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From: "Chuck McGill" <>
Subject: Re: [VERMONT-L] BARBER Families in VT
Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 12:00:02 -0400


The Vermont Historical Society has a manuscript titled The Barbers in
Vermont done by Donald Sidney Barber in 1984. I'm not sure if you're
people are in there, but the authors address at that time was: RR3 Box
3280 Morrisville VT 05661. It's worth a try at least.

Chuck

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> From: Holly & Scott <>
> To:
> Subject: [VERMONT-L] BARBER Families in VT
> Date: Monday, May 03, 1999 10:58 AM
>
> Hi Cindy & everyone,
>
> I looked through Donald Barber's book: The Connecticut Barbers, A
Genealogy
> of the Descendants of Thomas Barber of Windsor, Conn., and I didn't find
a
> Joseph married to Polly Clark, but I did find quite a number of Joseph
> Barbers in the Pownal, VT, area. If you could let me know the names of
some
> of his children, I'd be happy to look through this again, as some of the
> Josephs listed have children, but the wife's name is unknown.
>
> I'm also looking for Barbers in VT. Mine are in and around Swanton: the
> family of Jesse and Hepsibah (Humphrey) Barber, formerly of West
Simsbury,
> CT. They settled in Fairfield around 1790 and Swanton in 1806. Their
> children were:
> 1) Roswell (1788-1818), married (1) Mary (Polly) Robinson and (2) Polly
> Green
> 2) Hepzibah (died in infancy)
> 3) Hepsibah (1791-1874) married Timothey Foster
> 4) Achsah (1793-1884) married Philip Hall
> 5) Giles (1795-1883), unmarried
> 6) Theda (1797/8-1889) married Joseph Sumner Jennison / Jenison
> 7) Laura (1800-1863) married Silas Watson Noble
> 8) Theophilus (1803-1879) married Amanda Warner
> 9) Jesse (1806-1884) married (1) Harriet S. Robinson and (2) Elvirah
Popple,
> widow of Adonijah Lassell
> 10) Diana (1810-1871) married Patrick Henry McLaughlin (my line)
>
> I have a lot of information for some branches and very little for others,
so
> I would love to meet anyone else researching this family!
>
> Sincerely,
> Holly McKenzie
>
> www.hollyandscott.com
>
> VT Surnames: BARBER, CAMBER, CURTIS, DATA, HALL, HIBBARD / HUBBARD,
> McCLINTOCK, McLAUGHLIN
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cindy Walcott <>
> To: <>
> Date: May 2, 1999 6:39 PM
> Subject: [VERMONT-L] BARBER family in Sheffield and Wheelock
>
>
> >I am looking for the origin of the BARBER family in Sheffield and
Wheelock.
> >Joseph Barber settled in Sheffield in 1812 and was the first blacksmith
in
> >town. He was perhaps born in Barrington, NH. Family tradition says his
> >father was John Barber and he was killed when hit by a falling tree in
> >Ossipee, NH. Joseph m. Polly CLARK and supposedly had 12 children.
Also,
> I
> >have traced the family forward as much as I have been able, and am
willing
> >to share information.
> >
> >
> >Cindy Walcott
> >Grand Isle, VT
> >
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