Joel Barlow

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Joel s of Samuel Barlow 2 born at Redding 24 March 1754 first entered Dartmouth College in 1774 or 5 but graduated with high honors at Yale in 1778 in the class with Hon Zepheniah Swift Uriah Tracy Noah Webster Oliver & Alexander Wolcott & other distinguished men at which time he delivered a creditable poem entitled The Prospect of Peace He early showed talent of a superior quality & became a marked favorite with Dr Trumbull & Dr Dwight He was an intimate college friend of Thomas Paine who probably had not at that time become imbued with French infidelity He studied law & divinity for a short time & after being licensed as a Congregational minister he became a Chaplain in the army of the Revolution until the close of the war In 1783 he opened a law office at Hartford & upon Elisha Babcock removing his printing press from Springfield to Hartford he entered into partnership with him in editing The American Mercury In 1785 he was chosen by the General Association of the Congregational Church to revise the Psalms of Dr Watts In 1787 he published his Vision of Columbus but his popular poem entitled Hasty Pudding written in France in 1793 exhibited a more decided poetical talent In 1788 he went to England as agent for the Sciota Land Company & then to France where he became interested in the politics of the country & giving up his agency joined the Girondists In 1791 he returned to England & there causing offence by his publications he returned to France in 1792 In 1795 he was appointed by General Washington Consul to Algiers where he effected a treaty which liberated Americans held as slaves by the Dey He also succeeded in a treaty at Tripoli by which the American prisoners there were redeemed In 1797 he returned to Paris & in 1805 to the United States & settled in the vicinity of Georgetown In 1808 he published the great poem of his life The Columbiad which was republished in 1811 in London He was diligently engaged in writing a history of the United States in 1812 when he was appointed by General Washington Minister Plenipotentiary to France Unfortunately while on his way to Wilna to confer with the Emperor Napoleon he contracted a severe cold & died from inflammation of the lungs at Zarwanica a small village in Poland 2 Oct 1812 He m Ruth a d of Michael Baldwin of New Haven who with her sister Clarissa accompanied her husband to France Clarissa m Col Bomford of the US Army Both ladies were sisters of the Hon Henry Baldwin of Pittsburg Penn & probably half sisters of the Hon Abraham Baldwin of Georgia Hinman's Puritan Settlers Vol 1 pp 113 131

VI Hon Joel Barlow son of Samuel 2 and Esther Hull Barlow was born at Redding Connecticut March 24 1754 died at Zarwanica or Yarmisica near Cracow Poland October 2 1812 It is said as a family tradition that this genius of the family was a dull scholar and after the early training in the log schoolhouse of his native village he entered Moor's school at Hanover New Hampshire Although he first entered Dartmouth College in 1774 he finally graduated with honors at Yale in 1778 in a class with many celebrities such as Noah Webster Oliver and Alexander Wolcott Uriah Tracy and Hon Zephaniah Swift At this time he delivered a creditable poem entitled The Prospect of Peace which attracted attention to him as one displaying genius He was a marked favorite with Doctors Trumbull and Dwight and an intimate friend of Thomas Paine He studied both law and divinity for a time was licensed as a Congregational minister and became chaplain in the revolution He opened a law office at Hartford and when Elisha Babcock removed his printing press from Springfield to Hartford Barlow entered into partnership with him in editing The American Mercury The general association of the Congregational church chose him in 1785 to revise the Psalms of Dr Watts He published his Vision of Columbus in 1787 and his popular poem Hasty Pudding written in France in 1793 Joel Barlow went to England in 1788 as agent for the Scotia Land Company and then went into France where he became interested in the politics of that nation and giving up his agency joined the Girondists In 1791 he returned to England and causing offence there by his publications he returned to France in 1792 General Washington appointed him the United States consul to Algiers in 1795 where he effected a treaty which liberated Americans held as slaves by the dey He also succeeded in a treaty at Tripoli by which the American prisoners there were redeemed He returned to Paris in 1797 and in 1805 came back to the United States settling in the vicinity of Georgetown His greatest poem The Columbiad was published in 1808 republished at London in 1811 He was diligently engaged in writing a history of the United States in 1812 when the president appointed him minister plenipotentiary to France While on his way to Wilna to confer with the Emperor Napoleon on his invitation the army being in retreat and in terrible condition when he arrived he contracted a severe cold and died from inflammation of the lungs October 2 1812 Some authorities give the date of his death as December 22d and December 24th

