Joseph Barstow

THE WILLIAM BARSTOW FAMILY, by Arthur Hitchcock Radasch, page 3, 5, 6.

Joseph was an extensive landholder. He received many large grants from the Colonial Court, embracing many hundreds of acres now lying partly in Abington and partly in Hanover MA. These grants were in the vicinity of those made to Cornet Stetson, whose will Joseph Barstow witnessed. In March 1672, liberty was "graunted and allowed to Joseph Barstow to keep an ordinary at the place where he now lives, and that he be provided always with necessaries for the entertainment of travellers, and keep good order in his house, that there be no just cause of complaint against him in that behalfe" (Col. Rec. 3:78). The keeper of an "ordinary", or tavern, in the early days of New England was an important and homorable occupation that was quite differently regarded from that of the tavern keeper of later years. One of the most important facilities in the new community was a safe and comfortable place where travellers could stop for food and refreshment, and licenses were granted only to men of character and responsibility.

Joseph's house was on Broadway in Hanover, some distance east of the old William Barstow homestead. In 1674, the Colony began making preparations for the rumored war with King Philip that was expected to break out at any time, and as one of these preparations a garrison of twelve men was ordered, in 1675, to be extablished in the home of Joseph Barstow. This was the only garrison house that stood in the present of Hanover, although other garrison houses were fitted out in Scituate. This garrison was in action in the spring of 1676 when the Narragansetts, after ravages in Rhode Island, penetrated even to Plymouth and killed a number of inhabitants of Massachusetts in the course of their march.

"Joseph, Scituate, s. of William the first, m. 16 May 1666, Susanna, d. of Thomas Lincoln, the husbandman, of Hingham (wh. d. very aged, 31 Jan 1730), had Susanna, b. 3 Jun 1667; Joseph 22 Jan 1675; Benjamin, 1 Mar 1679; Deborah, 26 Dec 1681; and Samuel, 1 Jan 1683; and d. 17 Apr 1712. His ho. was a garrison 1675.

Joseph lived in a house thirty rods north-east of Hanover corners in Scituate. It was a garrison house in Philip's war. The house of Daniel Sherman stood on the site in 1937

A Historical Sketch of the Town of Hanover, Mass., with Family Genealogies ...By John Stetson Barry

Joseph, s. Wm. 4, m. Susanna Lincoln of Hm., May 16, 1666, (Hm. Rec.) and d. Ap. 17, 1712, and his wid. Jan. 31, 1730, being very aged. For some acc't of his life, see p. 18. That he was an extensive landholder, is evident from the large grants made to him by the Col. Court, which embraced many hundred acres,' now lying chiefly in Abington. These grants were in the vicinity of the grants made to Cornet Stetson, with whom Mr. B. seems to have been on terms of intimate friendship, and whose will he witnessed,

children :

• 1. Susanna, June 3,1667, m. Isaac Randall, Nov. 19, 1684.
• 2. Joseph, Jan. 22, 1675.
• 3. Benjamin, Mar. 1, 1679, prob. d. young, as he is not named in his father's will.
• 4. Deborah, Dec. 26, 1681, m. John Bryant, jr., Jan. 1, 1707.
• 5. Samuel, Jan 1, 1683.

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Joseph, b. in Dedham, Apr. 6, 1639. m. May 16, 1666, Susanna Lincoln, of Hingham. He d. April 17, 1712, and his wid. d. Jan. 31, 1730, being very aged. That he was an extensive landowner is evident by the large grants made to him by the Colony Court, which embraced many hundred acres now lying partly in Abington. These grants were in the vicinity of the grants made to Comet Stetson, with whom Mr. Barstow seems to have been on terms of intimate friendship, and whose will he witnessed. In 1672, this Joseph was allowed to keep an "Ordinary at Scituate, where he then resided (now Hanover).

HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF HANOVER, MASSACHUSETTS, with Family Genealogies, by Jedediah Dwelley, John F. Simmons, p. 23