Elijah and his wife, Mary Barton have been reported to be first cousins. Elijah's father was George Barton Sr.; George Barton Sr.'s father was supposedly Noah Barton (Elijah and Mary Barton's grandfather?), born 1668 in West Chester, West Chester Co., NY. However, it is unlikely Noah Barton was George Barton Sr.'s father (see below). Some speculate Elisha and George' father was an unknown son of Noah Barton. Elisha Barton seems to be the son of an unknown Barton.
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Father: George BARTON b: 1719 in Amwell, Hunterdon County, New Jersey
Mother: Rebecca MOREHEAD b: 1735 in New Jersey
On April 1, 1777 in Amwell, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, Elijah and Mary Barton, born December 28, 1758, married. They had the following children:
1. Elisha BARTON b: 20 AUG 1778 in Amwell Twp. Hunterdon Co. NJ
2. George BARTON b: 13 MAR 1780 in Amwell Twp. Hunterdon Co. NJ
3. Rebecca BARTON b: 12 MAY 1783 in Amwell Twp. Hunterdon Co. NJ
4. Henry A. BARTON b: 1784
5. Rachel BARTON b: 29 DEC 1789
6. Mary BARTON b: 24 DEC 1802
Marriage number 2 - Pelmiram (BARTON)
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JCB posted on the Ancestry.Com Barton Bulletin Board on Dec. 15, 2004 in response to my posting information on Elijha Barton (ed.):
Rick:
First, the easy one. It is generally agreed that Noah2 Barton (Roger1) was born about 1668. The documentary evidence, not someone's personal file, is that Roger Barton was in Rye from 1667 until 1678 when he moved to Fordham Manor. In 1668, when Noah2 Barton was born, Rye was part of Connecticut. Therefore, it is correct to say that Noah2 Barton was born about 1668 in Rye, Connecticut (later a part of New York).
Now the problem.
First Point: There seems to have been three brothers:
George, who you state was born in 1719.
Elisha, born 1729.
Gabriel, born 1733.
Since we agree that Noah2 Barton was born about 1668, then we look at Noah's age when the three brothers were born.
George was born when Noah was 51.
Elisha was born when Noah was 61.
Gabriel was born when Noah was 65.
This means that Noah's wife had to be at least 20 years younger than Noah. Thus when Noah was 50 years old, his wife was under 30. That is quite an age gap.
Next point. Noah2 Barton had quite a series of land transactions. The first one that mentioned his wife, Mary, was in 1730, eleven years after George was born, and after Elisha was born.
Next point. Much of what we know about the family of Elisha (b. 1729) came from the genealogist Hiram Deats, great grandson of Ursilla, who was the daughter of Elisha. Deats said that he copied the data from Ursilla's family Bible. Since the data did not include the parents of Elisha, that issue was left in the dark. That means the issue of George's parents was also left in the dark.
Next point. As I pointed out before, the noted genealogist, George E. McCracken, also a descendant of Roger1 Barton, concluded that Elisha, George and Gabriel were not the sons of Noah2 Barton.
Next point. You state that Elisha was born Oct 5, 1729, in Amwell, Hunterdon Co., NJ. That matches the records of Elisha's great grandson, Hiram Deats, as copied from the family Bible of Elisha's daughter, Ursilla. On Oct 23, 1729, Noah2 Barton was a protester at an Eastchester, Westchester Co., NY, town meeting. On Aug 4, 1730, a Noah Barton bought land in Trenton, and he was described in the deed as being of Somerset.
Regards, JCB
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JCB posted on the Ancestry.Com Barton Bulletin Board on Dec. 14, 2004 in response to my posting information on Elisha, Mary and Rachel Barton:
For the most part, the information in Rick Busig's three posts is reasonably well documented.
However, the big question is the parentage of Elisha Barton (1729-1823).
In 1941, Adolph Law Voge estimated that Elisha Barton (1729-1823) was the son of Noah2 Barton (Roger1). This is the version provided by Rick.
In 1952, George E. McCracken estimated that Elisha Barton (1729-1823) was the son of an unknown son of Elisha2 Barton (Roger1). McCracken provided some of his reasoning, but it is scattered in his article, and hardly suited to a message board. This is the version published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.
On this date in 2004, I will point out that both Voge and McCracken constructed the early Barton families partly on the assumption that all families in the area of interest were descendants of Roger1 Barton. Thus they reasoned, often tacitly, that any Barton family with the appropriate given names, and not otherwise accounted for by direct evidence, could be placed in (or out of) the Roger Barton family by whatever circumstantial evidence was available. However, since there is evidence of possibly two brothers of Roger in that area at that time, namely John and the father of William (although John could be the father of William), one cannot automatically assign all the unknowns as descendants of Roger1 Barton. DNA evidence is not helpful because any brother of Roger1 would have the same DNA as Roger.
As an example of poor reasoning by circumstantial evidence; McCracken (1952, page 291) dismissed a family of Bartons in Burlington County, NJ, thusly, "There was, however, a family of Bartons in that area who, unlike the Bartons of Westchester, were Friends, and that Elisha may have been a different man." This argument was based on McCracken's incorrect notion that Roger Barton was not a Puritan. As it turns out, McCracken was not an astute student of Roger, because the evidence is that Roger was very much the Puritan, and that family of Friends might well have been closely related to Roger1.
Thus we are left with THREE possible ancestries of Elisha Barton (1729-1823).
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History of Bedford, Somerset and Fulton Counties, Pennsylvania; Chicago: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1884, pp. 651 and 656 [two excerpts]:
p. 651: The Barton family have been quite an important factor in the settlement and development of Fulton county. Some time prior to the revolutionary war, Elijah Barton, wife and family left their home in New Jersey, and started for the west to carve out for himself a home in the wilderness. He selected land in Brush Creek valley, the title to which he received from William and John Penn. This section was at this time a wilderness, and these worthy pioneers endured many privations and hardships to which the present generation are strangers. They remained here until their deaths. A portion of the original purchase is now in the possession of his grandson, Mahlon Barton. They reared a family of six children -- Elisha, George, Henry, Rebecca, Rachel and Mary.
