DescendantsofSimeonBarrett CourtesyofFrazierFarmsteadMuseum OurgoalistoresearchthepioneersthatcameintotheWallaWallaValleyArea, asastarterforthosedoingtheirfamilygenealogy;wearenotrelated. Researcher:SarahOlsenandLindaKracke November8,2010 GenerationNo.1 1.SIMEON1BARRETTwasborn02Nov1750inChelmsford,Middlesex,Massachusetts1,anddied22Dec 1832inSumner,Oxford,Maine.HemarriedRUTHWRIGHT15Feb1776inWestford,Middlesex, Massachusetts.Shewasborn01May1751inWestford,Middlesex,Massachusetts,anddied17Jul1835in Sumner,Oxford,Maine. NotesforSIMEONBARRETT: NewEnglandFamilies,Vol.II,GenealogiesandMemorials,Page924 Thishasthe"BarrettLine".StartngwithThomasBarrett>LtJohnBarrett>JohnathanBarrett>John Barrett>SimeonBarrett. Withquiteabitofdetailinformationoneach.Wellworthcheckingitout. *********** MassachusettsSoldiersandSailorsintheWaroftheRevolution,17Vols. Volume1 page676 Barret,Simeon,Chelmsford.Sergeant,Capt.ZaccheusWright'sco.,Col.Brooks'sregt.;returnofmenin serviceatWhitePlains,Oct.31,1776. MarriageNotesforSIMEONBARRETTandRUTHWRIGHT: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jdevlin/ma/westford_ma2.htm MARRIAGES ExtractedFrom HistoryoftheTownofWestford intheCountyofMiddlesex,Massachusetts 1659-1883 Rev.EdwinR.HODGMAN,A.M. Lowell,Mass.;1883 PART2 15Feb1776,SimeonBARRETT,Chelmsford,&RuthWRIGHT MoreAboutSIMEONBARRETTandRUTHWRIGHT: Marriage:15Feb1776,Westford,Middlesex,Massachusetts ChildrenofSIMEONBARRETTandRUTHWRIGHTare: i.RUTH2BARRETT,b.19Sep1776,Sumner,Oxford,Maine. ii.JOSEPHBARRETT,b.10May1779,Carlisle,Middlesex,Massachusetts. iii.PATTIEBARRETT,b.05Feb1781,Carlisle,Middlesex,Massachusetts. 2.iv.SIMEONBARRETT,b.08Oct1782,Carlisle,Middlesex,Massachusetts;d.23May1868,Sumner, Oxford,Maine. v.JOHNBARRETT,b.13Sep1784,Carlisle,Middlesex,Massachusetts. vi.DORCASBARRETT,b.18Dec1786,Sumner,Oxford,Maine. vii.LYDIABARRETT,b.13Aug1789,Sumner,Oxford,Maine. viii.JONATHONBARRETT,b.13Jul1792,Sumner,Oxford,Maine. ix.HORATIOBARRETT,b.11Nov1798,Sumner,Oxford,Maine. GenerationNo.2 2.SIMEON2BARRETT(SIMEON1)wasborn08Oct1782inCarlisle,Middlesex,Massachusetts2,anddied 23May1868inSumner,Oxford,Maine. NotesforSIMEONBARRETT: http://history.rays-place.com/me/sumner-me.htm HistoryofSumner,Maine From AGazetteerofthe StateofMaine ByGeo.J.Varney PublishedbyB.B.Russell,57Cornhill, Boston1886 SumnerliesontheeasternpartofthemiddleportionofOxfordCounty.ItisboundedbyPeruonthenorth, Hartfordontheeast,Buckfieldonthesouth,andWoodstockandParisonthewest.Thegreatestlengthofthe townisnorth-westandsouth-eastabout11miles;anditswidthaveragesnearly5½.Throughalmostthewhole lengthofthetownrunstheWestBranchofTwenty-MileRiver,andtheEastBranchofthisriverformsthe easternboundaryline.Nearthisriveratthenorth-eastisLabradorPond,westofthecentreisPleasantPond, andinthesouth-easternpartofthetownisNorthPond,largestofthethree,havinganareaofaboutone-third ofasquaremile.SmallerareShagPondinthenorth-westcorner,andLittleLabradorintheeasternpartofthe town.BlackMountain,notedforitsblueberries,isanextensiveelevationinthenorthernpart;andSpenceHills onthesouth-westernline.Cushman’sHill,southofthecentre,andHedgehogHillinthesouth-east,arealso considerableelevations.Thesurfacegenerallyisunevenandbroken,butthesoilisgenerallyproductive.At