Roger Barton

Male Abt 1628 - Aft 1688  (~ 60 years)


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  • Name Roger Barton  [1
    Born Abt 1628  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Residence Bef 1641  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Ref. Roger Barton's Kinsmen p18. It appears Roger Barton took part with Royalists in the English Civil War (1629-1649). After the execution of Charles 1st by Cromwell, Roger fled to Holland with other refugees. 
    Residence 1641  Manhattan Island, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Ref. Roger Barton's Kinsmen p18. Roger Barton appears with a party of Dutch emigrants and arrived at Manhattan Island in 1641. He rented what is now Trinity Church property (then Armeke Jans farm. 
    Residence 1642  Manhattan Island, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Ref. Roger Barton's Kinsmen p19. Records suggest Roger Barton was prominent in Manhattan 1641-42. According to this ref. he vanished from records until 1662. 
    Residence 23 Oct 1662  Brookhaven, Long Island, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Ref: Roger Barton of Westchester County NEHGR 106 p169. Roger Barton was one of four appointed to lay out the town. 
    Residence 1666  Brookhaven, Long Island, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Ref. Roger Barton's Kinsmen p19. Abt 1666 Roger Barton was in Brookhaven (then part of Conn. colony). He opposed the Dutch claim to Brookhaven, was ordered to appear before the Dutch Governor. Apparently he did not and his lands were confiscated. 
    Residence 1670  Westchester County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Ref. Roger Barton's Kinsmen p19. Abt 1670 Roger appears across the Sound in Westchester, is assigned land near the Borough town of Westchester (now the Bronx). He died there in 1688. 
    Will 28 Jun 1688  Westchester County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Will mentions sons: Elisha, Elijah, Roger. Wife: Mary. Sons: Noah, Enoch, Joseph. Ref: Early Wills of Westchester Co, NT 1664-1784 p388. 
    Died Aft Jul 1688  Westchester County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I292376367745  Barton
    Last Modified 14 Nov 2022 

    Family Mary,   d. Aft 1698, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Little is know About Mary Barton, speculated as 2n 
    Married Little is know about Roger's wife. Mary Barton survived Roger when he died and was still living with sons Noah and Joseph in 1698. Her surname is not known, but has been speculated as Lounsberry. Ref: Roger Barton of Westchester County NEHGR 106 p171. 
    Children 
     1. Elisha Barton,   b. Abt 1662, New York Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Elijah Barton,   b. Abt 1664, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1717  (Age ~ 52 years)
    +3. Roger Barton,   b. Abt 1666, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1714, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 48 years)
     4. Noah Barton,   b. Abt 1668, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1737  (Age ~ 70 years)
     5. Enoch Barton,   b. Abt 1669, New York Find all individuals with events at this location
    +6. Joseph Barton,   b. Abt 1672, Rye Neck, Westchester County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Sep 1762, Dutchess County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 90 years)
    Last Modified 14 Nov 2022 
    Family ID F8  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • https://www.bartondatabase.com/getperson.php?personID=I2940&tree=gbtreeGary Barton garybarton@gmail.com.28 Jul 1688 Westchester County NY:Roger Barton devises his Will: Gives to son Elisha a parcel of land on the west side of the land I hold of the town of Westchester, and 1/2 of the meadow bought of John Hadden. He gives to son Elijah land lying to the east of the above. He gives to son Roger "the land given me by the freeholders of the Yonkers Plantation." He gives to wife Mary the rest of his lands in Westchester, with 3 acres of meadow in Long Neck, for life, and then to his sons Noah, Enoch, and Joseph.

  • Sources 
    1. [S_1097180222] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).


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