[Chapter XCI, Brush Creek]
p. 656: Elijah Barton died in 1824. His children were Elisha, George, Rebecca (Hanks), Henry, Noah, Rachel (Frazey) and Mary (Enslow), all dead.
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From Mardell Barton's research:
Mardell Barton had a picture captioned: "Elijah Barton Plantation House (picture taken about 1910-1912). Built about 1800 in Brush Creek Valley, Fulton County." The picture shows an old three story structure.
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1790 PA Census: Bedford County [township not stated], p. 9, line 43:
Elijah BARTON
Free white males of 16 years and upwards, including heads of families: 1
Free white males of 16 and under: 4
Free white females, including heads of families: 3
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1798 U.S. Direct Tax: PA, Bedford Co. Providence Twp.:
Elijah BARTIN
Frame House, 30 X 20, value $8; Old Barn, 20 X 20; acres: 161, $320
Cabbin, 16 X 16, value $8; Old Cabbin; acres: 176, $264
neighbor: Noah Bartin
1800 PA Census: Bedford Co. Providence & Colerain Twps, p. 399, line 11
Series M32, roll 36
Elijah BARTON
Males: 2 (10-16); 2 (16-26); 1 (45+)
Females: 1 (
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1808 PA Triennial Tax Assessment: Bedford Co. Providence Twp.
Elijah BARTON: 161 Acres Patent; 3 Horses, 4 Cattle; Farmer; $707; Tax $2.62
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1810 PA Census: Bedford Co. Providence Twp. p. 560
Series M252, roll 45/46
Elijah BARTON Sen
Males: 1 ( Females: 1 (16-26); 1 (45+)
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1820 PA Census: Bedford Co. Providence Twp. p. 79
Series M33, roll 98
Elijah BARTON
Males: 1 (10-15); 1 (45+)
Females: 1 (10-15); 1 (45+)
2 engaged in agriculture
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Bedford County, PA Willbook 2, p. 127
In the name of God, amen, I Elijah Barton of Providence township Bedford County and State of Penna, being weak in body, but of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding, and considering the certainty of death and the uncertainty of the time thereof, and to the end I may be the better prepared to leave this world whenever it shall please God to call me hence, do make and declare this my last will and testament in manner following. First and principally I commend my soul to God my creator, and my body to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executors hereinafter named, Secondly I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Pelmiram Barton all and every part and particle of property which she was possesed of at the time of our marriage and which she brot here with her. I also give her the use previledge and controul of the room in the north west Corner of my frame dwelling house with the previledge of passing through the other part of the house to and from the said room as often and at all such times as her conveniance may require as long as she remains my widow and thinks proper to keep her home in the same; I also give and allow her a decent and reasonable support off of the place on which I now live as long as she remains my widow and continues to reside in the room before mentioned and given to her, and if she married I give unto her the sum of one hundred dollars together with all the property of which she was pofsesed at the time of our marriage and which was brought with her to her present place of abode, and I do hereby order my executors herein after named to pay my said wife Pelmiram the aforementioned sum of one hundred dollars out of my estate at the time of her marriage or sooner if she shall see proper to demand it. Thirdly I give and bequeath unto my eldest son Elisha Barton all that Plantation whereon he now lives together with twenty seven acres of that plantation whereon my son George now lives which is to be taken off of a point of said survey lying between the survey of Elisha Barton and Noah Barton. Fourthly I give and bequeath unto my son George Barton all that plantation on which he now lives except the twenty seven acres above mentioned which is to be struck off to Elisha Barton. Fifthly I do call to mind that plantation which I purchased of George Ensley and now the property of my son Elisha Barton, I did purpose to give to my son Henry Barton and placed him on the same, but he seeing proper sold the same and I conveyed it to the purchaser, in his behalf and the purchase money I allowed him to retain which he has received and that gift is to him confirmed by this my last Will and testament, and I also give unto my son Henry Barton all the notes Bonds, book accounts and demands of whatsoever nature they be which I hold against him, which notes bonds, book accounts and demands I do hereby order my executors herein after named, to give and deliver up to my said son Henry Barton immediately after my decease free from any charge or demands whatsoever. Sixthly I give and bequeath unto my Grandson Mahlon Barton all my plantation where on I now live (excepting the previledges before granted my wife Pelmiram,) to be his property as soon as he shall be of age, also the said Mahlon Barton shall have two horses with their necessary Geers and a plow, also one feather bed and the necessary beding and one Cow. But if the said Mahlon Barton decease without having any child or children then at the time of his death all the before mentioned property given to him shall be equally divided between all the rest of my children. Seventhly I give unto my daughter Rachel three hundred dollars one hundred dollars of which she has already received which gift is hereby confirmed. Eighthly I give unto my daughter Rebekah three hundred dollars. Ninthly I give unto my daughter Mary three hundred (& thirty) dollars. And lastley to all the rest and residue of and remainder of my property shall be equally divided amongst all my children son[s] and daughters to each an equal share, and all my wearing apparel is to be equally divided between my sons and sons-in-law, to wit, Elisha Barton[,] George Barton, Henry Barton, Mahlon Barton, Christopher Ensley and John Frazey. And I do hereby make and appoint my son Elisha Barton and Christopher Ensley my son-in-law Executors of this my last Will and Testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 10th day of March one thousand eight hundred and twenty four
[signed] Elijah Barton {Seal}
Noah Barton, Benjn Martin}
Bedford County Ss Personally appeared before me the subscriber Register for the probate of Wills and granting Letters of Administration in and for said County Noah Barton and Benjamin Martin Esq. the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing instrument of writing who being duly sworn do depose and say that they were personally present and heard and saw Elijah Barton sign seal and declare the foregoing instrument of writing as and for his last Will and Testament that at the time of doing thereof the testator was of sound and desposing mind memory and understanding according to the best of the Deponants knowledge and belief - And that they subscribed their names thereto as Witness in the presence of the testator and at his request.
[signed] Noah Barton
[signed] Benjamin Martin
Sworn & Subscribed the 9th Augt. 1824
Before Job Mann Register.
N.B. The said Noah Barton, one of the witness, did not see the testator sign the within instrument of writing. But subscribed his name as a witness in the presence of the testator and at his request and further states that the signature Elijah Barton [copy ends here]
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Per Mardell Barton's handwritten family tree chart, Rebecca Barton was born in 1784. Henry Barton was born in 1786 and Mary Barton was born in 1794. All the other children's birth dates agree with the above list of children.
