Houghton Surname Project

Ellis Barron Jr¹

M, #16063, b. circa 1628, d. 1712

Family: Lydia Prescott b. 15 Aug 1641, d. 1712

Marriage*: Ellis Barron Jr married Lydia Prescott, daughter of John Prescott and Mary Gawkroger Platts, on circa 1678 at Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, ?m, 2d wife.^1,2

Abigail Barron+^1,5 b. 30 Jul 1680, d. 1711

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

circa 1628

Waterford, Ireland, Torrey: c. 1633, Watertown MA^2,3

Immigration

after Nov 4, 1662

Groton, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, "After the birth of his 4th child, he moved to Groton, in whose records, her name is written Anna."¹

Note

1675

He was driven from Groton in King Philip's War and removed to Lancaster. He then removed to Watertown.³

Marriage

circa 1678

Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, ?m, 2d wife^1,2

Probate1

Oct 7, 1711

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA³

Will

Dec 31, 1711

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, [2.] The Will of Elliz Barron, of Lancaster, dated Dec. 31, 1711, proved Oct. 7, 1712,
mentions wife Lydia; sons Timothy and Elliz; drs. Abigail Houghton, Mehitabel
Parker, Hannah Cady, Elizabeth Philbrick, Sarah Taylor, and Grace Stevens. His
dr. Elizabeth, m. Ephraim " Philbrook," of Groton. [See Butler, p. 426.] There is a
deed, dated Nov. 5, 1706, signed by Ellis Barron, housewright, of Wat., and wife
Lydia, conveying house and land in Wat. to Timothy Barron [? his son]. In 1713
[probably the date of the registration, and not of the deed], Ellis Barron, of Lan-
caster, and wife Lydia, sold to son Ellis, of Groton, and his son Samuel, land in Groton,
near to Ephraim Philbrick's. It is probable that he [E. B. [2] ] was driven from
Groton by Indian hostilities, returned to Wat., with a 2d wife, Lydia, where he
remained, until he sold his house and land to his son Timothy, and then (about 1706
or 7) moved to Lancaster.^3,4

Death

1712

Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, Torrey: 1712^1,2

Pedigree

Citations

[S121] Bond, Genealogies of Watertown, MA, p. 17.
[S42] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 46.
[S1136] Ph.D., Brian J. L. Berry, Sission Ancestry, p. 327.
[S1261] Watertown MA, Watertown Gen and Records, Houghton surname search.
[S669] American Genealogist, 19 [1942] 138.

Lydia Prescott^1,2

F, #16067, b. 15 August 1641, d. 1712

Father*: John Prescott³ b. 1604/5, d. Dec 1681
Mother*: Mary Gawkroger Platts³ b. 15 May 1607, d. 1674

Family 1: Jonas Fairbanks b. 6 May 1624, d. 10 Feb 1675/76

Marriage: Lydia Prescott married Jonas Fairbanks on May 28, 1658 at Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA.^3,4

Lieut. Jabez Fairbank Sr+³ b. 8 Nov 1670, d. Mar 1758

Family 2: Ellis Barron Jr b. c 1628, d. 1712

Marriage*: Lydia Prescott married Ellis Barron Jr on circa 1678 at Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, ?m, 2d wife.^1,2

Abigail Barron+ b. 30 Jul 1680, d. 1711