Family/Spouse: R. Baldwin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• BAPM: 22 Jan 1710, Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut
• Resided: 1731, Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut

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Samuel 2 Barlow son of Lieutenant Samuel i Barlow was baptized at Fair field Connecticut January 22 1710 died December 20 1773 buried in the old cemetery a little west of the Redding Center Congregational church He removed from Fairfield to Redding shortly after 1740 and settled inwhat is now the Boston district or about the time the first child of his second marriage Nathaniel was four years old when he determined on acquiring a permanent residence hence he bought January 2 1749 a farm of one hundred and seventy acres with the buildings thereon of James Bradley not far from his parents paying about $12,500 After increasing its size by subsequent purchases this farm appears to have been bounded on the north by the first Cross Highway from the rear of the Long Lots which is understood to be the road running eastward from the Norwalk and Danbury turnpike and continuing to Redding Center It was to be later recorded as the property of Bradley Hill and the heirs of Gershom Hill At this homestead his last four children were born The executors of his estate were his widow Esther and his youngest son Jabez by his first wife Within a year and eight months his widow died and the court appointed Na thanial and Aaron his sons administrators Samuel Barlow married first at Fairfield Connecticut August 12 1731 Eunice daughter of Colonel Daniel Bradley who was the third son of Francis and Ruth Bradley married Abigail daughter of Joseph Jackson and died in 1714 His father Francis Bradley first of the name in Fairfield where he came in 1660 having been a resident of Branford Connecticut in 1657 was mentioned in the New Haven records as early as 1650 a member of the house of Governor Theophilus Eaton and probably articled to him Samuel Barlow married second August 7 1744 Esther daughter of Nathaniel Hull of Redding Connecticut and she died August 28 775 aged fifty four years Children i Daniel born November 24 1734 died young 2 Ruhamah or Ruhannah born January 22 1737 married Redding September 7 1759 John Gray 3 James born January 29 1739 settled on a farm of one hundred and thirty acres in Ridgefield near the Redding line conveyed to him March 30 1770 by his father his four children were Samuel who went to the south Lewis Abigail and James who settled in Vermont 4 Jabez born March 21 1742 5 Nathaniel see forward 6 Aaron see forward 7 Samuel see forward 8 Joel see forward 9 Huldah
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Samuel married Esther Hull on 07 Aug 1742. Esther (daughter of Nathaniel Hull and Elizabeth Burr) was born on 11 Jun 1721 in Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut; died on 28 Aug 1775. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• of: Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut

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Married:
7 aug 1744

Other Events:

• Military: 1711; Sergeant in colonial forces
• Military: Aft 1711; Lieutenant in colonial forces

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Lieutenant Samuel Barlow son of Lieutenant John 3 Barlow was born probably near Fairfield Center died at Fairfield Connecticut May 20 1745 He resided at the latter place most of his life and at the time of the birth of his fifth child Daniel 1711 he was styled Sergeant but later became a lieutenant in colonial forces His children were all christened at Fairfield and the dates of their baptism are as follows Gershom February 17 1705 Samuel March 16 1706 Gershom December 19 1708 Samuel see forward Daniel October 28 1711 Elizabeth June 20 1714 Abigail August 5 1716 Mary November 2 1718

Samuel married U.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• BAPM: 07 Apr 1695, Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut; 1st Congregational Church, Fairfield, CT

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Nathaniel is of Cornelius Hull 2 b March 1695 m Elizabeth d of b 12 April 1696 Their children were x Sarah b 8 Nov 1717 Elizabeth 2 Aug 1719 Hester II June 1721 Stephen 25 July 1724 Nathaniel 25 Feb 1726 x Peter 15 Nov 1728 Sarah 20 Dec 1730 Ezekiel 12 Oct 1732 x David 10 Dec 1734 Aaron It Sept 1736 Silas 15 June 1739 Hannah 20 Jan 1744 G II Par Rec

