Individual Details
William Barrett
(12 Apr 1751 - 7 Mar 1838)
Does he remarry someone named Nancy? Nancy Barrett is the administratrix of the will annexed. No, I think Nancy Barrett is the widow of son Joseph Phelps Barrett who died in 1836.
He served in Captain William Abbott's Company in the Revolutionary War.
He served in Captain William Abbott's Company in the Revolutionary War.
Events
| Birth | 12 Apr 1751 | Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut | |||
| Marriage | 26 Feb 1778 | Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut - Lucy Adams | |||
| Will | 25 Mar 1834 | Brooklyn, Windham, Connecticut |  | ||
| Probate | 1838 | Hartford, Connecticut |  | ||
| Death | 7 Mar 1838 | Brooklyn, Connecticut | |
Families
| Spouse | Lucy Adams (1753 - 1834) |
| Child | Molly Barrett (1778 - 1838) |
| Child | Lucy Barrett (1780 - 1836) |
| Child | William Barrett (1782 - 1872) |
| Child | James Barrett (1782 - 1799) |
| Child | Philena Barrett (1784 - 1799) |
| Child | Joseph Phelps Barrett (1789 - 1836) |
| Child | Ebenezer Barrett (1793 - 1861) |
| Child | Harvey Barrett (1796 - 1817) |
| Father | Benoni Barrett (1718 - 1755) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Phelps (1712 - 1787) |
| Sibling | Joseph Barrett (1742 - 1798) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Barrett (1743 - 1773) |
| Sibling | James Barrett (1754 - 1776) |
Notes
Will
William Barrett wrote his will 25 Mar 1834 and was proved 18 April 1838. Beloved wife Lucy is to have comfortable support during her natural life to be provided by son Joseph. Son William Barrett receives twenty-five dollars. Daughter Molly Allerton receives twenty-five dollars. Daughter Lucy Barrett receives the east bedroom with the cupboard near the stairs "and as to other property she has charged me so hardily with falsehood and hypocrisy and with acts of her insolence. . . that she has forfeited her claim as child. I am under no obligation to give her more than three dollars unless she becomes a pauper and if so that her brother Joseph P. take her and keep to the expense of fifty dollars which is my will (and my prayer to God is that he will change her heart and make her a child (of) grace). Son Ebenezer receives three dollars, and his best coat and pantaloons. The remainder of the property goes to son Joseph P. Barrett.Endnotes
1. Ancestry.com, Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Author: Connecticut State Library (Hartford, Connecticut); Probate Place: Hartford, Connecticut.
2. Ancestry.com, Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012), Connecticut State Library; Hartford, Connecticut; The Charles R. Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions.