- Does this Nicholas Barrett tie in somehow? A grandson perhaps? On Wednesday, July 10, 2019, 06:09:51 PM CDT, barrett506@aol.com wrote:
Jim:
I am kit 440 in familytreedna. I’ve traced my Barrett ancestors back to a Nicholas Barrett/Barratt, born approx. 1711-1718. He died and was buried on 28th April, 1793, in Wilton, Wiltshire, England. But he wasn’t English. On February 22nd, 1747, he signed a legal settlement in Wilton, stating that he was born, in St. John’s Parish, Dublin, Ireland, and his childhood was spent in St. Mary’s Parish, Dublin. I have attached a pdf of this document together with a “translation”. He served a seven-year apprenticeship in the Parish of St. Luke’s, a suburb of Dublin, Earl of Meath’s Liberty, with Samuel Jerrat, a silk weaver, according to the settlement. He worked for two years as a journeyman [or paid employee] following his apprenticeship in Dublin. He enlisted in the British Army serving about three years. He presumably married his wife, Ann, in Dublin. Ann died March 10, 1783 and was buried March 13, 1783, Wilton.
I’ve visited Dublin and searched records for his birth date and marriage with no luck. I’m writing to inquire whether there any participants in the Barrett DNA project can help. Thanks.
Terence Barrett
"Translation"
Borough of Wilton
To wit: The Examinations of Nicholas Barret anddiverse other persons lately intended into the Borough and Parish of Wiltontaken February 22nd, 1747, upon their respective(?) Oaths beforeEdward Baker Esq. Mayor and John Gore Esq. Recorder, two of His Majesty’sJustices of the Peace, for the said Borough whereof one is of the Quorumtouching(?) their respective Legal Settlements__________
And first, NicholasBarratt upon his said Oath saith that he was born in St. John’s Parish in theCity of Dublin and brought up in the Parish of St. Mary’s in the suburbs of thesaid City and served seven years an apprenticeship in St. Luke’s Parish in thesaid suburbs in the Earl of Meath’s Liberty with one Samuel Jerrat (Jarrett?Jerrett?), a silk weaver, after which he worked as a journeyman about two yearsand then was married to Ann, his present wife, by whom he has two children nowliving, to wit: Marget (Margot?), aged about five years and a half and was bornin the Parish of St. Edmund’s in New Sarum (Salisbury), and Ann aged about twoyears and born in London and this examinant further saith that in about twelvemonths after he was married, he left Dublin in order to come to London andlisted(?) himself a foot soldier upon the road, and continued in His Majesty’sservice about three years from which he was discharged in this town, and haslived here and in London ever since, but without renting(?) ten pounds a yearor bearing any yearly office or paying to the church or poor.
Signed,February 22nd, 1747 [NichlasBarratt]
beforeus
EdwardBaker, Mayor
JohnGore, Recorder
[Notice – Nicholas signs‘Nicholas’ as ‘Nichlas’ – probably just an error. Recorder writes ‘Barret’firstly, and ‘Barrat’, secondly. Nicholas signs as ‘Barratt’]
https://mlarchives.rootsweb.com/listindexes/emails?listname=barrett-dna&page=2
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