Barsham Family - Watertown, Mass. (internet source) see also p. 677, Bond's Watertown http://www.hannahdustin.com/short_barsham.html A Map of the original town of Watertown, Massachusetts. William Barsham and his son in law John Bland alias Smith can be found just below the the "Meeting House Common" near the bottom of the map. It will take a few seconds to load. 1. William Barsham II 1603 - 1684 b: Abt. 1603 in Colkirke, Norfolk, England d: Jul 13, 1684 in Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts Age at death: 81 est. Arrived: 1630 America (Watertown Massachusetts) Census: 1637 Mass. Colony Freeman 9 March Number of children: 11 Notes: From the records of The Great Migration, Begins 1620-1633: OCCUPATION: Possibly a carpenter, as he was involved twice in assessing work on building the meetinghouse, 10 December 1652, 14 October 1654, and on 19 January 1662/3 was to determine the repairs necessary to the Mill Bridge. In his will he gave to son Nathaniel "all my working tools and my furnace kettle"; a furnace kettle could be used to melt metals, especially lead, so William Barsham may also have found work as a glazier, producing leaded windows. CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: Admission to Watertown church prior to 9 March 1636/7 implied by freemanship. FREEMAN: 9 March 1636/7. EDUCATION: Signed his will on 28 August 1683 with a firm and distinctive hand, and signed the codicil on 15 April 1684 with a shaky but still legible hand. Bequeathed his Bible to daughter Hannah Spring. Inventory included "four old small old books" valued at 5s. OFFICES: Gave evidence in death of Austen Bratcher, 28 September 1630; petty jury, 19 September 1637 [MBCR 1:203]. Chosen Watertown selectman, 22 December 1652 ; chosen "clerk of the market to seal weights and measures," 26 February 1655/6 ; committee for the proprietors of the farms, 6 October 1662 . ESTATE: "William Bassum" granted thirty acres in Watertown Great Dividend, 25 July 1636 granted three acres in Beaverbrook Plowlands, 28 February 1636/7 granted three acres in the Remote Meadows, 26 June 1637 ; granted a farm of eighty-eight acres, 10 May 1642. In the 1644 Watertown Inventory of Grants, William Barsham held five parcels: homestall of twenty-eight acres, Great Dividend of thirty acres, three acres [Beaverbrook] Plowlands, three acres Remote Meadow, and six acres of upland at the Town Plot ; in the Inventory of Possessions he held one parcel: twenty acres of upland [abutting his homestall] . In the Composite Inventory he held five parcels: homestall of forty-eight acres, Great Dividend of thirty acres, three acres Remote Meadow, three acres [Beaverbrook] Plowlands, and a farm of eighty-eight acres. In his will, dated 28 August 1683 (with codicil of 15 April 1684) and proved 29 August 1684, William Barsham bequeathed to son John a two-year old heifer and the "vantage" [increase], four ewe sheep and £5 in silver; to "William Barsham the son of my son John Barsham" twenty shillings in silver; to son "Joshuah Barsham" twenty shillings in silver and "my good musket"; to son "Nathaniall Barsham ... all my working tools and my furnace kettle"; to daughter "Hanna Spring" a cow, four ewe sheep, £3 in silver and "my bible"; to daughter "Susanna Capen" a cow, four ewe sheep, £3 in money and "my joined chair"; to daughter "Sarah Browne" a cow, four ewe sheep, £3 in silver and "my great armed chair"; to daughter "Mara Bright" a pair of oxen, four ewe sheep, £3 in silver and a great armed chair; to daughter "Rebecka Winship ... my farm of seventy-two acres"; to daughter Elizabeth Barsham "my farm of sixty-four acres"; to last two daughters, Rebecca Winship and Elizabeth Barsham, four acres in Thatcher's Meadow and all household stuff not previously mentioned to be divided between them; in a codicil of 15 April 1684 he bequeathed to "my daughters Hannah Spring, Susanna Capen, Sarah