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Col. Isaac Barre/Barre, MA, VT, Wilkes-Barre PA; Richard Barre
Posted by: Donna Barre (ID *****6395)	Date: January 25, 2003 at 12:04:13
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Hello all,
I've done a little surfing lately and discovered that Barre, MA; Barre, VT; and Wilkes-Barre, PA were named after Col. Isaac Barre. Isaac was of Irish descent, and was a fairly high ranking officer in the British military during the French and Indian War. He was with Gen. Wolfe on the Plains of Abraham. Subsequently he became a member of Parliament, and became famous for coining the term "Sons of Liberty" when he sided with the colonists in the debate in the British Parliament over 'taxation without representation' prior to the start of the Am. Revolution. See:

http://www.famousamericans.net/isaacbarre/

Does anyone have any more information, especialy ancestral info on Isaac? I am curious because Richard Barre(Barry) from whom several of us are descended was also of Irish descent, was born around the same time as, and came to Canada around the same time as Isaac. I am trying to obtain information to determine if they were related. (Or, at least, to determine if Richard came to Canada as part of the military.)

Thanks/Merci to all,
Donna Barré

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