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From: Sharon Sergeant <>
Subject: [MA-HINGHAM-BOOK-L] John and Persis Wilder Joy NH or VT
Date: 23 May 00 08:25:19 EDT



re:<> wrote -
... a lot of the Joys left Massachusetts for Connecticut, New Hampshire and
Vermont. ...



My great, great, great, great grandfather was Capt Benjamin Chandler Barber
whose mother was Sally Joy. Looking for her Wilder and Joy Hingham roots. Also
have other Hingham families - Barber, Kent, Cushing ...

I am interested to know how so many Hingham roots were connected on this path
from Hingham to Rehoboth to NH and VT and then back to West Medway.

Joseph Sr1 BARBER, born abt. 1680; deceased 26 Jun 1727. He married (2) on 11
Nov 1710 in Hingham,MA Mary KENT, born 12 May 1686 in Charlestown, MA;
deceased 4 Oct 1720, daughter of John and Hannah (Griswold) Kent. He married
(3) on 24 May 1722, Deborah HUNT, deceased 6 Dec 1727.

Joseph Jr2 BARBER (Joseph Sr1), born 22 Oct 1711 in Hingham,MA. He married (2)
in 1736 in Rehobeth,MA Esther BLANDING, born 20 Sep 1714 in Rehobeth,MA;
deceased 25 Dec 1744 in Rehobeth,MA, daughter of William and Mehitable ()
Blanding. He married (3) on 25 Jan 1745/6 Phebe STANBY. He married (4) in
1759, Mary BULLOCK.

Thomas3 BARBER (Joseph Jr2, Joseph Sr1), born 24 Dec 1742 in Rehobeth,MA;
deceased 1819 in VT. He married (2) in 1786 in Rehobeth,MA, Hannah MILLER,
born 25 May 1744; deceased 4 Mar 1836 in bur East Hill Cem, Wardsboro,VT,
daughter of Daniel and Hannah (Thayer) Miller.

Benjamin R5 BARBER (Thomas4, Joseph Jr3, Joseph Sr2, Unknown1), born Jan 1773;
deceased 4 Jan 1853 in Townsend, VT. He married (2) in 1796, Sally JOY, born 7
Mar 1773; deceased 5 Jun 1862 in Townsend, NH, daughter of John and Persis
(Wilder) Joy.

Capt Benjamin Chandler5 BARBER (Benjamin R4, Thomas3, Joseph Jr2, Joseph Sr1),
born 18 Sep 1808 in Townsend, VT; deceased 8 Feb 1894 in West Medway, MA. He
married on 21 Aug 1833, Miranda CUSHING, born 10 May 1812 in Newfane, VT;
deceased 1893/7 in West Medway, MA, daughter of Walter (or Warren) J and
Abigail (Adams) Cushing.

Notes for Capt Benjamin Chandler Barber
went to W Medway in 1841;
from Southern Mass Cemetary Collection V1, by Susan Salisbury, Heritage Books:
buried Evergreen Cemetary, Cottage St, Medway, MA
Ref: Index of Gazetteer of Windham Co., VT bu Hamilton Child 1884 by
Charles D. Townsend 1987 pg 11:Benjamin Chandler Barber son of Benjamin om MA
1884 ( Gazatteer pg304-31);Benjamin Barber, wife Sallie Joy of Hinsdale.
Lived Townshend, VT. , had Clarissa F., Benjamin C., Lewis P., who married
Persis Osgood of Brookline, VT and had son Lot. Thomas Barber from Winchester,
NH to Townshend 1798, had Thomas, Benjamin who married Sallie Joy of Hinsdale,
Daniel, Ober, Calvin Medway MA Virths, Marriages and Deaths 1850-1900 by
Francis D. Donovan 1995 pg 4 births children of Benjamin C. and Miranda C.
Barber Addison Alonzo b. 01 May 1850 Charlotte A. b. 27 May 1852
Notes for Miranda Cushing
from Southern Mass Cemetary Collection V1, by Susan Salisbury, Heritage Books:
buried Evergreen Cemetary, Cottage St, Medway, MA


Edmund Chandler6 BARBER (Capt Benjamin Chandler5, Benjamin R4, Thomas3, Joseph
Jr2, Joseph Sr1), born 1838 in Townsend, VT; deceased 1890 in West Medway, MA.
He married on 29 Jan 1859, Eliza Jane FULLER, born 1843 in Medway, MA;
deceased 19 Nov 1889 in West Medway, MA, daughter of Stephen Barton and Mary
ann (Christian) Fuller.

Edmund and Eliza had my ggm Lizzie Jane7 , born 5 Nov 1864 in West Medway, MA;
deceased 8 Sep 1940 in Westboro, MA. She married on 23 Aug 1879 in Framingham,
MA, Henry Herrick VARNUM, born 21 Apr 1848 in Highgate, VT; deceased 26 Jul
1930 in Westboro, MA, son of Gabriel and Emily M (Leonard) Varnum. Details of
their family at http://geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/7945/EJBHHV.html

thanks
Sharon Varnum Sergeant
http://bostonstates.rootsweb.com

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