Joel Barlow b. 24 Mar 1754 Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut d. 24 Dec 1812

1754 - 1812 (58 years)

Name	Joel Barlow [1, 2, 3]
Born	24 Mar 1754	Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut [1, 2, 3]
Gender	Male
Died	24 Dec 1812 [1, 2]
Person ID	I11521	Jerry Milo Johnson
Last Modified	29 Mar 2015

Father	Samuel Barlow, d. 20 Dec 1773
Relationship	Natural
Mother	Esther Hull, b. 11 Jun 1721, Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut , d. 28 Aug 1775 (Age 54 years)
Relationship	Natural
Married	07 Aug 1742 [1, 3]
Notes	Married: 7 aug 1744
Family ID	F3934	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family	R. Baldwin
Family ID	F3935	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

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Born - 24 Mar 1754 - Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut

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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

Sources

[S482] Steve Condarcure's New England Genealogy, Steve Condarcure, http://newenglandgenealogy.pcplayground.com/f_330.htm#25 (Reliability: 3).
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