Browne, Mary Bright and my son John Barsham to each of them twenty shillings apiece". The inventory of "the estate of William Barsham who deceased the 3d of July 1684" was taken 5 August 1684; no total of the values was made, but the inventory did include £26 in real estate: "seventy-two acres of land called farm land," £10; "sixty-four acres of land called farm land," £10; and "four acres of meadow in Thatcher's Meadow," £4. BIRTH: By about 1610 based on approximated date of marriage. DEATH: Watertown 3 or 13 July 1684 "widower". MARRIAGE: By 1635 Anabel Smith alias Bland, born say 1615, daughter of John Smith alias Bland d. by 23 August 1683 (not named in husband's will). CHILDREN: iv SUSANNA, b. Watertown 28 January 1641 m. Dorchester 19 November 1663 John Capen, son of John Capen and grandson of BERNARD CAPEN. v NATHANIEL, b. ca. 1644; m. Watertown 13 March 1678 Elizabeth Bond. vi SARAH, b. say 1646; m. (1) Lynn 3 March 1673/4 Samuel Mansfield; m. (2) Reading 14 November 1681 John Brown . vii MARY, b. Watertown 23 June 1648 m. Watertown 7 May 1675 John Bright. viii REBECCA, b. Watertown 12 December 1657 m. Cambridge 14 May 1683 Edward Winship. ix ELIZABETH, b. Watertown 29 July 1658 m. Watertown 5 July 1694 Adam Eve. COMMENTS: The dates of birth for the last two children are obviously too close, and Savage has corrected the year of birth for Elizabeth to 1659, but given the long gap between Mary and Rebecca, the more likely solution is that Rebecca was born in 1656. Bond gives William a son William "mentioned in his father's will," and is followed in this by Savage. Bond must have misread the will, which refers to "William Barsham the son of my son John Barsham." Joshua apparently never married, and Nathaniel had no children, so the only grandson with the Barsham surname was this William, son of John. William Barsham refers to his daughter Sarah only as "Sarah Browne," and on this basis various Brown families have claimed her as the wife of some man with an otherwise unidentified wife Sarah. In Torrey's index "Sarah [Barsham?]" is suggested as the wife of John Brown of Reading (as his second wife, the marriage taking place on 14 November 1681) and of William Brown of Salem and Marblehead (the marriage taking place by 1669). When Sarah Barsham's brother Nathaniel made his will on 10 May 1716 he, like his father, referred unhelpfully to "my sister [worn] Brown," but also in his probate packet was the following deposition: William Bond, Jonas Bond and Hepzibah Bond do testify & say that we being all related to Capt. Nathanill Barsham and very conversant at his house both formerly and lately we do well remember that many of his relations who were sister's children lived with the said Capt. Barsham many years, some a longer, some a short time, as namely Abigail Spring, Susannah Spring, Andrew Mansfeild, Bethiah Mansfeild and Nathanill Brown [MPR Case #1328]. The affiants were related to Elizabeth Bond, Nathaniel Barsham's wife, and the first two relations named were children of John and Hannah (Barsham) Spring. This document proves that the Sarah Barsham who married Samuel Mansfield in Lynn was this daughter of William Barsham, and that she married second a Brown, by whom she had a son Nathaniel. Samuel Mansfield died in 1679, and "the father of Samuel Mansfield, and the father of the wife, with the consent of the wife, chose and empowered Mr. Thomas Laughton Sr., Andrew Mansfield and Nathaniel Bersham to divide the estate". The chronology eliminates William Brown of Salem and Marblehead as a candidate for Sarah's second husband, as that man was supposed to have married her by 1669, far too early. The record of the second marriage of John Brown of Reading comes from the vital records sent to the county clerk for recording, and not from the town records. This entry gives the date of the marriage, 14 November 1681, but not the surname of the bride. John