BARTON FAMILY

First Generation

Roger BARTON was born about 1628 probably in England. His arrival in America has not been documented. In 1662 he was one of three men appointed to lay out the town of Brookhaven, Long Island which was then a part of the colony of Connecticut. In 1664 he was named deputy of the General Court and was probably the same "Mr. Barton" who was made a freeman of Connecticut at the General Assembly which met at Hartford on 12 May 1664.

10 June 1664 the name "Rog. Barton" is signed to a Brookhaven deed, as recorder. 10 mo. 12, 1664 "Rog. Barton" signed with others a contract to build a mill. He may have been earliest town clerk of Brookhaven.

On 23 Jan 1664/5 he was appointed at Brookhaven as one of six arbitrators. On 2 Feb 1664/5 he purchased land in Brookhaven.

In May 1666 orders were given by Gov. Nicolls for the arrest and expulsion of Roger Barton and Robert Bloomer from Brookhaven due to a controversy over which colony should govern Brookhaven. Both probably fled to Connecticut, leaving their families behind.

Roger purchased on 20 Nov 1678 a tract of 102 acres from John Archer in Fordham, NY.

On 4 July 1682 the Town of Westchester gave to Roger Barton, yeoman, one parcel of land where his dwelling-house stands.

In June 1688 Roger Barton made a deed in Westchester, NY which served as his will and named his children as Elisha, Elijah and Roger being of age, wife Mary and his minor children Noah, Enoch and Joseph. He probably died the same year but no probate record has been found.

Roger Barton probably married in England to a woman named Mary. This may have possibly been a second marriage. In 1698, Mary, widow of Roger Barton, is found living with her sons Noah and Joseph in Westchester, NY.

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Second Generation

The children of Roger BARTON included:

(1) Elisha BARTON b. ca. 1662, d. bef. 1717
(2) Elijah BARTON
ca 1664
(3) Roger BARTON
ca 1666 m. Bridget PALMER
(4) Noah BARTON
ca 1668 m. Mrs. Mary PRICHARD
(5) Enoch BARTON
(1670-1700)
(6) Joseph BARTON (1672-1761) m. Sophia JANSON, Rachel LEWIS and Abigail LEWIS

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Third Generation

The children of Elisha BARTON were:

(1) Thomas BARTON m. Hannah ----
(2) Unknown Son

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Fourth Generation

An unknown son of Elisha BARTON is believed to have been the father of:

(1) Elisha BARTON (1729-1823) of Hunterdon, NJ
(2) George BARTON
(3) Andrew BARTON of Somerset and Hunterdon Cos., NJ m. 1771 Mary SAVAGE
(4) Stephen BARTON of Somerset, NJ m. 1747 Rachel STOUT
(5) John BARTON of Hunterdon and Somerset Cos., NJ m 1775 Sarah PETTIT
(6) Gabriel BARTON of Elizabethtown, NJ (1732-1809) m. 1761 Anne BURROWES

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Fifth Generation

Gabriel BARTON was born 3 Jan 1732/3 and died 4 Dec 1809 Elizabethtown, Essex, NJ. He married 24 Dec 1761 at St. John's, Elizabethtown to Anne BURROWES (1741-1810). Both Gabriel and Anne are buried in the St. John's Churchyard. Their children included:

(1) Reuben BARTON m. Maria HAYES
(2) Sarah BARTON (1762) m. John MULFORD
(3) Mary BARTON (1764) m. William TOWNLEY
(4) Hannah BARTON (1766-1834) unmarried
(5) John BARTON (1769-1852) m. Phoebe BRYANT
(6) Charity BARTON (1773)
(7) Stephen BARTON (1773-1863) m. Phebe W. ----
(8) Thomas Burris BARTON (1779-1851) m. Mary BADGLEY

