ALBERT S O HN S ON RACE BARROW A M R . S . J ( G ) , uthor E n N n H n S . Member of the Mu Phi psilo , atio al o orary Musical orority A FEW EARLY FAMILIES IN AMERICA MR N S . ALBERT S . JOH SON} ( GRACE BARROW ) NDIANAPOL I S NDIANA I , I R WM MITC ELL P INTIN CO . H G REENF IELD INDIA N A G , Printed only in United States o f America Copyright 1 941 By MR A R S E . LB T S JOHN SON ( Grac e Barrow) 1 8364216 8 4 D edicated t o ARAH INKLE S E . H i e a a Un onvill , Indi n a I see my way as birds their trackless w y . r e a e a a a . W I sh ll r iv h t tim , wh t circuit first , sk e e a I a not ; but unl ss God s nds His h il, e- a ee Or blinding fir b lls , sl t or stifling snow , e e e a a e In som tim , His good tim , I sh ll rriv ; H n h e . e guides me a d t e bird . In His good tim T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S The Name and F amily of B arrow Line of D escen t of the B arrow F amily ’ h Rev a a s a Extracts from t e . D vid B rrow Circul r 4 a e e e a 1 1 798 . L tt r , F bru ry Virgini His Biog raphy ’ A t h Rev a a s Copy of e . D vid B rrow a e a e Extr cts from a Letter Writt n by Mrs . Ch rl s a i e a on Ma 1 4 1 940 89 E . D vis , Sm thfi ld , Virgini , y , Old Wills an d D eeds ; a Biography of Alexan der a an e i a a a e B rrow , St . Fr cisvill , Lou si n ; Sk tch of William Ruffin B arrow The Hooke F amily D ata The B all and Custer Lin es The Rader Lin e 1 0 Th m a an ra a . e B ss d G y F ily Tree 1 1 Th e n e en . e P terso Line of D sc t The E arly Counties of Virgin ia an d Other Im portan t D at a on Genealogy 1 3 a t h L a e . P rt of e ee F mily Lin PREFACE “ at o f A few items the beginning this book , seem to help the reader fathom the tremendous undertaking that on e h as in attempting to tra ce an on e of an d ar e y line descent , there some few a c an a a a notes th t be dded here , th t evidently h ve a a t o ami close rel tionship the f lies mentioned , but the relationship cannot be definitely a est blished . w a s a a a wh o w as a There Thom s B rrow , m de as o f an d a M ter Rolls , received other ppoint to o 1 497 an d ments , ; He died in his will is in the Pero ative of a g Court C nterbury . His brother , a w as a a o f a of a a Rich rd , merch nt st ples C l is , “ wh 1 505 a a o died in . There is br ss in the at a church Winthrop , ne r by Burgh , Lincoln a . a a shire , Engl nd ( T ken from the p mphlet , “ d ” 1 48 f an o 3 . Notes Queries , p. , series , vol V II . ) a 449 2 vol In the s me book , p . , series , . XI , it D f a a a a . o st tes th t S muel B rrow, M . , Trinity A 1 643 -4 w as of 1 660 College , B . , , in August a a to a constituted Physici n in Ordin ry Ch rles II , of n a a a a a an d E gl nd . The celebr ted m them tici n aa a of a w as a the Divine Is c B rrow, Engl nd, f f Ah a o aa a . o gr ndson Is c B rrow , Esq , Spinney a a a a i a bey , C mbridge , Engl nd, f m ly long se ted an d had a in Suffolk Norfolk , which origin lly a w as come from Lincoln , Engl nd , where it a a a o f an se ted tempor rily with Edw rd IV Engl d . The Barrows in Lanca shire are best represented ar e in the Ambleside District , but represented an d strongly in Sussex Kent . ’ AUTHOR S NOTE Many years have been spent in gathering the “ a a for an d a a m teri l this book , I wish to th nk e ch an d h as an w a everyone , who in y y contributed a a a an d tow rds m king it success , I sincerely hope that the names an d dates and places are as a a s ne rly right possible . Sincerely MR L ERT S B . OHNSON . A S J ( Gra c e B arrow ) THE NAME AND FAMILY OF BARROW THE NAME AND FAMILY OF BARRow HE name of BARROW is believed t o have been derived from the name Borough or a h ad Boroughs , which origin lly reference to a a so - a a at pl ce , c lled in Engl nd , which the a o f a on first be rer the n me resided . It is found ancient English records in the. various spellings B arou h a B ar ou hs Bor Of g , B rugh , Borough , g , B orr ow e B orr ow es Bar rough , Borroughs , , , Barrow es Barrow e Barow es a rowe , , , , B row, Berew e Bar ew e Bar ew es a a and , , , B rrus , B rrows an d a i BARROW, innumer ble others , Of wh ch the form last mentioned is a well-known sur a in i a a n me Amer c tod y . Among the earliest records Of the name in i E n land are of la B er ew e of g those John de , Wh orest er shire a 1 2 72 of a , bout ; those ‘ Rich rd la B ar ew e of 1 2 73 de , Of the County Suffolk , in ; a la B ar ew e of those Of Willi m de , Of the County a a o f Essex , bout the s me time ; those Robert de la Bar ew e of 1 2 75 a a or , ; those Of John tte B rew, Berw e o f S omm er setshire 1 3 2 7 an d of , , in ; those a la Barr ow e of a 1 3 41 W lter de , the ye r Of . About the beginning Of the following century a a of Rich rd B rrow resided in the city Chester , a an d w as a o f wh o w as Engl nd, the f ther John , a o f an d a of the f ther Robert Thom s , whom the w as a of at a tw o a first the f ther le st sons , Thom s 1 4 A FEW EARLY FAMILIE S IN AMERICA an d a of Robert . Thom s , the young brother the w as a of first Robert Of this line , m yor the city 1 495 an d h ad of Chester in , issue by his first w of a an d of ife , Ann , Thom s Roger , whom the a w as 1 544 an d l tter killed in , left issue by his a of a a wife , K therine Singleton , son n med John , who settled in North ampt on shir e an d w as the a a a Of at a f ther , by his wife , M ry St ndish , le st on e a a a a son n med Edw rd , who m rried Eliz beth an d a Cheney prob bly left issue . a a a Rich rd B rrow, of Lincolnshire , died bout 1 502 a a , le ving issue of Thom s or Roger , John , an d a Of w as a Rich rd , whom the first the f ther a an d an d of Thom s John others , of whom the h ad by a a first issue his wife , M rg ret Goodrich , a y Of Thom s , who resided in the Count of Nor and w a s at a folk the f her , by his wife , M ry a a Bures , of Thom s (died young) , Willi m, a Henry , John , Edw rd , Stephen , Ann , Bridget , 1 a an d a W a a Eliz beth M ry . Of these , illi m m de Of his home in the County Suffolk , where his a first wife , Fr nces Wingfield , died without is an d a Dau n d a sue , his second wife , Eliz beth y, g ve : a an d him three children Morris , Eliz beth a Fr nces . About the beginning of the sixteenth century a a a Henry B rrow , who descended from H mp a i w as a Of a a shire f m ly , the f ther son n med a John , who m de his home in the County of Suf an d w a s a h aa and folk , the f ther of P ilip , Is c , NAME AND FAMILY OF BARROW 1 5 o an e of a J , whom the first resided in C mbridge an d w as a a shire the f ther , by his wife , C therine a a Linton , of S muel (died without m le issue) , a aa a an d Dor Ch rles (died young) , Is c , Thom s , th aa w o .