PART I

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INTRODUCTION

Unlike some of my family line articles, this one needs further research on our Barton progenitors in Ireland. Consequently I have added to the early part on John Barton (¶2.) a separate section dealing with research underway and proposed.

1. [-?-] BARTON

[-?-] BARTON, born in England, wife unknown, died presumably in Ireland, age approaching 100.

At this time we have little information on our Barton progenitors other than that from a transcripted four-page letter (Appendix 1, 2, 3, & 4.) written 15 Nov. 1881 by Mrs. Elizabeth Anna (Barton) Culbertson to her sister Mrs. Mary Lucretia (Barton) Hunter [see pp. 177 & 222 of Six Wallace Brothers by William Wallace Barton & Jean Wallace Gayle (LDS film #2055299, item #9)]. In this letter Anna states that “my great-grandfather Barton [i.e., [-?-] Barton] emigrated at a very early period from England to County Down in the northern part of Ireland ….. Father [i.e., Robert Barton] says his grandfather Barton …. .lived to an extreme age – nearly 100 years.” In the same letter Anna wrote that “Grandfather Barton [i.e., John Barton] had two brothers – both died while young – one’s name was Hugh – he [i.e., Robert] doesn’t remember the other. He had two sisters – the name of one was Mattie – doesn’t remember the other name – they never came to this country.”

The children of [-?-] Barton were:

i. JOHN BARTON, born ca. 1756. (See ¶2. below.)

ii. HUGH BARTON, died young.

iii. [-?-] BARTON, male, died young.

iv. MATTIE BARTON, never emigrated.

v. [-?-] BARTON, female, never emigrated.

2. JOHN BARTON

JOHN BARTON, born ca. 1756 in County Down, Ireland, married MARY KYLE 4 Dec. 1784 in Belfast, Co. Antrim,1 died 22 Feb. 1838, buried Cross Roads Presbyterian Church Cemetery near Florence, Washington Co., Pa.[2] Mary was born probably between 1753 and 1765 and died 1816-1820.

RESEARCH UNDERWAY & PROPOSED

A. The data on John Barton’s marriage to Mary Kyle was submitted to the LDS Family History Center by Ronald D. Coleman, 3775 E. Thousand Oaks Circle, Salt Lake City, UT 84124 with the following notes:

- Stake/Mission: Mt. Olympus

- Stake/Mission forms examiners: RDC pc.

I have been unable to contact Mr. Coleman.

Mr. Coleman also submitted (LDS microfiche 1395843, batch 8422631, sheet 50) the following:

- Given name: Mary, female

- Christening place: Carnmoney, Co. Antrim, Ireland, 30 Sept. 1753

- Father’s name: Bryce Kyle

- Source of information: Carnmoney Presbyterian record, SL #258,610

- 1742-1755

My notes indicate that SL #258,610 refers to Northern Ireland:

PRONI: Transcript of documents on file in Belfast PRO—

79 microfilm reels with:

- Rosemary St. Church film #0258574 & 5 (T654/1-2 for A & B and T654/3-7 for C & D).

From the above, I would conclude:

- The above marriage data is acceptable.

- The christening data certainly appears acceptable. Note that Mary’s christening date of 30 Sept. 1753 is not in agreement with the birth date of “on or after 1755” deduced from the 1800 census report. Maybe Mary didn’t want to admit how old she was!

To do:

- Check the Carnmoney Presbyterian Record (SL #258,610) for the births of Mary’s older 3 brothers and 4 sisters. Also, check for any Bartons.

- Determine if it is correct to assume that my John and Mary would get married in the Rosemary Presbyterian Church in Belfast in 1784 even though they “brot their letters from the old Seceder church in Ireland and put them in the church at X (i.e., Cross Roads) – Mr. McCurdy pastor” (see page 3 of the Appendix).

B. From Public Records Office Northern Ireland, Freeholders’ Records (http://www.nics.gov.uk/freeholders/results.asp) I found that freeholder John Barton of Tullyhubbart, Co. Down, in 1783 held 2 leases, one with landlord Todd and the other with landlords Mr. Mussenden, Mr. Walker & Mr. Reid (D/654/A3/1A & D/654/A3/1B). A third lease for freeholder John Barton of Tollyhubert, Co. Down, does not provide any name for the landlord (DOW/5/3/1). Tullyhubbart Townland (4.74 acres) is in Comber Civil Parish, Co. Down, about 6 miles SE of Belfast.

Another freeholder in Tullyhubbert at that time was a William Gamble (D/654/A3/1A & B). His landlords were also Messrs. Mussenden, Walker & Reid. Note that in her 1881 letter Annie Barton Culbertson wrote that Mary (Kyle) Barton’s oldest sister Jane Kyle married (1) a Gamble (see p 2. of the Appendix). There was also a James Brown in Tullyhubert in 1789. Did he marry another sister?

Based on the above, it appears worthwhile to pursue the possibility that my Bartons (and perhaps my Kyles) came from the Tullyhubbert Townland area. Note that Annie Barton Culbertson wrote that the father of John Barton “lived to an extreme old age – nearly 100 years (see p. 3 of Appendix). Sandra Gilpin (isgilpin@btinternet.com) has now provided the following record of stipend payments made by John Barton of Tullyhubbert to Rev. James M^cKean, the Presbyterian minister at neighboring Moneyrea:

- May 1751 John Barton pays 1 shilling and 3 pence

- May