Ellis Barron

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Ellis Barron (say 1600–1676)

Ellis Barron was born say 1600. He died on 30 October 1676 in Watertown. [1] According to Savage, his first wife's name was Grace. [2] He married second as her second husband Hannah Hammond. [3] Hannah, the daughter of William and Elizabeth (Paine) Hammond, was baptised on 14 July 1616 in Lavenham, Suffolk. [3] She died on 1 September 1685 in Watertown. [1] She married First Timothy Haukins by 1637. [3] He died before 27 February 1651, when inventory was taken on his estate. [3]

The origins of Ellis Barron are unknown. He first appears in the New England records in a 2 June 1641 list of freemen. [4]

Ellis Barron Sr. was chosen constable on 4 November 1657 in Watertown. [5, 52] He (or his son Ellis) was chosen a trustee on 4 (9) 1667 and 4 (9) 1672. [5, 90,112] He or his son was asked to take an inventory of the town on 1 July 1670, and then was asked to take a new one the following November. [5, 99,102]

Ellis received a homestead of about ten acres in Watertown, bounded by the land of Thomas Boyson, Richard Linton, James Cutler and Thomas Smith. [6, 121] Ellis hired Brabrick's land for seven years at 36 shillings per year on 27 (12) 1665. The town later sized this land and sold it to Ellis with its housing for 45 pounds. On 23 (12) 1674 Ellis asked the town selectman to record that he had fully paid for the land. [5, 87,93,122]

Ellis made his will on 26 October 1676. He mentions his eldest son Ellis, his son John, his granddaughter Elizabeth Barron, and his seven children. [7]

Hannah Barron, widow of Watertown, made her will on 18 August 1683 and it was probated on 6 October 1640. She bequeathed her house and land to her son Timothy and left bequests to her daughter Hannah Barron's children. [3]

Children of Ellis Barron:

i. Mary Barron was born say 1627, probably in England. She died on 13 February 1715/6. [7] She married Daniel Warren on 10 December 1650 in Watertown. [1] Daniel, the son of John and Margaret Warren, was baptised on 25 February 1626/7 in Nayland, Suffolk. [8]

ii. Ellis Barron was born about 1629, probably in England. He died between 31 December 1711, when he wrote his will, and 7 October 1712, when it was proved. He married his stepsister Hannah Haukins on 14 (10) 1653 in Watertown. [1] She was born on 10 June 1637 in Watertown. [9] She died on 3 January 1673/4 in Watertown. [7] He married second Lydia (Prescott) Fairbanks, the widow of Jonas Fairbanks. [7]

Ellis testified that he was about 24 on 24 September 1653. [10]

Ellis moved from Watertown to Groton, then back to Watertown and, finally, to Lancaster. [7]

iii. Susannah Barron was born say 1630, probably in England. She married Stephen Randall on 14 (10) 1653, the same day her brother Ellis wed, in Watertown. [1]

iv. Hannah Barron was born say 1635, probably in England. She died on 14 July 1680. [7] She married Simon Coolidge [as his first wife] on 17 (9) 1658 in Watertown. [1] Simon, the son of John and Mary (Ravens) Coolidge, was born about 1632. [9] He married second Priscilla Rogers on 19 January 1681/2 in Watertown. [9]

v. John Barron was born say 1637. He died on 1 January 1693 in Groton. [7]

John had several children, but the identity of his wife is unknown. [2]

vi. Sarah Barron was born on 24 (5) 1640 in Watertown. [1] She married Phesant Eastwick of Boston, Massachusetts and Portsmouth, New Hampshire. [7]

vii. Moses Barron was born on 1 (1) 1643 in Watertown. He died on 25 April 1699 in Chelmsford. He married Mary Learned.

viii. Peter Barron (possible son) was a soldier in Mosely's company, killed by the Indians at Muddy Brook in September 1675. [2][11]

Endnotes:

1. Watertown Records ..., Records of Births Marriages and Deaths (Watertown: Fred G. Barker, 1894), Ellis Barron, death, p. 42. Widow Barron, death, p. 56. Mary's marriage, p. 15. Ellis's marriage, p. 16. Susan's marriage, p. 16. Hannah's marriage, p. 21, Sarah's birth, p. 8.

2. James Savage, Genealogical Dictionary, 4 vols., (Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1860–1862), vol. 1, 126. Moses and Sarah are referred to as the children of Ellis and Grace in the Watertown records.

3. "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620–1633, Volumes I-III," digitized book, AmericanAncestors.org, originally published as: Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, 3 volumes (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), 887–9.

4. Lucius R. Page, "List of Freemen," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 3 (1849): 188.

5. Watertown Records ..., Town Proceedings (Watertown: Fred G. Barker, 1894)

6. Watertown Records ..., Lands, Grants and Possessions (Watertown: Fred G. Barker, 1894)

7. "The Ellis Barron Family," The American Genealogist 20 (1943), 135–6.

8. "The Great Migration Begins," 1933–4.

9. "Great Migration 1634–1635, C–F," digitized book, AmericanAncestors.org, originally published as: Robert Charles Anderson,, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634–1635, Volume II, C–F (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001), 196.

10. "Middlesex County, MA: Abstracts of Court Files, 1649–1675," database with images, AmericanAncestors, vol. 1, p. 23.

11. Henry Bond, Genealogies of the ... Early Settlers of Watertown ..., vol. 1 (Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1855), 17.

Revised 04-Jun-2023