Thursday, September 29, 2011

MOSES BARBER 1670-1726

[Ancestral Link: Lura Minnie Parker (Stagge), daughter of Minnie May Elmer (Parker), daughter of Mark Alfred Elmer, son of Hannah Polina Child (Elmer), daughter of Polly Barber (Child), daughter of Ichabod Barber, son of Thomas Barber, son of Thomas Barber, son of Moses Barber.]

Barbers Pond, Rhode Island

Birth: January 5, 1652, Kingston, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
Death: April 15, 1728, Kingston, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA

Moses Barber was born 1652 in South Kingston, Rhode Island, and died 29 March 1728 in South Kingston, Rhode Island. He married (1)Ann Babcock in 1673. She died at 23 years of age. He then married (2) Susannah West. Susanna was a daughter of Francis West and Susanna Soule, and a granddaughter of the Mayflower passenger, George Soule. She was born c.1666 in probably North Kingston, Washington County, Rhode Island, which is where they wed on 24 March 1691/92.

Notes for MOSES BARBER:
His first wife, Ann Babcock died young.

In 1691 he moved from Newport, Rhode Island to North Kingston, Rhode Island.

In 1693, he purchased three hundred and thirty acres of the Pettequanscut Purchase within the limits of the present town of South Kingston, Rhode Island. A pond near the site of his house still bears the name "Barbers Pond." He died in 1728. His first wife was the mother of: William, Sarah and Moses Barber.

Children of MOSES BARBER and Ann Babcock are:
i. WILLIAM BARBER, born 05 January 1679, South Kingston, Rhode Island; died 17 May 1748, South Kingston, Rhode Island.
ii. SARAH BARBER, born 25 March 1682, South Kingston, Rhode Island; died 29 June 1729, Rhode Island.
iii. MOSES BARBER, born 1683, Kingston, Rhode Island; died about 1758, Kingston, Rhode Island.

Children of MOSES BARBER and SUSANNAH WEST are:
iv. DINAH BARBER, born 15 January 1692/93, South Kingston, Rhode Island; died Charlestown, Rhode Island.
v. LYDIA BARBER, born 24 February 1693/94, South Kingston, Rhode Island; died 29 March 1728, South Kingston, Rhode Island; married BENJAMIN MOWRY, 1714, South Kingston, Rhode Island; born Rhode Island.
vi. SAMUEL BARBER, born 08 November 1695, Westerly, Rhode Island; died 27 May 1760, Westerly, Rhode Island.
vii. SUSANNA BARBER, born 23 October 1697, South Kingston, Rhode Island; died 1749, Rhode Island.
viii. THOMAS BARBER, born 19 October 1699, Exeter, Rhode Island; died 1762, Exeter, Rhode Island.
ix. JOSEPH BARBER, born 13 October 1701, Exeter, Rhode Island; died 14 April 1779, Exeter, Rhode Island.
x. MARTHA BARBER, born 30 November 1703, South Kingston, Rhode Island; died 04 March 1773, South Kingston, Rhode Island.
xi. RUTH BARBER, born 23 June 1705, South Kingston, Rhode Island; died 21 September 1755, Stonington, Connecticut; married GEORGE BENTLEY, 04 March 1723/24, South Kingston Rhode Island; born 1702, Rhode Island.
xii. BENJAMIN BARBER, born 10 March 1706/07, Hopkinton, Rhode Island; died 26 March 1792, Hopkinton, Rhode Island.
xiii. MERCY BARBER, born 13 March 1708/09, South Kingston, Rhode Island; died 1792, South Kingston, Rhode Island; married SAMUEL TEFFT, 07 October 1727, South Kingston, Rhode Island; born 1703, South Kingston, Rhode Island.
xiv. EZEKIEL BARBER, born 06 March 1709/10, South Kingstown, Rhode Island; died 07 January 1786, Richmond, Rhode Island.
xv. ABIGAIL BARBER, born 06 January 1712/13, South Kingston, Rhode Island; died 11 July 1714, Rhode Island.
xvi. DANIEL BARBER, born 22 April 1715, South Kingston, Rhode Island; died 28 June 1805, Exeter, Rhode Island.
xvii. ANN BARBER, born 08 October 1717, South Kingston, Rhode Island; died 21 September 1755, Sterling, Connecticut.