Sources:
1. Jared & Charlotte Hanks family bible
2. Will probated
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Father: George BARTON b: 1719 in Amwell, Hunterdon County, New Jersey
Mother: Rebecca MOREHEAD b: 1735 in New Jersey
On April 1, 1777 in Amwell, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, Elijah and Mary Barton, born December 28, 1758, married. They had the following children:
1. Elisha BARTON b: 20 AUG 1778 in Amwell Twp. Hunterdon Co. NJ
2. George BARTON b: 13 MAR 1780 in Amwell Twp. Hunterdon Co. NJ
3. Rebecca BARTON b: 12 MAY 1783 in Amwell Twp. Hunterdon Co. NJ
4. Henry A. BARTON b: 1784
5. Rachel BARTON b: 29 DEC 1789
6. Mary BARTON b: 24 DEC 1802
Marriage number 2 - Pelmiram (BARTON)
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JCB posted on the Ancestry.Com Barton Bulletin Board on Dec. 15, 2004 in response to my posting information on Elijha Barton (ed.):
Rick:
First, the easy one. It is generally agreed that Noah2 Barton (Roger1) was born about 1668. The documentary evidence, not someone's personal file, is that Roger Barton was in Rye from 1667 until 1678 when he moved to Fordham Manor. In 1668, when Noah2 Barton was born, Rye was part of Connecticut. Therefore, it is correct to say that Noah2 Barton was born about 1668 in Rye, Connecticut (later a part of New York).
Now the problem.
First Point: There seems to have been three brothers:
George, who you state was born in 1719.
Elisha, born 1729.
Gabriel, born 1733.
Since we agree that Noah2 Barton was born about 1668, then we look at Noah's age when the three brothers were born.
George was born when Noah was 51.
Elisha was born when Noah was 61.
Gabriel was born when Noah was 65.
This means that Noah's wife had to be at least 20 years younger than Noah. Thus when Noah was 50 years old, his wife was under 30. That is quite an age gap.
Next point. Noah2 Barton had quite a series of land transactions. The first one that mentioned his wife, Mary, was in 1730, eleven years after George was born, and after Elisha was born.
Next point. Much of what we know about the family of Elisha (b. 1729) came from the genealogist Hiram Deats, great grandson of Ursilla, who was the daughter of Elisha. Deats said that he copied the data from Ursilla's family Bible. Since the data did not include the parents of Elisha, that issue was left in the dark. That means the issue of George's parents was also left in the dark.
Next point. As I pointed out before, the noted genealogist, George E. McCracken, also a descendant of Roger1 Barton, concluded that Elisha, George and Gabriel were not the sons of Noah2 Barton.
Next point. You state that Elisha was born Oct 5, 1729, in Amwell, Hunterdon Co., NJ. That matches the records of Elisha's great grandson, Hiram Deats, as copied from the family Bible of Elisha's daughter, Ursilla. On Oct 23, 1729, Noah2 Barton was a protester at an Eastchester, Westchester Co., NY, town meeting. On Aug 4, 1730, a Noah Barton bought land in Trenton, and he was described in the deed as being of Somerset.
Regards, JCB
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JCB posted on the Ancestry.Com Barton Bulletin Board on Dec. 14, 2004 in response to my posting information on Elisha, Mary and Rachel Barton:
For the most part, the information in Rick Busig's three posts is reasonably well documented.
However, the big question is the parentage of Elisha Barton (1729-1823).
In 1941, Adolph Law Voge estimated that Elisha Barton (1729-1823) was the son of Noah2 Barton (Roger1). This is the version provided by Rick.
In 1952, George E. McCracken estimated that Elisha Barton (1729-1823) was the son of an unknown son of Elisha2 Barton (Roger1). McCracken provided some of his reasoning, but it is scattered in his article, and hardly suited to a message board. This is the version published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.
On this date in 2004, I will point out that both Voge and McCracken constructed the early Barton families partly on the assumption that all families in the area of interest were descendants of Roger1 Barton. Thus they reasoned, often tacitly, that any Barton family with the appropriate given names, and not otherwise accounted for by direct evidence, could be placed in (or out of) the Roger Barton family by whatever circumstantial evidence was available. However, since there is evidence of possibly two brothers of Roger in that area at that time, namely John and the father of William (although John could be the father of William), one cannot automatically assign all the unknowns as descendants of Roger1 Barton. DNA evidence is not helpful because any brother of Roger1 would have the same DNA as Roger.
As an example of poor reasoning by circumstantial evidence; McCracken (1952, page 291) dismissed a family of Bartons in Burlington County, NJ, thusly, "There was, however, a family of Bartons in that area who, unlike the Bartons of Westchester, were Friends, and that Elisha may have been a different man." This argument was based on McCracken's incorrect notion that Roger Barton was not a Puritan. As it turns out, McCracken was not an astute student of Roger, because the evidence is that Roger was very much the Puritan, and that family of Friends might well have been closely related to Roger1.
Thus we are left with THREE possible ancestries of Elisha Barton (1729-1823).
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History of Bedford, Somerset and Fulton Counties, Pennsylvania; Chicago: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1884, pp. 651 and 656 [two excerpts]:
p. 651: The Barton family have been quite an important factor in the settlement and development of Fulton county. Some time prior to the revolutionary war, Elijah Barton, wife and family left their home in New Jersey, and started for the west to carve out for himself a home in the wilderness. He selected land in Brush Creek valley, the title to which he received from William and John Penn. This section was at this time a wilderness, and these worthy pioneers endured many privations and hardships to which the present generation are strangers. They remained here until their deaths. A portion of the original purchase is now in the possession of his grandson, Mahlon Barton. They reared a family of six children -- Elisha, George, Henry, Rebecca, Rachel and Mary.
[Chapter XCI, Brush Creek]
p. 656: Elijah Barton died in 1824. His children were Elisha, George, Rebecca (Hanks), Henry, Noah, Rachel (Frazey) and Mary (Enslow), all dead.
