wife of John Barstow

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Unknown-23377

Birth date estimated from spouse's birth date.

There are no known records that give the name of John Barstow's wife. She presented his inventory, 24 12th m. 1657, but called only "relict widow" [1]

She was at one time thought to be Hannah, but subsequently it was discovered that Hannah was the wife of John's brother William.[2]

3 sons -

1. Michael b. 1653 at Watertown, m. Rebecca Traine, died 1698, had 1 daughter Hannah;
2. John;
3. Jeremiah, perhaps the one whom Deane (History of Scituate, p. 218) attributes to his brother William

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John Barstow d. Feb. 13, 1657/8. At age 33 he drowned coming from Dedham, in the night after falling through the ice near Mr. Parker's farm.

References

1. Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org) link AmericanAncestors ($) John Bastow #1331
2. Bond, Henry and Jones, Horatio Gates. Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston: To which is Appended the Early History of the Town N. E. Historic-genealogical society, for the benefit of the "Bond fund,", 1860. p. 18 <GoogleBooks>

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