Person Sheet


Name Moses BARBER
Death Apr 1728, So. Kingston, RI
Birth 1652
Spouses:
1 Susanna WEST
Birth 1671, Kings Towne, RI
Death Mar 1758, North Kingstown, RI
Father Francis WEST (1640-1687)
Mother Susanna SOULE (1642-1684)
Marriage 24 Mar 1691/1692, Kingstown, RI
Children: Dinah (1692-)
Lydia (1693-)
Samuel (1695-~1760)
Susanna (1697-1784)
Thomas (1699-1762)
Joseph (1701-1779)
Martha (1703-)
Ruth (1705-)
Benjamin (1706-1792)
Mercy (1708-)
Ezekiel (1710-)
Abigail (1712-)
Daniel (1714-)
Ann (1717-)
William
Moses
Sarah
Notes for Susanna (Spouse 1)
Source: "Mayflower Families in Progress, George Soule of the Mayflower and His Descendants for Four Generations" Wakefield, Second Edition, Published by General Society of Mayflower Descendants, p.26.
SUSANNA WEST (or WAST) (3) (Susanna (2) Soule, George(1) b. Kingstown RI 1671 or later; d. No. Kingstown RI ca. March 1758.
She m. Kingstown RI 24 March 1691/2 MOSES BARBER, b. ca. 1652 (depos.); d. So. Kingstown RI bet. 15 April 1728 and 13 Dec. 1733. There has been controversy aboiut the spelling of the surname of Moses Barber's wife Susanna. TAG vol. 52 article is considered definitive as to the identification of Susannah West/Waist/Wast, second wife of Moses Barber. He m. (1) an unknow wife by whom he had Moses, William and Sarah.
On 17 March 1722 Moses Barber deposed he was aged 70 and upwards.
On 15 April 1728 Moses Barber deeded 146 acres in Westerly to son Benjamin; wife Susanna gave up her dower rights.
The will of Moses Barber sr of So. Kingstown RI, dated 29 March 1728, proved 13 Dec. 1733, names wife Susannah; sons William, Moses, Samuel, Thomas, Joseph, Benjamin, Ezekiel and Daniel; youngest dau. Ann Barber; the heirs of dau. Lydia Mowry dec.; all married daughters (not named) to have 5 sh.
The will of Susannah Barber of Charlestown RI, widow, dated 21 Sept. 1755, proved 4 April 1758, names daus. Dinah Wilcocks; Susanna Perry, widow; Martha parker; Ruth Bentley; Marcy Tift; Ann Kenyon; son Benjamin Barber executor. (It is to be noted that RI GEN DICT names the spouse of Martha Barber as Thomas POTTER but careful scrutiny of the will as recorded in the Charlestown RI Council Book shows the surname to be Parker.)
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