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From Mardell Barton's research:
Mardell Barton had a picture captioned: "Elijah Barton Plantation House (picture taken about 1910-1912). Built about 1800 in Brush Creek Valley, Fulton County." The picture shows an old three story structure.
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1790 PA Census: Bedford County [township not stated], p. 9, line 43:
Elijah BARTON
Free white males of 16 years and upwards, including heads of families: 1
Free white males of 16 and under: 4
Free white females, including heads of families: 3
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1798 U.S. Direct Tax: PA, Bedford Co. Providence Twp.:
Elijah BARTIN
Frame House, 30 X 20, value $8; Old Barn, 20 X 20; acres: 161, $320
Cabbin, 16 X 16, value $8; Old Cabbin; acres: 176, $264
neighbor: Noah Bartin
1800 PA Census: Bedford Co. Providence & Colerain Twps, p. 399, line 11
Series M32, roll 36
Elijah BARTON
Males: 2 (10-16); 2 (16-26); 1 (45+)
Females: 1 (
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1808 PA Triennial Tax Assessment: Bedford Co. Providence Twp.
Elijah BARTON: 161 Acres Patent; 3 Horses, 4 Cattle; Farmer; $707; Tax $2.62
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1810 PA Census: Bedford Co. Providence Twp. p. 560
Series M252, roll 45/46
Elijah BARTON Sen
Males: 1 ( Females: 1 (16-26); 1 (45+)
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1820 PA Census: Bedford Co. Providence Twp. p. 79
Series M33, roll 98
Elijah BARTON
Males: 1 (10-15); 1 (45+)
Females: 1 (10-15); 1 (45+)
2 engaged in agriculture
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Bedford County, PA Willbook 2, p. 127
In the name of God, amen, I Elijah Barton of Providence township Bedford County and State of Penna, being weak in body, but of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding, and considering the certainty of death and the uncertainty of the time thereof, and to the end I may be the better prepared to leave this world whenever it shall please God to call me hence, do make and declare this my last will and testament in manner following. First and principally I commend my soul to God my creator, and my body to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executors hereinafter named, Secondly I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Pelmiram Barton all and every part and particle of property which she was possesed of at the time of our marriage and which she brot here with her. I also give her the use previledge and controul of the room in the north west Corner of my frame dwelling house with the previledge of passing through the other part of the house to and from the said room as often and at all such times as her conveniance may require as long as she remains my widow and thinks proper to keep her home in the same; I also give and allow her a decent and reasonable support off of the place on which I now live as long as she remains my widow and continues to reside in the room before mentioned and given to her, and if she married I give unto her the sum of one hundred dollars together with all the property of which she was pofsesed at the time of our marriage and which was brought with her to her present place of abode, and I do hereby order my executors herein after named to pay my said wife Pelmiram the aforementioned sum of one hundred dollars out of my estate at the time of her marriage or sooner if she shall see proper to demand it. Thirdly I give and bequeath unto my eldest son Elisha Barton all that Plantation whereon he now lives together with twenty seven acres of that plantation whereon my son George now lives which is to be taken off of a point of said survey lying between the survey of Elisha Barton and Noah Barton. Fourthly I give and bequeath unto my son George Barton all that plantation on which he now lives except the twenty seven acres above mentioned which is to be struck off to Elisha Barton. Fifthly I do call to mind that plantation which I purchased of George Ensley and now the property of my son Elisha Barton, I did purpose to give to my son Henry Barton and placed him on the same, but he seeing proper sold the same and I conveyed it to the purchaser, in his behalf and the purchase money I allowed him to retain which he has received and that gift is to him confirmed by this my last Will and testament, and I also give unto my son Henry Barton all the notes Bonds, book accounts and demands of whatsoever nature they be which I hold against him, which notes bonds, book accounts and demands I do hereby order my executors herein after named, to give and deliver up to my said son Henry Barton immediately after my decease free from any charge or demands whatsoever. Sixthly I give and bequeath unto my Grandson Mahlon Barton all my plantation where on I now live (excepting the previledges before granted my wife Pelmiram,) to be his property as soon as he shall be of age, also the said Mahlon Barton shall have two horses with their necessary Geers and a plow, also one feather bed and the necessary beding and one Cow. But if the said Mahlon Barton decease without having any child or children then at the time of his death all the before mentioned property given to him shall be equally divided between all the rest of my children. Seventhly I give unto my daughter Rachel three hundred dollars one hundred dollars of which she has already received which gift is hereby confirmed. Eighthly I give unto my daughter Rebekah three hundred dollars. Ninthly I give unto my daughter Mary three hundred (& thirty) dollars. And lastley to all the rest and residue of and remainder of my property shall be equally divided amongst all my children son[s] and daughters to each an equal share, and all my wearing apparel is to be equally divided between my sons and sons-in-law, to wit, Elisha Barton[,] George Barton, Henry Barton, Mahlon Barton, Christopher Ensley and John Frazey. And I do hereby make and appoint my son Elisha Barton and Christopher Ensley my son-in-law Executors of this my last Will and Testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 10th day of March one thousand eight hundred and twenty four
[signed] Elijah Barton {Seal}
Noah Barton, Benjn Martin}
Bedford County Ss Personally appeared before me the subscriber Register for the probate of Wills and granting Letters of Administration in and for said County Noah Barton and Benjamin Martin Esq. the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing instrument of writing who being duly sworn do depose and say that they were personally present and heard and saw Elijah Barton sign seal and declare the foregoing instrument of writing as and for his last Will and Testament that at the time of doing thereof the testator was of sound and desposing mind memory and understanding according to the best of the Deponants knowledge and belief - And that they subscribed their names thereto as Witness in the presence of the testator and at his request.
[signed] Noah Barton
[signed] Benjamin Martin
Sworn & Subscribed the 9th Augt. 1824
Before Job Mann Register.
N.B. The said Noah Barton, one of the witness, did not see the testator sign the within instrument of writing. But subscribed his name as a witness in the presence of the testator and at his request and further states that the signature Elijah Barton [copy ends here]
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Per Mardell Barton's handwritten family tree chart, Rebecca Barton was born in 1784. Henry Barton was born in 1786 and Mary Barton was born in 1794. All the other children's birth dates agree with the above list of children.
