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Evidence needed to support as son of Isabella Barstow & Matthew Barstow, II
5. Michael Barstow was born about 1600 perhaps at Shelf, Near Halifax, Yorkshire, England; and died between 23 Jun 1674 (date will written) and 13 May 1676 (date of inventory) at Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony, New England. Name also seen as Miles Bastow. No known children.
Michael Barstow immigrated to New England in 1635, where he was known as a yeoman and a shopkeeper. “He is one of the early settlers of Watertown, where he was made a Freeman on March 3, 1635/6. This date and his wife's relationships makes it possible that he came on the James along with her and her family. … Michael's social position as well as his respectable and important public appointments imply that he was a man of high intelligence.”
He married
Four brothers came to New England from Yorkshire during “the great Puritan migration.”. Bond believed Michael was the oldest.[7]. They were:
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Barstow-225
Michael Bairstow died probably in April or May of 1676, a short time before the the date of the Inventory of his estate.[21][22]
His will, dated June 23, 1674, was proved 20 June 1676. Bequest were made to:
More About MICHAEL/MILES BARSTOW:
from Genealogical Dictonary of New England Settlers, Volume 1, Page 129.
"BARSTOW, Michael, or Miles, Charlestown, eldest br. of George the first, with w. Marcia join. the ch. 5 Dec 1635, and was made freem. 3 Mar. foll. rem. bef. 1642 to Watertown. He was from Shelf, near Halifax, Co. York, W. Riding, s. of Matthew, says Bond, bpt. 17 Nov 1600, m. 16 eb. 1625 Grace Halstead, wh. Bond, 677, notes as the same with Marcia. He brot. prob. his w.'s sis. Susanna, wh. d. unm. As he had no ch. his will of 23 Jun 1674 proves his est. good, as was the spirit in which he div. it (see General. Reg. VIII 169); and his w. have d. 20 Jul 1671, many relat. partook, beside the benefac. to his spirit, guide, Rev. John Sherman, the farm of 100 acres. He. d. 1676, not, as [p. 129] sometimes said, the day of date of his will. He wrote his name Barstow."
From A Historical Sketch of the Town of Hanover, Mass., with Family Genealogies ... By John Stetson Barry
Miles or Michael, brother of George, was made freeman of Mass. Mar. 3, 1635-6, and possessed in Wat., as per Rec., " 1.— a homestead of 14 acs. 2. — 2 acs. of meadow at beere brook. 3. — 2 acs. of meadow in Plain Meadow. 4. — 7 acs. of Plowland, being the 10th lot in the further plain. 5. — 7 acs. of meadow, being the 10th lot in the remote meadow. 6. — 12 acs. of upland beyond the further plain, being the 29th lot. 7. — a Farm of 129 acs. of upland, in the 5th division, and 8. — 50 acs. of land, being a great dividend in the 4th div. and 9th lot."
He was a man of note in the hist, of the town, his name often occurring on its records, and he being Selectman in 1652, Rep. in 1653, and often on the Jury of trials.
1 From the disposition made of his property, we infer that he left no family. He was prob. m., and his w. Grace, d. July 20, 1671, — 3 years before his own decease. No ch. are named. His will is dated June 23, 1674, and in it, he gives legacies to Rev. Jno. Sherman, of Wat. ; to the Church of Christ in Wat. ; and to Dea. Thos. Hastings, and Dea. Henry Bright, whom he names as his executors. The bulk of his property was disposed of as follows : — " To Hannah Barstow, alias Prince, one great bible, and the debt due to me in my booke, which her first husband, Wm. Barstow was indebted, &c. ; to Elizabeth, w. of Wm. Randall, of Scit., £5 ; the same to Susan, w. of Wm. Perry, of Mfd. ; to Michael, son of John Barstow, deceased, a lot of upland, &c. in Wat. ; and to John and Jeremiah, ch. of the aforesaid John Barstow, decs' d., to ea. i£15. The rest of the est., after paying debts, &c. to be divided into 10 shares, 2 of wh. parts or shares were given to the ch. of his bro. Geo. B. decs'd., and 8 to the ch. of his bro. Wm. decs'd." His est. was appraised at £273 18s. 3d.'
A lineage is seen as “MICHAEL MILES5 BARSTOW (MATTHEW4, MATHEW3, JOHN2, WILLIAM1).
"Bond found the baptism at Shelf, Halifax, Yorkshire, 17 Nov 1600, of Michael Barstow, son of Matthew Barstow [Bond 677]; Matthew Wood found the baptism at Halifax, 6 Jan 1600/1, of Michael Barstow, son of Michael Barstow of Northowram [NYGBR 121:98]. Given the size of this parish and the multiplicity of Barstow families therein, further research needs to be undertaken before we can identify the parents of Michael Barstow and his brothers.)[1][2] There are also baptisms of Michaels (son of Michael) on 17 Feb 1599 and 18 Jan 1600 at St. john the Baptist in Halifax.[3]
From the Great Migration Begins, Volume 1, Page 174:
"The Wives of Michael Barstow and Richard Carver of Watertown, Massachusetts and the Identity of the Wives of William Randall of Scituate and William Perry of Marshfield" by Robert Charles Anderson from the "NEHGS Register" 146:233-4
He is listed on the Watertown Founders Monument, commemorating the first settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts. The town was first known as Saltonstall Plantation, one of the earliest of the Massachusetts Bay Colony settlements. Founded in early 1630 by a group of settlers led by Richard Saltonstall and George Phillips, it was officially incorporated that same year. The alternate spelling "Waterton" is seen in some early documents.
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Perhaps of Shelf, near, Halifax, Yorkshire, England (United Kingdom)
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June 23, 1674
Age 74
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Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
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