Robert Barrows, Sr.

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Robert Barrow (1639 - bef. 1707)

Robert Barrow aka Barrows

Born 5 Nov 1639 in Salem, Massachusetts Bay

Son of John Barrow and Anne Thompson

Brother of Deborah (Barrows) Fish [half], Joshua Barrows [half], Benajah Barrows [half] and Ebenezer Barrows [half]

Husband of Ruth (Bonum) Barrow — married 28 Nov 1666 in Plymouth Colony, New England

Husband of Lydia (Dunham) Barrow — married about 1684 in Plymouth, Massachusetts

Father of John Barrow, Eliezer Barrow, George Barrows, Samuel Barrow, Mehitable (Barrows) Washburn, Ruth (Barrows) Winslow, Elisha Barrows, Robert Barrows Jr., Thankfull (Barrows) King, Elisha (Barrows) Barrow, Thomas Barrows and Lydia (Barrows) Branch

Died before 29 Dec 1707 before age 68 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

Profile last modified 10 Sep 2021 | Created 21 Oct 2014

Biography

Robert Barrow was the son of John and Anne (___) Barrow. [1]

Robert is named eldest son, in the will of his father John Barrows, dated January 12, 1691/2. He received his father's right to land and meadow in Plymouth, bought of Francis Billington. [2]

He married first, Ruth Bonum/Bonham, daughter of George, on November 28, 1666 at Plymouth. [3] [1]

On February 21, 1679, George Bonum granted to Robert and Ruth Barrows, land in the 'newfield' at Plymouth, a parcel of six acres, and 4 acres of meadow. [4]

John Barrows, son of Robert and Ruth, grandson of George Bonum, sold the all his rights and interest in those lands to his brother Samuel Barrows on February 26, 1696/7. [4]

Robert married second before 1686, Lydia Dunham, daughter of John Dunham. Lydia was admitted to the church at Plymouth in 1686. [1]

In the will of John Dunham, written February 2, 1691/2, he bequeaths to his son Robert Barrow and Lydia his wife, and to her heirs, 30 acres at Monponset in Plymouth. [2]

Robert's will was written December 9, 1707, with a codicil added on December 19, 1707. He mentions:

wife Lydia appointed executrix
sons Robert, Thomas, and Elisha
children of my first wife who have already received their portions[5]
On June 20, 1707, George Barrow, Adam Wright and wife Mehitable Wright, testified that they had received their portions of the the estate of their father Robert Barrow from their mother-in-law, widow Lydia Barrow. [5]

On December 22, 1725, the children and grandchild of Robert Barrow and wife Ruth of Plymouth both deceased, being George Barrow for himself and sister Mehitable, Samuel Barrow, Samuel Barrow, son of John Barrow deceased and Ruth Briggs, sold a house, lot and barn at Plymouth to Robert Barrow of Mansfield, Connecticut. [6]

Children

by wife Ruth

1. John born about 1667; married first, Hannah Briggs in 1698 [7]; married second Bethia King on October 10, 1714. [8]. [1]
2. Eliezer born September 15,1669; died on December 13, 1669. [8] [3] [1]
3. George born about 1670; died March 23, 1758 in Carver [9]; married first Patience Simmons at Plymouth on February 14, 1694/5 [8] [1]; married second June 25, 1724, widow Anna (Waterman) Ransom; married third on December 20, 1736, widow Hannah/Anna (Ransom) Jackson. Resided at Plymouth and Plympton (now Carver) Massachusetts. [6]
4. Samuel born about 1672; died December 30, 1755; married first, Mercy Coombs; married second, widow Joanna (Wood) Smith February 24, 1718/9 at Rehoboth. [6] Resided at Plymouth and Middleboro, Massachusetts. [1]
5 Mehitable born c1675; married first Adam Wright as his second wife. [1] before 1699: married second Deacon John Washburn at his third wife, at Kingston on December 13, 1744. [6]
6 Ruth born c1677; married John Briggs at Rochester, Massachusetts December 23, 1703. [6]
by wife Lydia

7. Elisha born March 19, 1686; died January 19, 1689/ 90. [8]; died in 1689. [1]
8. Robert born November 8, 1689 [8]; died August 17, 1779 at Mansfield, Connecticut; married Bethia Ford at Plymouth on April 25, 1711. Resided at Plymouth, Massachusetts and Mansfield, Connecticut. [1]
9. Thankful born December 8, 1692 [8] ; married Isaac King on February 11, 1713/4.[8] Resided at Plymouth and Plympton, Massachusetts. [1]
10. Elisha born June 6, 1695 [8]; died on November 9, 1767 at Rochester; married first Thankful (___) [1]; married second Nellie Lumbard/Lumbart at Rochester on April 24, 1760 [7]. Resided at Plymouth and Rochester, Massachusetts. [1]
11. Thomas born February 14, 1697[8]; died October 28, 1776 at Mansfield; married Esther Hall at Mansfield on June 14, 1721. [6] Resided at Plymouth, Massachusetts and Mansfield, Connecticut. [1]
12. Lydia born March 19, 1699; died November 17, 1752; married Thomas Branch on October 11, 1720. [8] [6] Resided at Plymouth, Massachusetts. [1]
Source notes