Sources:
1. Jared & Charlotte Hanks family bible
2. Will probated
Elijah and his wife, Mary Barton have been reported to be first cousins. Elijah's father was George Barton Sr.; George Barton Sr.'s father was supposedly Noah Barton (Elijah and Mary Barton's grandfather?), born 1668 in West Chester, West Chester Co., NY. However, it is unlikely Noah Barton was George Barton Sr.'s father (see below). Some speculate Elisha and George' father was an unknown son of Noah Barton. Elisha Barton seems to be the son of an unknown Barton.
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Father: George BARTON b: 1719 in Amwell, Hunterdon County, New Jersey
Mother: Rebecca MOREHEAD b: 1735 in New Jersey
On April 1, 1777 in Amwell, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, Elijah and Mary Barton, born December 28, 1758, married. They had the following children:
1. Elisha BARTON b: 20 AUG 1778 in Amwell Twp. Hunterdon Co. NJ
2. George BARTON b: 13 MAR 1780 in Amwell Twp. Hunterdon Co. NJ
3. Rebecca BARTON b: 12 MAY 1783 in Amwell Twp. Hunterdon Co. NJ
4. Henry A. BARTON b: 1784
5. Rachel BARTON b: 29 DEC 1789
6. Mary BARTON b: 24 DEC 1802
Marriage number 2 - Pelmiram (BARTON)
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JCB posted on the Ancestry.Com Barton Bulletin Board on Dec. 15, 2004 in response to my posting information on Elijha Barton (ed.):
Rick:
First, the easy one. It is generally agreed that Noah2 Barton (Roger1) was born about 1668. The documentary evidence, not someone's personal file, is that Roger Barton was in Rye from 1667 until 1678 when he moved to Fordham Manor. In 1668, when Noah2 Barton was born, Rye was part of Connecticut. Therefore, it is correct to say that Noah2 Barton was born about 1668 in Rye, Connecticut (later a part of New York).
Now the problem.
First Point: There seems to have been three brothers:
George, who you state was born in 1719.
Elisha, born 1729.
Gabriel, born 1733.
Since we agree that Noah2 Barton was born about 1668, then we look at Noah's age when the three brothers were born.
George was born when Noah was 51.
Elisha was born when Noah was 61.
Gabriel was born when Noah was 65.
This means that Noah's wife had to be at least 20 years younger than Noah. Thus when Noah was 50 years old, his wife was under 30. That is quite an age gap.
Next point. Noah2 Barton had quite a series of land transactions. The first one that mentioned his wife, Mary, was in 1730, eleven years after George was born, and after Elisha was born.
Next point. Much of what we know about the family of Elisha (b. 1729) came from the genealogist Hiram Deats, great grandson of Ursilla, who was the daughter of Elisha. Deats said that he copied the data from Ursilla's family Bible. Since the data did not include the parents of Elisha, that issue was left in the dark. That means the issue of George's parents was also left in the dark.
Next point. As I pointed out before, the noted genealogist, George E. McCracken, also a descendant of Roger1 Barton, concluded that Elisha, George and Gabriel were not the sons of Noah2 Barton.
Next point. You state that Elisha was born Oct 5, 1729, in Amwell, Hunterdon Co., NJ. That matches the records of Elisha's great grandson, Hiram Deats, as copied from the family Bible of Elisha's daughter, Ursilla. On Oct 23, 1729, Noah2 Barton was a protester at an Eastchester, Westchester Co., NY, town meeting. On Aug 4, 1730, a Noah Barton bought land in Trenton, and he was described in the deed as being of Somerset.
Regards, JCB
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JCB posted on the Ancestry.Com Barton Bulletin Board on Dec. 14, 2004 in response to my posting information on Elisha, Mary and Rachel Barton:
For the most part, the information in Rick Busig's three posts is reasonably well documented.
However, the big question is the parentage of Elisha Barton (1729-1823).
In 1941, Adolph Law Voge estimated that Elisha Barton (1729-1823) was the son of Noah2 Barton (Roger1). This is the version provided by Rick.
In 1952, George E. McCracken estimated that Elisha Barton (1729-1823) was the son of an unknown son of Elisha2 Barton (Roger1). McCracken provided some of his reasoning, but it is scattered in his article, and hardly suited to a message board. This is the version published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.
On this date in 2004, I will point out that both Voge and McCracken constructed the early Barton families partly on the assumption that all families in the area of interest were descendants of Roger1 Barton. Thus they reasoned, often tacitly, that any Barton family with the appropriate given names, and not otherwise accounted for by direct evidence, could be placed in (or out of) the Roger Barton family by whatever circumstantial evidence was available. However, since there is evidence of possibly two brothers of Roger in that area at that time, namely John and the father of William (although John could be the father of William), one cannot automatically assign all the unknowns as descendants of Roger1 Barton. DNA evidence is not helpful because any brother of Roger1 would have the same DNA as Roger.
As an example of poor reasoning by circumstantial evidence; McCracken (1952, page 291) dismissed a family of Bartons in Burlington County, NJ, thusly, "There was, however, a family of Bartons in that area who, unlike the Bartons of Westchester, were Friends, and that Elisha may have been a different man." This argument was based on McCracken's incorrect notion that Roger Barton was not a Puritan. As it turns out, McCracken was not an astute student of Roger, because the evidence is that Roger was very much the Puritan, and that family of Friends might well have been closely related to Roger1.
Thus we are left with THREE possible ancestries of Elisha Barton (1729-1823).
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History of Bedford, Somerset and Fulton Counties, Pennsylvania; Chicago: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1884, pp. 651 and 656 [two excerpts]:
p. 651: The Barton family have been quite an important factor in the settlement and development of Fulton county. Some time prior to the revolutionary war, Elijah Barton, wife and family left their home in New Jersey, and started for the west to carve out for himself a home in the wilderness. He selected land in Brush Creek valley, the title to which he received from William and John Penn. This section was at this time a wilderness, and these worthy pioneers endured many privations and hardships to which the present generation are strangers. They remained here until their deaths. A portion of the original purchase is now in the possession of his grandson, Mahlon Barton. They reared a family of six children -- Elisha, George, Henry, Rebecca, Rachel and Mary.