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Sixth Generation

Thomas Burris BARTON was born 22 Nov 1779 probably in Elizabethtown, NJ. He married about 1803 to Mary BADGLEY (1779-1842), the daughter of John Badgley and Charity Force. They moved to Smithfield Twp., Jefferson Co., OH by 1820, then to Harrison Co., OH and to Coshocton Co., OH by 1828 when Thomas bought 100 acres from John & Elizabeth Hines. They remained in Coshocton Co. until Mary died in 1842. Thomas remarried by 1848 to Hannah Holcomb and they moved to Franklin Twp., Portage Co., OH by 1850. Thomas died there in Sept 1851. The children of Thomas and Mary (Badgley) BARTON included:

(1) William W. BARTON (1805-1858) m. 1825 Susannah HAINS
(2) Maria H. BARTON (1807) m. William H. CAMERON
(3) Mary A. BARTON (1807) m. Mr. SMITH
(4) Gabriel BARTON (1810)
(5) Reuben R. BARTON (1812) m. 1835 Mary BAKER
(6) Eliza BARTON (1814) m. 1833 Jefferson BRILLSFORD
(7) Samuel Benjamin BARTON (1816) m. 1839 Rebecca SMITH
(8) Steven BARTON (1818)
(9) Aaron Badgley BARTON (1820) m. 1839 Mary Gaylord ROBERTS
(10) George Washington BARTON (1824-1908) m. Anne BARCROFT

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Seventh Generation

George Washington BARTON was born 24 Jul 1824 Harrison Co., OH. He married 27 Jul 1848 in Coshocton, OH to Anne Amelia BARCROFT (1827-1919), the daughter of Lee Saunders Barcroft and Ann Burnett. He was drafted in 1864 and served for less than one year during the Civil War as a private. After the war he was a schoolteacher and storekeeper in Coshocton Co., OH. By 1900 he moved his family to Pawnee Station, Bourbon Co., KS where he again ran a store. George died 12 Jan 1908 at Pawnee Station and is buried in the Evergreen Cemetery in Ft. Scott. His widow survived him and resided with daughter Emma at the time of her death in 1919. She is also buried in the Evergreen Cemetery. The children of George and Anne were:

(1) Lee Chalmers BARTON (1849-1916) m. Jane ROERIG
(2) William Howard BARTON (1851-1852)
(3) Mary Ann BARTON (1853-1929) m. Urias BILLMAN
(4) Oscar Badgley BARTON (1855-1933) m. Nettie May SMITH
(5) Esther Angela BARTON (1858-1950) m. Jonathan WHITTERNBARGER
(6) George Wilberforce BARTON (1860-1936) m. Emma ----
(7) Emma Frances BARTON (1862-1947) m. William G. CALLOW
(8) Burris Lincoln BARTON (1866-1900) m. Lydia SWAIN
(9) Clara Clyde BARTON (1869-1954) m. Charles FALWELL

Selected Sources:

1698 Census, Eastchester, Westchester Co., NY.

McCracken, George, Roger Barton of Westchester Co., NY and Some of his Early Descendants, New England Historical Genealogical Register, Vol. 106, July, 1952.

Voge, Adolph Law, paper "Roger Barton and His Kinsmen," read 3 Oct 1937 at the Organization Meeting of Roger Barton's Kinsmen, Cold Spring, Putnam Co., N.Y.

Other Online Barton Researchers:

Robert Hobson descends from Thomas Burris Barton and Mary Badgley through Eliza Barton who married Jefferson Brelsford.

Christi Brogran is reseaching descendants of Rufus Barton who died 1648 Warwick, RI. Visit her Barton web page at: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cbrogan/barton.html

Roy C. Leggitt descends from Rufus Barton d. 1648 Warwick, RI.

Douglas Losty descends from Roger Barton and Bridget Palmer.

Patricia Overell descends from Thomas Burris Barton and Mary Badgley through William Barton.

Barbara Person descends from Thomas Burris Barton and Mary Badgley through George W. Barton.

Joanne Rabun descends from Joseph Barton (1672-1761) and Rachel Lewis through Millicent Barton.

Cheska Wheatley descends from Thomas Burris Barton and Mary Badgley through George W. Barton.

Let me know if you are descended from one of these families and wish to have your name and e-mail address linked to this page so other Barton researchers might contact you.

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