and Sarah Brown of Reading did have a son Nathaniel, born 22 April 1688, who in turn named one of his daughters Bethia, presumably for his elder half-sister. Reading and Lynn at that time shared a common boundary, and a number of close relatives of Samuel Mansfield lived in Reading in this same time period. These clues all add up to the conclusion that this John Brown was the second husband of Sarah Barsham. When William Barsham made his will his daughter Rebecca had been married to Edward Winship for just over three months. This explains the bequest to her of two parcels of land and half the household goods, which must have been her marriage portion, as it was equal to the legacy received by her younger, unmarried sister, and more than what was received by the other married daughters. "Samuel Richardson and Josiah Ellsworth" by Ruth Ellsworth Richardson copyright 1974 (Notes for William son of William) Barsham: 1) John Barsham 2) William Barsham b. ca 1588 in Eng. married Ann Yelverton daughter. of Henry Yelverton (Royal Lineage) of Colkirke ,Norfolk Co., England. 3)William Barsham (II) b. ca 1613, died July 13, 1684,arrived Watertown, Mass 1630 in the (see Winthop fleet below) Winthop fleet, 106 persons in the town at that time, Juror, Proprietor, Freeman 1636/7, Selectman. Allotted 30 acres in 1636. By 1644 he had 88 acres. Married Annabella Bland daughter. of John and Isabel Bland of Colchester Norfolk Co. Eng. The Winthrop Fleet of 1630 Eleven vessels brought "the Great Emigration" of 1630 included: Arbella (flagship) , Ambrose, Talbot, Jewel, Charles, Mayflower, William and Francis, Hopewell, Whale, Success and the Trial. The first five ships sailed April 8,1630 Yarmouth, Isle of Wright, England and arrived at Salem Massachusetts June 13 and following days. The other half of the fleet sailed in May and arrived in July at various dates. Altogether they brought about seven hundred passengers. CD113, Savage, volt 1 pg 127,128: WILLIAM, Watertown, came, it is that. 1630, freeman. 9 Mar. 1637, by w. Am- miel, or Annabel, had John,b. 8 Dec. 1635, H. C. 1658; Hannah, 7 Jan. 1638; William; Joshua, 15 Mar. 1641; Susanna, 28 Jan. 1642; Na- thaniel, 1644; Sarah; Mary, 24 June 1648; Rebecca, 12 Dec. 1657; and Eliz. 29 July 1659. He d. 13 July 1684, in his will of 23 Aug. precede. with codic. of 15 Apr. foll. not nam. w. leads us to infer, that she was a. No doubt he was a man of good public spirit, selectman 1653, and fill. other office of import. Hannah m. 19 Dec. 1656, John Spring jr.; Susanna, and Sarah m. and had ch. but their hs. are not mark.; Mary m. 7 May 1675, deac. John Bright, and next, 12 Dec. 1700, Hannah Parker of Reading; Rebecca m. 14 May 1683, Edward Win- ship of Cambridge; and Eliz. m. 5 July 1694, Adam Eve of Boston; yet to so odd a name Bond puts a quere for place, while my suspicion attaches more to the person's spell. The Genealogical Dictionary of New England Settlers: Volume 1 Hide, blushing glory, hide Pultova's day. page 254 Bright, Francis, Charlestown, s. of Edward of London, bred at Oxford, matric. of New Coll. 18 Feb. 1625, aged 22, and by famous John Davenport instr. in divinity, in 1629 came from Rayleigh, in Essex, with w. and two ch. to Salem, in the Lon's Whelp, prob. sat down at Charlestown, took some discouragem. and went home 1630 in the Lion. HENRY, Charlestown 1630, prob. from Ipswich, in Suff.'k s. of Henry of Bury St. Edmunds, came in the fleet with Winth. was very early, No. 48, enrolled. in the college (Harvard). but not long after removed. to Watertown, there married. 1634, Ann, d. of Henry Goldstone, had Ann, wh. at her bur. 28 Oct. 1639, was call. 4 yrs. old; Abigail, b. 12 Oct. 1637, wh. m. a. Aug. 1659, Elisha Odlin; Mary, 23 or 27 Apr. 1639, wh. m. 15 Oct. 1657, Nathaniel Coolidge; John, 14 May 1641; Ann, again, 17 Mar. 1644, m. 26 May 1670, Samuel Ruggles of Roxbury, as his sec. w. I presume; Eliz. m. as sec. w. 23 July 1674, or 5 July 1675 (as various acco. are giv.), deac. Walter Hastings of Cambridge; Nathaniel, 5May 1647; and Beriah, 22 Sept. 1651, m. 30 Nov. 1671, Isaac Fowle of Charlestown. He was freem. 