[Chapter XCI, Brush Creek]
p. 656: Elijah Barton died in 1824. His children were Elisha, George, Rebecca (Hanks), Henry, Noah, Rachel (Frazey) and Mary (Enslow), all dead.
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From Mardell Barton's research:
Mardell Barton had a picture captioned: "Elijah Barton Plantation House (picture taken about 1910-1912). Built about 1800 in Brush Creek Valley, Fulton County." The picture shows an old three story structure.
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1790 PA Census: Bedford County [township not stated], p. 9, line 43:
Elijah BARTON
Free white males of 16 years and upwards, including heads of families: 1
Free white males of 16 and under: 4
Free white females, including heads of families: 3
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1798 U.S. Direct Tax: PA, Bedford Co. Providence Twp.:
Elijah BARTIN
Frame House, 30 X 20, value $8; Old Barn, 20 X 20; acres: 161, $320
Cabbin, 16 X 16, value $8; Old Cabbin; acres: 176, $264
neighbor: Noah Bartin
1800 PA Census: Bedford Co. Providence & Colerain Twps, p. 399, line 11
Series M32, roll 36
Elijah BARTON
Males: 2 (10-16); 2 (16-26); 1 (45+)
Females: 1 (
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1808 PA Triennial Tax Assessment: Bedford Co. Providence Twp.
Elijah BARTON: 161 Acres Patent; 3 Horses, 4 Cattle; Farmer; $707; Tax $2.62
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1810 PA Census: Bedford Co. Providence Twp. p. 560
Series M252, roll 45/46
Elijah BARTON Sen
Males: 1 ( Females: 1 (16-26); 1 (45+)
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1820 PA Census: Bedford Co. Providence Twp. p. 79
Series M33, roll 98
Elijah BARTON
Males: 1 (10-15); 1 (45+)
Females: 1 (10-15); 1 (45+)
2 engaged in agriculture
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Bedford County, PA Willbook 2, p. 127
In the name of God, amen, I Elijah Barton of Providence township Bedford County and State of Penna, being weak in body, but of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding, and considering the certainty of death and the uncertainty of the time thereof, and to the end I may be the better prepared to leave this world whenever it shall please God to call me hence, do make and declare this my last will and testament in manner following. First and principally I commend my soul to God my creator, and my body to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executors hereinafter named, Secondly I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Pelmiram Barton all and every part and particle of property which she was possesed of at the time of our marriage and which she brot here with her. I also give her the use previledge and controul of the room in the north west Corner of my frame dwelling house with the previledge of passing through the other part of the house to and from the said room as often and at all such times as her conveniance may require as long as she remains my widow and thinks proper to keep her home in the same; I also give and allow her a decent and reasonable support off of the place on which I now live as long as she remains my widow and continues to reside in the room before mentioned and given to her, and if she married I give unto her the sum of one hundred dollars together with all the property of which she was pofsesed at the time of our marriage and which was brought with her to her present place of abode, and I do hereby order my executors herein after named to pay my said wife Pelmiram the aforementioned sum of one hundred dollars out of my estate at the time of her marriage or sooner if she shall see proper to demand it. Thirdly I give and bequeath unto my eldest son Elisha Barton all that Plantation whereon he now lives together with twenty seven acres of that plantation whereon my son George now lives which is to be taken off of a point of said survey lying between the survey of Elisha Barton and Noah Barton. Fourthly I give and bequeath unto my son George Barton all that plantation on which he now lives except the twenty seven acres above mentioned which is to be struck off to Elisha Barton. Fifthly I do call to mind that plantation which I purchased of George Ensley and now the property of my son Elisha Barton, I did purpose to give to my son Henry Barton and placed him on the same, but he seeing proper sold the same and I conveyed it to the purchaser, in his behalf and the purchase money I allowed him to retain which he has received and that gift is to him confirmed by this my last Will and testament, and I also give unto my son Henry Barton all the notes Bonds, book accounts and demands of whatsoever nature they be which I hold against him, which notes bonds, book accounts and demands I do hereby order my executors herein after named, to give and deliver up to my said son Henry Barton immediately after my decease free from any charge or demands whatsoever. Sixthly I give and bequeath unto my Grandson Mahlon Barton all my plantation where on I now live (excepting the previledges before granted my wife Pelmiram,) to be his property as soon as he shall be of age, also the said Mahlon Barton shall have two horses with their necessary Geers and a plow, also one feather bed and the necessary beding and one Cow. But if the said Mahlon Barton decease without having any child or children then at the time of his death all the before mentioned property given to him shall be equally divided between all the rest of my children. Seventhly I give unto my daughter Rachel three hundred dollars one hundred dollars of which she has already received which gift is hereby confirmed. Eighthly I give unto my daughter Rebekah three hundred dollars. Ninthly I give unto my daughter Mary three hundred (& thirty) dollars. And lastley to all the rest and residue of and remainder of my property shall be equally divided amongst all my children son[s] and daughters to each an equal share, and all my wearing apparel is to be equally divided between my sons and sons-in-law, to wit, Elisha Barton[,] George Barton, Henry Barton, Mahlon Barton, Christopher Ensley and John Frazey. And I do hereby make and appoint my son Elisha Barton and Christopher Ensley my son-in-law Executors of this my last Will and Testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 10th day of March one thousand eight hundred and twenty four
[signed] Elijah Barton {Seal}
Noah Barton, Benjn Martin}
Bedford County Ss Personally appeared before me the subscriber Register for the probate of Wills and granting Letters of Administration in and for said County Noah Barton and Benjamin Martin Esq. the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing instrument of writing who being duly sworn do depose and say that they were personally present and heard and saw Elijah Barton sign seal and declare the foregoing instrument of writing as and for his last Will and Testament that at the time of doing thereof the testator was of sound and desposing mind memory and understanding according to the best of the Deponants knowledge and belief - And that they subscribed their names thereto as Witness in the presence of the testator and at his request.
[signed] Noah Barton
[signed] Benjamin Martin
Sworn & Subscribed the 9th Augt. 1824
Before Job Mann Register.
N.B. The said Noah Barton, one of the witness, did not see the testator sign the within instrument of writing. But subscribed his name as a witness in the presence of the testator and at his request and further states that the signature Elijah Barton [copy ends here]
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Per Mardell Barton's handwritten family tree chart, Rebecca Barton was born in 1784. Henry Barton was born in 1786 and Mary Barton was born in 1794. All the other children's birth dates agree with the above list of children.
