Family:Whitney, Sarah (1751-s1802)
Sarah5 Whitney (Samuel4, Richard3, John2, Henry1), daughter of Samuel4 and Amy (Northrup) Whitney, was born 16 May 1751, Fairfield, CT.[1] and was baptized 19 May 1751, Fairfield, CT.[2]
She "of Greenfield" married, 10 Jan 1769, Stratford, CT, John Barlow,[3] son of Jabez and Elizabeth (Hunt) Barlow. He was born 22 Oct 1744, Fairfield, CT, and was baptized 11 Nov 1744, Fairfield, CT. She may have died around 1802 at Ballston, NY, although no record or grave has been found.
They settled at Ridgefield, CT, but moved to Ballston, NY, about 1802, and died there. All of their children, except the eldest, went with them to Ballston; but most of them finally settled near Springfield, OH.
Around 1784 he and his family moved to Ridgefield, CT, where he was a blacksmith. He was recorded at Ridgefield in the 1790 and 1800 censuses. Around 1802 he moved to Ballston, Saratoga Co., NY, with several of his sons. Around 1810 he went to live with his son Edmund at Ross, Greene Co., OH, where it is believed that he was the male over 45 listed in Edmund's household in the 1820 census.
From Ridgefield in Review by S. A. Bedini:
- "John Barlow was one of the most interesting personalities in Ridgefield during the 18th Century. Indications exist in old documents that he may have been a man of greater importance than can be established with certainty at this time.
- "John Barlow established a blacksmith shop on Barlow Mountain on the highway between Bennetts Farm Road and the Ledges Road. He did a thriving business shoeing horses, for this was then one of the stage coach routes. He also produced many wrought iron appliances for the home as well as tools for the farm and for the trades. His hand wrought andirons were famous in Ridgefield. According to local tradition in Scotland District, John Barlow was also a gunsmith during the years of the Revolution. His name does not appear in the rolls of the Committee of Safety of Connecticut, however, nor have any weapons been found which bear his name. It seems much more likely that he repaired guns, but did not make them.
- "Another tradition of the district is that John Barlow was the inventor of the Barlow knife, which was very popular in rural communities in the past century and a half.
- "In one of the old deeds of property sale in the town records dated January 30, 1787, John Barlow sold to Jacob Ressiguie, Jr., for the sum of twenty-one pounds lawful money his home lot in Ridgefield including his dwelling and barn and eight and a half acres of land.
- "Several years before, Barlow and his wife had petitioned in a Memorial to the General Assembly at Hartford for permission to sell the real estate of Nehemiah Whitney, deceased. This was presumably property belonging to the estate of Barlow's father-in-law. Permission was granted to the Barlows in the May term of 1785.
- "In about 1802 Barlow moved from Ridgefield to make his home in Ballston, NY. His house and shop, which were located on the old highway just north of the main entrance to the residence of the late Mr. Seth Low Pierrepont, were abandoned for a number of years and only the foundations now remain. During World War II a considerable quantity of iron was collected from the grounds for the scrap drive."
Dr. G. Barton Barlow believed that John Barlow lived for awhile at Kortright, Delaware Co., NY; then moved to Ballston Spa, New York, and then moved to Xenia, Greene Co., OH. No records can be found to support the move to Kortright but he did move to Ohio with his son Edmund and it is believed that he was recorded there at Ross in Greene Co. with his son in the 1820 census. [Source: Edson & Pauline Barlow ([email protected]) Wed, May 31, 2000]
From Fair Haven Church Records, page 39: John Barlow & Sarah Whitney of Greenfield, Jan. 10, 1769.
Children of John and Sarah5 (Whitney) Barlow:
i. John Barlow, b. 13 Jul 1769, Ridgefield, CT; d. 1 Oct 1848, Ridgefield, CT; m. 29 Nov 1789, Ridgefield, CT, Lorana Scott, b. 3 Jan 1786, Ridgefield, d. ca. 1856 in her 88th year, dau. of David and Hannah (Smith) Scott. ii. Jabez Barlow, b. 16 Jul 1771, Ridgefield, CT. iii. Mansfield Barlow, b. 17 Aug 1773, Ridgefield, CT. Military Records, War of 1812: Mansfield Barlow, Lieutenant, 32nd Regiment, New York Militia, February 29, 1812; 10th Regiment (Prior's), New York Militia. He moved to Ballston, New York in 1802 with his parents from Fairfield Connecticut. He is on the 1820 New York census in Saratoga Co. and the 1830 in Rensselair Co. He may have moved to Ohio later. iv. Samuel Whitney Barlow, b. 22 Jun 1775, Ridgefield, CT. v. Abigail Barlow, b. 13 Aug 1778, Ridgefield, CT; m. ----- Hayes vi. Nehemiah Barlow, b. 23 Dec 1781, Ridgefield, CT; d. 12 Oct 1846, Delavan, Walworth Co., WI; bur. Spring Grove Cemetery, Delevan, Walworth Co., WI; m. Aug 1810, Windham, NY, Orinda Steele, daughter of Perez and Hannah (Simmons) Steele, d. 27 Jan 1876, bur. Spring Grove Cemetery, Delevan, Walworth Co., WI. vii. Elizabeth Sarah Barlow, b. 23 Oct 1783, Ridgefield, CT; d. 15 Jan 1851; m. Truman Parsons. viii. Edmund W. Barlow, b. -----; m. ----- Rowland, a sister of his sister Anna's husband, Clarke Rowland, and settled near Springfield, Ohio. ix. Amy Barlow, b. -----, Ridgefield, CT; m. Rowland Wright, of Ballston, NY. x. Amelia Barlow, b. -----, Ridgefield, CT; m. Peter Hayes, of OH. xi. Polly Barlow, b. -----, Ridgefield, CT; m. OH, ----- -----. xii. Anna Barlow, b. -----, Ridgefield, CT; m. Clarke Rowland, of OH.
Census
References
- Census records.
1.^ "Sarah [Whitney], d. Sam[ue]ll & Ann, b. 16 May 1751," according to Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Fairfield 1:74.
2.^ Phoenix, op. cit., p. 87.
3.^ "John Barlow & Sarah Whitney of Greenfield, [married] 10 Jan. 1769," according to Bailey, Frederick W., ed., Early Connecticut Marriages, as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800 (1896-1906), Fairfield, 7:39.
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