Barstow, Joshua (1749-1821)

Name:

Barstow, Joshua (1749-1821)

Title:

Member, Old Colony Lodge, F. A. M., Hanover, MA, 1793
Member, Washington Lodge, F. A. M., Exeter, NH

Born:

09/08/1749

Birthplace:

Hanover, MA

Died:

12/22/1821

Death Location:

Exeter, NH

Residence:

Hanover, MA 1749-1795
Exeter, NH 1795-1821

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Brass Founder
Gunsmith

Father:

Barstow, Joshua

Mother:

Foster, Elizabeth

Relations:

Partnership, Barstow Carter, Exeter 1798
Partnership, Joshua Charles Barstow, Exeter 1808-1814
Partnership, Joshua Barstow, Son Company, Exeter 1815

Spouse:

Married Margaret Bonney (1746-1825), September 23, 1773, Hanover, MA

Children:

Ezekiel, born July 23, 1774
Betsey, born, December 12, 1776; died 1840
Margaret, born September 5, 1780; died 1817
Joshua, born April 6, 1782; died 1811
Calvin, born June 10, 1784; died 1796
Charles C., born January 25, 1786
Sophia, born 1788; died 1814

Notes:

John S. Barry, A Historical Sketch of the Town of Hanover, Mass., With Family Genealogies. (Boston, Massachusetts: Published for John S. Barry by Samuel G. Drake, 1853), 218, 219, 223.

Charles H. Bell, History of the Town of Exeter, New Hampshire. (Exeter, New Hampshire: The Quarter-Millenial Year, 1888), 329-330.

George D. Cooper, "Joshua Barstow and His 1808 Contract: a Story," American Society of Arms Collectors Bulletin, 84:1-10.

Jedediah Dwelley and John F. Simmons, History of the Town of Hanover Massachusetts with Family Genealogies. Geneaology Work. (Hanover, Massachusetts: Published by the Town of Hanover, 1910), 26, 29.

Merrill Lindsay, The New England Gun: The First Two Hundred Years. (New Haven, Connecticut: New Haven Colony Historical Society, 1975), 77.

Eliphalet Merrill, Gazetteer of the State of New Hampshire: In Three Parts. (Exeter, New Hampshire: C. Norris Co., 1817), 46.

Two Excellent Brass Pield Pieces..." The Oracle of the Day, Exeter, New Hamapshire, September 22, 1798.

Notice, New-Hampshire Gazette, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, January 17, 1815.

Death Notice, New-Hampshire Gazette, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, January 1, 1822.

Vital Records, New Hampshire State Archives