Sources:
1. Jared & Charlotte Hanks family bible
2. Will probated
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Father: George BARTON b: 1719 in Amwell, Hunterdon County, New Jersey
Mother: Rebecca MOREHEAD b: 1735 in New Jersey
On April 1, 1777 in Amwell, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, Elijah and Mary Barton, born December 28, 1758, married. They had the following children:
1. Elisha BARTON b: 20 AUG 1778 in Amwell Twp. Hunterdon Co. NJ
2. George BARTON b: 13 MAR 1780 in Amwell Twp. Hunterdon Co. NJ
3. Rebecca BARTON b: 12 MAY 1783 in Amwell Twp. Hunterdon Co. NJ
4. Henry A. BARTON b: 1784
5. Rachel BARTON b: 29 DEC 1789
6. Mary BARTON b: 24 DEC 1802
Marriage number 2 - Pelmiram (BARTON)
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JCB posted on the Ancestry.Com Barton Bulletin Board on Dec. 15, 2004 in response to my posting information on Elijha Barton (ed.):
Rick:
First, the easy one. It is generally agreed that Noah2 Barton (Roger1) was born about 1668. The documentary evidence, not someone's personal file, is that Roger Barton was in Rye from 1667 until 1678 when he moved to Fordham Manor. In 1668, when Noah2 Barton was born, Rye was part of Connecticut. Therefore, it is correct to say that Noah2 Barton was born about 1668 in Rye, Connecticut (later a part of New York).
Now the problem.
First Point: There seems to have been three brothers:
George, who you state was born in 1719.
Elisha, born 1729.
Gabriel, born 1733.
Since we agree that Noah2 Barton was born about 1668, then we look at Noah's age when the three brothers were born.
George was born when Noah was 51.
Elisha was born when Noah was 61.
Gabriel was born when Noah was 65.
This means that Noah's wife had to be at least 20 years younger than Noah. Thus when Noah was 50 years old, his wife was under 30. That is quite an age gap.
Next point. Noah2 Barton had quite a series of land transactions. The first one that mentioned his wife, Mary, was in 1730, eleven years after George was born, and after Elisha was born.
Next point. Much of what we know about the family of Elisha (b. 1729) came from the genealogist Hiram Deats, great grandson of Ursilla, who was the daughter of Elisha. Deats said that he copied the data from Ursilla's family Bible. Since the data did not include the parents of Elisha, that issue was left in the dark. That means the issue of George's parents was also left in the dark.
Next point. As I pointed out before, the noted genealogist, George E. McCracken, also a descendant of Roger1 Barton, concluded that Elisha, George and Gabriel were not the sons of Noah2 Barton.
Next point. You state that Elisha was born Oct 5, 1729, in Amwell, Hunterdon Co., NJ. That matches the records of Elisha's great grandson, Hiram Deats, as copied from the family Bible of Elisha's daughter, Ursilla. On Oct 23, 1729, Noah2 Barton was a protester at an Eastchester, Westchester Co., NY, town meeting. On Aug 4, 1730, a Noah Barton bought land in Trenton, and he was described in the deed as being of Somerset.
Regards, JCB
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JCB posted on the Ancestry.Com Barton Bulletin Board on Dec. 14, 2004 in response to my posting information on Elisha, Mary and Rachel Barton:
For the most part, the information in Rick Busig's three posts is reasonably well documented.
However, the big question is the parentage of Elisha Barton (1729-1823).
In 1941, Adolph Law Voge estimated that Elisha Barton (1729-1823) was the son of Noah2 Barton (Roger1). This is the version provided by Rick.
In 1952, George E. McCracken estimated that Elisha Barton (1729-1823) was the son of an unknown son of Elisha2 Barton (Roger1). McCracken provided some of his reasoning, but it is scattered in his article, and hardly suited to a message board. This is the version published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.
On this date in 2004, I will point out that both Voge and McCracken constructed the early Barton families partly on the assumption that all families in the area of interest were descendants of Roger1 Barton. Thus they reasoned, often tacitly, that any Barton family with the appropriate given names, and not otherwise accounted for by direct evidence, could be placed in (or out of) the Roger Barton family by whatever circumstantial evidence was available. However, since there is evidence of possibly two brothers of Roger in that area at that time, namely John and the father of William (although John could be the father of William), one cannot automatically assign all the unknowns as descendants of Roger1 Barton. DNA evidence is not helpful because any brother of Roger1 would have the same DNA as Roger.
As an example of poor reasoning by circumstantial evidence; McCracken (1952, page 291) dismissed a family of Bartons in Burlington County, NJ, thusly, "There was, however, a family of Bartons in that area who, unlike the Bartons of Westchester, were Friends, and that Elisha may have been a different man." This argument was based on McCracken's incorrect notion that Roger Barton was not a Puritan. As it turns out, McCracken was not an astute student of Roger, because the evidence is that Roger was very much the Puritan, and that family of Friends might well have been closely related to Roger1.
Thus we are left with THREE possible ancestries of Elisha Barton (1729-1823).
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History of Bedford, Somerset and Fulton Counties, Pennsylvania; Chicago: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1884, pp. 651 and 656 [two excerpts]:
p. 651: The Barton family have been quite an important factor in the settlement and development of Fulton county. Some time prior to the revolutionary war, Elijah Barton, wife and family left their home in New Jersey, and started for the west to carve out for himself a home in the wilderness. He selected land in Brush Creek valley, the title to which he received from William and John Penn. This section was at this time a wilderness, and these worthy pioneers endured many privations and hardships to which the present generation are strangers. They remained here until their deaths. A portion of the original purchase is now in the possession of his grandson, Mahlon Barton. They reared a family of six children -- Elisha, George, Henry, Rebecca, Rachel and Mary.
[Chapter XCI, Brush Creek]
p. 656: Elijah Barton died in 1824. His children were Elisha, George, Rebecca (Hanks), Henry, Noah, Rachel (Frazey) and Mary (Enslow), all dead.
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From Mardell Barton's research:
Mardell Barton had a picture captioned: "Elijah Barton Plantation House (picture taken about 1910-1912). Built about 1800 in Brush Creek Valley, Fulton County." The picture shows an old three story structure.
