WIVES

Grace

Hannah Hammond

CHILDREN with Grace

1. Mary Barron b. Abt. 1631

2. Ellis Barron b.  1633

3. Susanna Barron b. Abt. 1635

4. Hannah Barron b. Abt. 1637

5. John Barron b. Abt. 1639

6. Sarah Barron b. 24 Jul 1640

7. Moses Barron b. 1 Mar 1643

Ellis Barron
by Susan Brooke
Jan 2023

Ellis Barron was probably born about 1605 and married his first wife, Grace, about 1627.  (1) He probably came to Massachusetts in the 1630's.  He was named a freeman on 2 Jun 1641. (2) Grace must have died when her children were still young, because Ellis Barron remarried to Hannah Hammond, the widow of Timothy Hawkins in Watertown on 14 Dec 1653. There is only one record of that marriage.  However, there were two men named Ellis Barron who were marrying a Hannah Hawkins at about the same time.  Ellis Barron, the elder, was was marrying as his second wife, a Hannah Hawkins, widow of Timothy Hawkins. His son, Ellis Barron, was marrying Hannah Hawkins, a daughter of his father's second wife.  It is not known for sure which marriage took place on 14 Dec 1653.  But since Susanna Barron, daughter of the elder Elis Barron, married Stephen Randall on that same day, it seems that there was a triple marriage of Ellis Barron Sr. to his 2nd wife, his son Ellis Barron Jr. to a daughter of that 2nd wife, and his daughter Susannah Barron to Stephen Randall.  (3)  Ellis Barron, Sr. definitely Married Hannah Hammond Hawkins before 27 Apr 1654. On that date Ellis Barron took on the care of  her daughter, Mehitable Hawkins. (4)
"Elizoas Barron" wrote his will on 26 Oct 1676 and died four days later on 30 Oct 1676. (5)  His will stated that his wife should return to the lands that were hers before their marriage and she would receive half of the moveable estate, etc.  His oldest son "Elizoad Barron" was to receive £10.  Sons John and Moses were to each receive £5.  His granddaughter Elizabeth Barron was to receive "pyed black heifer."  The rest of his estate was to be divided equally between his seven children.  (6)

Sources

(1) We know the named of his first wife from the birth register of his son Moses on 1 Mar 1643 in Watertown.  Parents listed were "Ellis and Grace Barron."

(2) Named Freeman 2 Jun 1641
"Ellis Barrone" freeman Massachusetts Colony

(3) marriage of Ellis Barron to Hannah Hawkins and marriage of Susannah Barron to Stephen Randall

There was only one record of an Ellis Barron marrying an Hannah Hawkins, but the most likely scenario is that there were two such marriages on that same day since a daughter of Ellis Barron was also marrying on the same day. 

Elliz Barron and Hannah Hawkins maryed the 14: 10 m. (1653)
Stephen Randall and Susan Barron maryed the 14: 10 m. (1653) 

(4) Timothy Hawkiins, the father of Hannah Hawkins who married Ellis Barron, died 27 Sep 1651.  The widow of Timothy Hawkins and the mother of this Hannah Hawkins was Anne Hammond.  She married the father of this Ellis Barron sometime after the death of her first husband.  She, therefore, could also be the Hannah Hawkins who married Ellis Barron on 14 Oct 1653.  She was probably married to Ellis Barron, the father of this Ellis Barron, before 27 Apr 1654.  On that date Ellis Barron took on the care of  her daughter, Mehitable Hawkins.

Middlesex, Massachusetts,  Court Records
FHL 892251, image 27

(5) Death of Ellis Barron

"Eliz Barron"died 30 Oct 1676

(6) Will of Ellis Barron, Sr. 

Middlesex, MA Probate
FHL film 385978 image 256

Will of Ellis Barron as found on Ancestry.com

Will is transcribed on Genea-Musings
Transcribed by Randy Seaver

"The last will & testamt of Elizoas Barron of Watertowne made Octob. 26.76

"In the name of God Amen  I Elizoas Barron being sicke & weak in body, but of sound & perfect understanding & memory, Do make this my last will in manner & forme as followeth:  And first I comend my soul into the hand of almighty God my maker, in & throw the intercession of Jesus Cht my blessed mediator & redeemer and my body to the earth to be buryed in hope of a glorious resurrection at the last day.

"And as for the estate of goods that it hath pleased God to bless mee with & possesse mee of, I Dispose of in manner & forme as followeth, and my will is that my Debts being pd and my funerall charges sattisfied and the agreemt that was upon mariage between my wife and I be pd of wch there  is a writing of it extant, and least it should not be found I do express it here, Our agreement was that if my wife were the longest liver, then shee should returne to her houses & lands that were hers before I maryed her, and to halfe halfe of my moveables & goods that should be left after my Decease, and a third pt of all my cattell, and a third pt of such lands as were purchased after maryage, by the blessing of God upon labours, and also shee is to have her owne household stuffe that was hers before mariage, and over & above as a gratification I bequeath to my wife the pyed heiffer also the Negro servt I leave to my wife, and desire her to have a care of him that he may suffer no wrong and my will is that the repayring of the house yt was my wifes before mariage that it be ... out of the whole estate, and my wife to stay in my house halfe a yeare after my Decease, and to take yt of such provisions as God hath provided us of, and my will is yt my wife shall have two thirds of the cotton wood in the house, and yt cotton yarne, and ye hemp yt is in the house, upon condition shee pay ye cooper wt is due to him.

"Item.  I give and bequeath unto my oldest Sonne Elizoas ten pounds which he is to have a yeare after my Desease set out unto him.

"I give & bequeath to my Sonne John five pounds to be paid to him two yeares after my decease or before ye two yeares if my executor please.

"I give & bequeath unto my Sonne Moses five pounds to be pd to him thre yeares after my decease or before ye three yeares if the Executor please.

"I give & bequeath Elizab. Barron my Grand Daughter the pyed black heifer,

"And after all these be discharged that are above expressed my will is that all the rest of my estate be divided unto Seaven Equall pts, and every one of my Seaven Children to have an equall Share and that all these paymts & divisions may be performed according to my true intent expressed in this my will.  I Do make my sonne Elizoas Barron my sole executor of this my last will & testament, and I have desired Thomas Hastings senr to be the overseer of this my will.

" Sealed & dd in the presence of us ........................... Eliz Barron & a seale

John Bisco

Thomas Hastings"

"Further wee can & do testifie that it was the will & desire of Elizoas Barron yt his sonne Elizoas Barron should have the house & lands yt were his paying out to the rest of the children their proportion bequeathed to them yt is expressed in the will above written.

Thomas Hastings

John Bisco

Decemb. 19th 1676"

An inventory of the estate was taken 13 December 1676 by Thomas Hastings, John Shearman and John Bisco.  The real estate included:

1)  A dwelling house a barne & leantoes for cattell & ten acres of fooding and planting land (60 pounds)

2)  12 acres of mowing and fooding land that was purchased of John Brabook (50 pounds)

3)  9 acres of land in Cambridge bounds purchased of Thomas Prentiss (5 pounds)

4)  6 acres of meadow land in Rock meadow (20 pounds)

5) 4 acres of meadow in Cambridge near the bridges (4 pounds)

The personal property included his wearing apparel (5 pounds, 16 shillings), cowes, oxen, horses, heifers, hogs, pigs and colts, plus hay in the barn and unthreshed barley, household goods in the parlor, in the hall, in the leanto, in the cellar, in the chamber, plus tools, barber instruments, boards, a Negro (20 pounds), provisions and several debts.  The inventory was not totaled, but it adds up to about 264 pounds.

Receipts were given 30 April 1684 to the Executor by Simon Coolidge of Watertown in right of his late wife Hannah, deceased, and by Stephen and Susannah Randall;  on the same date, Ellis Barron of Watertown as Executor discharged the legacies by conveying land to "my Brother Moses Barron & to my Sisters Hannah Coolige deceased, Susanna Randall & Sarah Estwick." 

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