ELLIS BARRON [#598], d. Watertown, MA 30 Oct 1676,[9/42] m(1) GRACE _____, m(2) Hannah or Anne (Hammond) Hawkins (dau. of William Hammond and Elizabeth; widow of Timothy Hawkins), bap Lavenham, Suffolk, Eng. 14 Jul 1616, d. 1 Sep 1685.
Ellis Barron left England for the Massachusetts Bay Colony sometime in the 1630's. He became a freeman in Watertown on 2 June 1641,[1/17] was the constable in 1658[2/1:52] and a selectman in 1668[2/1:90] and 1673.[2/1:112] On 7 November 1670 "It was a greed that Brother Barron shall take a new inventory of the estate of the town".[2/1:102]
According to the first inventory of grants and possession in Watertown, taken in 1639, Ellis owned a homestall of ten acres, more or less, bounded east by Thomas Boyson and Richard Linton, west with Stone Street, north by James Cutler, and south by Thomas Smith.[3/1:31] This is the same holding as described in the third inventory, taken about 1646.
His will, dated 26 Oct. 1676 and proved 19 Dec. the same year, mentions seven children. It names only his sons Ellis, John, and Moses. It also mentions his wife, grand daughter Elizabeth Barron, and a male Negro servant. Thomas Hastings was to be the overseer of the will, which was witnessed by John Biscoe and Thomas Hastings. Further mentioned in the will is an agreement made between Ellis and his wife at the time of their marriage. It stated that if he died first, she should return to her houses and lands that were hers before they married.[4/4:197] Hannah's will was dated 18 August 1683 and mentions her late husband Ellis and "my negro Shippio".[6] The second marriage by Ellis Sr. is proved in Middlesex deed[8/5:21] by a receipt given 1 April 1673 by Benjamin Garfield of Watertown to "Eliz Barron my father in law" for the portion of Mehitabel his wife, "left hir of the estate of Timothy Hawkins Deced, her father".[7]
Ellis Barron may have been a barber for the inventory of his estate, taken Dec. 2, 1676, included "Barbers Instrumts, & Instrumts to draw teeth" at a value of 7 shillings. It also included "5. books of Divinity & Phisick" at 5 shillings and "1. Negro" at twenty pounds.[4/4:200]
REF: [1] The History of Watertwon - Henry Bond, 1860
[2] Watertown Records, 1894
[3] Watertown Records, 1894 (Lands, Grants and Possessions)
[4] Middlesex County Probate (First Series Docket 1291)
[5] Lancaster Vital Records
[6] Middlesex County Probate (First Series Docket 1292)
[7] The American Genealogist - Donald Lines Jacobus, 1943 Vol.
20 (pgs.135-136)
[8] Middlesex County Deeds
[9] Records of Births Marriages and Deaths, First Book - Watertown
Records, Vol. 1, 1894
[10] Births, Marriages, and Deaths, Second Book - Watertown
Records, Vol. 2, 1900
Children:
1. Ellis, m(1) Watertown, MA 14 Dec 1653[9/16] Hannah Hawkins, b. Watertown, MA 10 Jun 1637,[9/4] d. Groton, MA 3 Jan 1673-4, age 37y., m(2) Lydia (Prescott) Fairbanks Chil.: 1) Ellis, b. 22 April 1655, in Lancaster, MA 1713, m. 26 May 1679 Mary Sherman; 2) Hannah, b. 6 March 1657-8, m. 14 June1678 James Cady; 3) Elizabeth, b. 14 April 1660, d young; 4) Sarah, b. 4 Nov. 1662, m. ___ Taylor; 5) Grace, b. Groton, MA 29 July 1665, m. ___ Stevens; 6) Mehitabel, b. 22 June 1668, m. Eleazer Parker; 7) Elizabeth; 8) Timothy, b. 18 April 1673, d. bef. 1 Sept. 1718, m. 10 March 1697-8 Rachel Jennison; 9) Dorothy, b. 6 Mach 1674-5, prob. d. young; 10) Abigail, (in records d. but perhaps should be b.) 14 Nov. 1676, m. 2 June 1699-1700 Henry Houghton of Lancaster 2. Mary, d. Watertown 13 Feb 1715-6,[10/57] m. Watertown, MA 10 Dec 1650[9/15] Daniel Warren, bap. Nayland, Suffolk, England 25 Feb 1627-8 3. Susanna, m. Watertown 13 Dec 1653[9/16] Stephen Randall, d. Watertown 26 Feb 1707-8[10/35] 4. Hannah, d. Watertown 14 Jul 1680,[9/48] m. Watertown 17 Nov 1658[9/21] Simon Coolidge, b. abt. 1632, d. 27 Dec 1693 5. John, d. Groton, MA 1 Jan 1693, m. Elizabeth Hunt 6. Sarah, b. Watertown, MA 24 Jul 1640,[9/8] m. Phesant Estwick 7. Moses, b. Watertown 1 Mar 1643,[9/10] d. Chelmsford, MA 25 Apr 1699, m. Mary Learned 8? Peter, d. Muddy River Sep 1675 (slain by Indians)
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