 06 APR 1644 in of Malden, Middlesex Co., MA 1 Death: 1694 in Malden, Middlesex C, MA 1

Note: Source: Pioneers of MA, p 199 Source: Record of My Ancestry, Charles L. Newhall

https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Middlesex/Malden/cMarriagesB.shtml "(Barrett) James, and Dorcas Greene, 11: 11m: 1671. CC"