Martha M Green(e), CT m. Henry Barber, RI>CT
I am Looking for the Ancestry of Henry Barber, RI>CT. Do any of you know the BARBER Family listed below? I know very little about families of the Surname of BARBER of Connecticut and/or Rhode Island.
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HENRY BARBER FAMILY:
Barber, Henry, born July 2, 1831, died June 15, 1903 and
Barber, Martha M. Green, wife of Henry, born June 23, 1856, died Nov. 9,1909 .
CHILDREN:
1) Barber, Orrin Aswell, son of Henry & Mattie M., died Nov. 20, 1891, age 1 yr 9 mos 27 days;
2) Barber, Charles Russell, son of Henry & Matte M., died Dec. 22, 1891, age 1 yr 10 mos 28 days.
[The above information is from HALE COLLECTION, Headstones at "Evergreen Cemetery" in Plainfield, Ct., located in Central Village. I do not know if there were other children born to Henry & Martha M. (Greene) Barber].
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Martha/"Mattie" M (GREENE) BARBER, d/o William & Mary M (GREENE) GREENE of Griswold, CT, is the sister of Benajah Samuel GREENE, my G-Grandfather. Spelling of name of GREENE is often interchangeable as GREEN/GREENE. William as well as Mary M are grandchildren of LT David & Molly (WITHEY)
GREEN of Preston/Griswold, CT.
In the 1880 CT Census for the widow, Mary M Greene (Head of Household) of Griswold, CT, there was Martha M Greene age 23 as well as a younger sister, Mary E. Greene; and also a Henry BARBER, Widower, age 49, , b RI with parents also born RI. [Mary M [Green(e)] Greene's brother, Alexander Green(e) m. Lucy Barber of Canterbery, CT; and brother, Henry W. Green(e) m. Sally Barber.]
Mary M Green(e), Alexander Green(e) and Henry W. Green(e) are the children of Rebecca Green (d/o LT David Green of Preston/Griswold, CT) m. Stephen Greene (probablay s/o Samuel & Lois Greene of Charleston, RI>Voluntown, CT)
lived in Griswold, CT according to Frank L. Greene: "Descendents of Joseph Greene, of Westerly RI, Also other Branches of the Greenes of Quidnesset, or Kingston, RI, and Other Line of Greenes in America", p.449 & pp.461-462.
Thank you for your help.