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1790 PA Census: Bedford County [township not stated], p. 9, line 43:
Elijah BARTON
Free white males of 16 years and upwards, including heads of families: 1
Free white males of 16 and under: 4
Free white females, including heads of families: 3
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1798 U.S. Direct Tax: PA, Bedford Co. Providence Twp.:
Elijah BARTIN
Frame House, 30 X 20, value $8; Old Barn, 20 X 20; acres: 161, $320
Cabbin, 16 X 16, value $8; Old Cabbin; acres: 176, $264
neighbor: Noah Bartin
1800 PA Census: Bedford Co. Providence & Colerain Twps, p. 399, line 11
Series M32, roll 36
Elijah BARTON
Males: 2 (10-16); 2 (16-26); 1 (45+)
Females: 1 (
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1808 PA Triennial Tax Assessment: Bedford Co. Providence Twp.
Elijah BARTON: 161 Acres Patent; 3 Horses, 4 Cattle; Farmer; $707; Tax $2.62
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1810 PA Census: Bedford Co. Providence Twp. p. 560
Series M252, roll 45/46
Elijah BARTON Sen
Males: 1 ( Females: 1 (16-26); 1 (45+)
______________________________________________
1820 PA Census: Bedford Co. Providence Twp. p. 79
Series M33, roll 98
Elijah BARTON
Males: 1 (10-15); 1 (45+)
Females: 1 (10-15); 1 (45+)
2 engaged in agriculture
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Bedford County, PA Willbook 2, p. 127
In the name of God, amen, I Elijah Barton of Providence township Bedford County and State of Penna, being weak in body, but of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding, and considering the certainty of death and the uncertainty of the time thereof, and to the end I may be the better prepared to leave this world whenever it shall please God to call me hence, do make and declare this my last will and testament in manner following. First and principally I commend my soul to God my creator, and my body to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executors hereinafter named, Secondly I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Pelmiram Barton all and every part and particle of property which she was possesed of at the time of our marriage and which she brot here with her. I also give her the use previledge and controul of the room in the north west Corner of my frame dwelling house with the previledge of passing through the other part of the house to and from the said room as often and at all such times as her conveniance may require as long as she remains my widow and thinks proper to keep her home in the same; I also give and allow her a decent and reasonable support off of the place on which I now live as long as she remains my widow and continues to reside in the room before mentioned and given to her, and if she married I give unto her the sum of one hundred dollars together with all the property of which she was pofsesed at the time of our marriage and which was brought with her to her present place of abode, and I do hereby order my executors herein after named to pay my said wife Pelmiram the aforementioned sum of one hundred dollars out of my estate at the time of her marriage or sooner if she shall see proper to demand it. Thirdly I give and bequeath unto my eldest son Elisha Barton all that Plantation whereon he now lives together with twenty seven acres of that plantation whereon my son George now lives which is to be taken off of a point of said survey lying between the survey of Elisha Barton and Noah Barton. Fourthly I give and bequeath unto my son George Barton all that plantation on which he now lives except the twenty seven acres above mentioned which is to be struck off to Elisha Barton. Fifthly I do call to mind that plantation which I purchased of George Ensley and now the property of my son Elisha Barton, I did purpose to give to my son Henry Barton and placed him on the same, but he seeing proper sold the same and I conveyed it to the purchaser, in his behalf and the purchase money I allowed him to retain which he has received and that gift is to him confirmed by this my last Will and testament, and I also give unto my son Henry Barton all the notes Bonds, book accounts and demands of whatsoever nature they be which I hold against him, which notes bonds, book accounts and demands I do hereby order my executors herein after named, to give and deliver up to my said son Henry Barton immediately after my decease free from any charge or demands whatsoever. Sixthly I give and bequeath unto my Grandson Mahlon Barton all my plantation where on I now live (excepting the previledges before granted my wife Pelmiram,) to be his property as soon as he shall be of age, also the said Mahlon Barton shall have two horses with their necessary Geers and a plow, also one feather bed and the necessary beding and one Cow. But if the said Mahlon Barton decease without having any child or children then at the time of his death all the before mentioned property given to him shall be equally divided between all the rest of my children. Seventhly I give unto my daughter Rachel three hundred dollars one hundred dollars of which she has already received which gift is hereby confirmed. Eighthly I give unto my daughter Rebekah three hundred dollars. Ninthly I give unto my daughter Mary three hundred (& thirty) dollars. And lastley to all the rest and residue of and remainder of my property shall be equally divided amongst all my children son[s] and daughters to each an equal share, and all my wearing apparel is to be equally divided between my sons and sons-in-law, to wit, Elisha Barton[,] George Barton, Henry Barton, Mahlon Barton, Christopher Ensley and John Frazey. And I do hereby make and appoint my son Elisha Barton and Christopher Ensley my son-in-law Executors of this my last Will and Testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 10th day of March one thousand eight hundred and twenty four
[signed] Elijah Barton {Seal}
Noah Barton, Benjn Martin}
Bedford County Ss Personally appeared before me the subscriber Register for the probate of Wills and granting Letters of Administration in and for said County Noah Barton and Benjamin Martin Esq. the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing instrument of writing who being duly sworn do depose and say that they were personally present and heard and saw Elijah Barton sign seal and declare the foregoing instrument of writing as and for his last Will and Testament that at the time of doing thereof the testator was of sound and desposing mind memory and understanding according to the best of the Deponants knowledge and belief - And that they subscribed their names thereto as Witness in the presence of the testator and at his request.
[signed] Noah Barton
[signed] Benjamin Martin
Sworn & Subscribed the 9th Augt. 1824
Before Job Mann Register.
N.B. The said Noah Barton, one of the witness, did not see the testator sign the within instrument of writing. But subscribed his name as a witness in the presence of the testator and at his request and further states that the signature Elijah Barton [copy ends here]
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Per Mardell Barton's handwritten family tree chart, Rebecca Barton was born in 1784. Henry Barton was born in 1786 and Mary Barton was born in 1794. All the other children's birth dates agree with the above list of children.
Sources:
1. Jared & Charlotte Hanks family bible
2. Will probated
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