Will of Moses Barber:

In the name of God, Amen, the 29th day of March 1728: I, Moses Barber, Sr., of S. Kingstown, R.I. in the Colony of R. I., yeoman, being aged and weak in body but of perfect mind and memory, thanks be to given until God for it - therefore calling to mind and memory the mortailty of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my last will and testament, that is to say principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave it to me and my body to be buried in decent Christian burial at the discretion of my executrix and executor hereafter names nothing doubting but at the general resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God and as touching such worldly estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this life, I give, devise and dispose of the same in the following manner -primus after my just debts and charges and legacies are duly discharged and paid by the executrix or executor -The use of the rest of my movable estate I give and bequeath to Susannah my wife so long as she remains my widow as also the use of my homestead farm and house with all the privileges and profits thereunto belonging and further my will is that at the decease of my wife, Susannah, that then all the remaining part of my said estate shall be equally divided between the daughters of my said wife or their children.Item - I give unto my son William Barber one shilling in token of my live, he having received his portion already in land.Item - I give unto my son Moses Barber one shilling in token of my live, he having received his portion already in land.Item - I give unto my son Samuel Barber one shilling in token of my live, he having received his portion already in land.Item - I give unto my son Thomas Barber one shilling in token of my live, he having received his portion already in land.Item - I give unto my son Joseph Barber one shilling in token of my live, he having received his portion already in land.Item - I give unto my son Benjamin Barber a certain tract of parcell of land scituate lying and being in Westerly by estimation 146 acres which I bought of Francis Colgrove to be to him my said son Benjamin and to his heirs and assigns forever.Item - I give unto my son Ezekiel Barber 25 acres of land being the North West corner of my homestead bounded Westerly on the Petequemmecut line - Easterly Yaucup Pond. I also give to my son Ezekiel Barber 25 acres of land on the South East corner of my homestead farm to be the same more or less - butted and bounded as followeth... beginning at a certain rock by the pond where the brook runs out of the pond to the westward to a large oak tree and heap of stones and so to extend the same course to Samuel Barber's land and so bounded westerly on Samuel Barber's land - Southward on the land of Willcox and Eastward on the sd brook and the brook is the boundary to the before mentioned rock and both the above mentioned parcells of land which I give said son Ezekiel Barber to be to him his heirs and assigns forever, I also give to my said son Ezekiel Barber one loom and all my weaving utensils.Item - I give until my son Daniel Barber all remaining part of my homestead farm with all the housing, orchard and fencing and all others to the same - belonging to my sd son Daniel Barber and to his heirs and assigns forever.Item - I give to my youngest daughter Ann Barber one good feather bed well fixed and 1 20 in money to be paid to her when she comes of age of 18 years.Item - I give to all my daughters which are married to each of them 5 shillings in token of my love, they having received their portions already; also I give to the heirs of my daughter Lydia Mory deceased 5 shillings.Item - Lastly my will is and I do hereby order constitute and appoint my true and loving wife my executrix as also my son Benjamin Barber my executor of this my last will and testament and I do hereby utterly disallow revoke and disannul all and every other former testaments wills legacies and bequests and executions by me.In any ways before named willed and bequeathed ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have here unto set my hand and seal the day and year above written.Witnesses: Benjamin Potter, Moses Barber,Isaac Sheldon

You can view a great piece on moses barber at link below, including his will http://www.scribd.com/doc/12991635/Moses-Barber-16521733-of-South-Kinston-Rhode-Island

Burial: Moses Barber Lot, South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
Plot: moses
Find A Grave Memorial# 61290119
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MARGARET HYCKES (PEASE) 1539-1612

[Ancestral Link: Lura Minnie Parker (Stagge), daughter of Minnie May Elmer (Parker), daughter of Mark Alfred Elmer, son of Hannah Polina Child (Elmer), daughter of Alfred Bosworth Child, son of Olive Pease (Child), daughter of Daniel Pease, son of Robert Pease, son of John Pease, son of Robert Pease, son of Robert Pease, son of Margaret Hyckes (Pease).]

