James Barrett

James Barrett

• Birth: 1610 - Wenham, Suffolk, England
• Death: August 16, 1672 (52-61) Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay
• Wife: Hannah Fosdick

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Disputed Origins

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Barrett-1125

James Barrett has been shown with parents William Barrett and Agnes Garrod without sources tying that James to the James of this profile. [Sources in the profile show that James was the son of John, not William.]

A James Barrett was born on 26 Jul 1612 at Skipton, York, England to father, William Barrett.[5] There are no sources to show that this is the same James Barrett as this profile.

5. "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NKJF-V9Z : 11 February 2018, James Barrett, 26 Jul 1612); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 100,098.

Biography

The GENEALOGICAL AND FAMILY HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Vol. 2, page 467 states that James Barrett was born in England about 1615; the date of his coming to America is not given but he was an inhabitant of Charlestown, Ma in 1643 and later lived in Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He married Anna Fosdick, daughter of Stephen Fosdick, a carpenter of Charlestown.

The surname Barrett belongs to an ancient and honored English family, whose progenitor came from Normandy with William the Conqueror in 1066, and his name is enrolled in Battle Abbey. The first record of the family in this country is of Robert Barrett, who was engaged in the Maine fisheries, which before permanent settlements were made had led to temporary settlements at Winter Harbor and Cape Porpoise as early as 1639 under Walter Barret and others from Bristol England. According to good authority, it is said that James Barrett mentioned below and Robert Barrett of Charlestown, Massachusetts, were sons of John Barret, Sr. of Wells, Maine, and John Barrett was doubtless related to Walter and Robert Barrett mentioned above. Thomas Barrett settled in Braintree and Chelmsford, Massachusetts, and his grandson Moses settled on Woodstock, Connecticut, in the same section as descendants of James. It is likely that the Chelmsford and Charlestown-Malden Barretts were closely connected.

1. James Barrett, the immigrant, was born in England, in 1615 or 1619. In 1659 he gave his age as forty; in 1665 he gave his age as fifty and in the same year his wife gave her age as fifty. He was an inhabitant of Charlestown, Massachusetts, as early as 1643. He was a planter. He married Anna or Hannah Fosdick. In 1648 he bought land on the Mystic Side (Malden), and removed to Malden. In Charlestown he owned land adjoining that of John Harvard, the founder of Harvard College. His will was dated July 8, 1672 and he died August 16, 1672. He bequeathed to wife Hannah, eldest son James, daughters Hannah, Mary and Sarah, grandchildren John and Samuel Scollay and John Ross. His widow Hannah made her will April 9, 1681 and it was proved June 20, 1681. She bequeathed to grandchildren Samuel and Thomas Tingle; to two children of her daughter Hannah Scallay; to daughters Mary Ross and Sarah Grover and children and to grandchild John Barrett.

Children, all born at Charlestown, -

1. James, mentioned below.
2. Mary, married John Ross.
3. Hannah, born March 21, 1647, married John Scallay.
4. Stephen, born May 14, 1680.
5. John, born May 6, 1655
6. Sarah, married Simon Grover.

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• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Apr 29 2017, 5:41:49 UTC