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James Barton 1643–1729 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1643

Birth Location: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 22 Sep 1729

Death Location: Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Henry Barton

Mother: Elizabeth Gray

Spouse(s): Margaret Oitis

Children(s): Margery Barton

James Barton was born in 1643 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Henry Edward Barton And Elizabeth Gray. James Barton married Margaret Oitis, and had children including Margery Barton. James Barton passed away in 1729 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • James Barton was born in 1643 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Henry Edward Barton And Elizabeth Gray.
  • James Barton married Margaret Oitis, and had children including Margery Barton.
  • James Barton passed away in 1729 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA.

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James Barton's Ancestors

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James Barton
1643–1729
Birth Place: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
Henry Edward Barton
1620–1671
Lancashire, England
Elizabeth Gray
1615–1671
York, York, Maine, United States
Grandparents
Philip Gray
1590–1657
Angerton, Northumberland, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

James Barton's Descendants

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James Barton (1643–22 Sep 1729) m. Margaret Oitis (1647–21 Sep 1731)
  1. 1. Margery Barton 1700– m. Thomas Simpkins 1637–1709 m. Thomas Simpkin 1671–1706
    1. 1. James Simpkins 1729–1800 m. Little (Raven Feather Lunk (Cherokee) took the Name Eliza Simpkins when she left indian) village 1735–1839
      1. 1. ROBERT SIMPKINS 1749–1834 m. Mercy LAWRENCE 1739–1828
        1. 1. JAMES (JOHN SIMPKINS) JR 1784–1856 m. MARY (POLLY) GIBSON 1783–1850

James Barton's Timeline

2 Records

1643
1643
Birth of James Barton in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
1729
22 Sep 1729
Age 86
Death of James Barton in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1643
    Event Place: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 Sep 1729
    Event Place: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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