ABSTRACT OF PROBATE RECORDS AT FAIRFIELD CO., CT--Volume 4, 1690

BARLOW, JOHN Sr., (Continued from page 81), lot, and children Joseph, Samuel, John, who was devised one half of the home lot next to Eleazer Smith, Abigaile wife of Jonathan Roland, Deborah, Elizabeth, and Ruth. Executrix his wife. Overseers Daniel Lockwood, and Samuel Drake. Witnesses Joseph Lockwood and Eliphalet Hill, page 47.

Inventory taken Mch. 6, 1690 by Samuel Ward, Rumsey Robert, and Eliphalet Hill, and filed Mch. 10, 1690, page 47.

BARLOW, Joseph, Late of Fairfield, Dec. 1697, letters of administration on his estate granted to his widow Sarah Barlow and John Barlow, page 143.

Inventory taken Oct. 3, 1698, by John Edwards, and Samuel Roberson, and filed Dec. 1697, page 143. Agreement dated Nov. 3, 1698, between his widow Sarah Barlow, and John Bur, John Barlow, Samuel Barlow, Samuel Denton, Jeremiah Fowler, and John Morehouse, by which the widow was to have all the land she received from her father, also the house and home lot that said Joseph Barlow bought of Eleazer Smith of Fairfield. Witnesses Nathaniel Bur, Jr., and Samuel Squire. Note. The said widow, a daughter of William Reed, may have later married Zachariah Ferris of Stratford, page 165.

BARNUM, Thomas Sr., Late of Danbury, died Dec. 26, 1695, and Feb. 6, 1695/6, letters of administration on his estate granted to his son Thomas Barnum and Thomas Picket, both of Danbury, page 139.

Inventory taken Jan. 3, 1695/6, by James Beebe, James Picket and Josiah Star, mentioned his widow Sarah, formerly from Stratford, estate owed Dr. John Butler and Mr. Reed, the hatter at Fairfield, and filed Feb. 6, 1695/6, page 139.

Mch. 10, 1695/6, account filed, and estate ordered distributed to his widow Sarah Barnum, and children Five sons and five daughters, no names, some minors, page 139.

BASTARD, Joseph, Late of___, Nov. 24, 1697, letters of administration on his estate granted to Nathan Gold and John Thompson, page 180.

Inventory taken Nov. 14, 1697, by Nathaniel Bur and Philip Lewis, mentioned two children, no names to be pleased out, and an Indian servant Jeffery, filed Nov. 24, 1697, page 180.

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