6 May 1635, held in high esteem, deac. and d. 9 Oct. 1686, aged 84. He had elder br. Thomas, of Ipswich, Eng. wh. in his will, of unkn. date, but pro. 1626, ment. this Henry, sis. Eliz. and other sis. as minors. That Eliz. wh. was in 1657, wid. Dell of Bow, near London, gave in her will to this br. £200, and to each of his 7 ch. £10. all wh. was paid here in 1658 and 9. Large pedigree from the time of Henry VII. prepar. by Somerby, is giv. by Dr. Bond. This Henry was for many yrs. call. jr. because HENRY, a poor man of the same name, liv. at W. was always spok. of as senior, as he might well be, without our giv. full eredit to the rec. of his d. 14 Sept. 1674, aged one hundred yrs. and upwards, or ano. rec. says a. 109 yrs. But as the amt. of his inv. was only £2, 9, 6, any affinity is highly improb. JOHN, Watertown, s. of the wealthy Heury, m. 7 May 1675, Mary, d. of William Barsham, had no ch. freem. 1671, was dec. and d. 17 Aug. 1691. His wid. m. 12 Dec. 1700, as his sec. w. Hananiah Parker of Reading. NATHANIEL, Watertown, br. of the preced. m. 21 or 26 July 1681, Mary, d. of Simon Coolidge, had Mary, b. 7 Oct. 1682; Henry, 16 Aug. 1684; Nathaniel, 18 Dec. 1686; John, 5 Apr. 1689; Joseph, 11 July 1692; Hannah, 7 Aug. 1694; Abigail; Benjamin, 19 July 1698; and Merey. [p.254] Four ds. and first nam. four s. surv.; but from not being in the will, 22 Sept. 1725, Benjamin may well be presum. to have d. bef. his f. Of these ch. descend most of the name in our country. SAMUEL, Mass. freem. 1645, but where he dwelt is unkn. THOMAS, Watertown 1640, may have been neph. of the first ment. Henry. Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston by, Henry Bond 1855 BARSHAM.--Barsham is a Yorkshire name. Coat of arms. Per pale gu. and ar. a chief or. Crest.--A garb in fesse. William Barsham was one of a jury of inquest, Sept. 28, 1630, and member of a trial jury, "of life and death," Sept. 19, 1637. He was a selectman in 1653, and was some time sealer of weights and measures. His son JOHN, probably of Exeter, by wife MEHITABEL had the following children. 1. Annable, b. May 31, 1670. 2. Mary, b. Feb. 26, 1671-2. 3. Dorothy, b. Feb. 2, 1673-4. 4. Sarah, b. Aug. 11, 167-. 5. William, b. Ap. 25, 1678. [Record in the State Archives, Concord, N. H.] Capt. Nathaniel Barsham, was a lieutenant in the forces raised in 1690 for an expedition against Canada. He was town-clerk 1686 and 98; selectman, 1686, 88, 89, and 90. ... + Annabelle Bland alias Smith 1614 - 1683 b: 1614 in Colchester, Essex, England m: 1636 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts d: Jul 13, 1683 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts Age at death: 69 est. Number of children: 11 Father: John Bland alias Smith Mother: Isabel Drake Maine Pioneers, 1623-60 Notes on Robert Drake a family member and friend of Annebelle Bland. yeoman, searge-maker, Exeter, proprietor very early. Bought a house and lands in Hampton of Francis Pebodie 15 (1) 1649. Took oath of fidelity 4 (8) 1653. Grand juryman 8 April, 1662. His sons Nathaniel and Abraham took oath of fidelity at Hampton 1 (8) 1650; sold pipe staves in 1651. [Mass. Arch. 38 B. 173.] He died 14 (11) 1667-8. His will dated 18 May, 1663, was proved 14 (2) 1668. He bequeathed to sons Nathaniel and Abraham, and daughter Susanna; to grandchildren Abraham, Susanna, Sarah, Mary, Elizabeth and Hannah, children of Abraham, and Rachel and Jean, children of Nathaniel. Nathaniel Drake, ae. 78, and Abraham, ae. 71, deposed April 27, 1671, that they had known Isabel Bland from childhood, and that John Bland, her father, formerly lived in Colchester [Eng.?]; that his name and ancestry were Bland, not Smith. : 2. John