Re: John and Robert Barrows of Plymouth, Mass.
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John and Robert Barrows of Plymouth, Mass.
Martin Hollick 10/11/09
The period 1644 to 1666 was a tumultuous time for John Barrow, born Great Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England, 1609.He had arrived in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1637.
I have excerpts of Davis, W.G.Ancestry of Sarah Johnson, 1775-1824, wife of Joseph Neal of Litchfield, Maine.Portland, ME:Anthoensen Press, 1960.Pp. 405-406
"... George Warde and Dionis Burrow were married in the church of St. Nicholas, Great Yarmouth, co. Norfolk, on January 28, 1596/7.Dionis, a daughter of Hugh and Thomasyn Borough [grandparents of John Barrow], had been baptized in the same church on February 20, 1577.Her father, Hugh Burrow, had married Agnes Echard at Great Yarmouth on January 26, 1565, and this wife, after bearing at least three children, Christopher, Edward and Dionis, 1568-1572, was buried there on March 27, 1573.The marriage of Burrow to his second wife, Thomasine, is not recorded.She was buried July 9, 1598, and he on February 15, 1603, at St. Nicholas.
"George Ward, presumably born about 1575 (no baptismal record is found), was admitted freeman of Great Yarmouth in 1602 by the grant of bailiff Thomas Damett, the record giving Ward's occupation as beer brewer.George and Dionis Ward are last found in 1619 when their last recorded child [of 11] was baptized.
"Children, baptized at Great Yarmouth:...
"v.Thomasine; m. (1) at Great Yarmouth Nov 29, 1632, John Thompson who was buried at Great Yarmouth Feb. 26, 1633/4.She m. (2) at Walsham St. Lawrence (South Walsham, co. Norfolk) Aug. 11, 1634, Robert Buffam with whom she emigrated to New England and settled in Salem.Mentioned in the will of her brother Jeffrey Ward in 1665.By her second husband, Robert Buffam, Thomasine had six children.She and her family became strong Quakers and suffered severely for their faith in the persecutions of 1658-1660.She died in Salem on May 23, 1688, aged 82...."
His cousin's persecution is the probable reason for John Barrow's translation from Salem to Plymouth, where relatives of his second wife, Deborah Doty, were established.It also may explain absence of relevant public records.Having myself been a Deputy Registrar of Vital Statistics, I am aware of 21st century pressures to falsely record or suppress data and to destroy archives (pressures to which I did not succumb).It is unlikely that such pressures had been different in the 17th century.
Deborah Doty's surname has not been documented, to my knowledge.The answer is more in the practice traditional in North American families that cousins migrate together.My great great grandfather, Benjamin Barris, and great grandfather, Michael Barris, along with wives and ancestors, are interred in Doty Cemetery, Town of Hanover, Chautauqua County, New York, where the last Doty cousin, Ralph, a US Army soldier (Company H, Third Regiment, Excelsa Brigade), was buried in 1862 without issue.
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Re: John and Robert Barrows of Plymouth, Mass.
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Re: John and Robert Barrows of Plymouth, Mass.