Saturday, January 3, 2015

Surname Saturday - BARR (England to colonial Massachusetts)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  


I am in the 8th great-grandmothers and I'm up to Ancestor #1075 who is Frances BARR (!669-????) 
[Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 8th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through two generations in this BARR family line is:


1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)

16. Isaac Seaver (1823-1901)
17. Lucretia Townsend Smith (1827-1884)

32. Benjamin Seaver (1791-1825)
33. Abigail Gates (1797-1869)


66.  Nathan Gates (1767-1830)
67.  Abigail Knowlton (1774-1855)

134.  Jeremiah Knowlton (1745-1785)
135.  Abigail Pierce (1750-1776)

268.  Jeremiah Knowlton (1713-1752)
269.  Sarah Allen (1717-1796)

536.  Nathaniel Knowlton (1683-1760)
537.  Mary Bennett (1686-1717)


1074.  Henry Bennett, born 1664 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died 1739 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 2148. Henry Bennett and 2149. Lydia Perkins.  He married 20 May 1685 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
1075.  Frances Barr, born about 1669 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.  

Children of Henry Bennett and Frances Barr are:
*  Mary Bennett (1686-1717), married 1703 Nathaniel Knowlton (1683-1760).
*  Frances Bennett (1694-????).
*  Margaret Bennett (1698-????)
*  Joanna Bennett (1701-????)
*  Lucy Bennett (1703-????).

All girls!

2150. John Barr, born about 1630 in England; died 22 April 1673 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.  He married before 1665 in probably Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
2151.  Mary Smith, born about 1632 in Shropham, Norfolk, England; died 12 January 1708 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.  She was the daughter of 4302. Richard Smith and 4303. Joanna.

Children of John Barr and Mary Smith are:
*  Jonathan Barr (1665-????).
*  Elizabeth Barr (1667-????).
*  Frances Barr (1669-????), married 1685 Henry Bennett (1664-1739).
*  Jeremiah Barr (1670-????).
*  Abigail Barr (1672-????)

Mary (Smith) (Call ) Barr married Henry Bennett (1629-1707), the father of Henry Bennett (1664-1739) in 1685.

The only information about this Barr (or Burr) family is from the town records, and town histories.

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