Cemetery Photo

Birth: 1540
Death: October 1612, Great Baddow, Essex, England
Daughter of Richard Hyckes and Emma ? Her father died before she was married. She married June 23, 1560 to John Pease "the Clothier."
Burial: Great Baddow, St. Mary's Church, Great Baddow, Essex, England
Find A Grave Memorial# 65251494
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Thursday, September 22, 2011

RACHEL (MESSENGER) 1617-

[Ancestral Link: Lura Minnie Parker (Stagge), daughter of Minnie May Elmer (Parker), daughter of Mark Alfred Elmer, son of Hannah Polina Child (Elmer), daughter of Alfred Bosworth Child, son of Hannah Benedict (Child), daughter of Hannah Carter (Benedict), daughter of Hannah Benedict (Carter), daughter of Thomas Benedict, son of Thomas Benedict, son of Mary Messenger (Benedict), daughter of Rachel (Messenger).]

Birth: 1617, England
Death: unknown, USA

She was the first wife of ANDREW MESSENGER and might have been the daughter of Lieut. Robert Seeley of Watertown, Massachusetts since Andrew Messenger was with Captain Seeley in New Haven in 1639 and in New Amsterdam (Long Island) and Indian Country in 1640 and almost continually until the Captain died.

The exact date of her death is unknown, but it was after 1650 when the last child was born.
Burial: Unknown
Find A Grave Memorial# 65745564
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HANNAH BENEDICT (CARTER) 1733-1780

Carter Street

Birth: December 13, 1733, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA

Death: February 22, 1780, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Wife of Capt. John Carter [She married John Carter on in October of 1753. 10 Children.

Hannah Benedict Carter can be claimed as a Revolutionary War patriot (DAR records). -courtesy of Mary Harrell-Sesniak]

Burial: Carter Cemetery, New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Find A Grave Memorial# 11891509

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Hannah Benedict Carter made her home a refuge for the soldiers, and died February 21, 1780, from overexertion in their behalf. Her memory is now honored by the Chapter bearing the name of this patriotic "Foremother."
Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 284

Hannah Benedict Carter died February 22, 1780. Her last work was given to the service of her country, and a Chapter bears the name of the patriotic mother.
Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 127

Hannah Benedict Carter, who died in 1780, was one of the many patriotic mothers who gave their lives for liberty. Her memory will ever be cherished by the Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution that bears her name.
Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 257

Hannah Benedict Carter was a patriotic mother who died February 21, 1780, from over-exertion for the soldiers.
Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 143

Hannah Benedict Carter died February 21, 1780, from over-work for the soldiers and a Chapter of the Daughters now bears the name of this patriot mother.
Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 75

Hannah Benedict Carter gave her home and service to the soldiers and died from overexertion in this patriotic work.
Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 277

Hannah Benedict Carter is a patriotic mother whose service is memorialized by the Chapter bearing her name.
Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 127

Hannah Benedict Carter died 1780, from overwork for the soldiers. A chapter of the "Daughters," at New Canaan now bears the name of this patriot mother.
Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 248

Hannah Benedict Carter (His wife) was a heroine of the revolution. The chapter of New Canaan, Connecticut, her old home, is named in her honor, and each of her nine children gave her name to a child. Some of the fine linen she spun is still preserved in the family.
Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 253

Hannah Benedict Carter, (1733-1780), was an able helpmeet and the last work of her hands was given to her country. A chapter of the Daughters of New Canaan, now bears the name of this patriot mother.
Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 61

Hannah Benedict Carter Story

Contributed By jessicanicolevandreew1 · 22 September 2013 on FamilySearch

Hannah was the daughter of Thomas Benedict, Jr. and Mary Bridgum and the daughter-in-law of Captain Ebenezer Carter, first leader of the Norwalk "Train Band." (Train Bands were common in colonial times. They were the local militia established originally to protect against Indian attacks.)

Hannah was born on December 13, 1733, and lived with her family in Norwalk, Connecticut on what is now known as West Avenue. This home was occupied by nine generations of this family, and this was where Hannah Benedict married Captain John Carter in October 1753. They built their home on what is now Carter Street in New Canaan, Connecticut, opposite to the home of John's father. And it was here that they raised nine children, seven daughters, and two sons. She was beloved by her children and was a devoted mother. All nine children lived to a mature life, married, and in honor of their mother's character and love they all named one of their own daughters Hannah.