JacksonVillage(WestSumnerpostoffice)areasaw-millforlonglumber,ashingle-mill,grist-mill, cooperage,etc.;andatEastSumneraresaw,shingleandgrist-mills,andvarioussmallmanufactures.Themain businessoftheinhabitantsisagricultural,inwhichtheyhavemetwithgoodsuccess,andthetowngenerally bearstheappearanceofthrift.TheF?mfordFallsandBuckfieldRailroadtouchesthesouth-easternpartofthe town,andhasastationnearEastSumner.TheGrandTrunkrailroadstationatWestParisisabout8milesfrom SumnerCentre. ThistownwasformerlyonewithHartford;andthesesectionsborerespectivelythenamesofEastandWest Butterfield.OnJune13,1798,itwasseparatelyincorporatedunderitspresentnameinhonorofGovernor IncreaseSumner.ThefirstsettlerintownwasCharlesBisbee,fromPembroke,Mass.Thefirstsettlementin thesouth-eastpartwasmadeinthesameyearbyIncreaseRobinsonandNoahBosworth.Mostofthefirst settlerscamefromPlymouthCounty,Mass.,andwereRevolutionarysoldiers.Amongtheearliestwere IncreaseandJosephRobinson,SimeonBarrett,NoahBosworth,HezekiahStetson,JohnBriggs,JohnCrockett, BenjaminHeald,MesechKeen,BarneyJacksonandOliverCummings.Theseobtainedthetitlestotheirlands fromMassachusetts.OliverCummings,fromDunstable,Mass.,struckthefirstblowoftheaxeatwhatisnow thecentreofthetown.Forsomeyearsthesettlerswereobligedtocarrytheirgristupontheirbackstenmilesto amillinTurner,beingguidedbyaspottedlinethroughthewoods.Thefirstgristaswellasthefirstsaw-mill inthetownwaserectedbyIncreaseRobinsonin1783. ************ 1850CensusMEOxfordSumnerPg150 Barrett,Simeon,67,M,Farmer,MA Hannah,45,F,MA Charles,37,M,Farmer,ME JuliaA.,35,F,ME Cynthia,24,F,ME Living2doorsfromSimeon Barrett,JamesS.,42,M,Farmer,ME ElizabethM.,23,F,ME Simeon,17,M,ME BenjK.,16,M,ME JamesS.,14,M,ME CynthiaEH,12,F,ME AugustaJ.,11,F,ME FannyW.,8,F,ME HenryC.,6,M,ME JohnF.,1/12,M,ME *********** 1860CensusMEOxfordSumnerPg40 Barrett,Simeon,77,M,Farmer,MA JuliaA.,45,F,ME AdelineE.,32,F,TeachingSchool,ME LivingnextdoorandhewasalsonextdoortoSimeonin1850.InowthinkheisalsoasonofSimeon. Barrett,Gilbert,42,M,Farmer,MW SarahB.,35,F,ME SarahH.,15,F,ME MaryL.,10,F,ME MoreAboutSIMEONBARRETT: Census1:1850,MEOxfordSumnerPg150 Census2:1860,MEOxfordSumnerPg40 ChildrenofSIMEONBARRETTare: i.HANNAH3BARRETT,b.Abt.1805,Maine. MoreAboutHANNAHBARRETT: Census:1850,MEOxfordSumnerPg150(SeeFather) 3.ii.JAMESSULLIVANBARRETT,b.03Sep1807,Maine;d.17Jan1885,Sumner,Oxford,Maine. 4.iii.ARETEBARRETT,b.Abt.1810,Sumner,Oxford,Maine. iv.CHARLESBARRETT,b.Abt.1813,Maine;d.1891. NotesforCHARLESBARRETT: OregonHistoricalRecords-OregonArchives Case#007-20 NameBarrett,Charles Date1891 RecordTypeEstate CountyUmatilla SourceCounty ********** 1860CensusORDouglasWinchesterPg154(27July1860HarryL.Adams) Line29 552550CharlesBanott47MMaineLaborer JohnAdams25MMaineLaborer HenryAdams21MainMaineLaborer *********** 1870CensusORUmatillaWestonPg371A Line16 110109BarrettCharles57MWFarmerME ********** 1880CensusORUmatillaWestonPg37C CharlesBarretSelfSMaleW67MEFarmerMAME HenryAdamsOtherSMaleW41MEFarmerMEME DanielTonerOtherSMaleW21VTFarmLaborerVTVT MoreAboutCHARLESBARRETT: Census1:1850,MEOxfordSumnerPg150(SeeFather) Census2:1860,ORDouglasWinchesterPg154 Census3:1870,ORUmatillaWestonPg371A Census4:1880,ORUmatillaWestonPg37C v.JULIAABARRETT,b.Abt.1815,Maine. MoreAboutJULIAABARRETT: Census1:1850,MEOxfordSumnerPg150(SeeFather) Census2:1860,MEOxfordSumnerPg40(SeeFather) 5.vi.GILBERTBARRETT,b.Abt.1818,Maine. 