Plymouth Marriages

Barrow Robert and Ruth Bonum, were married at Plymouth on November 28, 1666. (p. 31)[3] (p. 665)[8]
Georg BARROW married Patience SMMONS [sic] 14 Feb. 1694/5. (p. 87)[8]
Robert BARROW married Bethiah FORD April 25, 1711. (p. 90) [8]
Isaac KING to Thankfull BARROWS Feb. 11, 1713/14. (p. 90) [8]
Thomas BRANCH to Lidya BARROW Oct. 11, 1720. (p. 92) [8]
Plymouth Births

Eliezer the son of Robert Barrow was borne on the fifteenth day of September 1669. (p. 32)[3]
Elisha born the 19 of March 1686 [of Robert Barrows & Lydiah his wife] (p. 10) [8]
Robert born on the 8th of Nov. 1689 [of Robert Barrows & Lydiah his wife] (p. 10) [8]
Thankfull born Dec. 8th 1692 [of Robert Barrows & Lydiah his wife] (p. 10) [8]
Elisha born on the 16th of June 1695 [of Robert Barrows & Lydiah his wife] (p. 10) [8]
Thomas born on the 14th of Feb. 1697 [of Robert Barrows & Lydiah his wife] (p. 10) [8]
Lidiah born on the 19th of March 1699 [of Robert Barrows & Lydiah his wife] [8]
Plymouth Deaths

Eliezer the son of Robert Barrow died on the thirteenth day of December 1669. (p. 32)[3]
Elisha deceased on the 19th of Jan. 1689 or 90 [of Robert Barrows & Lydiah his wife] (p. 10) [8]
Sources

↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 Robinson. Lucien M. The Barrows Family in: Watson, Stephen Marion. The Maine Historical and Genealogical Recorder, Volumes 7, Portland, Maine, 1893 p. 198-9
↑ 2.0 2.1 Mayflower Descendant: A Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy and History. Vol. 31. Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, Boston, MA, 1933. p. 159-61. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010)
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Shurtleff, Nathaniel, editor. Plymouth Register in: Records of the Colony of New Plymouth, in New England: Miscellaneous records [including Births, marriages, deaths and burials; Treasury accounts, and Lists of freemen and others], 1633-1689, Press of William White, Boston, MA, 1857. p. 31
↑ 4.0 4.1 Mayflower Descendant: A Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy and History. Vol. 18. Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, Boston, MA, 1916. p. 43. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010)
↑ 5.0 5.1 Case 1131: p. 1-6:Plymouth County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.)
↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 Hollick, Martin, John Barrows of Plymouth in: New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 166, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 2012, p. 126-30
↑ 7.0 7.1 Rochester, Vol. 2. p. 24 in: Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016).
↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 8.11 8.12 8.13 8.14 8.15 8.16 8.17 8.18 8.19 8.20 8.21 Plymouth, Vol. 1, In: Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016).
↑ Vital Records of Carver Massachusetts to the Year 1850, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1911
From the "Genealogical and Family History of Central New York": BARROWS - The name, whether spelled Barrus, Barrows, Barrowe or Barrow, from Barrow, a mound, or borough, a town. is of the family that lived in Yarmouth, England. before 1637. Out of the family was sent to New England in 1637 the immigrant ancestor of the name of Barrus or Barrows in America. in the person of John Barrows. (I) John Barrows was born in England in 1609, and he left Yarmouth, England, at the age of twenty-eight, with his wife Anne, and settled in Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony. John and Anne Barrows received grants of land in Salem in 1637, and were inhabitants of that town for twenty-eight years, and all their children were born there. They removed to Plymouth before 1665. and John. the immigrant, died there in 1692. His will shows that he left a second wife younger than himself, and four sons: Robert, of whom further; Joshua, Benjamin, who lived in Attleboro; and Ebenezer, who lived in Cumberland. Rhode Island; also two daughters, Mary and Deborah. Robert, eldest son of John and Anne Barrows, was born in Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony, removed with his father to Plymouth, and had by his first wife, Ruth ——, four children: John, b_orn 1667, died in Plymouth, 1720; George, of whom further; Samuel, born 1672, died in Middleboro, 1755; Mehitable, married Adam Wright. Robert Barrows married (second) Lydia Dunham, and had children: Robert, born 1689, died in Mansfield, Connecticut, 1779; Thankful, born 1692, married Isaac King; Elis_ha, born 1695. died in Rochester, Massachusetts, 1767; Thomas, born 1697, died in Mansfield; Lydia, born 1699, married Thomas Branch. Genealogical and Family History of Central New York - Page 1049 Barrows

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From “The Annals of Southwestern New York, Volume 3”, page 706; William Joseph Doty, Charles Edwin Congdon, Lewis Henry Thornton; Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc.; New York, 1940.
Hollick, Martin E., John Barrows of Plymouth, Massachusetts, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2012) Vol. 166, WN 662, Page 123, 125-7.

Child of John and _____ (_____) Barrows:

1. Robert Barrows, b. say 1641; m. (1) Ruth Bonham; (2) Lydia Dunham.

Robert Barrow

BIRTH 5 Nov 1639 Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA DEATH 19 Dec 1707 (aged 68) Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA BURIAL Goshen Center Cemetery Goshen, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA MEMORIAL ID 53286854

Family Members

Parents
John Barrus 1609–1692

Spouses Ruth Bonum Barrow 1646–1684 (m. 1666)

Lydia Dunham Barrows 1657–1718

Children Mehitable Barrow Washburn 1666–1754

John Barrows 1667–1720

George Barrows 1670–1758

Samuel Barrows 1672–1755

Robert Barrow 1689–1779

Elisha Barrows 1695–1767

Thomas Barrows 1697–1776