Hannah Benedict Carter was a true patriot. She often aided and entertained soldiers. Many military gatherings occurred at their home and in their neighborhood. On February 21, 1780, thirty mounted soldiers arrived at their home to stay overnight. In the morning, Hannah fed them breakfast and then watched from her front stoop as the troop departed.

She was taken very ill from a congestive chill, followed by a cerebral stroke, usually caused by a hemorrhage in the brain. She died a few hours later on Captain John Carter's birthday, February 22, 1780. She was buried on the church hill facing the Congregational Church where her grand-daughter Hannah Carter St. John planted an Elm tree beside her grave and a bed of myrtle around it in 1876. She was later moved to a Carter Street burial ground where she rests today with her husband, Captain John Carter who died in January 1819.

JOHN CARTER 1730-1819

Carter Street

Birth: February 2, 1730, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Death: January 2, 1819, New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Revolutionary Soldier

[He was the son of Ebenezer and Hannah (St. John) Carter, and he married Hannah Benedict in October 1753. Their children were: Hannah, Rachel, Deborah, Sarah, Mercy/Marcy, Elizabeth, Ebenezer, Samuel, Mary and John Carter. -courtesy of Mary Harrell-Sesniak]

Burial: Carter Cemetery, New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Find A Grave Memorial# 11891335

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The family resided in Canaan Parish, Connecticut. John served as a Captain in the Connecticut Militia. The family resided in Canaan Parish, Connecticut.
found on ancestry.com

John: born 2-22-1730 Connecticut; died 1-2-1819 Connecticut; married Hannah Benedict; Captain Connecticut
DAR Patriot Index

John Carter (1730-1819) was a member of the Committee of Safety, 1774; served as lieutenant and captain in the Connecticut militia. He died in Canaan. His wife was an heroine of the revolution. The Chapter of New Canaan is named in her honor and each of her nine children gave her name to a child.
Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 232

John Carter, who had served in the militia, was captain of minute men, in 1777, to guard the coast of Long Island, and commanded a party in the successful midnight attack at Morisania, capturing Colonel Hatfield, his staff and eleven privates.
Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 284

John Carter was on the Committee of Safety when he entered the militia. He was lieutenant in the Fifth Company, Colonel Swift's battalion, raised for services at Ticonderoga, and was on duty in New York, 1776, under Captain Daniel Benedict, and commanded the company after the captain was captured.
Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 263

John Carter, 1776, was lieutenant in Captain Daniel Benedict's company in the New York campaign, where the captain was taken prisoner. His commission, dated 1777, as Captain of the Ninth Company is still in the family.
Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 127

John Carter served on the Committee of Safety of Norwalk, and his commission as captain the family still possesses, as well as the original order "to march his company to Horseneck and report to Colonel John Mead." He aided in the midnight attack at Morrisania, a brilliant and successful exploit.
Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 257

John Carter, 1774, was on the Norwalk Committee of Safety. In 1776 he was lieutenant at Ticonderoga and 1777-80 served as Captain in New York. He commanded a company of minute men to guard the coast of Long Island.
Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 142

John Carter, 1774, was a member of the Norwalk Committee of Safety. He was a lieutenant at Ticonderoga and served at New York under Captain Damiel Benedict when that officer was captured. His commission as captain of the Ninth Company, Ninth Regiment of militia, dated May 13, 1777, is still in the family. He commanded a company of minute men to guard the coast of Long Island and in 1780 lead the midnight attack capturing Colonel Hatfield, his staff and eleven privates.

Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 75

John Carter served at Ticonderoga as lieutenant, and was captain of minute men to guard the coast of Long Island.
Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 277

John Carter commanded a company and his commission is still in the family. He died in 1819, aged eighty-nine.
Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 127

John Carter, (1730-1819), was a member of the Committee of Safety, 1774. He entered the army as lieutenant and his commission of captain, 1777, is still in the family. He commanded a company of minute men to guard the coast, and, 1780, led a midnight attack and captured a British colonel, his staff and eleven privates.
Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 247

John Carter, (1730-1819) was a member of the Committee of Safety, 1774; served as lieutenant and captain in the Connecticut militia. He was born in Canaan, where he died. His wife was a heroine of the revolution. The chapter of New Canaan, Connecticut, her old home, is named in her honor, and each of her nine children gave her name to a child. Some of the fine linen she spun is still preserved in the family.
Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 253

Captain John Carter Revolutionary War

Contributed By jessicanicolevandreew1 · 22 September 2013 · on FamilySearch

John Carter (1730-1819) was a member of the Committee of Safety, 1774; served as lieutenant and captain in the Connecticut militia. He died in Canaan. His wife was an heroine of the revolution. The Chapter of New Canaan is named in her honor and each of her nine children gave her name to a child. Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 232

John Carter, who had served in the militia, was captain of minute men, in 1777, to guard the coast of Long Island, and commanded a party in the successful midnight attack at Morisania, capturing Colonel Hatfield, his staff and eleven privates. Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 284

John Carter was on the Committee of Safety when he entered the militia. He was lieutenant in the Fifth Company, Colonel Swift's battalion, raised for services at Ticonderoga, and was on duty in New York, 1776, under Captain Daniel Benedict, and commanded the company after the captain was captured. Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 263

John Carter, 1776, was lieutenant in Captain Daniel Benedict's company in the New York campaign, where the captain was taken prisoner. His commission, dated 1777, as Captain of the Ninth Company is still in the family. Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 127

John Carter served on the Committee of Safety of Norwalk, and his commission as captain the family still possesses, as well as the original order "to march his company to Horseneck and report to Colonel John Mead." He aided in the midnight attack at Morrisania, a brilliant and successful exploit. Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 257

John Carter, 1774, was on the Norwalk Committee of Safety. In 1776 he was lieutenant at Ticonderoga and 1777-80 served as Captain in New York. He commanded a company of minute men to guard the coast of Long Island. Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 142

John Carter, 1774, was a member of the Norwalk Committee of Safety. He was a lieutenant at Ticonderoga and served at New York under Captain Damiel Benedict when that officer was captured. His commission as captain of the Ninth Company, Ninth Regiment of militia, dated May 13, 1777, is still in the family. He commanded a company of minute men to guard the coast of Long Island and in 1780 lead the midnight attack capturing Colonel Hatfield, his staff and eleven privates. Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 75

John Carter served at Ticonderoga as lieutenant, and was captain of minute men to guard the coast of Long Island. Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 277 John Carter commanded a company and his commission is still in the family. He died in 1819, aged eighty-nine. Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 127

John Carter, (1730-1819), was a member of the Committee of Safety, 1774. He entered the army as lieutenant and his commission of captain, 1777, is still in the family. He commanded a company of minute men to guard the coast, and, 1780, led a midnight attack and captured a British colonel, his staff and eleven privates. Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 247

John Carter, (1730-1819) was a member of the Committee of Safety, 1774; served as lieutenant and captain in the Connecticut militia. He was born in Canaan, where he died. His wife was a heroine of the revolution. The chapter of New Canaan, Connecticut, her old home, is named in her honor, and each of her nine children gave her name to a child. Some of the fine linen she spun is still preserved in the family. Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 253

JOHN BENEDICT 1676-1766

Birth: March 3, 1676, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Death: January 16, 1766, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA

The son of Deacon John and Phebe Gregory, he married Anna St. John, daughter of Mark and Elizabeth (Stanley) St. John in 1693 in Norwalk, Connecticut. He married second, Mary Haite (Hoyte). He was active in the Norwalk settlement, elected selectman in 1705 and 1715, surveyor in 1709 and 1711, fence viewer in 1713 through 1718, and townsman in 1722 and 1724. He became sergeant of the trainband in 1717, and was a deacon of the Norwalk church for many years.

Burial: East Norwalk Historical Cemetery, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Find A Grave Memorial# 33587470
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ROBERT PEASE 1656-1744

Birth: 1656
Death: 1744
Burial: Enfield Street Cemetery, Enfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Find A Grave Memorial# 68905289

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