6.vii.CYNTHIABARRETT,b.Jun1821,Maine;d.20Feb1902,Jay,Franklin,Maine. viii.ADELINEEBARRETT,b.May1827,Maine. NotesforADELINEEBARRETT: 1900CensusMEFranklinJayED95Pg17A Johnson,HarryB,head,MW,-1852,48,wd,ME,ME,ME,Farmer HJane,daughter,FW,June1888,12S,ME,ME,ME Adams,CynthisB.,mother-in-law,June1821,78,wd,3,0,ME,MA,ME Barrett,AdelineE.,boarder,FW,May1827,73,?,ME,ME,ME Laf?Johnson,servant,MW,June1836,63,wd,ME,ME,ME,FarmLaborer MoreAboutADELINEEBARRETT: Census1:1860,MEOxfordSumnerPg40(SeeFather) Census2:1900,MEFranklinJayED95Pg17A GenerationNo.3 3.JAMESSULLIVAN3BARRETT(SIMEON2,SIMEON1)wasborn03Sep1807inMaine,anddied17Jan 1885inSumner,Oxford,Maine.Hemarried(2)ELIZABETHM.BARROWS17Sep1846inGreenwood, Oxford,Maine,daughterofHARVEYBARROWSandHANNAHBECKLER.Shewasborn12Jan1826in Albany,Oxford,Maine. NotesforJAMESSULLIVANBARRETT: 1850CensusMEOxfordSumnerPg150A Line24 4852JamesSBarrett42MFarmer1800Maine ElizabethMBarrett23FMaine SimeonBarrett17MFarmerMaine BenjRBarrett16MFarmerMaine JamesSBarrett14MMaine CynthiaEHBarrett12FMaine AugustaJBarrett11FMaine FannyWBarrett8FMaine HenryCBarrett6MMaine JohnFBarrett1/12MMaine ********* 1860CensusMEOxfordSumnerPg218B Line36 265265JamesSBarriett52MFarmer20001435Maine ElizabethMBarriett34FMaine JamesSBarriett23MFarmLaborerMaine CynthaEKBarriett22FDomesticMaine AugustaJBarriett21FTeacherCommonSchoolsMaine FannyWBarriett18FMaine HenryCBarriett16MMaine JohnFBarriett10MMaine CharlesABarriett8MMaine FrankLBarriett5MMaine LizzieEBarriett2FMaine FredRBarriett7/12MMaine ******** 1870Census1870CensusMEOxfordSumnerPg409A Line10 92102BarrettJ.S.62MWFarmer2000850Maine -------,ElizabethM44FWKeepinghouseMaine -------,JohnF20MWFarmerMaine -------,CharlesA17MWAtHomeMaine -------,FrankL14MWMaine -------,LizzieE12FWMaine -------,FredR10MWMaine -------,EdgarL8MWMaine -------,Gertrude6FWMaine -------,Geneva3FWMaine -------,TildenG1MWMaine ********* 1880CensusMEOxfordSumnerPg349B JamesS.BarrettSelfMMaleW72MEFarmerMAME ElizabethM.BarrettWifeMFemaleW54MEKeepsHouseMEME MoreAboutJAMESSULLIVANBARRETT: Census1:1850,MEOxfordSumnerPg150A Census2:1860,MEOxfordSumnerPg218B Census3:1870,MEOxfordSumnerPg409A Census4:1880,MEOxfordSumnerPg349B NotesforELIZABETHM.BARROWS: HistoryofParisOxfordCountyMaine,page292 HARVEYBARROWSwasofSumner,andpassedhisboyhoodinthefamilyofElderJamesHooper.Hem. HannahBeckler,whosegrandfatherwasofGermanbirth,andsettledinAlbany.Children: Elizabeth,m.SullivanBarrett,s.Sumner. Hannah,m.Wm.Richardson,s.Greenwood. Sabrina,d.attheageof13. MoreAboutELIZABETHM.BARROWS: Census1:1850,MEOxfordSumnerPg150A(SeeHusband) Census2:1860,MEOxfordSumnerPg218B(SeeHusband) Census3:1870,MEOxfordSumnerPg409A(SeeHusband) Census4:1880,MEOxfordSumnerPg349B(SeeHusband) MoreAboutJAMESBARRETTandELIZABETHBARROWS: Marriage:17Sep1846,Greenwood,Oxford,Maine ChildrenofJAMESSULLIVANBARRETTare: i.SIMEON4BARRETT,b.Abt.1833,Maine. MoreAboutSIMEONBARRETT: Census:1850,MEOxfordSumnerPg150A(SeeFather) ii.BENJRBARRETT,b.Abt.1834,Maine. MoreAboutBENJRBARRETT: Census:1850,MEOxfordSumnerPg150A(SeeFather) 7.iii.JAMESSBARRETT,b.24Apr1836,Sumner,Oxfordcounty,Maine;d.27Dec1910.