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| The North River photo by Bill West, used with permission |
William "Beeresto", age 23, came to Massachusetts in September 1635 on the ship Truelove, with his brother George, following his brother Michael who had arrived earlier. On the passenger list he is listed as "Beeresto". He first settled in Dedham, Massachusetts, and later went to the part of the town of Scituate that became the town of Hanover in 1727. He took the oath of Freeman in 1649.
William Barstow built the first bridge over the
North River at Stony Beach. He was a tavern
keeper and also a selectman and surveyor of highways. His house was located “about 40 rods back of
the site of the Second Congregational Church on Oakland Avenue. Its cellar hole can still be seen [note:
1937]. William Barstow was the pioneer
shipbuilder in Hanover, near Barstow’s Bridge, the first bridge over the North
River, built by him in 1656. He received
from the colony £12 for its erection.” (From
History and Genealogy of the Briggs Family, 1254 – 1937, by L. Vernon
Briggs, Three volumes, 1937)
For more information on William Barstow you may
consult The Complete Book of Emigrants, 1607 – 1776, by Peter Wilson
Coldham, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987 (also on CD) and there is a sketch
of William Barstow in The Great Migration: Immigrants to New
England 1634 -1635, by Robert Charles Anderson, NEHGS, 2001, Volume 1,
pages 174 to 180, as well as sketches of his brothers, George and Michael
Barstow.
My lineage from William Barstow:
Generation 1: Matthew Barstow, baptized 29 June 1565
in Shelf, North Halifax, Yorkshire, England; married to Isabell Hill. Five children, including Michael, George and
William who came to America.
Generation 2:
William Barstow, born about 1612 in England, died 1 January 1668/9 in
Dedham, Massachusetts; married on 8 May 1638 in Dedham to Anna Hubbard,
daughter of James Hubbard and Naomi Cocke.
She was born about 1616 in Hendlesham, England, and died after 23 June
1674 in Hull, Massachusetts. Six
children.
Generation 3: Mary Barstow, born 28 December 1641 in
Dedham, died 16 November 1708 in Stonington, Connecticut; married on 14 May
1656 in Boston, Massachusetts to William Ingraham, son of Richard
Ingraham. He was born about 1629 in
England and died 4 May 1721 in Groton, Connecticut. Six children.
Generation 4: William Ingram m. Elizabeth
Chesebrough
Generation 5: Patience Ingraham m. Ebenezer Bill
Generation 6: Asahel Bill m. Mary Rand
Generation 7: Reverend Ingraham Ebenezer Bill m.
Isabella Lyons
Generation 8: Professor Caleb Rand Bill m. Ann
Margaret Bollman
Generation 9: Isabella Lyons Bill m. Albert Munroe
Wilkinson
Generation 10: Donald Munroe Wilkinson m. Bertha
Louise Roberts (my grandparents)
Please click this link to read Bill West's blog post (he is also a Barstow descendant) with photos of the North River area where William Barstow had his land:
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Copyright 2013, Heather Wilkinson Rojo
I am certainly acquiring a general "sense" of New England names from your blog. I have heard of "Barstow" before, but none of the other variations. All sound very English to me. My ancestors, also English, must have come from different parts of England: Boone, Patey, Crofts, then the Irish Lynch and the Scots Fraser. For example.
ReplyDeleteI was in Dedham last weekend.