Birth:
MAR 1694/95

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Nathaniel married Elizabeth Burr on 29 Nov 1716 in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut. Elizabeth (daughter of Daniel Burr and Elizabeth Pinkney) was born on 12 Apr 1696; died on 11 Nov 1760 in Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
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Other Events:

• Military: 1705; Lieutenant

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John 3 s of John Barlow 2 renewed the Church Covenant at F on the 24 of Feb 1694 Hiss John was bapt at the same time Samuel bapt 26 April 1696 Abigail 5 Sept 1697 Ann 19 Nov 1699 Joseph 18 May 1701 Francis 16 Aug 1702 Sarah 5 March 1703 Deborah 3 March 17056 at which time the father was called Lieut F Par Rec

Lieutenant John 3 Barlow son of John 2 and Abigail Barlow was born at Fairfield Connecticut and it is recorded that he renewed the church Covenant at Fairfield on February 24 1694 At the time his eighth child was born 1705 he was recorded as a lieutenant His children were John baptized February 24 1694 Samuel see forward Abigail born September 5 1697 Ann November 19 1699 Joseph May 18 1701 Francis August 16 1702 Sarah March 5 1704 Deborah March 3 1705
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John married U.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Will: August 12, 1740

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CORNELIUS 2 s of Cornelius Hull 1 m x Sarah d of Ezekiel Sandford 1 & settled at Hull's Farms Their children were Sarah & Rebecca bapt 26 Aug 1694 x Nathaniel 7 April 1605 Ebenezer 20 Jan 1607 Elizabeth 15 Oct 1699 Martha 13 July 1701 x John Ebenezer 15 Sept 1706 Cornelius 14 May 1710 GH Par Rec

Will:
Cornelius' will was dated April 18, 1734, was signed January 21, 1734/5, and was proved August 12, 1740. It mentions his wife, Sarah, and daughters Rebecca Meeker, Elizabeth Burr, Martha Sherwood, Eleanor Pherrey; granddaughter Sarah Sanford; and sons George, Nathaniel, John, and Cornelius.

Died:
7 JAN 1739/40

Cornelius married Sarah Sanford about 1685. Sarah (daughter of Ezekiel Sanford and Rebecca Wiekle) was born on 25 Mar 1666; died in 1753. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
ABT. 1684

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Daniel s of Jehu Burr 2 lived at Greenfield Aspetuck River & was called Daniel Burr of Upper Meadow He was given by his father 19 Dec 1687 twelve acres of land at the Upper Meadow with a house & barn thereon on the east side of the Mill river His first wife was Hannah d of John Banks 1 by whom he had s Daniel mentioned in his grandfather John Banks will dat 12 Jan 1684 & d Hannah His second wife was Mary Sherwood by whom he had s Jehu & d Mary Greenfield Parish Records His third wife was Elizabeth d of by whom he had Elizabeth bapt 20 Sept 1696 Stephen 3 Oct 1697 Peter 23 July 1699 Jane 27 April 1701 Esther 31 Jan 1702I Nathaniel 1 June 1707 David 1 Jan 1709 Moses 28 March 1714 & Aaron 4 March 1715 Fairfield Parish Records In his will dated 1 Jan 17 19 he mentions w Elizabeth his oldest s Jehu ss Stephen Peter David Moses & Aaron The three latter were minors & his ds Hannah & Mary w of Wheeler Elizabeth w of Hull Jane & Esther In the inventory of his estate dated 14 July 1727 Jane is called the wife of Sherwood His estate was large his eldest son receiving over 1,000 & each of his other children 545 Moses Burr graduated at Yale College in 1734

Daniel married Elizabeth Pinkney in 1692 in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut. Elizabeth (daughter of Philip Pinkney and Jane Phippen) was born in 1675 in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut; died in 1740 in Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Elizabeth Pinckney

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Birth:
1672 Ten farms, eastfield