Barsham b: Dec 08, 1635 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts d: 1698 in Rockingham, New Hampshire Age at death: 63 est. Fact: School master Number of children: 5 A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlersn\of New England, by James Savage WITH TWO SUPPLEMENTS IN FOUR VOLUMES. Originally Published Boston, 1860-1862 Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number 65-18541 International Standard Book Number: 0-8063-0309-3 Set Number: 0-8063-0795 BARSHAM, JOHN, Portsmouth, or as Bond thinks, of Exeter, eldest s. of William, by w. Mehitable had Annabel, b. 31 May 1670; Mary, 26 Feb. 1672; Dorothy, 2 Feb. 1674; Sarah, 11 Aug. prob. 1675; and William, 25 Apr. 1678. JOSHUA, Watertown, br. of the preced. outliv. his f. but in Bond's opin. was never m. NATHANIEL, Watertown, br. of the preced. m. 13 Mar. 1679, Elizabeth eldest d. of the first William Bond, was town clk. selectman sev. yrs. and a lieut. in the wretched expedit. of Phips against Quebec, 1690, atter a capt. had no ch. and d. 2 Aug. 1716. His wid. d. 23 Dec. 1729. PHILIP, Deerfield, k. by the Ind. at Bloody brook, with Capt. Lathrop, 18 Sept. 1675, left w. and perhaps ch. WILLIAM, Watertown, came, it is thot. 1630, freem. 9 Mar. 1637, by w. Ammiel, or Annabel, had John, b. 8 Dec. 1635, H. C. 1658; Hannah, 7 Jan. 1638; William; Joshua, 15 Mar. 1641; Susanna, 28 Jan. 1642; Nathaniel, 1644; Sarah; Mary, 24 June 1648; Rebecca, 12 Dec. 1657; and Elizabeth 29 July 1659. He d. 13 July 1684, in his will of 23 August preced. with codic. of 15 Apr. foll. not nam. w. leads us to infer, that she was a. No doubt he was a man of good public spirit, selectman 1653,[[128]]and fill. other office of import. Hannah m. 19 Dec. 1656, John Spring jr.; Susanna, and Sarah m. and had ch. but their hs. are not mark.; Mary m. 7 May 1675, deacon. John Bright, and next, 12 Dec. 1700, Hannah Parker of Reading; Rebecca m. 14 May 1683, Edward Winship of Cambridge; and Elizabeth m. 5 July 1694, Adam Eve of Boston; yet to so odd a name Bond puts a quere for place, while my suspicion attaches more to the person's spell. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire page 78 Barsham, John,b. 8 Dec. 1635, son of William and Annabel (Bland) of Watertown. See Austin (1). Harvard 1658; schoolmaster 1661-62 in Hampton (where his uncle Thos. Leavitt lived), and had to sue for his salary; Hampton wit. Apr. 1667, Exeter 1669, taxed in Portsm. 1673, where in 1693 he was schoolmaster, and d. 1698. Lists 326c, 331a, 335a. Many existing orig. deeds and probate papers are in his handwriting. His w. Mehitable app. d. 1678. List 331c. Ch: Annabel, b. 31 May 1670. Mary, b. 26 Feb. 1671-2. Dorothy, b. 23 Feb. 1673-4, m. James Allen (15). Sarah, b. 11 Aug. 167--, by trad. m. 1st Benj. Bickford (5), 2d Hon. Jotham Odiorne. William, b. 25 Apr. 1678. .. +Mehitable m: in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts d: in America Number of children: 5 3. Dorothy Barsham b: Feb 23, 1673/74 Number of children: 10 ... +James Allen b: 1674 in Kittery, York Co., Maine m: Abt. 1700 in Portsmouth, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire d: Aft. 1734 in York Co., Maine Age at death: 60 est. Number of children: 10 Father: Walter Allen Mother: Mary Holmes 4. Dorothy Allen b: Sep 06, 1707 in Wells, York Co., Maine Number of children: 11 ... +Samuel Stewart II b: Jun 04, 1704 in Wells, York Co., Maine m: Aug 04, 1726 in York, York Co., Maine Number of children: 11 Father: Samuel Stewart I Mother: Dorcas Barton/Boston 5. Dorcas Stewart b: Jun 02, 1735 in Wells, York Co., Maine d: Jan 06, 1817 in Wells, York Co., Maine Age at death: 81 Burial: Wells, York Co., Maine Fact 1: Dorcas Stewart was of royal ancestry Fact 2: Jan 06, 1817 Died of "Palsy" Fact 3: Apr 25, 1756 Received full communion of the First Church of Christ in Wells Number of children: 14 transcribed by Janice Farnsworth